Nominees for The Stage Debut Awards 2019

All winners will be announced at the awards ceremony at The Brewery, London on September 15, 2019 which will be streamed live on The Stage’s Facebook page.

Best Actress in a Play – sponsored by Audible

  • Liv Hill for Top Girls at the National Theatre, London
  • Urielle Klein-Mekongo for Yvette at the Bush Theatre, London
  • Lauren O’Leary for The Awkward Years at The Other Room, Cardiff
  • Bea Webster for Mother Courage at the Albion Electric Warehouse, Leeds

Best Actor in a Play – sponsored by Audible

  • Jamal Ajala for ear for eye at the Royal Court, London
  • Stuart Campbell for The Hunt at the Almeida Theatre, London
  • Patrick Gibson for Sweat at the Donmar Warehouse and the Gielgud Theatre, London
  • Ivan Oyik for Blue/Orange at the Birmingham Repertory Theatre, Birmingham

Best Actress in a Musical  sponsored by Really Useful Group

  • Georgina Ambrey for My Mother Said I Never Should and The Rise and Fall of Little Voice at the Theatre by the Lake, Keswick
  • Danielle Fiamanya for The Color Purple at the Curve, Leicester
  • Maiya Quansah-Breed for Six at the Arts Theatre, London
  • Jarneia Richard-Noel for Six at the Arts Theatre, London

Best Actor in a Musical  sponsored by Encore Radio

Best Director  sponsored by Smith & Williamson

  • Atri Banerjee for Hobson’s Choice at the Royal Exchange, Manchester
  • Tyrone Huntley for Ain’t Misbehavin’ at the Mercury Theatre, Colchester
  • Jade Lewis for Superhoe at the Royal Court, London
  • Tom Scutt for Berberian Sound Studio at the Donmar Warehouse, London

Best Designer – sponsored by Robe Lighting

  • Abby Clarke for Beauty and the Beast at the Theatre by the Lake, Keswick
  • Evie Gurney for Antony and Cleopatra and The Hunt at the National Theatre, London and the Almeida Theatre, London
  • Maxwell Nicholson Lailey for Huddle at the Unicorn Theatre, London

Best Composer or Lyricist  sponsored by Trafalgar Entertainment Group

  • Oran Eldor and Marcus Stevens for Mythic the Musical at the Charing Cross Theatre, London
  • Anaïs Mitchell for Hadestown at the National Theatre, London
  • David Cumming, Felix Hagan, Natasha Hodgson and Zoe Roberts for Operation Mincemeat at the New Diorama Theatre, London
  • Femi Temowo for Death of a Salesman at the Young Vic, London  

Best Writer – sponsored by Sonia Friedman Productions

  • Ross Willis for Wolfie at Theatre503, London
  • Nicole Lecky for Superhoe at the Royal Court, London
  • Jasmine Lee-Jones for Seven Methods of Killing Kylie Jenner at the Royal Court, London
  • Holly Robinson for Soft Animals at Soho Theatre, London  

The Joe Allen Best West End Debut

Best Creative West End Debut – sponsored by the Noël Coward Foundation

  • Frankie Bradshaw (designer) and Lynette Linton (director) for Sweat at Donmar Warehouse and the Gielgud Theatre
  • Arinzé Kene (writer) for Misty at Trafalgar Studios
  • Matthew Lopez (writer) for The Inheritance at the Noël Coward Theatre
  • Morgan Lloyd Malcolm (writer) for Emilia at the Vaudeville Theatre
  • Irene Sankoff and David Hein (writers) for Come From Away at the Phoenix Theatre

Child Performer of the Year – sponsored by Stagecoach

  • Caelan Edie for The Bodyguard Musical at the Theatre Royal, Glasgow and Tour
  • Jack Meredith for Caroline or Change at the Playhouse Theatre, London
  • Clara Read for The Wild Duck at the Almeida Theatre, London
  • Taya Tower for The Hunt at the Almeida Theatre, London

The Stage Debut Awards celebrate the very best breakthrough talent in theatre, from actors and directors to designers, writers, composers and lyricists, all of whom have made their professional debuts in the past year. Shortlisted nominees will be invited to an invitation-only ceremony in central London on September 15, 2019, when the winners will be revealed.

The ceremony will be live streamed on Facebook and winners will be published in The Stage.

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