The Stage Debut Awards
The Stage Debut Awards are theatre awards recognising individuals making their professional debuts in the performing arts in the UK. The annual ceremony was launched in 2017 by The Stage and include accolades for Best Performer in a Play, Best Writer, Best Designer and the Best West End Debut Performer. Recipients of these awards have gone on to star in West End shows, television series and films.
The awards ceremony is held annually at 8 Northumberland Avenue, London.
In 2020, the Best Actor in a Play and Best Actress in a Play awards were updated to Best Performer in a Play and the Best Actor in a Musical and Best Actress in a Musical awards were updated to Best Performer in a Musical.
Judging process
Eligible nominees must be aged 16 or over, and making their professional debut in a named role in a production reviewed by The Stage. For acting roles this should be a first named role. The Stage's nationwide network of theatre critics put forward nominees from productions they have reviewed. Performers, writers, directors, designers and composers making their stage debut are also able to nominate themselves online for consideration. The public can also nominate individuals for each category.Industry professionals from across the UK are then invited to give their input into the longlist. These advisors have included producer Danielle Tarento, casting director David Grindrod, David Jubb, Battersea Arts Centre, designer Es Devlin, Hannah Miller, Royal Shakespeare Company; James Grieve, Paines Plough; Jenny Sealey, Graeae; Jimmy Fay, Lyric Theatre; Laura Donnelly, National Theatre of Scotland; Madani Younis, Bush Theatre; director Michael Grandage; actor Noma Dumezweni, designer Paule Constable; Pravesh Kumar, Rifco; actor Preeya Kalidas; Sam Hodges, Nuffield Southampton Theatres; producer Sonia Friedman; Tom Morris, Bristol Old Vic; and Wendy Spon, National Theatre.
The judging panel decide on the shortlist and winners in all categories, except the Best West End Debut where the shortlist is voted on by the public. The Best West End Debut award recognises those who are making their professional debut in London's West End. This includes individuals who have previously made their debut outside of the West End.
Ceremony
In 2017, the inaugural The Stage Debut Awards Ceremony took place at 8 Northumberland Avenue, London, on September 17.The ceremony was hosted by West End leading man Ben Forster. Category Presenters included director Michael Grandage, actor Sharon D. Clarke, actor Rachel Tucker, Theatre owner Nica Burns, National Theatre director Rufus Norris and actor Kenneth Cranham. Exclusive performances at the ceremony were from Dreamgirls and the National Theatre's Follies.
In 2018, the ceremony took place on September 23 at 8 Northumberland Avenue, London. The ceremony was hosted by Cush Jumbo and the Category Presenters included director Michael Grandage, actor Ruthie Henshall, singer Preeya Kalidas, actor Jodie Prenger, and lighting designer Paule Constable. Exclusive performances at the ceremony were from Anaïs Mitchell and Miriam-Teak Lee.
In 2019, the ceremony took place at The Brewery, London, on September 15. The ceremony was hosted by Cush Jumbo, and the exclusive performances were by Rachel Tucker and Amara Okereke. Category Presenters included actor Giles Terera, actor Michael Xavier, singer Brenda Edwards, actor Janie Dee, actor Mark Gatiss, and playwright Inua Ellams.
The first digital ceremony was hosted as a free online event in 2020 by Miriam-Teak Lee on 27 September and featured an exclusive performance from SpitLip.
In 2021, no ceremony took place due to the Coronavirus pandemic.
In 2022, the ceremony took place at 8 Northumberland Avenue, London on Sunday, September 18. The ceremony was hosted by Susan Wokoma, and exclusive performances were by Shan Ako, Samuel Thomas, Frances Mayli McCann and Natalie Paris. Category Presenters included actor Amanda Abbington, director Jamie Lloyd, singer-songwriter and performer Louise Rednapp, singer Jay McGuiness, actor Matt Henry and theatre designer Anna Fleischle.
In 2023, the ceremony took place at 8 Northumberland Avenue, London on Sunday, October 1. The ceremony was hosted by Divina de Campo, and the exclusive performances were by Emily Benjamin, Zizi Strallen and Rachael Wooding. Category Presenters included actor Callum Scott Howells, singer Faye Tozer, director Rebecca Frecknall, lighting designer Prem Mehta, writer Morgan Lloyd Malcom, actor John Partridge, actor Bertie Carvel and actor Omari Douglas.
In 2024, the ceremony took place on Sunday, September 29 at 8 Northumberland Avenue.
