Offies Winners 2024

The Offies celebrate the best of independent, alternative and fringe theatre – across Greater London and at selected fringe festivals around the UK.

SPECIAL AWARDS 2024

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 

OffFest – awards for theatre at fringe festivals

Vault Festival
How We Begin / Surfacing Acts Theatre / Pit at the Vaults

Brighton Fringe
Experiment Human / Hooky Productions

Camden Fringe
Scavengers / Etcetera Theatre

Greater Manchester Fringe
Wasteman / Joe Leather / Kings Arms Salford

Edinburgh Fringe

MUSICALS & CIRCUS
Godfather Death: A Grimm's Musical / Greenside

LGBTQIA
52 Monologues for Young Transsexuals / Pleasance Courtyard

NEW WRITING
Mark Thomas's 'England & Son' / Summerhall

SOLO PERFORMANCE
SAD-VENTS / Underbelly

THEATRE
Diana the Untold and Untrue Story / Pleasance Dome

Offies

DESIGN

COSTUME DESIGN
Lambdog1066 / The Flea / Yard Theatre

SET DESIGN
Galya Solodovnikova / The White Factory / Marylebone Theatre

LIGHTING DESIGN
Ryan Joseph Stafford / Bacon / HFH Prodns / Riverside Studios

VIDEO DESIGN
Oleg Mikhailov / The White Factory / Marylebone Theatre

SOUND DESIGN
Sam MacDonald / Colossal / Soho Theatre

MUSICALS / OPERA / CABARET / PANTO

CHOREOGRAPHY / MOVEMENT
Matt Cole / Police Cops: The Musical / Southwark Playhouse

CABARET
Thick&Tight / Tits & Teeth: A Retrospective Of An Outstanding Career / Shoreditch Town Hall

PANTO DESIGN
Emily Bestow, Henry Slater, Liam McDermott, Pavlov’s Puppets / Snow White / Greenwich Theatre

PANTO PERFORMANCE
Ensemble / Tossed / Royal Vauxhall Tavern

PANTO PRODUCTION
Odyssey / Charles Court Opera / Jermyn St Theatre

OPERA PERFORMANCE
Heming Li / Turandot / The Opera Makers & Ellandar Prodns / Arcola: Grimeborn

OPERA PRODUCTION
Trouble in Tahiti / Arcola: Grimeborn

NEW MUSICAL
Zachary Hunt, Nathan Parkinson, Tom Roe, Ben Adams / Police Cops: The Musical / Southwark Playhouse

MUSICAL DIRECTOR
Rio Kai / Recognition / Talawa / Fairfield Halls

SUPPORTING PERFORMANCE IN A MUSICAL
Annie Wensak / Flowers for Mrs Harris / Riverside Studios
Allie Dart / Unfortunate: the Untold Story of Ursula the Sea Witch / Southwark Playhouse

LEAD PERFORMANCE IN A MUSICAL
SuRie / Annie Get Your Gun / Lavender Theatre
Lauryn Redding / Bloody Elle / Soho Theatre 

DIRECTOR (MUSICALS)
Hannah Chissick / Eugenius / Turbine Theatre

MUSICAL PRODUCTION
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button / Southwark Playhouse

THEATRE FOR YOUNG AUDIENCES

TYA DESIGN
Toby Olié, Daisy Beattie / Wolves in the Walls / Little Angel Theatre

TYA WRITING / ADAPTATION
Magero Otieno-Magero / He Said She Said / Kiln Theatre

TYA PERFORMANCE
Marijn Brussaard, René Groothof, Kim Karssen / The Invisible Man / Theater Artemis / Unicorn Theatre

TYA MUSIC / SOUND
Conrad Murray / Pied Piper / Battersea Arts Centre

TYA PRODUCTION
The Toymaker's Child / Chickenshed

CROSS-GENRE

ACCESS
High Times and Dirty Monsters / Bernie Grant Arts Centre

COMMUNITY OUTREACH YOUTH
The Realness / The Big House

ONLINE PRODUCTION
Father Unknown / Northern Stage
The Silence & The Noise / Pentabus & Rural Media

IDEA DESIGN
Sound Design by Persis-Jade Maravala & Ross Flight / Binaural Dinner Date / ZU-UK / University of Greenwich

IDEA PERFORMANCE
Gemma Paintin / The Talent / Action Hero & Deborah Pearson / Battersea Arts Centre

IDEA PRODUCTION
Kim Noble / Lullaby for Scavengers / Soho Theatre

NEWCOMER
Kasper Hilton-Hille / That Face / Orange Tree Theatre

PERFORMANCE ENSEMBLE
Euan Wilson, Chioma Uma, Alice E Mayer, Harry Curley, Tom Crabtree, Christopher Atkinson / The Brief Life and Mysterious Death of Boris III, King of Bulgaria / Arcola

PLAYS

MOST PROMISING NEW PLAYWRIGHT
Rafaella Marcus / SAP / Soho Theatre

NEW PLAY
Mojisola Adebayo / Stars / Tamasha Theatre / ICA

SUPPORTING PERFORMANCE IN A PLAY
Dorothea Myer-Bennet / Possession / Arcola Theatre
Thomas Judd / Sense & Sensibility / Open Stage / Fullers Pub Gardens

PERFORMANCE PIECE
Sutara Gayle / The Legends of Them / Hackney Showroom & Brixton House

SOLO PERFORMANCE IN A PLAY
Samuel Barnett / Feeling Afraid As If Something Terrible Is Going To Happen / Bush Theatre

LEAD PERFORMANCE IN A PLAY
Ned Costello / Leaves of Glass / Park Theatre
Sally Paffett / Vermin / Arcola

DIRECTOR (PLAYS)
Jay Miller / The Flea / Yard Theatre

PRODUCTION (PLAYS)
The White Factory / Marylebone Theatre