The Black British Theatre Awards (BBTA) were launched in 2019 to recognise excellence among black performers and creatives in the UK.

The 2020 Black British Theatre Awards winners and nominees were: Best PlayBest Musical Death of a Salesman at the Piccadilly Theatre Fairview at the Young Vic Three Sisters at the National Theatre | Thriller – Live at the Lyric Theatre Hamilton at the Victoria Palace Theatre TINA - The Tina Turner Musical at the Aldwych Theatre |- !Best Male Actor in a Play !Best Male Actor in a Musical

Valentine Olukoga in The Fishermen at the Trafalgar Studios Lucian Msamati in 'Master Harold'... and the boys at the National Theatre Paapa Essiedu in Pass Over at the Kiln Theatre | Noah Thomasfor in Everybody's Talking About Jamie at the Apollo Theatre Jason Brock in Thriller – Live at the Lyric Theatre Jonathan Andrew Hume in Come from Away at the Phoenix Theatre |- !Best Female Actor in a Play !Best Female Actor in a Musical

Rakie Ayola for On Bear Ridge at the Royal Court Theatre Ronke Adekoluejo in Three Sisters at the National Theatre Sharon D. Clarke in Death of a Salesman at the Piccadilly Theatre | Miriam-Teak Lee in & Juliet at the Shaftesbury Theatre Aisha Jawando in TINA - The Tina Turner Musical at the Aldwych Theatre Maiya Quansah-Breed in Six at the Arts TheatreBest Supporting Male Actor in a PlayBest Supporting Male Actor in a Musical Nari Blair-Mangat in Cyrano de Bergerac at the Playhouse Theatre Arinzé Kene in Death of a Salesman at the Young Vic Reice Weathers in The Upstart Crow at the Gielgud Theatre Nicholas McLean in Wicked at the Apollo Victoria Theatre Arun Blair-Mangat in & Juliet at the Shaftesbury Theatre Tarinn Callender in Hamilton at the Victoria Palace TheatreBest Supporting Female Actor in a PlayBest Supporting Female Actor in a Musical Cherrelle Skeete for The High Table at the Bush Theatre Michele Austin in Cyrano de Bergerac at the Playhouse Theatre Rosalind Eleazar in Uncle Vanya at the Harold Pinter Theatre Nicole Raquel Dennis in Dear Evan Hansen at the Noël Coward Theatre Melanie La Barrie in & Juliet at the Shaftesbury Theatre Shanay Holmes in The Bridges of Madison County at the Menier Chocolate Factory Creatives AwardsBest Director for a Play or MusicalBest Producer Nadia Latif for Fairview at the Young Vic Clint Dyer for Death of England at the National Theatre Ola Ince for Appropriate at the Donmar Warehouse Roy Alexander Weise for ''Master Harold''... and the boys at the National Theatre Adrian Grant for Thriller - Live at the Lyric Theatre Nicole Raquel Dennis and Ryan Carter for Turn Up at Cadogan Hall Tobi Kyeremateng for My White Best Friend (and Other Letters Left Unsaid) at the Royal Court TheatreBest ChoreographerBest Dance Production Kenrick 'H2O' Sandy MBE for REDD at the Barbican Theatre Lanre Malaolu for Pass Over at the Kiln Theatre Shelley Maxwell for ''Master Harold''... and the boys at the National Theatre Ballet Black's Ingoma at the Barbican Theatre Boy Blue's REDD at the Barbican Theatre ZooNation's Some Like It Hip Hop at the Peacock TheatreBest Dance Performance in a Dance ProductionBest Use of Innovation and Technology Kenrick 'H2O' Sandy MBE for REDD at the Barbican Theatre Marcelino Sambé for The Cellist at the Royal Opera HouseNicole Raquel Dennis and Ryan Carter for Turn Up at Cadogan Hall Recognition AwardsLight and Sound Recognition AwardCostume Design Recognition Award Carmen Wright Simeon Miller Tony Gayle Natalie Pryce Jodie Simone Howe Maybelle LayeBook and Lyrics Recognition AwardMusical Director Recognition Award Arinzé Kene Roy Williams Shirley Thompson OBE Ian Oakley Sean Green Shiloh CokeCasting Director Recognition Award Isabella Odoffin Achievement AwardsLGBTQ+ Champion AwardDisability Champion Award Layton Williams Arun Blair-Mangat Rikki Beadle-Blair MBE Rachel Nwokoro Chris FonsecaBest Teacher of Performing Arts as a SubjectBest Recent Graduate Award David Blake from WAC Arts Dollie Henry from Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance Kamara Gray for the Urdang Academy/Artistry Youth Dance Tonye Scott-Obene from Italia Conti Academy of Theatre Arts Danielle Fiamanya from Guildford School of Acting Stacy Abalogun from the Royal Academy of Dramatic ArtLifetime AchievementShirley Thompson OBE

See also

Laurence Olivier Awards WhatsOnStage Awards Evening Standard Theatre Awards Tony Awards Drama Desk Awards

References

External links

Black British Theatre Awards official website