Vote now for the winners of the West End Wilma Awards 2025
- Lisa in the theatre
- Sep 1
- 3 min read
West End Wilma have announced the shortlist of nominees for this year's prestigious West End Wilma Awards.

2025 West End Wilma Awards Voting NOW OPEN
The West End Wilma Awards celebrate the best of UK Theatre. The public are now invited to vote for their 2025 favourites online. This year there are 15 trophies up for grabs (previously 10), with new accolades for Best Swing, Best Lighting, Best Edinburgh Fringe Show, Best Backstage Dresser and more.
Once again in association with Free@Last TV Ltd the awards are back for the ninth year running, hosted by Tim McArthur. Also sponsoring this year are Theatrical Rights Worldwide Ltd and John Good Limited.
The public submitted over 11,000 nominations of shows and people they feel deserve to be recognised in 2025 and now the shortlisted nominees have been revealed.
West End Wilma Awards 2025 shortlist
Best New West End Musical (Sponsored by Concord Theatricals)
• Titanique (Criterion Theatre)
• The Great Gatsby (London Coliseum)
• The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (Ambassadors Theatre)
Best New West End Play (Sponsored by London Box Office)
• The Comedy About Spies (Noel Coward Theatre)
• Giant (Harold Pinter Theatre)
• Stereophonic (Duke Of York’s Theatre)
Best Touring Production
• Bat Out Of Hell
• Dear Evan Hansen
• Kinky Boots
Best Off-West End Show
• Starlight Express (Troubadour Wembley)
• The Lightning Thief (The Other Palace)
• Dracula - A Comedy Of Terrors (Menier Chocolate Factory)
Best Cabaret or Solo Performance
• Samantha Barks (Live At The London Palladium)
• Eurovision (Your Decision) (Royal Vauxhall Tavern)
• Divas - Christina Bianco and the London Gay Big Band (Clapham Grand)
Best Edinburgh Fringe Show 2025
• I Wish My Life Were Like A Musical (Auditorium at Gilded Balloon at the Museum)
• Footballers Wives The Musical (Music Hall at Assembly Rooms)
• Song Society (Dexter at Underbelly, Bristo Square)
Best Performer in a Touring Production (Sponsored by Mummy Wilma)
• Carrie Hope Fletcher (Calamity Jane)
• Ryan Kopel (Dear Evan Hansen)
• Johannes Radebe (Kinky Boots)
Best Performer in a West End Show (Sponsored by The Room Where It Happens)
• Lauren Drew (Titanique)
• Craig Ryder (Moulin Rouge)
• Jamie Muscato (The Great Gatsby)
Best West End Ensemble Performer
• Grace Swaby-Moore (Back To The Future)
• Courtenay Brady (Burlesque)
• Tara Yasmin (The Devil Wears Prada)
Best Performer In An Off-West End Show
• Jeevan Braich (Starlight Express)
• Paul Jacob French (Midnight Cowboy)
• Georgia Pemberton (Starlight Express)
Best Understudy (Sponsored by Healthy Tailz: Physio for Dogs)
• Lee Ormsby (Back To The Future)
• Geri Allen (Operation Mincemeat)
• Fergie Fraser (Mean Girls)
Best Swing (Sponsored by R B Emerson Ltd)
• Jenna Bonner (Tina - The Tina Turner Musical)
• Bryan Mottram (Back To The Future)
• Fergie Fraser (Mean Girls)
Rising Star
• Georgia Pemberton
• Astrid Harris
• Tom Major
Best Dresser (Sponsored by Molly Limpet's Costume Hire Ltd)
• Zoe Call (Back To The Future)
• Zephyr Aspen (Starlight Express)
• Erica Drew (The Devil Wears Prada)
Best Lighting (Sponsored by White Light)
• Jon Clark (Evita)
• Howard Hudson (Starlight Express)
• Cory Pattak (The Great Gatsby)
To cast your vote head to: https://westendwilma.com/west-end-wilma-awards-2025-voting-form/
West End Wilma Awards 2025
Sunday 2 November 2025
Leicester Square Theatre, 7.30pm
Tickets on sale now at https://www.leicestersquaretheatre.com/show/west-end-wilma-awards-2025/
About the West End Wilma Awards
The West End Wilma Awards were first held at Freedom Bar in Soho, then the Hippodrome Casino for 2015 and 2016 and the Prince of Wales Theatre (Delfont Room) in 2017. For 2018 it moved to the Arts Theatre in Covent Garden, more than doubling the capacity of the venue. The 2019 awards were at the beautiful Café de Paris and in 2022 it had its first year at Leicester Square Theatre where it returns this year for the third year.
For more information about the West End Wilma Awards visit https://www.westendwilma.com/awards/
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