Theatre Channel to Broadcast Live Red Carpet & Winner’s Room shows at the Offie Awards 2025

Theatre Channel, the new streaming hub for theatre, is set to revolutionise access to Off West End and Fringe Theatre with an exciting new partnership with the Offies. 

As a proud sponsor and official media partner, Theatre Channel will bring audiences unprecedented behind-the-scenes access with two live-streamed programmes, making this year’s Offies more accessible than ever.

For the first time, audiences worldwide can experience the excitement of the awards in real time. Theatre Channel’s coverage will include backstage insights, red carpet interviews and first look reactions with industry leaders, finalists and winners. 

Hosting the evenings coverage will be Tobias Turley the winner of ITV’s Mamma Mia! I Have A Dream and star of the new musical White Rose. With his insider perspective, Turley’s energy and insight will bring theatre lovers closer to the magic of Off West End theatre’s biggest night with these special broadcasts.

Coverage will begin live on the Theatre Channel at 5:30 p.m., with the Red Carpet Livestream. Then, just after 7:00 pm, the action moves to the Winners’ Room, where viewers can witness first-look reactions from the night’s winners as they step off stage, sharing their emotions and insights in real time.

Chris Wheeler the Co-Founder and Managing Director of the Theatre Channel said: “Independent theatre is where some of the most exciting, risk-taking work happens, and The Theatre Channel is proud to be shining a spotlight on these incredible artists. Through our broadcast, we are making sure that Off West End and Fringe Theatre is celebrated and accessible to a global audience, proving that great theatre doesn’t just start in the West End or on Broadway – it starts here!”

Denholm Spurr, Managing Director and Executive Producer of the Offies said: “I am delighted to have Theatre Channel on board as our official streaming partners this year. Our sector is so often undiscovered and unseen and the Offies put showcasing that unexplored work centre-stage — being able to live stream parts of the ceremony for the first time is a brilliant step towards giving independent creatives the spotlight they deserve. British theatre depends on the grassroots and I can’t wait to show everyone just how brilliant it is!”

The Offies, now in their 15th year, celebrate the best of Off West End theatre, recognising the groundbreaking productions and performances that set the stage for future West End and international hits. Previous winners include Fleabag, Baby Reindeer, and Operation Mincemeat, highlighting the Off-West End as a crucial launchpad for fresh and innovative talent.

The 2025 ceremony, hosted by drag artist superstar Divina De Campo, will take place on Monday 17 March 2025, at London’s Westminster Hall. The evening will feature performances from Mischief Theatre, London Gay Men’s Chorus, and Tony Award-winner Frances Ruffelle. With a star-studded lineup and a celebration of theatrical excellence, this year’s event is set to be the most spectacular yet.

Website:  www.thetheatrechannel.com 

And the nominees are:

PRODUCTION

  • A Letter To Lyndon B. Johnson Or God: Whoever Reads This First / Natasha & Xhloe (Kings Head Theatre)
  • Blood Show / Battersea Arts Centre, Chapter Arts Centre, Colchester Arts Centre (Battersea Arts Centre)
  • Follow The Signs / Fuse Theatre (Soho Theatre)
  • Goldie Frocks and the Bear Mitzvah / JW3 (JW3 London)
  • In Clay / Design & Canvas Co (Gatehouse Theatre)
  • Journey of a Refugee / Theatre Rites (Stanley Arts Centre)
  • Kurt Vonnegut’s Slaughterhouse-Five (or the children’s crusade) / So It Goes Theatre (Brockley Jack Theatre)
  • L’Addition / Forced Entertainment (Battersea Arts Centre)
  • Monica Salvi: Spirits In My Closet / Crazy Cat Dive Productions (Stage Door Theatre)
  • Napoleon: Un Petit Pantomime / Charles Court Opera (Jermyn Street Theatre)
  • Run, Rebel / Pilot Theatre (Theatre Peckham)
  • Shifters / Bush Theatre (Bush Theatre)
  • Sleeping Beauty / Broadway Theatre (Broadway Theatre, Catford)
  • Sophie’s Surprise 29th / Three Legged Race Productions (Underbelly)
  • The Big Life / Stratford East, Chuchu Nwagu Productions (Theatre Royal Stratford East)
  • The Lonely Londoners / Jermyn Street Theatre (Jermyn Street Theatre)

