The Offies

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|abbreviation = The Offies

|formation = {{Start date and age|2010}}

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|type = Independent Theatre Awards

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|purpose = Excellence in Off West End Theatre

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|region_served =United Kingdom

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|language = English

|leader_title = Patron

|leader_name = Kathy Burke (since 2010)

|leader_title2 = Founders

|leader_name2 = Sofie Mason & Diana Jervis-Read

|leader_title3 = Chief Executive

|leader_name3 = Geoffrey Brown (since 2017)

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|website = {{URL|https://offies.london/}}; {{URL|https://www.offwestend.com/}}

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The Off West End Theatre Awards, nicknamed The Offies, were launched in 2010 to recognise and celebrate excellence, innovation and ingenuity of independent Off West End theatres across London. Over 80 theatres participate in the awards, with more than 400 productions being considered annually by a team of 40 assessors, with the winners chosen by a select panel of critics.

History

The Off West End Theatre Awards were launched in 2010 by Sofie Mason and Diana Jervis-Read{{Cite web|url= https://britishtheatre.com/winners-in-offies-2020-awards-for-londons-off-west-end-theatre/|title= Offies2020 - 10th Annual Off West End Theatre Awards |publisher= britishtheatre.com|date=March 10, 2020}} to commemorate and recognise on and off-stage talent within the theatre industry of around 80 of London's independent Off West End theatres.{{Cite web|url= https://www.londontheatre.co.uk/theatre-news/news/offies-2021-full-list-of-off-west-end-awards-nominees|title= Offies 2021: Full list of Off West End Awards nominees |publisher=londontheatre.co.uk|date=February 21, 2021}}{{Cite web |url= http://www.offwestend.com/index.php/pages/the_offies2010 |title= The Offies Public Nominations for Offies awards 2011 |website= offwestend.com |date=2010 |access-date=2019-10-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191001223821/http://www.offwestend.com/index.php/pages/the_offies2010 |archive-date=1 October 2019 |url-status=dead}}

The first-ever award ceremony for The Offies was held on 27 February 2011 with Simon Callow hosting the event.{{Cite web|url= https://londonist.com/2010/12/vote-for-your-favourite-fringe-theatre |title= Vote For Your Favourite Fringe Theatre |publisher=londonist.com|date=December 3, 2010}} The aim of the awards is to help raise the profile and status of independent theatres in London by rewarding productions not eligible for the Society of London Theatre-Laurence Olivier Awards.{{Cite web|url= https://offies.london/eligible-venues/ |title= Eligible venues |publisher=londonist.com|access-date=December 27, 2021}} The winners are selected by a panel of theatre critics.{{Cite web|url=https://www.londontheatre1.com/theatre-news/offwestend-announce-offies-2018-finalists-and-awards-event/|title=Off West End Announce Offies 2018 Finalists and Awards Event |website=londontheatre1.com|date=January 24, 2018}}

In 2014, Phoebe Waller-Bridge won two Off West End Theatre awards for her one-woman show Fleabag at the Soho Theatre.

In 2017, Geoffrey Brown replaced Sofie and Diana as director.{{Cite web|url= https://www.thestage.co.uk/news/geoffrey-brown-takes-over-offwestendcom-and-the-offies|title= Geoffrey Brown takes over OffWestEnd.com and the Offies|publisher= thestage.com|date=April 20, 2017}}

