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Natasha Richardson honoured by Evening Standard Theatre Awards

Published Monday 2 November 2009 at 11:39 by Alistair Smith

London’s Evening Standard has renamed the Best Actress category at its annual theatre awards in honour of the late Natasha Richardson, who died after a skiing accident earlier this year.

The announcement came as the longlist for this year’s awards were published. Vying for the inaugural Natasha Richardson Award for Best Actress will be, among others, Rachel Weisz, Rebbeca Hall and Juliet Stevenson.

Evening Standard executive director Evgeny Lebedev said: “This year we lost one of the great stage talents of our age in a tragic accident. Natasha Richardson was not only an exceptional actress but a loving mother, sister, daughter and wonderful friend.

“She was loved by all whose lives she touched with her radiance, kindness and unforgettable glow of talent. We hope the London Evening Standard Natasha Richardson award for best actress will honour her achievements and her memory.”

The longlist for the Evening Standard Theatre Awards 2009 is:

Best Actor

Bertie Carvel - The Pride (Royal Court)

Michael Feast - Plague Over England (Duchess)

Henry Goodman - Duet For One (Almeida/Vaudeville)

David Harewood - The Mountaintop (Theatre 503/Trafalgar Studios)

Matthew Kelly - Who’s Afraid Of Virginia Woolf (Trafalgar Studios) & Troilus And Cressida (Shakespeare’s Globe)

Ian McKellen - Waiting For Godot (Theatre Royal Haymarket)

Simon Russell Beale - The Winter’s Tale (Old Vic)

Mark Rylance - Jerusalem (Royal Court)

Kevin Spacey - Inherit The Wind (Old Vic)

Ken Stott - A View From The Bridge (Duke of York’s)

David Tennant - Hamlet (RSC Stratford/Novello)

David Troughton - Enjoy (Gielgud) & Inherit The Wind (Old Vic)

Samuel West - Enron (Royal Court)

The Natasha Richardson Award for Best Actress

Samantha Bond - Arcadia (Duke of York’s)

Deanna Dunagan - August: Osage County (Steppenwolf/ National)

Penny Downie - Helen (Shakespeare’s Globe)

Rebecca Hall - The Winter’s Tale (Old Vic)

Pauline Malefane - The Mysteries (Garrick)

Lyndsey Marshal - The Pride (Royal Court)

Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio - A View From The Bridge (Duke of York’s)

Amy Morton - August: Osage County (Steppenwolf/ National)

Juliet Stevenson - Duet For One (Almeida/Vaudeville)

Michelle Terry - England People Very Nice (National)

Rachel Weisz - A Streetcar Named Desire (Donmar Warehouse)

Best Play

August: Osage County - Tracy Letts (Steppenwolf/National)

England People Very Nice - Richard Bean (National)

Enron - Lucy Prebble (Royal Court)

Jerusalem - Jez Butterworth (Royal Court)

Our Class - Tadeusz Slobodzianek/Ryan Craig (Steppenwolf/National)

Pornography - Simon Stephens (Tricycle)

Punk Rock - Simon Stephens (Lyric Hammersmith)

Tusk Tusk - Polly Stenham (Royal Court)

When The Rain Stops Falling - Andrew Bovell (Almeida)

The Ned Sherrin Award for Best Musical

A Little Night Music (Menier Chocolate Factory/Garrick)

Been So Long (Young Vic)

Hello, Dolly (Open Air, Regent’s Park)

The Mysteries (Garrick)

Spring Awakening (Lyric Hammersmith/Novello)

Sunset Boulevard (Comedy)

Best Director

Howard Davies - Burnt by the Sun (National)

Marianne Elliott - All’s Well That Ends Well (National)

Richard Eyre - The Last Cigarette (Trafalgar Studios) and The Observer (National)

Rupert Goold - Enron (Royal Court)

Jeremy Herrin - Tusk Tusk (Royal Court)

Janice Honeyman - The Tempest (RSC Stratford/Richmond)

Sean Mathias - Waiting For Godot (Theatre Royal Haymarket)

Sam Mendes - The Winter’s Tale (Old Vic)

Ian Rickson - Jerusalem (Royal Court)

Anna D Shapiro August: Osage County (Steppenwolf/National)

Best Design

Jon Bausor - Kursk (Young Vic)

Miriam Buether - Judgement Day (Almeida)

Lez Brotherston - Dancing At Lughnasa (Old Vic)

Bob Crowley - Phedre (National) & The Power Of Yes (National)

Rob Howell - The Observer (National)

Mamoru Iriguchi - Mincemeat (Cardboard Citizens/Cordy House, Shoreditch)

Peter McKintosh - Prick Up Your Ears (Comedy)

Vicki Mortimer - Burnt by The Sun (National)

Christopher Oram - Hamlet/Madame de Sade/Twelfth Night (Donmar at Wyndham’s) & A Streetcar Named Desire (Donmar Warehouse)

Todd Rosenthal - August: Osage County (National)

Ultz - Jerusalem (Royal Court)

The Charles Wintour Award for most promising playwright

Alia Bano (Shades/Royal Court)

Kieron Barry (Stockwell/Landor & Tricycle)

Lucy Kirkwood (It Felt Empty When The Heart Went At First But It Is Alright Now/Arcola)

Molly Davies (A Miracle/Royal Court)

Katori Hall (Mountaintop/Theatre 503 & Trafalgar Studios)

Ella Hickson (Eight/Trafalgar Studios)

Alexi Kaye Campbell (The Pride/Royal Court & Apologia/Bush)

The Milton Shulman Award for Outstanding Newcomer

Naana Agyei-Ampadu (Been So Long/Young Vic)

Aneurin Barnard (Spring Awakening/Lyric Hammersmith)

Lenny Henry (Othello/Northern Broadsides at Trafalgar Studios)

Ruth Negga (Phedre/National)

Bel Powley (Tusk Tusk/Royal Court)

Toby Regbo (Tusk Tusk/Royal Court)

Tom Sturridge (Punk Rock/ Lyric Hammersmith)

Charlotte Wakefield (Spring Awakening/ Lyric Hammersmith & Novello)

Phoebe Waller-Bridge (2nd May 1997/Bush)

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