Best Male Performance
- David Birrell as Sweeney Todd, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, Dundee Rep Theatre
- Alex Ferns as Johnny Byrne, The Hard Man, Scottish Theatres Consortium
- Peter Forbes as Arnolphe, Educating Agnes, Royal Lyceum Theatre Company
- Ian Smith, My Hands Are Dancing But My Heart Is Cold, Ian Smith/Dance Base
Best Female Performance
Sponsored by STV
- Kate Dickie as Jackie, Any Given Day, Traverse Theatre Company
- Blythe Duff as Helen, Good With People, A Play, a Pie and a Pint/Paines Plough
- Gemma McElhinney as Duck, The Monster in the Hall, TAG
- Mercy Ojelade as Mary, Roadkill, Ankur Productions/Pachamama Productions
Best Ensemble
Sponsored by Equity
- Age of Arousal, Stellar Quines Theatre Company/Royal Lyceum Theatre Company
- Nothing to See Here, National Theatre of Scotland/Aberdeen City Council
- The Strange Undoing of Prudencia Hart, National Theatre of Scotland
- The Three Musketeers and the Princess of Spain, Traverse Theatre Company/Belgrade Theatre, Coventry/English Touring Theatre
Best Director
- Cora Bissett, Roadkill, Ankur Productions/Pachamama Productions
- James Brining, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, Dundee Rep Theatre
- Muriel Romanes, Age of Arousal, Stellar Quines Theatre Company/Royal Lyceum Theatre Company
- Mark Thomson, The Importance of Being Earnest, Royal Lyceum Theatre Company
Best Design
- Janet Bird (set and costumes) and Jeanine Davies (lighting), Age of Arousal, Stellar Quines Theatre Company/Royal Lyceum Theatre Company
- Candice Edmonds and Jamie Harrison (set), The Not-So-Fatal Death of Grandpa Fredo, Vox Motus
- Shona Reppe (set and costumes) and Craig Fleming (lighting), White, Catherine Wheels Theatre Company
- Colin Richmond (set) and Chris Davey (lighting), Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, Dundee Rep Theatre
Best Music and Sound
- Hilary Brooks, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, Dundee Rep Theatre
- Nikola Kodjabashia, The Three Musketeers and the Princess of Spain, Traverse Theatre Company/Belgrade Theatre, Coventry/English Touring Theatre
- Alasdair Macrae, The Strange Undoing of Prudencia Hart, National Theatre of Scotland
- Michael John McCarthy, The Not-So-Fatal Death of Grandpa Fredo, Vox Motus
Best Technical Presentation
Sponsored by Northern Light
- The Not-So-Fatal Death of Grandpa Fredo, Vox Motus
- Orlando, Cryptic
- Roadkill, Ankur Productions/Pachamama Productions
- White, Catherine Wheels Theatre Company
Best Production for Children and Young People
- Beauty and the Beast, Citizens Theatre
- Caged, Catherine Wheels Theatre Company
- The Three Musketeers and the Princess of Spain, Traverse Theatre Company/Belgrade Theatre, Coventry/English Touring Theatre
- White, Catherine Wheels Theatre Company
Best New Play
Sponsored by W&P Longreach – Theatre Insurance Brokers
- David Greig, The Strange Undoing of Prudencia Hart, National Theatre of Scotland
- Chris Hannan, The Three Musketeers and the Princess of Spain, Traverse Theatre Company/Belgrade Theatre, Coventry/English Touring Theatre
- Conceived by Cora Bissett, text by Stef Smith, Roadkill, Ankur Productions/Pachamama Productions
- Molly Taylor, Love Letters to the Public Transport System, National Theatre of Scotland
Best Production
- Age of Arousal, Stellar Quines Theatre Company/Royal Lyceum Theatre Company
- Roadkill, Ankur Productions/Pachamama Productions
- The Strange Undoing of Prudencia Hart, National Theatre of Scotland
- Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, Dundee Rep Theatre
The CATS judging panel for 2011 was made up of: Mary Brennan (The Herald), Mark Brown (The Sunday Herald and the Daily Telegraph), Neil Cooper (The Herald), Michael Cox (onstagescotland.co.uk), Robert Dawson Scott (The Times), Thom Dibdin (Edinburgh Evening News and The Stage), Mark Fisher (The Guardian), Joyce McMillan (The Scotsman), Gareth K Vile (The Skinny) and Joy Watters (The Courier).