Sadie Sink snagged the coveted Best West End Debut Performer prize for her starring role in Robert Icke's Romeo and Juliet, while British theatre darling Ava Pickett, writer of 1536 and Bloodsport: after Helen of Troy was awarded Best Creative West End Debut.
Read below for the full list of nominees and winners.
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The Stage Debut Awards 2026: Full list of winners
Robert Aramayo – Guess How Much I Love You? (Royal Court Theatre, London) - WINNERZoë Armer – The Virgins (Soho Theatre, London) - WINNERNoah Jupe – Romeo and Juliet (Harold Pinter Theatre, London)Assa Kanouté – Much Ado About Nothing (Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre, London)Erin Kellyman – Evening All Afternoon (Donmar Warehouse, London)Dylan Malyn – To Kill a Mockingbird (Leeds Playhouse and touring)Ruaridh Mollica – Clarkston (Trafalgar Theatre, London)Amber van der Brugge – Vincent in Brixton (Orange Tree Theatre, London)Best Performer in a Musical
Jess Douglas-Welsh – Redcliffe (Southwark Playhouse Borough, London)Jess Folley – Burlesque (Savoy Theatre, London)Lydia Louise – Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (Watermill Theatre, Newbury)Julianne Pundan – Miss Saigon (Palace Theatre, Manchester, and touring) WINNERJames Spence – Thespians (Mercury Theatre, Colchester, and touring) - WINNERSheridan Townsley – Sing Street (Lyric Hammersmith, London)Chris Ashworth-Bennion – The Red Rogue of Bala (Theatr Clwyd, Mold)Georgie Dettmer – Are You Watching? (Royal Court Theatre, London) - WINNERHannah Doran – The Meat Kings! (Inc.) of Brooklyn Heights (Park Theatre, London)Leo Drayton – Dynolwaith (Sherman Theatre, Cardiff)Fran Kranz – Mass (Donmar Warehouse, London)John Morton – Eclipse (Chichester Festival Theatre)Jack Nicholls – The Shitheads (Royal Court Theatre, London)Danielle Phillips – Children of the Night (Cast, Doncaster)Best Director
Douglas Clarke-Wood – THIS IS NOT ABOUT ME. (Summerhall, Edinburgh)Ralph Fiennes – As You Like It (Bath Theatre Royal)Tommaso Giacomin – The Uncontainable Nausea of Alec Baldwin (New Diorama Theatre, London) - WINNERMichelle McTernan – HOP – The Hopeful Hare (Swansea Grand Theatre) Lev Govorovski and Ted Walliker (set and lighting design) – RON (Riverside Studios, London)Alex Mullins (costume design) – Teeth ‘n’ Smiles (Duke of York’s Theatre, London)Natalie Roar (costume design) – Les Liaisons Dangereuses (National Theatre, London) - WINNERBest Composer, Lyricist or Book Writer
John Carney and Gary Clark (music, lyrics) – Sing Street (Lyric Hammersmith, London)Jordan Luke Gage (book, music, lyrics) – Redcliffe (Southwark Playhouse Borough, London) - WINNERGuido García Lueches and Sergio Antonio Maggiolo (book, music, lyrics) – Jeezus! (Underbelly Cowgate, Edinburgh, and New Diorama Theatre, London)Ed Zanders (music, lyrics) – Thespians (Mercury Theatre, Colchester, and touring)Finn den Hertog (director) – The Fifth Step (@sohoplace)Tom Fletcher (composer/lyricist) – Paddington the Musical (Savoy Theatre)Rachel Joyce (book) and Passenger (composer/lyricist) – The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry (Theatre Royal Haymarket)Ava Pickett (writer) – 1536 (Ambassadors Theatre) - WINNERBest West End debut performer
Levi Brown – Cyrano de Bergerac (Noël Coward Theatre)Brendan Gleeson – The Weir (Harold Pinter Theatre)Liv Hill – 1536 (Ambassadors Theatre)Noah Jupe – Romeo and Juliet (Harold Pinter Theatre)Cormac McAlinden – Inter Alia (Wyndham’s Theatre)Ntombizodwa Ndlovu – Marie and Rosetta (@sohoplace)Alistair Nwachukwu – The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind (@sohoplace)Kate Phillips – The Weir (Harold Pinter Theatre)Arti Shah – Paddington the Musical (Savoy Theatre)Sadie Sink – Romeo and Juliet (Harold Pinter Theatre) - WINNER
Best Director
Douglas Clarke-Wood – THIS IS NOT ABOUT ME. (Summerhall, Edinburgh)Ralph Fiennes – As You Like It (Bath Theatre Royal)Tommaso Giacomin – The Uncontainable Nausea of Alec Baldwin (New Diorama Theatre, London) - WINNERMichelle McTernan – HOP – The Hopeful Hare (Swansea Grand Theatre)Lev Govorovski and Ted Walliker (set and lighting design) – RON (Riverside Studios, London)Alex Mullins (costume design) – Teeth ‘n’ Smiles (Duke of York’s Theatre, London)Natalie Roar (costume design) – Les Liaisons Dangereuses (National Theatre, London) - WINNERBest Composer, Lyricist or Book Writer
John Carney and Gary Clark (music, lyrics) – Sing Street (Lyric Hammersmith, London)Jordan Luke Gage (book, music, lyrics) – Redcliffe (Southwark Playhouse Borough, London) - WINNERGuido García Lueches and Sergio Antonio Maggiolo (book, music, lyrics) – Jeezus! (Underbelly Cowgate, Edinburgh, and New Diorama Theatre, London)Ed Zanders (music, lyrics) – Thespians (Mercury Theatre, Colchester, and touring)Finn den Hertog (director) – The Fifth Step (@sohoplace)Tom Fletcher (composer/lyricist) – Paddington the Musical (Savoy Theatre)Rachel Joyce (book) and Passenger (composer/lyricist) – The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry (Theatre Royal Haymarket)Ava Pickett (writer) – 1536 (Ambassadors Theatre) - WINNERBest West End debut performer
Levi Brown – Cyrano de Bergerac (Noël Coward Theatre)Brendan Gleeson – The Weir (Harold Pinter Theatre)Liv Hill – 1536 (Ambassadors Theatre)Noah Jupe – Romeo and Juliet (Harold Pinter Theatre)Cormac McAlinden – Inter Alia (Wyndham’s Theatre)Ntombizodwa Ndlovu – Marie and Rosetta (@sohoplace)Alistair Nwachukwu – The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind (@sohoplace)Kate Phillips – The Weir (Harold Pinter Theatre)Arti Shah – Paddington the Musical (Savoy Theatre)Sadie Sink – Romeo and Juliet (Harold Pinter Theatre) - WINNER
Best West End debut performer
Levi Brown – Cyrano de Bergerac (Noël Coward Theatre)Brendan Gleeson – The Weir (Harold Pinter Theatre)Liv Hill – 1536 (Ambassadors Theatre)Noah Jupe – Romeo and Juliet (Harold Pinter Theatre)Cormac McAlinden – Inter Alia (Wyndham’s Theatre)Ntombizodwa Ndlovu – Marie and Rosetta (@sohoplace)Alistair Nwachukwu – The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind (@sohoplace)Kate Phillips – The Weir (Harold Pinter Theatre)Arti Shah – Paddington the Musical (Savoy Theatre)Sadie Sink – Romeo and Juliet (Harold Pinter Theatre) - WINNERFor more theatre content check out our Going Out section with the best West End shows.
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