The Black British Theatre Awards (BBTA) were launched in 2019 and recognise excellence among black performers and creatives in the UK.
The 2025 Black British Theatre Awards winners and nominees were: Best Production - PlayBest Musical Shifters, Duke of York’s Theatre Alterations, National Theatre Pig Heart Boy, Unicorn Theatre and on tour The Lion King, Lyceum Theatre MJ the Musical, Prince Edward Theatre TINA - The Tina Turner Musical at the Aldwych Theatre |- !Best Male Lead Actor in a Play !Best Male Lead Actor in a Musical
Arinzé Kene for Alterations at the National Theatre Kyle Ndukuba for Romeo and Juliet at the Belgrade Theatre Omari Douglas for This Bitter Earth at the Soho Theatre | Jay Perry for Hamilton at the Victoria Palace Theatre Jeevan Braich for Starlight Express at the Troubadour Wembley Park Theatre Newtion Matthews for Kinky Boots, UK and Ireland tour |- !Best Female Lead Actor in a Play !Best Female Lead Actor in a Musical
Beverley Knight for Marie and Rosetta, The Rose Theatre Anne Odeke for Princess Essex at the Shakespeare’s Globe Suzanne Packer for The Women of Llanrumney, Stratford East | Shanay Holmes for Oliver! at the Gielgud Theatre Georgina Onuorah for Shucked at Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre Natalie Kassanga for Moulin Rouge! The Musical at the Piccadilly Theatre |- !Best Supporting Male Actor in a Play !Best Supporting Male Actor in a Musical
Emmanuel Akwafo for A Midsummer Night’s Dream at the Bridge Theatre Andre Antonio for Romeo and Juliet at the Belgrade Theatre Tyreke Leslie for Princess Essex at the Shakespeare’s Globe | Cedric Neal for Hadestown, at the Lyric Theatre CJ Borger for Back To The Future: The Musical, Adelphi Theatre Ryan Carter for Bat Out of Hell: The Musical, UK tour |- !Best Supporting Female Actor in a Play !Best Supporting Female Actor in a Musical
Cash Holland for A Raisin in the Sun at the Lyric Hammersmith Miranda Mufema for Stranger Things: The First Shadow at the Phoenix Theatre Nicola Hughes for Intimate Apparel at the Donmar Warehouse | Jade Marvin for Starlight Express at the Troubadour Wembley Park Theatre Georgia Bradshaw, for Bat Out of Hell: The Musical, UK tour Georgia Gillam for Tina: The Tina Turner Musical, UK and Ireland tour |- !Best Child Performer (Under 16) !LGBTQIA+ Champion
Keilah Kofi for The Lion King, Lyceum Theatre Chizaram Ochuba-Okafor for Tina: The Tina Turner Musical, UK and Ireland tour Riley-Ann Nicholls Murphy for Our Mighty Groove, Sadler’s Wells East | Newtion Matthews Johannes Radebe Layton Williams |- ! colspan="2" |Creatives Awards |- !Best Director !Best Producer
Lynette Linton for Intimate Apparel, Donmar Warehouse Prime Isaac for Bitch Boxer, Watford Palace Theatre Robin Belfield for Princess Essex, Shakespeare’s Globe | Chuchu Nwagu Mwansa Phiri |- !Best Choreographer or Movement Director !Best Dance Production or Performer
Ingrid Mackinnon for Princess Essex, Shakespeare’s Globe Christopher Tendai for Cake: The Marie Antoinette Musical, The Other Palace Shelley Maxwell for Alterations, National Theatre | Our Mighty Groove, Sadler’s Wells East and Uchenna Dance Ballet Black: Shadows at Hackney Empire Inside Giovanni’s Room, Phoenix Dance Theatre – Sadler’s Wells East |- !Best Musical Director !
Takisha Sargent for The Women of Llanrumney,'' Stratford East Ashton Moore, Play On!, UK tour Xana, Alterations,'' National TheatreBest Sound and/or Lighting DesignBest Theatre Design Eamonn O’Dwyer Joshua Harriette Warren “Flamin Beatz” Morgan-Humphreys Georgie Lynch Bolu Dairo Stella-Jane OdoemelamBest Books and LyricsBest Playwright Trish Cooke Winsome Pinnock FRSL Anne Odeke Coral Wylie Ntombizodwa NyoniBest Casting DirectorLifetime Achievement Heather Basten Selma Nicholls Nicola BlackmanBest TeacherThe Lord Hastings of Scarisbrick Award Stewart Avon-Arnold, Studio 59 Claudimar Neto, Insight Dance Company Kamara Gray, Artistry Youth Dance Liam Godwin
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See also
Laurence Olivier Awards WhatsOnStage Awards Evening Standard Theatre Awards Tony Awards Drama Desk Awards