Offies 2018: Full list of Off West End Award winners
The winners of this year's Off West End Awards have been announced at a ceremony in London.
Organised by OffWestEnd.com, the awards celebrate excellence in fringe and off-West End theatre across the capital, and are now in their 7th year. After three years of 'digital ceremonies' (where the winners have been announced on Twitter, they returned to a traditional live format with a ceremony held at The Albany in Deptford, hosted by London's night czar Amy Lamé.
This year's winners include Sharon D Clarke (Supporting Female in a Musical) and T'Shan Williams (Female in a Musical) for The Life at Southwark Playhouse, Mimi Ndiweni (Female in a play, The Convert) and Ken Nwosu (Male in a play, An Octoroon).
Neil Anthony Docking won New Play for The Revlon Girl at Park Theatre, and Superhero at Southwark Playhouse won the award for New Musical.
The winners of the Offies (of which a full list can be read below) are picked from over 190 shows across London which are assessed, with winners selected by a panel of judges.
Full list of winners
Plays
Female in a play
Mimi Ndiweni, The Convert, Gate Theatre
Charlotte Gray, The Revlon Girl, Park Theatre
Katherine Pearce, Low Level Panic, Orange Tree Theatre
Lucy Robinson, Late Company, Finborough Theatre
Male in a play
Ken Nwosu, An Octoroon, Orange Tree Theatre
Ben Aldridge, Run The Beast Down, Finborough Theatre
Ian McDiarmid, What Shadows, Park Theatre
Patrick Sandford, Groomed, Soho Theatre
Supporting Female in a Play
Jo Martin, Doubt: A Parable, Southwark Playhouse
Molly Hanson, Posh, Pleasance Theatre
Sinead Matthews, Loot, Park Theatre
Vivian Oparah, An Octoroon, Orange Tree Theatre
Supporting Male in a Play
Tom Rhys Harries, The Pitchfork Disney, Shoreditch Town Hall
Danny-boy Hatchard, Eyes Closed, Ears Covered, The Bunker
Jonathan Blaydon, Lord Dismiss Us, Above The Stag
Will Pinchin, Frankenstein, Jack Studio
New Play
Neil Anthony Docking, The Revlon Girl, Park Theatre
Branden Jacobs-Jenkins, An Octoroon, Orange Tree Theatre
David Ireland, The End Of Hope, Soho Theatre
Roland Schimmelpfenning (translated by David Tushingham), Winter Solstice, Orange Tree Theatre
Most Promising New Playwright
Katie Bonna, All The Things I Lied About, Soho Theatre
Alex Gwyther, Eyes Closed, Ears Covered, The Bunker
Natasha Marshall, Half Breed, Soho Theatre
Stephen Unwin, All Our Children, Jermyn Street Theatre
Director
Ned Bennett, An Octoroon, Orange Tree Theatre
Audrey Sheffield, The Dark Room, Theatre503
Josette Bushell-Mingo, The Bubbly Black Girl Sheds Her Chameleon Skin, Theatre Royal Stratford East
Ramin Gray, Winter Solstice, Orange Tree Theatre
Ensemble
Bucket List, Battersea Arts Centre
Home Truths, The Bunker
The Gap In The Light, New Diorama
Production
Contractions, New Diorama
An Octoroon, Orange Tree Theatre
The Revlon Girl, Park Theatre
Trouble In Mind, Print Room
Musicals
Female in a Musical
T'Shan Williams, The Life, Southwark Playhouse
Daisy Maywood, Promises, Promises, Southwark Playhouse
Sophia Mackay, The Bubbly Black Girl Sheds Her Chameleon Skin, Theatre Royal Stratford East
Supporting Female in a Musical
Sharon D. Clarke, The Life, Southwark Playhouse
Alex Young, Promises, Promises, Southwark Playhouse
Sarah-Louise Young, Yank!, Charing Cross Theatre
Male in a Musical
Michael Rouse, Superhero, Southwark Playhouse
Gabriel Vick, Promises, Promises,Southwark Playhouse
Joshua Lay, Top Hat, Upstairs at the Gatehouse
Peter Polycarpou, Working, Southwark Playhouse
Supporting Male in a Musical
Cornell S. Joh, The Life, Southwark Playhouse
Greg Castiglioni, The Woman in White, Charing Cross Theatre
Jordan Shaw, Tick, Tick... Boom!, Park Theatre
Musical Director
Gareth Bretherton, Hair, Vaults
Dean Austin, Death Takes A Holiday, Charing Cross Theatre
Simon Holt, The Woman in White, Charing Cross Theatre
Musical Production
The Life, Southwark Playhouse
Hair, Vaults
Working, Southwark Playhouse
New Musical
Superhero, Southwark Playhouse
Death Takes A Holiday, Charing Cross Theatre
My Land's Shore, Ye Olde Rose & Crown Theatre
The Life, Southwark Playhouse
Opera Production
Tosca, King's Head Theatre
Cosi Fan Tutte, Baseless Fabric Theatre, Morden Civic Centre
L'Incoronazione Di Poppea , Hampstead Garden Opera, Jackson's Lane
Creative and design
Choreographer
Chris Whittaker, Top Hat, Upstairs at the Gatehouse
Charlotte Tooth, The Hired Man, Union Theatre
Joanne McShane, Salad Days, Union Theatre
William Whelton, Hair, Vaults
Costume Design
Jonathan Lipman, Death Takes A Holiday, Charing Cross Theatre
Adrin Erra Puente, White Fang, Park Theatre
Mike Lees, The Tailor Made Man, White Bear Theatre
Lighting Design
Ben Jacobs, The Wolves Of Willoughby Chase, Jack Studio
David Plater (lighting) & Andzrej Goulding (video), Room, Theatre Royal Stratford East
Norvydals Genys, Eyes Closed, Ears Covered, The Bunker
Zoe Spurr, Phoenix Rising, Car Park, Smithfield Meat Market
Set Design
Rosanna Vize, Low Level Panic, Orange Tree Theatre
Lily Arnold, Room, Theatre Royal Stratford East
Max Dorey, Talk Radio, Old Red Lion Theatre
Sound Design
Max & Ben Ringham and George Dennis, Killer, Shoreditch Town Hall
George Dennis, Guards at the Taj, Bush Theatre
Juan Coolio, White Fang, Park Theatre
Special achievement
Amber Massie-Bloomfield
Best artistic director
Kerry Michael
An Octoroon image: The Other Richard
The Life image: Conrad Blakemore
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