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Critics' Circle Theatre Award

December 17, 2023

For other uses, see Critics Circle (disambiguation).

The Critics' Circle Theatre Awards, originally called Drama Theatre Awards up to 1990,[1] are British theatrical awards presented annually for the closing year's theatrical achievements. The winners, from theatre throughout the United Kingdom, are selected via vote by the professional theatre critics of The Critics' Circle.

Winners, 1982 to present edit

[2][3][4]

Best New Play edit

1980s

Year Recipient Writer
1982 A Kind of Alaska Harold Pinter
1984 One for the Road Harold Pinter
1985 A Chorus of Disapproval Alan Ayckbourn
1986 Road Jim Cartwright
1987 Curtains Stephen Bill
Fashion Doug Lucie
1988 The Secret Rapture David Hare
1989 Ghetto Joshua Sobol

1990s

2000s

2010s

2020s

Year Recipient Writer
2022 Best of Enemies James Graham

Best Actor edit

1980s

1990s

2000s

2010s

2020s

Year Recipient Work
2022 Ben Daniels The Normal Heart

Best Actress edit

1980s

1990s

2000s

2010s

2020s

Year Recipient Work
2022 Jessie Buckley Cabaret

The Trewin Award for Best Shakespearean Performance edit

2000s

2010s

2020s

Year Recipient Work
2022 Cush Jumbo Hamlet

Best Director edit

1980s

1990s

2000s

2010s

2020s

Year Recipient Work
2022 Rebecca Frecknall Cabaret

The Peter Hepple Award for Best Musical edit

1980s

1990s

2000s

2010s

2020s

Year Work
2022 Spring Awakening

Most Promising Playwright edit

1980s

Year Recipient Work
1989 Stephen Jeffreys Valued Friends

1990s

Year Recipient Work
1990 Clare McIntyre My Heart's a Suitcase
1991 Rona Munro Bold Girls
1992 Philip Ridley The Fastest Clock in the Universe
1993 Simon Donald Theatre of Stuff
1994 Kevin Elyot My Night With Reg
1995 Jez Butterworth Mojo
1996 Martin McDonagh The Beauty Queen of Leenane
1997 Conor McPherson The Weir
1998 Rebecca Prichard Yard Gal
1999 Charlotte Jones Martha, Josie and the Chinese Elvis

2000s

Year Recipient Work
2000 Joanna Laurens The Three Birds
2001 Gregory Burke Gagarin Way
2002 Charlotte Eilenberg The Lucky Ones
2003 Lucy Prebble The Sugar Syndrome
2004 Rebecca Lenkiewicz The Night Season
2005 Laura Wade Breathing Corpses and Colder Than Here
2006 Nina Raine Rabbit
2007 Polly Stenham That Face
2008 Alexi Kaye Campbell The Pride
2009 Alia Bano Shades

2010s

Year Recipient Work
2010 Anya Reis Spur of the Moment
2011 Tom Well The Kitchen Sink
2012 Lolita Chakrabarti Red Velvet
2013 Rory Kinnear The Herd
Phoebe Waller-Bridge Fleabag
2014 Barney Norris Visitors
2015 James Fritz Four Minutes Twelve Seconds
2016 Charlene James Cuttin’ It
2017 Branden Jacobs-Jenkins Gloria and An Octoroon
2018 Natasha Gordon Nine Night
2019 Jasmine Lee-Jones Seven Methods of Killing Kylie Jenner

2020s

Year Recipient Work
2022 Igor Memic Old Bridge
Zadie Smith The Wife of Willesden

Best Designer edit

1980s

1990s

Year Recipient Work
1990 Mark Thompson The Wind in the Willows
1991 Bob Crowley Murmuring Judges
1992 Ian MacNeil An Inspector Calls
1993 Machinal
1994 Mark Thompson The Kitchen
1995 Robin Don The Winter Guest
1996 Robert Innes Hopkins The Comedy of Errors and The Weavers
1997 John Napier Peter Pan, or The Boy Who Wouldn't Grow Up
1998 Phelim McDermott, Julian Crouch and Graeme Gilmour Shockheaded Peter
Richard Hoover Not About Nightingales
1999 Julie Taymor and Richard Hudson The Lion King

