The Theatre Awards are in association with the ALPD and the ABTT and are sponsored by
Chauvet Professional, Elation, Encore, ETC, Fix8 Group, GLP, MA Lighting, SLX and Vari-Lite.
“The Theatre section of the Profile Awards is judged by eight of the UK’s leading theatre, dance and opera critics. Every single new production we see is automatically eligible for consideration, each judge may see around two hundred shows over the year so that is a significant amount of work that gets covered.”
Theatre Awards Chair, David Benedict – Variety
2026 CRITICS' CHOICE NOMINEES
ADAM SILVERMAN
for ‘Broken Glass’, Young Vic Theatre
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AIDEEN MALONE
for ‘Into The Woods’, The Bridge Theatre
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ALEX FERNANDES
for ‘Shitheads’, Royal Court Upstairs
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ANNA WATSON
for ‘Paranormal Activity”, Ambassadors Theatre, West End
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CHARLIE MORGAN JONES
for ‘Ebony Scrooge‘, Sadler’s Wells East
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CHRIS DAVEY
for ‘Crime and Punishment’, Cast, Doncaster
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CLANCY FLYNN
for ‘Slant/Marking Time’, Sadler’s Wells
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EDWARD SAUNDERS
for ‘Breaking Bach’, Usher Hall, Edinburgh International Festival
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FABIANA PICCIOLI
for ‘Against The Tide’, Royal Opera House
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GUY HOARE
for ‘The Turn of the Screw’, Linbury, Royal Opera House
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JAI MORJARIA
for ‘Intimate Apparel’, Donmar Warehouse
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JAKE WILTSHIRE
for ‘Don Giovanni’, Waterperry Opera
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JESSICA HUNG HAN YUN
for ‘Brigadoon’, Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre
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JON CLARK
for ‘Evita’, London Palladium
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JOSHUA GADSBY
for ‘Miss Myrtle’s Garden’, Bush Theatre
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LIZZIE POWELL
for ‘The Flying Dutchman’, Welsh National Opera
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MARK JONATHAN
for ‘The Cunning Little Vixen’, Royal College of Music
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NATASHA CHIVERS
for ‘Evening All Afternoon’, Donmar Warehouse
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PANAGIOTIS TOMARAS
for ‘In A Landscape’, Sadler’s Wells
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PAUL PYANT
for ‘Summerfolk’, Olivier, National Theatre
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SIMISOLA MAJEKODUNMI
for ‘Lost Atoms’, Curve, Leicester
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TRUI MALTEN
for ‘Imeneo’, Cambridge Handel Opera Company
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