The Critics' Circle Theatre Awards 2000

The Critics' Circle Theatre Awards 2000

Winners of the The Critics' Circle Theatre Awards 2000 has been announced....

Best New Play
"Blue/Orange" by Joe Penhall

Best Actor
Michael Gambon for "The Caretaker" and "Cressida"

Best Actress
Victoria Hamilton for "As You Like It" (Lyric Hammersmith)

Best Shakespearean Performance
Simon Russell Beale for "Hamlet"

Best Director
Michael Grandage for "As You Like It", "Passion Play" and "Merrily We Roll Along"

Best Musical
"The Beautiful Game" by Andrew LLoyd Webber and Ben Elton

Best Designer
Paul Brown for "Coriolanus", "Richard II" and "The Tempest" (Gainsborough Studios/Almeida Theatre)

Most Promising Playwright
Joanna Laurens for "The Three Birds" (Gate Theatre London)

Jack Tinker Award for Most Promising Newcomer
Chiwetel Ejiofor for "Blue/Orange"