Ceremony

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width="60" \| Date ! width="100" \| Award Ceremony Host ! width="100" \| Awards Venue ! width="7" \| Ref.
align="center" \|27 Feb 2011 \|Simon Callow \| Wilton's Music Hall, Shadwell \| align="center" \|{{Cite web\|url= https://www.whatsonstage.com/west-end-theatre/news/union-and-finborough-win-three-at-inaugural-offies_9832.html\|title= Union & Finborough Win Three at Inaugural 'Offies' \|website= whatsonstage.com\|date= 27 February 2011 \|access-date=February 27, 2011}}{{Cite web \|url=http://www.offwestend.com/index.php/news/view/90 \|title= 2011 Offie Winners Galore!!!! Read All About It!! \|website= offwestend.com \|access-date=2011-03-05 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110305000620/http://www.offwestend.com/index.php/news/view/90 \|archive-date=5 March 2011 \|url-status=dead}}
align="center" \|5 Feb 2012 \| Louise Jameson \| Theatre Royal Stratford East \| align="center" \|{{Cite web \|url= http://www.offwestend.com/index.php/news/view/132 \|title= 2012 Offie Winners Announced at a fabulous award ceremony at Theatre Royal Stratford East........ \|website= offwestend.com \|access-date=2012-08-28 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120828233904/http://www.offwestend.com/index.php/news/view/132 \|archive-date=28 August 2012 \|url-status=dead}}
align="center" \|24 Feb 2013 \|Simon Callow \| \| align="center" \|{{Cite web \|url= http://www.offwestend.com/index.php/news/view/156 \|title= Full List of the winners of the Offies 2013 \|website= offwestend.com \|access-date=2013-04-23 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130423123208/http://www.offwestend.com/index.php/news/view/156 \|archive-date=23 April 2013 \|url-status=dead}}
align="center" \|2 Mar 2014 \| Louise Jameson \| Unicorn Theatre, Southwark \| align="center" \|{{Cite web \|url= http://www.offwestend.com/index.php/news/view/187 \|title= Winners of the Offies 2014 \|website=offwestend.com \|access-date=2014-03-06 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140306043348/http://www.offwestend.com/index.php/news/view/187 \|archive-date=6 March 2014 \|url-status=dead}}
align="center" \|20 Apr 2015 \|Louise Jameson \| \| align="center" \|{{Cite web \|url= https://oughttobeclowns.com/2015/02/2015-offie-award-winners.html/ \|title= 2015 Offie Award Winners \|website= oughttobeclowns.com \|date= 24 February 2015 \|access-date=24 February 2015 \|author1= Ian }}
align="center" \|28 Feb 2016 \|Ian McKellen (via Twitter) \| \| align="center" \|{{Cite web \|url= http://www.offwestend.com/index.php/news/view/239 \|title= And The 2016 Offie Winners Are \|website= offwestend.com \|access-date=2016-03-10 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160310011620/http://www.offwestend.com/index.php/news/view/239 \|archive-date=10 March 2016 \|url-status=dead}}
align="center" \|26 Feb 2017 \|Patrick Stewart (via Twitter) \| The May Fair Hotel, Mayfair \| align="center" \|{{Cite web\|url= https://www.whatsonstage.com/london-theatre/news/offies-winners-celebrate-2017-off-west-end_43425.html\|title= 2017 Winners of the Offies celebrate their awards at party in London \|website=whatsonstage.com\|date=April 24, 2017}}{{Cite web\|url= https://www.whatsonstage.com/london-theatre/news/offies-winners-announced-patrick-stewart_42967.html\|title= 2017 Winners of the Offies announced \|website=whatsonstage.com\|date=February 26, 2017}}{{Cite web \|url= http://www.offwestend.com/index.php/news/view/258 \|title= Offie Finalists 2017 \|website=offwestend.com \|access-date=2017-02-10 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170210132312/http://www.offwestend.com/index.php/news/view/258 \|archive-date=10 February 2017 \|url-status=dead}}
align="center" \|4 Mar 2018 \|Amy Lamé \| Albany Theatre, Deptford \| align="center" \|{{Cite web\|url=https://www.whatsonstage.com/london-theatre/news/offies-2018-winners-announced-sharon-d-clarke_45936.html\|title=Offies 2018 winners announced {{!}} WhatsOnStage\|website=www.whatsonstage.com\|date=4 March 2018 \|access-date=2019-10-01}}
align="center" \|31 May 2019 \|Geoffrey Brown \| \| align="center" \|{{Cite web \|url=https://www.mrcarlwoodward.com/wp-content/cache/wp-rocket/www.mrcarlwoodward.com/theatre-news-2/the-offies-2019-the-winners/index.html_gzip \|title= The Offies 2019 Winners announced \|website= mrcarlwoodward.com \|access-date=2019-10-01 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191001223824/https://www.mrcarlwoodward.com/wp-content/cache/wp-rocket/www.mrcarlwoodward.com/theatre-news-2/the-offies-2019-the-winners/index.html_gzip \|archive-date=1 October 2019 \|url-status=dead}}
align="center" \|8 March 2020 \| Lyn Gardner, Danielle Tarento, Julie Ward, Winsome Pinnock, Lynette Linton \| Grand Hall at the Battersea Arts Centre \| align="center" \|{{Cite web \|url=https://offies.london/2020-awards-ceremony/ \|title= 10th Anniversary Offies Awards Ceremony 2020 \|website= offies.london\|date=8 March 2020}}
align="center" \|20 February 2022 \| Online \| Online \| align="center" \|{{Cite web \|url=https://offies.london/2022-finalists-nominations/ \|title= The Offies 2022 Finalists and Nominations \|website= offies.london\|date=20 February 2022}}
align="center" \|12 February 2023 \| \|Alexandra Palace Theatre \| align="center" \|{{Cite web \|date=2023-02-12 \|title=The Offies 2023 Awards – Winners announced {{!}} West End Theatre \|url=https://www.westendtheatre.com/155555/news/awards/offies-2023-awards-winners-announced/ \|access-date=2024-09-17 \|website=www.westendtheatre.com \|language=en-GB}}
align="center" \|25 February 2024 \| \|Woolwich Works \|{{Cite web \|date=2024-02-25 \|title=The Offies Awards 2024: celebrating the best and supporting inclusiveness - Theatrefullstop \|url=https://www.theatrefullstop.com/2024/02/25/the-offies-awards-2024-celebrating-the-best-and-supporting-inclusiveness/ \|access-date=2024-09-17 \|language=en-GB}}

