After making her debut as host in 2024, Faye Tozer returned to present the UK Theatre Awards 2025, on Sunday 12 October 2025 at 8 Northumberland Avenue. With special live performance from Chumisa Dornford-May and Danielle Steers. The awards were BSL interpreted by Omoyele Davey and Caroline Richardson. Live captioning was provided by StageText.
The UK Theatre Awards 2025 were sponsored by Encore, ATG Entertainment, Ecclesiastical, Theatre Tokens, Tysers Live, Concep Tonic, Harbottle and Lewis, John Good, Nimbus Disability, Theatrical Rights Worldwide, Trafalgar Theatres and Unusual Rigging.
With many thanks to our panellists; Andrew Hurst, Andrew Miller, Angelo Ivring, Anthony Freud, Bendy Ashfield, Diane Parkes, Dominic Cavendish, Donald Hutera, Gavin Hawthorn, George Hall, Holly O’Mahony, Jacob Bush, Jane Coyle, John McRoberts, Lyndsey Winship, Mark Fisher, Natalie Omari, Paul Vale, Richard Beale, Richard Bratby, Sanjoy Roy, and Sita McIntosh

2025 Winners & Nominees
The winner of each award is highlighted in bold.
On Stage
Best Design
- Kei Ishihara/BlankRD for Scenography, Sacico Ito/Brucke for Costume Design, Simon Wilkinson for Lighting Design & Ailie Cohen for Puppet Design for Confessions Of A Shinagawa Monkey, a Vanishing Point & Kanagawa Arts Theatre co-production in association with Tramway in partnership with Dundee Rep & The Japan Foundation
- Yoav Segal for Set & Costume Design for Pinocchio, a Watermill Theatre production
- Grace Smart for Design for Spend, Spend, Spend, a Royal Exchange Theatre production
Best Director
- Prasanna Puwanarajah for Twelfth Night, a Royal Shakespeare Company production
- Nadia Fall for Abigail’s Party, a Stratford East production
- Theresa Heskins & Vicki Dela Amedume for Angela Carter’s The Company Of Wolves, a New Vic Theatre production
Best Musical Production sponsored by Tysers Live
- Jesus Christ Superstar, a Watermill Theatre production by arrangement with LW Entertainment
- Becoming Nancy, a Birmingham Rep production in association with Hal Luftig, Mike Isaacson & Kristin Caskey
- Come Fall In Love – The DDLJ Musical, a Yash Raj Films production at Opera House Manchester
- The Unlikely Pilgrimage Of Harold Fry, a Chichester Festival Theatre production
Best New Play sponsored by Ecclesiastical
- Flumps, a Mercury Original production in association with The Thelmas
- Grace Pervades, a Theatre Royal Bath & Second Half Productions co-production
- Through The Shortbread Tin, a National Theatre Of Scotland production
Best Play Revival
- Animal Farm, a Leeds Playhouse & Stratford East co-production in association with Nottingham Playhouse
- The Constant Wife, a Royal Shakespeare Company production commissioned by & presented in association with David Pugh Ltd
- Our New Girl, a Lyric Theatre Belfast production
Achievement in Dance
- Natural Behaviour, by Thick & Tight
- balletLORENT, for Snow White/Snow White: The Sacrifice
- Songs Of The Wayfarer, by Claire Cunningham in collaboration with Dan Watson & Luke Pell
- Stopgap Dance Company, for Lived Fiction
Achievement in Opera
- Welsh National Opera for Peter Grimes, a WNO production
- Opera North for Simon Boccanegra, an Opera North production
- Scottish Opera for Trial By Jury, a co-production by Scottish Opera, D’Oyly Carte Opera & Opera Holland Park and A Matter Of Misconduct!, a co-production by Scottish Opera & D’Oyly Carte Opera
Best Supporting Performance (in a Musical or Play)
- Georgie Henley for The Ministry Of Lesbian Affairs, a Kiln Theatre, Antic Productions & Damsel Productions co-production
- Sam Buttery for Little Shop Of Horrors, a Sheffield Theatres production
- Ntombizodwa Ndlovu for Marie And Rosetta, a Rose Theatre, Chichester Festival Theatre & ETT co-production
- Thea-Jo Wolfe for The Mad Ones, an Electric Press Productions production at The Other Palace Studio
Best Performance in a Musical
- Rakesh Boury & Rebecca McKinnis for The Parent Agency, a Scenario Two & Storyhouse co-production
- Molly Lynch for My Fair Lady, a Made At Curve production
- Dawn Sievewright for Wild Rose, a Royal Lyceum Theatre Edinburgh, Caledonia Productions & Gavin Kalin Productions co-production
Best Performance in a Play
- Jack Holden for KENREX, a Sheffield Theatres & Aria Entertainment co-production
- Helen Carter for Shirley Valentine, a Liverpool Everyman & Playhouse production
- Michael Patrick for The Tragedy Of Richard III, a Lyric Theatre Belfast production
Best Show for Children & Young People
- Pig Heart Boy, a Children’s Theatre Partnership, Unicorn Theatre & Sheffield Theatres co-production
- The Jingleclaw, a Birmingham Hippodrome production
- The Jungle Book, an Octagon Theatre Bolton production
Off Stage
Excellence in Arts Education
- Cross The Line, Lyric Hammersmith Theatre
- Bristol Hippodrome
- Young Everyman Playhouse (YEP), Liverpool Everyman & Playhouse
Excellence in Touring sponsored by Theatre Tokens
- Steel: Regional & National Tour, Theatre By The Lake
- Emma Rice Company
- Through The Shortbread Tin, National Theatre Of Scotland
Excellence in Inclusivity sponsored by ATG Entertainment
- Storyhouse
- Birmingham Weekender Festival 2024, Birmingham Hippodrome
- Eat, Sleep, Move, Repeat, New Wolsey Theatre
Excellence in Sustainability
- BEAM, Hertford
- ISO14001 EMS certification, All UK ATGE Theatres
- Iron People, Northern Broadsides Theatre Company
Excellence in Workforce Culture
- Orchard Theatre & Orchard West Theatre
- Breaking The Mould – Reshaping Artistic Leadership, Stephen Joseph Theatre
- Theatr Clwyd
UK’s Most Welcoming Theatre Sponsored by Encore
- Royal & Derngate
- Birmingham Rep
- Shakespeare North Playhouse
Outstanding Contribution to British Theatre
Carlos Acosta CBE was the 2025 recipient of the Outstanding Contribution to British Theatre Award, awarded by the UK Theatre Board.