# 2020 Black British Theatre Awards

The Black British Theatre Awards (BBTA) were launched in 2019 and recognise excellence among black performers and creatives in the UK.
The 2020 Black British Theatre Awards winners and nominees were:
| Best Play | Best Musical |
| Death of a Salesman at the Piccadilly Theatre Fairview at the Young Vic Three Sisters at the National Theatre | Thriller – Live at the Lyric Theatre Hamilton at the Victoria Palace Theatre TINA - The Tina Turner Musical at the Aldwych Theatre |
| Best Male Actor in a Play | Best Male Actor in a Musical |
| Valentine Olukoga in The Fishermen at the Trafalgar Studios Lucian Msamati in 'Master Harold'... and the boys at the National Theatre Paapa Essiedu in Pass Over at the Kiln Theatre | Noah Thomasfor in Everybody's Talking About Jamie at the Apollo Theatre Jason Brock in Thriller – Live at the Lyric Theatre Jonathan Andrew Hume in Come from Away at the Phoenix Theatre |
| Best Female Actor in a Play | Best Female Actor in a Musical |
| Rakie Ayola for On Bear Ridge at the Royal Court Theatre Ronke Adekoluejo in Three Sisters at the National Theatre Sharon D. Clarke in Death of a Salesman at the Piccadilly Theatre | Miriam-Teak Lee in & Juliet at the Shaftesbury Theatre Aisha Jawando in TINA - The Tina Turner Musical at the Aldwych Theatre Maiya Quansah-Breed in Six at the Arts Theatre |
| Best Supporting Male Actor in a Play | Best Supporting Male Actor in a Musical |
| Nari Blair-Mangat in Cyrano de Bergerac at the Playhouse Theatre Arinzé Kene in Death of a Salesman at the Young Vic Reice Weathers in The Upstart Crow at the Gielgud Theatre | Nicholas McLean in Wicked at the Apollo Victoria Theatre Arun Blair-Mangat in & Juliet at the Shaftesbury Theatre Tarinn Callender in Hamilton at the Victoria Palace Theatre |
| Best Supporting Female Actor in a Play | Best Supporting Female Actor in a Musical |
| Cherrelle Skeete for The High Table at the Bush Theatre Michele Austin in Cyrano de Bergerac at the Playhouse Theatre Rosalind Eleazar in Uncle Vanya at the Harold Pinter Theatre | Nicole Raquel Dennis in Dear Evan Hansen at the Noël Coward Theatre Melanie La Barrie in & Juliet at the Shaftesbury Theatre Shanay Holmes in The Bridges of Madison County at the Menier Chocolate Factory |
Creatives Awards :
| Best Director for a Play or Musical | Best Producer |
| Nadia Latif for Fairview at the Young Vic Clint Dyer for Death of England at the National Theatre Ola Ince for Appropriate at the Donmar Warehouse Roy Alexander Weise for ''Master Harold''... and the boys at the National Theatre | Adrian Grant for Thriller - Live at the Lyric Theatre Nicole Raquel Dennis and Ryan Carter for Turn Up at Cadogan Hall Tobi Kyeremateng for My White Best Friend (and Other Letters Left Unsaid) at the Royal Court Theatre |
| Best Choreographer | Best Dance Production |
| Kenrick 'H2O' Sandy MBE for REDD at the Barbican Theatre Lanre Malaolu for Pass Over at the Kiln Theatre Shelley Maxwell for ''Master Harold''... and the boys at the National Theatre | Ballet Black's Ingoma at the Barbican Theatre Boy Blue's REDD at the Barbican Theatre ZooNation's Some Like It Hip Hop at the Peacock Theatre |
| Best Dance Performance in a Dance Production | Best Use of Innovation and Technology |
| Kenrick 'H2O' Sandy MBE for REDD at the Barbican Theatre Marcelino Sambé for The Cellist at the Royal Opera House | Nicole Raquel Dennis and Ryan Carter for Turn Up at Cadogan Hall |
Recognition Awards :
| Light and Sound Recognition Award | Costume Design Recognition Award |
| Carmen Wright Simeon Miller Tony Gayle | Natalie Pryce Jodie Simone Howe Maybelle Laye |
| Book and Lyrics Recognition Award | Musical Director Recognition Award |
| Arinzé Kene Roy Williams Shirley Thompson OBE | Ian Oakley Sean Green Shiloh Coke |
| Casting Director Recognition Award | |
| Isabella Odoffin | |
Achievement Awards :
| LGBTQ+ Champion Award | Disability Champion Award |
| Layton Williams Arun Blair-Mangat Rikki Beadle-Blair MBE | Rachel Nwokoro Chris Fonseca |
| Best Teacher of Performing Arts as a Subject | Best Recent Graduate Award |
| David Blake from WAC Arts Dollie Henry from Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance Kamara Gray for the Urdang Academy/Artistry Youth Dance | Tonye Scott-Obene from Italia Conti Academy of Theatre Arts Danielle Fiamanya from Guildford School of Acting Stacy Abalogun from the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art |
| Lifetime Achievement | |
| Shirley Thompson OBE | |