The winners of the 2025 Offies (Off-West End Awards) were announced yesterday (17 March 2025) at a star-studded ceremony at Central Hall Westminster. And there were plenty of Nick Hern Books titles amongst them...

Benedict Lombe's intoxicating romance Shifters, which premiered at the Bush Theatre, London, before transferring to the West End, was one of the evening's big winners with awards in the Creation category (writer Benedict Lombe), the Performance category (actors Heather Agyepong and Tosin Cole) and the Sound & Music category (composer XANA).

Manjeet Mann's Run, Rebel, a stage adaptation of her own graphic novel, staged in a touring production by Pilot Theatre, was awarded in the Production category.

David Edgar's Here in America, about a confrontation between two giants of the stage and screen, Arthur Miller and Elia Kazan, won in the Performance category (Faye Castelow for her performance as Molly Kazan). Edgar's play was premiered at the Orange Tree Theatre in Richmond.

Lanra Malaolu's play Now, I See, a powerful fusion of music, song and text which premiered at Stratford East, London, won in the Design category (lighting designer Ryan Day).

And Sonali Bhattacharyya's King Troll (The Fawn), a dystopian fable exploring the migrant experience that was premiered at New Diorama Theatre, London, was awarded in the Sound & Music category (composer XANA).

Congratulations to all our winners!