Congratulations to the winners of last night's OFFIE Awards!
The winners of the Offies were announced at a star-studded ceremony, marking the awards’ 15th anniversary - OffWestEnd was founded in 2005 with the aim of recognising and supporting the independent theatre sector in London, giving it a unified identity to rival Off-Broadway.
Drag-artist superstar Divina De Campo hosted the night with all their glitz and the glamour at Central Hall Westminster. Special awards were given to Lynette Linton and Daniel Bailey, in recognition for their work with The Bush Theatre, from which they are both stepping down after six years.
The winners were:
PRODUCTION
• Blood Show / Battersea Arts Centre, Chapter Arts Centre, Colchester Arts Centre (Battersea Arts Centre)
• Kurt Vonnegut’s Slaughterhouse-Five (or the children’s crusade) / So It Goes Theatre (Brockley Jack Theatre)
• La Bohème / The Opera Makers (Arcola Theatre)
• Run, Rebel / Pilot Theatre (Theatre Peckham)
• Sleeping Beauty / Broadway Theatre (Broadway Theatre, Catford)
• Sophie's Surprise 29th / Three Legged Race Productions (Underbelly)
STAGING
• Hannah Grennell / Giselle: Remix (The Pleasance)
• Christopher Haydon / Never Let Me Go (Rose Theatre)
• Tom Littler / Twelfth Night (Orange Tree Theatre)
PERFORMANCE
• Natasha Roland, Xhloe Rice / A Letter to Lyndon B. Johnson or God: Whoever Reads This First (Kings Head Theatre)
• Victoria Hamilton-Barritt / Bronco Billy the Musical (Charing Cross Theatre)
Drag-artist superstar Divina De Campo hosted the night with all their glitz and the glamour at Central Hall Westminster. Special awards were given to Lynette Linton and Daniel Bailey, in recognition for their work with The Bush Theatre, from which they are both stepping down after six years.
The winners were:
PRODUCTION
• Blood Show / Battersea Arts Centre, Chapter Arts Centre, Colchester Arts Centre (Battersea Arts Centre)
• Kurt Vonnegut’s Slaughterhouse-Five (or the children’s crusade) / So It Goes Theatre (Brockley Jack Theatre)
• La Bohème / The Opera Makers (Arcola Theatre)
• Run, Rebel / Pilot Theatre (Theatre Peckham)
• Sleeping Beauty / Broadway Theatre (Broadway Theatre, Catford)
• Sophie's Surprise 29th / Three Legged Race Productions (Underbelly)
STAGING
• Hannah Grennell / Giselle: Remix (The Pleasance)
• Christopher Haydon / Never Let Me Go (Rose Theatre)
• Tom Littler / Twelfth Night (Orange Tree Theatre)
PERFORMANCE
• Natasha Roland, Xhloe Rice / A Letter to Lyndon B. Johnson or God: Whoever Reads This First (Kings Head Theatre)
• Victoria Hamilton-Barritt / Bronco Billy the Musical (Charing Cross Theatre)
Mark Weinman / Captain Amazing (Southwark Playhouse)
• The Cast / Dick Whittington and His Cat (Greenwich Theatre)
• The Cast and Orchestra / Eugene Onegin (Jacksons Lane)
• Faye Castelow / Here in America (Orange Tree Theatre)
• Rosalind Ford / In Clay (Gatehouse Theatre)
• The Cast / Journey of a Refugee (Stanley Arts Centre)
• Mariah Gale, Elizabeth Dulau, Alexandra Jensen / The Bleeding Tree (Southwark Playhouse)
• Milo Twomey / The Harmony Test (Hampstead Theatre)
• Jo Fong, George Orange / The Rest of Our Lives (Battersea Arts Centre)
• Heather Agyepong, Tosin Cole / Shifters (Bush Theatre)
• The Cast / Sleeping with Beauty (The Union Theatre)
• Victoria Yeates / Wormholes (Omnibus Theatre)
DESIGN
• Amanda Ramasawmy / by their fruits (Theatre503)
• Mona Camille / Kim’s Convenience (Park Theatre)