Previous winners
| The Stage Debut Awards 2018 | Winner | Nominees |
| Best Actor in a Play | Akshay Sharan in The Reluctant Fundamentalist, Yard Theatre, London | Seb Carrington in Summer and Smoke, Almeida Theatre, London |
| Best Actor in a Play | Akshay Sharan in The Reluctant Fundamentalist, Yard Theatre, London | Chris Walley in The Lieutenant of Inishmore, Noël Coward Theatre, London |
| Best Actor in a Play | Akshay Sharan in The Reluctant Fundamentalist, Yard Theatre, London | Alex Wilson in The Elephant Man, Bristol Old Vic, Bristol |
| Best Actress in a Play | Gemma Dobson in Rita, Sue and Bob Too, Octagon Theatre, Bolton | Kitty Archer in One for Sorrow, Royal Court, London |
| Best Actress in a Play | Gemma Dobson in Rita, Sue and Bob Too, Octagon Theatre, Bolton | Lorna Fitzgerald in The Shadow Factory, NST City, Southampton |
| Best Actress in a Play | Gemma Dobson in Rita, Sue and Bob Too, Octagon Theatre, Bolton | Grainne O'Mahony in The Elephant Man, Bristol Old Vic, Bristol |
| Best Actor in a Musical | Louis Gaunt in Oklahoma!, Grange Park Opera, West Horsley | Will Carey in It's Only Life, Union Theatre, London |
| Best Actor in a Musical | Louis Gaunt in Oklahoma!, Grange Park Opera, West Horsley | Toby Miles in Les Misérables, Queen's Theatre, London |
| Best Actor in a Musical | Louis Gaunt in Oklahoma!, Grange Park Opera, West Horsley | Simon Oskarsson in Return to the Forbidden Planet, Upstairs at the Gatehouse, London |
| Best Actress in a Musical | Amara Okereke in Les Misérables, Queen's Theatre, London | Teleri Hughes in Spring Awakening at the Hope Mill Theatre, Manchester |
| Best Actress in a Musical | Amara Okereke in Les Misérables, Queen's Theatre, London | Eleanor Kane in Fun Home at the Young Vic, London |
| Best Actress in a Musical | Amara Okereke in Les Misérables, Queen's Theatre, London | Rebecca Mendoza in Hairspray, on tour |
| Best Director | Katy Rudd for The Almighty Sometimes, Royal Exchange, Manchester | Iwan Lewis for One Minute, the Barn Theatre, Cirencester |
| Best Director | Katy Rudd for The Almighty Sometimes, Royal Exchange, Manchester | Alexandra Moxon for Wreck at Nottingham Playhouse |
| Best Director | Katy Rudd for The Almighty Sometimes, Royal Exchange, Manchester | Oscar Pearce for Great Apes at the Arcola Theatre, London |
| Best Designer | Khadija Raza for Hijabi Monologues, Spun, and Mixtape, Bush Theatre, London, the Arcola Theatre, London and the Royal Exchange, Manchester | Basia Binkowska for Devil with the Blue Dress at the Bunker Theatre, London |
| Best Designer | Khadija Raza for Hijabi Monologues, Spun, and Mixtape, Bush Theatre, London, the Arcola Theatre, London and the Royal Exchange, Manchester | Fin Redshaw for Pieces of String and Love Me Now, Mercury Theatre, Colchester and the Tristan Bates Theatre, London |
| Best Designer | Khadija Raza for Hijabi Monologues, Spun, and Mixtape, Bush Theatre, London, the Arcola Theatre, London and the Royal Exchange, Manchester | Jasmine Swan for Hyem, The Passing of Third Floor Back, Hanna and The Sleeper, Theatre503, London, the Finborough Theatre, London, the Arcola Theatre, London, and Rialto Theatre, Brighton |
| Best Composer or Lyricist | Gus Gowland for Pieces of String, Mercury Theatre, Colchester | Kate Marlais for Abandon, Lyric Hammersmith, London |
| Best Composer or Lyricist | Gus Gowland for Pieces of String, Mercury Theatre, Colchester | Matt Winkworth for The Assassination of Katie Hopkins, Theatr Clwyd, Mold |
| Best Writer | Andrew Thompson for In Event of Moone Disaster, Theatre503, London | Georgia Christou for Yous Two, Hampstead Theatre, London |
| Best Writer | Andrew Thompson for In Event of Moone Disaster, Theatre503, London | Kendall Feaver for The Almighty Sometimes, Royal Exchange, Manchester |
| Best Writer | Andrew Thompson for In Event of Moone Disaster, Theatre503, London | Natasha Gordon for Nine Night, National Theatre, London |
| Best Writer | Andrew Thompson for In Event of Moone Disaster, Theatre503, London | Joe White for Mayfly, Orange Tree Theatre, London |
| The Joe Allen Best West End Debut | Aidan Turner in The Lieutenant of Inishmore, Noël Coward Theatre | Mohammad Amiri for The Jungle at the Playhouse Theatre |
