Nominees for the annual Black British Theatre Awards announced!
Posted on 25 September 2020
The Black British Theatre Awards returns to celebrate and recognise Black British talent within the UK theatre industry. The annual awards have announced that this year they will be broadcast on Sky Arts this October and will be hosted at the Young Vic! Nominees see actors and creatives alike be recognised, including Sharon D Clarke, Miriam-Teak Lee and Nicole Raquel Dennis. Read below for the full list of nominees.
Black British Theatre Awards full list of nominees
Clint Dyer - Death of England (National Theatre)
Nadia Latif - Fairview (Young Vic Theatre)
Ola Ince - Appropriate (Donmar Warehouse)
Roy Alexander Weise - Master Harold &... and the boys (National Theatre)
Adrian Grant - Thriller Live (Lyric Theatre)
Nicole Raquel Dennis and Ryan Carter - Turn Up (Cadogan Hall)
Tobi Kyeremateng - My White Best Friend (and Other Letters Left Unsaid) (Royal Court
Theatre)
Kenrick ‘H2O' Sandy MBE - REDD (Barbican Theatre)
Lanre Malaolu - Pass Over (Kiln Theatre)
Shelley Maxwell - Master Harold &... and the boys (National Theatre)
Kenrick ‘H2O' Sandy MBE - REDD (Barbican Theatre)
Marcelino Sambé - The Cellist (Royal Opera House)
Ingoma - Ballet Black (Barbican Theatre)
REDD - Boy Blue (Barbican Theatre)
Some Like It Hip Hop - ZooNation (Peacock Theatre)
Nicole Raquel Dennis and Ryan Carter - Turn Up (Cadogan Hall)
Carmen Wright
Simeon Miller
Tony Gayle
Jodie Simone Howe
Maybelle Laye
Natalie Pryce
Arinzé Kene
Roy Williams
Shirley Thompson OBE
Ian Oakley
Sean Green
Shiloh Coke
Isabella Odoffin
Lucian Msamati - Master Harold ... and the boys (National Theatre)
Paapa Essiedu - Pass Over (Kiln Theatre)
Valentine Olukoga - The Fishermen (Trafalgar Studios)
Rakie Ayola - On Bear Ridge (Royal Court Theatre)
Ronke Adekoluejo - Three Sisters (National Theatre)
Sharon D Clarke - Death of a Salesman (Piccadilly Theatre)
Arinzé Kene - Death of a Salesman (Young Vic Theatre)
Nari Blair-Mangat - Cyrano de Bergerac (Playhouse Theatre)
Reice Weathers - The Upstart Crow (Gielgud Theatre)
Cherrelle Skeete - The High Table (Bush Theatre)
Michele Austin - Cyrano de Bergerac (Playhouse Theatre)
Rosalind Eleazar - Uncle Vanya (Harold Pinter Theatre)
Death of a Salesman (Piccadilly Theatre)
Fairview (Young Vic Theatre)
Three Sisters (National Theatre)
Jason Brock - Thriller Live (Lyric Theatre)
Jonathan Andrew Hume - Come from Away (Phoenix Theatre)
Noah Thomas - Everybody's Talking About Jamie (Apollo Theatre)
Aisha Jawando - TINA – The Tina Turner Musical (Aldwych Theatre)
Maiya Quansah-Breed - Six the Musical (Arts Theatre)
Miriam-Teak Lee - & Juliet (Shaftesbury Theatre)
Arun Blair-Mangat - & Juliet (Shaftesbury Theatre)
Nicholas McLean - Wicked (Apollo Victoria Theatre)
Tarinn Callender - Hamilton (Victoria Palace Theatre)
Melanie La Barrie - & Juliet (Shaftesbury Theatre)
Nicole Raquel Dennis - Dear Evan Hansen (Noël Coward Theatre)
Shanay Holmes - The Bridges of Madison County (Menier Chocolate Factory)
Hamilton (Victoria Palace Theatre)
Thriller Live (Lyric Theatre)
TINA – The Tina Turner Musical (Aldwych Theatre)
Arun Blair-Mangat
Layton Williams
Rikki Beadle-Blair
Chris Fonseca
Rachel Nwokoro
David Blake - WAC Arts
Dollie Henry - Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance
Kamara Gray - Urdang Academy/Artistry Youth Dance
Danielle Fiamanya - Guildford School of Acting
Stacy Abalogun - Royal Academy of Dramatic Art
Tonye Scott-Obene - Italia Conti Academy of Theatre Arts
Shirley Thompson
By Jade Ali
A love for theatre stemmed from my love of literature and music, but the West End on my doorstep opened up a whole new appreciation and passion for all things stage-y