{{short description|British theatre award}} {{AI-generated|date=December 2025}} {{Infobox organisation | name = The Off West End Theatre Awards | image = | image_border = | image_size = 250px | caption = | map = | map_size = | map_caption = | abbreviation = The Offies | formation = {{Start date and age|2010}} | extinction = | type = Independent Theatre Awards | status = | purpose = Excellence in Off West End Theatre | headquarters = | region_served = United Kingdom | membership = | language = English | leader_title = Patron | leader_name = Kathy Burke (since 2010) | leader_title2 = Founders | leader_name2 = Sofie Mason & Diana Jervis-Read | leader_title3 = Chief Executive | leader_name3 = Denholm Spurr (since 2024) | main_organ = | parent_organisation = | affiliations = | num_staff = 2 | num_volunteers = approximately 60 | budget = | website = {{URL|https://offies.london/}}; {{URL|https://www.offwestend.com/}} | remarks = }} '''The Off West End Theatre Awards''', nicknamed '''The Offies''', is an annual awards ceremony launched in 2010 by OffWestEnd to recognise and celebrate excellence, innovation and ingenuity of independent Off West End theatres across London. The awards recognise productions staged outside the commercial West End and highlight the work of emerging and established artists, companies, and creative teams.
==History== The OffWestEnd Theatre Awards were launched in 2010 by Sofie Mason and Diana Jervis-Read<ref>{{Cite web|url= https://britishtheatre.com/winners-in-offies-2020-awards-for-londons-off-west-end-theatre/|title= Offies2020 - 10th Annual Off West End Theatre Awards |publisher= britishtheatre.com|date=March 10, 2020}}</ref> to commemorate and recognise on and off-stage talent within the theatre industry of around 80 of London's independent Off West End theatres.<ref name="Lon">{{Cite web|url= https://www.londontheatre.co.uk/theatre-news/news/offies-2021-full-list-of-off-west-end-awards-nominees|title= Offies 2021: Full list of Off West End Awards nominees |publisher=londontheatre.co.uk|date=February 21, 2021}}</ref><ref name="off">{{Cite web |url= http://www.offwestend.com/index.php/pages/the_offies2010 |title= The Offies Public Nominations for Offies awards 2011 |website= offwestend.com |date=2010 |access-date=2019-10-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191001223821/http://www.offwestend.com/index.php/pages/the_offies2010 |archive-date=1 October 2019 |url-status=dead}}</ref> The first-ever award ceremony for The Offies was held on 27 February 2011 with Simon Callow hosting the event.<ref name="simon">{{Cite web|url= https://londonist.com/2010/12/vote-for-your-favourite-fringe-theatre |title= Vote For Your Favourite Fringe Theatre |publisher=londonist.com|date=December 3, 2010}}</ref> The aim of the awards is to help raise the profile and status of independent theatres in London by rewarding productions not eligible for the Society of London Theatre-Laurence Olivier Awards.<ref name="elig">{{Cite web|url= https://offies.london/eligible-venues/ |title= Eligible venues |publisher=londonist.com|access-date=December 27, 2021}}</ref> The winners are selected by a panel of theatre critics.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.londontheatre1.com/theatre-news/offwestend-announce-offies-2018-finalists-and-awards-event/|title=Off West End Announce Offies 2018 Finalists and Awards Event |website=londontheatre1.com|date=January 24, 2018}}</ref>
In 2014, Phoebe Waller-Bridge won two Off West End Theatre awards for her one-woman show ''Fleabag'' at the Soho Theatre.<ref name="off2014" />
In 2017, Geoffrey Brown replaced Sofie and Diana as director.<ref name="offdirectorchange">{{Cite web|url= https://www.thestage.co.uk/news/geoffrey-brown-takes-over-offwestendcom-and-the-offies|title= Geoffrey Brown takes over OffWestEnd.com and the Offies|publisher= thestage.com|date=April 20, 2017}}</ref>
In 2024, Denholm Spurr became the director.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Spurr |first=Denholm |title=About Us |url=https://offwestend.com/about-us/ }}</ref>
