Critics’ Circle Theatre Awards 2026 Nominations

THE MICHAEL BILLINGTON AWARD FOR BEST NEW PLAY

JACK HOLDEN – Kenrex (The Other Palace)

DAVID IRELAND – The Fifth Step (@sohoplace)

BEST REVIVAL OF A PLAY OR MUSICAL

Into The Woods (Bridge Theatre) – Associate Director: GEORGIA GREEN 

BEST NEW MUSICAL 

Here We Are (National Theatre) – Starring: HARRY HADDEN-PATON

BEST ENSEMBLE OR CAST

1536 (Almeida Theatre) – Starring: SIENA KELLY, ADAM HUGILL

Here We Are (National Theatre) – Starring: HARRY HADDEN-PATON

Into The Woods (Bridge Theatre) – Starring: JAMIE PARKER

The Weir (Harold Pinter Theatre) – Starring: KATE PHILLIPS

When We Are Married (Donmar Warehouse) – Starring: JOHN HODGKINSON, MARC WOOTTON, RON COOK, REUBEN JOSEPH, ROWAN ROBINSON, SOPHIE THOMPSON

THE NLP AWARD FOR BEST ACTRESS

MARIANNE JEAN-BAPTISTE– All My Sons (Wyndham’s Theatre)

THE JACK TINKER AWARD FOR MOST PROMISING NEWCOMER (SPONSORED BY FINITO)

ASA BUTTERFIELD – Second Best (Riverside Studios)

KATE PHILLIPS – The Weir (Harold Pinter Theatre)