Offies Awards 2024 Winners announced

Winners of the annual 2024 Offies Awards have been announced.

The winners were revealed at a ceremony at Woolwich Works in London last night, Sunday 25 February 2024.

The Offies Awards, run by OffWestEnd, celebrate the best of independent, alternative and fringe theatre across London.

The full-run Offies is for shows with 10 performances or more over 2 or more weeks, covering plays, musicals, cabaret, opera, IDEA (shows which are Immersive / Devised / Experimental / Atypical), TYA (Theatre for Young Audiences) and online shows.

Offies Awards 2024 – Full list of winners

OFFIES – DESIGN

COSTUME DESIGN
Sense & Sensibility / Open Bar / Fullers Pub Gardens / Grace Kelly Miller
She Stoops to Conquer / Orange Tree Theatre / Anett Black and Neil Irish
The Flea / Yard Theatre / Lambdog1066 – WINNER
Unfortunate: the Untold Story of Ursula the Sea Witch / Southwark Playhouse / Abby Clarke

SET DESIGN
Family Tree / Brixton House / Simon Kenny
The Flea / Yard Theatre / Naomi Kuyck-Cohen
The White Factory / Marylebone Theatre / Galya Solodovnikova – WINNER
Unfortunate: the Untold Story of Ursula the Sea Witch / Southwark Playhouse / Abby Clarke

LIGHTING DESIGN
Bacon / HFH Prodns / Riverside Studios / Ryan Joseph Stafford – WINNER
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button / Southwark Playhouse / Zoe Spurr
The White Factory / Marylebone Theatre / Alex Musgrave

VIDEO DESIGN
Animal / Park Theatre / Matt Powell
Stars / Tamasha Theatre / ICA / Candice Purwin
The White Factory / Marylebone Theatre / Oleg Mikhailov – WINNER

SOUND DESIGN
Bootycandy / Gate Theatre / Duramaney Kamara
Colossal / Soho Theatre / Sam Rothera (MacDonald) – WINNER
The Girl in the Green Room / Bridge House Theatre / Luke Adamson & Joseph Lindoe

OFFIES – MUSICALS / OPERA / CABARET / PANTO

CHOREOGRAPHY / MOVEMENT
Police Cops: The Musical / Southwark Playhouse / Matt Cole – WINNER
Rapunzel / Theatre Peckham / Jazz Deer-Olafa
Wonderland in Alice / Theatre Peckham / Christopher Tendai

CABARET
Eve, All About Her / Soho Theatre / Keith Ramsay
La Clique / Leicester Square Spiegeltent
Tits & Teeth: A Retrospective Of An Outstanding Career / Shoreditch Town Hall / Thick&Tight – WINNER

PANTO DESIGN
Jack & the Beanstalk / Broadway Theatre Catford / Lotte Collett, Mark Walters, Simisola Majekodunmi, Lee Waddington
Sleeping Beauty Takes a Prick / Charing Cross Theatre / David Shields, Sandy Lloyd & Robert Draper, Jamie Platt
Snow White / Greenwich Theatre / Emily Bestow, Henry Slater, Liam McDermott, Pavlov’s Puppets – WINNER

PANTO PERFORMANCE
Dick Whittington / Queens Theatre Hornchurch
Red Riding Hood & the Big Bad Pig / JW3
Tossed / Royal Vauxhall Tavern – WINNER
Tinderella / Union Theatre

PANTO PRODUCTION
Odyssey / Charles Court Opera / Jermyn St Theatre – WINNER
Peter Pan / Kenneth More Theatre
Snow White / Greenwich Theatre

OPERA PERFORMANCE
Hansel and Gretel / HGO / Jacksons Lane Theatre / Rozanna Madylus
La Voix Humaine / Green Opera / Arcola: Grimeborn / Katherine McIndoe
Turandot / The Opera Makers & Ellandar Prodns / Arcola: Grimeborn / Heming Li – WINNER

OPERA PRODUCTION
The Mikado / Charles Court Opera / Arcola: Grimeborn
Trouble in Tahiti / Arcola: Grimeborn – WINNER
Turandot / The Opera Makers & Ellandar Prodns / Arcola: Grimeborn

NEW MUSICAL
Bloody Elle / Soho Theatre / Lauryn Redding
Julie The Musical / The Other Palace Studio / Abey Bradbury
Police Cops: The Musical / Southwark Playhouse / Zachary Hunt, Nathan Parkinson, Tom Roe, Ben Adams – WINNER

MUSICAL DIRECTOR
Annie Get Your Gun / Lavender Theatre / Debbi Clarke
Recognition / Talawa / Fairfield Halls / Rio Kai – WINNER
Snow White / Greenwich Theatre / Steve Markwick

