Nominee shortlist 2023
Creatives Group
Sponsored by Disney Theatrical Group
Denzel Westley-Sanderson, The Importance of Being Earnest - UK Tour
Matthew Xia, Tambo and Bones - Actors Touring Company and Theatre Royal Stratford East
Mya Onwugbonu, Hear Me Now - Southwark Playhouse Theatre
Sponsored by Disney Theatrical Group
Ben Quashie, Alice in Wonderland - Brixton House Theatre
Jazz Lintott and Frank Skully, Going for Gold - UK Tour
Shereener Browne, PlayFight - Pleasance Theatre and Seven Dials Playhouse
Ian Oakley, The Color Purple - UK Tour
Sean Green, Sylvia - The Old Vic Theatre
Sean Mayes, Mandela - The Young Vic
Sponsored by Italia Conti
Kloe Dean, Tambo & Bones - Actors Touring Company and Theatre Royal Stratford East
Mthuthuzeli November, Nina: By Whatever Means - UK Tour
Tinovimbanashe Sibanda, The Importance of Being Earnest - UK Tour
April Koyejo-Audiger, The Magic Flute - UK Tour
English National Opera, Blue - English National Opera
Nadine Benjamin, Blue, - English National Opera
Cassa Pancho’s Ballet Black, Nina: By Whatever Means - UK Tour
Isabela Coracy, Nina: By Whatever Means - UK Tour
Tonyé Scott-Obené, I Am Here - UK Tour
Recognition Group (body of work)
Sponsored by Harrix Group
Joshie Harriette
Simeon Miller
Simisola Majekodunmi
Rasaq Kukoyi
Tony Gayle
Xana
Sponsored by Black Apron
Debbie Duru
Fay Fullerton
Sadeysa Greenaway-Bailey
Adenike Ojo
David Alade
Matilda Feyiṣayọ Ibini
Gerel Falconer
Achievement Awards
Sponsored by GSA - Guildford School of Acting
Charis Alexandra, ArtsEd
Jenna Bonner, ArtsEd
Leah Vassell, ArtsEd
Sponsored by LIPA - Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts
Billy Luke Nevers - British Theatre Academy
Erina Lewis, Platinum Academy
Nadine Kennedy Wood - NDC College
Sponsored by Spotlight
Kyrelle Lammy
Sponsored by Bird College
Claudia Kariuki
Daniel Jacob
Myles Hart
Plays
Bola Akeju, School Girls; Or, The African Mean Girls Play - Lyric Hammersmith Theatre
Sasha Frost, Noises Off - UK Tour
Toyin Ayedun-Alase, Alice in Wonderland - Brixton House Theatre
Christian Alifoe, Sucker Punch - Uk Tour
Khai Shaw, Alice in Wonderland - Brixton House Theatre
Fode Simbo, Under the Kundè Tree - Southwark Playhouse Theatre
Sponsored by BBI - Black British Initiative
Aminita Francis, Family Tree - Uk Tour
Kibong Tanji, Recognition - Talawa Theatre Company
Toyin Ayedun-Alase, The Clinic - Almeida Theatre
David Alade, Sunny Side Up - Theatre Peckham
Gamba Cole, Housemates Returns: Chicken Burger N Chips - Brixton House Theatre
Jazz Lintott, Going for Gold - UK Tour
Phoebe Campbell, The Importance of Being Earnest - UK Tour
Sam Crerar, A Midsummer Night's Dream - Shakespeare’s Globe
Travis Alabanza, Burgerz - Southbank Centre
Sponsored by The Dang
Going For Gold - Uk Tour
Tambo and Bones - Actors Touring Company and Theatre Royal Stratford East
The Importance of Being Earnest - UK Tour
Musicals
Sponsored by Link Artists
Billie-Kay Payne, Annie the Musical, UK Tour
Charis Alexandra, Tina: The Tina Turner Musical, Aldwych Theatre
Irene Myrtle Forrester, Tina: The Tina Turner Musical, Aldwych Theatre
Sponsored by Link Artists
Jay Perry, Sylvia, The Old Vic
Kylan Denis, Matilda the Musical, Cambridge Theatre
Kyrelle Lammy, Nativity: The Musical, Birmingham Repertory Theatre
Elesha Paul Moses, Tina: The Tina Turner Musical, Aldwych Theatre
Heidi Williams, Matilda the Musical, Cambridge Theatre
Nicole-Lily Baisden, 42nd Street, Sadler's Wells Theatre
Sponsored by Link Artists
Caleb Roberts, Tina: The Tina Turner Musical, Aldwych Theatre
Michael Ahomka-Lindsay, Newsies, Troubadour Wembley Park Theatre
Owen Chaponda, The Lion King, The Lyceum Theatre
Alex Thomas-Smith, & Juliet, Shaftesbury Theatre
Claudia Kariuki, Six the Musical, Vaudeville Theatre
Sponsored by Michael Harrison Entertainment
Sylvia, The Old Vic
The Color Purple - UK Tour
Tina: The Tina Turner Musical, Aldwych Theatre
Outstanding Contribution Award and Lifetime Achievement Award to be announced shortly.
