Critics' Circle Theatre Award
The Critics' Circle Theatre Awards, originally called Drama Theatre Awards up to 1990,[1] are British theatrical awards presented annually for the closing year's theatrical achievements. The winners, from theatre throughout the United Kingdom, are selected via vote by the professional theatre critics of The Critics' Circle.
Winners, 1982 to present
Best New Play
- 1982 – A Kind of Alaska by Harold Pinter
- 1984 – One for the Road by Harold Pinter
- 1985 – A Chorus of Disapproval by Alan Ayckbourn
- 1986 – Road by Jim Cartwright
- 1987 – (tie) Fashion
- 1987 – (tie) Curtains
- 1988 – The Secret Rapture by David Hare
- 1989 – Ghetto by Joshua Sobol
- 1990 – Racing Demon by David Hare
- 1991 – Three Birds Alighting on a Field by Timberlake Wertenbaker
- 1992 – Angels in America by Tony Kushner
- 1993 – Arcadia by Tom Stoppard
- 1994 – Dead Funny by Terry Johnson
- 1995 – The Steward of Christendom by Sebastian Barry
- 1996 – Blinded by the Sun by Stephen Poliakoff
- 1997 – Closer by Patrick Marber
- 1998 – Copenhagen by Michael Frayn
- 1999 – Mnemonic by Simon McBurney
- 2000 – Blue/Orange by Joe Penhall
- 2001 – Humble Boy by Charlotte Jones
- 2002 – The York Realist by Peter Gill
- 2003 – Democracy by Michael Frayn
- 2004 – The History Boys by Alan Bennett
- 2005 – Harvest by Richard Bean
- 2006 – Rock'n'Roll by Tom Stoppard
- 2007 – A Disappearing Number by Simon McBurney and Complicite
- 2008 – August: Osage County by Tracy Letts
- 2009 – Jerusalem by Jez Butterworth
- 2010 – Clybourne Park by Bruce Norris
- 2011 – One Man, Two Guvnors by Richard Bean
- 2012 – The Effect by Lucy Prebble
- 2013 – Chimerica by Lucy Kirkwood
- 2014 – King Charles III by Mike Bartlett
- 2015 – Hangmen by Martin McDonagh
- 2016 – The Flick by Annie Baker
- 2017 – The Ferryman by Jez Butterworth
- 2018 – The Inheritance by Matthew Lopez
- 2019 – A Very Expensive Poison by Lucy Prebble
Best Actor
- 1982 – Bob Hoskins for Guys and Dolls
- 1983 – Derek Jacobi for Cyrano de Bergerac and Much Ado About Nothing
- 1984 – (tie) Antony Sher for Richard III
- 1984 – (tie) Brian Cox for Rat in the Skull and Strange Interlude
- 1985 – (tie) Gary Oldman for The Pope's Wedding
- 1985 – (tie) Anthony Hopkins for Pravda
- 1986 – (tie) Bill Fraser for When We Are Married
- 1986 – (tie) Hugh Quarshie for The Great White Hope
- 1987 – Brian Cox for The Taming of the Shrew, Titus Andronicus and Fashion
- 1988 – (tie) Tom Wilkinson for An Enemy of the People
- 1988 – (tie) Alex Jennings for Too Clever by Half
- 1989 – Ian McKellen for Othello
- 1990 – Michael Gambon for Man of the Moment
- 1991 – Nigel Hawthorne for The Madness of George III
- 1992 – Paul Eddington for No Man's Land
- 1993 – Ian Holm for Moonlight
- 1994 – Tom Courtenay for Moscow Stations
- 1995 – Daniel Massey for Taking Sides
- 1996 – David Suchet for Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
- 1997 – Ian Holm for King Lear
- 1998 – Kevin Spacey for The Iceman Cometh
- 1999 – Henry Goodman for The Merchant of Venice
- 2000 – Michael Gambon for The Caretaker
