UK Theatre Awards 2025

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