2011 Evening Standard Theatre Awards
# 2011 Evening Standard Theatre Awards

The 2011 Evening Standard Theatre Awards were announced on 20 November 2011. The shortlist was revealed on 7 November 2011 and the longlist on 19 October 2011.

## Winners, shortlist and longlist

= winner

### Best Play

* The Heretic by Richard Bean (Royal Court)
* One Man, Two Guvnors by Richard Bean (National's Lyttelton)
* Becky Shaw by Gina Gionfriddo (Almeida)
* Tribes by Nina Raine (Royal Court)

**Longlisted**

* Wittenberg by David Davalos (Gate)
* The Knot of the Heart by David Eldridge (Almeida)
* Remembrance Day by Aleksey Scherbak (Royal Court)

### Best Director

* Mike Leigh for Grief (National's Cottesloe)
* Rob Ashford for Anna Christie (Donmar)
* Dominic Cooke for Chicken Soup with Barley (Royal Court)
* Edward Hall for Richard III & The Comedy of Errors (Propeller at Hampstead)

**Longlisted**

* Lucy Bailey for The Beggar's Opera (Open Air Theatre) & Kingdom of Earth (Print Room) & Fabrication (Print Room)
* Danny Boyle for Frankenstein (National's Olivier)
* Declan Donnellan for The Tempest (Cheek By Jowl at Barbican)
* Simon Godwin for The Acid Test (Royal Court)
* Michael Grandage for Luise Miller (Donmar)
* Sean Holmes for Saved (Lyric Hammersmith)
* Sam Mendes for Richard III (Old Vic)
* Roger Michell for Tribes (Royal Court)
* Rufus Norris for London Road (National's Cottesloe)
* Trevor Nunn for Flare Path (Theatre Royal Haymarket)
* Bijan Sheibani for The Kitchen (National's Olivier)
* Max Stafford-Clark for Top Girls (Chichester's Minerva & Trafalgar Studios)
* Jessica Swale for The Belle's Stratagem (Southwark Playhouse)
* Matthew Warchus for Matilda the Musical (RSC Stratford & Cambridge Theatre)
* Nicholas Hytner for One Man, Two Guvnors (National Theatre)

### Best Actor

* Benedict Cumberbatch, Frankenstein (National's Olivier)
* Jonny Lee Miller, Frankenstein (National's Olivier)
* Bertie Carvel, Matilda the Musical (RSC Stratford & Cambridge Theatre)
* Charles Edwards, Much Ado About Nothing (Shakespeare's Globe)

**Longlisted**

* Richard Clothier, Richard III (Propeller at Hampstead)
* James Corden, One Man, Two Guvnors (National's Lyttelton)
* Ralph Fiennes, The Tempest (Theatre Royal Haymarket)
* Harry Hadden-Paton, Flare Path (Theatre Royal Haymarket)
* Derek Jacobi, King Lear (Donmar)
* Jude Law, Anna Christie (Donmar)
* Kevin Spacey, Richard III (Old Vic)
* Dominic West, Butley (Duchess)

### Natasha Richardson Award for Best Actress

* Sheridan Smith, Flare Path (Theatre Royal Haymarket)
* Samantha Spiro, Chicken Soup with Barley (Royal Court)
* Kristin Scott Thomas, Betrayal (Comedy)

**Longlisted**

* Gemma Arterton, The Master Builder (Almeida)
* Tracie Bennett, End of the Rainbow (Trafalgar Studios)
* Eve Best, Much Ado About Nothing (Shakespeare's Globe)
* Lisa Dillon, The Knot of the Heart (Almeida)
* Haydn Gwynne, Richard III (Old Vic)
* Lesley Manville, Grief (National's Cottesloe)
* Sinead Matthews, Ecstasy (Hampstead)
* Ruth Negga, The Playboy of the Western World (Old Vic)
* Imelda Staunton, A Delicate Balance (Almeida)
* Michelle Terry, Tribes (Royal Court)
* Tracey Ullman, My City (Almeida)
* Ruth Wilson, Anna Christie (Donmar)

### Ned Sherrin Award for Best Musical

* Matilda the Musical, RSC Stratford & Cambridge Theatre
* Betty Blue Eyes, Novello Theatre
* London Road, National's Cottesloe

**Longlisted**

* Crazy for You, Open Air Theatre
* Fela!, National's Olivier
* Parade, Southwark Playhouse
* Woody Sez, Arts Theatre

### Best Design

* Adam Cork, sound designer of Anna Christie & King Lear (Donmar)
* Bunny Christie, Men Should Weep (National's Lyttelton)
* Lizzie Clachan, Wastwater (Royal Court)
* Mark Tildesley, Frankenstein (National's Olivier)

**Longlisted**

* Paul Barritt, The Animals and Children Took to the Streets (BAC)
* Jon Bausor, Lord of the Flies (Open Air Theatre)
* Giles Cadle, The Kitchen (National's Olivier)
* William Dudley, Snake in the Grass (Print Room)

### Charles Wintour Award for Most Promising Playwright

* Penelope Skinner, The Village Bike (Royal Court)
* EV Crowe, 'Kin' (Royal Court)
* Vivienne Franzmann, Mogadishu (Lyric Hammersmith)

**Longlisted**

* Tom Basden, Joseph K (Gate)
* Jesse Briton, 'Bound' (Southwark Playhouse)
* Ella Hickson, Precious Little Talent (Trafalgar Studios)
* Morgan Lloyd Malcolm, Belongings (Hampstead & Trafalgar Studios)

### Milton Shulman Award for Outstanding Newcomer

* Kyle Soller for his performances in The Glass Menagerie (Young Vic) & The Government Inspector (Young Vic) & The Faith Machine (Royal Court)
* Phoebe Fox for her performances in As You Like It (Rose Kingston) and The Acid Test (Royal Court) & There Is A War (National's Paintframe)
* Malachi Kirby for his performance in Mogadishu (Lyric, Hammersmith)
* David Wilson Barnes for his performance in Becky Shaw (Almeida)

**Longlisted**

* 1927 (company) for their production of The Animals and Children Took to the Streets (BAC)
* Robyn Addison for her performances in The Rivals (Theatre Royal Bath/ Theatre Royal Haymarket) & Mongrel Island (Soho)
* Tom Byam Shaw for his performances in Les Parents Terribles (Donmar at Trafalgar Studios) and The Tempest (Theatre Royal Haymarket)
* Joseph Drake for his performance in Kingdom of Earth (Print Room)
* Johnny Flynn for his performance in The Heretic (Royal Court)
* Vanessa Kirby for her performance in The Acid Test (Royal Court)
* David Mercatali for his direction of Tender Napalm (Southwark Playhouse)
* Chris Rolls for his direction of Les Parents Terribles (Donmar at Trafalgar Studios)
* Thom Southerland for his direction of Parade (Southwark Playhouse)

### Editor's Award

* Michael Grandage for making the Donmar Warehouse a star

### Beyond Theatre Award

* Pet Shop Boys and Javier de Frutos for The Most Incredible Thing (Sadler's Wells)

### Lebedev Special Award

* Kristin Scott Thomas for her contribution to theatre

### Moscow Art Theatre's Golden Seagull

* Tom Stoppard for his contribution to Russian theatre and the international stage

## Judges

* Sarah Sands, London Evening Standard
* Henry Hitchings, London Evening Standard
* Georgina Brown, Mail on Sunday
* Susannah Clapp, The Observer
* Charles Spencer, Daily Telegraph
* Libby Purves, The Times
* Matt Wolf, International Herald Tribune
* Evgeny Lebedev, chairman of the Evening Standard
