2026-09-27 · Evening Standard
🔮 The award ceremony on Sunday was in association with Netflix and hosted by comedian and SNL UK star Hammed Animashaun.
Bafta-award-winning actor Robert Aramayo, known for I Swear, took best performer in a play for his role in Guess How Much I Love You? at London’s Royal Court.
Zoe Armer also took home the award for her performance as Anya in The Virgins at the Soho Theatre.
Two actors took the best performer in a musical award – Julianne Pundan for her performance in Miss Saigon at Manchester’s Palace Theatre and on tour, and James Spence for his performance in Thespians at the Mercury Theatre Colchester, Essex, and on tour.
Sam Marlowe, co-chairman of the judging panel, said: “This year’s winners represent a truly exciting range of fresh talent, artists making their mark, bringing us work that speaks to our present moment and enriches and advances theatre as an art form. assertive