UK Theatre Awards 2024

The winner of each award is highlighted in bold.

On Stage 

Best Design

• Kenneth MacLeod for Dracula: Mina’s Reckoning, a National Theatre of Scotland & Aberdeen Performing Arts co-production in association with Belgrade Theatre
• Emma Bailey for Sunset Song, a Dundee Rep Theatre & Royal Lyceum Theatre Edinburgh co-production
• Michael Taylor for Bhangra Nation, a Birmingham Rep production in association with Mara Isaacs, Tom Kirdahy & Peggy Koenig

Best Director

• Drew McOnie for The Artist, a Theatre Royal Plymouth, McOnie Company, Playful Productions & Bill Damaschke co-production
• Conrad Nelson for One Man, Two Guvnors, a New Vic Theatre production
• Emma Rice for The Buddha Of Suburbia, a Royal Shakespeare Company & Wise Children co-production
• Roxana Silbert for The Girls Of Slender Means, a Royal Lyceum Theatre Edinburgh production

Best Musical Production sponsored by Tysers in association with Ecclesiastical

• Oliver!, a Leeds Playhouse production by special arrangement with Cameron Mackintosh
• The Big Life, a Stratford East production
• Starter For Ten, an Antic Productions, Bristol Old Vic, Longshot Films & Playtone co-production

Best New Play sponsored by Cunard

• Swim, Aunty, Swim!, a Belgrade Theatre production in association with tiata fahodzi
• A Child Of Science, a Bristol Old Vic & imPOSSIBLE Producing co-production
• Peanut Butter & Blueberries, a Kiln Theatre production

Best Play Revival

• Rhino, a Tinderbox Theatre Company production at Lyric Theatre Belfast
• The Deep Blue Sea, a Theatre Royal Bath production
• A Taste Of Honey, a Royal Exchange Theatre production

Achievement in Dance sponsored by AKT

• Mehek, an Aakash Odedra Company & Aditi Mangaldas Dance Company production in association with The Arts Center at NYU Abu Dhabi
• London City Ballet, for the company relaunch by Artistic Director Christopher Marney
• Minotaur, Metamorphoses & Echo and Narcissus, by Kim Brandstrup for the Deborah Warner Seasons at the Ustinov Studio, Theatre Royal Bath

Achievement in Opera

• Death In Venice, by Welsh National Opera in association with NoFit State
• Thomas Allen, for his career with Glyndebourne
• Buxton International Festival 2024, at Buxton Opera House & Pavilion Arts Centre

Best Supporting Performance (in a Musical or Play)

• Chumisa Dornford-May for Evita, a Curve production
• Tania Mathurin for Barnum, a Watermill Theatre production
• Andrew Schofield for Boys From The Blackstuff, a Liverpool’s Royal Court production

Best Performance in a Musical

• Jenny Fitzpatrick for Oliver!, a Leeds Playhouse production by special arrangement with Cameron Mackintosh
• Matt Doyle for Sinatra The Musical, a Birmingham Rep production in association with Universal Music Group Theatrical & Frank Sinatra Enterprises
• John Hopkins for My Fair Lady, a Leeds Playhouse & Opera North co-production

Best Performance in a Play

• David Shields for Punch, a Nottingham Playhouse production
• Heather Agyepong & Tosin Cole for Shifters, a Bush Theatre production
• Ian McDiarmid for The Caretaker, a Chichester Festival Theatre production
• Keith Singleton for The Pillowman, a Lyric Theatre Belfast & Prime Cut co-production

Best Show for Children & Young People

• Beauty And The Beast, a Stephen Joseph Theatre production
• FLIP!, a Fuel production in association with Alphabetti Theatre at Soho Theatre
• Starchitects Save Santa, a Motionhouse production at Midlands Arts Centre

Off Stage 

Excellence in Arts Education

• Royal Shakespeare Company
• Lyric Hammersmith
• Mayflower Theatre & MAST Mayflower Studios

Excellence in Touring sponsored by Theatre Tokens

• Parti Priodas by Theatr Genedlaethol Cymru
• Macbeth by ETT
• Blue Beard by Wise Children

Excellence in Inclusivity

• Antony & Cleopatra at Shakespeare’s Globe
• Bristol Old Vic
• Punch at Nottingham Playhouse

Excellence in Sustainability

• Chichester Festival Theatre
• Dundee Rep and Scottish Dance Theatre
• Nottingham Playhouse

Workforce Award

• Buxton Opera House & Pavilion Arts Centre
• Liverpool Everyman & Playhouse
• Homegrown, Nottingham Playhouse

UK’s Most Welcoming Theatre Sponsored by Encore 

• Polka Theatre
• Hall for Cornwall
• Octagon Theatre Bolton

Outstanding Contribution to British Theatre

Jenny Sealey was the 2024 recipient of the Outstanding Contribution to British Theatre Award, awarded by the UK Theatre Board.