[clockwise] Curve’s Nikolai Foster and Chris Stafford receive the Best Musical Production Award for Billy Elliot, Divina de Campo wins for Hedwig and the Angry Inch, Courtney Bowman hosts and the Fantastically Great Women Who Changed the World team also celebrate
The biggest winner at the lunchtime ceremony was Leeds Playhouse with three awards including UK’s Most Welcoming Theatre, the Best Design Award going to Laura Hopkins and Simon Wainwright for Dracula: The Untold Story, and the Best Performance in a Musical Award went to Divina de Campo for Hedwig and the Angry Inch (a Leeds Playhouse and HOME co-production).
Hosted by West End star Courtney Bowman (Everyone’s Talking About Jamie, Six, Legally Blonde), the ceremony featured presenters including Arlene Phillips, Isabella Pappas, Joel Harper-Jackson and Rakie Ayola.
The award for outstanding contribution to British theatre was presented to Sarah Holmes, the former CEO of New Wolsey Theatre, Ipswich, by Stephanie Sirr and Michèle Taylor.
The full list of UK Theatre Awards 2022 winners:
Best Design
- Dracula: The Untold Story – Leeds Playhouse – design by Laura Hopkins, projection and video design by Simon Wainwright
Best Director
- Robert Hastie, Anthony Lau, Elin Schofield – Rock/Paper/Scissors – The Crucible, Studio and Lyceum Theatre, Sheffield
Best Musical Production
- Billy Elliot – Leicester Curve
Best New Play
- Mugabe, My Dad & Me – a co-production by ETT, Brixton House & York Theatre Royal in association with Alison Holder
Best Performance in a Musical
- Divina de Campo – Hedwig and the Angry Inch – a Leeds Playhouse and HOME co-production
Best Performance in a Play
- Giles Terera – The Meaning of Zong – a Bristol Old Vic Production
Best Play Revival
- Translations – an Abbey Theatre and Lyric Theatre Belfast co-production
Best Show for Children and Young People
- Fantastically Great Women Who Changed the World – Kenny Wax Family Entertainment in association with MAST Mayflower Studios
Best Supporting Performance (in a musical or play)
- Nishla Smith – Kes – an Octagon Theatre and Theatre By The Lake co-production
UK Theatre – Achievement in Opera
- Richard Mantle for the last year at Opera North, which ‘epitomises the work Richard has achieved over his tenure’
UK Theatre – Achievement in Dance
- The dancers of Rambert for ‘their ability to inhabit any choreographer’s vision, as a company of unique, versatile, incredibly skilled performers’
Digital Innovation
Chichester Festival Theatre
Excellence in Arts Education
Lyric Theatre Belfast
Excellence in Inclusivity
English Touring Theatre
Excellence in Touring
Graeae Theatre Company
Workforce Award
The Marlowe, Canterbury
The UK Theatre Awards are the only nationwide awards to honour and celebrate outstanding achievements in theatre throughout England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland by UK Theatre members.
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