Evening Standard Theatre Awards 1980-2003

Best actor

MICHAEL SHEEN

Caligula

Best actress

SANDY MCDADE

Iron

Best play

DEMOCRACY

by Michael Frayn

The Carlton Television award for best musical

JERRY SPRINGER: THE OPERA

Sydney Edwards award for best director

POLLY TEALE

After Mrs Rochester

Best stage designer

CHRISTOPHER ORAM

Caligula

Charles Wintour award for most promising playwright

KWAME KWEI-ARMAH

Elmina's Kitchen

Outstanding newcomer

TOM HARDY

Blood/In Arabia We'd All Be Kings

Special Award

MAX STAFFORD-CLARK

Patricia Rothermere Award

LORD ATTENBOROUGH

Patricia Rothermere Scholarship

ELIF YESIL

The Sydney Edwards Award for best director

SAM MENDES

Uncle Vanya and Twelfth Night

Best play

CARYL CHURCHILL

for A Number

Outstanding newcomer

JAKE GYLLENHAAL

for This Is Our Youth

Carlton TV best musical

THE FULL MONTY TEAM

Best stage designer

IAN MACNEIL

for Plasticine and A Number

The Charles Wintour Award for most promising playwright

VASSILY SIGAREV

for Plasticine

Best actress

CLARE HIGGINS

for Vincent In Brixton

Best actor

SIMON RUSSELL BEALE

for Uncle Vanya and Twelfth Night

Special Award

MARK RYLANCE

for Shakespeare's Globe

Best actor

ALEX JENNINGS

for The Winter's Tale and The Relapse

Best actress

FIONA SHAW

for Medea

The Carlton Television best musical

KISS ME, KATE

The Sydney Edwards award for best director

DEBORAH WARNER

for Medea

The Charles Wintour award for most promising playwright

ROY WILLIAMS

for Clubland

Best play

THE FAR SIDE OF THE MOON

by Robert Lepage

Best comedy

FEELGOOD

by Alistair Beaton

Best stage designer

PAUL BROWN

for The Tempest and Platonov

Outstanding newcomer

RUFUS NORRIS

for Afore Night Come

The Patricia Rothermere Award

PRUNELLA SCALES/CASSANDRE JOSEPH

Best Performance by an Actor

SIMON RUSSELL BEALE

for his performance in 'Hamlet'

Best Performance by an Actress

PAOLA DIONISOTTI

for her performance in 'Further than the Furthest Thing'

Best play

'BLUE/ORANGE'

Joe Penhall

Best Comedy

'STONES IN HIS POCKETS'

Marie Jones

Evening Standard/Carlton Television Best Musical Event

'THE CAR MAN'

The Sydney Edwards Award for Best Director

MICHAEL GRANDAGE

for 'As You Like It' and 'Passion Play'

Best Stage Designer

BUNNY CHRISTIE

for 'Baby Doll'

The Charles Wintour Award for Most Promising Playwright

GARY MITCHELL

for 'The Force of Change'

Outstanding Newcomer

CHIWETEL EJIOFOR

for his performance in 'Blue/Orange'

Best Performance by an Actor

STEPHEN DILLANE

Best Performance by an Actress

JANIE DEE

Evening Standard/Carlton Television Best Musical

'SPEND SPEND SPEND'

Steve Brown and Justin Greene

The Sydney Edwards Award for Best Director

TREVOR NUNN

for 'The Merchant of Venice' and 'Summerfolk'

Best Stage Designer

TIM HATLEY

for 'Suddenly Last Summer', 'Sleep With Me' and 'The Darker Face of the Earth'

Most Promising Playwright

REBECCA GILMAN

for 'The Glory of Living'

Outstanding Newcomer

EVE BEST

Theatrical Event of the Year

THE LION KING

Best Performance by an Actor

KEVIN SPACEY

Best Performance by an Actress

SINEAD CUSACK

Best Play

'COPENHAGEN'

Michael Frayn

Evening Standard/Carlton Television Best Musical

'OKLAHOMA!'

