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Donmar Warehouse Dominates 2008 Evening Standard Awards

Ewan McGregorand Chiewetel Ejioforin Othello
(© Johan Persson)
Ewan McGregor
and Chiewetel Ejiofor
in Othello
(© Johan Persson)

The Donmar Warehouse netted four Evening Standard Theatre Awards at this year’s ceremony, held at the Royal Opera House on November 24. The full lists of contenders are listed below, with the winners’ names in bold.

BEST PLAY

Black Watch – by Gregory Burke (National Theatre of Scotland at Barbican)
Now Or Later – by Christopher Shinn (Royal Court)
The Pitmen Painters – by Lee Hall (Live Theatre and National Theatre co-production)

BEST ACTOR
Kenneth Branagh – Ivanov (Donmar West End at Wyndham’s)
David Calder – King Lear (Shakespeare’s Globe)
Chiwetel Ejiofor – Othello (Donmar Warehouse)

BEST ACTRESS
Lesley Sharp – Harper Regan (National’s Cottesloe)
Margaret Tyzack – The Chalk Garden (Donmar Warehouse)
Penelope Wilton – The Chalk Garden (Donmar Warehouse)

THE NED SHERRIN AWARD FOR BEST MUSICAL
La Cage Aux Folles – Menier Chocolate Factory and Playhouse

Marguerite – Theatre Royal Haymarket
Street Scene – The Opera Group, Young Vic and Watford Palace Theatre co-production

THE SYDNEY EDWARDS AWARD FOR BEST DIRECTOR
Michael Boyd – The History Cycle (Royal Shakespeare Company at the Roundhouse)
Michael Grandage – Othello/The Chalk Garden/Ivanov (Donmar West End at Wyndham’s and Donmar Warehouse)
John Tiffany – Black Watch (National Theatre of Scotland at Barbican)

BEST DESIGN
Miriam Buether – In The Red And Brown Water (Young Vic)
Rob Howell – The Norman Conquests (Old Vic)
Neil Murray – Brief Encounter (Kneehigh at Cinema Haymarket Theatre)

THE MILTON SHULMAN AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING NEWCOMER
Felicity Jones – The Chalk Garden (Donmar Warehouse)
Lex Shrapnel – Henry IV Part I (Royal Shakespeare Company at The Roundhouse)
Ella Smith – Fat Pig (Trafalgar Studios and Comedy Theatre)

THE CHARLES WINTOUR AWARD FOR MOST PROMISING PLAYWRIGHT
Bola Agbaje – Gone Too Far (Royal Court)
Anupama Chandrasekhar – Free Outgoing (Royal Court)
Tarell Alvin McCraney – In The Red And Brown Water/The Brothers Size (Young Vic)

SPECIAL AWARD: Kevin Spacey
EDITOR’S AWARD: The Royal Shakespeare Company

For more information, visit www.whatsonstage.com.