2011 Evening Standard Theatre Awards

Winners, shortlist and longlist

Best Play

Longlisted

Best Director

• Mike Leigh for Grief
• Rob Ashford for Anna Christie
• Dominic Cooke for Chicken Soup with Barley
• Edward Hall for Richard III & ''The Comedy of Errors''

Longlisted

• Lucy Bailey for The Beggar's Opera & Kingdom of Earth & Fabrication
• Danny Boyle for Frankenstein
• Declan Donnellan for The Tempest
• Simon Godwin for The Acid Test
• Michael Grandage for Luise Miller
• Sean Holmes for Saved
• Sam Mendes for Richard III
• Roger Michell for Tribes
• Rufus Norris for London Road
• Trevor Nunn for Flare Path
• Bijan Sheibani for The Kitchen
• Max Stafford-Clark for Top Girls
• Jessica Swale for The Belle's Stratagem
• Matthew Warchus for Matilda the Musical
• Nicholas Hytner for ''One Man, Two Guvnors''

Best Actor

• Benedict Cumberbatch, Frankenstein
• Jonny Lee Miller, Frankenstein
• Bertie Carvel, Matilda the Musical
• Charles Edwards, ''Much Ado About Nothing''

Longlisted

• Richard Clothier, Richard III
• James Corden, One Man, Two Guvnors
• Ralph Fiennes, The Tempest
• Harry Hadden-Paton, Flare Path
• Derek Jacobi, King Lear
• Jude Law, Anna Christie
• Kevin Spacey, Richard III
• Dominic West, ''Butley''

Natasha Richardson Award for Best Actress

• Sheridan Smith, Flare Path
• Samantha Spiro, Chicken Soup with Barley
• Kristin Scott Thomas, ''Betrayal''

Longlisted

• Gemma Arterton, The Master Builder
• Tracie Bennett, End of the Rainbow
• Eve Best, Much Ado About Nothing
• Lisa Dillon, The Knot of the Heart
• Haydn Gwynne, Richard III
• Lesley Manville, Grief
• Sinead Matthews, Ecstasy
• Ruth Negga, The Playboy of the Western World
• Imelda Staunton, A Delicate Balance
• Michelle Terry, Tribes
• Tracey Ullman, My City
• Ruth Wilson, ''Anna Christie''

Ned Sherrin Award for Best Musical

Longlisted

Best Design

• Adam Cork, sound designer of Anna Christie & King Lear
• Bunny Christie, Men Should Weep
• Lizzie Clachan, Wastwater
• Mark Tildesley, ''Frankenstein''

Longlisted

• Paul Barritt, The Animals and Children Took to the Streets
• Jon Bausor, Lord of the Flies
• Giles Cadle, The Kitchen
• William Dudley, ''Snake in the Grass''

Charles Wintour Award for Most Promising Playwright

• Penelope Skinner, The Village Bike
• EV Crowe, 'Kin'
• Vivienne Franzmann, ''Mogadishu''

Longlisted

• Tom Basden, Joseph K
• Jesse Briton, 'Bound'
• Ella Hickson, Precious Little Talent
• Morgan Lloyd Malcolm, ''Belongings''

Milton Shulman Award for Outstanding Newcomer

• Kyle Soller for his performances in The Glass Menagerie & The Government Inspector & The Faith Machine
• Phoebe Fox for her performances in As You Like It and The Acid Test & There Is A War
• Malachi Kirby for his performance in Mogadishu
• David Wilson Barnes for his performance in ''Becky Shaw''

Longlisted

• 1927 for their production of The Animals and Children Took to the Streets
• Robyn Addison for her performances in The Rivals & Mongrel Island
• Tom Byam Shaw for his performances in Les Parents Terribles and The Tempest
• Joseph Drake for his performance in Kingdom of Earth
• Johnny Flynn for his performance in The Heretic
• Vanessa Kirby for her performance in The Acid Test
• David Mercatali for his direction of Tender Napalm
• Chris Rolls for his direction of Les Parents Terribles
• Thom Southerland for his direction of ''Parade''

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''

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