The full list of winners of the 61st Cape Town Theatre Awards are:

1. AWARD FOR MOST PROMISING STUDENT

Scarlett Pay | LAMTA

2. BEST NEW SOUTH AFRICAN SCRIPT

Isidlamlilo/The Fire Eater | Neil Coppen & Mpume Mthombeni

3. BEST NEW DIRECTOR

Samuel Jumat | ’n Pandok se Liefde

4. BEST THEATRE PRODUCTION FOR CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE

Moana Jr – Sonwa Sakuba Institute for the Performing Arts (SSIPA)

5. BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ENSEMBLE

Cats | Austin Tshikosi, Brittane van Loggerenberg, Cassiel Eatock-Winnik, Cleto van Rooi, Darren Rockman, Hannah Marshall, Harry Smallman, Jackie Lulu, Marco Titus, Michael Fullard, Morgan Marshall, Noa Duckitt, Phoebe Charles, Ryan Flynn, Scarlett Pay, Sibusiso Mxosana, Sipesihle Ngamlana, Stephan Van Der Walt, Tania Mteto, Tannah Levick, Tatum Coleman, Zoë Mclaughlin

6. BEST PERFORMANCE IN A REVUE, CABARET OR ONE-PERSON SHOW

Mpume Mthombeni | Isidlamlilo/The Fire Eater

7. BEST PERFORMANCE BY A SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A MUSICAL OR MUSIC THEATRE SHOW

Carlo Daniels | Randall Simons | Colleen The Musical

8. BEST PERFORMANCE BY A SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A MUSICAL OR MUSIC THEATRE SHOW

Tankiso Mamabolo | Matron Mama Morton | Chicago

9. BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A MUSICAL OR MUSIC THEATRE SHOW

Jonathan Roxmouth | Billy Flynn | Chicago

10. BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A MUSICAL OR MUSIC THEATRE SHOW

Cindy Ann Abrahams | Grizabella | Cats

11. BEST PUPPETRY DESIGN

Adrian Kohler and William Kentridge | Faustus in Africa!

12. BEST LIGHTING DESIGN

Isidlamlilo/The Fire Eater | Tina Le Roux

13. BEST SET DESIGN

Isidlamlilo/The Fire Eater | Greg King

14. BEST COSTUME DESIGN

Cats | John Napier

15. BEST SOUND DESIGN, ORIGINAL MUSIC, SOUNDSCAPE OR LIVE PERFORMANCE

Isidlamlilo/The Fire Eater | Tristan Horton

16. BEST PERFORMANCE IN AN OPERA – MALE

William Berger | Bluebeard | Bluebeard’s Castle

17. BEST PERFORMANCE IN AN OPERA – FEMALE

Siphamandla Moyake | Judith | Bluebeard’s Castle

18. BEST PERFORMANCE BY A SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A PLAY

Albert Pretorius | Caliban | The Tempest

19. BEST PERFORMANCE BY A SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A PLAY

Carla Smith | Laura | Speelgoed van Glas | The Glass Menagerie

20. BEST PERFORMANCE BY A LEAD ACTRESS IN A PLAY

Rolanda Marais | Hedda | Hedda Gabler

21. BEST PERFORMANCE BY A LEAD ACTOR IN A PLAY

Ben Albertyn | Tom | Speelgoed van Glas | The Glass Menagerie

22. BEST DIRECTOR

Neil Coppen | Isidlamlilo/The Fire Eater

23. BEST PRODUCTION

Isidlamlilo/The Fire Eater | Empatheatre in association with The Baxter Theatre Centre and the National Arts Festival

AWARD FOR INNOVATION IN THEATRE

Shakespeare Schools Festival South Africa

LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

Nigel Vermaas

The panel for the 2025 year was: Africa Melane (Chair), Dr Beverley Brommert, Hadley Tituss, Naude van der Merwe, Nkgopoleng Moloi, Roxy Marosa Sive Gubangxa, Thabo K Makgolo, Tracey Saunders and Dr Wayne Muller.

The 2025 Cape Town Theatre Awards were audited by The Finance Man and Cluver Markotter Attorneys.