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
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)
Joshie Harriette
Simeon Miller
Simisola Majekodunmi
Rasaq Kukoyi
Tony Gayle
Xana
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 - Helen Hawkins Dance Company
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
Going For Gold - Uk Tour
Tambo and Bones - Actors Touring Company and Theatre Royal Stratford East
The Importance of Being Earnest - UK Tour
Musicals
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
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.
