The 2010 Evening Standard Theatre Awards were announced on 29 November 2010. The shortlist was revealed on 22 November 2010 and the longlist on 25 October 2010.Longlist
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Winners, shortlist and longlist

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Best Play

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

Longlisted

* '' The Big Fellah'' by Richard Bean (Lyric Hammersmith) * '' The Habit of Art'' by Alan Bennett (National's Lyttelton) * '' Beautiful Burnout'' by Bryony Lavery (York Hall) * '' Ruined'' by Lynn Nottage (Almeida) * '' Posh'' by Laura Wade (Royal Court)

Best Director

* Howard Davies for '' The White Guard'' (National's Lyttelton) & '' All My Sons'' (Apollo) * Nicholas Hytner for '' The Habit of Art'' (National's Lyttelton) & '' London Assurance'' (National's Olivier) & ''

Hamlet ''The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark'', often shortened to ''Hamlet'' (), is a Shakespearean tragedy, tragedy written by William Shakespeare sometime between 1599 and 1601. It is Shakespeare's longest play. Set in Denmark, the play (the ...

'' (National's Olivier) * Laurie Sansom for '' Beyond the Horizon'' and '' Spring Storm'' (National's Cottesloe) * Thea Sharrock for '' After the Dance'' (National's Lyttelton)

Longlisted

* Dominic Cooke for '' Clybourne Park'' (Royal Court) * Rupert Goold for ''

Romeo and Juliet ''The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet'', often shortened to ''Romeo and Juliet'', is a Shakespearean tragedy, tragedy written by William Shakespeare about the romance between two young Italians from feuding families. It was among Shakespeare's ...

'' (RSC Stratford) & '' Earthquakes in London'' (National's Cottesloe) * Michael Grandage for '' Red'' (Donmar Warehouse) & '' Danton's Death'' (National's Olivier) * Jeremy Herrin for '' Spur of the Moment'' (Royal Court) * Joe Hill-Gibbins for '' The Beauty Queen of Leenane'' (Young Vic) * James MacDonald for '' Cock'' (Royal Court) * Roger Michell for ''

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'' (Almeida) * Lyndsey Turner for '' Posh'' (Royal Court)

Best Actor

* Rory Kinnear, ''

Measure for Measure ''Measure for Measure'' is a play by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written in 1603 or 1604 and first performed in 1604. It was published in the First Folio of 1623. The play centers on the despotic and puritan Angelo (Measure for ...

'' (Almeida) & ''

'' (National's Olivier) * Roger Allam, '' Henry IV'' Parts One and Two (Shakespeare's Globe) * David Suchet, '' All My Sons'' (Apollo)

Longlisted

* Bertie Carvel, ''

'' (Almeida) *

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, '' After the Dance'' (National's Lyttelton) * Martin Freeman, '' Clybourne Park'' (Royal Court) * Alex Jennings, '' The Habit of Art'' (National's Lyttelton) *

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, '' Cat on a Hot Tin Roof'' (Novello) * Alfred Molina, '' Red'' (Donmar Warehouse) * Jonathan Pryce, '' The Caretaker'' (Trafalgar Studios) * Simon Russell Beale, '' London Assurance'' (National's Olivier) & '' Deathtrap'' (Noël Coward) * Adrian Scarborough, '' After the Dance'' (National's Lyttelton)

Natasha Richardson Award for Best Actress

* Nancy Carroll, '' After the Dance'' (National's Lyttelton) * Elena Roger, '' Passion'' (Donmar Warehouse) * Sheridan Smith, '' Legally Blonde'' (Savoy) * Sophie Thompson, '' Clybourne Park'' (Royal Court)

Longlisted

* Gemma Arterton, '' The Little Dog Laughed'' (Garrick) * Judi Dench, '' A Midsummer Night's Dream'' (Rose, Kingston) * Tamsin Greig, '' The Little Dog Laughed'' (Garrick) * Jenny Jules, '' Ruined'' (Almeida) *

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, ''

The Misanthrope ''The Misanthrope, or the Cantankerous Lover'' (; ) is a 17th-century comedy of manners in verse written by Molière. It was first performed on 4 June 1666 at the Théâtre du Palais-Royal (rue Saint-Honoré), Théâtre du Palais-Royal, Paris by ...

