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Dateline: 9th November, 2009

Evening Standard Shortlist Announced

The shortlist for the Evening Standard Awards has been announced. Tthe winners will be announced on 23rd November at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden.

Best Actor

• Simon Russell Beale for The Winter's Tale (Old Vic)
• Mark Rylance for Jerusalem (Royal Court)
• Ken Stott for A View From The Bridge (Duke of York's)
• Samuel West for Enron (Royal Court)

The Natasha Richardson Award for Best Actress

• Deanna Dunagan for August: Osage County (Steppenwolf/National Theatre)
• Penny Downie for Helen (Shakespeare's Globe)
• Juliet Stevenson for Duet For One (Almeida/Vaudeville)
• Rachel Weisz for A Streetcar Named Desire (Donmar Warehouse)

Best Play

• August: Osage County by Tracy Letts (Steppenwolf/National Theatre)
• Enron by Lucy Prebble (Royal Court)
• Jerusalem by Jez Butterworth (Royal Court)
• Punk Rock by Simon Stephens (Lyric Hammersmith)

The Ned Sherrin Award for Best Musical

• A Little Night Music (Menier Chocolate Factory/Garrick)
• Been So Long (Young Vic)
• Hello, Dolly! (Open Air, Regent's Park)
• Spring Awakening (Lyric Hammersmith/Novello)

Best Director

• Rupert Goold for Enron (Royal Court)
• Jeremy Herrin for Tusk Tusk (Royal Court)
• Ian Rickson for Jerusalem (Royal Court)
• Anna D Shapiro for August: Osage County (Steppenwolf/National Theatre)

Best Design

• Jon Bausor for Kursk (Young Vic)
• Miriam Buether for Judgment Day (Almeida)
• Mamoru Iriguchi for Mincemeat (Cardboard Citizens/Cordy House, Shoreditch)
• Ultz for Jerusalem (Royal Court)

The Charles Wintour Award for Most Promising Playwright

• Alia Bano for Shades (Royal Court)
• Katori Hall for The Mountaintop (Theatre 503/Trafalgar Studios)
• Alexi Kaye Campbell for The Pride (Royal Court) and Apologia (Bush)

The Milton Shulman Award for Outstanding Newcomer

• Naana Agyei-Ampadu for Been So Long (Young Vic)
• Lenny Henry for Othello (Northern Broadsides at Trafalgar Studios)
• Bel Powley for Tusk Tusk (Royal Court)
• Tom Sturridge for Punk Rock (Lyric Hammersmith)

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