2000s

2010s

Year Recipient Work
2010 Bunny Christie The White Guard
2011 Mark Tildesley Frankenstein
2012 Miriam Buether Wild Swans
2013 Es Devlin Chimerica
2014 The Nether
2015 Anna Fleischle Hangmen
2016 Christine Jones Harry Potter and the Cursed Child
2017 Vicki Mortimer Follies
2018 Bunny Christie Company
2019 Tom Scutt A Very Expensive Poison

2020s

Year Recipient Work
2022 Tom Scutt Cabaret

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

Award dedicated to Jack Tinker from 1996 onwards.

1980s

Year Recipient Work
1989 Sam Mendes Artistic direction at the Minerva Theatre, Chichester
Julia Ormond Faith, Hope and Charity

1990s

2000s

2010s

2020s

Year Recipient Work
2022 Samuel Creasy The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage
Stuart Thompson Spring Awakening

Special Awards for Services to the Theatre edit

[5]

Year Recipient Work
2017 David Lan Artistic direction at the Young Vic
2018 Neil McPherson Artistic direction at the Finborough Theatre
2019 Paule Constable Lighting design
2022 Jermyn Street Theatre Commendations for Exceptional Theatre-Making During Lockdown
National Theatre
Nica Burns
The Old Vic
Original Theatre Company

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ . Albemarle-London.com. Albemarle of London. Archived from the original on 7 June 2014. Retrieved 15 April 2020.
  2. ^ "Just announced! Full list of 2017 #CriticsCircleAwards winners and production photos". Critics’ Circle Theatre Awards. 30 January 2018. Retrieved 15 April 2020.
  3. ^ "Results". Critics' Circle Theatre Awards. Retrieved 15 April 2020.
  4. ^ "Just announced! Full list of 2019 Critics' Circle Awards winners and production photos". Critics' Circle Theatre Awards. 11 February 2020. Retrieved 23 April 2020.
  5. ^ William Russell (31 January 2018). "The Critics' Circle Drama Awards: New Special Award for Services to the Theatre". Critics' Circle. Retrieved 15 April 2020.

External links edit

  • The Critics' Circle Official Website
  • . Albemarle-London.com. Albemarle of London. Archived from the original on 7 June 2014. Retrieved 15 April 2020.

