Best Designer

Tom Francis and the cast in Sunset Boulevard at the Savoy Theatre, London (2023). Photo: Marc Brenner

First professional design credit in a production staged between 18th July 2025 and 9th July 2026 in the UK and reviewed by The Stage.

The Best Designer category includes but is not limited to set, costume, lighting, sound & video.

Nominees must be over 16 years old or over.

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Last Year's Winner

Hannah Schmidt

The Passenger / Personal Values

Finborough Theatre, London / Hampstead Theatre, London

Schmidt’s in-the-round set and costumes for The Passenger conjured up Nazi Berlin, while in Personal Values, working as costume designer and associate set designer, she helped depict the clutter of a hoarder’s home.

Won for: Set and costume design

Previous Winners

Nathan Amzi & Joe Ransom for Sunset Boulevard at the Savoy Theatre, London
Andrea Scott (video) for My Neighbour Totoro at Barbican Theatre, London
TK Hay (set and costume) for An Adventure at the Octagon Theatre, Bolton
Rose Revitt (set and costume) for Dr Korczak’s Example at Leeds
Evie Gurney for Antony and Cleopatra at the National Theatre, London, and The Hunt at the Almeida Theatre, London
Khadija Raza for Hijabi Monologues, Spun, and Mixtape, at the Bush Theatre, London, the Arcola Theatre, London and the Royal Exchange, Manchester
Rosie Elnile for The Convert at the Gate Theatre, London

The Stage Debut Awards