Critics' Circle Theatre Awards 2004 announced

Critics' Circle Theatre Awards announced

The winners of the Critics' Circle Theatre Awards have been announced today.

Best new play
Democracy
by Michael Frayn
(Cottesloe, NT)

Best musical
Jerry Springer The Opera
(Lyttelton, NT)

Best actor
Michael Sheen
(Caligula at Donmar Warehouse)

Best actress
Eve Best
(Mourning Becomes Electra at Lyttelton, NT)

Best Shakespearean performance
Greg Hicks
(Coriolanus, for RSC at the Old Vic )

Best director
Howard Davies
(Mourning Becomes Electra at Lyttelton, NT)

Best designer
Bob Crowley
(Mourning Becomes Electra at Lyttelton, NT)

Most promising playwright
Lucy Prebble
(The Sugar Syndrome at Royal Court Upstairs)

Most promising newcomer
Lisa Dillon
(for Iphigenia (Sheffield Crucible) & The Master Builder (Albery)