The 2012 Evening Standard Theatre Awards were announced on 25 November 2012. The shortlist was revealed on 12 November 2012 and the longlist on 29 October 2012.Longlist
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Winners, shortlist and longlist

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Best Play

* '' Constellations'' by Nick Payne (Royal Court Upstairs) * ''

Love and Information ''Love and Information'' is a play written by the British playwright Caryl Churchill. It first opened at the Royal Court Theatre in September 2012. It received many positive reviews from critics. Synopsis The play is a compilation of seven sec ...

'' by

Caryl Churchill Caryl Lesley Churchill (born 3 September 1938) is a British playwright known for dramatising the abuses of power, for her use of non- naturalistic techniques, and for her exploration of sexual politics and feminist themes.

(Royal Court Downstairs) * '' This House'' by James Graham (National's Cottesloe)

Longlisted

* '' Choir Boy'' by Tarell Alvin McCraney (Royal Court Upstairs) * ''

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time ''The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time'' is a 2003 mystery novel by British writer Mark Haddon. Its title refers to an observation by the fictional detective Sherlock Holmes (created by Arthur Conan Doyle) in the 1892 short story ...

'' by Simon Stephens (National's Cottesloe) * '' Jumpy'' by April De Angelis (Royal Court Downstairs and Duke of York) * '' The Last of the Duchess'' by Nicholas Wright (Hampstead) * '' Love, Love, Love'' by Mike Bartlett (Royal Court Downstairs) * '' Reasons to Be Pretty'' by Neil LaBute (Almeida) * '' South Downs'' by

David Hare David Hare may refer to: *David Hare (philanthropist) (1775–1842), Scottish philanthropist *David Hare (artist) (1917–1992), American sculptor and photographer *David Hare (playwright) (born 1947), English playwright and theatre and film direc ...

(Chichester Minerva and the Harold Pinter) * '' The Witness'' by

Vivienne Franzmann Vivienne Franzman (born 1971) is a British playwright from Walthamstow, whose first play, ''Mogadishu'', was critically acclaimed on its première at the Royal Exchange, Manchester and on its transference to the Lyric Theatre, Hammersmith in ...

(Royal Court Upstairs)

Best Director

* Nicholas Hytner for '' Timon of Athens'' (National's Olivier) *

Carrie Cracknell Carrie Cracknell (born 1980) is a British theatre director. She was Artistic Director of the Gate Theatre, London from 2007–2012. She was Associate Director at both the Young Vic (2012–2013) and the Royal Court (2013–2014). Background ...

for '' A Doll's House'' (Young Vic) * James Macdonald for ''

'' (Royal Court Downstairs) *

Ian Rickson Ian David Rickson (born 1963) is a British theatre director. He was the artistic director at the Royal Court Theatre in London from 1998 to 2006.

for '' Hamlet'' (Young Vic)

Longlisted

Benedict Andrews Benedict Andrews is an Australian theatre and film director, based in Reykjavík. Born in Adelaide in 1972, he was educated at Flinders University Drama Centre. His first feature film ''Una'' (an adaption of '' Blackbird'' by David Harrower) was ...

for '' Three Sisters'' (Young Vic) *

Lucy Bailey Lucy is an English feminine given name derived from the Latin masculine given name Lucius with the meaning ''as of light'' (''born at dawn or daylight'', maybe also ''shiny'', or ''of light complexion''). Alternative spellings are Luci, Luce, Luci ...

for '' Uncle Vanya'' (The Print Room) * Tom Cairns for ''

Scenes from an Execution ''Scenes from an Execution'' is a play by the English playwright Howard Barker. The plot revolves around a female artist's struggles against the Venetian city-state in the aftermath of the 16th century Battle of Lepanto. Although the city commiss ...

'' (National's Lyttelton) *

Marianne Elliott Marianne Phoebe Elliott (born 27 December 1966) is a British theatre director and producer who works on the West End and Broadway. She has received numerous accolades including three Laurence Olivier Awards and four Tony Awards. Initially ...

for ''

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time ''The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time'' is a 2003 mystery novel by British writer Mark Haddon. Its title refers to an observation by the fictional detective Sherlock Holmes (created by Arthur Conan Doyle) in the 1892 short story ...

