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In pictures: The Stage Awards 2018

Yandass Ndlovu, director Matt Hassall and Justina Aina from the Royal Exchange Young Company. Photo: Alex Brenner
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Photos formThe Stage Awards ceremony and party 2018 by Eliza Power and Alex Brenner…

The Stage Awards arrivals

Photos: Alex Brenner
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Jack Gamble, head of communications, Arcola (award winner) and Ayesha Casely-Hayford chair, board of trustees, Act for Change
Jack Gamble and Ayesha Casely-Hayford
Hope Mill Theatre artistic directors Joseph Houston and Katy Lipson with executive director William Whelton
Samuel Thomas, awards presenter and The Stage Debut Award winner
The Believers Are But Brothers designer Louise Gregory, writer Javaad Alipoor and producer Luke Emery (award nominees)
Louise Gregory, Javaad Alipoor and Luke Emery
Mia Hall-Sessions, Barbara Speake, Charlie McMaster, director/agent Shereen Boucher (Barbara Speake Stage School scholarships winners)
Birmingham Hipodrome head of business development Judith Greenburgh and Laura Smith (head of communications)
Sherman Theatre Cardiff executive director Julia Barry and artistic director Rachel O'Riordan (award winners)
Presenter and The Stage Debut Award winner Miriam-Teak Lee
Miriam-Teak Lee
Miriam-Teak Lee
Samuel Thomas and Miriam-Teak Lee, hosts at The Stage awards
Heritage Arts (Vault Festival) co-director Andy George, founder/creative producer Tim Wilson and creative director Mat Burt
Nominees Mike Lees (costume designer), Sarah-Jane Booth (co-director) of The Attic with Joel Fisher, creative producer, Actors Centre
Nominees Mike Lees and Sarah-Jane Booth
Guest of Artistic Directors of the Future Reginald Edmund, playwright, Simeilia Hodge-Dallaway (founder/managing director), guests of ADF playwrights Saad Eddine Said and Ruthie Osterman
Samantha Marsden, The Stage contributor
Guest, Mandy Thomas, Samuel Thomas and agent Emma Bloomfield
Barbican head of theatre Toni Racklin and head of communications Angela Dias
Clare Ferraby interior designer (award winner)
Clare Ferraby interior designer, award winner with her son Mark Thompson, interior architect
Paula Rabbitt, communications manager, Royal Exchange Manchester with The Stage critic Sam Marlowe
The Stage Scholarship winners from Italia Conti Academy of Theatre Arts Ben Perkins and Kalila Khan with headteacher Karen Dwyer-Burchill
Award winner Rupert Goold, artistic director Almeida
Minor Entertainment creative director Andrew Collier, the Other Palace artistic director Paul Taylor-Mills and Pleasance Theatre Trust director Anthony Alderson
Sponsors, Encore Radio: managing director Dave Alsybury, sales relationship manager Emma Russ, account manager Jonny Bunyan and content director Jamie Crick
Sylvia Young, founder and director Julie Martin with Sylvia Young and The Stage Scholarship winner Nicholas Antoniou-Tibbittts (front)
Wac Arts marketing and communications manager with The Stage Scholarship winner Gibsa Bah
The Stage Scholarship winner Tom Botting, creative director Eve Aston and student Ellie Machin from Razzamataz Theatre Schools
Scottish Youth Theatre emerging theatremaker Leona Craig and chief executive Jacky Hardacre
Heather Doole, production manager and AK Bennett-Hunter award winner
1927 co-artistic director Suzanne Andrade and producer Jo Crowley (nominees)

The Stage Awards ceremony

Photos: Eliza Power
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Presenter, The Stage Debut Award-winner Miriam-Teak Lee
Presenter, The Stage Debut Award-winner Samuel Thomas
Alistair Smith, editor, The Stage
Award presenter Ben Rapp from sponsor, Managed Networks
London theatre of the year award winner Rupert Goold, artistic director of the Almeida Theatre
Award presenter Matt Lloyd, from sponsor, Global Design Solutions
Sustainability award winner, Ben Todd for the Arcola Theatre
Unsung Hero award winner, interior designer Clare Ferraby, accepts her award from Bryan Raven, managing director of sponsor White Light Ltd
Award presenter Gavin Green from sponsor Charcoalblue
Liverpool Everyman Company executive director Deborah Aydon accepts the award for innovation
Award presenter Joe Cadbury for sponsor PRG XL Video
Katy Fuller, Hull City of Culture 2017 creative director, accepts the award for producer of the year
Award presenter, Brendan Patterson from sponsor TodayTix
Director Matt Hassall and member Yandass Ndlovu from Royal Exchange Young Company accept the award for school of the year
Royal Exchange Young Company member Yandass Ndlovu
Award presenter Bev Hewes form sponsor Encore Insure
Artistic director Joseph Houston accepts the award for fringe theatre of the year for Hope Mill Theatre
Producer Katy Lipson and executive producer William Whelton from Hope Mill Theatre
Award presenter, Nick Potter, group international business director from sponsor, Ambassador Theatre Group
Imaginate head of marketing Marion Bourbouze and producer Pamela Walker accept the international award
Award presenter Emily Wood, from sponsor Evolution Productions
Sherman Theatre's artistic director Rachel O'Riordan and executive director Julia Barry accept the award for regional theatre of the year
The Stage commercial director Simon Hassell presents executive director Nick Starr from the Bridge Theatre the award for building of the year
Nick Starr with architect Steve Tompkins. Photo: Eliza Power
Bridge Theatre architect Steve Tompkins from Haworth Tompkins

