Nominees announced for The Stage Debut Awards

The shortlist of nominees has been released for this year's Stage Debut Awards with [***Dear Evan Hansen***](https://www.londontheatredirect.com/musical/3106/dear-evan-hansen-tickets.aspx) earning four nominations in total. The lucky winners will be announced in a special ceremony to be held on 27 September.

## 2020 Stage Debut Awards nominees revealed The shortlist for this year's Stage Debut Awards has just been announced. Among the nominees is **Wendell Pierce** for his performance in [***Death of a Salesman***](https://www.londontheatredirect.com/play/4193/death-of-a-salesman-tickets.aspx) both at the [**West End's Piccadilly Theatre**](https://www.londontheatredirect.com/venue/12/piccadilly-theatre.aspx) and the off-West End production at the Young Vic. Other nominees include co-composer and lyricist for *The Boy in the Dress* **Robbie Williams**; [***Uncle Vanya***](https://www.londontheatredirect.com/play/4343/uncle-vanya-tickets.aspx)'s **Aimee Lou Wood** who is perhaps best known for her break-out role on Netflix's original series *Sex Education;* and *Dear Evan Hansen *stars **Sam Tutty** and **Lucy Anderson** as well as the show's lyricists and music writers **Benj Pasek** and **Justin Paul** and book writer **Steven Levenson**. Also nominated this year is **Daniel Monks**' *Teenage Dick *performance at the Donmar Warehouse, **Samantha Pauly**'s *[**Evita**](https://www.londontheatredirect.com/musical/2757/evita-tickets.aspx) *performance at Regent's Park Open Air Theatre, and **Nadia Latif** for her direction of *Fairveiw *at the Young Vic. The winners will be revealed in a special, socially distanced, virtual ceremony to be held on Sunday, 27 September 2020. The Best West End Debut Performer category is currently open for public voting. Read the shortlist in full below. ### Stage Debut Awards 2020 nominees in full **Best Performer in a Play** - **Brooklyn Melvin** for *Oliver Twist* at Leeds Playhouse (in a co-production with Ramps on the Moon) Daniel Monks for *Teenage Dick* at the Donmar Warehouse, London - **Jessica Rhodes** for *The Sugar Syndrome* at the Orange Tree Theatre, London - **Katie Erich **for *Oliver Twist* at Leeds Playhouse (in a co-production with Ramps on the Moon) - **Khai Shaw** for *Little Baby Jesus* at the Orange Tree Theatre, London Bobby Stallwood for *Faith, Hope and Charity* at the National Theatre, London - **Rachel Nwokoro** for *Little Baby Jesus* at the Orange Tree Theatre, London - **Saida Ahmed **for *Little Miss Burden* at The Bunker, London **Best Performer in a Musical** - **Adriana Ivelisse** for *West Side Story* at Curve, Leicester - **Bethany Tennick** for *Islander* at the Southwark Playhouse, London - **Chase Brown **for *Mame* at the Hope Mill Theatre, Manchester - **Lucy Anderson** for *Dear Evan Hansen* at the [**Noël Coward Theatre**](https://www.londontheatredirect.com/venue/noel-coward-theatre-london), London - **Oli Higginson** for *The Last Five Years* at the Southwark Playhouse, London - **Sam Tutty** for *Dear Evan Hansen* at the Noël Coward Theatre, London - **Shan Ako **for [***Les Misérables***](https://www.londontheatredirect.com/musical/197/les-miserables-tickets.aspx) at the [**Sondheim Theatre**](https://www.londontheatredirect.com/venue/sondheim-theatre-london), London - **Tom Noyes **for *Preludes* at the Southwark Playhouse, London **Best Director** - **Alex Sutton** for *Preludes* at the Southwark Playhouse, London - **Georgia Green** for *The Mikvah Project* at the Orange Tree Theatre, London - **Martha Kiss Perrone** for *When It Breaks It Burns* at the Battersea Arts Centre, London **Best Designer** - **Andrew Exeter **(lighting) for *High Fidelity* at the Turbine Theatre, London - **Liam Bunster** (set and costume) for *The Taming of the Shrew* at Shakespeare's Globe, London - **Rose Revitt** (set and costume) for *Dr Korczak's Example* at Leeds Playhouse **Best Composer or Lyricist** - **Jherek Bischoff** for *The Ocean at the End of the Lane* at the National Theatre, London - **Jim Barne** and Kit Buchan for *The Season* at the New Wolsey Theatre, Ipswich and Royal & Derngate, Northampton - **Robbie Williams** for *The Boy in the Dress* at the [**Royal Shakespeare Company**](https://www.londontheatredirect.com/tickets/royal-shakespeare-company), Stratford-upon-Avon **Best Writer** - **Eleanor Tindall** for *Before I Was a Bear* at The Bunker, London - **Mari Izzard** for *Hela* at The Other Room, Cardiff - **Samuel Bailey** for *Shook* at the Southwark Playhouse, London - **Temi Wilkey** for [***The High Table***](https://www.londontheatredirect.com/play/4233/the-high-table-tickets.aspx) at the [**Bush Theatre**](https://www.londontheatredirect.com/venue/150/bush-theatre.aspx), London (in a co-production with Birmingham Rep) **Best West End Debut Performer** - **Aimee Lou Wood **for *Uncle Vanya* at the Harold Pinter Theatre - **David Mitchell** for [***The Upstart Crow***](https://www.londontheatredirect.com/play/4290/the-upstart-crow-tickets.aspx) at the [**Gielgud Theatre**](https://www.londontheatredirect.com/venue/22/gielgud-theatre.aspx) - **Daniel Monks** for *Teenage Dick* at the Donmar Warehouse - **Samantha Pauly** for *Evita* at Regent's Park Open Air Theatre - **Sam Tutty** for *Dear Evan Hansen* at the Noël Coward Theatre - **Shan Ako** for *Les Misérables* at the Sondheim Theatre - **Wendell Pierce** for *Death of a Salesman* at the Piccadilly Theatre **Best Creative West End Debut** - **Benj Pasek**, Justin Paul and Steven Levenson (composer, lyricist and book) for *Dear Evan Hansen* at the Noël Coward Theatre - **David West Read** (book) for [***& Juliet***](https://www.londontheatredirect.com/musical/3998/juliet-tickets.aspx) at the [**Shaftesbury Theatre**](https://www.londontheatredirect.com/venue/shaftesbury-theatre-london) - **Fabian Aloise** (choreographer) for *Evita* at Regent's Park Open Air Theatre - **Femi Temowo** (composer) for *Death of a Salesman* at the Piccadilly Theatre and for *Three Sisters* at the National Theatre - **Nadia Latif** (director) for *Fairview* at the Young Vic Theatre

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