PASSION, CLYBOURNE PARK Win London Evening Standard Awards

According to the BBC, PASSION was named the Best Musical at the 56th London Evening Standard Theatre Awards while Bruce Norris's CLYBOURNEY PARK won the Best Play Award on Nov. 28 in a ceremony at London's Savoy Hotel. Sir Peter Hall was also honored with the Moscow Art Theatre's Golden Seagull Award for his contribution to world theatre while Sir Michael Gambon was awarded the Lebedev Special Award for his contribution to British theatre.

Sondheim and Lapine's PASSION won the Best Musical Award for the Donmar Warehouse production, whose run ended on Nov. 27. Also on the short-list for the award were the 25th anniversary production of LES MISERABLES, seen at the Barbican Theatre, and the West End transfer of Broadway's LEGALLY BLONDE.

Norris's CLYBOURNE PARK won the Best Play Award for its British premiere at the Royal Court. It will transfer to the West End's Wyndham's Theatre in January. Also shortlisted for Best Play were Mike Bartlett's c*ckand Roy Williams's SUCKER PUNCH, both which premiered at the Royal Court.

The Best Actor and Actress awards went to Rory Kinnear for his performances in MEASURE FOR MEASURE and the title role in HAMLET and Nancy Carroll for her performance in AFTER THE DANCE.

Howard Davies was named Best Director for his productions of THE WHITE GUARD at the National and ALL MY SONS at the West End's Apollo.

Anya Reiss was named Most Promising Playwright for SPUR OF THE MOMENT, a play written when she was 17 years-old that premiered at the Royal Court.

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Winners in bold:

BEST ACTOR
David Suchet for All My Sons (Apollo Theatre)
Roger Allam for Henry IV Parts One and Two (Shakespeare's Globe)
Rory Kinnear for Measure For Measure (Almeida theatre) and Hamlet (National Theatre, Olivier)

THE NATASHA RICHARDSON AWARD FOR BEST ACTRESS
Elena Roger for Passion (Donmar Warehouse)
Nancy Carroll for After The Dance (National Theatre, Lyttelton)
Sheridan Smith for Legally Blonde The Musical (Savoy Theatre)
Sophie Thompson for Clybourne Park (Royal Court)

BEST PLAY
Clybourne Park by Bruce Norris (Royal Court)
Cock by Mike Bartlett (Royal Court)
Sucker Punch by Roy Williams (Royal Court)

THE NED SHERRIN AWARD FOR BEST MUSICAL
Legally Blonde The Musical (Savoy Theatre)
Les Misérables (2010) (Cameron Mackintosh production at the Barbican Theatre)
Passion (Donmar Warehouse)

BEST DIRECTOR
Howard Davies for The White Guard (National Theatre, Lyttelton) and All My Sons (Apollo Theatre)
Laurie Sansom for Beyond The Horizon and Spring Storm (both National Theatre, Cottesloe)
Nicholas Hytner for The Habit of Art (National Theatre, Lyttelton), London Assurance (National Theatre, Olivier) and Hamlet (National Theatre, Olivier)
Thea Sharrock for After the Dance (National Theatre, Lyttelton)

BEST DESIGN
Bunny Christie for The White Guard (National Theatre, Lyttelton)
Christopher Oram for Passion and Red (both Donmar Warehouse)
Miriam Buether for Sucker Punch (Royal Court) and Earthquakes In London (National Theatre, Cottesloe)

THE CHARLES WINTOUR AWARD FOR MOST PROMISING PLAYWRIGHT
Anya Reiss for Spur of the Moment (Royal Court)
DC Moore for The Empire (Royal Court)
Nick Payne for If There Is I Haven't Found It Yet (Bush Theatre) and Wanderlust (Royal Court)

THE MILTON SHULMAN AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING NEWCOMER
Daniel Kaluuya for Sucker Punch (Royal Court)
Isabella Laughland for Wanderlust (Royal Court)
Melanie Chisholm for Blood Brothers (Phoenix theatre)
Shannon Tarbet for Spur of the Moment (Royal Court)
You Me Bum Bum Train, created by Kate Bond and Morgan Lloyd (LEB Building, E2) 

EDITOR'S AWARD FOR A SHOOTING STAR
Daniel Kaluuya for Sucker Punch (Royal Court)

THE LEBEDEV SPECIAL AWARD
Michael Gambon for his contribution to British theatre

THE MOSCOW ART THEATRE'S GOLDEN SEAGULL
Sir Peter Hall for his contribution to world theatre