Debut Awards 2023

quoting from West End Theatre Site

Best Performer in a Play (Sponsored by Cabbells):

Elan Davies for Imrie at Sherman Theatre, Cardiff

Isobel Thom for I, Joan at Shakespeare’s Globe, London


Best Performer in a Musical (Sponsored by Carnival Cruise Line):

Jessica Lee for Miss Saigon at Crucible Theatre, Sheffield


Best Director: (Sponsored by Arts Council England)

Emily Ling Williams for A Playlist for the Revolution at Bush Theatre, London


Best Designer (Sponsored by Wimbledon College of Arts, UAL)

Andrea Scott (video) for My Neighbour Totoro at Barbican Theatre, London


Best Writer (Sponsored by Sonia Friedman Productions):

Anoushka Lucas for Elephant at Bush Theatre, London


Best Composer, Lyricist or Book Writer (Sponsored by Crossroads Live):

Michael R Jackson for A Strange Loop at Barbican Theatre, London


Best West End Debut Performer (Sponsored by TodayTix)

Rose Ayling-Ellis for As You Like It at @sohoplace


Best Creative West End Debut: (Sponsored by Trafalgar Entertainment)

Tingying Dong (sound designer) for The Crucible at National Theatre and Gielgud Theatre

Rob Madge (writer) for My Son’s a Queer, (But What Can You Do?) at Garrick Theatre and Ambassadors Theatre