2009 Evening Standard Theatre Awards
# 2009 Evening Standard Theatre Awards

The 2009 Evening Standard Theatre Awards were announced on 2009. The shortlist was revealed on 2009 and the longlist on 2 November 2009.

## Winners, shortlist and longlist

= winner

### Best Play

* Jerusalem by Jez Butterworth (Royal Court)

**Longlisted**

* August: Osage County by Tracy Letts (Steppenwolf/National)
* England People Very Nice by Richard Bean (National)
* Enron by Lucy Prebble (Royal Court)
* Our Class by Tadeusz Słobodzianek [pl; de; sv]/Ryan Craig (National)
* Pornography by Simon Stephens (Tricycle)
* Punk Rock by Simon Stephens (Lyric Hammersmith)
* Tusk Tusk by Polly Stenham (Royal Court)
* When The Rain Stops Falling by Andrew Bovell (Almeida)

### Best Director

* Rupert Goold for Enron (Royal Court)

**Longlisted**

* Howard Davies for Burnt by the Sun (National)
* Marianne Elliott for All's Well That Ends Well (National)
* Richard Eyre for The Last Cigarette (Trafalgar Studios) and The Observer (National)
* Jeremy Herrin for Tusk Tusk (Royal Court)
* Janice Honeyman for The Tempest (RSC Stratford/Richmond)
* Sean Mathias for Waiting For Godot (Theatre Royal Haymarket)
* Sam Mendes for The Winter's Tale (Old Vic)
* Ian Rickson for Jerusalem (Royal Court)
* Anna D Shapiro for August: Osage County (Steppenwolf/National)

### Best Actor

* Mark Rylance, Jerusalem (Royal Court)

**Longlisted**

* Bertie Carvel, The Pride, (Royal Court)
* Michael Feast, Plague Over England (Duchess)
* Henry Goodman, Duet For One (Almeida/Vaudeville)
* David Harewood, The Mountaintop (Theatre 503/Trafalgar Studios)
* Matthew Kelly, Who's Afraid Of Virginia Woolf (Trafalgar Studios) & Troilus And Cressida (Shakespeare's Globe)
* Ian McKellen, Waiting For Godot (Theatre Royal Haymarket)
* Simon Russell Beale, The Winter's Tale (Old Vic)
* Kevin Spacey, Inherit The Wind (Old Vic)
* Ken Stott, A View From The Bridge (Duke of York's)
* David Tennant, Hamlet (RSC Stratford/Novello)
* David Troughton, Enjoy (Gielgud) & Inherit The Wind (Old Vic)
* Samuel West, Enron (Royal Court)

### Natasha Richardson Award for Best Actress

* Rachel Weisz, A Streetcar Named Desire (Donmar Warehouse)

**Longlisted**

* Samantha Bond, Arcadia (Duke of York's)
* Deanna Dunagan, August: Osage County (Steppenwolf/ National)
* Penny Downie, Helen (Shakespeare's Globe)
* Rebecca Hall, The Winter's Tale (Old Vic)
* Pauline Malefane, The Mysteries (Garrick)
* Lyndsey Marshal, The Pride (Royal Court)
* Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, A View From The Bridge (Duke of York's)
* Amy Morton, August: Osage County (Steppenwolf/ National)
* Juliet Stevenson, Duet For One (Almeida/Vaudeville)
* Michelle Terry, England People Very Nice (National)

### Ned Sherrin Award for Best Musical

* Hello, Dolly! (Open Air, Regent's Park)

**Longlisted**

* A Little Night Music (Menier Chocolate Factory/Garrick)
* Been So Long (Young Vic)
* The Mysteries (Garrick)
* Spring Awakening (Lyric Hammersmith/Novello)
* Sunset Boulevard (Comedy)

### Best Design

* Mamoru Iriguchi, Mincemeat (Cardboard Citizens/Cordy House, Shoreditch)

**Longlisted**

* Jon Bausor, Kursk (Young Vic)
* Miriam Buether, Judgement Day (Almeida)
* Lez Brotherston, Dancing At Lughnasa (Old Vic)
* Bob Crowley, Phedre (National) & The Power Of Yes (National)
* Rob Howell, The Observer (National)
* Peter McKintosh, Prick Up Your Ears (Comedy)
* Vicki Mortimer, Burnt by The Sun (National)
* Christopher Oram, Hamlet, Madame de Sade, Twelfth Night (Donmar at Wyndham's), A Streetcar Named Desire (Donmar Warehouse)
* Todd Rosenthal, August: Osage County (National)
* Ultz, Jerusalem (Royal Court)

### Charles Wintour Award for Most Promising Playwright

* Alia Bano, Shades (Royal Court)

**Longlisted**

* Kieron Barry, Stockwell (Landor & Tricycle)
* Lucy Kirkwood, It Felt Empty When The Heart Went At First But It Is Alright Now (Arcola)
* Molly Davies, A Miracle (Royal Court)
* Katori Hall, The Mountaintop (Theatre 503 & Trafalgar Studios)
* Ella Hickson, Eight (Trafalgar Studios)
* Alexi Kaye Campbell, The Pride (Royal Court) & Apologia (Bush)

### Milton Shulman Award for Outstanding Newcomer

* Lenny Henry, Othello (Northern Broadsides at Trafalgar Studios)

**Longlisted**

* Naana Agyei-Ampadu, Been So Long (Young Vic)
* Aneurin Barnard, Spring Awakening (Lyric Hammersmith)
* Ruth Negga, Phedre (National)
* Bel Powley, Tusk Tusk (Royal Court)
* Toby Regbo, Tusk Tusk (Royal Court)
* Tom Sturridge, Punk Rock (Lyric Hammersmith)
* Charlotte Wakefield, Spring Awakening (Lyric Hammersmith & Novello)
* Phoebe Waller-Bridge, 2nd May 1997 (Bush)

## Judges

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