2012 Evening Standard Theatre Awards Explained
The 2012 Evening Standard Theatre Awards were announced on 25 November 2012.[1] The shortlist was revealed on 12 November 2012[2] and the longlist on 29 October 2012.[3]
Winners, shortlist and longlist
= winner
Best Play
Longlisted
Best Director
Longlisted
Best Actor
Longlisted
- Rupert Everett, The Judas Kiss (Hampstead)
- Laurence Fox, Our Boys (Duchess)
- David Haig, The Madness of George III (Theatre Royal Bath and Apollo)
- Douglas Hodge, Inadmissible Evidence (Donmar Warehouse)
- Alex Jennings, Collaborators (National's Cottesloe and Olivier)
- Rory Kinnear, The Last of the Haussmans (National's Lyttelton)
- Simon Paisley Day, The Taming of the Shrew (Shakespeare's Globe)
- Eddie Redmayne, Richard II (Donmar Warehouse)
- Adrian Scarborough, Hedda Gabler (Old Vic)
- Michael Sheen, Hamlet (Young Vic)
- Scott Shepherd, Gatz (Elevator Repair Service at Noël Coward)
- David Suchet, Long Day's Journey Into Night (Apollo)
Natasha Richardson Award for Best Actress
Longlisted
- Pippa Bennett-Warner, The Witness (Royal Court Upstairs)
- Eve Best, The Duchess of Malfi (Old Vic)
- Anna Chancellor, The Last of the Duchess (Hampstead)
- Anne-Marie Duff, Berenice (Donmar Warehouse)
- Mariah Gale, Three Sisters (Young Vic)
- Tamsin Greig, Jumpy (Royal Court Downstairs and Duke of York's)
- Sally Hawkins, Constellations (Royal Court Upstairs)
- Martina Laird, Moon on a Rainbow Shawl (National's Cottesloe)
- Helen McCrory, The Last of the Haussmans (National's Lyttelton)
- Joely Richardson, The Lady from the Sea (Kingston's Rose Theatre)
- Sheridan Smith, Hedda Gabler (Old Vic)
- Imelda Staunton, Sweeney Todd (Chichester and Adelphi)
Ned Sherrin Award for Best Musical
- Sweeney Todd (Chichester Festival and Adelphi)
- Singin’ In the Rain (Chichester Festival and Palace Theatre)
- Swallows and Amazons (A Bristol Old Vic production, presented by the National Theatre and The Children's Touring Partnership at the Vaudeville Theatre)
Longlisted
Best Design
Longlisted
- Hildegard Bechtler, Top Hat (Aldwych)
- Bunny Christie, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time (National's Cottesloe)
- Kevin Depinet, Detroit (National's Cottesloe)
- Es Devlin, The Master and Margarita (Complicite at Barbican)
- Richard Kent, Richard II (Donmar Warehouse)
- Peter McKintosh, Noises Off (Old Vic)
- Vicki Mortimer, The Last of the Haussmans (National's Lyttelton)
- Lucy Osborne, The Recruiting Officer (Donmar Warehouse)
- Michael Taylor, The Ladykillers (Gielgud)
- Jamie Vartan, Misterman (National's Lyttelton)
Charles Wintour Award for Most Promising Playwright
Longlisted
- Stephen Beresford, The Last of the Haussmans (National's Lyttelton)
- Ishy Din, Snookered (Bush Theatre and Oldham Coliseum Theatre co-production)
- Vickie Donoghue, Mudlarks (Bush)
- Nancy Harris, Our New Girl (Bush)
- Luke Norris, Goodbye to All That (Royal Court Upstairs)
- Nicholas Pierpan, You Can Still Make a Killing (Southwark Playhouse)
- Tim Price, Salt, Root and Roe (Trafalgar Studios)
- Hayley Squires, Vera Vera Vera (Royal Court Upstairs and Theatre Local Peckham)
Milton Shulman Award for Outstanding Newcomer
Longlisted
Beyond Theatre Award
- Danny Boyle and his creative team, for the Opening Ceremony of the London 2012 Olympics
Lebedev Special Award
Editor's Award
Burberry Award for Emerging Director
Moscow Art Theatre's Golden Seagull Award
Judges
Notes and References
- https://www.standard.co.uk/arts/theatre/hattie-morahan-takes-best-actress-crown-at-evening-standard-theatre-awards-8348965.html Awards announcement
- https://www.standard.co.uk/arts/theatre/evening-standard-theatre-awards-adrian-lester-and-his-writer-wife-lolita-chakrabarti-shortlisted-8306478.html Shortlist
- https://www.standard.co.uk/arts/theatre/london-evening-standard-theatre-awards-2012--longlist-revealed-8230674.html Longlist