'' (National's Cottesloe) *

Polly Findlay Polly Findlay is a British theatre director, who won the Olivier for Best Entertainment in 2011 for Derren Brown's Svengali. She has directed seven productions for the National Theatre, and four for the Royal Shakespeare Company, where she is ...

for '' Antigone'' (National's Lyttelton) * Sean Foley for '' The Ladykillers'' (Gielgud) * Jeremy Herrin for '' This House'' (National's Cottesloe) * Jonathan Kent for '' Sweeney Todd'' (Chichester Festival and Adelphi) *

Roger Michell Roger Michell (5 June 1956 – 22 September 2021) was a South African-born British theatre, television and film director. He was best known for directing films such as ''Notting Hill (film), Notting Hill'' and ''Venus (2006 film), Venus'', as ...

for '' Farewell to the Theatre'' (Hampstead) *

Lindsay Posner Lindsay Steven Posner (born 6 June 1959)"Lindsay Posner ...

for '' Noises Off'' (Old Vic and Novello) * Josie Rourke for '' The Recruiting Officer'' (Donmar Warehouse) * Lyndsey Turner for '' Philadelphia, Here I Come!'' (Donmar Warehouse)

Best Actor

Simon Russell Beale Sir Simon Russell Beale (born 12 January 1961) is an English actor. He is known for his appearances in film, television and theatre, and work on radio, on audiobooks and as a narrator. For his services to drama, he was knighted by Queen Elizabe ...

, '' Collaborators'' (National's Cottesloe and Olivier) * Charles Edwards, '' The King's Speech'' (Wyndham's) and '' This House'' (National's Cottesloe) * Adrian Lester, '' Red Velvet'' (Tricycle Theatre) *

Luke Treadaway Luke Antony Newman Treadaway''Births, Marriages & Deaths Index of England & Wales, 1916-2005.''; at ancestry.com (born 10 September 1984) is a British actor and singer. He won an Olivier Award for Best Leading Actor for his performance as Christ ...

, ''

'' (National Cottesloe)

Longlisted

* Rupert Everett, '' The Judas Kiss'' (Hampstead) * Laurence Fox, '' Our Boys'' (Duchess) * David Haig, '' The Madness of George III'' (Theatre Royal Bath and Apollo) * Douglas Hodge, ''

Inadmissible Evidence Admissible evidence, in a court of law, is any testimonial, documentary, or tangible evidence that may be introduced to a factfinder—usually a judge or jury—to establish or to bolster a point put forth by a party to the proceeding. Fo ...

'' (Donmar Warehouse) * Alex Jennings, '' Collaborators'' (National's Cottesloe and Olivier) * Rory Kinnear, ''

The Last of the Haussmans ''The Last of the Haussmans'' is a play by Stephen Beresford, set in Devon, and about three generations of the Haussman family. Productions ''The Last of the Haussmans'' opened in the Lyttleton at the National Theatre on 19 June 2012, followin ...

'' (National's Lyttelton) * Simon Paisley Day, '' The Taming of the Shrew'' (Shakespeare's Globe) * Eddie Redmayne, ''

Richard II Richard II (6 January 1367 – ), also known as Richard of Bordeaux, was King of England from 1377 until he was deposed in 1399. He was the son of Edward the Black Prince, Prince of Wales, and Joan, Countess of Kent. Richard's father died ...

'' (Donmar Warehouse) *

Adrian Scarborough Adrian Philip Scarborough (born 10 May 1968) is an English actor. He has appeared in films including ''The Madness of King George'' (1994), ''Gosford Park'' (2001), ''Vera Drake'' (2004), ''The History Boys'' (2006), ''The King's Speech'' (2010 ...

, '' Hedda Gabler'' (Old Vic) * Michael Sheen, '' Hamlet'' (Young Vic) * Scott Shepherd, '' Gatz'' (Elevator Repair Service at Noël Coward) *

David Suchet Sir David Courtney Suchet''England & Wales, Civil Registration Birth Index, 1916–2007'' ( ; born 2 May 1946) is an English actor known for his work on British stage and television. He portrayed Edward Teller in the television serial '' Oppenh ...