December 17, 2023
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For other uses see Critics Circle disambiguation The Critics Circle Theatre Awards originally called Drama Theatre Awards up to 1990 1 are British theatrical awards presented annually for the closing year s theatrical achievements The winners from theatre throughout the United Kingdom are selected via vote by the professional theatre critics of The Critics Circle Contents 1 Winners 1982 to present 1 1 Best New Play 1 2 Best Actor 1 3 Best Actress 1 4 The Trewin Award for Best Shakespearean Performance 1 5 Best Director 1 6 The Peter Hepple Award for Best Musical 1 7 Most Promising Playwright 1 8 Best Designer 1 9 The Jack Tinker Award for Most Promising Newcomer other than a playwright 2 Special Awards for Services to the Theatre 3 See also 4 References 5 External linksWinners 1982 to present edit 2 3 4 Best New Play edit 1980s Year Recipient Writer1982 A Kind of Alaska Harold Pinter1984 One for the Road Harold Pinter1985 A Chorus of Disapproval Alan Ayckbourn1986 Road Jim Cartwright1987 Curtains Stephen BillFashion Doug Lucie1988 The Secret Rapture David Hare1989 Ghetto Joshua Sobol1990s Year Recipient Writer1990 Racing Demon David Hare1991 Three Birds Alighting on a Field Timberlake Wertenbaker1992 Angels in America Tony Kushner1993 Arcadia Tom Stoppard1994 Dead Funny Terry Johnson1995 The Steward of Christendom Sebastian Barry1996 Blinded by the Sun Stephen Poliakoff1997 Closer Patrick Marber1998 Copenhagen Michael Frayn1999 Mnemonic Simon McBurney2000s Year Recipient Writer2000 Blue Orange Joe Penhall2001 Humble Boy Charlotte Jones2002 The York Realist Peter Gill2003 Democracy Michael Frayn2004 The History Boys Alan Bennett2005 Harvest Richard Bean2006 Rock n Roll Tom Stoppard2007 A Disappearing Number Simon McBurney and Complicite2008 August Osage County Tracy Letts2009 Jerusalem Jez Butterworth2010s Year Recipient Writer2010 Clybourne Park Bruce Norris2011 One Man Two Guvnors Richard Bean2012 The Effect Lucy Prebble2013 Chimerica Lucy Kirkwood2014 King Charles III Mike Bartlett2015 Hangmen Martin McDonagh2016 The Flick Annie Baker2017 The Ferryman Jez Butterworth2018 The Inheritance Matthew Lopez2019 A Very Expensive Poison Lucy Prebble2020s Year Recipient Writer2022 Best of Enemies James GrahamBest Actor edit 1980s Year Recipient Work1982 Bob Hoskins Guys and Dolls1983 Derek Jacobi Cyrano de Bergerac and Much Ado About Nothing1984 Brian Cox Rat in the Skull and Strange InterludeAntony Sher Richard III1985 Anthony Hopkins PravdaGary Oldman The Pope s Wedding1986 Bill Fraser When We Are MarriedHugh Quarshi The Great White Hope1987 Brian Cox Fashion Taming of the Shrew and Titus Andronicus1988 Alex Jennings Too Clever by HalfTom Wilkinson An Enemy of the People1989 Ian McKellen Othello1990s Year Recipient Work1990 Michael Gambon Man of the Moment1991 Nigel Hawthorne The Madness of George III1992 Paul Eddington No Man s Land1993 Ian Holm Moonlight1994 Tom Courtenay Moscow Stations1995 Daniel Massey Taking Sides1996 David Suchet Who s Afraid of Virginia Woolf 1997 Ian Holm King Lear1998 Kevin Spacey The Iceman Cometh1999 Henry Goodman The Merchant of Venice2000s Year Recipient Work2000 Michael Gambon The Caretaker2001 Ian McDiarmid Faith Healer2002 Simon Russell Beale Uncle Vanya2003 Michael Sheen Caligula2004 Richard Griffiths The History Boys2005 Simon Russell Beale The Philanthropist2006 Rufus Sewell Rock n Roll2007 Charles Dance Shadowlands2008 Kenneth Branagh Ivanov2009 Mark Rylance Jerusalem2010s Year Recipient Work2010 David Suchet All My Sons2011 Benedict Cumberbatch Frankenstein2012 Adrian Lester Red Velvet2013 Lenny Henry Fences2014 Mark Strong A View from the Bridge2015 Kenneth Cranham The Father2016 Stephen Dillane Faith