It’s been quite the year, it’s almost Christmas and what would the festive season be without some recognition of the best of 2025? Over the next week we’ll shortlist five nominees in each of 17 categories for our Oscars, or monstas if you will, of 2025.

• Read on for the nominees for the monsta for the Best Revival 2025 Previous winners 2024 The Importance Of Being Earnest, (National Theatre) 2023 Guys and Dolls, (Bridge Theatre) 2022 A Streetcar Named Desire (Almeida); 2021 Cabaret (Playhouse Theatre); 2020 winner: Talking Heads (Bridge Theatre), 2019 A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Bridge Theatre); 2018: Company (Gielgud Theatre); 2017: Follies (National Theatre), 2016: Shakespeare’s Trilogy (Donmar at King’s Cross)  

1. All My Sons, Wyndham’s Theatre Review and Tickets

2. EVITA, London Palladium Review 

3. Ghosts, Lyric Theatre, Hammersmith Review

4. Into The Woods, Bridge Theatre, Review to come and Tickets

5. The Seagull, Barbican Review

• Who should win? Tell us in the comments below, on social media or email us at neildurham3@gmail.com. Winner revealed on this site on 25/12/25
• Vote for best podcast, best venue, best gig, best song, best album, best TV, best film, best tv/film actor, best tv/film actress, best new play, best revival, best performance of a song, best new musical, best theatre actor, best theatre actress, best theatre supporting actor and best theatre supporting actress
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