Winners announced for London Standard Theatre Awards 2025

Here is the full list of nominees and winners:

Emerging Talent

• Ebenezer Bamgboye (director): The Lonely Londoners, Jermyn Street/Kiln Theatre
• WINNER: Gracie Oddie-James: The Lady from the Sea, Bridge Theatre
• Diego Andres Rodriguez: Evita, The London Palladium
• Lucy Karczewski: Stereophonic, Duke of York’s
• Zoe Brough: Playhouse Creatures, Orange Tree Theatre

Best Director

• Jamie Lloyd: Much Ado About Nothing, Theatre Royal Drury Lane
• Thomas Ostermeier: The Seagull, Barbican
• WINNER: Omar Elerian: Rhinoceros, Almeida Theatre
• Rebecca Frecknall: Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Almeida Theatre
• Nicholas Hytner: Richard II, Bridge Theatre

Best Musical

• WINNER: Evita, The London Palladium
• The Producers, Menier/Garrick Theatre
• Here We Are, National Theatre
• Oliver!, Gielgud Theatre
• Shucked, Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre

Best Musical Performance

• WINNER: Rachel Zegler: Evita, The London Palladium
• Andy Nyman: The Producers, Garrick Theatre / Menier Chocolate Factory
• Simon Lipkin: Oliver!, Gielgud Theatre
• Tracie Bennett: Here We Are, National Theatre
• Vanessa Williams: The Devil Wears Prada, Dominion Theatre

Best Actor

• Tom Hiddleston: Much Ado About Nothing, Theatre Royal Drury Lane
• Michael Shannon: Moon for the Misbegotten, Almeida Theatre
• WINNER: Brendan Gleeson: The Weir, Harold Pinter Theatre
• David Shields: Punch, Young Vic / Apollo Theatre
• Jonathan Bailey: Richard II, Bridge Theatre

Best Actress

• Rosamund Pike: Inter Alia, National Theatre
• Sharon D Clarke: The Importance of Being Earnest, National Theatre
• WINNER: Hayley Atwell: Much Ado About Nothing, Theatre Royal Drury Lane
• Cate Blanchett: The Seagull, Barbican
• Ruth Wilson: Moon for the Misbegotten, Almeida

Best Play

• Till the Stars Come Down, Beth Steel, National Theatre and Theatre Royal Haymarket
• WINNER: Punch, James Graham, Young Vic and Apollo Theatre
• Stereophonic, David Adjmi, Duke of York’s Theatre
• Romans: A Novel, Alice Birch, Almeida Theatre
• The Brightening Air, Conor McPherson, Old Vic

Best Production

• Soutra Gilmour: Much Ado About Nothing, Theatre Royal Drury Lane
• Magda Willi: The Seagull, Barbican Theatre
• WINNER: David Zinn (set) and Enver Chakartash (costumes): Stereophonic, Duke of York’s Theatre
• Frankie Bradshaw: Ballet Shoes, National Theatre
• Rosanna Vize, The Maids, Donmar Warehouse

Most Promising Playwright

• WINNER: Ava Pickett: 1536, Almeida Theatre
• Azuka Oforka: The Women of Llanrumney, Stratford East
• Katherine Moar: Ragdoll, Jermyn Street Theatre