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align="center" |27 Feb 2011

|Simon Callow

| Wilton's Music Hall, Shadwell

| align="center" |{{Cite web|url= https://www.whatsonstage.com/west-end-theatre/news/union-and-finborough-win-three-at-inaugural-offies_9832.html|title= Union & Finborough Win Three at Inaugural 'Offies' |website= whatsonstage.com|date= 27 February 2011 |access-date=February 27, 2011}}{{Cite web |url=http://www.offwestend.com/index.php/news/view/90 |title= 2011 Offie Winners Galore!!!! Read All About It!! |website= offwestend.com |access-date=2011-03-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110305000620/http://www.offwestend.com/index.php/news/view/90 |archive-date=5 March 2011 |url-status=dead}}

align="center" |5 Feb 2012

| Louise Jameson

| Theatre Royal Stratford East

| align="center" |{{Cite web |url= http://www.offwestend.com/index.php/news/view/132 |title= 2012 Offie Winners Announced at a fabulous award ceremony at Theatre Royal Stratford East........ |website= offwestend.com |access-date=2012-08-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120828233904/http://www.offwestend.com/index.php/news/view/132 |archive-date=28 August 2012 |url-status=dead}}

align="center" |24 Feb 2013

|Simon Callow

| align="center" |{{Cite web |url= http://www.offwestend.com/index.php/news/view/156 |title= Full List of the winners of the Offies 2013 |website= offwestend.com |access-date=2013-04-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130423123208/http://www.offwestend.com/index.php/news/view/156 |archive-date=23 April 2013 |url-status=dead}}

align="center" |2 Mar 2014

| Louise Jameson

| Unicorn Theatre, Southwark

| align="center" |{{Cite web |url= http://www.offwestend.com/index.php/news/view/187 |title= Winners of the Offies 2014 |website=offwestend.com |access-date=2014-03-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140306043348/http://www.offwestend.com/index.php/news/view/187 |archive-date=6 March 2014 |url-status=dead}}

align="center" |20 Apr 2015

|Louise Jameson

| align="center" |{{Cite web |url= https://oughttobeclowns.com/2015/02/2015-offie-award-winners.html/ |title= 2015 Offie Award Winners |website= oughttobeclowns.com |date= 24 February 2015 |access-date=24 February 2015 |author1= Ian }}

align="center" |28 Feb 2016

|Ian McKellen (via Twitter)

| align="center" |{{Cite web |url= http://www.offwestend.com/index.php/news/view/239 |title= And The 2016 Offie Winners Are |website= offwestend.com |access-date=2016-03-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160310011620/http://www.offwestend.com/index.php/news/view/239 |archive-date=10 March 2016 |url-status=dead}}

align="center" |26 Feb 2017

|Patrick Stewart (via Twitter)

| The May Fair Hotel, Mayfair

| align="center" |{{Cite web|url= https://www.whatsonstage.com/london-theatre/news/offies-winners-celebrate-2017-off-west-end_43425.html|title= 2017 Winners of the Offies celebrate their awards at party in London |website=whatsonstage.com|date=April 24, 2017}}{{Cite web|url= https://www.whatsonstage.com/london-theatre/news/offies-winners-announced-patrick-stewart_42967.html|title= 2017 Winners of the Offies announced |website=whatsonstage.com|date=February 26, 2017}}{{Cite web |url= http://www.offwestend.com/index.php/news/view/258 |title= Offie Finalists 2017 |website=offwestend.com |access-date=2017-02-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170210132312/http://www.offwestend.com/index.php/news/view/258 |archive-date=10 February 2017 |url-status=dead}}

