WINNERS LIST FOR THE 57TH LONDON EVENING STANDARD TEHATRE AWARDS 2011
Posted on 22 November 2011
In a star studded ceremony celebrating the Evening Standard Theatre Awards at the Savoy Hotel in London's West End the award's recipients were:
Best Actor: (Joint) Benedict Cumberbatch - Frankenstein (National's Olivier) and Jonny Lee Miller - Frankenstein (National's Olivier)
The Natasha Richardson Award for Best Actress: Sheridan Smith - Flare Path (Theatre Royal Haymarket)
Best Play: (Joint) The Heretic By Richard Bean (Royal Court) and One Man, Two Guvnors By Richard Bean (National's Lyttelton)
The Ned Sherrin Award for Best Musical: Matilda The Musical (RSC Stratford and Cambridge Theatre)
Best Director: Mike Leigh, Grief (National's Cottesloe)
Best Design: Adam Cork For his sound design of Anna Christie & King Lear (Donmar Warehouse)
The Charles Wintour Award for Most Promising Playwright: Penelope Skinner For The Village Bike (Royal Court)
The Milton Shulman Award for Outstanding Newcomer: Kyle Soller For his performances in The Glass Menagerie (Young Vic) & Government Inspector (Young Vic) & The Faith Machine (Royal Court)
Editor's Award: Michael Grandage for making the Donmar Warehouse a star
Beyond Theatre award: Pet Shop Boys and Javier de Frutos For The Most Incredible Thing (Sadler's Wells)
The Lebedev Special Award: Kristin Scott Thomas For her contribution to theatre
The Moscow Art Theatre's Golden Seagull: Tom Stoppard for his contribution to Russian theatre and the international stage
