Nominations have been announced for the annual Asian Media Awards 2024, including nominees in the Live Performance category.

Now in their 12th year, the awards celebrate achievements in a range of categories in journalism, TV, radio, stage, online and creative media.

The winners will be announced at a ceremony at the Hilton Manchester Deansgate on 25 October 2024.

Eligibility for the Live Performance categories is that the stage production or performance must have taken place between 1 May 2023 and 22 August 2024. The production must also have been marketed to UK audiences.

This year’s Live Performance nominees include Tara Theatre’s Silence, Blue Mist at the Royal Court, and Frankie Goes To Bollywood which played London’s Queen Elizabeth Hall.

Outstanding Stage Performance nominees include Amy Leigh Hickman in Passing, Laila Zaidi in Frankie Goes to Bollywood, Lucca Chadwick-Patel in My Beautiful Laundrette, Rakesh Boury in Matilda the Musical, Nadia Nadarajah in Antony and Cleopatra at The Globe, and Hiran Abeysekara in The Father and the Assassin.

Previous recipients of an Asian Media Award include Krishnan Guru-Murthy, Waris Hussein, Art Malik, Mehdi Hasan, Nina Wadia, Anita Rani, Shobna Gulati, Faisal Islam, Kulvinder Ghir, Adil Ray, Lisa Aziz, Meera Syal, Sanjeev Bhaskar, Tina Daheley and Mihir Bose.

You can see all nominations for the awards here.

Asian Media Awards 2024 – Live Performance nominations

Best Stage Production

Frankie Goes To Bollywood
A Rifco Theatre Company, Watford Palace Theatre and HOME Manchester co-production
Directed by Pravesh Kumar

Blue Mist
Royal Court Theatre
By Mohamed-Zain Dada

Great Expectations
Tamasha Theatre Company
Adapted by Tanika Gupta. Directed by Pooja Ghai

Mrs Kapoor’s Daughter’s Wedding 2 Mauritius
AK Productions
By Archana Kumar

Silence
Tara Theatre

Passing
Want the Moon Theatre
Written and & produced by Dan Sareen; Directed by, Imy Wyatt Corner

The Accountants
Factory International
Directed by Keith Khan; Choreographed by the masterful Xie Xin, Terence Lewis, Mahrukh Dumasia

Testmatch
Octagon Theatre Bolton, Orange Tree Theatre & English Theatre
By Kate Attwell; Directed by Diane Page

Outstanding Stage Performance

Amy Leigh Hickman as Rachel in Passing

Laila Zaidi as Frankie in ‘Frankie Goes to Bollywood’

Lucca Chadwick-Patel My Beautiful Laundrette

Rakesh Boury for Mr Wormswood in Matilda the Musical

Nadia Nadarajah as Cleopatra for Antony and Cleopatra at The Globe

Hiran Abeysekara as Nathuram Godse in The Father and the Assassin

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