title: 2009 Evening Standard Theatre Awards
text: # 2009 Evening Standard Theatre Awards
  
  The 2009 Evening Standard Theatre Awards were announced on 2009. The shortlist was revealed on 2009 and the longlist on 2 November 2009.
  
  ## Winners, shortlist and longlist
  
  = winner
  
  ### Best Play
  
  * Jerusalem by Jez Butterworth (Royal Court)
  
  **Longlisted**
  
  * August: Osage County by Tracy Letts (Steppenwolf/National)
  * England People Very Nice by Richard Bean (National)
  * Enron by Lucy Prebble (Royal Court)
  * Our Class by Tadeusz Słobodzianek [pl; de; sv]/Ryan Craig (National)
  * Pornography by Simon Stephens (Tricycle)
  * Punk Rock by Simon Stephens (Lyric Hammersmith)
  * Tusk Tusk by Polly Stenham (Royal Court)
  * When The Rain Stops Falling by Andrew Bovell (Almeida)
  
  ### Best Director
  
  * Rupert Goold for Enron (Royal Court)
  
  **Longlisted**
  
  * Howard Davies for Burnt by the Sun (National)
  * Marianne Elliott for All's Well That Ends Well (National)
  * Richard Eyre for The Last Cigarette (Trafalgar Studios) and The Observer (National)
  * Jeremy Herrin for Tusk Tusk (Royal Court)
  * Janice Honeyman for The Tempest (RSC Stratford/Richmond)
  * Sean Mathias for Waiting For Godot (Theatre Royal Haymarket)
  * Sam Mendes for The Winter's Tale (Old Vic)
  * Ian Rickson for Jerusalem (Royal Court)
  * Anna D Shapiro for August: Osage County (Steppenwolf/National)
  
  ### Best Actor
  
  * Mark Rylance, Jerusalem (Royal Court)
  
  **Longlisted**
  
  * Bertie Carvel, The Pride, (Royal Court)
  * Michael Feast, Plague Over England (Duchess)
  * Henry Goodman, Duet For One (Almeida/Vaudeville)
  * David Harewood, The Mountaintop (Theatre 503/Trafalgar Studios)
  * Matthew Kelly, Who's Afraid Of Virginia Woolf (Trafalgar Studios) & Troilus And Cressida (Shakespeare's Globe)
  * Ian McKellen, Waiting For Godot (Theatre Royal Haymarket)
  * Simon Russell Beale, The Winter's Tale (Old Vic)
  * Kevin Spacey, Inherit The Wind (Old Vic)
  * Ken Stott, A View From The Bridge (Duke of York's)
  * David Tennant, Hamlet (RSC Stratford/Novello)
  * David Troughton, Enjoy (Gielgud) & Inherit The Wind (Old Vic)
  * Samuel West, Enron (Royal Court)
  
  ### Natasha Richardson Award for Best Actress
  
  * Rachel Weisz, A Streetcar Named Desire (Donmar Warehouse)
  
  **Longlisted**
  
  * Samantha Bond, Arcadia (Duke of York's)
  * Deanna Dunagan, August: Osage County (Steppenwolf/ National)
  * Penny Downie, Helen (Shakespeare's Globe)
  * Rebecca Hall, The Winter's Tale (Old Vic)
  * Pauline Malefane, The Mysteries (Garrick)
  * Lyndsey Marshal, The Pride (Royal Court)
  * Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, A View From The Bridge (Duke of York's)
  * Amy Morton, August: Osage County (Steppenwolf/ National)
  * Juliet Stevenson, Duet For One (Almeida/Vaudeville)
  * Michelle Terry, England People Very Nice (National)
  
  ### Ned Sherrin Award for Best Musical
  
  * Hello, Dolly! (Open Air, Regent's Park)
  
  **Longlisted**
  
  * A Little Night Music (Menier Chocolate Factory/Garrick)
  * Been So Long (Young Vic)
  * The Mysteries (Garrick)
  * Spring Awakening (Lyric Hammersmith/Novello)
  * Sunset Boulevard (Comedy)
  
  ### Best Design
  
  * Mamoru Iriguchi, Mincemeat (Cardboard Citizens/Cordy House, Shoreditch)
  
  **Longlisted**
  
  * Jon Bausor, Kursk (Young Vic)
  * Miriam Buether, Judgement Day (Almeida)
  * Lez Brotherston, Dancing At Lughnasa (Old Vic)
  * Bob Crowley, Phedre (National) & The Power Of Yes (National)
  * Rob Howell, The Observer (National)
  * Peter McKintosh, Prick Up Your Ears (Comedy)
  * Vicki Mortimer, Burnt by The Sun (National)
  * Christopher Oram, Hamlet, Madame de Sade, Twelfth Night (Donmar at Wyndham's), A Streetcar Named Desire (Donmar Warehouse)
  * Todd Rosenthal, August: Osage County (National)
  * Ultz, Jerusalem (Royal Court)
  
  ### Charles Wintour Award for Most Promising Playwright
  
  * Alia Bano, Shades (Royal Court)
  
  **Longlisted**
  
  * Kieron Barry, Stockwell (Landor & Tricycle)
  * Lucy Kirkwood, It Felt Empty When The Heart Went At First But It Is Alright Now (Arcola)
  * Molly Davies, A Miracle (Royal Court)
  * Katori Hall, The Mountaintop (Theatre 503 & Trafalgar Studios)
  * Ella Hickson, Eight (Trafalgar Studios)
  * Alexi Kaye Campbell, The Pride (Royal Court) & Apologia (Bush)
  
  ### Milton Shulman Award for Outstanding Newcomer
  
  * Lenny Henry, Othello (Northern Broadsides at Trafalgar Studios)
  
  **Longlisted**
  
  * Naana Agyei-Ampadu, Been So Long (Young Vic)
  * Aneurin Barnard, Spring Awakening (Lyric Hammersmith)
  * Ruth Negga, Phedre (National)
  * Bel Powley, Tusk Tusk (Royal Court)
  * Toby Regbo, Tusk Tusk (Royal Court)
  * Tom Sturridge, Punk Rock (Lyric Hammersmith)
  * Charlotte Wakefield, Spring Awakening (Lyric Hammersmith & Novello)
  * Phoebe Waller-Bridge, 2nd May 1997 (Bush)
  
  ## Judges
  
  * Henry Hitchings of the Standard
  * Susannah Clapp of The Observer
  * Matt Wolf of the International Herald Tribune
  * Georgina Brown of The Mail on Sunday
  * Charles Spencer from the Daily Telegraph
  * Sarah Sands, London Evening Standard
  * Evgeny Lebedev, London Evening Standard
  