title: 2011 Evening Standard Theatre Awards
text: # 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
  