Rodgers and Hammerstein

The Sydney Edwards Award for Best Director

HOWARD DAVIES

for 'Flight' and 'The Iceman Cometh'

Best Stage Designer

RICHARD HOOVER

for 'Not About Nightingales'

Most Promising Playwright

MARK RAVENHILL

for 'Handbag'

Theatrical Achievement of the Year

THE ALMEIDA THEATRE

Special Award

NICOLE KIDMAN

for her special and significant contribution to the London Theatre

Best Performance by an Actor

IAN HOLM

Best Performance by an Actress

EILEEN ATKINS

Best Play

'THE INVENTION OF LOVE'

Sir Tom Stoppard

Best Comedy

'CLOSER'

Patrick Marber

Best Musical

'LADY IN THE DARK'

Kurt Weill and Ira Gershwin

The Sydney Edwards Award for Best Director

SIR RICHARD EYRE

for 'King Lear' and 'The Invention of Love'

Most Promising Playwright

CONOR McPHERSON

for 'The Weir'

Special Award

SIR RICHARD EYRE

for his directorship of theRoyal National Theatre 1988 - 1997

Best Performance by an Actor

PAUL SCOFIELD

Best Performance by an Actress

DIANA RIGG

Best Play

'STANLEY'

Pam Gems

Best Comedy

'ART'

Yasmina Reza

Best Musical

'PASSION'

Stephen Sondheim

The Sydney Edwards Award for Best Director

KATIE MITCHELL

for 'The Phoenician Women'

Most Promising Playwright

MARTIN McDONAGH

for 'The Beauty Queen of Leenane'

Best Performance by an Actor

MICHAEL GAMBON

Best Performance by an Actress

GERALDINE McEWAN

Best Play

'PENTECOST'

David Edgar

Best Comedy

'DEALER'S CHOICE'

Patrick Marber

Best Musical

'MACK AND MABEL'

Jerry Herman & Michael Stewart

The Sydney Edward Award for Best Director

MATTHEW WARCHUS

for 'Volpone' & 'Henry V'

Most Promising Playwright

JEZ BUTTERWORTH

for 'Mojo'

Best Performance by an Actor

TOM COURTENAY

Best Performance by an Actress

DAME MAGGIE SMITH

Best Play

'THREE TALL WOMEN'

Edward Albee

Best Comedy

'MY NIGHT WITH REG'

Kevin Elyot

The Sydney Edwards Award for Best Director

SEAN MATHIAS

for 'Les Parents Terribles' and 'Design for Living'

Most Promising Playwright

JONATHAN HARVEY for 'Babies'

Special Award

PETER BROOK

for services to InternationalTheatre

Best Performance by an Actor

IAN HOLM

Best Performance by an Actress

FIONA SHAW

Best Play

'ARCADIA'

Tom Stoppard

Best Comedy

'JAMAIS VU'

Ken Campbell

Best Musical

'CITY OF ANGELS'

Cy Coleman, Larry Gelbart &David Zippel

The Sydney Edwards Award for Best Director

TERRY HANDS

for 'Tamburlaine the Great'

Most Promising Playwright (Joint Award)

SIMON DONALD

for 'The Life of Stuff'

and BRAD FRASER

for 'Unidentified Human Remains'

Best Performance by an Actor

NIGEL HAWTHORNE

Best Performance by an Actress

DIANA RIGG

Best Play

'ANGELS IN AMERICA'

Tony Kushner

Best Comedy

'THE RISE AND FALL OFLITTLE VOICE'

Jim Cartwright

Best Musical

'KISS OF THE SPIDERWOMAN'

The Sydney Edwards Award for Best Director

STEPHEN DALDRY

for 'An Inspector Calls'

Most Promising Playwright

PHILIP RIDLEY

for 'The Fastest Clock in the Universe'

Best Performance by an Actor

JOHN WOOD

Best Performance by an Actress

VANESSA REDGRAVE

Best Play

'DANCING AT LUGHNASA' Brian Friel

Best Comedy

'KVETCH'

Steven Berkoff

Best Musical

'CARMEN JONES'

The Sydney Edwards Award for Best Director

TREVOR NUNN

for 'Timon of Athens'

Most Promising Playwright

RONA MUNRO

for 'Bold Girls'

Best Performance by an Actor

RICHARD HARRIS

Best Performance by an Actress

JOSETTE SIMON

Best Play

'SHADOWLANDS'

William Nicholson

Best Comedy (Joint Award)

'MAN OF THE MOMENT'

Alan Ayckbourn

&

'JEFFREY BERNARD IS UNWELL'

Keith Waterhouse

Best Musical

'INTO THE WOODS'

The Sydney Edwards Award for Best Director

RICHARD JONES

for 'The Illusion' and 'Into the Woods'

Most Promising Playwright

CLARE McINTYRE

for 'My Heart's a Suitcase'

Best Performance by an Actor

IAN McKELLEN

Best Performance by an Actress

FELICITY KENDAL

Best Play

'GHETTO'

Joshua Sobol

Best Comedy

'HENCEFORWARD'

Alan Ayckbourn

Best Musical

'MISS SAIGON'

The Sydney Edwards Award for Best Director

NICHOLAS HYTNER

for 'Ghetto' and 'Miss Saigon'

Most Promising Playwright

STEPHEN JEFFREYS

for 'Valued Friends'