• Douglas Baker / Kurt Vonnegut’s Slaughterhouse-Five (or the children’s crusade) (Jack Studio Theatre)
• Jack Weir / Remembrance Monday (Tristan Bates Theatre)
• Ryan Day / Now I See (Theatre Royal Stratford East)
• Richard Evans, Rochelle Parry Clifford / The Pantomime Adventures of Peter Pan (Harrow Arts Centre)
• Helen Skiera / Toto Kerblammo! (Unicorn Theatre)
• Casey Jay Andrews, Simon Wilkinson, Gareth Fry / Viola's Room (One Cartridge Place)
SOUND & MUSIC
• Xana / King Troll (The Fawn), Shifters, Guards at the Taj (New Diorama/Bush Theatre/Orange Tree)
• Beats And Elements / Romeo & Juliet (Polka Theatre)
• Liam Holmes / Songs for a New World (Gatehouse Theatre)
CREATION
• Rebecca Simmonds, Jack Miles / In Clay (Gatehouse Theatre)
• Khalil Abdalla / Nowhere / Fuel (Battersea Arts Centre)
• Benedict Lombe / Shifters (Bush Theatre)
• Roy Williams / The Lonely Londoners (Jermyn Street Theatre)
• Ollie Maddigan / The Olive Boy (New Wimbledon Theatre)
INNOVATION
• Contra, Le Carré Magique, Cambridge Junction / Spectacle of Herself (Battersea Arts Centre)
INDUSTRY & INCLUSION
• Birds Of Paradise Theatre Company / Don't. Make. Tea. (Soho Theatre)
• Julia Thurston / Paved with Gold and Ashes (Barons Court Theatre)
• Alex Hill / Why I Stuck a Flare Up My Arse for England (Southwark Playhouse)
2025 SPECIAL AWARD
Mischief Theatre
Lynette Linton & Daniel Bailey
• The Cast / Dick Whittington and His Cat (Greenwich Theatre)
• The Cast and Orchestra / Eugene Onegin (Jacksons Lane)
• Faye Castelow / Here in America (Orange Tree Theatre)
• Rosalind Ford / In Clay (Gatehouse Theatre)
• The Cast / Journey of a Refugee (Stanley Arts Centre)
• Mariah Gale, Elizabeth Dulau, Alexandra Jensen / The Bleeding Tree (Southwark Playhouse)
• Milo Twomey / The Harmony Test (Hampstead Theatre)
• Jo Fong, George Orange / The Rest of Our Lives (Battersea Arts Centre)
• Heather Agyepong, Tosin Cole / Shifters (Bush Theatre)
• The Cast / Sleeping with Beauty (The Union Theatre)
• Victoria Yeates / Wormholes (Omnibus Theatre)
DESIGN
• Amanda Ramasawmy / by their fruits (Theatre503)
• Mona Camille / Kim’s Convenience (Park Theatre)
• Douglas Baker / Kurt Vonnegut’s Slaughterhouse-Five (or the children’s crusade) (Jack Studio Theatre)
• Jack Weir / Remembrance Monday (Tristan Bates Theatre)
• Ryan Day / Now I See (Theatre Royal Stratford East)
• Richard Evans, Rochelle Parry Clifford / The Pantomime Adventures of Peter Pan (Harrow Arts Centre)
• Helen Skiera / Toto Kerblammo! (Unicorn Theatre)
• Casey Jay Andrews, Simon Wilkinson, Gareth Fry / Viola's Room (One Cartridge Place)
SOUND & MUSIC
• Xana / King Troll (The Fawn), Shifters, Guards at the Taj (New Diorama/Bush Theatre/Orange Tree)
• Beats And Elements / Romeo & Juliet (Polka Theatre)
• Liam Holmes / Songs for a New World (Gatehouse Theatre)
CREATION
• Rebecca Simmonds, Jack Miles / In Clay (Gatehouse Theatre)
• Khalil Abdalla / Nowhere / Fuel (Battersea Arts Centre)
• Benedict Lombe / Shifters (Bush Theatre)
• Roy Williams / The Lonely Londoners (Jermyn Street Theatre)
• Ollie Maddigan / The Olive Boy (New Wimbledon Theatre)
INNOVATION
• Contra, Le Carré Magique, Cambridge Junction / Spectacle of Herself (Battersea Arts Centre)
INDUSTRY & INCLUSION
• Birds Of Paradise Theatre Company / Don't. Make. Tea. (Soho Theatre)
• Julia Thurston / Paved with Gold and Ashes (Barons Court Theatre)
• Alex Hill / Why I Stuck a Flare Up My Arse for England (Southwark Playhouse)
2025 SPECIAL AWARD
Mischief Theatre
Lynette Linton & Daniel Bailey