STAGING

  • Dkfash, Rebecca Solomon / by their fruits (Theatre503)
  • Hannah Grennell / Giselle: Remix (The Pleasance)
  • Toby Clarke / I Love You, Now What? (Park Theatre)
  • Grace Taylor / In Clay (Gatehouse Theatre)
  • Iskandar Sharazuddin / King Troll (The Fawn) (New Diorama Theatre)
  • Christopher Haydon / Never Let Me Go (Rose Theatre)
  • Lanre Malaolu / Now I See (Theatre Royal Stratford East)
  • Robert Mcwhir / The Story of My Life (Stage Door Theatre)
  • Tom Littler / Twelfth Night (Orange Tree Theatre)

PERFORMANCE

  • Natasha Roland, Xhloe Rice / A Letter To Lyndon B. Johnson Or God: Whoever Reads This First (Kings Head Theatre)
  • Kate Donnachie / Aladdin (Watford Palace Theatre)
  • Victoria Hamilton-Barritt / Bronco Billy The Musical (Charing Cross Theatre)
  • Mark Weinman / Captain Amazing (Southwark Playhouse)
  • James AlexandrouKate Kelly Flood / Casserole (Arcola Theatre)
  • Frances Ruffelle / Closer To Heaven (The Turbine Theatre)
  • Virginia Gay / Cyrano (Park Theatre)
  • The Cast / Dick Whittington And His Cat (Greenwich Theatre)
  • Faye Castelow / Here In America (Orange Tree Theatre)
  • Rosalind Ford / In Clay (Gatehouse Theatre)
  • The Cast / Journey of a Refugee (Stanley Arts Centre)
  • Ins Choi / Kim’s Convenience (Park Theatre)
  • Sam Mitchell, Enyi Okoronkwo / King James (Hampstead Theatre)
  • Bertrand Lesca, Nasi Voutsas / L’Addition (Battersea Arts Centre)
  • Alexa Davies / Lady Dealer (Bush Theatre)
  • Kai Luke Brümmer / Moffie (Riverside Studios)
  • Anna Russell Martin / No Love Songs (Southwark Playhouse)
  • Nnabiko Ejimofor / Now I See (Theatre Royal Stratford East)
  • Oliver Alvin-Wilson / Now I See (Theatre Royal Stratford East)
  • The Cast / The Belt – Past and Future (Coronet Theatre)
  • Mariah Gale, Elizabeth Dulau, Alexandra Jensen / The Bleeding Tree (Southwark Playhouse)
  • Ellena Vincent, Peter De Jersey, Daniel Francis-Swaby / The Book of Grace (Arcola Theatre)
  • Joseph Millson / The Forsyte Saga (Park Theatre)
  • Milo Twomey / The Harmony Test (Hampstead Theatre)
  • Michela Murphy, Darcey O’Rourke, Felicity Sparks / The Littlest Yak (Polka Theatre)
  • Ollie Maddigan / The Olive Boy (New Wimbledon Theatre)
  • Danielle Bird, Nathan Johnston, Robert Penny, Rhiannon Skerritt / The Princess and the Pea (Unicorn Theatre)
  • Jo Fong, George Orange / The Rest of Our Lives (Battersea Arts Centre)
  • Skye Hallam / The Voice Of The Turtle (Jermyn Street Theatre)
  • Thomas Oxley / [Title of Show] (Southwark Playhouse)
  • Heather Agyepong, Tosin Cole / Shifters (Bush Theatre)
  • The Cast / Sleeping With Beauty (The Union Theatre)
  • Phoebe Ladenburg / Surrender (Arcola Theatre)
  • Joshua Malina, Caroline Catz, Dorothea Myer-Bennett, Simon Yadoo, Gabriel Howell
  •  / What We Talk About When We Talk About Anne Frank (Marylebone Theatre)
  • Ciaran O’Breen / Wonder Boy (Theatre Royal Stratford East)
  • Victoria Yeates / Wormholes (Omnibus Theatre)