Special Award

STEPHEN SONDHEIM

Best Performance by an Actor

ERIC PORTER

Best Performance by an Actress

LINDSAY DUNCAN

Best Play

'ARISTOCRATS'

Brian Friel

Best Comedy

'LETTICE AND LOVAGE'

Peter Shaffer

The Sydney Edwards Award for Best Director

DEBORAH WARNER

for 'Titus Andronicus'

Most Promising Playwright

TIMBERLAKE WERTENBAKER

for 'Our Country's Good'

Special Award

NATIONAL THEATRE

Best Performance by an Actor

MICHAEL GAMBON

Best Performance by an Actress

JUDI DENCH

Best Play

'A SMALL FAMILY BUSINESS'

Alan Ayckbourn

Best Comedy

'SERIOUS MONEY'

Caryl Churchill

Best Musical

'FOLLIES'

The Sydney Edwards Award for Best Director

PETER HALL

for 'Antony and Cleopatra'

Most Promising Playwright

STEPHEN BILL

for 'Curtains'

Best Performance by an Actor

ALBERT FINNEY

Best Performance by an Actress

JULIA McKENZIE

Best Play

'LES LIAISONS DANGEREUSES'

Christopher Hampton

Best Comedy

'A MONTH OF SUNDAYS'

Bob Larbey

Best Musical

'THE PHANTOM OF THEOPERA'

The Sydney Edwards Award for Best Director

NURIA ESPERT

for 'The House of Bernarda Alba'

Most Promising Playwright

FRANK McGUINNESS

for 'Observe the Sons of UlsterMarching to the Somme'

Best Performance by an Actor

ANTONY SHER

Best Performance by an Actress

VANESSA REDGRAVE

Best Play

'PRAVDA'

David Hare and Howard Brenton

Best Comedy

'A CHORUS OF DISAPPROVAL'

Alan Ayckbourn

Best Musical

'ARE YOU LONESOME TONIGHT'

The Sydney Edwards Award for Best Director

BILL BRYDEN

for 'The Mysteries'

Most Promising Playwright

BILLY DAMON for 'Grafters'

Best Performance by an Actor

IAN McKELLEN

Best Performance by an Actress

MARGARET TYZACK

Best Play

'BENEFACTORS'

Michael Frayn

Best Comedy

'STEPPING OUT'

Richard Harris

Best Musical

'42ND STREET'

The Sydney Edwards Award for Best Director

CHRISTOPHER MORAHAN

for 'Wild Honey'

Most Promising Playwright

SHARMAN MACDONALD

for 'When I Was a Girl, I Used to Scream and Shout'

Best Performance by an Actor

DEREK JACOBI

Best Performance by an Actress

GERALDINE McEWAN

Best Play

'MASTER HAROLD AND THE BOYS'

Athol Fugard

Best Comedy

'TALES FROM HOLLYWOOD'

Christopher Hampton

Best Musical

'LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS'

The Sydney Edwards Award for Best Director

YURI LYUBIMOV

for 'Crime and Punishment'

Most Promising Playwright

PHIL YOUNG

for 'Crystal Clear'

Best Performance by an Actor

ALEC McCOWEN

Best Performance by an Actress

JUDI DENCH

Best Play

'THE REAL THING'

Tom Stoppard

Best Comedy

'NOISES OFF'

Michael Frayn

Best Musical

'WINDY CITY'

The Sydney Edwards Award for Best Director

RICHARD EYRE

for 'Guys and Dolls'

Most Promising Playwright

TERRY JOHNSON

for 'Insignificance'

Special Award

Sir JOHN GIELGUD

Best Performance by an Actor

ALAN HOWARD

Best Performance by an Actress

MAGGIE SMITH

Best Play

'PASSION PLAY'

Peter Nichols

Best Comedy

'GOOSE-PIMPLES'

Mike Leigh

Best Musical

'CATS'

The Sydney Edwards Award for Best Director

Sir PETER HALL

for 'The Oresteia'

Most Promising Playwright

NELL DUNN

for 'Steaming'

Special Award

THE ROYAL SHAKESPEARE COMPANY

Best Performance by an Actor

TOM COURTENAY

Best Performance by an Actress

(Joint Award)

JUDI DENCH

FRANCES DE LA TOUR

Best Play

'THE DRESSER'

Ronald Harwood

Best Comedy

'MAKE AND BREAK'

Michael Frayn

Best Musical

'SWEENEY TODD'

The Sydney Edwards Award for Best Director (Joint Award)

TREVOR NUNN and

JOHN CAIRD

for 'Nicholas Nickleby'

Most Promising Playwright

PAUL KEMBER

for 'Not Quite Jerusalem'

Special Award

Sir RALPH RICHARDSON