'' (Comedy Theatre) * Amanda Lawrence, '' Jiggery Pokery'' (BAC) & ''

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'' (Shakespeare's Globe) * Rosaleen Linehan, '' The Beauty Queen of Leenane'' (Young Vic) * Helen McCrory, '' The Late Middle Classes'' (Donmar Warehouse) * Lesley Manville, '' Six Degrees of Separation'' (Old Vic) * Anna Maxwell Martin, ''

'' (Almeida) * Fiona Shaw, '' London Assurance'' (National's Olivier) *

Zoë Wanamaker Zoë Wanamaker (born 13 May 1949) is an American-born British actress who has worked extensively with the Royal Shakespeare Company and the National Theatre. Wanamaker was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 2001 by Qu ...

, '' All My Sons'' (Apollo)

Ned Sherrin Award for Best Musical

* '' Passion'', Donmar Warehouse * '' Legally Blonde'', Savoy Theatre * '' Les Misérables'' (2010), a Cameron Mackintosh production at Barbican Theatre

Longlisted

* ''

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'', Gielgud Theatre * '' The Human Comedy'', a Young Vic/The Opera Group production co-produced with Watford Palace Theatre * '' Sweet Charity'', Menier Chocolate Factory, transferred to Theatre Royal Haymarket

Best Design

* Miriam Buether for '' Sucker Punch'' (Royal Court) & '' Earthquakes in London'' (National's Cottesloe) * Bunny Christie for '' The White Guard'' (National's Lyttelton) * Christopher Oram for '' Passion'' (Donmar Warehouse) & '' Red'' (Donmar Warehouse)

Longlisted

* Lez Brotherston for '' The Rise and Fall of Little Voice'' (Vaudeville) & ''

'' (Almeida) & '' Women Beware Women'' (National's Olivier) & '' Design for Living'' (Old Vic) * Rob Howell for '' Private Lives'' (Vaudeville) & '' Deathtrap'' (Noël Coward) * Vicki Mortimer for ''

The Cat in the Hat ''The Cat in the Hat'' is a 1957 children's book written and illustrated by American author Dr. Seuss. The story centers on a tall anthropomorphic cat who wears a red and white-striped top hat and a red bow tie. The Cat shows up at the house ...

'' (National's Cottesloe; transferred to Young Vic) * Mark Thompson for '' London Assurance'' (National's Olivier)

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) & ''Wanderlust'' (Royal Court)

Longlisted

* James Graham for '' The Whisky Taster'' (Bush) & ''The Man'' (Finborough) * Atiha Sen Gupta for '' What Fatima Did'' (Hampstead) * Penelope Skinner for '' Eigengrau'' (Bush)

Milton Shulman Award for Outstanding Newcomer

* '' You Me Bum Bum Train'' created by Kate Bond and Morgan Lloyd (LEB Building, E2) * Melanie C for her performance in '' Blood Brothers'' (Phoenix Theatre) * Daniel Kaluuya for his performance in '' Sucker Punch'' (Royal Court) * Isabella Laughland for her performance in ''Wanderlust'' (Royal Court) * Shannon Tarbet for her performance in '' Spur of the Moment'' (Royal Court)

Longlisted

* Laura Dos Santos for her performance in '' Educating Rita'' (Menier Chocolate Factory, transferred to Trafalgar Studios) * Simon Godwin for his direction of ''Wanderlust'' (Royal Court) * Henry Lloyd-Hughes for his performances in ''

'' (Almeida) and '' Posh'' (Royal Court) * James McArdle for his performance in '' Spur of the Moment'' (Royal Court) * James Musgrave for his performance in ''Wanderlust'' (Royal Court) * Nikesh Patel for his performance in '' Disconnect'' (Royal Court)

Editor's Award

* Daniel Kaluuya for his performance in Sucker Punch (Royal Court)

Lebedev Special Award

* Sir

Michael Gambon Sir Michael John Gambon (; 19 October 1940 – 27 September 2023) was an Irish-English actor. Gambon started his acting career with Laurence Olivier as one of the original members of the Royal National Theatre. Over his six-decade-long career ...

for his contribution to theatre

Moscow Art Theatre's Golden Seagull

* Sir Peter Hall

Judges

* Sarah Sands, ''London Evening Standard'' * Henry Hitchings, ''London Evening Standard'' * Georgina Brown, ''Mail on Sunday'' * Susannah Clapp, ''The Observer'' * Charles Spencer, ''Daily Telegraph'' * Matt Wolf, ''International Herald Tribune'' * Evgeny Lebedev, ''London Evening Standard''

References

Evening Standard Theatre Awards ceremonies 2010 theatre awards 2010 awards in the United Kingdom November 2010 in the United Kingdom {{theat-award-stub