DESIGN

  • Sam Wilde / Boxville (Little Angel Theatre)
  • Sarah Mercade / Bronco Billy The Musical (Charing Cross Theatre)
  • Amanda Ramasawmy / by their fruits (Theatre503)
  • Cameron Gleave / Club Life (Omnibus Theatre)
  • Shay Barclay, Yvonne Gilbert, Cleo Pettitt / Dick Whittington and his Cat (Hackney Empire)
  • Rachael Ryan / In Clay (Gatehouse Theatre)
  • Simon Daw, Mark Doubleday / Journey of a Refugee (Stanley Arts Centre)
  • Mona Camille / Kim’s Convenience (Park Theatre)
  • Douglas Baker / Kurt Vonnegut’s Slaughterhouse-Five (or the children’s crusade) (Jack Studio Theatre)
  • Lambdog1066 / Metamorphoses (Cockpit Theatre)
  • Ryan Day / Now I See (Theatre Royal Stratford East)
  • Stewart J Charlesworth / Pinocchio (Theatre Royal Stratford East)
  • Jack Weir / Remembrance Monday (Tristan Bates Theatre)
  • Laura Mcewen, Keith Fredrick, Oliver Hymans, Aaron Dootson / Rosie Robin and the Christmas Post (Little Angel Theatre)
  • Luke Adamson / That Girl vs The World (Battersea Arts Centre)
  • Jasmine Swan / The Big Life (Theatre Royal Stratford East)
  • Richard Evans, Rochelle Parry Clifford / The Pantomime Adventures of Peter Pan (Harrow Arts Centre)
  • Alex Marker / The Silver Cord (Finborough Theatre)
  • Helen Skiera / Toto Kerblammo! (Unicorn Theatre)
  • Casey Jay Andrews, Simon Wilkinson, Gareth Fry / Viola’s Room (One Cartridge Place)

SOUND & MUSIC

  • Matt Herbert / In Clay (Gatehouse Theatre)
  • Xana / King Troll (The Fawn), Shifters, Guards at the Taj (New Diorama/Bush Theatre/Orange Tree)
  • Beats And Elements / Romeo & Juliet (Polka Theatre)
  • Liam Holmes / Songs for a New World (Gatehouse Theatre)
  • Aaron Clingham / Stephen Sondheim’s Marry Me a Little (Stage Door Theatre)
  • Ian Oakley / The Big Life (Theatre Royal Stratford East)
  • Barra Collins, Joseph Hardy / The Littlest Yak (Polka Theatre)
  • Naomi Hammerton, Nina Segal / The Odyssey (Unicorn Theatre)

CREATION

  • Emily Woof / Blizzard (Soho Theatre)
  • Che Walker / Burnt Up Love (Finborough Theatre)
  • Maddie Dai / Captain Sandy and the Sea Monster (Puppet Theatre Barge)
  • Rob Drummond / Don’t. Make. Tea. (Soho Theatre)
  • Rebecca Simmonds, Jack Miles / In Clay (Gatehouse Theatre)
  • Ruairi Conaghan / Lies Where it Falls (Finborough Theatre)
  • Cal-i Jonel / No More Mr Nice Guy (Broadway Theatre, Catford)
  • Khalil Abdalla / Nowhere / Fuel (Battersea Arts Centre)
  • Manjeet Mann / Run, Rebel (Theatre Peckham)
  • Benedict Lombe / Shifters (Bush Theatre)
  • Roy Williams / The Lonely Londoners (Jermyn Street Theatre)
  • Ollie Maddigan / The Olive Boy (New Wimbledon Theatre)
  • Neil Bartram, Brian Hill / The Story of My Life (Stage Door Theatre)
  • Tim Crouch / Toto Kerblammo! (Unicorn Theatre)

INNOVATION

  • Soho Theatre, Impatient Productions / Julia Masli: Ha Ha Ha (Soho Theatre)
  • Soho Theatre / Natalie Palamides: WEER (Soho Theatre)
  • Contra, Le Carré Magique, Cambridge Junction / Spectacle of Herself (Battersea Arts Centre)

INDUSTRY & INCLUSION

  • Justin Hopper / Bedbug (Drayton Arms Theatre)
  • Birds Of Paradise Theatre Co / Don’t. Make. Tea. (Soho Theatre)
  • Fuse Theatre / Follow The Signs (Soho Theatre)
  • Kadiesha Belgrave / Grud (Hampstead Theatre)
  • Luke Madaj / How Did I Get Here (Bread and Roses Theatre)
  • Julia Thurston / Paved with Gold and Ashes (Barons Court Theatre)
  • Rhianna Ilube / Samuel Takes A Break… (The Yard Theatre)
  • Hannah Saxby / Some Demon (Arcola Theatre)
  • Asylum / Surfacing (Omnibus Theatre)
  • Hugo Pilcher / The Tailor-Made Man (Stage Door Theatre)
  • Alex Hill / Why I Stuck a Flare Up My Arse for England (Southwark Playhouse)

Tickets here: www.gigantic.com/offies-tickets

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