Finalists announced for 2020 Off-West End Awards

## The Offies 2020 have found their finalists for this year's awards ceremony! Honouring the best of the best in Off-West End talent across the capital last year, the lucky award winners will be announced in a ceremony to be held at the Grand Hall at Battersea Arts Centre on 8 March 2020. Here is the full list of Off-West End Award nominees: **PLAYS** **Plays: Most Promising New Playwright** — **Dylan Coburn Gray**, [***CitySong***](https://www.londontheatredirect.com/play/4065/citysong-tickets.aspx), [**Soho Theatre**](https://www.londontheatredirect.com/venue/307/soho-theatre.aspx) — **Samuel Bailey**, *Shook*, Southwark Playhouse — **Zia Ahmed**, [***I Wanna Be Yours***](https://www.londontheatredirect.com/play/4232/i-wanna-be-yours-tickets.aspx), [**Bush Theatre**](https://www.londontheatredirect.com/venue/150/bush-theatre.aspx) **Plays: New Play** — **Matilda Ibini**, *Little Miss Burden*, Bunker Theatre — **Rose Lewenstein**, *Cougar*, Orange Tree — **Ross Willis**, *Wolfie*, Theatre503 **Plays: Female in a Supporting Role** — **Marina Bye**, *The Lady from the Sea*, [**Coronet Theatre / Print Room**](https://www.londontheatredirect.com/venue/308/the-coronet-theatre.aspx) — **Patience Tomlinson**, *Go Bang Your Tambourine*, Finborough — **Sheila Atim**, *Time Is Love*, Finborough **Plays: Male in a Supporting Role** — **Bart Lambert**, *The House of Yes*, Hope Theatre — **Ben Woods**, *A Christmas Carol*, Bridge House Theatre — **John Sackville**, *Go Bang Your Tambourine*, Finborough **Plays: Female Performance** — **Gemma Barnett**, [***A Hundred Words for Snow***](https://www.londontheatredirect.com/play/3370/a-hundred-words-for-snow-tickets.aspx), [**Trafalgar Studios 2**](https://www.londontheatredirect.com/venue/169/trafalgar-studios-2.aspx) — **Lucy Briggs-Owen**, *Out of Water*, Orange Tree — **Pia Tjelta**, *The Lady from the Sea*, Coronet Theatre / Print Room — **Redd Lily Roche**, *Box Clever*, Bunker **Plays: Male Performance** — **Cary Crankson**, *Country Music*, Omnibus — **Danny Kirrane**, *We're Staying Right Here*, [**Park Theatre**](https://www.londontheatredirect.com/venue/250/park-theatre.aspx) — **Irfan Shamji** , [***The Arrival***](https://www.londontheatredirect.com/play/4231/the-arrival-tickets.aspx), Bush Theatre — **Kalungi Ssebandeke**, *Blood Knot*, Orange Tree **Plays: Director** — **Debbie Hannan**, *Little Miss Burden*, Bunker Theatre — **Ned Bennett**, [***Equus***](https://www.londontheatredirect.com/play/463/equus-tickets.aspx), English Touring Theatre, Theatre Royal Stratford East — **Tom Littler**, *All's Well That Ends Well*, Jermyn Street Theatre — **Tristan Fynn-Aiduenu**, *Little Baby Jesus*, Orange Tree **Plays: Production** — *Equus*, English Touring Theatre, [**Theatre Royal Stratford East**](https://www.londontheatredirect.com/venue/107/theatre-royal-stratford-east.aspx) — *Shook*, Southwark Playhouse — *Wolfie*, Theatre503 **MUSICALS and OPERA** **Musicals: New Musical** — *Amour*, [**Charing Cross Theatre**](https://www.londontheatredirect.com/venue/124/charing-cross-theatre.aspx) — *Shida*, [**The Vaults**](https://www.londontheatredirect.com/venue/256/the-vaults.aspx) — *The Curious Case of Benjamin Button*, Southwark Playhouse **Musicals: Female in a Supporting Role** — **Ashlee Young**, *Gentlemen Prefer Blondes*, Union Theatre — **Claire Machin**, [***Amour***](https://www.londontheatredirect.com/musical/4016/amour-tickets.aspx), Charing Cross Theatre — **Georgie Lovatt**, *Bare: A Pop Opera*, The Vaults **Musicals: Male in a Supporting Role** — **Cedric Neal**, [***The View UpStairs***](https://www.londontheatredirect.com/musical/4003/the-view-upstairs-tickets.aspx), Soho Theatre — **Jerome Pradon**, *Aspects of Love*, Southwark Playhouse — **Oliver Savile**, [***Falsettos***](https://www.londontheatredirect.com/musical/4104/falsettos-tickets.aspx), [**The Other Palace**](https://www.londontheatredirect.com/venue/155/other-palace.aspx) **Musicals: Female Performance** — **Abigayle Honeywill**, *Gentlemen