The Stage

Stewart, Lindsay and Piper among nominees for Evening Standard Theatre Awards

Published Thursday 8 November 2007 at 13:10 by Alistair Smith

Patrick Stewart, Robert Lindsay and Billie Piper are among the nominees for the 2007 Evening Standard Theatre Awards, in a year which sees the National Theatre pick up six nominations.

Stewart will seek to repeat his Theatrical Management Association Award success for his performance in Macbeth, which is also up for Best Director and Best Design. Robert Lindsay is recognised for his performance in The Entertainer at the Old Vic, while Billie Piper is nominated for her turn in Treats.

The National picks up nominations for The Reporter, Rafta Rafta, War Horse, Saint Joan and The Emperor Jones.

The Best Musical Award has been renamed to pay tribute Ned Sherrin, the broadcaster, writer, director and former presenter of the Evening Standard Awards, who died last month. Shortlisted are the London revival of Hairspray, Parade and Fiddler on the Roof.

The winners will be revealed at an awards ceremony at The Savoy on Tuesday, November 27, presented by Richard Wilson.

The nominees is full are:

Best Play:

• A Disappearing Number, Simon McBurney and Complicite (Barbican)
• Rafta, Rafta, Ayub Khan-Din, (National’s Lyttelton)
• The Reporter, Nicholas Wright (National’s Cottesloe)

Best Actor

• Charles Dance, Shadowlands (Wyndham’s Theatre)
• Robert Lindsay, The Entertainer (Old Vic)
• Mark Rylance, Boeing Boeing (Comedy Theatre)
• Patrick Stewart, Macbeth (Chichester, then Gielgud)

Best Actress

• Anne-Marie Duff, Saint Joan (National’s Olivier)
• Billie Piper, Treats, (Garrick Theatre)
• Portia, The Member of the Wedding (Young Vic)
• Penelope Wilton, John Gabriel Borkman (Donmar Warehouse)

The Sydney Edwards Award for Best Director

• Marianne Elliott and Tom Morris, War Horse (National’s Olivier)
• Rupert Goold, Macbeth (Chichester, then Gielgud)
• Tim Supple, A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Swan Theatre, RSC, Stratford-upon-Avon, then Roundhouse)

The Ned Sherrin Award for Best Musical

• Fiddler on the Roof (Savoy Theatre)
• Hairspray (Shaftesbury Theatre)
• Parade (Donmar Warehouse)

Best Design

• Felix Barrett and Punchdrunk, The Masque of the Red Death, (Punchdrunk at BAC)
• Robin Don, The Emperor Jones, (National’s Olivier)
• Rae Smith and The Handspring Puppet Company, War Horse (National’s Olivier)
• Anthony Ward, Macbeth (Chichester, then Gielgud)

The Charles Wintour Award for Most Promising Playwright

• Hassan Abdulrazzak, Baghdad Wedding (Soho Theatre)
• Lucy Caldwell, Leaves (Royal Court Upstairs)
• Polly Stenham, That Face (Royal Court Upstairs)

The Milton Shulman Award for Outstanding Newcomer

• Amanda Hale, The Glass Menagerie (Apollo Theatre)
• Matt Smith, That Face (Royal Court Upstairs)
• Stephen Wight, Dealer’s Choice/Don Juan in Soho (Menier Chocolate Factory/Donmar Warehouse)