- 2001 – Ian McDiarmid for Faith Healer
- 2002 – Simon Russell Beale for Uncle Vanya
- 2003 – Michael Sheen for Caligula
- 2004 – Richard Griffiths for The History Boys
- 2005 – Simon Russell Beale for The Philanthropist
- 2006 – Rufus Sewell for Rock'n'Roll
- 2007 – Charles Dance for Shadowlands
- 2008 – Kenneth Branagh for Ivanov
- 2009 – Mark Rylance for Jerusalem
- 2010 – David Suchet for All My Sons
- 2011 – Benedict Cumberbatch for Frankenstein
- 2012 – Adrian Lester for Red Velvet
- 2013 – Lenny Henry for Fences
- 2014 – Mark Strong for A View from the Bridge
- 2015 – Kenneth Cranham in The Father
- 2016 – Stephen Dillane in Faith Healer
- 2017 – Bryan Cranston in Network
- 2018 – Kyle Soller in The Inheritance
- 2019 – Andrew Scott in Present Laughter
Best Actress
- 1982 – Judi Dench for A Kind of Alaska and The Importance of Being Earnest
- 1983 – Juliet Stevenson for Measure for Measure
- 1984 – Glenda Jackson for Strange Interlude
- 1985 – Vanessa Redgrave for The Seagull
- 1986 – Joan Plowright for The House of Bernarda Alba
- 1987 – Judi Dench for Antony and Cleopatra
- 1988 – Pauline Collins for Shirley Valentine
- 1989 – Fiona Shaw for Electra and The Good Person of Sichuan
- 1990 – Josette Simon for After the Fall
- 1991 – Fiona Shaw for Hedda Gabler
- 1992 – Eileen Atkins for The Night of the Iguana
- 1993 – Penelope Wilton for The Deep Blue Sea
- 1994 – Clare Higgins for The Children's Hour and Sweet Bird of Youth
- 1995 – Claire Skinner for The Glass Menagerie
- 1996 – Janet McTeer for A Doll's House
- 1997 – Judi Dench for Amy's View
- 1998 – Sinéad Cusack for Our Lady of Sligo
- 1999 – Janie Dee for Comic Potential
- 2000 – Victoria Hamilton for As You Like It
- 2001 – Lindsay Duncan for Mouth to Mouth and Private Lives
- 2002 – Clare Higgins for Vincent in Brixton
- 2003 – Eve Best for Mourning Becomes Electra
- 2004 – Victoria Hamilton for Suddenly Last Summer
- 2005 – Eve Best for Hedda Gabler
- 2006 – Kathleen Turner for Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
- 2007 – Anne-Marie Duff for Saint Joan
- 2008 – Margaret Tyzack for The Chalk Garden
- 2009 – Rachel Weisz for A Streetcar Named Desire
- 2010 – Jenny Jules for Ruined
- 2011 – Sheridan Smith for Flare Path
- 2012 – Hattie Morahan for A Doll's House
- 2013 – Lesley Manville for Ghosts
- 2014 – Helen McCrory for Medea
- 2015 – Denise Gough in People, Places and Things
- 2016 – Billie Piper in Yerma
- 2017 – Victoria Hamilton in Albion
- 2018 – Patsy Ferran in Summer and Smoke
- 2019 – Sharon D Clarke in Death of a Salesman and Juliet Stevenson in The Doctor
The Trewin Award for Best Shakespearean Performance
- 2000 – Simon Russell Beale for Hamlet
- 2001 – Samuel West for Hamlet
- 2002 – Mark Rylance for Twelfth Night
- 2003 – Greg Hicks for Coriolanus
- 2004 – Paul Rhys for Measure for Measure
- 2005 – Kevin Spacey for Richard II
- 2006 – Tamsin Greig for Beatrice in Much Ado About Nothing
- 2007 – Chiwetel Ejiofor for Othello; and Patrick Stewart for Macbeth
- 2008 – David Tennant for Hamlet and Derek Jacobi for Malvolio in Twelfth Night
