After making her debut as host in 2024, Faye Tozer will return to present this year’s UK Theatre Awards, supported by headline sponsor Encore, on Sunday 12 October at 8 Northumberland Avenue.
Full nominations for the UK Theatre Awards 2025 will be announced on Thursday 18 September, with the UK’s Most Welcoming Theatre Award finalists – Birmingham Rep, Royal & Derngate and Shakespeare North Playhouse – already announced.
The UK Theatre Awards 2025 are sponsored by Encore, the premier provider of lighting equipment for theatre productions across the UK, including London’s West End, Off-West End, Europe, and Asia, as well as numerous UK and international tours.
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2024 Winners & Nominees
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.