| The Joe Allen Best West End Debut | Aidan Turner in The Lieutenant of Inishmore, Noël Coward Theatre | Ashley Banjo for Dick Whittington at the London Palladium |
| The Joe Allen Best West End Debut | Aidan Turner in The Lieutenant of Inishmore, Noël Coward Theatre | Bryan Cranston for Network at the National Theatre |
| The Joe Allen Best West End Debut | Aidan Turner in The Lieutenant of Inishmore, Noël Coward Theatre | Michelle Greenidge for Nine Night at the National Theatre |
| The Joe Allen Best West End Debut | Aidan Turner in The Lieutenant of Inishmore, Noël Coward Theatre | John McCrea for Everybody’s Talking About Jamie at the Apollo Theatre |
| The Joe Allen Best West End Debut | Aidan Turner in The Lieutenant of Inishmore, Noël Coward Theatre | Kelli O'Hara for The King and I at the London Palladium |
| The Joe Allen Best West End Debut | Aidan Turner in The Lieutenant of Inishmore, Noël Coward Theatre | - |
| The Stage Debut Awards 2020 | Winner | Nominees |
| Best Performer in a Play | Daniel Monks for Teenage Dick at the Donmar Warehouse, London & Rachel Nwokoro for Little Baby Jesus at the Orange Tree Theatre, London | Saida Ahmed for Little Miss Burden at the Bunker, London |
| Best Performer in a Play | Daniel Monks for Teenage Dick at the Donmar Warehouse, London & Rachel Nwokoro for Little Baby Jesus at the Orange Tree Theatre, London | Brooklyn Melvin for Oliver Twist at Leeds Playhouse |
| Best Performer in a Play | Daniel Monks for Teenage Dick at the Donmar Warehouse, London & Rachel Nwokoro for Little Baby Jesus at the Orange Tree Theatre, London | Jessica Rhodes for The Sugar Syndrome at the Orange Tree Theatre, London |
| Best Performer in a Play | Daniel Monks for Teenage Dick at the Donmar Warehouse, London & Rachel Nwokoro for Little Baby Jesus at the Orange Tree Theatre, London | Khai Shaw for Little Baby Jesus at the Orange Tree Theatre, London |
| Best Performer in a Play | Daniel Monks for Teenage Dick at the Donmar Warehouse, London & Rachel Nwokoro for Little Baby Jesus at the Orange Tree Theatre, London | Bobby Stallwood for Faith, Hope and Charity at the National Theatre, London |
| Best Performer in a Musical | Shan Ako for Les Misérables at the Sondheim Theatre, London & Sam Tutty for Dear Evan Hansen at the Noël Coward Theatre, London | Lucy Anderson for Dear Evan Hansen at the Noël Coward Theatre, London |
| Best Performer in a Musical | Shan Ako for Les Misérables at the Sondheim Theatre, London & Sam Tutty for Dear Evan Hansen at the Noël Coward Theatre, London | Chase Brown for Mame at the Hope Mill Theatre, Manchester |
| Best Performer in a Musical | Shan Ako for Les Misérables at the Sondheim Theatre, London & Sam Tutty for Dear Evan Hansen at the Noël Coward Theatre, London | Oli Higginson for The Last Five Years at the Southwark Playhouse, London |
| Best Performer in a Musical | Shan Ako for Les Misérables at the Sondheim Theatre, London & Sam Tutty for Dear Evan Hansen at the Noël Coward Theatre, London | Adriana Ivelisse for West Side Story at Curve, Leicester |
| Best Performer in a Musical | Shan Ako for Les Misérables at the Sondheim Theatre, London & Sam Tutty for Dear Evan Hansen at the Noël Coward Theatre, London | Tom Noyes for Preludes at the Southwark Playhouse, London |
| Best Performer in a Musical | Shan Ako for Les Misérables at the Sondheim Theatre, London & Sam Tutty for Dear Evan Hansen at the Noël Coward Theatre, London | Bethany Tennick for Islander at the Southwark Playhouse, London |
| Best Director | Martha Kiss Perrone for When It Breaks It Burns at the Battersea Arts Centre, London | Georgia Green for The Mikvah Project at the Orange Tree Theatre, London |
| Best Director | Martha Kiss Perrone for When It Breaks It Burns at the Battersea Arts Centre, London | Alex Sutton for Preludes at the Southwark Playhouse, London |
| Best Designer | Rose Revitt for Dr Korczak's Example at Leeds Playhouse | Liam Bunster for The Taming of the Shrew at Shakespeare's Globe, London |
| Best Designer | Rose Revitt for Dr Korczak's Example at Leeds Playhouse | Andrew Exeter for High Fidelity at the Turbine Theatre, London |
| Best Composer or Lyricist | Jim Barne and Kit Buchan for The Season at the New Wolsey Theatre, Ipswich and Royal and Derngate, Northampton | Jherek Bischoff for The Ocean at the End of the Lane at the National Theatre, London |
