Rob Ashford, Jonny Lee Miller et al. Make Evening Standard Theatre Awards Shortlist

The Evening Standard Theatre Awards, established in 1955, are presented annually for outstanding achievements in London Theatre, and this year's nominations longlist has just been announced. Sponsored by the Evening Standard newspaper, this year's awards will be announced on November 20.

The full shortlist is as follows: 

Best Actor

Bertie Carvel for Matilda The Musical (RSC Stratford and West End's Cambridge Theatre).
Benedict Cumberbatch for Frankenstein (National's Olivier).
Charles Edwards for Much Ado About Nothing (Shakespeare's Globe).
Jonny Lee Miller for Frankenstein (National's Olivier).

Best Actress

Kristin Scott Thomas for Betrayal (Comedy).
Sheridan Smith for Flare Path (Theatre Royal, Haymarket).
Samantha Spiro for Chicken Soup with Barley (Royal Court).

Best Play

Richard Bean's The Heretic (Royal Court).
Richard Bean's One Man, Two Guvnors (National's Lyttelton).
Gina Gionfriddo's Becky Shaw (Almeida).
Nina Raine's Tribes (Royal Court)

The Ned Sherrin Award for Best Musical

Betty Blue Eyes (Novello).
London Road (National's Cottesloe).
Matilda The Musical (RSC Stratford and Cambridge Theatre).

Best Director

Rob Ashford for Anna Christie (Donmar Warehouse).
Dominic Cooke for Chicken Soup with Barley (Royal Court).
Edward Hall for Richard III and The Comedy of Errors (Hampstead Theatre).
Mike Leigh for Grief (National's Cottesloe).

Best Design

Bunny Christie for Men Should Weep (National's Lyttelton).
Lizzie Clachan for Wastwater (Royal Court).
Adam Cork for sound design for Anna Christie and Ling Lear (both Donmar Warehouse).
Mark Tildesley for Frankenstein (National's Olivier).

The Charles Wintour Award For Most Promising Playwright

EV Crowe for Kin (Royal Court).
Vivienne Franzmann for Mogadishu (Lyric Hammersmith).
Penelope Skinner for The Village Bike (Royal Court).

The Milton Shulman Award for Outstanding Newcomer

Phoebe Fox for her performances in As You Like It (Rose Kingston), The Acid Test (Royal Court) and There Is A War (National's Paintframe)
Malachi Kirby for his performance in Mogadishu (Lyric Hammersmith)
Kyle Soller for his performances in The Glass Menagerie (Young Vic), The Government Inspector (Young Vic) and The Faith Machine (Royal Court).
David Wilson Barnes for his performance in Becky Shaw (Almeida).

 

 

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