Evening Standard Theatre Award Winners 2004

Evening Standard Theatre Award Winners 2004

Winners of the 50th London Evening Standard Theatre Awards have been announced today at the OLivier, NT

(Highlights will be transmitted by ITV London on 15 Dec 2004)

The Winners are....

BEST ACTOR:
Richard Griffiths for The History Boys at The Lyttelton, NT

BEST ACTRESS:
Victoria Hamilton for Suddenly Last Summer at The Albery Theatre

BEST PLAY:
The History Boys by Alan Bennett at The Lyttelton, NT

BEST MUSICAL:
The Producers at The Theatre Royal Drury Lane

BEST DIRECTOR:
Rufus Norris for Festen at The Almeida Theatre then Lyric Theatre

BEST STAGE DESIGNER:
Ian MacNeil, Jean Kalman and Paul Arditti for Festen at The Almeida Theatre then Lyric Theatre

CHARLES WINTOUR AWARD FOR MOST PROMISING PLAYWRIGHT (£30,000 Bursary):
Owen McCafferty for "Scenes from the Big Picture"

OUTSTANDING NEWCOMER:
Eddie Redmayne for The Goat, or Who is Sylvia? at The Almeida & Apollo Theatres

Three special 50th anniversary awards
The National Theatre
Harold Pinter
Dame Judi Dench