There is a long history of shows recognized by OffWest End going on to transfer to the West End, Broadway, and beyond. This includes Fleabag, Operation Mincemeat, and Kenrex, among many others. <ref>{{Cite web |last=Spurr |first=Denholm |title=About Us |url=https://offwestend.com/about-us/ }}</ref>
==Ceremony== {| width="75%" class="wikitable" |- ! width="60" | Date ! width="100" | Award Ceremony Host ! width="100" | Awards Venue ! width="7" | Ref. |- | align="center"|27 February 2011 | Simon Callow | Wilton's Music Hall, Shadwell | <ref name="first">{{Cite web |url=https://www.whatsonstage.com/west-end-theatre/news/union-and-finborough-win-three-at-inaugural-offies_9832.html |title=Union & Finborough Win Three at Inaugural 'Offies' |website=whatsonstage.com |date=27 February 2011 |access-date=2011-02-27 }}</ref><ref name="off2011">{{Cite web |title=2011 Offie Winners Galore!!!! Read All About It!! |url=http://www.offwestend.com/index.php/news/view/90 |website=offwestend.com |access-date=2011-03-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110305000620/http://www.offwestend.com/index.php/news/view/90 |archive-date=5 March 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref> |- | align="center"|5 February 2012 | Louise Jameson | Theatre Royal Stratford East | <ref name="off2012">{{Cite web |url=http://www.offwestend.com/index.php/news/view/132 |title=2012 Offie Winners Announced at a fabulous award ceremony at Theatre Royal Stratford East |website=offwestend.com |access-date=2012-08-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120828233904/http://www.offwestend.com/index.php/news/view/132 |archive-date=28 August 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref> |- | align="center"|24 February 2013 | Simon Callow | Wilton’s Music Hall | <ref name="off2013">{{Cite web |url=http://www.offwestend.com/index.php/news/view/156 |title=Full List of the winners of the Offies 2013 |website=offwestend.com |access-date=2013-04-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130423123208/http://www.offwestend.com/index.php/news/view/156 |archive-date=23 April 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref> |- | align="center"|2 March 2014 | Louise Jameson | Unicorn Theatre, Southwark <ref name="off2014">{{Cite web |title=Winners of the Offies 2014 |url=https://www.offwestend.com/index.php/news/view/123 <!-- if you have the exact | |URL, replace this --> |website=offwestend.com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140306000000/http://www.offwestend.com/index.php/news/view/123 |archive-date=6 March 2014 |url-status=dead |access-date=2014-03-06 }}</ref> |- | align="center"|20 April 2015 | Louise Jameson | Online | <ref name="off2015">{{Cite web |title=Winners of the Offies 2015 |url=http://www.offwestend.com/index.php/news/view/115 |website=offwestend.com |access-date=2015-03-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150307000000/http://www.offwestend.com/index.php/news/view/115 |archive-date=7 March 2015 |url-status=dead }}</ref> |- | align="center"|28 February 2016 | Ian McKellen (via Twitter) | Online | <ref name="off2016">{{Cite web |title=And The 2016 Offie Winners Are |url=http://www.offwestend.com/index.php/news/view/140 |website=offwestend.com |access-date=2016-03-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160310000000/http://www.offwestend.com/index.php/news/view/140 |archive-date=10 March 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref> |- | align="center"|26 February 2017 | Patrick Stewart (via Twitter) | The May Fair Hotel, Mayfair <ref name="off2017">{{Cite web |title=2017 Winners of the Offies Announced |url=http://www.offwestend.com/index.php/news/view/147 |website=offwestend.com |date=26 February 2017 |access-date=2017-03-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170310000000/http://www.offwestend.com/index.php/news/view/147 |archive-date=10 March 2017 |url-status=dead }}</ref> |- | align="center"|4 March 2018 | Amy Lamé | Albany Theatre, Deptford | <ref name="off2018">{{Cite web |title=Winners of the Offies 2018 |url=http://www.offwestend.com/index.php/news/view/167 |website=offwestend.com |date=4 March 2018 |access-date=2019-10-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191001000000/http://www.offwestend.com/index.php/news/view/167 |archive-date=1 October 2019 |url-status=dead }}</ref> |- | align="center"|31 May 2019 | Geoffrey Brown | Battersea Arts Centre | <ref name="off2019">{{Cite web |title=Winners of the Offies 2019 |url=http://www.offwestend.com/index.php/news/view/177 |website=offwestend.com |date=3 February 2019 |access-date=2019-02-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190205000000/http://www.offwestend.com/index.php/news/view/177 |archive-date=5 February 2019 |url-status=dead }}</ref> |- | align="center"|8 March 2020 | Host; Geoffrey Brown Presenters; Lyn Gardner, Danielle Tarento, Julie Ward, Winsome Pinnock, Lynette Linton | The Coronet Theatre | <ref name="off2020">{{Cite web |title=Winners of the Offies 2020 |url=http://www.offwestend.com/index.php/news/view/188 |website=offwestend.com |date=8 March 2020 |access-date=2020-03-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200310000000/http://www.offwestend.com/index.php/news/view/188 |archive-date=10 March 2020 |url-status=dead }}</ref> |- | align="center"| 2021 | Geoffrey Brown | Online | <ref name="off2021">{{Cite web |date=11 December 2025 |title=2021 Finalists & Nominations |url=https://offies.london/noms2020-finalists2021/ |url-status=live |access-date=2025-12-11 |website=Offies.london}}</ref> |- | align="center"|20 February 2022 | Online | Online <ref name="off2022">{{Cite web |date=11 December 2025 |title=2022 Finalists & Nominations |url=https://offies.london/2022-finalists-nominations/ |url-status=live |access-date=2025-12-11 |website=Offies.london |publisher=}}</ref> |- | align="center"|12 February 2023 | Geoffrey Brown | Alexandra Palace Theatre <ref name="off2023">{{Cite web |date=11 December 2025 |title=The Offies 2023 Awards – Winners announced |url=https://www.westendtheatre.com/155555/news/awards/offies-2023-awards-winners-announced/ |url-status=live |access-date=2025-12-11 |website=westendtheatre.com |publisher=}}</ref> |- | align="center"|25 February 2024 | Geoffrey Brown | Woolwich Works | <ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-02-25 |title=The Offies Awards 2024: celebrating the best and supporting inclusiveness - Theatrefullstop |url=https://www.theatrefullstop.com/2024/02/25/the-offies-awards-2024-celebrating-the-best-and-supporting-inclusiveness/ |access-date=2024-09-17 |language=en-GB}}</ref> |- | align="center"|17 March 2025 | Davina Di Campo | Central Hall Westminster | <ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-03-17 |title=The Offies Awards 2025: The winners are announced |url=https://musicaltheatrereview.com/the-offies-2025-the-winners-are-announced/ |access-date=2026-05-03 |language=en-GB}}</ref> |- | align="center"|30 March 2026 | Davina Di Campo | Central Hall Westminster | <ref>{{Cite web |date=2026-03-30 |title=OffWest End Offies Awards 2026 winners https://www.westendtheatre.com/347435/news/awards/offwestend-offies-awards-2026-winners-announced/https://musicaltheatrereview.com/the-offies-2025-the-winners-are-announced/ |access-date=2026-05-03 |language=en-GB}}</ref> |}
== Notable Winners == The following tables highlight selected notable winners and finalists from each year of the Offies.
{| class="wikitable" ! Year !! Recipients |- | 2011 || Producer: Will Young and Ben Monks – ''Supporting Wall''(Finalist)<ref name="off2011" /><br /> Set Design: Ultz – ''Blue/Orange'' (Nominee); Ultz – ''The Beauty Queen of Leenane''(Winner)<ref name="off2011" /><br /> New Play: Torben Betts – ''The Company Man'' (Nominee); Tim Luscombe – ''Hungry Ghosts'' (Nominee); Nina Raine – ''Tribes'' (Winner); James Graham – ''The Whisky Taster''(Finalist)<ref name="off2011" /><br /> Most Promising New Playwright: Tom Wells – ''Me, As A Penguin'' (Finalist)<ref name="off2011" /><br /> Costume Design: Tom Scutt – ''Dick Whittington and His Cat'' (Nominee)<ref name="off2011" /><br /> Director: Tim Luscombe – ''Hungry Ghosts'' (Nominee); Thom Southerland – ''Singin' in the Rain'' (Nominee)<ref name="off2011" /> Thom Southerland – ''Me and Juliet'' (Winner); Natalie Abrahami – ''How To Be An Other Woman'' (Nominee); Matthew