The winners of The Stage Awards 2014 were announced today (31 January), with the National Youth Theatre winning the prestigious School of the Year category, sponsored by Nick Hern Books.

We would like to extend our heartiest congratulations to the National Youth Theatre on winning the School of the Year Award. The NYT’s achievement in discovering, inspiring, and nurturing the talent of so many young performers and theatre technicians is truly exceptional. We’re proud to support The Stage Awards in recognising excellence in UK drama training, and through our range of practical theatre books we continue to provide the very best training resources for the theatre professionals of the future.

Also nominated for the School of the Year Award were Chickenshed Theatre and Arts Educational London. The winners in the other categories were:

• London Theatre of the Year: Hampstead Theatre
• Fringe Theatre of the Year: Southwark Playhouse
• Regional Theatre of the Year: Sheffield Crucible
• Producer of the Year: Michael Grandage Company
• Unsung Hero of the Year: Andy Collier