ritish actress and Strictly Come Dancing 2021 winner Rose Ayling-Ellis has picked up the very best West Finish debut prize at The Stage Debut Awards 2023.
The awards purpose to focus on breakthrough actors, writers, administrators, designers, composers or lyricists within the trade and the occasion was held at a venue in London on Sunday with host and drag queen Divina de Campo.
Former EastEnders star Ayling-Ellis, 28, received for her efficiency in As You Like It at Soho Place – her first West Finish play.
The stage and TV star fought off competitors from a shortlist that included Regular Individuals’s Paul Mescal for A Streetcar Named Want, Star Trek actor Zachary Quinto for Finest Of Enemies and Orange Is The New Black actress Samira Wiley for Blues For An Alabama Sky.
Earlier within the 12 months Ayling-Ellis had been nominated for an Olivier Award for her position within the Shakespearean romantic comedy.
She was additionally the primary deaf contestant to win BBC One dance present Strictly when she {and professional} dancer Giovanni Pernice picked up the Glitterball Trophy in 2021.
This 12 months there have been 10 winners at The Stage Debut Awards and one of many classes had joint winners in Isobel Thom, for Shakespeare’s Globe’s I, Joan, and Elan Davies for Imrie on the Sherman Theatre, Cardiff.
The pair received for finest performer in a play and the latter marked the primary win at The Stage Debut Awards for a performer in a Welsh-language manufacturing.
One of the best artistic West Finish debut award was shared between two winners – Rob Madge for writing the West Finish present My Son’s A Queer (However What Can You Do?) on the Garrick Theatre and Ambassadors Theatre, and Tingying Dong for her sound design that created an eerie ambiance for The Crucible at The Nationwide Theatre and Gielgud Theatre.
Jessica Lee took dwelling finest performer in a musical for Miss Saigon on the Crucible Theatre, Sheffield, and Anoushka Lucas was honoured for finest author for the play Elephant.
Emily Ling Williams acquired the very best director award for romance-comedy A Playlist For The Revolution and Andrea Scott received finest designer for her video design for My Neighbour Totoro on the Barbican Theatre.
Lastly, playwright and music author Michael R Jackson scooped the very best composer, lyricist or ebook author award for his Broadway present A Unusual Loop.
Talking in regards to the awards, The Stage editor Alistair Smith stated: “Our fantastic winners spotlight simply how a lot rising expertise there’s throughout British theatre.
“I’m notably happy that this 12 months we have been in a position to recognise our first ever winner in a Welsh-language efficiency.
“In the meantime, additionally for the primary time this 12 months, I’m delighted to disclose that, in partnership with Ambassador Theatre Group, we’re providing a £10,000 prize fund cut up amongst our winners.
“Together with the publicity these awards deliver, we hope this shall be an actual tangible assist to them as they embark on what now we have little question shall be stellar careers.”
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