# 2022 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 2022 Black British Theatre Awards winners and nominees were:
| Best Play | Best Musical |
| For Black Boys Who Have Considered Suicide When the Hue Gets Too Heavy at the Royal Court Theatre My Voice Was Heard But It Was Ignored, Red Ladder Theatre Company (UK Tour) Things I Can Laugh About Now at Brixton House | Domitius at Conway Hall Dreamgirls, UK & Ireland Tour The Wiz at the Hope Mill Theatre |
| Best Male Actor in a Play | Best Male Actor in a Musical |
| Michael Fatogun in Foxes at Theatre503 Terique Jarrett in Daddy at the Almeida Theatre Dior Clarke in Passionfruit at the New Diorama Theatre | Michael Duke in Get Up Stand Up! The Bob Marley Musical at the Lyric Theatre Michael Ahomka-Lindsay in Legally Blonde at Regent's Park Open Air Theatre Tarik Frimpong in The Wiz at the Hope Mill Theatre |
| Best Female Actor in a Play | Best Female Actor in a Musical |
| Selina Jones in An unfinished man at The Yard Theatre Shareesa Valentine in Forgotten Voices at the Hope Mill Theatre Shakira Newton in Things I Can Laugh About Now at Brixton House | Courtney Stapleton in Beauty and the Beast, UK & Ireland Tour Courtney Bowman in Legally Blonde at Regent's Park Open Air Theatre Nicole Raquel Dennis in Dreamgirls, UK & Ireland Tour |
| Best Supporting Male Actor in a Play | Best Supporting Male Actor in a Musical |
| Hayden Mampasi in Passionfruit at the New Diorama Theatre Gabriel Paul in Macbeth at Leeds Playhouse Habib Nasib Nader in Life of Pi at the Wyndham's Theatre | Jordan Shaw in Les Misérables at the Sondheim Theatre Shem Omari James in Dreamgirls, UK & Ireland Tour Cameron Bernard Jones in The Wiz at the Hope Mill Theatre |
| Best Supporting Female Actor in a Play | Best Supporting Female Actor in a Musical |
| Sasha Frost in Folk at the Hampstead Theatre Ashh Blackwood in The Play That Goes Wrong at the Duchess Theatre Charlotte Gosling in Passionfruit at the New Diorama Theatre | Nicolle Smartt in Domitius at Conway Hall Nadine Higgin in Legally Blonde at Regent's Park Open Air Theatre Jocasta Almgill in Grease at the Dominion Theatre |
| Outstanding Performance in a Play | Outstanding Performance in a Musical |
| Misha Duncan-Barry in My Voice Was Heard But It Was Ignored, Red Ladder Theatre Company (UK Tour) Rochelle Rose in Rockets and Blue Lights at the National Theatre Emmanuel Akwafo in For Black Boys Who Have Considered Suicide When the Hue Gets Too Heavy at the Royal Court Theatre | Amara Okereke in My Fair Lady at the London Coliseum Billy Nevers in Legally Blonde at Regent's Park Open Air Theatre Nicole Raquel Dennis in Dreamgirls, UK & Ireland Tour |
Creatives Awards :
| Best Director for a Play or Musical | Best Producer |
| Ryan Calais Cameron and Tristan Fynn-Aiduenu for For Black Boys Who Have Considered Suicide When the Hue Gets Too Heavy at the Royal Court Matthew Xia for The Wiz at the Hope Mill Theatre Dermot Daly for My Voice Was Heard But It Was Ignored, Red Ladder Theatre Company (UK Tour) | Ameena Hamid for The Wiz at the Hope Mill Theatre Jasmyn Fisher-Ryner For Black Boys Who Have Considered Suicide When the Hue Gets Too Heavy at the Royal Court Shanay Holmes and Chris Steward for West End Musical Christmas at the Lyric Theatre |
| Best Choreographer or Movement Director | Best Dance Production |
| Leah Hill for The Wiz at the Hope Mill Theatre Theophilus O. Bailey-Godson for For Black Boys Who Have Considered Suicide When the Hue Gets Too Heavy at the Royal Court Kane Husbands and Mateus Daniel for Passionfruit at the New Diorama Theatre | Ballet Black's Ballet Black Double Bill at the Barbican Theatre Talawa's Run it Back at Fairfield Halls Gateway Arts Productions' Saturn Returns at Brixton House |
| Best Soloist in a Dance Production | Best Use of Innovation and Technology |
| Cira Robinson in Ballet Black Double Bill at the Barbican Theatre Mthuthuzeli November in Ballet Black Double Bill at the Barbican Theatre Isabela Coracy in Ballet Black Double Bill at the Barbican Theatre | Ballet Black for Eightfold, Channel 4 Mawa Theatre Company for What's Past is Prologue, YouTube Natalie Edwards Yesufu for Enter.Stage.Write, YouTube |
| Best Opera Production or Performance | |
| April Koyejo-Audiger in Jenufa at the Royal Opera House Pumeza Matshikiza in The Cunning Little Vixen at the London Coliseum | |
Recognition Awards :
| Light and/or Sound Recognition Award | Costume Design Recognition Award |
| Kayodeine Joshua Harriette Simisola Majekodunmi | Jessica Cabassa Maybelle Laye Natalie Pryce |
| Book and Lyrics Recognition Award | Musical Director Recognition Award |
| Lux Knightley Ryan Calais Cameron Safaa Benson-Effiom | Sean Green for Get Up Stand Up! The Bob Marley Musical at the Lyric Theatre Femi Temowo for Rockets and Blue Lights at the National Theatre John Pfumojena for For Black Boys Who Have Considered Suicide When the Hue Gets Too Heavy at the Royal Court |
| Casting Director Recognition Award | |
| Isabella Odoffin Heather Basten Tonia Daley Campbell | |
Achievement Awards :
| LGBTQ+ Champion Award | Best Understudy/Swing in a Theatre Production |
| Nicole Raquel Dennis Courtney Stapleton Alex Thomas-Smith | Mitchell Zhangazha in Dear Evan Hansen at the Noël Coward Theatre Jemal Felix in The Phantom of the Opera at Her Majesty’s Theatre Zara MacIntosh in &Juliet at the Shaftesbury Theatre |
| Best Teacher | Best Recent Graduate Award |
| Hakeem Onibudo from Impact Dance Angeline Bell from the Urdang Academy Carolyn Elaine Bolton from Shockout Arts | Dianté Lodge from Laine Theatre Arts Grace Melville from D&B Academy Shonah Buwu from Bird College |
| Lifetime Achievement | |
| Charles Augins | |