| Best Composer or Lyricist | Jim Barne and Kit Buchan for The Season at the New Wolsey Theatre, Ipswich and Royal and Derngate, Northampton | Robbie Williams for The Boy in the Dress at the Royal Shakespeare Company, Stratford-upon-Avon |
| Best Writer | Temi Wilkey for The High Table at the Bush Theatre, London | Samuel Bailey for Shook at the Southwark Playhouse, London |
| Best Writer | Temi Wilkey for The High Table at the Bush Theatre, London | Mari Izzard for Hela at The Other Room, Cardiff |
| Best Writer | Temi Wilkey for The High Table at the Bush Theatre, London | Eleanor Tindall for Before I Was a Bear at The Bunker, London |
| Best West End Debut Performer | Sam Tutty for Dear Evan Hansen at the Noël Coward Theatre | Shan Ako for Les Misérables at the Sondheim Theatre |
| Best West End Debut Performer | Sam Tutty for Dear Evan Hansen at the Noël Coward Theatre | David Mitchell for The Upstart Crow at the Gielgud Theatre |
| Best West End Debut Performer | Sam Tutty for Dear Evan Hansen at the Noël Coward Theatre | Daniel Monks for Teenage Dick at the Donmar Warehouse |
| Best West End Debut Performer | Sam Tutty for Dear Evan Hansen at the Noël Coward Theatre | Samantha Pauly for Evita at Regent's Park Open Air Theatre |
| Best West End Debut Performer | Sam Tutty for Dear Evan Hansen at the Noël Coward Theatre | Wendell Pierce for Death of a Salesman at the Piccadilly Theatre |
| Best West End Debut Performer | Sam Tutty for Dear Evan Hansen at the Noël Coward Theatre | Aimee Lou Wood for Uncle Vanya at the Harold Pinter Theatre |
| Best Creative West End Debut | Femi Temowo for Death of a Salesman at the Piccadilly Theatre and for Three Sisters at the National Theatre | Fabian Aloise for Evita at Regent's Park Open Air Theatre |
| Best Creative West End Debut | Femi Temowo for Death of a Salesman at the Piccadilly Theatre and for Three Sisters at the National Theatre | Nadia Latif for Fairview at the Young Vic Theatre |
| Best Creative West End Debut | Femi Temowo for Death of a Salesman at the Piccadilly Theatre and for Three Sisters at the National Theatre | Benj Pasek, Justin Paul and Steven Levenson for Dear Evan Hansen at the Noël Coward Theatre |
| Best Creative West End Debut | Femi Temowo for Death of a Salesman at the Piccadilly Theatre and for Three Sisters at the National Theatre | David West Read for & Juliet at the Shaftesbury Theatre |
| Best Creative West End Debut | Femi Temowo for Death of a Salesman at the Piccadilly Theatre and for Three Sisters at the National Theatre | - |
| The Stage Debut Awards 2023 | Winner | Nominees |
| Best Performer in a Play | Elan Davies for Imrie at Sherman Theatre, Cardiff & Isobel Thom for I, Joan at Shakespeare's Globe, London | Bukky Bakray for Sleepova at Bush Theatre, London |
| Best Performer in a Play | Elan Davies for Imrie at Sherman Theatre, Cardiff & Isobel Thom for I, Joan at Shakespeare's Globe, London | Rita Bernard-Shaw for Trouble in Butetown at Donmar Warehouse, London |
| Best Performer in a Play | Elan Davies for Imrie at Sherman Theatre, Cardiff & Isobel Thom for I, Joan at Shakespeare's Globe, London | Natalie Blair for Spring and Port Wine at Octagon Theatre, Bolton |
| Best Performer in a Play | Elan Davies for Imrie at Sherman Theatre, Cardiff & Isobel Thom for I, Joan at Shakespeare's Globe, London | Rhian Blundell for Let the Right One In at Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester |
| Best Performer in a Play | Elan Davies for Imrie at Sherman Theatre, Cardiff & Isobel Thom for I, Joan at Shakespeare's Globe, London | Rilwan Abiola Owokoniran for The Importance of Being Earnest at Leeds Playhouse and touring |
| Best Performer in a Play | Elan Davies for Imrie at Sherman Theatre, Cardiff & Isobel Thom for I, Joan at Shakespeare's Globe, London | Daniel Rock for Richard The Second at Omnibus Theatre, London and touring |
| Best Performer in a Musical | Jessica Lee for Miss Saigon at Crucible Theatre, Sheffield | Liv Andrusier for Ride at Charing Cross Theatre, London |
| Best Performer in a Musical | Jessica Lee for Miss Saigon at Crucible Theatre, Sheffield | Josh Barnett for Newsies at Troubadour Wembley Park Theatre, London |
