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The Awards ceremony took place at the Hampstead Theatre on 15 October. The ceremony was hosted by by actor and playwright Kwame Kwei-Armah.
Best Performance in a Play
Greg Hicks for TAMBURLAINE at Bristol Old Vic
Jenny Ogilvie for the Royal Exchange Theatre Companys WHAT EVERY WOMAN KNOWS
Daniel Weyman for NICHOLAS NICKLEBY at the Festival Theatre, Chichester
 Greg Hicks with Julian Glover
Best Supporting Performance in a Play
Tom Brooke for THE LONG AND THE SHORT AND THE TALL at the Lyceum, Sheffield
Michael Harding for HAMLET at the Lyric, Belfast and the Abbey Theatre, Dublin
Ray Panthaki for GLADIATOR GAMES at the Crucible, Sheffield
 Tom Brooke with Jim Carter
Best Performance in a Musical
The Company of ASSASSINS at the Crucible, Sheffield
Junix Inocian for PACIFIC OVERTURES at the Haymarket Theatre, Leicester
Ria Jones for ANYTHING GOES on tour
 Annie Inocian with Isla Blair
Best Supporting Perfomance in a Musical
Nicole Faraday for BAD GIRLS THE MUSICAL at West Yorkshire Playhouse
Harriet Thorpe for SWEENEY TODD on tour
Rachel Tucker for MERRY CHRISTMAS BETTY FORD at the Lyric, Belfast
 Nicole Faraday with Lesley Joseph
Best Director
Lucy Pitman-Wallace for THE BURIAL AT THEBES at Nottingham Playhouse
Nina Raine for UNPROTECTED at the Everyman Theatre, Liverpool
Gregory Thompson for MOLLY SWEENEY at the Citizens Theatre, Glasgow
 Nina Raine with Anthony Clark
Best Touring Production, sponsored by Walton & Parkinson
ATCs A BRIEF HISTORY OF HELEN OF TROY
JERRY SPRINGER THE OPERA
Kneehigh Theatres TRISTAN AND YSEULT
Best New Play
DYING CITY by Christopher Shinn at the Jerwood Theatre Upstairs at the Royal Court
RUBENSTEIN KISS by James Phillips at Hampstead Theatre
UP ON ROOF by Richard Bean at Hull Truck
 James Phillips with Jake Maskell
Best Musical Production
HOT MIKADO at the Watermill Theatre, Newbury
INTO THE WOODS at Derby Playhouse
ROAD TO NOWHERE at the Lyric Hammersmith
 Angela McFerry with Michelle Collins
Best Design
Laura Hopkins for JERUSALEM at West Yorkshire Playhouse
Robert Innes Hopkins for PROMISE, PROMISES at the Crucible, Sheffield
Matthew Wright for the Royal Shakespeare Companys SPEAKING LIKE MAGPIES
 Robert Innes Hopkins with TMA President, Derek Nicholls
Equity Award for Best Show for Children and Young People
Mull Theatre's KATIE MORAG on tour
Birmingham Stage Companys KENSUKES KINGDOM on tour
National Theatre of Scotland and Improbable's THE WOLVES IN THE WALLS on tour
 John Tiffany with Harry Landis
Achievement in Opera
Richard Farnes for his musical leadership of Opera North
Glyndebourne Productions for exceptionally strong revivals of A MIDSUMMER NIGHTS DREAM, FIDELIO and GIULIO CESARE
Welsh National Operas MAZEPPA
Achievement in Dance
LES BALLETS TROCKADERO DE MONTE CARLO for their hilarious blend of low comedy and high glamour that lampoons and celebrates the golden age of classical ballet.
Birmingham Royal Ballets THE FIREBIRD, a fairytale masterpiece brought alive in music and dancing of captivating quality.
The flamenco guitar legend Paco Pea for A COMPS!, a mesmerising evening of music and dance delivered by artists of exceptional skill.
 Gillian Newson (Agent) with Angela Towler
Special Award for Individual Achievement
Thelma Holt
 Thelma Holt with Greg Doran
The Stage Award for Special Achievement in Regional Theatre
English Youth Ballet
 Janet Lewis with Brian Attwood
All photographs by Charlie Hopkinson
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