56th London Evening Standard Theatre Award Winners

The winners of The 56th London Evening Standard Theatre Awards have been announced at a ceremony at the Savoy Hotel

The Winners...

Best Play
Clybourne Park
Bruce Norris (Royal Court)

Best Actor
Rory Kinnear
Hamlet (NT) & Measure For Measure (Almeida)

The Natasha Richardson Award for Best Actress
Nancy Carroll
After the Dance (NT)

Best Director
Howard Davies
The White Guard (NT) & All My Sons (Apollo).

The Ned Sherrin Award for Best Musical
Passion
(Donmar Warehouse)

Best Design
Miriam Buether
Sucker Punch (Royal Court) & Earthquakes (NT)

The Charles Wintour Award for Most Promising Playwright
Anya Reiss
Spur of the Moment (Royal Court)

The Milton Shulman Award for Outstanding Newcomer
You Me Bum Bum Train
each 40 minute experience was for an audience of one. Created by Kate Bond and Morgan Lloyd

Dditor's award for a shooting star
Daniel Kaluuya
Sucker Punch (Royal Court).

Golden Seagull Special award
Peter Hall
was presented a Special Award for his contribution to world theatre.

Lebedev Special Award
Michael Gambon
was presented a Special Award for his contribution to world theatre.