The inaugural Stalls to Stage Awards Night was held on January 26th 2025 at Bush Theatre. The night was a total joy filled celebration of the outstanding work in UK Theatre between 2023/24, all made possible by the number of you who took the time to vote for what you loved. You’ve waited ever so patiently but we can now reveal the very first batch of Stalls to Stage Awards Winners!
Best Supporting Actor in a Play - Tomiwa Edun, Romeo and Juliet
Best Supporting Actress in a Play - Freema Agyeman, Romeo and Juliet
Best Actor in a Play - Andrew Scott, Vanya
Best Actress in a Play - Denise Gough, People Places and Things, AND Heather Agyepong, Shifters
Best Play - Stranger Things: The First Shadow
Best Supporting Actor in a Musical - Jack Wolfe, Next to Normal AND Mitchell Zhangazha, MJ The Musical
Best Supporting Actress in a Musical - Melanie La Barrie, Hadestown
Best Actor in a Musical - Dónal Finn, Hadestown
Best Actress in a Musical - Caissie Levy, Next to Normal
Best Musical - Hadestown
Best Takeover - Madeline Charlemagne, Hadestown
Best Performance by a Cover/Alt - Lauren Azania, Hadestown
Best Graduate - Grace Hodgett Young
Best Debut (Professional or West End) - Francesca Amewudah-Rivers, Romeo and Juliet
Best Non-Binary Performer - Jo Foster
Best Solo Concert - Jamie Muscato, Cadogan Hall
Best Staged Concert Production - Spring Awakening, Victoria Palace Theatre
Best Writer - Clint Dyer and Roy Williams, Death of England
Best Director - Lynette Linton, Shifters
Best Set Design - Miriam Buether, Stranger Things
Best Casting - Jacob Sparrow, Hadestown, The Hot Wing King, The Big Life
Best Touring Production - Hamilton
LGBTQ+ Champion - Rob Madge
Disability Champion - Amy Trigg
Special Recognition Award - Gavin Creel. This award will be renamed the Gavin Creel Special Recognition Award going forward.