The Stage Awards 2026: winners in full

Theatre of the Year

sponsored by Moore Kingston Smith

Royal Court Theatre, London
Watermill Theatre, Newbury
Also nominated:
Almeida Theatre, London
Nottingham Playhouse
Soho Theatre, London
York Theatre Royal

Fringe Theatre of the Year

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Hope Mill Theatre, Manchester
Also nominated:
Finborough Theatre, London
Laurels, Whitley Bay

Producer of the Year

sponsored by 3 Mills Studios

Wessex Grove
Also nominated:
KPPL Productions
Talawa Theatre Company

Theatre Building of the Year

sponsored by TAIT

Soho Theatre Walthamstow
Also nominated:
Sadler’s Wells East
Theatr Clwyd, Mold

Community Award

Common/Wealth
Also nominated:
Arcola Theatre, London for its Participation department 
ATG Entertainment’s West End Creative Learning projects
Cardboard Citizens
Imaginate, Edinburgh for Creative Encounters
Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester for The Elders
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International Award

sponsored by Concord Theatricals

Foreign Affairs
Also nominated:
Six the Musical in Japanese
The Rite of Spring

Innovation Award

sponsored by Charcoalblue

Hull Truck Theatre
Also nominated:
Akhila Krishnan, Zoe Spurr and the Royal Shakespeare Company
National Youth Theatre and Microsoft

Campaign of the Year

Black Power Desk 
Also nominated:
Eastbourne Theatres
The Devil Wears Prada

Team of the Year

Lyric Theatre, Belfast’s Lyric Scene Shop
Also nominated:
ATG Entertainment’s Creative Learning team
British Youth Music Theatre’s marketing team
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Unsung Hero

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Eugene Ju-Pierre, Royal Ballet and Opera

Judges’ Award

Nick Hern

The Stage 100

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Michael Sheen