SUPPORTING PERFORMANCE IN A MUSICAL
Flowers for Mrs Harris / Riverside Studios / Annie Wensak – WINNER
Tarantino Live / Riverside Studios / Karen Mav
Trompe L’Oeil / The Other Palace Studio / Dominic Booth
Unfortunate: the Untold Story of Ursula the Sea Witch / Southwark Playhouse / Allie Dart – WINNER
Unfortunate: the Untold Story of Ursula the Sea Witch / Southwark Playhouse / Thomas Lowe

LEAD PERFORMANCE IN A MUSICAL
Annie Get Your Gun / Lavender Theatre / SuRie – WINNER
Bloody Elle / Soho Theatre / Lauryn Redding – WINNER
Flowers for Mrs Harris / Riverside Studios / Jenna Russell
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button / Southwark Playhouse / Jamie Parker
Unfortunate: the Untold Story of Ursula the Sea Witch / Southwark Playhouse Elephant / Shawna Hamic

DIRECTOR (MUSICALS)
Bloody Elle / Soho Theatre / Bryony Shanahan
Eugenius / Turbine Theatre / Hannah Chissick – WINNER
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button / Southwark Playhouse / Jethro Compton

MUSICAL PRODUCTION
Flowers for Mrs Harris / Riverside Studios
Police Cops: The Musical / Southwark Playhouse
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button / Southwark Playhouse – WINNER

OFFIES – THEATRE FOR YOUNG AUDIENCES

TYA DESIGN
Wolves in the Walls / Little Angel Theatre, Bristol Old Vic, York Theatre Royal / Little Angel Theatre / Toby Olié, Daisy Beattie – WINNER
Zoe’s Peculiar Journey Through Time / Theatre-Rites & Burg Theater / Polka Theatre / Joanna Parker, Alys Whitehead, Naomi Oppenheim, Charlie Tymms, Rebekah Wild, Stitches & Glue

TYA WRITING / ADAPTATION
He Said She Said / Kiln Theatre / Magero Otieno Magero – WINNER
Hot Orange / Half Moon / Amal Khalidi & Tatenda Naomi Matsvai
The Trial of Josie K / Unicorn Theatre / Katie Hims

TYA PERFORMANCE
The Invisible Man / Theater Artemis / Unicorn Theatre / Marijn Brussaard, René Groothof, Kim Karssen – WINNER
Wolves in the Walls / Little Angel Theatre, Bristol Old Vic, York Theatre Royal / Little Angel Theatre / Katie Haygarth, Elisa de Grey, Sean Garratt John Trindle
Zoe’s Peculiar Journey Through Time / Theatre-Rites / Polka Theatre / Eden Harbud, Shanez Pattni, Teele Uustani, Benedetta Zanetti

TYA MUSIC / SOUND
Breathe / Little Angel Theatre / Musicians: Emily Essery & Darcey O’Rourke; Drum & Bass: Suitman Jungle; Songwriter: Avi Simmons
Pied Piper / Battersea Arts Centre, Beatbox Academy & rODIUM Co-Production / Battersea Arts Centre / Conrad Murray – WINNER
Under the Little Red Moon / English Touring Opera / Polka Theatre / Librettist: Tim Yealland MBE; Composer: Russell Hepplewhite

TYA PRODUCTION
Belongings / Tangled Feet / Polka & Brixton House
He Said She Said / Kiln Theatre
The Toymaker’s Child / Chickenshed – WINNER

OFFIES – CROSS-GENRE

ACCESS
High Times and Dirty Monsters / Bernie Grant Arts Centre – WINNER
It’s a Motherf**king Pleasure / FlawBored / Vault Festival
The Bar at the Edge of Time / Frozen Light / Tramshed (Woolwich)

COMMUNITY OUTREACH YOUTH
As We Face the Sun / Bush Theatre
Gone Too Far! / Theatre Royal Stratford East
The Realness / The Big House – WINNER

ONLINE PRODUCTION
Destiny / Pentabus
Father Unknown / Threedumb Theatre and North East Dads & Lads – WINNER
The “S” Is Silent / Mad, Who?
The Silence & The Noise / Pentabus & Rural Media – WINNER

IDEA (Immersive / Devised / Experimental / Atypical) DESIGN
Binaural Dinner Date / ZU-UK / University of Greenwich / Sound Design by Persis-Jade Maravala and Ross Flight – WINNER
Hildegard Von Bingen / Alex Forey, Bound By Theatre / Vault Festival
On Railton Road / Museum of the Home / Puppets: Oliver Hymans

IDEA (Immersive / Devised / Experimental / Atypical) PERFORMANCE
Clown Sex / Vault Festival / Natasha Sutton Williams
Tentacular Spectacular / Battersea Arts Centre
The Talent / Action Hero & Deborah Pearson / Battersea Arts Centre / Gemma Paintin – WINNER

IDEA (Immersive / Devised / Experimental / Atypical) PRODUCTION
First Trimester / Krishna Istha / Battersea Arts Centre
High Steaks / Eloina / Vault Festival
Lullaby for Scavengers / Kim Noble / Soho Theatre – WINNER

