The 59th London Evening Standard Theatre Awards were held tonight in London, with Helen Mirren taking home the 'Best Actress' prize for her performance as Queen Elizabeth II inPeter Morgan's THE AUDIENCE. The production also took home the 'Best Design' award. Below, BroadwayWorld brings you photos from inside the special event!
Other big winners for the night include Rory Kinnear and Adrian Lester, sharing the 'Best Actor' award for OTHELLO, CHIMERICA taking home 'Best Play,' Menier Chocolate Factory's MERRY WE ROLL ALONG scoring the win for 'Best Musical' and more. In addition, special awards were handed out to Andrew Lloyd-Webber, Maggie Smith, and Kevin Spacey.
Check out the full list of winners below!
Best Actor
Rory Kinnear & Adrian Lester, OTHELLO
Natasha Richardson Award for Best Actress
Helen Mirren, THE AUDIENCE
Best Play
CHIMERICA by Lucy Kirkwood
Ned Sherrin Award for Best Musical
MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG
Best Director
Richard Eyre, GHOSTS
Best Design
Bob Crowley, PEOPLE & THE AUDIENCE
Charles Wintour Award for Most Promising Playwright
Rachel De-lahay, ROUTES
Milton Shulman Award for Outstanding Newcomer
Seth Numrich, SWEET BIRD OF YOUTH
Best Musical Performance
Rosalie Craig, THE LIGHT PRINCESS
Special Awards
Emerging Talent Award (in partnership with Burberry)
Cush Jumbo, JOSEPHINE AND I
Award for Comedy
David Walliams, A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM
Beyond Theatre Award
BBC Proms 2013
Editor's Award
Kevin Spacey
Lebedev Special Award
Andrew Lloyd-Webber
Theatre Icon Award
Maggie Smith
Photo Credit: Nils Jorgensen/David Fisher/Rex/REX USA
Damian Lewis and wife Helen McCrory
Anna Chancellor
Janet Street-Porter
)Amber Le Bon
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