| Best Performer in a Musical | Jessica Lee for Miss Saigon at Crucible Theatre, Sheffield | Arcangelo Ciulla for Newsies at Troubadour Wembley Park Theatre, London |
| Best Performer in a Musical | Jessica Lee for Miss Saigon at Crucible Theatre, Sheffield | Carla Dixon-Hernandez for Mrs Doubtfire at Shaftesbury Theatre, London |
| Best Performer in a Musical | Jessica Lee for Miss Saigon at Crucible Theatre, Sheffield | Drew Hylton for Unexpected Twist: An Oliver Twisted Tale at Royal and Derngate, Northampton and touring |
| Best Performer in a Musical | Jessica Lee for Miss Saigon at Crucible Theatre, Sheffield | Maisie Smith for Strictly Ballroom, Churchill Theatre, Bromley and touring |
| Best Director | Emily Ling Williams for A Playlist for the Revolution at Bush Theatre, London | Daniel Blake for Bones at Park Theatre, London |
| Best Director | Emily Ling Williams for A Playlist for the Revolution at Bush Theatre, London | Indiana Lown-Collins for The Solid Life of Sugar Water at Orange Tree Theatre, London |
| Best Director | Emily Ling Williams for A Playlist for the Revolution at Bush Theatre, London | Denzel Westley-Sanderson for The Importance of Being Earnest at Leeds Playhouse and touring |
| Best Designer | Andrea Scott for My Neighbour Totoro at Barbican Theatre, London | Carly Brownbridge for Agatha at Theatre503, London |
| Best Designer | Andrea Scott for My Neighbour Totoro at Barbican Theatre, London | Peter Butler for The Shape of Things at Park Theatre, London |
| Best Composer, Lyricist or Book Writer | Michael R Jackson for A Strange Loop at Barbican Theatre, London | Gerel Falconer for Alice in Wonderland at Brixton House, London |
| Best Composer, Lyricist or Book Writer | Michael R Jackson for A Strange Loop at Barbican Theatre, London | Jenny Moore for Robin Hood: The Legend. Re-written at Regent's Park Open Air Theatre, London |
| Best Composer, Lyricist or Book Writer | Michael R Jackson for A Strange Loop at Barbican Theatre, London | Lilly Pollard for Sugar Coat at Southwark Playhouse, London |
| Best Writer | Anoushka Lucas for Elephant at Bush Theatre, London | Sasha Hails for Possession at Arcola Theatre, London |
| Best Writer | Anoushka Lucas for Elephant at Bush Theatre, London | Lenny Henry for August in England at Bush Theatre, London |
| Best Writer | Anoushka Lucas for Elephant at Bush Theatre, London | Jennifer Lunn for Es & Flo at Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff |
| Best Writer | Anoushka Lucas for Elephant at Bush Theatre, London | Richard Mylan for Sorter at Swansea Grand Theatre |
| Best Writer | Anoushka Lucas for Elephant at Bush Theatre, London | Zak Zarafshan for The Boys Are Kissing at Theatre503, London |
| Best West End Debut Performer | Rose Ayling-Ellis for As You Like It at @sohoplace | Emily Fairn for Brokeback Mountain at @sohoplace |
| Best West End Debut Performer | Rose Ayling-Ellis for As You Like It at @sohoplace | Mike Faist for Brokeback Mountain at @sohoplace |
| Best West End Debut Performer | Rose Ayling-Ellis for As You Like It at @sohoplace | Kyle Ramar Freeman for A Strange Loop at Barbican Theatre |
| Best West End Debut Performer | Rose Ayling-Ellis for As You Like It at @sohoplace | Gabriel Howell for The Unfriend at Criterion Theatre |
| Best West End Debut Performer | Rose Ayling-Ellis for As You Like It at @sohoplace | Paul Mescal for A Streetcar Named Desire at Phoenix Theatre |
| Best West End Debut Performer | Rose Ayling-Ellis for As You Like It at @sohoplace | Zachary Quinto for Best of Enemies at Noël Coward Theatre |
| Best West End Debut Performer | Rose Ayling-Ellis for As You Like It at @sohoplace | Samira Wiley for Blues for an Alabama Sky at The National Theatre |
| Best Creative West End Debut | Tingying Dong for The Crucible at National Theatre and Gielgud Theatre and Rob Madge for My Son's a Queer, at Garrick Theatre and Ambassadors Theatre | Joe Bunker for Operation Mincemeat at Fortune Theatre |
| Best Creative West End Debut | Tingying Dong for The Crucible at National Theatre and Gielgud Theatre and Rob Madge for My Son's a Queer, at Garrick Theatre and Ambassadors Theatre | David Cumming, Felix Hagan, Natasha Hodgson and Zoë Roberts for Operation Mincemeat at Fortune Theatre |