NEWCOMER
Strangers In Between / Golden Goose Theatre / Alex Ansdell
That Face / Orange Tree Theatre / Kasper Hilton-Hille – WINNER
That Face / Orange Tree Theatre / Ruby Stokes
Village Idiot / Theatre Royal Stratford East / Maximilian Fairley

PERFORMANCE ENSEMBLE
A Woman Walks into a Bank / Theatre503 / Keith Dunphy, Giulia Innocenti, Sam Newton
After the Act / New Diorama / Tika Mu’tamir, Ellice Stevens, EM Williams, Zachary Willis
Oh What A Lovely War / Southwark Playhouse / Euan Wilson, Chioma Uma, Alice E Mayer, Harry Curley, Tom Crabtree, Christopher Atkinson – WINNER
The Brief Life and Mysterious Death of Boris III, King of Bulgaria / Arcola / Sasha Wilson, Joseph Cullen, Lawrence Boothman, Clare Fraenkel, David Leopold

OFFIES – PLAYS

MOST PROMISING NEW PLAYWRIGHT
A Woman Walks into a Bank / Theatre503 / Roxy Cook
SAP / Atticist, Ellie Keel Productions, MAST Mayflower Studios / Soho Theatre / Rafaella Marcus – WINNER
The Boys Are Kissing / Theatre503 / Zak Zarafshan

NEW PLAY
Stars / Tamasha Theatre / ICA / Mojisola Adebayo – WINNER
Tiger / Omnibus / Joe Eyre
Vermin / Arcola / Benny Ainsworth

SUPPORTING PERFORMANCE IN A PLAY
A Brief List of Everyone Who Died / Finborough / Siphiwo Mahlentle
Brassic FM / Gate Theatre / Zainab Hasan
Paper Cut / Ecclesia Productions / Park Theatre / Joe Bolland
Possession / Arcola Theatre / Dorothea Myer-Bennet – WINNER
Possession / Arcola Theatre / Sarah Amankwah
Sense & Sensibility / Open Bar / Fullers Pub Gardens / Thomas Judd – WINNER

PERFORMANCE PIECE
Blanket Ban / Southwark Playhouse Borough / Davinia Hamilton & Marta Vella
Brown Girls Do It Too / Mama Told Me Not to Come / Soho Theatre / Poppy Jay and Rubina Pabani
Manic Street Creature / Southwark Playhouse / Maimuna Memon
The Legends of Them / Hackney Showroom & Brixton House / Brixton House / Sutara Gayle – WINNER

SOLO PERFORMANCE IN A PLAY
Candy / Park Theatre / Michael Waller
Feeling Afraid As If Something Terrible Is Going To Happen / Bush Theatre / Samuel Barnett – WINNER
Protest Song / Arcola / David Nellist
The Unicorn / Nina Productions / Arcola Theatre / Alice Lamb

LEAD PERFORMANCE IN A PLAY
Animal / Park Theatre / Christopher John-Slater
Leaves of Glass / Park Theatre / Ned Costello – WINNER
She Stoops to Conquer / Orange Tree Theatre / David Horovitch
The Journey to Venice / Anarchy Division / Finborough / Annabel Leventon
The White Factory / Marylebone Theatre / Adrian Schiller
Vermin / Arcola / Sally Paffett – WINNER
Wasted / MICA Theatre, Nouveau Riche / Broadway Theatre Catford / Seraphina Beh

DIRECTOR (PLAYS)
Animal / Park Theatre / Bronagh Lagan
Recognition / Talawa / Fairfield Halls / Rachael Nanyonjo
Tambo & Bones / Theatre Royal Stratford East / Matthew Xia
The Book of Will / Queens Theatre Hornchurch / Lotte Wakeham
The Flea / Yard Theatre / Jay Miller – WINNER
The White Factory / Marylebone Theatre / Maxim Didenko

PRODUCTION (PLAYS)
My Uncle Is Not Pablo Escobar / Hale Arts / Brixton House
Tambo & Bones / Theatre Royal Stratford East
The White Factory / Marylebone Theatre – WINNER

SPECIAL AWARDS

Artistic Director: Kate Bannister, Artistic Director, Jack Studio Theatre
Producer: Open Bar
Special Achievement: David Byrne, formerly at the New Diorama Theatre (now at the Royal Court)

PEOPLE’S VOTE

Awards for venues, voted by the public

Foodie Experience: Park Theatre
Programmes: Bridge House Theatre
Theatre Bar: Kenneth More Theatre
Facilities: Queen’s Theatre Hornchurch
Most Comfortable: Queen’s Theatre Hornchurch
Most Welcoming: Orange Tree Theatre
Online Info & Booking: Queen’s Theatre Hornchurch
Programming Policy: Orange Tree Theatre
Social Media Presence & Activities: Queen’s Theatre Hornchurch