The SPOTLIGHT Best Actress in a Play
- Helen McCrory – The Late Middle Classes at the Donmar Warehouse
- Jenny Jules – Ruined at the Almeida
- Kim Cattrall – Private Lives at the Vaudeville
- Nancy Carroll – After the Dance at the National, Lyttelton
- Tracie Bennett – End of the Rainbow at Trafalgar Studios
- Zoë Wanamaker – All My Sons at the Apollo
The SPOTLIGHT Best Actor in a Play
- Benedict Cumberbatch – After the Dance at the National, Lyttelton
- David Suchet – All My Sons at the Apollo
- Matthew Macfadyen – Private Lives at the Vaudeville
- Rory Kinnear – Hamlet at the National, Olivier & Measure for Measure at the Almeida
- Simon Russell Beale – Deathtrap at the Noel Coward & London Assurance at the National, Olivier
- Toby Stephens – The Real Thing at the Old Vic
Best Supporting Actress in a Play
- Clare Higgins – Hamlet at the National, Olivier
- Emma Cunniffe – The Crucible at the Open Air Theatre
- Fiona Shaw – London Assurance at the National, Olivier
- Harriet Walter – Women Beware Women at the National, Olivier
- Jemima Rooper – All My Sons at the Apollo
- Tamsin Greig – The Little Dog Laughed at the Garrick
Best Supporting Actor in a Play
- Adam James – Blood & Gifts at the National, Lyttelton
- Adrian Scarborough – After the Dance at the National, Lyttelton
- Eddie Redmayne – Red at the Donmar Warehouse
- Lee Ross – Birdsong at the Comedy
- Nigel Lindsay – Broken Glass at the Tricycle
- Stephen Campbell Moore – All My Sons at the Apollo
The BABY GRAND Best Actress in a Musical
- Anna-Jane Casey – Bells Are Ringing at the Union
- Elena Roger – Passion at the Donmar Warehouse
- Sheridan Smith – Legally Blonde at the Savoy
- Sierra Boggess – Love Never Dies at the Adelphi
- Tamzin Outhwaite – Sweet Charity at the Menier Chocolate Factory & Haymarket
- Victoria Hamilton-Barritt – Flashdance at the Shaftesbury
The EMG Best Actor in a Musical
- Alex Gaumond – Legally Blonde at the Savoy
- John Owen-Jones – Les Misérables 25th anniversary production at the Barbican
- Mark Umbers – Sweet Charity at the Menier Chocolate Factory & Haymarket
- Michael Arden – Aspects of Love at the Menier Chocolate Factory
- Ramin Karimloo – Love Never Dies at the Adelphi
- Sahr Ngaujah – Fela! at the National, Olivier
The NURSING STANDARD Best Supporting Actress in a Musical
- Hannah Waddingham – Into the Woods at the Open Air
- Jill Halfpenny – Legally Blonde at the Savoy
- Josefina Gabrielle – Sweet Charity at the Menier Chocolate Factory & Haymarket
- Rosalie Craig – Aspects of Love at the Menier Chocolate Factory
- Scarlett Strallen – Passion at the Donmar Warehouse
- Summer Strallen – Love Never Dies at the Adelphi
Best Supporting Actor in a Musical
- Chris Ellis-Stanton – Legally Blonde at the Savoy
- Dave Willetts – Aspects of Love at the Menier Chocolate Factory
- Joseph Millson – Love Never Dies at the Adelphi
- Michael Xavier – Into the Woods at the Open Air
- Paul J Medford – Sweet Charity at the Menier Chocolate Factory & Haymarket
- Tim Newman – All the Fun of the Fair at the Garrick
Best Ensemble Performance
- Hair – at the Gielgud
- Les Misérables 25th anniversary concert – the company of companies – at The O2
- Men Should Weep – at the National, Lyttelton
- Posh – at the Royal Court Downstairs
- When We Are Married – at the Garrick
- Women, Power & Politics – at the Tricycle