Healer2017 Bryan Cranston Network2018 Kyle Soller The Inheritance2019 Andrew Scott Present Laughter2020s Year Recipient Work2022 Ben Daniels The Normal HeartBest Actress edit 1980s Year Recipient Work1982 Judi Dench The Importance of Being Earnest and A Kind of Alaska1983 Juliet Stevenson Measure for Measure1984 Glenda Jackson Strange Interlude1985 Vanessa Redgrave The Seagull1986 Joan Plowright The House of Bernarda Alba1987 Judi Dench Antony and Cleopatra1988 Pauline Collins Shirley Valentine1989 Fiona Shaw Electra and The Good Person of Sichuan1990s Year Recipient Work1990 Josette Simon After the Fall1991 Fiona Shaw Hedda Gabler1992 Eileen Atkins The Night of the Iguana1993 Penelope Wilton The Deep Blue Sea1994 Clare Higgins The Children s Hour and Sweet Bird of Youth1995 Claire Skinner The Glass Menagerie1996 Janet McTeer A Doll s House1997 Judi Dench Amy s View1998 Sinead Cusack Our Lady of Sligo1999 Janie Dee Comic Potential2000s Year Recipient Work2000 Victoria Hamilton As You Like It2001 Lindsay Duncan Mouth to Mouth and Private Lives2002 Clare Higgins Vincent in Brixton2003 Eve Best Mourning Becomes Electra2004 Victoria Hamilton Suddenly Last Summer2005 Eve Best Hedda Gabler2006 Kathleen Turner Who s Afraid of Virginia Woolf 2007 Anne Marie Duff Saint Joan2008 Margaret Tyzack The Chalk Garden2009 Rachel Weisz A Streetcar Named Desire2010s Year Recipient Work2010 Jenny Jules Ruined2011 Sheridan Smith Flare Path2012 Hattie Morahan A Doll s House2013 Lesley Manville Ghosts2014 Helen McCrory Medea2015 Denise Gough People Places and Things2016 Billie Piper Yerma2017 Victoria Hamilton Albion2018 Patsy Ferran Summer and Smoke2019 Sharon D Clarke Death of a SalesmanJuliet Stevenson The Doctor2020s Year Recipient Work2022 Jessie Buckley CabaretThe Trewin Award for Best Shakespearean Performance edit 2000s Year Recipient Work2000 Simon Russell Beale Hamlet2001 Samuel West Hamlet2002 Mark Rylance Twelfth Night2003 Greg Hicks Coriolanus2004 Paul Rhys Measure for Measure2005 Kevin Spacey Richard II2006 Tamsin Greig Much Ado About Nothing2007 Chiwetel Ejiofor OthelloPatrick Stewart Macbeth2008 Derek Jacobi Twelfth NightDavid Tennant Hamlet2009 Jude Law Hamlet2010s Year Recipient Work2010 Derek Jacobi King Lear2011 Eddie Redmayne Richard II2012 Simon Russell Beale Timon of Athens2013 Rory Kinnear Othello2014 Antony Sher Henry IV2015 Judi Dench The Winter s Tale2016 Glenda Jackson King Lear2017 Andrew Scott Hamlet2018 Sophie Okonedo Antony and Cleopatra2019 Hammed Animashaun A Midsummer Night s Dream2020s Year Recipient Work2022 Cush Jumbo HamletBest Director edit 1980s Year Recipient Work1982 James Roose Evans 84 Charing Cross Road1983 Terry Hands Cyrano de Bergerac classical Giles Havergal Men Should Weep modern 1984 Peter Gill Fool for Love and Venice Preserved1985 Bill Bryden The Mysteries1986 Mike Alfreds The Cherry Orchard1987 Declan Donnellan Twelfth Night1988 Peter Brook The Mahabharata1989 Nicholas Hytner Ghetto and Miss Saigon1990s Year Recipient Work1990 Peter Hall The Wild DuckRobert Lepage Tectonic Plates1991 Trevor Nunn Timon of Athens1992 Stephen Daldry An Inspector Calls1993 Terry Hands Tamburlaine the Great1994 Sean Mathias Design for Living and Les Parents terribles1995 Sam Mendes The Glass Menagerie1996 Richard Eyre Guys and Dolls and John Gabriel Borkman1997 The Invention of Love and King Lear1998 Howard Davies Flight and The Iceman Cometh1999 Trevor Nunn The Merchant of Venice and Summerfolk2000s Year Recipient Work2000 Michael Grandage As You Like It Merrily We Roll Along and Passion Play2001 Robert Lepage The Far Side of the Moon2002 Sam Mendes Twelfth Night and Uncle Vanya2003 Howard Davies Mourning Becomes Electra2004 Rufus Norris Festen2005 Michael Grandage The Wild Duck2006 John