Dunster – ''The Maddening Rain'' (Nominee)<ref name="off2011" /><br /> Female: Sinead Matthews – ''Lulu'' (Nominee); Sinead Matthews – ''The Glass Menagerie'' (Nominee)<ref name="off2011" /><br /> Michelle Terry – ''Tribes'' (Winner); Janet Suzman – ''Dream of the Dog'' (Finalist); Isla Blair – ''The Company Man'' (Nominee)<ref name="off2011" /><br /> Lighting Design: Paule Constable – ''Blasted'' (Finalist)<ref name="off2011" /><br /> Male: Olly Alexander – ''The Aliens'' (Nominee)<ref name="off2011" /><br /> |- | 2012 || Producer: [Will Young] and Ben Monks – ''Supporting Wall'' (Finalist); Danielle Tarento – ''Producer'' (Winner)<ref name="off2012" /><br /> Female: Vinette Robinson – ''Tender Napalm'' (Winner); Shannon Tarbet – ''Mogadishu'' (Nominee); Lisa Dillon – ''Knot of the Heart'' (Finalist); Lily James – ''Vernon God Little'' (Nominee); Denise Gough – ''The Painter'' (Nominee); Alice Birch – ''Many Moons'' (Nominee)<ref name="off2012" /><br /> New Play: Tom Wells – ''The Kitchen Sink'' (Finalist); David Eldridge – ''Knot of the Heart'' (Winner)<ref name="off2012" /><br /> Set Design: Tom Scutt – ''Mogadishu'' (Nominee)<ref name="off2012" /><br /> Male: Tom Byam Shaw – ''Foxfinder'' (Nominee); Toby Jones – ''The Painter'' (Nominee); David Mercatali – Director of ''Tender Napalm'' (Nominee – counted under directing); Bronagh Lagan – ''Henry VI Part I'' (Nominee – counted under directing); Adrian Lukis – ''As You Like It'' (Nominee)<ref name="off2012" /><br /> Director: Rufus Norris – ''Vernon God Little'' (Nominee); Paul Taylor-Mills – ''The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas'' (Nominee); Nicholas Kent – ''Tactical Questioning'' (Nominee); Matthew Dunster – ''Tender Napalm'' (Nominee); Guy Retallack – ''Thrill Me'' (Nominee); David Byrne – ''Artistic Director'' (Nominee); Che Walker – ''Danny and the Deep Blue Sea'' (Nominee); Blanche McIntyre – ''The Accolade'' (Winner); Carrie Cracknell – ''Electra'' (Nominee); Adam Brace and Sebastian Armesto – ''Four Stage of Cruelty'' (Nominee)<ref name="off2012" /><br /> Choreographer: Lee Proud – ''Guys & Dolls'' (Finalist); Drew McOnie – ''Dames at Sea'' (Finalist)<ref name="off2012" /><br /> Lighting Design: Howard Hudson – ''Bed and Sofa'' (Nominee); Howard Hudson – ''Noel and Gertie'' (Nominee); Howard Hudson – ''Burlesque'' (Winner); Howard Hudson – ''Ragtime'' (Winner); Howard Hudson – ''The Hired Man'' (Winner)<ref name="off2012" /><br /> Most Promising New Playwright: Alice Birch – ''Many Moons'' (Nominee)<ref name="off2012" /><br /> |- | 2013 || Male: Tom Rhys Harries – ''Torch Song Trilogy'' (Nominee); Harry Melling – ''I Am a Camera'' (Nominee); Andrew Gower – ''The Conquest of the South Pole'' (Nominee); Alan Cox – ''Cornelius'' (Nominee)<ref name="off2013" /><br /> Director: Stephen Unwin – ''The Conquest of the South Pole'' (Nominee); Sam Yates – ''Cornelius'' (Nominee); Paul Taylor-Mills – ''Steel Pier'' (Nominee); Bill Buckhurst – ''Barbarians'' (Nominee)<ref name="off2013" /><br /> New Play: Nick Payne – ''One Day When We Were Young'' (Nominee)<ref name="off2013" /><br /> Sound Design: Max Pappenheim – ''Kafka v Kafka'' (Nominee)<ref name="off2013" /><br /> Female: Marianne Oldham – ''You Can Still Make a Killing'' (Nominee); Lucy Ellinson – ''Oh, The Humanity'' (Finalist); Laura Pitt-Pulford – ''Mack and Mabel'' (Nominee); Kathryn Hunter – ''The Bee'' (Nominee); Jenny Rainsford – ''Straight'' (Nominee); Hattie Morahan – ''The Dark Earth and the Light Sky'' (Nominee); Eileen Atkins – ''All That Fall'' (Winner); Aysha Kala – ''Khadija is 18'' (Finalist); Aimie Atkinson – ''Steel Pier'' (Nominee)<ref name="off2013" /><br /> Choreographer: Lee Proud – ''Boy Meets Boy'' (Nominee); Lee Proud – ''Victor/Victoria'' (Nominee); Lee Proud – ''Mack and Mabel'' (Winner); Drew McOnie – ''Dames at Sea'' (Finalist)<ref name="off2013" /><br /> Producer: Danielle Tarento – ''Producer'' (Finalist)<ref name="off2013" /><br /> Most Promising New Playwright: Caroline Bird – ''The Trojan Women'' (Finalist)<ref name="off2013" /><br /> |- | 2014 || New Play: Will Adamsdale – ''The Victorian in the Wall'' (Nominee); Luke