Prefer Blondes*, Union Theatre — **Jeannette Bayardelle**, *Shida*, Vaults — **Lauryn Redding**, *The Hired Man*, Queens Theatre Hornchurch **Musicals: Male Performance** — **Bart Lambert**, *Thrill Me*, Hope Theatre — **Jack Reitman**, *Thrill Me*, Hope Theatre — **Keith Ramsay**, *Preludes*, Southwark Playhouse **Musicals: Musical Director** — **Benjamin Cox**, [***Ghost Quartet***](https://www.londontheatredirect.com/musical/4380/ghost-quartet-tickets.aspx), [**Boulevard Theatre**](https://www.londontheatredirect.com/venue/361/boulevard-theatre.aspx) — **Darren Clarke**, *The Curious Case of Benjamin Button*, Southwark Playhouse — **Jordan Li-Smith**, [***Queen of the Mist***](https://www.londontheatredirect.com/musical/4189/queen-of-the-mist-tickets.aspx?Campaign115571=close), Jack Studio Theatre / Charing Cross Theatre **Musicals: Director** — **Bill Buckhurst**, *Ghost Quartet*, Boulevard Theatre — **Hannah Chissick**, *Amour*, Charing Cross Theatre — **Jethro Compton**, *The Curious Case of Benjamin Button*, Southwark Playhouse **Musicals: Production** — *Gentlemen Prefer Blondes*, Union Theatre — *Ghost Quartet*, Boulevard Theatre — *High Fidelity*, Turbine Theatre **Opera Production** — *HMS Pinafore*, Charles Court Opera, King's Head — *Partenope*, Hampstead Garden Opera, Jacksons Lane — *The Elixir of Love*, King's Head **DESIGN** **Design: Costume** — **Adrian Gee**, *Amour*, Charing Cross Theatre — **Emily Bestow**, [***42nd Street***](https://www.londontheatredirect.com/musical/2453/42nd-street-tickets.aspx), Upstairs at the Gatehouse — **Hannah Wolfe**, *Great Expectations*, National Youth Theatre, Southwark Playhouse **Design: Set** — **Diego Pitarch**, *Night of the Living Dead – Live!*, Pleasance — **Justin Williams**, *Whistle Down the Wind*, Union Theatre — **Lee Newby**, *The View UpStairs*, Soho Theatre — **Rachael Ryan**, *Thrill Me*, Hope Theatre **Design: Sound** — **Benjamin Grant**, *The War of the Worlds*, New Diorama Theatre — **Lex Kosanke**, *Hunger*, Arcola — **Matt Eaton**, *All's Well That Ends Well*, Guildford Bard, Jermyn Street Theatre — **Xana**, *Blood Knot*, Orange Tree **Design: Lighting** — **Christopher Nairne**, *Preludes*, Southwark Playhouse — **Clancy Flynn**, [***An Act of God***](https://www.londontheatredirect.com/play/4221/an-act-of-god-tickets.aspx), The Vaults — **Jessica Hung Han Yun**, *Equus*, English Touring Theatre, Theatre Royal Stratford East — **Nic Farman**, *Night of the Living Dead – Live!*, Pleasance **Design: Video** — **Andrzej Goulding**, *The Unreturning*, Theatre Royal Stratford East — **Ben Bull**, [***Baby Reindeer***](https://www.londontheatredirect.com/play/4230/baby-reindeer-tickets.aspx), Bush Theatre — **Douglas Baker**, *Moby Dick*, Jack Studio Theatre **CHOREOGRAPHY AND PANTOS** **Choreography / Movement** — **Oti Mabuse**, *Ain't Misbehavin*, Southwark Playhouse — **Simon Adkins**, *42nd Street*, Upstairs at the Gatehouse — **Zak Nemorin**, *Gentlemen Prefer Blondes*, Union Theatre **Pantos** — *Sleeping Beauty*, Greenwich Theatre — *The Nativity Panto*, King's Head **IDEA / PERFORMANCE PIECE / ENSEMBLES** **IDEA Production (productions which are innovative/devised/experiential/atypical)** — *Bullet Tongue Reloaded*, Big House — *Crisis? What Crisis?*, Colab Factory — *Dear Elizabeth*, Gate Theatre — *Sex Sex Men Men*, Pecs Drag Kings, Yard Theatre **Performance Piece** — *Baby Reindeer*, Bush Theatre — *Queens of Sheba*, Battersea Arts Centre — *What Girls Are Made Of*, Soho Theatre **Company Ensemble** — *Neck or Nothing*, Pleasance — *Operation Mincemeat*, New Diorama — *Ubu*, Shoreditch Town Hall **Performance Ensemble** — *Dinomania*, New Diorama -** Hamish MacDougall, Harriet Webb, Janet Etuk, Sophie Steer** — *Ghost Quartet*, Boulevard Theatre - **Carly Bawden, Maimuna Memon, Niccolò Curradi, Zubin Varla** — *Little Baby Jesus*, Orange Tree - **Anyebe Godwin, Khai Shaw, Rachel Nwokoro** — *The Curious Case of Benjamin Button*, Southwark Playhouse - **James Marlowe, Joey Hickman, Matt Burns, Rosalind Ford, Philippa Hogg**