The CAPITAL BREAKS Best Solo Performance
- Bob Golding – Morecambe at the Duchess
- Caroline O’Connor – The Showgirl Within at the Garrick
- Hugh Hughes – The Wonderful World of Hugh Hughes at the Barbican Pit
- Meera Syal – Shirley Valentine at the Menier Chocolate Factory & Trafalgar Studios 1
- Michael Gambon – Krapp’s Last Tape at the Duchess
- Simon Callow – Shakespeare - The Man from Stratford, Dr Marigold & Mr Chops at Riverside Studios
The TAKE ONE MEDIA Best Takeover in a Role
- Ben Richards – Priscilla, Queen of the Desert at the Palace
- Denise Van Outen – Legally Blonde at the Savoy
- Griff Rhys-Jones – Oliver! at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane
- Kerry Ellis – Oliver! at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane
- Lee Mead – Wicked at the Apollo Victoria
- Rachel Tucker – Wicked at the Apollo Victoria
The OBERON BOOKS Best New Play
- Anne Boleyn by Howard Brenton – at Shakespeare’s Globe
- Blood & Gifts by JT Rogers – at the National, Lyttelton
- Posh by Laura Wade – at the Royal Court Downstairs
- Red by John Logan – at the Donmar Warehouse
- Ruined by Lynn Nottage – at the Almeida
- Tribes by Nina Raine – at the Royal Court Downstairs
Best New Comedy
- Clybourne Park by Bruce Norris – at the Royal Court Downstairs
- Midsummer by David Greig – at Soho
- Morecambe by Tim Whitnall – at the Duchess
- Really Old, Like Forty-Five by Tamsin Oglesby – at the National, Cottesloe
- The Little Dog Laughed by Douglas Carter Beane – at the Garrick
- Yes, Prime Minister by Antony Jay & Jonathan Lynn – at the Gielgud
The SEE TICKETS Best New Musical
- All the Fun of the Fair by David Essex & Jon Conway – at the Garrick
- Departure Lounge by Dougal Irvine – at Waterloo East
- Fela! by Fela Anikulapo Kuti, Bill T Jones & Jim Lewis – at the National, Olivier
- Flashdance by Robbie Roth, Robert Cary & Tom Hadley – at the Shaftesbury
- Legally Blonde by Nell Benjamin, Laurence O'Keefe & Heather Hach – at the Savoy
- Love Never Dies by Andrew Lloyd Webber, Glenn Slater & Ben Elton – at the Adelphi
The RADISSON EDWARDIAN Best Play Revival
- After the Dance – at the National, Lyttelton
- All My Sons – at the Apollo
- Cat on a Hot Tin Roof – at the Novello
- Deathtrap – at the Noel Coward
- Design for Living – at the Old Vic
- The Real Thing – at the Old Vic
The AMBASSADOR THEATRE GROUP Best Musical Revival
- Bells Are Ringing – at the Union
- Hair – at the Gielgud
- Into the Woods – at the Open Air
- Les Misérables 25th anniversary production – at the Barbican
- Passion – at the Donmar Warehouse
- Sweet Charity – at the Menier Chocolate Factory & Theatre Royal Haymarket
The SHAKESPEARE 4 KIDZ Best Shakespearean Production
- As You Like It – at the Old Vic
- Hamlet – at the National, Olivier
- Henry IV, Parts 1 & 2 – at Shakespeare’s Globe
- Macbeth – at Shakespeare’s Globe
- Measure for Measure – at the Almeida
- The Comedy of Errors – at the Open Air
The LAST SECOND TICKETS Best Director
- Howard Davies – All My Sons at the Apollo, The White Guard & Blood & Gifts at the National, Lyttelton
- Nicholas Hytner – Hamlet & London Assurance at the National, Olivier
- Roger Michell – Rope at the Almeida & Tribes at the Royal Court Downstairs
- Rupert Goold – Earthquakes in London at the National, Cottesloe
- Thea Sharrock – After the Dance at the National, Lyttelton