, '' Long Day's Journey Into Night'' (Apollo)

Natasha Richardson Award for Best Actress

Hattie Morahan Harriet Jane Morahan (born 7 October 1978) is an English actress. Her roles include Sister Clara in ''The Golden Compass'' (2007), Gale Benson in ''The Bank Job'' (2008), Alice in ''The Bletchley Circle'' (2012–2014), Ann in ''Mr. Holmes'' ( ...

, '' A Doll's House'' (Young Vic) * Eileen Atkins, ''

All That Fall ''All That Fall'' is a one-act radio play by Samuel Beckett produced following a request from the BBC. It was written in English and completed in September 1956. The autograph copy is titled ''Lovely Day for the Races''. It was published in Fr ...

'' (Jermyn Street) *

Cate Blanchett Catherine Elise Blanchett (; born 14 May 1969) is an Australian actor. Regarded as one of the finest performers of her generation, she is known for her versatile work across independent films, blockbusters, and the stage. She has received nu ...

, '' Big and Small'' (Sydney Theatre Company for Barbican) * Laurie Metcalf, '' Long Day's Journey Into Night'' (Apollo)

Longlisted

* Pippa Bennett-Warner, '' The Witness'' (Royal Court Upstairs) * Eve Best, ''

The Duchess of Malfi ''The Duchess of Malfi'' (originally published as ''The Tragedy of the Dutchesse of Malfy'') is a Jacobean revenge tragedy written by English dramatist John Webster in 1612–1613. It was first performed privately at the Blackfriars Theatre, ...

'' (Old Vic) *

Anna Chancellor Anna Theodora Chancellor (born 27 April 1965) is a British actress who has received nominations for BAFTA and Olivier Awards. Background and early life Chancellor was born in Richmond, England to barrister John Paget Chancellor, eldest son of ...

, '' The Last of the Duchess'' (Hampstead) *

Anne-Marie Duff Anne-Marie Duff (born 8 October 1970) is an Irish actress and narrator. She is an accomplished theatre actress and has been nominated for a Laurence Olivier Award. She has also received acclaim and awards for her television and film work. After ...

, ''

Berenice Berenice ( grc, Βερενίκη, ''Bereníkē'') is the Ancient Macedonian form of the Attic Greek name ''Pherenikē'', which means "bearer of victory" . Berenika, priestess of Demeter in Lete ca. 350 BC, is the oldest epigraphical evidence. Th ...

'' (Donmar Warehouse) * Mariah Gale, '' Three Sisters'' (Young Vic) * Tamsin Greig, '' Jumpy'' (Royal Court Downstairs and Duke of York's) * Sally Hawkins, '' Constellations'' (Royal Court Upstairs) * Martina Laird, '' Moon on a Rainbow Shawl'' (National's Cottesloe) * Helen McCrory, ''

'' (National's Lyttelton) * Joely Richardson, '' The Lady from the Sea'' (Kingston's Rose Theatre) * Sheridan Smith, '' Hedda Gabler'' (Old Vic) *

Imelda Staunton Imelda Mary Philomena Bernadette Staunton (born 9 January 1956) is an English actress and singer. After training at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, Staunton began her career in repertory theatre in 1976 and appeared in various theatre produ ...

, '' Sweeney Todd'' (Chichester and Adelphi)

Ned Sherrin Award for Best Musical

* '' Sweeney Todd'' (Chichester Festival and Adelphi) * ''

Singin’ In the Rain ''Singin' in the Rain'' is a 1952 American musical romantic comedy film directed and choreographed by Gene Kelly and Stanley Donen, starring Kelly, Donald O'Connor, and Debbie Reynolds and featuring Jean Hagen, Millard Mitchell and Cyd Charisse ...

'' (Chichester Festival and Palace Theatre) * '' Swallows and Amazons'' (A Bristol Old Vic production, presented by the National Theatre and The Children's Touring Partnership at the Vaudeville Theatre)

Longlisted

* '' Floyd Collins'' (Southwark Playhouse) * ''

Mack & Mabel ''Mack and Mabel'' (often stylized as Mack & Mabel) is a musical with a book by Michael Stewart and music and lyrics by Jerry Herman. The plot involves the tumultuous romantic relationship between Hollywood director Mack Sennett and Mabel Norman ...

