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