Tiffany Black Watch2007 Rupert Goold Macbeth2008 Michael Grandage The Chalk Garden and Ivanov2009 Rupert Goold Enron2010s Year Recipient Work2010 Michael Grandage King LearThea Sharrock After the Dance2011 Mike Leigh Grief2012 Benedict Andrews Three Sisters2013 Lyndsey Turner Chimerica2014 Ivo van Hove A View from the Bridge2015 Robert Icke Oresteia2016 John Tiffany Harry Potter and the Cursed Child2017 Dominic Cooke Follies2018 Stephen Daldry The Inheritance2019 Jamie Lloyd Betrayal Cyrano de Bergerac and Evita2020s Year Recipient Work2022 Rebecca Frecknall CabaretThe Peter Hepple Award for Best Musical edit 1980s Year Work1982 Guys and Dolls1983 Blood Brothers1984 On Your Toes1985 Me and My Girl1986 Chess1987 Follies1988 South Pacific1989 Miss Saigon1990s Year Work1990 Into the Woods1991 Carmen Jones1992 Assassins1993 City of Angels1994 She Loves Me1995 Company1996 Guys and Dolls1997 Chicago1998 Oklahoma 1999 Spend Spend Spend2000s Year Work2000 The Beautiful Game2001 Kiss Me Kate2002 Anything Goes2003 Jerry Springer The Opera2004 The Producers2005 Billy Elliot the Musical2006 Caroline or Change2007 Hairspray2008 La Cage Aux Folles2009 Spring Awakening2010s Year Work2010 Matilda the Musical2011 London Road2012 Merrily We Roll Along2013 The Scottsboro Boys2014 Gypsy2015 Bend It Like Beckham The Musical2016 Groundhog Day2017 Hamilton2018 Company2019 Come From Away2020s Year Work2022 Spring AwakeningMost Promising Playwright edit 1980s Year Recipient Work1989 Stephen Jeffreys Valued Friends1990s Year Recipient Work1990 Clare McIntyre My Heart s a Suitcase1991 Rona Munro Bold Girls1992 Philip Ridley The Fastest Clock in the Universe1993 Simon Donald Theatre of Stuff1994 Kevin Elyot My Night With Reg1995 Jez Butterworth Mojo1996 Martin McDonagh The Beauty Queen of Leenane1997 Conor McPherson The Weir1998 Rebecca Prichard Yard Gal1999 Charlotte Jones Martha Josie and the Chinese Elvis2000s Year Recipient Work2000 Joanna Laurens The Three Birds2001 Gregory Burke Gagarin Way2002 Charlotte Eilenberg The Lucky Ones2003 Lucy Prebble The Sugar Syndrome2004 Rebecca Lenkiewicz The Night Season2005 Laura Wade Breathing Corpses and Colder Than Here2006 Nina Raine Rabbit2007 Polly Stenham That Face2008 Alexi Kaye Campbell The Pride2009 Alia Bano Shades2010s Year Recipient Work2010 Anya Reis Spur of the Moment2011 Tom Well The Kitchen Sink2012 Lolita Chakrabarti Red Velvet2013 Rory Kinnear The HerdPhoebe Waller Bridge Fleabag2014 Barney Norris Visitors2015 James Fritz Four Minutes Twelve Seconds2016 Charlene James Cuttin It2017 Branden Jacobs Jenkins Gloria and An Octoroon2018 Natasha Gordon Nine Night2019 Jasmine Lee Jones Seven Methods of Killing Kylie Jenner2020s Year Recipient Work2022 Igor Memic Old BridgeZadie Smith The Wife of WillesdenBest Designer edit 1980s Year Recipient Work1982 John Gunter The Beggar s Opera and Guys and DollsGrant Hicks The Double Man and True West1983 Voytek Great and Small1984 Alison Chitty Venice Preserved1985 William Dudley The Critic The Merry Wives of Windsor Mutiny The Mysteries and The Real Inspector Hound1986 Ezio Frigerio The House of Bernarda AlbaMaria Bjornson The Phantom of the Opera1987 FolliesMichael Taylor Attractions1988 Richard Hudson The Old Vic season1989 John Napier Miss Saigon1990s Year Recipient Work1990 Mark Thompson The Wind in the Willows1991 Bob Crowley Murmuring Judges1992 Ian MacNeil An Inspector Calls1993 Machinal1994 Mark Thompson The Kitchen1995 Robin Don The Winter Guest1996 Robert Innes Hopkins The Comedy of Errors and The Weavers1997 John Napier Peter Pan or The Boy Who Wouldn t Grow Up1998 Phelim McDermott Julian Crouch and Graeme Gilmour Shockheaded PeterRichard Hoover Not About Nightingales1999 Julie Taymor and Richard Hudson The Lion King2000s Year