align="center" |4 Mar 2018

|Amy Lamé

| Albany Theatre, Deptford

| align="center" |{{Cite web|url=https://www.whatsonstage.com/london-theatre/news/offies-2018-winners-announced-sharon-d-clarke_45936.html|title=Offies 2018 winners announced {{!}} WhatsOnStage|website=www.whatsonstage.com|date=4 March 2018 |access-date=2019-10-01}}

align="center" |31 May 2019

|Geoffrey Brown

| align="center" |{{Cite web |url=https://www.mrcarlwoodward.com/wp-content/cache/wp-rocket/www.mrcarlwoodward.com/theatre-news-2/the-offies-2019-the-winners/index.html_gzip |title= The Offies 2019 Winners announced |website= mrcarlwoodward.com |access-date=2019-10-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191001223824/https://www.mrcarlwoodward.com/wp-content/cache/wp-rocket/www.mrcarlwoodward.com/theatre-news-2/the-offies-2019-the-winners/index.html_gzip |archive-date=1 October 2019 |url-status=dead}}

align="center" |8 March 2020

| Lyn Gardner, Danielle Tarento, Julie Ward, Winsome Pinnock, Lynette Linton

| Grand Hall at the Battersea Arts Centre

| align="center" |{{Cite web |url=https://offies.london/2020-awards-ceremony/ |title= 10th Anniversary Offies Awards Ceremony 2020 |website= offies.london|date=8 March 2020}}

align="center" |20 February 2022

| Online

| align="center" |{{Cite web |url=https://offies.london/2022-finalists-nominations/ |title= The Offies 2022 Finalists and Nominations |website= offies.london|date=20 February 2022}}

align="center" |12 February 2023

|Alexandra Palace Theatre

| align="center" |{{Cite web |date=2023-02-12 |title=The Offies 2023 Awards – Winners announced {{!}} West End Theatre |url=https://www.westendtheatre.com/155555/news/awards/offies-2023-awards-winners-announced/ |access-date=2024-09-17 |website=www.westendtheatre.com |language=en-GB}}

align="center" |25 February 2024

|Woolwich Works

|{{Cite web |date=2024-02-25 |title=The Offies Awards 2024: celebrating the best and supporting inclusiveness - Theatrefullstop |url=https://www.theatrefullstop.com/2024/02/25/the-offies-awards-2024-celebrating-the-best-and-supporting-inclusiveness/ |access-date=2024-09-17 |language=en-GB}}

Award categories

Plays

Performance Piece (Non-binary)
Female Performance in a Supporting Role in a Play
Female Performance In a Play
Male Performance in a Supporting Role in a Play
Male Performance In a Play
Most Promising New Playwright
New Play
Director
Production

{{div col end}}Musicals & Opera

Female Performance in a Supporting Role in a Musical
Female Performance in a Musical
Male Performance in a Supporting Role in a Musical
Male Performance in a Musical
Musical Director
Director
New Musical
Musical Production
Opera Production

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Costume Design
Sound Design
Set Design
Lighting Design
Video Design

Productions for Young People

Ages 0–7
Ages 8+
Ages 13+

Special

Artistic Director
Producer
Special Achievement

Other

IDEA (Innovative / Devised / Experimental / Atypical)
Choreography/Movement
Performance Ensemble
Company Ensemble
TBC (shows that don't fit other categories)

Recent finalists and winners

Recent winners and nominations have included:

Performance Piece

2019 Arinzé Kene in Misty at the Bush Theatre (winner)
2019 Bryony Kimmings in I'm a Phoenix, Bitch at the Battersea Arts Centre (Nom)

Best Female Performance in a Play

2015 Linda Bassett in Visitors at the Bush Theatre and Arcola Theatre (winner)
2015 Shannon Tarbet in The Edge Of Our Bodies at the Gate Theatre (Nom)
2017 Louise Jameson in The Diva Drag at The Hope (Nom)
2017 Rona Morison in The Diary of a Teenage Girl at the Southwark Playhouse (Nom) {{Cite web |url= https://offies.london/2017-full-run-plays-female-performance-the-diary-of-a-teenager-girl/|title= 2017: Full Run: Plays: Female Performance – Rona Morison – The Diary Of A Teenager Girl|website= offies.london|date= 2017|author1= Admin}}
2017 Jenna Russell in Grey Gardens at the Southwark Playhouse (Nom)
2018 Mimi Ndiweni in The Convert at the Gate Theatre (winner)
2018 Lucy Robinson in Late Company at the Finborough Theatre (Nom)
2019 Sarah Niles in Leave Taking at the Bush Theatre (winner)
2019 Louise Jameson in Vincent River at the Park Theatre (Nom)
2019 Monica Dolan in The B*easts at the Bush Theatre (Nom)
2019 Sinéad Cusack in Stitchers at the Jermyn Street Theatre (Nom)
2021 Jessica Rhodes in The Sugar Syndrome at the Orange Tree Theatre (winner){{Cite web |title=2021 Finalists & Nominations |url=https://offies.london/noms2020-finalists2021/ |access-date=2024-09-17 |website=The Offies |language=en-US}}
2021 Ailsa Joy in Not Quite Jerusalem at the Finborough Theatre (Nom)
2021 Athena Stevens in Scrounger at the Finborough Theatre (Nom)
2021 Breffni Holahan in Collapsible at the Bush Theatre (Nom)

