The Stage Debut Awards, in association with Access Entertainment, were presented at the Brewery in London on 15 September.

Trafalgar Entertainment and Stagecoach were once again sponsoring awards at the industry event and staff from both companies were in attendance to see who would be crowned victorious.

The Best Composer or Lyric Award, sponsored by Trafalgar Entertainment was presented to David Cumming, Felix Hagan, Natasha Hodgson and Zoe Roberts for Operation Mincemeat at the New Diorama Theatre.

Meanwhile, Taya Tower was presented with the award for Child Performer of the Year, sponsored by Stagecoach, for her performance in The Hunt at the Almeida Theatre.

On the same evening, the winners of the 2019 Knight of Illumination Awards in the theatre categories were also announced at the Eventim Apollo in London.

Lighting designer, Jessica Hung Han Yun, was named winner of the ADB Award for Plays for her work on Equus at Trafalgar Studios.