| Best Creative West End Debut | Tingying Dong for The Crucible at National Theatre and Gielgud Theatre and Rob Madge for My Son's a Queer, at Garrick Theatre and Ambassadors Theatre | Michael R Jackson for A Strange Loop at Barbican Theatre |
| Best Creative West End Debut | Tingying Dong for The Crucible at National Theatre and Gielgud Theatre and Rob Madge for My Son's a Queer, at Garrick Theatre and Ambassadors Theatre | Scott Le Crass for Rose at Ambassadors Theatre |
| The Stage Debut Awards 2024 | Winner | Nominees |
| Best Performer in a Play | Ellie-May Sheridan for London Tide at National Theatre, London | Deborah Ayorinde for Wedding Band: A Love/Hate Story in Black and White at Lyric Hammersmith, London |
| Best Performer in a Play | Ellie-May Sheridan for London Tide at National Theatre, London | Imogen Elliott for The Voice of the Turtle at Jermyn Street Theatre, London |
| Best Performer in a Play | Ellie-May Sheridan for London Tide at National Theatre, London | Kasper Hilton-Hille for That Face at Orange Tree Theatre, London |
| Best Performer in a Play | Ellie-May Sheridan for London Tide at National Theatre, London | Gareth John for Housemates at Sherman Theatre, Cardiff |
| Best Performer in a Play | Ellie-May Sheridan for London Tide at National Theatre, London | Louis McCartney for Stranger Things: The First Shadow at Phoenix Theatre, London |
| Best Performer in a Play | Ellie-May Sheridan for London Tide at National Theatre, London | Nadia Parkes for The House Party at Chichester Festival Theatre, Chichester |
| Best Performer in a Play | Ellie-May Sheridan for London Tide at National Theatre, London | Taylor Russell for The Effect at National Theatre, London |
| Best Performer in a Musical | Jeevan Braich for Starlight Express at Troubadour Wembley Park Theatre, London | Scarlett Ayers for The Verge ''of Forever at The Other Palace, London |
| Best Performer in a Musical | Jeevan Braich for Starlight Express at Troubadour Wembley Park Theatre, London | Laura Dawkes for Frozen at Theatre Royal Drury Lane, London |
| Best Performer in a Musical | Jeevan Braich for Starlight Express at Troubadour Wembley Park Theatre, London | Myles Frost for MJ the Musical at Prince Edward Theatre, London |
| Best Performer in a Musical | Jeevan Braich for Starlight Express at Troubadour Wembley Park Theatre, London | Joshua Ginsberg for Cable Street at Southwark Playhouse Borough, London |
| Best Performer in a Musical | Jeevan Braich for Starlight Express at Troubadour Wembley Park Theatre, London | Grace Hodgett Young for Sunset Boulevard at Savoy Theatre, London |
| Best Director | Sophie Drake for The Bleeding Tree at Southwark Playhouse Borough, London | Emily Foran for Little Women at Lyric Theatre, Belfast |
| Best Director | Sophie Drake for The Bleeding Tree at Southwark Playhouse Borough, London | Ellie Coote for 42 Balloons by The Lowry, Salford |
| Best Designer | Nathan Amzi and Joe Ransom for Sunset Boulevard at Savoy Theatre, London | Ellie Koslowsky for Vegetables in London |
| Best Designer | Nathan Amzi and Joe Ransom for Sunset Boulevard at Savoy Theatre, London | Nadya Sayapina, Anastasiya Ryabova, Lidiia Dresch-Pyshna and Dmytro Guk for King Stakh’s Wild Hunt at Barbican Theatre, London |
| Best Designer | Nathan Amzi and Joe Ransom for Sunset Boulevard at Savoy Theatre, London | Skylar Turnbull Hurd for These Demons at Theatre503, London |
| Best Writer | Azuka Oforka for The Women of Llanrumney at Sherman Theatre, Cardiff Sam Grabiner for Boys on the Verge of Tears by Soho Theatre, London | Martha Loader for Bindweed at Mercury Theatre, Colchester |
| Best Writer | Azuka Oforka for The Women of Llanrumney at Sherman Theatre, Cardiff Sam Grabiner for Boys on the Verge of Tears by Soho Theatre, London | Harry McDonald for Foam at Finborough Theatre, London |
| Best Writer | Azuka Oforka for The Women of Llanrumney at Sherman Theatre, Cardiff Sam Grabiner for Boys on the Verge of Tears by Soho Theatre, London | Hannah Morley for We Could All Be Perfect at Sheffield Theatres, Sheffield |
| Best Writer | Azuka Oforka for The Women of Llanrumney at Sherman Theatre, Cardiff Sam Grabiner for Boys on the Verge of Tears by Soho Theatre, London | Anastasia Osei-Kuffour for Love Steps at Omnibus Theatre, London |