The Stage Awards party

Photos: Eliza Power
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Brendan Patterson, Merritt Baer and Philip Allan from TodayTix
Dan Jones and Bizzy Day from the Other Room, Cardiff
Playwright David Wood, Neil McPherson (Finborough Theatre) and John PLews (Gatehouse Theatre)
Les Enfant Terribles' Fiona Porritt (left) and James Seager (right) with West End Producer (centre)
Wac Arts' Hayley Butler, scholarship winner Gibsa Bah and Marilyn Bah
Award winners Imaginate head of marketing Marion Bourbouze and producer Pamela Walker with Jonathan Downs, Sandringham Schools assistant theatre manager
James Seager and Fiona Porritt from Les Enfants Terribles
Hull City of Culture 2017 team Martin Green, Katy Fuller and Niccy Hallifax
National Theatre executive director Lisa Burger, SOLT_UK Theatre chief executive Julian Bird and former culture minister Ed Vaizey
The Stage features editor Nick Clarke with lighting designer and contributor Rob Halliday
Pamela Walker (Imaginate), Kevin Walsh (Graeae Theatre Company) and Marion Bourbouze (Imaginate)
The Stage contributor and Actors Centre chair Paul Clayton with Chris Gratwick (Managed Networks)
The Stage's Paul Martin and Sheena Wrigley (Manchester Palace Theatre)
Paul Martin, news editor Matthew Hemley and 1927 co-director Suzanne Andrade and producer Jo Crowley
Rich Garfield and Elena Giakoumaki from Charcoalblue
Robert O'Dowd (Rose Theatre, Kingston)
Robert West (Creative and Cultural Skills) and Sian Alexander (Lyric Hammersmith)
The Stage Scholarship winners Sam Hull and Caitlin McNally from Emil Dale Academy.
Sharon Lawless (Forest Forge Theatre) and Melanie Sharpe (Stagetext)
Sheena Wrigley (Manchester Palace Theatre), David Brownlee (TRG Arts) and producer Kenny Wax
Spirit Young Performers Company's Sophie Boyce with The Stage Scholarship winners Tyler Davis and Kate Jevons
Stuart Griffiths (Ambassador Theatre Group) and producer/award sponsor Emily Wood
Suzanne Walker (Sadler's Wells) and Stuart Griffiths
Architect Steve Tompkins and Tamara Harvey (Theatr Clwyd)
Ben Chamberlain (Corner Shop PR), Paula Rabbitt (Manchester Royal Exchange) and Chris Wardle (Liverpool Everyman Theatre)
Daisy Bowie-Sell (WhatsOnStage) and Paul Taylor-Mills (Other Palace)
Fiery Angel's Edward Snape and Jon Bath
The Stage careers advisor John Byrne, Cervantes Theatre's Paula Paz and Jorge de Juan with The Stage contributor Sam Marsden
John Cadbury (PRG XL Video) with White Light's Stuart Crane and Bryan Raven
Judith Greenburgh and Laura Smith (Birmingham Hippodrome)
1927 co-director Suzanne Andrade, director and The Stage Debut Award winner Lekan Lawal, playwright Ruthie Osterman, Saad-Eddine Said (Terre Sans Frontier)
Mountview's Tessa Gillet, presenter, actor Samuel Thomas and agent Emma Bloomfield
The Attic's Mike Lees and Sarah-Jane Booth (nominees)
Andy George and Mat Burt from Heritage Arts
Ayesha Casely-Hayford (Act for Change) and John Byrne
Interior designer Clare Ferraby, The Stage's Ian Herbert, Gavin Henderson (Royal Central School of Speech and Drama) and Nick Thompson (former leader of Arts Team)
Summerhall's David Coates and Miriam Atwood
Guest of Artistic Directors of the Future Reginald Edmund, playwright, Simeilia Hodge-Dallaway (founder/managing director), guests of ADF playwrights Saad Eddine Said and Ruthie Osterman
Nominees Jo Crowley and producer Luke Emery
Sandringham School's Jonathan Downs and Clare Meeking
The team from Joe Allen Restaurant
LOVEtheatre's Cameron Douglas
Martin Dodd (UK Productions)
Presenters and The Stage Debut Award winners Miriam-Teak Lee and Samuel Thomas
Reginald Edmund, award winners Royal Exchange Young Company's Matt Hassal, Yandass Ndlovu and Justina Aina
Robert West (Creative and Cultural Skills) and Gary Sparkes (Charcoalblue LLP)
Shereen Boucher and Barbara Speake with The Stage Scholarship winners Mia Hall-Sessions and Charlie McMaster
The Stage's Simon Hassell, Nick Potter (Ambassador Theatre Group) and Bev Hewes (Integro)
Fourth Monkey's Steve Green, The Stage's Patrick Lappin and James Bowden (Dorset School of Acting)
The Stage international editor Nick Awde, Paula Paz and Jorge de Juan from Cervantes Theatre
The Stage Scholarship winner Tom Botting, Charlotte Young and Ellie Machin from Razzamataz
Vanessa Hicks (Mill at Sonning)
Scottish Youth Theatre's Jacky Hardacre and Leona Craig

 

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