Barnes – ''Bottleneck'' (Finalist); Phoebe Waller-Bridge – ''Fleabag'' (Nominee); Frank McGuinness – ''The Match Box'' (Winner); Arinzé Kene – ''God’s Property'' (Nominee)<ref name="off2014" /><br /> Most Promising New Playwright: Tori Allen-Martin and Sarah Henley – ''Streets'' (Nominee); Phoebe Waller-Bridge – ''Fleabag'' (Winner)<ref name="off2014" /><br /> Female: Sinéad Matthews – ''Trout Stanley'' (Nominee); Phoebe Waller-Bridge – ''Fleabag'' (Winner); Lucy Ellinson – ''Grounded'' (Finalist); Louise Jameson – ''Gutted'' (Nominee); Leanne Best – ''The Match Box'' (Finalist); Emma Rice – ''Steptoe & Son'' (Nominee); Cush Jumbo – ''Josephine & I'' (Nominee); Cressida Carre – ''Titanic'' (Nominee); Celia Graham – ''Titanic'' (Nominee)<ref name="off2014" /><br /> Director: Phyllida Lloyd – ''Josephine & I'' (Nominee); Paul Robinson – ''Land of Our Fathers'' (Finalist); Max Pappenheim – ''Nothing Is the End of the World'' (Finalist); Lucy Ellinson – ''Grounded'' (Nominee); Howard Hudson – ''Titanic'' (Nominee); Emma Rice – ''Steptoe & Son'' (Nominee)<ref name="off2014" /><br /> Artistic Director: Paul Robinson – ''Land of Our Fathers'' (Finalist); David Byrne – ''Artistic Director'' (Winner)<ref name="off2014" /><br /> Set Design: Oliver Townsend – ''Grounded'' (Winner); David Woodhead – ''Lizzie Siddal'' (Nominee)<ref name="off2014" /><br /> Costume Design: Howard Hudson – ''Lizzie Siddal'' (Winner); David Woodhead – ''Titanic'' (Winner)<ref name="off2014" /><br /> Lighting Design: Howard Hudson – ''Lizzie Siddal'' (Winner); Howard Hudson – ''Titanic'' (Winner)<ref name="off2014" /><br /> Choreographer: Cressida Carré – ''Titanic'' (Winner);<br /> TBC Award: Phoebe Waller-Bridge – ''Fleabag'' (Winner); Bryony Kimmings – ''Credible Likeable Superstar Role Model'' (Finalist); Forced Entertainment – ''Tomorrow’s Parties'' (Winner)<ref name="off2014" /><br /> Sound Design: Ben Ringham, Max Ringham & David Rosenberg (theatre) – ''Ring'' (Winner)<ref name="off2014" /><br /> Musical Production: ''Titanic'' – Southwark Playhouse (Winner); Production: ''Grounded'' – Gate Theatre (Winner)<ref name="off2014" /><br /> |- | 2015 || Female: Victoria Hamilton-Barritt – ''The Heights'' (Nominee); Phoebe Waller-Bridge – ''The One'' (Nominee); Linda Bassett – ''Visitors'' (Winner); Gemma Whelan – ''Dark Vanilla Jungle'' (Nominee)<ref name="off2015" /><br /> Male: Robin Soans – ''Visitors'' (Finalist); Harry Lloyd – ''Notes From Underground'' (Finalist)<ref name="off2015" /><br /> New Play: Torben Betts – ''Invincible'' (Nominee); Nick Payne – ''Incognito'' (Nominee); Barney Norris – ''Visitors'' (Finalist); Che Walker – ''Klook’s Last Stand'' (Nominee); Bill Buckhurst – ''Sweeney Todd'' (Nominee); Alistair McDowall – ''Pomona'' (Winner); Alexander Zeldin – ''Beyond Caring'' (Nominee)<ref name="off2015" /><br /> Most Promising New Playwright: Shaun Kitchener – ''Positive'' (Nominee); Alistair McDowall – ''Pomona'' (Nominee); Alexander Zeldin – ''Beyond Caring'' (Nominee)<ref name="off2015" /><br /> Supporting Male: Simon Scardifield – ''Punishment Without Revenge'' (Finalist);<br /> Director: Seb Harcombe – ''A Bright Room Called Day'' (Nominee); Paul Robinson – ''A Handful of Stars'' (Nominee); Paul Robinson – ''Land of Our Fathers'' (Finalist); Ned Bennett – ''Pomona'' (Winner); Jenny Eastop – ''Warde Street'' (Nominee); James Dacre – ''The Body of an American'' (Nominee); Guy Retallack – ''MacBeth'' (Nominee); David Mercatali – ''Dark Vanilla Jungle'' (Finalist); David Mercatali – ''Johnny Got His Gun'' (Nominee); Christopher Haydon – ''The Edge of Our Bodies'' (Nominee); Che Walker – ''Klook’s Last Stand'' (Nominee); Bill Buckhurst – ''Sweeney Todd'' (Nominee); Belinda Lang – ''This Was A Man'' (Nominee)<ref name="off2015" /><br /> Artistic Director: Paul Robinson – ''Land of Our Fathers'' (Finalist);<br /> Set Design: Howard Hudson – ''The Heights'' (Finalist); David Woodhead – ''Visitors'' (Nominee)<ref name="off2015" /><br /> Lighting Design: Howard Hudson – ''Titanic'' (Finalist); Christopher Nairne – ''Johnny Got His Gun'' (Nominee)<ref name="off2015" /><br /> Sound Design: Max Pappenheim – ''Johnny