A history of the West End Wilma Awards

2025 West End Wilma Award Winners

BEST OFF WEST END SHOW – Starlight Express

RISING STAR – Georgia Pemberton

BEST DRESSER – Zephyr Aspen (Starlight Express)

BEST LIGHTING – Howard Hudson (Starlight Express)

BEST PERFORMER IN AN OFF-WEST END SHOW – Jeevan Braich (Starlight Express)

BEST NEW WEST END MUSICAL – The Great Gatsby

BEST NEW WEST END PLAY – The Comedy About Spies

BEST TOURING PRODUCTION – Kinky Boots

BEST CABARET/SOLO PERFORMANCE – Samantha Barks – Live at the London Palladium

BEST EDINBURGH FRINGE FESTIVAL SHOW 2025 – I Wish My Life Were Like A Musical

BEST PERFORMER IN A TOURING PRODUCTION – Carrie Hope Fletcher (Calamity Jane)

BEST PERFORMER IN A WEST END SHOW – Jamie Muscato (The Great Gatsby)

BEST WEST END ENSEMBLE PERFORMER – Grace Swaby Moore (Back To The Future)

BEST UNDERSTUDY – Geri Allen (Operation Mincemeat)

BEST SWING – Fergie Fraser (Mean Girls)

2023 West End Wilma Award Winners 

(Leicester Square Theatre)

Best Touring Production – SIX

Best Cabaret/Solo Performance – Christina Bianco (In Divine Company)

Rising Star – Jak Malone

Best Understudy – Holly Sumpton (Operation Mincemeat)

Best West End Ensemble Performer – Honey Joseph (Moulin Rouge)

Best Takeover in A Role – Jamie Muscato (Moulin Rouge)

Best Performer in A West End Show – Charlie Stemp (Crazy For You)

Best Performer In An Off-West End Show – Liv Andrusier (Ride, Charing Cross Theatre)

Best Off-West End Show – Heathers (The Other Palace)

Best West End Show – Operation Mincemeat

2022 West End Wilma Award Winners 

(Leicester Square Theatre)

Best Touring Production – Waitress

Best Cabaret/Solo Performance – Lucie Jones Live at the Adelphi

Rising Star – Hannah Lowther

Best Takeover in A Role – Lucie Jones – Wicked

Best Understudy – Hannah Lowther – Heathers

Best West End Ensemble Performer – Hannah Lowther – Heathers

Best Performer in A West End Show – Jordan Luke Gage – Bonnie & Clyde

Best Performer In An Off-West End Show – Ailsa Davidson – Heathers

Best Off-West End Show – Heathers – The Other Palace

Best West End Show – & Juliet – Shaftesbury Theatre

2019 West End Wilma Award Winners

(Café de Paris)

Best Touring Production – Kinky Boots

Best Cabaret/Solo Performance – Lea Salonga (Nottingham Royal Concert Hall)

Best Ensemble Performer – Clive Carter (Come from Away)

Rising Star – Olivia Moore (Waitress)

Best Understudy – Grace Mouat (SIX)

Best Takeover In A Role – Lucie Jones (as Jenna in Waitress)

Best Performer In An Off-West End Show – Luke Bayer (Fiver – Southwark Playhouse)

Best Performer In A West End Show – Marisha Wallace (Waitress)

Best Off-West End Show – Little Shop Of Horrors (Regents Park Open Air Theatre)

Best West End Show – Waitress (Adelphi Theatre)

2018 West End Wilma Award Winners

(Arts Theatre)

Rising Star – Sophie Isaacs

Best Touring Production – Jersey Boys

Best Cabaret/Solo Performance – I Wish My Life Were Like A Musical (Live at Zedel)

Best Understudy – Jordan Fox (Kinky Boots – Adelphi Theatre)

Best Solo Recording – Carrie Hope Fletcher (When The Curtain Falls)

Best Supporting Cast Member in a West End Show – Danielle Steers (Bat Out Of Hell – Dominion Theatre)

Best West End Ensemble Performer – Jack Butterworth (Hamilton – Victoria Palace Theatre)

Best Performer In An Off-West End Show – Carrie Hope Fletcher (Heathers)

Best Performer In A West End Show – Sharon Sexton (Bat Out Of Hell – Dominion Theatre)

Best Off-West End Show – Heathers (The Other Palace)

Best West End Show – Hamilton (Victoria Palace Theatre)

2017 West End Wilma Award Winners

(The Delfont Room)

Best Touring Production – The Addams Family

Best Cabaret/Solo Show – Rachel Tucker (Live At Zedel)

Rising Star – Charlie Stemp

Best Comedy – Roller Diner (Soho Theatre)

Best Understudy – Alice Fearn (Wicked)

Best Performer In An Off-West End Show – Zoe Doano (Death Takes A Holiday, Charing Cross Theatre)

Best Performer In A West End Show – Emma Williams (Half A Sixpence, Noel Coward Theatre)

Best Off-West End Show – Sideshow (Southwark Playhouse)

Best West End Show – Harry Potter And The Cursed Child (Palace Theatre)

2016 West End Wilma Award Winners 

(Hippodrome Casino)

Best West End Musical – Kinky Boots (Adelphi Theatre)

Best West End Play – People, Places and Things (Wyndham’s Theatre)

Best Comedy – Nina Conti

Most Underrated West End Show – Mrs Henderson Presents (Noel Coward)

Best Off-West End Production – Titanic (Charing Cross Theatre)

Best Touring Production – Rocky Horror Show

Rising Star Award – Sam Wearing

Best Cabaret/Solo Performance – Kerry Ellis (Hippodrome Casino)

Best Actor In A West End Show – Matt Henry (Kinky Boots)

Best Actress In A West End Show – Mazz Murray (Mamma Mia)

Best Actor/Actress In An Off-West End Show – Claire Machin (Titanic)

Best Understudy – Natasha J Barnes (Funny Girl)

2015 West End Wilma Award Winners 

(Hippodrome Casino)

Best West End Show – Gypsy

Best Off-West End Show – Carrie

Best Touring Show – Wicked

Most Underrated West End Show – Urinetown

Rising Star Award – Evelyn Hoskins

Most Welcoming Venue – Prince of Wales Theatre

Best Cabaret/Solo Performance – Rachel Tucker (St James Theatre)

Best Vocal Performance – Beverley Knight (Memphis)

Best Family Show – Bugsy Malone (Lyric Hammersmith)

Best Actor in a Play or Musical – Jon Jon Briones (Miss Saigon)

Best Actress in a Play or Musical – Eva Noblezada (Miss Saigon)

2014 West End Wilma Award Winners

(Freedom Bar, Soho)

Best West End Show – Miss Saigon

Most Underrated West End Show – 39 Steps

Best Fringe Production – Urinetown – St James Theatre

Best Touring Production – Avenue Q

Best Supporting Cast Member – Alexia Khadime – Book of Mormon

Best Take Over In A Role – David Hunter – Once

Best Theatre Blog – West End Frame

Rising Star Award – Cynthia Erivo

Most Welcoming Venue – The Union Theatre

Lifetime Achievement In Theatre – Imelda Staunton