Male Performance in a Play

2017 John Ramm in Sheppey at the Orange Tree Theatre (winner)
2017 Phil Dunster in Pink Mist at the Bush Theatre (Nom)
2017 Paul Keating in Kenny Morgan at the Arcola Theatre (Nom)
2018 Ben Aldridge in Run The Beast Down at the Finborough Theatre (winner)
2018 Ken Nwosu in An Octoroon at the Orange Tree Theatre (winner)
2018 Ian McDiarmid in What Shadows at the Park Theatre (Nom)
2019 Harry McEntire in Homos, or Everyone in America at the Finborough Theatre (Nom)

Best Performance in a Play

2022 Rosemary Ashe in Call Me Madam at the Upstairs at The Gatehouse (Nom)

Female Performance in a Supporting Role in a Play

2018 Jo Martin in Doubt: A Parable at the Southwark Playhouse (winner)
2018 Sinead Matthews in Loot at the Park Theatre (Nom)
2018 Vivian Oparah in An Octoroon at the Orange Tree Theatre (Nom)

Male Performance in a Supporting Role in a Play

2018 Tom Rhys Harries in The Pitchfork Disney at the Shoreditch Town Hall (winner)
2018 Danny Hatchard in Eyes Closed, Ears Covered at The Bunker (theatre) (Nom)
2019 Wil Johnson in Leave Taking at the Bush Theatre (winner)
2019 Malcolm Sinclair in Pressure at the Park Theatre (Nom)
2019 Nitin Ganatra in End of the Pier at the Park Theatre (Nom)

Female Performance in a Musical

2019 Caroline O’Connor in The Rink at the Southwark Playhouse (winner)
2021 Frances Barber in Musik at the Leicester Square Theatre (winner){{Cite web |title=2021 Finalists & Nominations |url=https://offies.london/noms2020-finalists2021/ |access-date=2024-09-17 |website=The Offies |language=en-US}}
2021 Molly Lynch in The Last 5 Years at the Southwark Playhouse (Nom)
2022 Rachel Tucker in John & Jen at the Southwark Playhouse (winner){{Cite web |title=2022 Finalists & Nominations |url=https://offies.london/2022-finalists-nominations/ |access-date=2024-09-17 |website=The Offies |language=en-US}}
2023 Liv Andrusier in Ride at the Charing Cross Theatre (winner){{Cite web |date=2023-02-12 |title=The Offies 2023 Awards – Winners announced {{!}} West End Theatre |url=https://www.westendtheatre.com/155555/news/awards/offies-2023-awards-winners-announced/ |access-date=2024-09-17 |website=www.westendtheatre.com |language=en-GB}}

Male Performance in a Musical

2020 Keith Ramsay in Preludes at the Southwark Playhouse (winner){{Cite web |url=https://offies.london/2020-noms-finalists/|title= 10th Anniversary Offies 2020 - Nominations - Winners |website= offies.london|date=2020}}
2020 Richard Shelton in Sinatra: Raw at Crazy Coqs / Brasserie Zedel (Nom)
2022 Lewis Cornay in John & Jen at the Southwark Playhouse (winner){{Cite web |title=2022 Finalists & Nominations |url=https://offies.london/2022-finalists-nominations/ |access-date=2024-09-17 |website=The Offies |language=en-GB}}
2023 Luke Bayer in Diva: Live from Hell at the Turbine Theatre (winner){{Cite web |date=2023-02-12 |title=The Offies 2023 Awards – Winners announced {{!}} West End Theatre |url=https://www.westendtheatre.com/155555/news/awards/offies-2023-awards-winners-announced/ |access-date=2024-09-17 |website=www.westendtheatre.com |language=en-GB}}