| Best Composer, 'Lyricist or Book Writer | Jack Godfrey for 42 Balloons at The Lowry, Salford | Ahmed Abdullahi Gallab for The Enormous Crocodile at Leeds Playhouse, Leeds |
| Best Composer, Lyricist or Book Writer | Jack Godfrey for 42 Balloons at The Lowry, Salford | Nick Butcher and Tom Ling for The Little Big Things at @sohoplace, London |
| Best Composer, Lyricist or Book Writer | Jack Godfrey for 42 Balloons at The Lowry, Salford | Elvis Costello for Cold War at Almeida Theatre, London |
| Best West End Debut Performer | Jack Wolfe for Next to Normal at Wyndham’s Theatre, London | Francesca Amewudah-Rivers for Romeo and Juliet at Duke of York’s Theatre, London |
| Best West End Debut Performer | Jack Wolfe for Next to Normal at Wyndham’s Theatre, London | Will Close for Dear England at National Theatre, London |
| Best West End Debut Performer | Jack Wolfe for Next to Normal at Wyndham’s Theatre, London | Billy Crudup for Harry Clarke at Ambassadors Theatre, London |
| Best West End Debut Performer | Jack Wolfe for Next to Normal at Wyndham’s Theatre, London | Grace Hodgett Young for Sunset Boulevard at Savoy Theatre, London |
| Best West End Debut Performer | Jack Wolfe for Next to Normal at Wyndham’s Theatre, London | Toheeb Jimoh for Player Kings at Noël Coward Theatre |
| Best West End Debut Performer | Jack Wolfe for Next to Normal at Wyndham’s Theatre, London | Ed Larkin for The Little Big Things at @sohoplace, London |
| Best West End Debut Performer | Jack Wolfe for Next to Normal at Wyndham’s Theatre, London | Louis McCartney for Stranger Things: The First Shadow at Phoenix Theatre, London |
| Best Creative West End Debut | Daniel Bailey for Red Pitch at @sohoplace | Jim Barne and Kit Buchan for Two Strangers at Criterion Theatre |
| Best Creative West End Debut | Daniel Bailey for Red Pitch at @sohoplace | Marcelo Dos Santos for Backstairs Billy at Duke of York’s Theatre |
| Best Creative West End Debut | Daniel Bailey for Red Pitch at @sohoplace | Kip Williams for The Picture of Dorian Gray at Theatre Royal Haymarket |
| Best Creative West End Debut | Daniel Bailey for Red Pitch at @sohoplace | Brian Yorkey and Tom Kitt for Next to Normal at Wyndham’s Theatre |
| The Stage Debut Awards 2025 | Winner | Nominees |
| Best Performer in a Play | Hilson Agbangbe in Wonder Boy at Bristol Old Vic Lucy Karczewski for Stereophonic at Duke of York’s Theatre, London | Paula Clarke for The Tragedy of Richard III at Lyric Theatre, Belfast |
| Best Performer in a Play | Hilson Agbangbe in Wonder Boy at Bristol Old Vic Lucy Karczewski for Stereophonic at Duke of York’s Theatre, London | Joseph Edwards for The Red Shoes at Swan Theatre, Royal Shakespeare Company, Stratford-Upon-Avon |
| Best Performer in a Play | Hilson Agbangbe in Wonder Boy at Bristol Old Vic Lucy Karczewski for Stereophonic at Duke of York’s Theatre, London | Eva Morgan for The Glass Menagerie at Yard Theatre, London |
| Best Performer in a Play | Hilson Agbangbe in Wonder Boy at Bristol Old Vic Lucy Karczewski for Stereophonic at Duke of York’s Theatre, London | Christopher Neenan for Blood Wedding at Omnibus Theatre, London |
| Best Performer in a Play | Hilson Agbangbe in Wonder Boy at Bristol Old Vic Lucy Karczewski for Stereophonic at Duke of York’s Theatre, London | Daisy Sequerra for Ballet Shoes at National Theatre, London |
| Best Performer in a Play | Hilson Agbangbe in Wonder Boy at Bristol Old Vic Lucy Karczewski for Stereophonic at Duke of York’s Theatre, London | Jasper Talbot for Redlands at Chichester Festival Theatre |
| Best Performer in a Musical | Leesa Tulley for Why Am I So Single? at Garrick Theatre, London | Megan Ellis for Muriel’s Wedding the Musical at Curve, Leicester |
| Best Performer in a Musical | Leesa Tulley for Why Am I So Single? at Garrick Theatre, London | Dora Gee for The Mad Ones at The Other Palace, London |
| Best Performer in a Musical | Leesa Tulley for Why Am I So Single? at Garrick Theatre, London | Eve Shanu-Wilson for The Phantom of the Opera at His Majesty’s Theatre, London |
| Best Director | Richard Mylan for Mumfighter at Swansea Grand Theatre | Aditya Chopra for Come Fall in Love at Opera House, Manchester |
| Best Director | Richard Mylan for Mumfighter at Swansea Grand Theatre | Nathan Crossan-Smith for The Walrus Has a Right to Adventure at Liverpool Everyman |
