Winners announced for 2019 UK Theatre Awards
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Nicholas Ephram Ryan Daniels
The winners have officially been announced for this year's UK Theatre Awards, which took place during a ceremony held in London's Guildhall. The biggest winner of the night was the new Life of Pi play, which took home four awards in total including Best New Play, Best Director (Max Webster), Best Design, and Best Performance in a Play (Hiran Abeysekera). Find out who won at the 2019 UK Theatre Awards below and be sure to catch the West End transfer of Life of Pi next summer with tickets for Life of Pi on sale now!
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Multi-UK Theatre Award-winning play Life of Pi sets sail to London's West End in summer 20201
2019 UK Theatre Award winners in full
Best Musical Production
- Standing At The Sky's Edge directed by Robert Hastie, a Sheffield Theatres production
Best New Play
- Life of Pi adapted by Lolita Chakrabarti based on the novel by Yann Martel, a Sheffield Theatres Production
Best Show for Children and Young People
- Billionaire Boy The Musical directed by Luke Sheppard, a Nuffield Southampton Theatres production in association with Belgrade Theatre, Coventry
Best Director
- Max Webster for Life of Pi, a Sheffield Theatres Production
Achievement in Dance
- Scottish Ballet for the world premiere of Helen Pickett's dance-theatre adaptation of The Crucible
Achievement in Opera
- Buxton International Festival at Buxton Opera House for the world premiere of Georgiana
Best Design
- Carolyn Downing, Andrzej Goulding, Finn Caldwell, Nick Barnes, Tim Hatley and Tim Lutkin for Life of Pi, a Sheffield Theatres Production
Best Performance in a Play
- Hiran Abeysekera for Life of Pi, a Sheffield Theatres Production
Best Performance in a Musical
- Rebecca Trehearn for Sweet Charity, a Nottingham Playhouse production
Best Supporting Performance
- Esh Alladi for Hobson's Choice, a Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester production
UK's Most Welcoming Theatre
- Storyhouse, Chester
Excellence in Inclusivity
- Mercury Theatre
Digital Innovation
- Northern Ballet
Excellence in Arts Education
- Derby Theatre
Excellence in Touring
- Pilot Theatre
Workforce Award
- Northern Stage