The Bite Magazine - Autmn/Winter 2020 - Issue 28

bitetheatre Female Actor in a Play Award for The High Table ; and Nadia Latif won Best Director Award for a Play or Musi- cal for Fairview at the Young Vic Theatre. Best Supporting Female Actor in a Musical went to Nicole Raquel Dennis for Dear Evan Hansen while Thriller Live gained another award for Best Musical Pro- duction. One of my good friends, David Blake at WAC Arts, won the award for Best Teacher of Performing Arts as a Subject and the Lifetime Achievement Award went to Shirley Thompson OBE. On the technical side, Nicole Raquel Dennis and Ryan Carter won the Best Use of Innovation and Technology award for Turn Up at Cadogan Hall. A series of recogni- tion awards were given to Carmen Wright for Light and Sound; Natalie Pryce for Costume Design; Arinzé Kene for Book and Lyrics; Ian Oakley for Musical Director; and Isabella Odoffin for Casting Director. A thoroughly delightful evening of celebration, laughter, tears, fun, dance, and music, the BBTAs 2020 truly ap- preciated and highlighted the talents and hard work of black British people in the theatre. www.blackbritishtheatreawards.com Images & videography courtesy of Black British Theatre Awards Danny Sapani - photo by David Mensah Ian Oakley winner of MUSICAL DIRECTOR REC- OGNITION AWARD - photo by David Mensah