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UK Theatre Awards 2019 winners include Life Of Pi, Lolita Chakrabarti and Hiran Abeysekera

The ceremony was held in London’s Guildhall

Alex Wood Daniel Perks

London

27 October 2019

Rebecca Trehearn, Hiran Abeysekera and Lolita Chakrabarti
© Dan Wooller for WhatsOnStage

The winners for this year's UK Theatre Awards 2019 have been announced at a ceremony at Guildhall in London.

Emma Rice received the Outstanding Contribution award for her work as a director, actor and writer.

The winners and nominees in full:

Achievement in Dance

Scottee for Fat Blokes, a collaboration with choreographer Lea Anderson
Scottish Ballet for the world premiere of Helen Pickett's dance-theatre adaptation of The Crucible
Yorke Dance Project for their Cohan Collective initiative and distinctive programming

Achievement in Opera

Buxton International Festival at Buxton Opera House for the world premiere of Georgiana
Opera North for Tosca
Welsh National Opera for War and Peace

Best Musical Production

The Color Purple directed by Tinuke Craig, a Curve and Birmingham Hippodrome co-production
Standing At The Sky's Edge directed by Robert Hastie, a Sheffield Theatres production
West Side Story directed by Sarah Frankcom, a Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester production

Best New Play

Life of Pi adapted by Lolita Chakrabarti, from the novel by Yann Martel, a Sheffield Theatres Production
The Watsons by Laura Wade, a Chichester Festival Theatre production
Ulster American by David Ireland, a Traverse Theatre Company production at Lyric Theatre, Belfast

Best Play Revival

Death of a Salesman directed by Sarah Frankcom, a Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester production
Equus directed by Ned Bennett, an English Touring Theatre and Theatre Royal Stratford East production
Plenty directed by Kate Hewitt, a Chichester Festival Theatre 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
Noughts and Crosses directed by Esther Richardson, a Pilot Theatre and Derby Theatre production
Tale Trail to The Wind In The Willows directed by Teresa Heskins, a New Vic, Newcastle-under-Lyme production

Best Director

Atri Banerjee for Hobson's Choice, a Royal Exchange Theatre production
Katie Posner for My Mother Said I Never Should, a Theatre By the Lake production
Max Webster for Life of Pi, a Sheffield Theatres Production

Best Design

Carolyn Downing, Andrzej Goulding, Finn Caldwell, Nick Barnes, Tim Hatley and Tim Lutkin for Life of Pi, a Sheffield Theatres Production
Ti Green for Touching the Void, a Royal and Derngate Northampton, Bristol Old Vic, Royal Lyceum Edinburgh and Fuel co-production
Rosanna Vize for The Audience, a Nuffield Southampton Theatres production

Best Performance in a Play

Faye Castelow for The Audience, a Nuffield Southampton Theatres production
Hiran Abeysekera for Life of Pi, a Sheffield Theatres Production
Kudzai Sitima for Princess & The Hustler, an Eclipse Theatre Company, Bristol Old Vic and Hull Truck Theatre production
Mark Gatiss for The Madness of King George III, a Nottingham Playhouse production

Best Performance in a Musical

Audrey Brisson, for Amélie The Musical a Watermill Theatre, Hartshorn-Hook Productions, Selladoor Worldwide and Broadway Asia production
Jenna Russell for The Bridges of Madison County, a Menier Chocolate Factory production
Rebecca Trehearn for Sweet Charity, a Nottingham Playhouse production

Best Supporting Performance

Esh Alladi for Hobson's Choice, a Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester production
Jocasta Almgill for West Side Story, a Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester production
Emmanuel Kojo for Oklahoma! a Chichester Festival Theatre production