The TMA Awards, established in 1991, are presented annually by UK Theatre (previously known as the Theatrical Management Association) in recognition of creative excellence and outstanding work in United Kingdom theatres. In 2011, the ceremony was renamed as the Theatre Awards UK. They are the equivalent of American ATCA Regional Theatre Tony Awards only more extensive.
The 2013 UK Theatre Award winners were announced on 20 October 2013.
Frances Barber for That Face - a Sheffield Theatres production; Jonathan Pryce for The Caretaker at Liverpool Everyman - a Liverpool Everyman and Playhouse production; Maggie Steed for Hay Fever at West Yorkshire Playhouse – a West Yorkshire Playhouse production
Ayesha Antoine for My Wonderful Day at the Stephen Joseph Theatre, Scarborough – a Stephen Joseph Theatre, Scarborough production; Ryan Sampson for Brighton Beach Memoirs- a Watford Palace Theatre Production; Ray Fearon for A Raisin in the Sun - a Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester production
Spur of the Moment by Anya Reiss at The Royal Court; Mrs Reynolds and the Ruffian by Gary Owen - a Watford Palace Theatre Production; Punk Rock by Simon Stephens – a Lyric Hammersmith and Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester production.
The Snail and the Whale - a production by Cahoots NI in association with the Grand Opera House, Belfast; Pobby and Dingan - a Catherine Wheels Theatre Company production, in association with Brunton Theatre, Musselburgh; Toro! Toro! - a Salisbury Playhouse production in the Salberg Studio of the Salisbury Playhouse