The Future Theatre Fund winners were revealed during a virtual awards ceremony at the Apollo Theatre, hosted by West End stars Aimie Atkinson (Pretty Woman: The Musical) and Layton Williams (Everybody’s Talking About Jamie).
The full list of winners is as follows:
- Musical Theatre – Beth Hinton-Lever
- Musical Theatre – Emily Aboud
- Acting – Adam Fenton
- Acting – Selina Jones
- Directing/Theatre Making – Omar Bynon
- Directing/Theatre Making – Jamie Hale
- Visual Design – Caitlin Mawhinney
- Visual Design – Nikki Charlesworth
- Audio Design – Francesca Amewudah-Rivers
- Audio Design – Nicola Chang
- TikTok Breakout – Ewan Fellows
- Tiktok Breakout – Jesse Chuku
Emily Sheffield, editor of the Evening Standard, stated: ‘Congratulations to all the recipients — we are so proud to be supporting some of the emerging talent that will form the heart of theatre in London’s West End and beyond’
‘This initiative is a crucial investment in our cultural capital that has taken such a beating in this last year in the pandemic, and we cannot wait for all our theatres to reopen.’
The fund recipients were selected by a panel of experts, including icons of British theatre such as Andrew Lloyd Webber, Helen McCrory and Kwame Kwei-Armah. Paul Roseby, artistic director of the NYT, chaired the panel which also contained Nancy Durrant: arts editor of the Evening Standard, and Rich Waterworth: general manager of TikTok UK.
Full details of the award winners can be found here.