The Black British Theatre Awards (BBTA) were launched in 2019 and recognise excellence among black performers and creatives in the UK.
In 2023 the Best Director and Best Producer Awards were sponsored by Disney Theatrical.
The 2023 Black British Theatre Awards winners and nominees were: Best PlayBest Musical Going For Gold (UK Tour) Tambo and Bones (Actors Touring Company and Theatre Royal Stratford East) The Importance of Being Earnest (UK Tour) | Sylvia at The Old Vic The Color Purple (UK Tour) Tina: The Tina Turner Musical at the Aldwych Theatre |- !Best Male Actor in a Play !Best Male Actor in a Musical
Jazz Lintott for Going for Gold (UK Tour) David Alade for Sunny Side Up at the Theatre Peckham Gamba Cole for Housemates Returns: Chicken Burger N Chips at Brixton House Michael Ahomka-Lindsay for Newsies at the Troubadour Wembley Park Theatre Caleb Roberts for Tina: The Tina Turner Musical at the Aldwych Theatre Owen Chaponda for The Lion King at the Lyceum TheatreBest Female Actor in a PlayBest Female Actor in a Musical Toyin Ayedun-Alase for The Clinic at the Almeida Theatre Aminita Francis for Family Tree (UK Tour) Kibong Tanji for Recognition (Talawa Theatre Company) Elesha Paul Moses for Tina: The Tina Turner Musical at the Aldwych Theatre Heidi Williams for Matilda the Musical at the Cambridge Theatre Nicole-Lily Baisden for 42nd Street at the Sadler's WellsBest Supporting Male Actor in a PlayBest Supporting Male Actor in a Musical Christian Alifoe for Sucker Punch (UK Tour) Khai Shaw for Alice in Wonderland at Brixton House Fode Simbo for Under the Kundè Tree at Southwark Playhouse Kyrelle Lammy for Nativity! The Musical at the Birmingham Repertory Theatre Jay Perry for Sylvia at The Old Vic Kylan Denis for Matilda the Musical at the Cambridge TheatreBest Supporting Female Actor in a PlayBest Supporting Female Actor in a Musical Toyin Ayedun-Alase for Alice in Wonderland at the Brixton House Bola Akeju for School Girls; Or, The African Mean Girls Play at the Lyric Hammersmith Sasha Frost for Noises Off (UK Tour) Billie-Kay Payne for Annie (UK Tour) Charis Alexandra for Tina: The Tina Turner Musical at the Aldwych Theatre Irene Myrtle Forrester for Tina: The Tina Turner Musical at the Aldwych TheatreBest Non Binary Performer in a PlayBest Non Binary Performer in a Musical Phoebe Campbell for The Importance of Being Earnest (UK Tour) Sam Crerar for A Midsummer Night's Dream at Shakespeare's Globe Travis Alabanza for Burgerz at the Southbank Centre Claudia Kariuki for Six at the Vaudeville Theatre Alex Thomas-Smith for & Juliet at the Shaftesbury Theatre Creatives AwardsBest Director for a Play or MusicalBest Producer Mya Onwugbonu for Hear Me Now at the Southwark Playhouse Denzel Westley-Sanderson for The Importance of Being Earnest (UK Tour) Matthew Xia for Tambo and Bones (Actors Touring Company and Theatre Royal Stratford East) Jazz Lintott and Frank Skully for Going for Gold (UK Tour) Ben Quashie for Alice in Wonderland at Brixton House Shereener Browne for PlayFight at the Pleasance Theatre and Seven Dials PlayhouseBest Choreographer or Movement DirectorBest Dance Production or Performance Mthuthuzeli November for Nina: By Whatever Means (UK Tour) Kloe Dean for Tambo & Bones (Actors Touring Company and Theatre Royal Stratford East) Tinovimbanashe Sibanda for The Importance of Being Earnest (UK Tour) Isabela Coracy for Nina: By Whatever Means (UK Tour) Cassa Pancho's Ballet Black for Nina: By Whatever Means (UK Tour) Tonyé Scott-Obené for I Am Here (UK Tour)Best Opera Production or Performance Nadine Benjamin for Blue (English National Opera) April Koyejo-Audiger for The Magic Flute (UK Tour) English National Opera for Blue (English National Opera) Recognition AwardsLighting Design Recognition AwardSound Design Recognition Award Joshie Harriette Simeon Miller Simisola Majekodunmi Xana Rasaq Kukoyi Tony GayleTheatre Design Recognition AwardPlaywright Recognition Award Debbie Duru Fay Fullerton Sadeysa Greenaway-Bailey Adenike Ojo David Alade Matilda Feyiṣayọ Ibini Book and Lyrics Recognition AwardMusical Director Recognition Award Gerel Falconer Sean Green for Sylvia at The Old Vic Ian Oakley for The Color Purple (UK Tour) Sean Mayes for Mandela at the Young Vic Achievement AwardsLGBTQ+ Champion AwardDisability Champion Award Myles Hart Claudia Kariuki Daniel Jacob Kyrelle LammyBest Teacher AwardBest Recent Graduate Award Erina Lewis from Platinum Academy Billy Luke Nevers from the Helen Hawkins Dance Company Nadine Kennedy Wood from NDC College Leah Vassell from ArtsEd Charis Alexandra from ArtsEd Jenna Bonner from ArtsEdLifetime AchievementThe Lord Hastings of Scarisbrick AwardYvonne Jones Brewster OBECedric Neal
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See also
Laurence Olivier Awards WhatsOnStage Awards Evening Standard Theatre Awards Tony Awards Drama Desk Awards