Nominees for 2019 UK Theatre Awards

Get ready for the 2019 UK Theatre Awards for regional and national theatre which are being announced on Sunday 27 October 2019.

The countdown has begun for this year’s UK Theatre Awards, recognising achievement in regional and national theatre. The winners will be announced on Sunday 27 October 2019 at the Guildhall in the City of London at a ceremony from midday to 4pm.

Best Musical Production The Color Purple, directed by Tinuke Craig, a Curve and Birmingham Hippodrome co-production Standing at the Sky’s Edge, directed by Robert Hastie, a Sheffield Theatres production West Side Story, directed by Sarah Frankcom, a Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester production

Hiran Abeysekera (Pi) and Richard Parker (the Tiger) in Life of Pi at Sheffield Theatres. Photo: Johan Persson Best New Play Life of Pi, adapted by Lolita Chakrabarti, from the novel by Yann Martel, a Sheffield Theatres Production The Watsons by Laura Wade, a Chichester Festival Theatre production Ulster American by David Ireland, a Traverse Theatre Company production

Best Play Revival Death of a Salesman, directed by Sarah Frankcom, a Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester production Equus, directed by Ned Bennett, an English Touring Theatre and Theatre Royal Stratford East production Plenty, directed by Kate Hewitt, a Chichester Festival Theatre production

The company of Billionaire Boy Best Show for Children and Young People Billionaire Boy The Musical, directed by Luke Sheppard, a Nuffield Southampton Theatres production in association with Belgrade Theatre, Coventry Noughts and Crosses, directed by Esther Richardson, a Pilot Theatre, Belgrade Theatre Coventry, Colchester Mercury, York Theatre Royal and Derby Theatre production Tale Trail to The Wind in the Willows, directed by Katherine Hughes, a New Vic, Newcastle-under-Lyme production

Best Director Atri Banerjee for Hobson’s Choice, a Royal Exchange Theatre production Katie Posner for My Mother Said I Never Should, a Theatre By The Lake production Max Webster for Life of Pi, a Sheffield Theatres Production

Touching The Void Best Design     Nick Barnes, Finn Caldwell, Carolyn Downing, Andrzej Goulding, Tim Hatley and Tim Lutkin for Life of Pi, a Sheffield Theatres Production Ti Green for Touching the Void, a Bristol Old Vic, Royal Lyceum Edinburgh, Royal & Derngate Northampton and Fuel co-productionRosanna Vize for The Audience, a Nuffield Southampton Theatres production

Best Performance in a Play Faye Castelow for The Audience, a Nuffield Southampton Theatres production Hiran Abeysekera for Life of Pi, a Sheffield Theatres Production Kudzai Sitima for Princess & The Hustler, an Eclipse Theatre Company, Bristol Old Vic and Hull Truck Theatre production Mark Gatiss for The Madness of King George III, a Nottingham Playhouse production

Amelie the musical. Photo: Pamela Raith Photography Best Performance in a Musical Audrey Brisson, for Amélie The Musical, a Watermill Theatre, Hartshorn–Hook Productions, Selladoor Worldwide and Broadway Asia production Jenna Russell for The Bridges of Madison County, a Menier Chocolate Factory production Rebecca Trehearn for Sweet Charity, a Nottingham Playhouse production

Best Supporting Performance  Esh Alladi for Hobson’s Choice, a Royal Exchange Theatre Manchester production Jocasta Almgill for West Side Story, a Royal Exchange Theatre Manchester production Emmanuel Kojo for Oklahoma!, a Chichester Festival Theatre production

Scottee and the cast of Fat Blokes Achievement in Dance    Scottee for Fat Blokes, an uplifting collaboration with choreographer Lea Anderson and a gutsy cast Scottish Ballet for the world premiere of Helen Pickett’s outstanding dance-theatre adaptation of The Crucible Yorke Dance Project for their unique Cohan Collective initiative and distinctive programming

Achievement in Opera   Buxton International Festival at Buxton Opera House for the world premiere of Georgiana Opera North for Tosca Welsh National Opera for War and Peace

Hull Truck Theatre Digital Innovation 

Hull Truck Theatre

Northern Ballet

Scottish Ballet

Excellence in Arts Education 

Derby Theatre

Oldham Coliseum

Regent Theatre, Stoke-on-Trent

Excellence in Inclusivity  Bush Theatre, London Mercury Theatre, Colchester Royal & Derngate, Northampton

Excellence in Touring

National Theatre of Scotland and Imaginate

Northern Ballet

Pilot Theatre

Workforce Award

Hull Truck Theatre

Mayflower Theatre, Southampton

Northern Stage, Newcastle upon Tyne

Storyhouse Chester UK's Most Welcoming Theatre

New Vic Theatre, Newcastle-under-Lyme

Storyhouse, Chester

Young Vic, London

Outstanding Contribution to British Theatre Theatremaker Emma Rice, in recognition of the unique, innovative and socially relevant work that she has created and directed all over the country, and her significant influence on the contemporary theatre landscape.