Got His Gun'' (Nominee); Max Pappenheim – ''Martine'' (Nominee); Isobel Waller-Bridge – ''Incognito'' (Winner)<ref name="off2015" /><br /> Choreographer: Lee Proud – ''Carousel'' (Finalist); Drew McOnie – ''The Heights'' (Winner)<ref name="off2015" /><br /> TBC Award: Forced Entertainment – ''Tomorrow’s Parties'' (Winner)<ref name="off2015" /><br /> Production: ''Titanic'' – Southwark Playhouse (Winner)<ref name="off2015" /><br /> |- | 2016 || Director: Thom Southerland – ''Grand Hotel'' (Nominee); Russell Labey – ''Gods and Monsters'' (Nominee); Gary Lloyd – ''Carrie'' (Nominee); Gary Lloyd – ''Carrie'' (Nominee – second production listing); Christopher Nairne – ''The Edge Of Our Bodies'' (Nominee); Chris White – ''Klook’s Last Stand'' (Nominee)<ref name="off2016" /><br /> Female: Samantha Colley – ''Klippies'' (Nominee); Rochenda Sandall – ''Little Malcolm And His Struggle Against The Eunuchs'' (Finalist); Gemma Whelan – ''Radiant Vermin'' (Finalist); Eleanor Worthington Cox – ''Tom Cat'' (Nominee); Clare Higgins – ''Clarion'' (Winner); Shannon Tarbet – ''The Edge of Our Bodies'' (Finalist)<ref name="off2016" /><br /> Male: Matthew Tennyson – ''A Breakfast of Eels'' (Winner); Harry Melling – ''The Angry Brigade'' (Nominee); Greg Hicks – ''Clarion'' (Nominee)<ref name="off2016" /><br /> Supporting Female: Rochenda Sandall – ''Little Malcolm And His Struggle Against The Eunuchs'' (Finalist); Natasha Rickman – ''The Talented Mr Ripley'' (Nominee); Lucy Ellinson – ''The Christians'' (Finalist); Joanne Clifton – ''Face The Music'' (Nominee)<ref name="off2016" /><br /> Sound Design: Max Pappenheim – ''My Eyes Went Dark'' (Nominee); Max Pappenheim – ''Wink'' (Nominee); Isobel Waller-Bridge – ''Incognito'' (Winner)<ref name="off2016" /><br /> Set Design: Max Dorey – ''And Then Come The Nightjars'' (Nominee); Max Dorey – ''No Villain'' (Nominee)<ref name="off2016" /><br /> Choreography: Lee Proud – ''Grand Hotel'' (Winner); Gary Lloyd – ''Carrie'' (Finalist)<ref name="off2016" /><br /> Producer: Paul Taylor-Mills – ''Producer'' (Finalist)<ref name="off2016" /><br /> New Play: Jon Brittain – ''Rotterdam'' (Nominee); Belinda Lang – ''This Was A Man'' (Nominee); Barney Norris – ''Eventide'' (Finalist)<ref name="off2016" /><br /> Supporting Male: *(no Super Notables in this category for 2016)*<br /> Lighting Design: Christopher Nairne – ''Johnny Got His Gun'' (Nominee)<ref name="off2016" /><br /> |- | 2017 || ''Male Performance (Plays)'': Zubin Varla – ''Poison'' (Nominee); Richard Gadd – ''Monkey See Monkey Do'' (Nominee); Ken Nwosu – ''An Octoroon'' (Winner); Jethro Compton – ''White Fang'' (Nominee); Harry Melling – ''Jam'' (Nominee); Ben Aldridge – ''Run The Beast Down'' (Finalist); Ian McDiarmid – ''What Shadows'' (Finalist); Adrian Lukis – ''I’m Gonna Pray For You So Hard'' (Nominee); Adam Deacon – ''The Retreat'' (Nominee)<ref name="off2017" /><br /> ''Female Performance (Plays)'': Susannah Doyle – ''The Secondary Victim'' (Nominee); Sinead Matthews – ''Loot'' (Finalist); Sian Thomas – ''The Cherry Tree'' (Nominee); Kiza Deen – ''Expensive Shit'' (Nominee); Josie Lawrence – ''Mother Courage And Her Children'' (Nominee); Ella Purnell – ''Natives'' (Nominee); Bronagh Lagan – ''Promisies, Promises'' (Nominee); Adjoa Andoh – ''Assata Taught Me'' (Nominee)<ref name="off2017" /><br /> ''Female Performance (Musicals)'': T’Shan Williams – ''The Life'' (Winner); Sharon D. Clarke – ''The Life'' (Winner); Mimi Ndiweni – ''The Convert'' (Winner); Joanne Clifton – ''Top Hat'' (Nominee)<ref name="off2017" /><br /> ''Female Supporting Performance (Plays)'': Vivian Oparah – ''An Octoroon'' (Finalist); Sharon D. Clarke – ''The Life'' (Winner); Margot Leicester – ''Seventeen'' (Nominee); Clare Perkins – ''The Convert'' (Nominee); Miriam Margolyes – ''Madame Rubinstein'' (Nominee); Jill Winternitz – ''I’m Gonna Pray For You So Hard'' (Nominee)<ref name="off2017" /><br /> ''Male Supporting Performance (Plays)'': Tom Rhys Harries – ''Pitchfork Disney'' (Winner)<ref name="off2017" /><br /> ''Male Supporting Performance (Musicals)'': Peter Polycarpou – ''Working'' (Finalist); Cornell S. John – ''The