- 2009 – Jude Law for Hamlet
- 2010 – Derek Jacobi for King Lear
- 2011 – Eddie Redmayne for Richard II
- 2012 – Simon Russell Beale for Timon of Athens
- 2013 – Rory Kinnear for Iago in Othello
- 2014 – Antony Sher for Falstaff in Henry IV
- 2015 – Judi Dench in The Winter's Tale
- 2016 – Glenda Jackson for King Lear
- 2017 – Andrew Scott for Hamlet
- 2018 – Sophie Okonedo in Antony and Cleopatra
- 2019 – Hammed Animashaun in A Midsummer Night's Dream
Best Director
- 1982 – James Roose-Evans for 84 Charing Cross Road
- 1983 – (modern) Giles Havergal for Men Should Weep
- 1983 – (classical) Terry Hands for Cyrano de Bergerac
- 1984 – Peter Gill for Venice Preserved and Fool for Love
- 1985 – Bill Bryden for The Mysteries
- 1986 – Mike Alfreds for The Cherry Orchard
- 1987 – Declan Donnellan for Twelfth Night
- 1988 – Peter Brook for The Mahabharata (1989 film)
- 1989 – Nicholas Hytner for Ghetto and Miss Saigon
- 1990 – Sir Peter Hall for The Wild Duck; Robert Lepage for Tectonic Plates
- 1991 – Trevor Nunn for Timon of Athens
- 1992 – Stephen Daldry for An Inspector Calls
- 1993 – Terry Hands for Tamburlaine the Great
- 1994 – Sean Mathias for Design for Living and Les Parents terribles
- 1995 – Sam Mendes for The Glass Menagerie
- 1996 – Richard Eyre for John Gabriel Borkman and his revived Guys and Dolls
- 1997 – Richard Eyre for King Lear and The Invention of Love
- 1998 – Howard Davies for The Iceman Cometh and Flight
- 1999 – Trevor Nunn for The Merchant of Venice and Summerfolk
- 2000 – Michael Grandage for As You Like It, Passion Play and Merrily We Roll Along
- 2001 – Robert Lepage for The Far Side of the Moon
- 2002 – Sam Mendes for Twelfth Night and Uncle Vanya
- 2003 – Howard Davies for Mourning Becomes Electra
- 2004 – Rufus Norris for Festen
- 2005 – Michael Grandage for The Wild Duck
- 2006 – John Tiffany for Black Watch (National Theatre of Scotland at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe)
- 2007 – Rupert Goold for Macbeth (Minerva Theatre Chichester and Gielgud Theatre London)
- 2008 – Michael Grandage for Ivanov and The Chalk Garden
- 2009 – Rupert Goold for Enron
- 2010 – Michael Grandage for King Lear (Donmar Warehouse), jointly with Thea Sharrock for After the Dance (National Theatre)
- 2011 – Mike Leigh for Grief
- 2012 – Benedict Andrews for Three Sisters
- 2013 – Lyndsey Turner for Chimerica
- 2014 – Ivo van Hove for A View from the Bridge
- 2015 – Robert Icke for Oresteia
- 2016 – John Tiffany for Harry Potter and the Cursed Child
- 2017 – Dominic Cooke for Follies
- 2018 – Stephen Daldry for The Inheritance
- 2019 – Jamie Lloyd for Betrayal, Evita, and Cyrano de Bergerac
The Peter Hepple Award for Best Musical
- 1982 – Guys and Dolls
- 1983 – Blood Brothers
- 1984 – On Your Toes
- 1985 – Me and My Girl
- 1986 – Chess
- 1987 – Follies
- 1988 – South Pacific
- 1989 – Miss Saigon
- 1990 – Into the Woods
- 1991 – Carmen Jones
- 1992 – Assassins
- 1993 – City of Angels
- 1994 – She Loves Me
- 1995 – Company
- 1996 – Guys and Dolls
- 1997 – Chicago
- 1998 – Oklahoma!
