Winners announced for 2019 UK Theatre Awards

Posted on 28 Oct 2019

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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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 Play Revival
- Equus directed by Ned Bennett, an English Touring Theatre and Theatre Royal Stratford East 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