Critics' Circle Theatre Awards

 

The Critics' Circle Theatre Awards ("Drama Theatre Awards" in 1989 and 1990) are presented annually for the year's theatrical achievements. The winners, embracing theatre throughout the United Kingdom, are selected by vote by members of the Circle's drama section who are all professional theatre critics.

Winners have been as follows:

Best New Play

2006 – Rock'n'Roll by Tom Stoppard

2005 – Harvest by Richard Bean

2004 – The History Boys by Alan Bennett

2003 – Democracy by Michael Frayn

2002 – The York Realist by Peter Gill

2001 – Humble Boy by Charlotte Jones

2000 – Blue/Orange by Joe Penhall

1999 – Mnemonic by Simon McBurney

1998 – Copenhagen by Michael Frayn

1997 – Closer by Patrick Marber

1996 – Blinded by the Sun by Stephen Poliakoff

1995 – The Steward of Christendom by Sebastian Barry

1994 – Dead Funny by Terry Johnson

1993 – Arcadia by Tom Stoppard

1992 – Angels in America by Tony Kushner

1991 – Three Birds Alighting on a Field by Timberlake Wertenbaker

1990 – Racing Demon by David Hare

1989 – Ghetto by Joshua Sobol

Best Actor

2006 – Rufus Sewell for Rock'n'Roll

2005 – Simon Russell Beale for The Philanthropist

2004 – Richard Griffiths for The History Boys

2003 – Michael Sheen for Caligula

2002 – Simon Russell Beale for Uncle Vanya

2001 – Ian McDiarmid for Faith Healer

2000 – Michael Gambon for The Caretaker

1999 – Henry Goodman for The Merchant of Venice

1998 – Kevin Spacey for The Iceman Cometh

1997 – Ian Holm for King Lear

1996 – David Suchet for Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

1995 – Daniel Massey for Taking Sides

1994 – Tom Courtenay for Moscow Stations

1993 – Ian Holm for Moonlight

1992 – Paul Eddington for No Man's Land

1991 – Nigel Hawthorne for The Madness of George III

1990 – Michael Gambon for Man of the Moment

1989 – Ian McKellen for Othello

Best Actress

2006 – Kathleen Turner for Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

2005 – Eve Best for Hedda Gabler

2004 – Victoria Hamilton for Suddenly Last Summer

2003 – Eve Best for Mourning Becomes Electra

2002 – Claire Higgins for Vincent in Brixton

2001 – Lindsay Duncan for Mouth to Mouth and Private Lives

2000 – Victoria Hamilton for As You Like It

1999 – Janie Dee for Comic Potential

1998 – Sinéad Cusack for Our Lady of Sligo

1997 – Judi Dench for Amy's View

1996 – Janet McTeer for A Doll's House

1995 – Claire Skinner for The Glass Menagerie

1994 – Clare Higgins for The Children's Hour and Sweet Bird of Youth

1993 – Penelope Wilton for The Deep Blue Sea

1992 – Eileen Atkins for The Night of the Iguana

1991 – Fiona Shaw for Hedda Gabler

1990 – Josette Simon for After the Fall

1989 – Fiona Shaw for Electra and The Good Person of Sichuan

The John and Wendy Trewin Award for Best Shakespearean Performance

2006 – Tamsin Greig for Beatrice in Much Ado About Nothing

2005 – Kevin Spacey for Richard II

2004 – Paul Rhys for Measure for Measure

2003 – Greg Hicks for Coriolanus

2002 – Mark Rylance for Twelfth Night

2001 – Samuel West for Hamlet

2000 – Simon Russell Beale for Hamlet

Best Director

2006 – John Tiffany for Black Watch (National Theatre of Scotland at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe)

2005 – Michael Grandage for The Wild Duck

2004 – Rufus Norris for Festen

2003 – Howard Davies for Mourning Becomes Electra

2002 – Sam Mendes for Twelfth Night and Uncle Vanya

2001 – Robert Lepage for The Far Side of the Moon

2000 – Michael Grandage for As You Like It, Passion Play and Merrily We Roll Along

1999 – Trevor Nunn for The Merchant of Venice and Summerfolk

1998 – Howard Davies for The Iceman Cometh and Flight

1997 – Richard Eyre for King Lear and The Invention of Love

1996 – Richard Eyre for John Gabriel Borkman and his revived Guys and Dolls

1995 – Sam Mendes for The Glass Menagerie

1994 – Sean Mathias for Design for Living and Les Parents Terribles

1993 – Terry Hands for Tamburlaine the Great

1992 – Stephen Daldry for An Inspector Calls

1991 – Trevor Nunn for Timon of Athens

1990 – Sir Peter Hall for The Wild Duck; Robert Lepage for Tectonic Plates

1989 – Nicholas Hytner for Ghetto and Miss Saigon

Best Musical - from 2006 The Peter Hepple Award for Best Musical

2006 – Caroline, or Change

2005 – Billy Elliot the Musical

2004 – The Producers

2003 – Jerry Springer – The Opera

2002 – Anything Goes (a revival)

2001 – Kiss Me, Kate (a revival)

2000 – The Beautiful Game

1999 – Spend Spend Spend

1998 – Oklahoma!