- 1999 – Spend Spend Spend
- 2000 – The Beautiful Game
- 2001 – Kiss Me, Kate (a revival)
- 2002 – Anything Goes (a revival)
- 2003 – Jerry Springer – The Opera
- 2004 – The Producers
- 2005 – Billy Elliot the Musical
- 2006 – Caroline, or Change
- 2007 – Hairspray
- 2008 – La Cage Aux Folles
- 2009 – Spring Awakening
- 2010 – Matilda (Courtyard Theatre, Stratford upon Avon)
- 2011 – London Road
- 2012 – Merrily We Roll Along
- 2013 – The Scottsboro Boys
- 2014 – Gypsy
- 2015 – Bend It Like Beckham The Musical
- 2016 – Groundhog Day
- 2017 – Hamilton
- 2018 – Company
- 2019 – Come From Away
Most Promising Playwright
- 1989 – Stephen Jeffreys for Valued Friends
- 1990 – Clare McIntyre for My Heart's a Suitcase
- 1991 – Rona Munro for Bold Girls
- 1992 – Philip Ridley for The Fastest Clock in the Universe
- 1993 – Simon Donald for Theatre of Stuff
- 1994 – Kevin Elyot for My Night With Reg
- 1995 – Jez Butterworth for Mojo
- 1996 – Martin McDonagh for The Beauty Queen of Leenane
- 1997 – Conor McPherson for The Weir
- 1998 – Rebecca Prichard for Yard Gal
- 1999 – Charlotte Jones for Martha, Josie and the Chinese Elvis
- 2000 – Joanna Laurens for The Three Birds
- 2001 – Gregory Burke for Gagarin Way
- 2002 – Charlotte Eilenberg for The Lucky Ones
- 2003 – Lucy Prebble for The Sugar Syndrome
- 2004 – Rebecca Lenkiewicz for The Night Season
- 2005 – Laura Wade for Breathing Corpses and Colder Than Here
- 2006 – Nina Raine for Rabbit
- 2007 – Polly Stenham for That Face (Royal Court)
- 2008 – Alexi Kaye Campbell for The Pride
- 2009 – Alia Bano for Shades
- 2010 – Anya Reiss for Spur of the Moment
- 2011 – Tom Wells for The Kitchen Sink
- 2012 – Lolita Chakrabarti for Red Velvet
- 2013 – Rory Kinnear for The Herd and Phoebe Waller-Bridge for Fleabag
- 2014 – Barney Norris for Visitors
- 2015 – James Fritz for Four Minutes Twelve Seconds
- 2016 – Charlene James for Cuttin’ It
- 2017 – Branden Jacobs-Jenkins for Gloria and An Octoroon
- 2018 – Natasha Gordon for Nine Night
- 2019 – Jasmine Lee-Jones for Seven Methods of Killing Kylie Jenner
Best Designer
- 1982 – (tie) Grant Hicks for True West and The Double Man
- 1982 – (tie) John Gunter for Guys and Dolls and The Beggar's Opera
- 1983 – Voytek for Great and Small
- 1984 – Alison Chitty for Venice Preserved
- 1985 – William Dudley for The Mysteries, The Real Inspector Hound, The Critic, The Merry Wives of Windsor and Mutiny
- 1986 – (tie) Maria Björnson for The Phantom of the Opera
- 1986 – (tie) Ezio Frigerid for The House of Bernarda Alba
- 1987 – (tie) Maria Björnson for Follies
- 1987 – (tie) Michael Taylor for Attractions
- 1988 – Richard Hudson for the Old Vic season
- 1989 – John Napier for Miss Saigon
- 1990 – Mark Thompson for The Wind in the Willows
- 1991 – Bob Crowley for Murmuring Judges
- 1992 – Ian MacNeil for An Inspector Calls
- 1993 – Ian MacNeil for Machinal
- 1994 – Mark Thompson for The Kitchen
- 1995 – Robin Don for The Winter Guest
- 1996 – Robert Innes Hopkins for The Comedy of Errors and The Weavers
- 1997 – John Napier for Peter Pan, or The Boy Who Wouldn't Grow Up
- 1998 – Phelim McDermott, Julian Crouch and Graeme Gilmour for Shockheaded Peter
- 1998 – Richard Hoover for Not About Nightingales; and
- 1999 – Julie Taymor and Richard Hudson for The Lion King
- 2000 – Paul Brown for Coriolanus, Richard II and The Tempest
- 2001 – Paul Brown for Platonov
- 2002 – William Dudley for The Coast of Utopia trilogy
- 2003 – Bob Crowley for Mourning Becomes Electra
- 2004 – Christopher Oram for Suddenly Last Summer
- 2005 – Timothy Bird and David Farley for Sunday in the Park with George
- 2006 – Punchdrunk Faust Company for Faust
- 2007 – Rae Smith and Handspring Puppet Company for War Horse (National Theatre)
- 2008 – Neil Murray for Brief Encounter
- 2009 – Christopher Oram for Red
- 2010 – Bunny Christie for The White Guard (National)
- 2011 – Mark Tildesley for Frankenstein
- 2012 – Miriam Buether for Wild Swans
- 2013 – Es Devlin for Chimerica
- 2014 – Es Devlin for The Nether
- 2015 – Anna Fleischle for Hangmen
- 2016 – Christine Jones for Harry Potter and the Cursed Child
- 2017 – Vicki Mortimer for Follies
- 2018 – Bunny Christie for Company
- 2019 – Tom Scutt for A Very Expensive Poison
The Jack Tinker Award for Most Promising Newcomer (other than a playwright)
- 1996 – James Callis for Old Wicked Songs
- 1997 – Liza Walker for Closer
- 1998 – Mick Gordon, Gate Theatre, London
- 1999 – Eve Best for 'Tis Pity She's a Whore
- 2000 – Chiwetel Ejiofor for Blue/Orange
- 2001 – Lyndsey Marshal for Redundant and Boston Marriage
- 2002 – Alison Pargeter for Damsels in Distress
- 2003 – Lisa Dillon for Iphigenia and The Master Builder
- 2004 – Eddie Redmayne for The Goat: or, Who is Sylvia?
