London Critics’ Circle Award Winners Announced
in Mourning Becomes Electra
photo © Ivan Kyncl
The London Critics’ Circle Award winners were announced today; the biggest winner was the National Theatre’s Mourning Becomes Electra, which picked up three awards. Following is a complete list of the winners:
Jack Tinker Award for Most Promising Newcomer
Lisa Dillon for Iphigenia, Sheffield Theatres and The Master Builder, Albery Theatre
Most Promising Playwright
Lucy Prebble for The Sugar Syndrome, Royal Court
Best Designer
Bob Crowley for Mourning Becomes Electra, National Theatre
Best Director
Howard Davies for Mourning Becomes Electra, National Theatre
The John and Wendy Trewin Award for Best Shakespearean Performance
Greg Hicks for Coriolanus, Royal Shakespeare Company
Best Actress
Eve Best for Mourning Becomes Electra, National Theatre
Best Actor
Michael Sheen for Caligula, Donmar Warehouse
Best Musical
Jerry Springer: The Opera, Battersea Arts Center, National Theatre & Cambridge Theatre
Best New Play
Democracy by Michael Frayn, National Theatre
