Photo Coverage: Kinnear and Syal at Ian Charleson Awards

To commemorate and celebrate the life of Ian Charleson, The Sunday Times and the National Theatre collaborate annually to present these awards for outstanding performances anywhere in the UK by actors under the age of thirty in a classical role - defined as one in a play written before 1918. The judges this year were Wendy Spon, Michael Grandage, John Peter and Deborah Findlay, and Meera Syal was guest of honour at the ceremony.

The award was won by James McArdle for his performance as Platonov in Platonov at Chichester Festival Theatre, dir. Jonathan Kent. Platonov is currently in rehearsal at the NT, where it will be performed this summer as part of the Young Chekhov plays.

The full list of winners and commendations is below.

JOEL MacCORMACK(commended)	Orestes in THE ORESTEIA The Globe	The Globe Adele Thomas
Ken Nwosu (commended)	Silvius in AS YOU LIKE IT	NT Polly Findlay
Joshua James (commended)	Konstantin in THE SEAGULL and Nikolai in PLATONOV	Chichester Jonathan Kent
Jack Colgrave Hirst (commended)	Clown in THE WINTER'S TALE	Branagh Season Kenneth Branagh & Rob Ashford
James McArdle (1st Prize)	Platonov in PLATONOV	Chichester Jonathan Kent
ELLIOT BARNES-WORRELL (2nd Prize)	Straker in MAN & SUPERMAN	NT Simon Godwin
Freddie Fox (3rd Prize)	Romeo in Romeo & Juliet	Crucible Jonathan Humphreys
JENNY RAINSFORD (commended)	Miss Prue in LOVE FOR LOVE	RSC Selina Cadell
Jessica Brown Findlay (commended)	Electra in THE ORESTEIA	Almeida Robert Icke
Emily Barber (commended)	Innogen in CYMBELINE	The Globe Sam Yates
JESSICA BAGLOW (commended)	Marina in PERICLES	The Globe Dominic Dromgoole