The Stage Debut Awards 2024 Nominees
- therevueuk
- Aug 21, 2024
- 3 min read
This years nominees for the The Stage's 2024 Debut Awards have been announced, the awards recognise the emerging talent in UK theatre.
The nominees are split between eight categories and include some big names as well as newcomers to the theatre scene.
The awards are set to take place on 29 September and will be hosted by Divina De Campo.
Take a look at the full list of nominations below.
Best Performer in a Play
Deborah Ayorinde - Wedding Band: A Love/Hate Story in Black and White at the Lyric Hammersmith, London
Imogen Elliott - The Voice of the Turtle at Jermyn Street Theatre, London
Kasper Hilton-Hille - That Face at the Orange Tree Theatre, London
Gareth John - Housemates at the Sherman Theatre, Cardiff
Louis McCartney - Stranger Things: The First Shadow at Phoenix Theatre, London
Nadia Parkes - The House Party at Chichester Festival Theatre, Chichester
Taylor Russell - The Effect at the National Theatre, London
Ellie-May Sheridan - London Tide at the National Theatre, London
Best Performer in a Musical
Scarlett Ayers - The Verge of Forever at the Other Palace, London
Jeevan Braich - Starlight Express at Troubadour Wembley Park Theatre, London
Laura Dawkes - Frozen at Theatre Royal Drury Lane, London
Myles Frost - MJ the Musical at Prince Edward Theatre, London
Joshua Ginsberg - Cable Street at Southwark Playhouse Borough, London
Grace Hodgett Young - Sunset Boulevard at the Savoy Theatre, London
Best Director
Ellie Coote - 42 Balloons at the Lowry, Manchester
Sophie Drake - The Bleeding Tree at the Southwark Playhouse Borough, London
Emily Foran - Little Women at the Lyric Theatre, Belfast
Best Designer
Nathan Amzi and Joe Ransom (video) - Sunset Boulevard at the Savoy Theatre, London
Ellie Koslowsky (set) - Vegetables at A secret location, London
Nadya Sayapina (set), Anastasiya Ryabova (costume), Lidiia Dresch-Pyshna (costume) and Dmytro Guk (video/projection) - King Stakh’s Wild Hunt at Barbican Theatre, London
Skylar Turnbull Hurd (lighting) - These Demons at Theatre503, London
Best Writer
Sam Grabiner - Boys on the Verge of Tears at Soho Theatre, London
Martha Loader - Bindweed at Mercury Theatre, Colchester
Harry McDonald - Foam at the Finborough Theatre, London
Hannah Morley - We Could All Be Perfect at Sheffield Theatres, Sheffield
Azuka Oforka - The Women of Llanrumney at the Sherman Theatre, Cardiff
Anastasia Osei-Kuffour - Love Steps at the Omnibus Theatre, London
Best Composer, Lyricist or Book Writer
Ahmed Abdullahi Gallab - The Enormous Crocodile at Leeds Playhouse, Leeds
Nick Butcher and Tom Ling - The Little Big Things at @sohoplace, London
Elvis Costello - Cold War at the Almeida Theatre, London
Jack Godfrey- 42 Balloons at the Lowry, Manchester
Best West End Debut Performer
Francesca Amewudah-Rivers for Romeo and Juliet at the Duke of York’s Theatre, London
Will Close - Dear England at the National Theatre, London
Billy Crudup - Harry Clarke at Ambassadors Theatre, London
Grace Hodgett Young - Sunset Boulevard at the Savoy Theatre, London
Toheeb Jimoh - Player Kings at the Noël Coward Theatre, London
Ed Larkin - The Little Big Things at @sohoplace, London
Louis McCartney - Stranger Things: The First Shadow at the Phoenix Theatre, London
Jack Wolfe - Next to Normal at Wyndham’s Theatre, London
Best Creative West End Debut
Daniel Bailey (director) - Red Pitch at @sohoplace, London
Jim Barne and Kit Buchan (composer, lyricist) - Two Strangers (Carry a Cake Across New York) at the Criterion Theatre, London
Marcelo Dos Santos (writer) - Backstairs Billy at the Duke of York’s Theatre, London
Kip Williams (director) -The Picture of Dorian Gray at Theatre Royal Haymarket, London
Brian Yorkey (lyricist) and Tom Kitt (composer) - Next to Normal at Wyndham’s Theatre, London