'' (Southwark Playhouse) * '' Top Hat'' (Aldwych)

Best Design

* Soutra Gilmour, ''

'' (Donmar Warehouse) and '' Antigone'' (National's Olivier) *

Miriam Buether Miriam Buether is a German stage designer who primarily works in London theatre. She was born in Germany and studied stage design at Central Saint Martin’s College of Art and Design in London and costume design at the Akademie für Kostüm Des ...

, '' Wild Swans'' (A Young Vic/American Repertory Theatre/Actors Touring Company co-production) * Ian MacNeil, '' A Doll's House'' (Young Vic)

Longlisted

Hildegard Bechtler Hildegard Maria Bechtler (born 14 November 1951) is a German costume and set designer. Born in Baden and raised in Stuttgart, she moved to London in the 1970s and has been working there ever since. She has created designs for numerous plays on th ...

, '' Top Hat'' (Aldwych) *

Bunny Christie Bunny Christie (born 1962) is a Scottish theatre set designer. Career She was born in St Andrews, educated at Madras College and at the Central School of Art in London. She has won four Olivier Awards and also worked on Kenneth Branagh's Oscar- ...

, ''

'' (National's Cottesloe) * Kevin Depinet, '' Detroit'' (National's Cottesloe) *

Es Devlin Esmeralda "Es" Devlin (; born 24 September 1971) is an English artist and stage designer who works in a range of media, often mapping light and projected film onto kinetic sculptural forms. Early life Devlin was born in Kingston upon Thames, ...

, '' The Master and Margarita'' (Complicite at Barbican) * Richard Kent, ''

'' (Donmar Warehouse) *

Peter McKintosh Peter McKintosh is a British theatre set and costume designer. Background He obtained a degree in Theatre Studies at the University of Warwick and then trained at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School. His work as an assistant to Mark Thompso ...

, '' Noises Off'' (Old Vic) *

Vicki Mortimer Vicky, Vicko, Vick, Vickie or Vicki is a feminine given name, often a hypocorism of Victoria. The feminine name Vicky in Greece comes from the name Vasiliki. Women * Family nickname of Victoria, Princess Royal (1840–1901), wife of Germa ...

, ''

'' (National's Lyttelton) * Lucy Osborne, '' The Recruiting Officer'' (Donmar Warehouse) * Michael Taylor, '' The Ladykillers'' (Gielgud) * Jamie Vartan, '' Misterman'' (National's Lyttelton)

Charles Wintour Award for Most Promising Playwright

Lolita Chakrabarti Lolita Chakrabarti (born 1 June 1969) is a British actress and writer. Early life Chakrabarti was born in Kingston upon Hull, England, to Bengali Hindu parents from India on 1 June 1969. She grew up in Birmingham, where her father worked as ...

, '' Red Velvet'' (Tricycle) *

John Hodge John Hodge may refer to: *John R. Hodge (1893–1963), United States Army officer *John E. Hodge (1914–1996), American chemist *John Hodge (politician) (1855–1937), British politician *John Hodge (engineer) (1929–2021), British-born aerospace ...

, '' Collaborators'' (National's Cottesloe) * Tom Wells, ''

Kitchen Sink Kitchen sink may refer to: * ''Freaks of Nature'' (film), a 2015 comedy horror film, also known as ''Kitchen Sink'' * ''Kitchen Sink'', a 1989 horror short directed by Alison Maclean * ''Kitchen Sink'' (TV series), cookery series on Food Network ...

'' (Bush)

Longlisted

* Stephen Beresford, ''The Last of the Haussmans'' (National's Lyttelton) * Ishy Din, ''Snookered'' (Bush Theatre and Oldham Coliseum Theatre co-production) * Vickie Donoghue, ''Mudlarks'' (Bush) * Nancy Harris, ''Our New Girl'' (Bush) * Luke Norris, ''

Goodbye to All That ''Good-Bye to All That'' is an autobiography by Robert Graves which first appeared in 1929, when the author was 34 years old. "It was my bitter leave-taking of England," he wrote in a prologue to the revised second edition of 1957, "where I ha ...

