Awards and Nominate

Your hard work and your pupils’ talents deserve recognition, and the National School Theatre Awards® (NSTA) is the platform to showcase their brilliance. Nominate your school and join a celebration that applauds the extraordinary effort behind school productions.

Nominations are open to all schools from September to June each year. If you are an international school, please visit the International Awards page page here.

AWARD CATEGORIES
Best Play
Best Musical
Best Actor in a Play
Best Actress in a Play
Best Actor in a Musical
Best Actress in a Musical
Best Supporting Actor in a Play
Best Supporting Actress in a Play
Best Support Actor in a Musical
Best Supporting Actress in a Musical
Best Female Musical Solo 
Best Male Musical Solo 
Best Choreography by a student
Best Ensemble
Best Set, Lighting or Sound Design 
by a student
Best Prep School Production
Best Part Time School Production
Awards are presented separately for Independent and State Schools.
Additional awards may be given on the night, with wording subject to change.

Nominate your School today. There are two steps to follow

We kindly encourage you to complete the National School Theatre Awards® nomination form at your earliest convenience. This will allow us ample time to allocate a NSTA representative for your performance. Additionally, your school may have the opportunity to perform at the ceremony, so the sooner you nominate, the better we can plan the awards show.

Oliver! Beechwood School

Step One

Register

Lightening Thief, Caterham School

Step Two

Nominate

Awards Time-Line

MonthInformationInstructions
All year roundRegistration openRegister your school here
September – June Nominations open Nomination Form here
January 31st All nominated schools are guaranteed tickets to the event. To avoid overselling and ensure that every participating school can attend the awards ceremony, we may need to close nominations earlier than the advertised deadline.Nominate as early as possible to avoid potential early deadline.
February 25th Recorded Nominations Close [see above re: early deadlines].
September – MayInvitations to perform at awards.The sooner you can provide a recording of your performance the better. This recording is for review purposes only and is not published and/or shared.
MarchBox Office:
Stage 1: Nominated schools
Stage 2: General public
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