The Stage Debut Awards took place last night and we couldn’t be more pleased for all the incredible performers and creatives who won as well as all the nominees. The event, in association with Netflix, took place this weekend and it’s alway so special to see the hard work put in by everyone in the industry celebrated.

Rachel Zegler won Best West End Debut Performer for her performance in Evita whihc was a publicly voted category and Leesa Tulley (Six) won Best Performer in a Musical for Why Am I So Single? at the Garrick Theatre.

The ceremony took place at 8 Northumberland Avenue in London and was hosted by Julian Clary.

Here’s the full list of the winners and the nominees.

CREATIVES

Best Director (sponsored by Arts Council England):

● Winner: Richard Mylan for Mumfighter at Swansea Grand Theatre

● Aditya Chopra for Come Fall In Love at Opera House, Manchester

● Nathan Crossan-Smith for The Walrus Has a Right to Adventure at Liverpool Everyman

● Adam Karim for Guards at the Taj at Orange Tree Theatre, London

● Emily Susanne Lloyd for The Mad Ones at the Other Palace, London

Best Designer (sponsored by Preevue):

● Winner: Hannah Schmidt (set and costume) for The Passenger/Personal Values at Finborough Theatre/Hampstead Theatre, London

● Juliette Demoulin (set), various at Finborough Theatre, London

● Adam Jefferys (lighting) for Communion at Bush Theatre, London

● Chloe Wyn (set and costume) for The Walrus Has a Right to Adventure, at Liverpool Everyman

Best Composer, Lyricist or Book Writer (sponsored by Theatricals Rights Worldwide):

● Winner: Yve Blake for Fangirls at Lyric Hammersmith, London

● Martin Batchelar, James Cooper, Bryn Christopher for Lovestuck, at Theatre Royal Stratford East, London

● Nicola Dempsey and Rosie Dempsey for One Man Musical by Flo and Joan at Pleasance Dome, Edinburgh

Best Creative West End Debut (sponsored by Learn My Lines Productions):

● Winner: Mark Rosenblatt (playwright) for Giant at the Harold Pinter Theatre

● Eline Arbo (adapter/director) for The Years at Harold Pinter Theatre

● Tye Blue (writer/director), Marla Mindelle (writer) and Constantine Rousouli (writer) for Titanique at Criterion Theatre

● Darren Clark (music and lyrics) and Jethro Compton (book and lyrics) for The Curious Case of Benjamin Button at Ambassadors Theatre

● Justin Craig (musical director and orchestrator) for Stereophonic at the Duke of York’s Theatre

● Benedict Lombe (playwright) for Shifters at the Duke of York’s Theatre

● Amit Sharma (director) for Retrograde at Apollo Theatre

Best Writer (sponsored by Sonia Friedman Productions):

● Winner: Ava Pickett for 1536 at the Almeida Theatre, London

● Winner: 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

● Nathan Englander for What We Talk About When We Talk About Anne Frank at Marylebone Theatre, London

● Danny James King for Miss Myrtle’s Garden at Bush Theatre, London

● Nancy Netherwood for Radiant Boy: A Haunting at Southwark Playhouse, London

● Saana Sze for Belly of the Beast at Finborough Theatre, London

PERFORMERS

Best West End Debut Performer (Sponsored by Noël Coward Foundation):

● Winner: Rachel Zegler for Evita at The London Palladium

● Heather Agyepong for Shifters at the Duke of York’s Theatre

● Samuel Brewer for Oedipus at Wyndham’s Theatre

● Georgie Buckland for The Devil Wears Prada at Dominion Theatre

● Tosin Cole for Shifters at the Duke of York’s Theatre

● Emma Flynn for Clueless the Musical at Trafalgar Theatre

● Diego Andres Rodriguez for Evita at London Palladium

● Kat Ronney for Titanique at Criterion Theatre

Best Performer in a Musical (sponsored by Michael Harrison Entertainment):

● Winner: Leesa Tulley for Why Am I So Single? at the Garrick Theatre, London

● Megan Ellis for Muriel’s Wedding the Musical at Curve, Leicester

● Dora Gee for The Mad Ones at the Other Palace, London

● Eve Shanu-Wilson for The Phantom of the Opera at His Majesty’s Theatre, London

Best Performer in a Play (sponsored by Encore):

● Winner: Hilson Agbangbe for Wonder Boy at Bristol Old Vic

● Winner: Lucy Karczewski for Stereophonic at the Duke of York’s Theatre, London

● Paula Clarke for The Tragedy of Richard III at the Lyric Theatre, Belfast

● Joseph Edwards for The Red Shoes at the Swan Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon

● Eva Morgan for The Glass Menagerie at the Yard Theatre, London

● Christopher Neenan for Blood Wedding at Omnibus Theatre, London

● Daisy Sequerra for Ballet Shoes at the National Theatre, London

● Jasper Talbot for Redlands at Chichester Festival Theatre

That’s it for this years The Stage Debut Awards! Congratulations again to all the winners and nominees and here’s to another amazing year of theatre. Book tickets to see the shows that were nominated as well as all the other incredible West End offerings on theatrebookings.com

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