Theatre News

Young Vic and Park triumph at Stage Awards

Other winners included producer Sonia Friedman and Liverpool’s reopened Everyman theatre

The Park Theatre
The Park Theatre was named Fringe Theatre of the Year
© Philip Vile

The Stage newspaper has announced the winners of its annual awards, which saw the Young Vic named London Theatre of the Year and Sonia Friedman pick up Producer of the Year.

Elsewhere, the Liverpool Everyman was a double winner – for Theatre Building and School of the Year – following its recent reopening.

The fledgling Park Theatre won Fringe Theatre of the Year, while Shakespeare's Globe won the International Award for its tour of Hamlet, which aims to visit every country in the world.

Birmingham Repertory Theatre's head of wardrobe Sue Nightingale won the Unsung Hero award, for her "extensive career and commitment to theatre outside the limelight".

Full list of winners

London Theatre of the Year
Young Vic Theatre

Fringe Theatre of the Year
Park Theatre

Regional Theatre of the Year
Nuffield, Southampton

Theatre Building of the Year
Liverpool Everyman &
Roundabout Theatre, Paines Plough

Producer of the Year
Sonia Friedman

School of the Year
Young Everyman Playhouse, Liverpool

International Award
Shakespeare’s Globe

Unsung Hero Award
Sue Nightingale