The National School Theatre Awards

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

Best Play
Best Musical
Best Actor in a Play
Best Actress in a Play
Best Actor in a Musical
Best Supporting Actor in a Play
Best Supporting Actress in a Play
Best Supporting Actor in a Musical
Best Supporting Actress in a Musical
Best Female Musical Solo
Best Male Musical Solo
Best Choreography by a pupil
Best Ensemble
Best Set, Lighting or Sound Design by a pupil
Best Prep School Production
Best Part Time School Production
Best Play
Best Musical
Best Actor in a Play
Best Actor in a Musical
Best Supporting Actor in a Play
Best Supporting Actress in a Play
Best Supporting Actress in a Musical
Best Female Musical Solo
Best Male Musical Solo
Best Ensemble
Best Set, Lighting or Sound Design by a pupil
Best Prep School Production
Best Ensemble
Best Set, Lighting or Sound Design by a pupil
Best Prep School Production
Best Ensemble
Best Set, Lighting or Sound Design by a pupil

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 NSTAs representative to be allocated to 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.

Step One

Step Two

Month Information Instructions
All year round Registration open Register 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 – May Invitations 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..
March Box Office:
Stage 1: Nominated schools
Stage 2: General public
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