- 2005 – Mariah Gale for 'Tis Pity She's a Whore
- 2006 – joint award for Andrew Garfield for Citizenship and The Overwhelming
- 2006 – Connie Fisher for The Sound of Music
- 2007 – Leanne Jones for Hairspray
- 2008 – Ella Smith for Fat Pig
- 2009 – Tom Sturridge for Punk Rock
- 2010 – Daniel Kaluuya for Sucker Punch
- 2011 – Blanche McIntyre for Accolade and Foxfinder
- 2012 – Denise Gough for Our New Girl and Desire Under the Elms
- 2013 – Kate O'Flynn for Port
- 2014 – Patsy Ferran for Blithe Spirit and Treasure Island
- 2015 – David Moorst in Violence and Son
- 2016 – Anthony Boyle in Harry Potter and the Cursed Child
- 2017 – (tie) Sheila Atim in Girl From the North Country and John McCrea in Everybody’s Talking About Jamie
- 2018 – Chris Walley in The Lieutenant of Inishmore
- 2019 – Sam Tutty for Dear Evan Hansen
Most Promising Newcomer (other than a playwright)
- 1989 – joint winners
- Sam Mendes as director of the Minerva Theatre, Chichester
- Julia Ormond for Faith, Hope and Charity
- 1990 – Sara Crowe for Private Lives
- 1991 – Lia Williams for The Revengers' Comedies
- 1992 – Rufus Sewell for Making It Better
- 1993 – Emma Fielding for Arcadia and The School for Wives
- 1994 – Rachel Weisz for Design for Living
- 1995 – Victoria Hamilton for The Master Builder and Retreat
Special Awards
- Services to the Theatre
- 2017 – David Lan, outgoing Artistic Director for The Young Vic[5]
- 2018 – Neil McPherson, artistic director of the Finborough
- 2019 – Paule Constable, lighting designer
See also
- Laurence Olivier Awards
- Evening Standard Awards
- Ian Charleson Awards
- The Offies (The Off West End Theatre Awards)
- WhatsOnStageAwards
- Critics' Awards for Theatre in Scotland
- Theatre Book Prize
- TMA Theatre Awards
References
- "Theatre Awards". Albemarle-London.com. Albemarle of London. Archived from the original on 7 June 2014. Retrieved 15 April 2020.
- "Just announced! Full list of 2017 #CriticsCircleAwards winners and production photos". Critics’ Circle Theatre Awards. 30 January 2018. Retrieved 15 April 2020.
- "Results". Critics' Circle Theatre Awards. Retrieved 15 April 2020.
- "Just announced! Full list of 2019 Critics' Circle Awards winners and production photos". Critics' Circle Theatre Awards. 11 February 2020. Retrieved 23 April 2020.
- William Russell (31 January 2018). "The Critics' Circle Drama Awards: New Special Award for Services to the Theatre". Critics' Circle. Retrieved 15 April 2020.
External links
- The Critics' Circle Official Website
- "Theatre Awards". Albemarle-London.com. Albemarle of London. Archived from the original on 7 June 2014. Retrieved 15 April 2020.
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