Life'' (Winner)<ref name="off2017" /><br /> ''Director'': Thom Southerland – ''Death Takes A Holiday'' (Nominee); Ramin Gray – ''Winter Solstice'' (Finalist); Ned Bennett – ''An Octoroon'' (Winner); Guy Retallack – ''Miracle On 34th Street'' (Nominee); Jamie Lloyd – ''Guards at the Taj'' (Nominee); Christopher Nairne – ''Design: Lighting'' (Nominee)<ref name="off2017" /><br /> ''New Play'': Rajiv Joseph – ''Guards at the Taj'' (Nominee); Danai Gurira – ''The Convert'' (Nominee)<ref name="off2017" /><br /> ''Set Design'': Max Dorey – ''Talk Radio / Tryst'' (Finalist); Rikki Beadle-Blair – ''Hashtag Lightie'' (Nominee); George Dennis – ''Guards at the Taj'' (Finalist); Frankie Bradshaw – ''Assata Taught Me'' (Nominee)<ref name="off2017" /><br /> ''Sound Design'': Max Pappenheim – ''The Blinding Light'' (Nominee); Max & Ben Ringham and George Dennis – ''Killer'' (Winner)<ref name="off2017" /><br /> |- | 2018 || ''Male Performance (Plays)'': Wil Johnson – ''Leave Taking'' (Winner); Tyrone Huntley – ''Angry'' (Nominee); Trevor White – ''Building the Wall'' (Nominee); Timothy Harker – ''An Honourable Man'' (Nominee); Robert Costerlli – ''Rothschild & Sons'' (Nominee); Les Dennis – ''End of the Pier'' (Nominee); Irfan Shamji – ''Mayfly'' (Finalist); Henry Goodman – ''Honour'' (Nominee)<ref name="off2018" /><br /> ''Male Performance (Musicals)'': Neil McDermott – ''Eugenius!'' (Nominee).<br /> ''Male Supporting Performance (Plays)'': Wil Johnson – ''The Daughter in Law'' (Nominee); Paul Bradley – ''Humble Boy'' (Nominee); Nitin Ganatra – ''End of the Pier'' (Finalist); Ian Bonar – ''Jellyfish'' (Nominee)<ref name="off2018" /><br /> ''Female Performance (Plays)'': Veronica Roberts – ''The Daughter in Law'' (Nominee); Tricia Kelly – ''Caterpillar'' (Nominee); Teresa Banham – ''The Open House'' (Nominee); Tanya Moodie – ''Rasheeda Speaking'' (Nominee); Sinead Cusack – ''Stitchers'' (Finalist); Sheila Hancock – ''Harold & Maude'' (Nominee); Sarah Niles – ''Leave Taking'' (Winner); Monica Dolan – ''The B*easts'' (Finalist); Miquel Brown – ''The Play About My Dad'' (Nominee); Louise Jameson – ''My Best Gay Friend'' (Finalist); Louise Jameson – ''Vincent River'' (Finalist); Leanne Best – ''The Human Voice'' (Nominee); Imogen Stubbs – ''Honour'' (Nominee)<ref name="off2018" /><br /> ''Female Supporting Performance (Plays)'': Selina Cadell – ''Humble Boy'' (Nominee); Laura Rogers – ''Pressure'' (Nominee)<ref name="off2018" /><br /> ''Performance Piece / Short Run'': Monica Dolan – ''The B*easts'' (Finalist)<ref name="off2018" /><br /> ''Most Promising New Playwright'': Monica Dolan – ''The B*easts'' (Nominee)<ref name="off2018" /><br /> ''Director'': Michael Boyd – ''The Open House'' (Nominee); James Hillier – ''Not Talking'' (Nominee)<ref name="off2018" /><br /> Special Award: Sally Wood – Producer (Winner). |- | 2019 || ''Design: Set (Plays)'': takis – ''Ain't Misbehavin''' (Nominee)<ref name="off2019" /><br /> ''Director (Plays)'': Rikki Beadle-Blair – ''My Dad's Gap Year'' (Nominee)<ref name="off2019" /><br /> ''Choreography / Movement (Plays)'': Oti Mabuse – ''Ain't Misbehavin''' (Winner)<ref name="off2019" /><br /> ''Female Performance in a Supporting Role (Plays)'': Arabella Weir – ''The Last Temptation of Boris Johnson'' (Nominee)<ref name="off2019" /><br /> ''Female Performance (Plays)'': Zoe Lyons – ''An Act of God'' (Nominee); Wendi Peters – ''Call Me Vicky'' (Nominee); Victoria Hamilton-Barritt – ''The View Upstairs'' (Nominee); Summer Strallen – ''Romance Romance'' (Nominee); Stacy Francis – ''Bare: A Pop Opera'' (Nominee); Sheila Atim – ''Time for Love'' (Finalist); Ryan Calais Cameron – ''Typical'' (Nominee); Ronke Adekoluejo – ''Teleportation (part of This Is Black)'' (Nominee); Robert Jones – ''Agnes Colander'' (Nominee); Richard Blackwood – ''Typical'' (Nominee)<ref name="off2019" /><br /> |- | 2020 || ''Most Promising New Playwright (Plays)'': Temi Wilkey – ''The High Table'' (Nominee)<ref name="off2020" /><br /> ''Lead Performance (Plays)'': Sam Crane – ''The Rage of Narcissus'' (Finalist); Michael Pennington – ''The Tempest'' (Nominee); Maggie Steed – ''The Cutting Edge'' (Nominee)<ref name="off2020" /><br /> ''Supporting Performance (Plays)'': John Hollingworth – ''The Sugar Syndrome'' (Finalist)<ref name="off2020" /><br /> ''Lead Performance (Musicals)'': Jessica Martin – ''Blitz!'' (Nominee).