1997 – Chicago

1996 – Guys and Dolls

1995 – Company

1994 – She Loves Me

1993 – City of Angels

1992 – Assassins

1991 – Carmen Jones

1990 – Into the Woods

1989 – Miss Saigon

Most Promising Playwright

2006 – Nina Raine for Rabbit

2005 – Laura Wade for Breathing Corpses and Colder Than Here

2004 – Rebecca Lenkiewicz for The Night Season

2003 – Lucy Prebble for The Sugar Syndrome

2002 – Charlotte Eilenberg for The Lucky Ones

2001 – Gregory Burke for Gagarin Way

2000 – Joanna Laurens for The Three Birds

1999 – Charlotte Jones for Martha, Josie and the Chinese Elvis

1998 – Rebecca Prichard for Yard Gal

1997 – Conor McPherson for The Weir

1996 – Martin McDonagh for The Beauty Queen of Leenane

1995 – Jez Butterworth for Mojo

1994 – Kevin Elyot for My Night With Reg

1993 – Simon Donald for Theatre of Stuff

1992 – Philip Ridley for The Fastest Clock in the Universe

1991 – Rona Munro for Bold Girls

1990 – Clare McIntyre for My Heart's a Suitcase

1989 – Stephen Jeffreys for Valued Friends

Best Designer

2006 – Punchdrunk Faust Company for Faust

2005 – Timothy Bird and David Farley for Sunday in the Park with George

2004 – Christopher Oram for Suddenly Last Summer

2003 – Bob Crowley for Mourning Becomes Electra

2002 – William Dudley for The Coast of Utopia trilogy

2001 – Paul Brown for Platonov

2000 – Paul Brown for Coriolanus, Richard II and The Tempest

1999 – Julie Taymor and Richard Hudson for The Lion King

1998 – Richard Hoover for Not About Nightingales

1998 – Phelim McDermott, Julian Crouch and Graeme Gilmour for Shockheaded Peter

1997 – John Napier for Peter Pan

1996 – Robert Innes Hopkins for The Comedy of Errors and The Weavers

1995 – Robin Don for The Winter Guest

1994 – Mark Thompson for The Kitchen

1993 – Ian MacNeil for Machinal

1992 – Ian MacNeil for An Inspector Calls

1991 – Bob Crowley for Murmuring Judges

1990 – Mark Thompson for The Wind in the Willows

1989 – John Napier for Miss Saigon

The Jack Tinker Award for Most Promising Newcomer (other than a playwright)

2006 – Connie Fisher for The Sound of Music

2006 – joint award for Andrew Garfield for Citizenship and The Overwhelming

2005 – Mariah Gale for 'Tis Pity She's a Whore

2004 – Eddie Redmayne for The Goat, Or Who Is Sylvia?

2003 – Lisa Dillon for Iphigenia and The Master Builder

2002 – Alison Pargeter for Damsels in Distress

2001 – Lyndsey Marshal for Redundant and Boston Marriage

2000 – Chiwetel Ejiofor for Blue/Orange

1999 – Eve Best for 'Tis Pity She's a Whore

1998 – Mick Gordon, Gate Theatre, London

1997 – Liza Walker for Closer

1996 – James Callis for Old Wicked Songs

Most Promising Newcomer (other than a playwright)

1995 – Victoria Hamilton for The Master Builder and Retreat

1994 – Rachel Weisz for Design for Living

1993 – Emma Fielding for Arcadia and The School for Wives

1992 – Rufus Sewell for Making It Better

1991 – Lia Williams for The Revengers' Comedies

1990 – Sara Crowe for Private Lives

1989 – Sam Mendes as director of the Minerva Studio, Chichester; joint winner with Julia Ormond for Faith, Hope and Charity

Other UK Theatre Awards

• Laurence Olivier Awards
• Evening Standard Awards
• Critics' Awards for Theatre in Scotland
• Theatrical Management Association TMA Theatre Awards [1]

External link

Critics' Circle drama section website [2]

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