Who won at the 2019 Black British Theatre Awards?
Published on 28 October 2019
Last night, the inaugural Black British Theatre Awards took place in a ceremony held at The Old Finsbury Town Hall in Islington and hosted by Strictly's Ore Oduba. The new awards show, which is the first of its kind to honour Black British talents in theatrical entertainment, closed Black History Month UK with a bang! Find out the lucky winners of the first-ever BBTAs below.
2019 Black British Theatre Award winners in full
- Lynette Linton; Sweat:
Gielgud Theatre- Tobi Kyeremateng; Babylon Festival:
Bush Theatre- Shelley Maxwell; Equus:
Theatre Royal Stratford East- Prentice Whitlow; Rite of Spring: Phoenix Dance Theatre:
Sadlers Wells- Phoenix Dance Theatre; Rite of Spring: Sadlers Wells
- Tony Gayle
- Sadeysa Greenaway-Bailey
- Debbie Tucker Green
- Benjamin Kwasi Burrell
- Michelle Greenidge; Nine Night: National Theatre
- Gloria Williams: Bullet Hole:
Park Theatre- Lenny Henry: King Hedley II: Theatre Royal Stratford East
- Arinzé Kene; Misty: Bush Theatre
- Cavin Cornwall; Jesus Christ Superstar:
Barbican Theatre- Beverley Knight; Sylvia:
The Old Vic- Sharon D. Clarke
- Hamilton; Victoria Palace Theatre
- Amara Okereke; Arts Educational Schools, London
- Angeline Bell, The Urdang Academy
- Sharon D. Clarke
By Nicholas Ephram Ryan Daniels
Ephram is a jack of all trades and enjoys attending theatre, classical music concerts and the opera.