<ref name="off2020" /><br /> ''Supporting Performance (Plays)'': Isabella Laughland – ''Love, Love, Love'' (Nominee)<ref name="off2020" /><br /> ''Lead Performance (Musicals)'': Frances Barber – ''Musik'' (Winner)<ref name="off2020" /><br /> ''Lead Performance (Musicals)'': Dave Willetts – ''Rags'' (Winner)<ref name="off2020" /><br /> Supporting Performance (Plays): Alexandra Gilbreath – ''The Sugar Syndrome'' (Nominee)<ref name="off2020" /> Male Performance (Plays): Richard Gadd – ''Baby Reindeer'' (Nominee)<ref name="off2020" /><br /> |- | 2021 || ''New Play (Plays)'': Young Jean Lee – ''Straight White Men'' (Nominee)<ref name="off2021" /><br /> ''Lead Performance (Musicals)'': Wendi Peters – ''You Are Here'' (Finalist)<ref name="off2021" /><br /> ''Performance Piece'': Ronke Adékoluejo – ''Lava'' (Winner)<ref name="off2021" /><br /> ''Supporting Performance (Plays)'': Nancy Crane – ''Yellowfin'' (Nominee)<ref name="off2021" /><br /> ''Performance Piece (Plays)'': Linda Marlowe – ''No Fear!'' (Finalist)<ref name="off2021" /><br /> ''Lead Performance (Plays)'': John Dagleish – ''Cratchit'' (Nominee)<ref name="off2021" /><br /> ''Supporting Performance (Musicals)'': Jacqueline Dankworth – ''Indecent Proposal'' (Finalist)<ref name="off2021" /><br /> ''Lead Performance (Plays)'': Grace Saif – ''Athena'' (Nominee)<ref name="off2021" /><br /> ''Design: Sound (Plays)'': Gareth Fry – ''Psychodrama'' (Nominee)<ref name="off2021" /><br /> ''Most Promising New Playwright (Plays)'': Dipo Baruwa-Etti – ''The Sun, The Moon and The Stars'' (Finalist)<ref name="off2021" /><br /> ''Lead Performance (Plays)'': Daragh O’Malley – ''Yes So I Said Yes'' (Nominee)<ref name="off2021" /><br /> |- | 2022 || ''Performance Piece (Plays)'': Rosie Day – ''Instructions for a Teenage Armageddon'' (Finalist)<ref name="off2022" /><br /> ''Cabaret'': Reuben Kaye – ''The Butch is Back'' (Winner)<ref name="off2022" /><br /> ''Performance Ensemble'': Nick Mohammed, David Elms, Kieran Hodgson, Sarah Hadland – ''A Christmas Carol-ish'' (Nominee)<ref name="off2022" /><br /> ''Solo Performance (Plays)'': Miz Cracker – ''Who's Holiday'' (Nominee)<ref name="off2022" /><br /> ''Lead Performance (Plays)'': Lucy Benjamin – ''Here'' (Nominee)<ref name="off2022" /><br /> ''Performance Piece (Plays)'': Liz Kingsman – ''One Woman Show'' (Winner)<ref name="off2022" /><br /> ''Lead Performance (Plays)'': Leah Harvey – ''The Wonderful World of Dissocia'' (Nominee)<ref name="off2022" /><br /> ''Performance Ensemble'': Kedar Williams-Stirling, Emeka Sesay, Francis Lovehall – ''Red Pitch'' (Nominee <ref name="off2022" /><br /> ''Solo Performance (Plays)'': Haley McGee – ''Age is a Feeling'' (Finalist)<ref name="off2022" /><br /> ''Lead Performance (Plays)'': Dame Maureen Lipman – ''Rose'' (Winner)<ref name="off2022" /><br /> |- | 2023 || Female Performance in a Musical: Liv Andrusier – ''Ride'' at the Charing Cross Theatre (Winner)<ref name="off2023" /><br /> Performance Ensemble: Woody Harrelson, Andy Serkis, Louisa Harland – ''Ulster American'' (Nominee)<ref name="off2023" /><br /> Performance Ensemble: Willow Traynor, Rosa Amos, Annabel Gray, Louisa Hamdi, Peal Adams, Afriya-Jasmine Nylander, Ellie Rose Amit – ''Flies'' (Nominee)<ref name="off2023" /><br /> Musicals: Supporting Performance: Tracie Bennett – ''How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying'' (Nominee)<ref name="off2023" /><br /> Full Run: Plays – Lead Performance: Stephen Dillane – ''How It Is (Part Two)'' (Nominee)<ref name="off2023" /><br /> |}
==See also== *Laurence Olivier Awards *Black British Theatre Awards *Evening Standard Theatre Awards *Critics' Circle Theatre Award *UK Theatre Awards *Ian Charleson Awards *Sam Wanamaker Award *WhatsOnStage Awards
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== * [https://offies.london Official website] * [http://www.offwestend.com Organiser's website]
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