Winners have been announced for the 10th annual West End Wilma Awards.
Organised by theatre website West End Wilma, the awards took place at London’s Leicester Square Theatre on Sunday 2 November 2025.
Andrew Lloyd Webber’s hit musical Starlight Express at the Troubadour Wembley Park Theatre in London won five awards, including Best Off West End Show, Rising Star for Georgia Pemberton, Best Dresser for Zephyr Aspen, Best Lighting for Howard Hudson, and Best Performer in an Off West End Show for Jeevan Braich.
Other performers who won awards included Samantha Barks, who is about to star in her new show Samantha Barks Live Cathedral Tour; Carrie Hope Fletcher, currently starring in Elf The Musical at the Aldwych Theatre in London; Jamie Muscato for his performance in The Great Gatsby; Grace Swaby Moore in Back To The Future; Fergie Fraser for Mean Girls; and Geri Allen for Operation Mincemeat.
Award winners are voted for by members of the public.
West End Wilma Awards 2025 – Full list of winners
BEST NEW WEST END MUSICAL
The Great Gatsby
BEST NEW WEST END PLAY
The Comedy About Spies
BEST OFF WEST END SHOW
Starlight Express
BEST TOURING PRODUCTION
Kinky Boots
BEST CABARET/SOLO PERFORMANCE
Samantha Barks – Live at the London Palladium
BEST EDINBURGH FRINGE FESTIVAL SHOW 2025
I Wish My Life Were Like A Musical
BEST PERFORMER IN A TOURING PRODUCTION
Carrie Hope Fletcher for Calamity Jane
BEST PERFORMER IN A WEST END SHOW
Jamie Muscato for The Great Gatsby
BEST PERFORMER IN AN OFF-WEST END SHOW
Jeevan Braich for Starlight Express
BEST WEST END ENSEMBLE PERFORMER
Grace Swaby Moore for Back To The Future
BEST UNDERSTUDY
Geri Allen for Operation Mincemeat
BEST SWING
Fergie Fraser for Mean Girls
RISING STAR
Georgia Pemberton for Starlight Express
BEST DRESSER
Zephyr Aspen for Starlight Express
BEST LIGHTING
Howard Hudson for Starlight Express
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