63rd Evening Standard Theatre Awards

The 63rd Evening Standard Theatre Awards were awarded in recognition of the 2016–17 London Theatre season on 3 December 2017 at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane. The shortlist for the Radio 2 Audience Award for Best Musical was announced in October 2017, and the full list of nominees was announced in November 2017. The ceremony was presented by Phoebe Waller-Bridge and co-hosted by Cate Blanchett, Evgeny Lebedev, Lin-Manuel Miranda and Anna Wintour.

Eligibility and nominators
The advisory judging panel consisted of Daily Mail columnist Baz Bamigboye, WhatsOnStage theatre critic Sarah Crompton, Evening Standard chief theatre critic Henry Hitchings, The Guardian culture writer and broadcaster Mark Lawson, The New York Times International theatre critic Matt Wolf and Evening Standard editor George Osborne.

Presenters

 * Cate Blanchett presented the Natasha Richardson Award for Best Actress
 * Sarah Burton presented Best Design
 * Jez Butterworth presented the Charles Wintour Award for Most Promising Playwright
 * Jeremy Irvine and Allison Williams presented the Radio 2 Audience Award for Best Musical
 * Cush Jumbo presented the Emerging Talent Award
 * Helen McCrory presented Best Director
 * Lin-Manuel Miranda presented Best Play
 * Ruth Negga presented Best Actor
 * Zendaya presented Best Musical Performance

Performances

 * Arinzé Kene performed "A Change Is Gonna Come"
 * The cast of Everybody's Talking About Jamie performed

Sponsors
The ceremony was held in association with Qatar Airways and the 'Platinum Partner' was Michael Kors.

The following awards were presented in partnership:


 * Best Play was awarded in partnership with Hiscox, the official Evening Standard arts partner
 * Best Actor was awarded in partnership with the Ambassador Theatre Group
 * The Natasha Richardson Award for Best Actress was awarded in partnership with Christian Louboutin

The Really Useful Theatres Group were also event partners.

Multiple awards
3 awards


 * The Ferryman

Multiple nominations
4 nominations


 * The Ferryman

3 nominations


 * Follies
 * Ink

2 nominations


 * Albion
 * An American in Paris
 * Bat Out of Hell: The Musical
 * Dreamgirls
 * Hamlet