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/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