'' (Royal Court Upstairs) * Nicholas Pierpan, ''You Can Still Make a Killing'' (Southwark Playhouse) * Tim Price, ''Salt, Root and Roe'' (Trafalgar Studios) *

Hayley Squires Hayley Squires (born 16 April 1988) is an English actress and playwright, best known for her work in the Ken Loach film ''I, Daniel Blake''. Squires has also appeared in ''Call the Midwife'' (2012), '' Southcliffe'' (2013), ''Complicit'' (2013), ...

, ''Vera Vera Vera'' (Royal Court Upstairs and Theatre Local Peckham)

Milton Shulman Award for Outstanding Newcomer

Matthew Tennyson Matthew Tennyson is an English actor of stage and screen. He won the Evening Standard Award for Outstanding Newcomer in 2012. Early life Tennyson was born in Stoke Newington, London, the son of Jonathan Tennyson, a physics professor, and a nur ...

, ''

Making Noise Quietly Dominic Dromgoole (born 25 October 1963)DROMGOOLE, Dominic Charles Flemi ...

'' (Donmar Warehouse) *

Denise Gough Denise Gough (born 28 February 1980) is an Irish actress. She is the elder sister of the actress Kelly Gough. She has worked in film, television, video games and theatre. Gough is a double Olivier Award winner. Early life Born in Ennis, Cou ...

, '' Our New Girl'' (Bush) and '' Desire Under the Elms'' (Lyric Hammersmith) *

Abby Rakic-Platt Abby Rakic-Platt (born 3 May 1993) is a British actress best known for her performances in the television series ''The Story of Tracy Beaker'' on the children's channel CBBC as Jackie Hopper. She appeared in a 2010 Sainsbury's Christmas advert. ...

, '' Vera Vera Vera'' (Royal Court Upstairs and Theatre Local Peckham)

Longlisted

* Jonathan Bailey, '' South Downs'' (Chichester Minerva and the Harold Pinter) *

David Fynn David Fynn is a British-Irish actor, producer and screenwriter, best known for playing Brett in the NBC TV sitcom ''Undateable.'' He began playing Dewey Finn in the West End cast of Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical ''School of Rock'' (based on t ...

, '' She Stoops to Conquer'' (National's Olivier) *

Cush Jumbo Cush Jumbo (born 23 September 1985) is a British actress and writer. She is best known for her leading role as attorney Lucca Quinn in the CBS drama series ''The Good Wife'' (2015–16) and the CBS All Access spin-off series ''The Good Fight'' ...

, '' She Stoops to Conquer'' (National's Olivier) * Joshua Williams, '' Shivered'' (Southwark Playhouse) and ''

'' (Royal Court Upstairs) * Emi Wokoma, '' Soul Sister'' (Hackney Empire and Savoy)

Beyond Theatre Award

* Danny Boyle and his creative team, for the Opening Ceremony of the London 2012 Olympics

Lebedev Special Award

* Nicholas Hytner, for his dynamic directorship of the National Theatre

Editor's Award

, for his contribution to theatre

Burberry Award for Emerging Director

* Simon Godwin

Moscow Art Theatre's Golden Seagull Award

* Judi Dench, for her contribution to world theatre

Judges

* Henry Hitchings (London Evening Standard) * Georgina Brown (Mail on Sunday) *

Susannah Clapp Susannah Clapp (born 1949) is a British writer, who has been the theatre critic of ''The Observer'' since 1997 and is a contributor to the BBC Radio 3 ''Nightwaves'' programme. Clapp read English at the University of Bristol, where one of her teac ...

(The Observer) * Libby Purves (The Times) * Charles Spencer (The Daily Telegraph) * Matt Wolf (The International Herald Tribune) *

Sarah Sands Sarah Sands (''née'' Harvey; 3 May 1961) is a British journalist and author. A former editor of the ''London Evening Standard'', she was editor of ''Today'' on BBC Radio 4 from 2017 to 2020. Early life and education Sands was born in Cambridge ...

(London Evening Standard) * Evgeny Lebedev (London Evening Standard)

References

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