| Best Director | Richard Mylan for Mumfighter at Swansea Grand Theatre | Adam Karim for Guards at the Taj at Orange Tree Theatre, London |
| Best Director | Richard Mylan for Mumfighter at Swansea Grand Theatre | Emily Susanne Lloyd for The Mad Ones at The Other Palace, London |
| Best Designer | Hannah Schmidt for The Passenger / Personal Values at Finborough Theatre / Hampstead Theatre, London | Juliette Demoulin for various at Finborough Theatre, London |
| Best Designer | Hannah Schmidt for The Passenger / Personal Values at Finborough Theatre / Hampstead Theatre, London | Adam Jefferys for Communion at Bush Theatre, London |
| Best Designer | Hannah Schmidt for The Passenger / Personal Values at Finborough Theatre / Hampstead Theatre, London | Chloe Wyn for The Walrus Has a Right to Adventure at Liverpool Everyman |
| Best Writer | Ava Pickett for 1536 at Almeida Theatre, London Milly Sweeney for Water Colour at Pitlochry Festival Theatre and Byre Theatre, St Andrews | Sarah Bond for Seagulls and Sad, Sad Stories at Laurels, Whitley Bay |
| Best Writer | Ava Pickett for 1536 at Almeida Theatre, London Milly Sweeney for Water Colour at Pitlochry Festival Theatre and Byre Theatre, St Andrews | Nathan Englander for What We Talk About When We Talk About Anne Frank at Marylebone Theatre, London |
| Best Writer | Ava Pickett for 1536 at Almeida Theatre, London Milly Sweeney for Water Colour at Pitlochry Festival Theatre and Byre Theatre, St Andrews | Danny James King for Miss Myrtle’s Garden at Bush Theatre, London |
| Best Writer | Ava Pickett for 1536 at Almeida Theatre, London Milly Sweeney for Water Colour at Pitlochry Festival Theatre and Byre Theatre, St Andrews | Saana Sze for Belly of the Beast at Finborough Theatre, London |
| Best Writer | Ava Pickett for 1536 at Almeida Theatre, London Milly Sweeney for Water Colour at Pitlochry Festival Theatre and Byre Theatre, St Andrews | Nancy Netherwood for Radiant Boy: A Haunting at Southwark Playhouse, London |
| Best Composer, Lyricist or Book Writer | Yve Blake for Fangirls at Lyric Hammersmith, London | Bryn Christopher, James Cooper, Martin Batchelar for Lovestuck at Theatre Royal Stratford East, London |
| Best Composer, Lyricist or Book Writer | Yve Blake for Fangirls at Lyric Hammersmith, London | Nicola and Rosie Dempsey for One Man Musical by Flo & Joan at Pleasance Dome, Edinburgh |
| Best West End Debut Performer | Rachel Zegler for Evita at London Palladium | Heather Agyepong for Shifters at Duke of York’s Theatre |
| Best West End Debut Performer | Rachel Zegler for Evita at London Palladium | Samuel Brewer for Oedipus at Wyndham’s Theatre |
| Best West End Debut Performer | Rachel Zegler for Evita at London Palladium | Georgie Buckland for The Devil Wears Prada at Dominion Theatre |
| Best West End Debut Performer | Rachel Zegler for Evita at London Palladium | Tosin Cole for Shifters at Duke of York’s Theatre |
| Best West End Debut Performer | Rachel Zegler for Evita at London Palladium | Emma Flynn for Clueless the Musical at Trafalgar Theatre |
| Best West End Debut Performer | Rachel Zegler for Evita at London Palladium | Diego Andres Rodriguez for Evita at London Palladium |
| Best West End Debut Performer | Rachel Zegler for Evita at London Palladium | Kat Ronney for Titanique at Criterion Theatre |
| Best Creative West End Debut | Mark Rosenblatt for Giant at Harold Pinter Theatre | Eline Arbo for The Years at Harold Pinter Theatre |
| Best Creative West End Debut | Mark Rosenblatt for Giant at Harold Pinter Theatre | Tye Blue, Marla Mindelle, Constantine Rousouli for Titanique at Criterion Theatre |
| Best Creative West End Debut | Mark Rosenblatt for Giant at Harold Pinter Theatre | Darren Clark, Jethro Compton for The Curious Case of Benjamin Button at Ambassadors Theatre |
| Best Creative West End Debut | Mark Rosenblatt for Giant at Harold Pinter Theatre | Justin Craig for Stereophonic at Duke of York’s Theatre |
| Best Creative West End Debut | Mark Rosenblatt for Giant at Harold Pinter Theatre | Benedict Lombe for Shifters at Duke of York’s Theatre |
| Best Creative West End Debut' | Mark Rosenblatt for Giant at Harold Pinter Theatre | Amit Sharma for Retrograde'' at Apollo Theatre |