Recipient Work2000 Paul Brown Coriolanus Richard II and The Tempest2001 Platonov2002 William Dudley The Coast of Utopia2003 Bob Crowley Mourning Becomes Electra2004 Christopher Oram Suddenly Last Summer2005 Timothy Bird and David Farley Sunday in the Park with George2006 Punchdrunk Company Faust2007 Rae Smith and Handspring Puppet Company War Horse2008 Neil Murray Brief Encounter2009 Christopher Oram Red2010s Year Recipient Work2010 Bunny Christie The White Guard2011 Mark Tildesley Frankenstein2012 Miriam Buether Wild Swans2013 Es Devlin Chimerica2014 The Nether2015 Anna Fleischle Hangmen2016 Christine Jones Harry Potter and the Cursed Child2017 Vicki Mortimer Follies2018 Bunny Christie Company2019 Tom Scutt A Very Expensive Poison2020s Year Recipient Work2022 Tom Scutt CabaretThe Jack Tinker Award for Most Promising Newcomer other than a playwright edit Award dedicated to Jack Tinker from 1996 onwards 1980s Year Recipient Work1989 Sam Mendes Artistic direction at the Minerva Theatre ChichesterJulia Ormond Faith Hope and Charity1990s Year Recipient Work1990 Sara Crow Private Lives1991 Lia Williams The Revengers Comedies1992 Rufus Sewell Making It Better1993 Emma Fielding Arcadia and The School for Wives1994 Rachel Weisz Design for Living1995 Victoria Hamilton The Master Builder and Retreat1996 James Callis Old Wicked Songs1997 Liza Walker Closer1998 Mick Gordon Gate Theatre London1999 Eve Best Tis Pity She s a Whore2000s Year Recipient Work2000 Chiwetel Ejiofor Blue Orange2001 Lyndsey Marshal Boston Marriage and Redundant2002 Alison Pargeter Damsels in Distress2003 Lisa Dillon Iphigenia and The Master Builder2004 Eddie Redmayne The Goat or Who is Sylvia 2005 Mariah Gale Tis Pity She s a Whore2006 Andrew Garfield Citizenship and The Overwhelming2007 Leanne Jones Hairspray2008 Ella Smith Fat Pig2009 Tom Sturridge Punk Rock2010s Year Recipient Work2010 Daniel Kaluuya Sucker Punch2011 Blanche McIntyre Accolade and Foxfinder2012 Denise Gough Desire Under the Elms and Our New Girl2013 Kate O Flynn Port2014 Patsy Ferran Blithe Spirit and Treasure Island2015 David Moorst Violence and Son2016 Anthony Boyle Harry Potter and the Cursed Child2017 Sheila Atim Girl From the North CountryJohn McCrea Everybody s Talking About Jamie2018 Chris Walley The Lieutenant of Inishmore2019 Sam Tutty Dear Evan Hansen2020s Year Recipient Work2022 Samuel Creasy The Book of Dust La Belle SauvageStuart Thompson Spring AwakeningSpecial Awards for Services to the Theatre edit 5 Year Recipient Work2017 David Lan Artistic direction at the Young Vic2018 Neil McPherson Artistic direction at the Finborough Theatre2019 Paule Constable Lighting design2022 Jermyn Street Theatre Commendations for Exceptional Theatre Making During LockdownNational TheatreNica BurnsThe Old VicOriginal Theatre CompanySee also editLaurence Olivier Awards Evening Standard Theatre Awards Ian Charleson Awards The Offies The Off West End Theatre Awards WhatsOnStageAwards Critics Awards for Theatre in Scotland Theatre Book Prize TMA Theatre AwardsReferences edit Theatre Awards Albemarle London com Albemarle of London Archived from the original on 7 June 2014 Retrieved 15 April 2020 Just announced Full list of 2017 CriticsCircleAwards winners and production photos Critics Circle Theatre Awards 30 January 2018 Retrieved 15 April 2020 Results Critics Circle Theatre Awards Retrieved 15 April 2020 Just announced Full list of 2019 Critics Circle Awards winners and production photos Critics Circle Theatre Awards 11 February 2020 Retrieved 23 April 2020 William Russell 31 January 2018 The Critics Circle Drama Awards New Special Award for Services to the Theatre Critics Circle Retrieved 15 April 2020 External links editThe Critics 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