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Dateline: 19th October, 2011

Evening Standard Long List

The Evening Standard has announced the long list for its Theatre Awards:

Best Actor

• Bertie Carvel for Matilda The Musical (RSC Stratford & Cambridge Theatre)
• Richard Clothier for Richard III (Hampstead)
• James Corden for One Man, Two Guvnors (National’s Lyttelton)
• Benedict Cumberbatch for Frankenstein (National’s Olivier)
• Charles Edwards for Much Ado About Nothing (Shakespeare’s Globe)
• Ralph Fiennes for The Tempest (Theatre Royal Haymarket)
• Harry Hadden-Paton for Flare Path (Theatre Royal Haymarket)
• Derek Jacobi for King Lear (Donmar)
• Jude Law for Anna Christie (Donmar)
• Jonny Lee Miller for Frankenstein (National’s Olivier)
• Kevin Spacey for Richard III (Old Vic)
• Dominic West for Butley (Duchess)

Best Actress

• Kristin Scott Thomas for Betrayal (Comedy)
• Gemma Arterton for The Master Builder (Almeida)
• Tracie Bennett for End of the Rainbow (Trafalgar Studios)
• Eve Best for Much Ado About Nothing (Shakespeare’s Globe)
• Lisa Dillon for The Knot of the Heart (Almeida)
• Hadyn Gwynne for Richard III (Old Vic)
• Lesley Manville for Grief (National’s Cottesloe)
• Sinead Matthews for Ecstasy (Hampstead)
• Ruth Negga for The Playboy of the Western World (Old Vic)
• Sheridan Smith for Flare Path (Theatre Royal Haymarket)
• Samantha Spiro for Chicken Soup with Barley (Royal Court)
• Imelda Staunton for A Delicate Balance (Almeida)
• Michelle Terry for Tribes (Royal Court)
• Tracey Ullman for My City (Almeida)
• Ruth Wilson for Anna Christie (Donmar)

Best Director

• Rob Ashford for Anna Christie (Donmar)
• Lucy Bailey for The Beggar’s Opera (Open Air Theatre) & Kingdom of Earth (Print Room) & Fabrication (Print Room)
• Danny Boyle for Frankenstein (National’s Olivier)
• Dominic Cooke for Chicken Soup with Barley (Royal Court)
• Declan Donnellan for Tempest (Cheek By Jowl at Barbican)
• Simon Godwin for The Acid Test (Royal Court)
• Michael Grandage for Luise Miller (Donmar)
• Edward Hall forRichard III & The Comedy of Errors (Hampstead)
• Sean Holmes for Saved (Lyric Hammersmith)
• Mike Leigh for Grief (National’s Cottesloe)
• Sam Mendes for Richard III (Old Vic)
• Roger Michell for Tribes (Royal Court)
• Rufus Norris for London Road (National’s Cottesloe)
• Trevor Nunn for Flare Path (Theatre Royal Haymarket)
• Bijan Sheibani for The Kitchen (National’s Olivier)
• Max Stafford-Clark for Top Girls (Chichester’s Minerva & Trafalgar Studios)
• Jessica Swale for The Belle’s Stratagem (Southwark Playhouse)
• Matthew Warchus for Matilda The Musical (RSC Stratford & Cambridge Theatre)
• Nicholas Hytner for One Man, Two Guvnors (National Theatre)

The Charles Wintour Award for Most Promising Playwright

• Tom Basden for Joseph K (Gate)
• Jesse Briton for Bound (Southwark Playhouse)
• EV Crowe for Kin (Royal Court)
• Vivienne Franzmann for Mogadishu (Lyric Hammersmith)
• Ella Hickson for Precious Little Talent (Trafalgar Studios)
• Morgan Lloyd Malcolm for Belongings (Hampstead & Trafalgar Studios)
• Penelope Skinner for The Village Bike (Royal Court)

Best Design

• Paul Barritt for The Animals and Children Took to the Streets (BAC)
• Jon Bausor for Lord of the Flies (Open Air Theatre)
• Giles Cadle for The Kitchen (National’s Olivier)
• Bunny Christie for Men Should Weep (National’s Lyttelton)
• Lizzie Clachan for Wastwater (Royal Court)
• Adam Cork for sound designer of Anna Christie& King Lear (Donmar)
• William Dudley for Snake in the Grass (Print Room)
• Mark Tildesley for Frankenstein (National’s Olivier)

The Milton Shulman Award for Outstanding Newcomer

• 1927 for its production of The Animals and Children Took to the Streets (BAC)
• Robyn Addison for her performances in The Rivals (Theatre Royal Bath/ Theatre Royal Haymarket) & Mongrel Island (Soho)
• Tom Byam Shaw for his performances in Les Parents Terribles (Donmar at Trafalgar Studios) and The Tempest (Theatre Royal Haymarket)
• Joseph Drake for his performance in Kingdom of Earth (Print Room)
• Johnny Flynn for his performance in The Heretic (Royal Court)
• Phoebe Fox for her performances in As You Like It (Rose Kingston) and The Acid Test (Royal Court) & There Is A War (National’s Paintframe)
• Malachi Kirby for his performance in Mogadishu (Lyric, Hammersmith)
• Vanessa Kirby for her performance in The Acid Test (Royal Court)
• David Mercatali for his direction of Tender Napalm (Southwark Playhouse)
• Chris Rolls for his direction of Les Parents Terribles (Donmar at Trafalgar Studios)
• Kyle Soller for his performances in The Glass Menagerie (Young Vic) & Government Inspector (Young Vic) & The Faith Machine (Royal Court)
• Thom Southerland for his direction of Parade (Southwark Playhouse)
• David Wilson Barnes for his performance in Becky Shaw (Almeida)

Best Play

• The Heretic by Richard Bean (Royal Court)
• One Man, Two Guvnors by Richard Bean (National’s Lyttelton)
• Wittenberg by David Davalos (Gate)
• The Knot of the Heart by David Eldridge (Almeida)
• Becky Shaw by Gina Gionfriddo (Almeida)
• Tribes by Nina Raine (Royal Court)
• Remembrance Day by Aleksey Scherbak (Royal Court)

The Ned Sherrin Award for Best Musical

• Betty Blue Eyes (Novello)
• Crazy for You (Open Air Theatre)
• Fela! (National’s Olivier)
• London Road (National’s Cottesloe)
• Matilda the Musical (RSC Stratford & Cambridge Theatre)
• Parade (Southwark Playhouse)
• Woody Sez (Arts)

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