- Timothy Sheader – Into the Woods & The Crucible at the Open Air
Best Set Designer
- Bunny Christie – Men Should Weep at the National, Lyttelton
- Joanna Scotcher – The Railway Children at Waterloo Station
- Miriam Buether – Sucker Punch at the Royal Court Downstairs & Earthquakes in London at the National, Cottesloe
- Morgan Large – Flashdance at the Shaftesbury
- Soutra Gilmour – Into the Woods at the Open Air
- Stephen Brimson-Lewis – An Ideal Husband at the Vaudeville
The WHITE LIGHT Best Lighting Designer
- James Farncombe – Ghost Stories at the Lyric Hammersmith & Duke of York’s
- Neil Austin – The Prince of Homburg at the Donmar Warehouse & Women Beware Women at the National, Olivier
- Paul Keogan – Novecento, Donmar at Trafalgar Studios 2
- Paule Constable – Blasted at the Lyric Hammersmith, Posh at the Royal Court Downstairs & Love Never Dies at the Adelphi
- Peter Mumford – Sucker Punch at the Royal Court Downstairs
- Rick Fisher – Tribes at the Royal Court Downstairs
Best Choreographer
- Arlene Phillips – Flashdance at the Shaftesbury
- Bill T Jones – Fela! at the National, Olivier
- Jason Gilkison – Burn the Floor at the Shaftesbury
- Jerry Mitchell – Legally Blonde at the Savoy
- Karole Armitage – Hair at the Gielgud
- Stephen Mear – Shoes at Sadler’s Wells & Sweet Charity at the Menier Chocolate Factory & Theatre Royal Haymarket
The DEWYNTERS London Newcomer of the Year
- Ali Bastian & Brian Fortuna – Burn the Floor at the Shaftesbury
- Anya Reiss (playwright) – Spur of the Moment at the Royal Court Upstairs
- Daniel Kaluuya – Sucker Punch at the Royal Court Downstairs
- Jacob Casselden – Tribes at the Royal Court Downstairs
- Jonathan Groff – Deathtrap at the Noel Coward
- Robyn Addison – The Rivals at the Theatre Royal Haymarket
The LEICESTER SQUARE THEATRE Best Off-West End Production
- A Number – at the Menier Chocolate Factory
- Bells Are Ringing – at the Union
- La Bohème – at the Cock Tavern, Kilburn & Soho
- The Beauty Queen of Leenane – at the Young Vic
- The Drowsy Chaperone – at Upstairs at the Gatehouse
- The Wages of Thin – at the Old Red Lion
Best Regional Production
- Hamlet – at Sheffield Crucible
- Chess – on tour
- Antony & Cleopatra – at the Liverpool Playhouse
- 42nd Street – at the Chichester Festival Theatre
- Lend Me a Tenor – at the Theatre Royal, Plymouth
- A Raisin in the Sun – at the Royal Exchange, Manchester
The EQUITY Best West End Show
- Jersey Boys – at the Prince Edward
- Les Misérables – at the Queen’s
- Priscilla, Queen of the Desert – at the Palace
- The Phantom of the Opera – at Her Majesty’s
- War Horse – at the New London
- Wicked – at the Apollo Victoria
The AKA Theatre Event of the Year
- Jellyfish, the UK’s first recycled theatre, built on a playground in Southwark
- Judi Dench returning to the role of Titania after 40 years for Sir Peter Hall in A Midsummer Night’s Dream at the Rose, Kingston
- Les Misérables’ 25th anniversary concert at The 02 & screened to cinemas worldwide
- The Donmar Warehouse’s “Sondheim at 80” concerts
- The relaunch of the King’s Head as London’s first new opera house in 40 years
- The transformation of the Eurostar terminal at Waterloo for The Railway Children
Special mentions
- The launch of the Young Vic’s 40th anniversary season
- You Me Bum Bum Train at the Barbican