Presenters for the Alfred Fagon Award for New Play of the Year
2023 Tyrell Williams
2022 Dona Croll
2021 Baroness Floella Benjamin DBE
2020 Mimi Findlay
2019 Roy Alexander Weise MBE
2018 Dawn Walton OBE
2017 Amma Asante MBE
2016 Michael Buffong
2015 Rufus Norris
2014 The Reverend Rose Hudson-Wilkin MBE, QHC
2013 Professor Gus John
2012 Baroness Lawrence of Clarendon (Doreen Lawrence)
2011 Mona Hammond OBE
2010 Winsome Pinnock FRSL
2009 Diana Athill OBE
2008 Don Warrington MBE
2007 Yvonne Brewster OBE
2006 Diane Abbott MP
2005 Professor Stuart Hall FBA
2004 Roy Williams OBE FRSL
2003 Baroness Valerie Amos
2002 Hugh Quarshie
2001 Clive Rowe MBE
2000 Bonnie Greer OBE
1999 Lord Smith of Finsbury (Rt Hon Chris Smith MP)
1998 Sir Trevor MacDonald OBE
1997 Mustapha Mutura
In 2014 Yvonne Brewster OBE presented the inaugural Outstanding Contribution to Writing Award to Mustapha Matura.
The Audience Award ran for three years and was presented by
2017 Susan Wokoma
2016 Martina Laird
2015 Kobna Holdbrook-Smith
The Roland Rees Bursary has been presented by
2021 Kalungi Ssebandeke
2020 No presenter due to Covid
2019 Rex Obano
2018 Beverley Andrews
2017 Mark Norfolk
2016 David Aukin
2015 Yvonne Brewster