The Royal Court’s production of For Black Boys Who Have Considered Suicide When The Hue Gets Too Heavy and Hope Mill Theatre’s production of The Wiz lead the way in the shortlist for the 2022 Black British Theatre Awards (BBTAs).
Both productions have received six nominations, with Matthew Xia (The Wiz, Hope Mill Theatre) and Ryan Calais Cameron and Tristan Fynn-Aiduenu (For Black Boys Who Have Considered Suicide When The Hue Gets Too Heavy, Royal Court) nominated alongside Dermot Daly (My Voice Was Heard But It Was Ignored, Red Ladder Theatre Company UK tour) in the Best Director category.
The Best Musical Production award pits new original musical Domitius (Conway Hall) written by Henry Gu Cao, Lux Knightley and Luke McCormick against The Wiz and the UK and Ireland touring production of Dreamgirls.
The musical theatre categories also include five performance awards:
Billy Nevers (Legally Blonde, Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre), Nicole Raquel Dennis (Dreamgirls, UK and Ireland tour) and Amara Okereke (My Fair Lady, London Coliseum) are all in the running for the Outstanding Performance In A Musical Award.
Michael Ahomka-Lindsay (Legally Blonde, Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre) will go up against Michael Duke (Get Up Stand Up! Lyric Theatre) and Tarik Frimpong (The Wiz) in the Best Male Actor In A Musical category.
Nicole Raquel Dennis (Dreamgirls, UK and Ireland tour), Courtney Bowman (Legally Blonde, Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre) and Courtney Stapleton (Beauty and the Beast the Musical, UK and Ireland tour) are all in the running for the Best Female Actor In A Musical Award.
Jordan Shaw (Les Misérables, Sondheim Theatre), Shem Omari James (Dreamgirls, UK and Ireland tour) and Cameron Bernard Jones (The Wiz, Hope Mill Theatre) are the nominees for Best Supporting Male Actor In A Musical while the Best Supporting Female Actor Award will go to either Nadine Higgin (Legally Blonde, Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre), Nicolle Smartt (Domitius, Conway Hall) or Jocasta Almgill (Grease, Dominion Theatre).
The award for Best Understudy/Swing In A Theatre Production Award will also go to genre actors with Mitchell Zhangazha (Dear Evan Hansen, Noël Coward Theatre), Jemal Felix (The Phantom of the Opera, Her Majesty’s Theatre) and Zara MacIntosh (& Juliet, Shaftesbury Theatre) all nominated.
Now in their fourth year, the awards which recognise some of the finest work by black performers and creatives in UK Theatre, will be handed out at a ceremony on 16 October 2022 in the Lyttelton Theatre at the National Theatre.
Announcing this year’s nominees, BBTA co-directors Solange Urdang and Omar F Okai said: “2022 brings an unprecedented year for the BBTAs in support from industry recognition and creative growth. The public votes have quadrupled since 2021, heralding a clear and positive bright future for the ongoing work of the Black British Theatre Awards. This year we are exceptionally excited to be holding the awards The National Theatre.”
The full list of nominees can be found HERE.
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