Celebs Nominated For Evening Standard Theatre Awards
Published on Tuesday 26th October, 11.13am, Written by Jonathan Dudley
A host of celebrity names feature as nominees on this year’s Evening Standard Theatre Awards longlist.
Benedict Cumberbatch and David Suchet are up for Best Actor for their performances in After The Dance and All My Sons respectively. Nominees for the Natasha Richardson Award For Best Actress include Judi Dench for her performance in A Midsummer Night’s Dream at Kingston’s Rose Theatre, Keira Knightley for her controversial turn in the Comedy Theatre’s production of The Misanthrope, and Sheridan Smith for her portrayal of Elle Woods in Legally Blonde The Musical.
The longlist will be parred down to a shortlist and published on 21 November with the winners being named at a ceremony on 28 November.
Read the complete longlist below.
Best Actor
Roger Allam – Henry IV Parts One and Two (Shakespeare’s Globe)
Bertie Carvel – Rope (Almeida Theatre)
Benedict Cumberbatch – After The Dance (National Theatre)
Martin Freeman – Clybourne Park (Royal Court)
Alex Jennings – The Habit Of Art (National Theatre)
Rory Kinnear – Measure For Measure (Almeida Theatre) and Hamlet (National Theatre)
Adrian Lester – Cat On A Hot Tin Roof (Novello Theatre)
Alfred Molina – Red (Donmar Warehouse)
Jonathan Pryce – The Caretaker (Trafalgar Studios)
Simon Russell Beale – London Assurance (National Theatre) and Deathtrap (Nöel Coward Theatre)
Adrian Scarborough – After The Dance (National Theatre)
David Suchet – All My Sons (Apollo Theatre)
The Natasha Richardson Award For Best Actress
Gemma Arterton – The Little Dog Laughed (Garrick Theatre)
Nancy Carroll – After The Dance (National Theatre)
Judi Dench – A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Rose Theatre, Kingston)
Tamsin Greig – The Little Dog Laughed (Garrick Theatre)
Jenny Jules – Ruined (Almeida Theatre)
Keira Knightley – The Misanthrope (Comedy Theatre)
Amanda Lawrence – Jiggery Pokery (BAC) and Henry VIII (Shakespeare’s Globe)
Rosaleen Linehan – The Beauty Queen Of Leenane (Young Vic)
Helen McCrory – The Late Middle Classes (Donmar Warehouse)
Lesley Manville – Six Degrees Of Separation (Old Vic)
Anna Maxwell Martin – Measure For Measure (Almeida Theatre)
Elena Roger – Passion (Donmar Warehouse)
Fiona Shaw – London Assurance (National Theatre)
Sheridan Smith – Legally Blonde The Musical (Savoy Theatre)
Sophie Thompson – Clybourne Park (Royal Court)
Zoe Wanamaker – All My Sons (Apollo Theatre)
Best Play
Cock by Mike Bartlett (Royal Court)
The Big Fellah by Richard Bean (Lyric Hammersmith)
The Habit Of Art by Alan Bennett (National Theatre)
Beautiful Burnout by Bryony Lavery (York Hall)
Clybourne Park by Bruce Norris (Royal Court)
Ruined by Lynn Nottage (Almeida Theatre)
Posh by Laura Wade (Royal Court)
Sucker Punch by Roy Williams (Royal Court)
The Ned Sherrin Award For Best Musical
Hair (Gielgud Theatre)
The Human Comedy (Young Vic/The Opera Group/Watford Palace Theatre)
Legally Blonde The Musical (Savoy Theatre)
Les Miserables (2010) (Barbican Theatre)
Passion (Donmar Warehouse)
Sweet Charity (Menier Chocolate Factory)
Best Director
Dominic Cooke – Clybourne Park (Royal Court)
Howard Davies – The White Guard (National Theatre) and All My Sons (Apollo Theatre)
Rupert Goold – Romeo And Juliet (RSC Stratford) and Earthquakes In London (National Theatre)
Michael Grandage – Red (Donmar Warehouse) and Danton’s Death (National Theatre)
Jeremy Herrin – Spur Of The Moment (Royal Court)
Joe Hill-Gibbins – The Beauty Queen Of Leenane (Young Vic)
Nicholas Hytner – The Habit Of Art (National Theatre), London Assurance (National Theatre) and Hamlet (National Theatre)
James MacDonald – Cock (Royal Court)
Roger Michell – Rope (Almeida Theatre)
Laurie Sansom – Beyond The Horizon (National Theatre) and Spring Storm (National Theatre)
Thea Sharrock – After The Dance (National Theatre)
Lyndsey Turner – Posh (Royal Court)
Best Design
Lez Brotherston – The Rise And Fall Of Little Voice (Vaudeville Theatre), Measure For Measure (Almeida Theatre), Women Beware Women (National Theatre) and Design For Living (Old Vic)
Miriam Buether – Sucker Punch (Royal Court) and Earthquakes In London (National Theatre)
Bunny Christie – The White Guard (National Theatre)
Rob Howell – Private Lives (Vaudeville) and Deathtrap (Nöel Coward Theatre)
Vicki Mortimer – The Cat In The Hat (National Theatre)
Christopher Oram – Passion (Donmar Warehouse) and Red (Donmar Warehouse)
Mark Thompson – London Assurance (National Theatre)
The Charles Wintour Award For Most Promising Playwright
James Graham – The Whisky Taster (Bush Theatre) and The Man (Finborough Theatre)
DC Moore – The Empire (Royal Court)
Nick Payne – If There Is I Haven’t Found It Yet (Bush Theatre) and Wanderlust (Royal Court)
Anya Reiss – Spur Of The Moment (Royal Court)
Atiha Sen Gupta – What Fatima Did (Hampstead Theatre)
Penelope Skinner – Eigengrau (Bush Theatre)
The Milton Shulman Award For Outstanding Newcomer
You Me Bum Bum Train created by Kate Bond and Morgan Lloyd (LEB Building, E2)
Melanie Chisholm for her performance in Blood Brothers (Phoenix Theatre)
Laura Dos Santos for her performance in Educating Rita (Menier Chocolate Factory)
Simon Godwin for his direction of Wanderlust (Royal Court)
Daniel Kaluuya for his performance in Sucker Punch (Royal Court)
Isabella Laughland for her performance in Wanderlust (Royal Court)
Henry Lloyd-Hughes for his performances in Rope (Almeida Theatre) and Posh (Royal Court)
James Mcardle for his performance in Spur Of The Moment (Royal Court)
James Musgrave for his performance in Wanderlust (Royal Court)
Nikesh Patel for his performance in Disconnect (Royal Court)
Shannon Tarbet for her performance in Spur Of The Moment (Royal Court)
