2008 Evening Standard Theatre Awards

Theatre award in the United Kingdom

The Evening Standard Theatre Awards were announced on November 24, 2008.[1] The longlist was revealed on November 4, 2008 [2] and the shortlist on November 7, 2008.[3]

## Winners, shortlist and longlist

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### Best Play

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#### Shortlisted

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

#### Longlisted

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* Black Watch by Gregory Burke (National Theatre of Scotland at the Barbican Theatre)
* Days Of Significance by Roy Williams (Royal Shakespeare Company at the Tricycle Theatre)
* Her Naked Skin by Rebecca Lenkiewicz (National Theatre Olivier)
* Never So Good by Howard Brenton (National Theatre Lyttelton)
* Now Or Later by Christopher Shinn (Royal Court Jerwood Theatre Downstairs)
* The Pitmen Painters by Lee Hall (Live Theatre and National Theatre co-production)

### Sydney Edwards Award for Best Director

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#### Shortlisted

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* Michael Boyd for The History Cycle (Royal Shakespeare Company at the Roundhouse)
* Michael Grandage for Othello (Donmar Warehouse), The Chalk Garden (Donmar Warehouse), Ivanov (Donmar West End at the Wyndham's Theatre)
* John Tiffany for Black Watch (National Theatre of Scotland at the Barbican Theatre)

#### Longlisted

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* Lucy Bailey for Timon Of Athens (Shakespeare's Globe)
* Michael Boyd for The History Cycle (Royal Shakespeare Company at the Roundhouse)
* Rupert Goold for Six Characters In Search Of An Author (Gielgud Theatre), No Man's Land (Duke of York's Theatre), The Last Days of Judas Iscariot (Almeida Theatre)
* Michael Grandage for Othello (Donmar Warehouse), The Chalk Garden (Donmar Warehouse), Ivanov (Donmar West End at the Wyndham's Theatre)
* Katie Mitchell for The Trojan Women (National Theatre Lyttelton)
* Emma Rice for Brief Encounter (Kneehigh at the Cinema Haymarket)
* Alan Rickman for Creditors (Donmar Warehouse)
* John Tiffany for Black Watch (National Theatre of Scotland at the Barbican Theatre)

### Best Actor

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#### Shortlisted

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* Kenneth Branagh, Ivanov (Donmar West End at the Wyndham's Theatre)
* David Calder, King Lear (Shakespeare's Globe)
* Chiwetel Ejiofor, Othello (Donmar Warehouse)

#### Longlisted

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* Kenneth Branagh, Ivanov (Donmar West End at the Wyndham's Theatre)
* David Calder, King Lear (Shakespeare's Globe)
* Adam Godley, Rain Man (Apollo Theatre)
* Chiwetel Ejiofor, Othello (Donmar Warehouse)
* Will Keen, Waste (Almeida Theatre)
* Simon Russell Beale, Much Ado About Nothing (National Theatre Olivier)
* Jonathan Slinger, Richard II/Richard III (Royal Shakespeare Company at the Roundhouse)
* Kevin Spacey, Speed-The-Plow (Old Vic)

### Best Actress

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#### Shortlisted

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* Lesley Manville, Her Naked Skin (National Theatre Olivier)
* Margaret Tyzack, The Chalk Garden (Donmar Warehouse)
* Penelope Wilton, The Chalk Garden (Donmar Warehouse)

#### Longlisted

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* Lesley Manville, Her Naked Skin (National Theatre Olivier)
* Helen McCrory, Rosmersholm (Almeida Theatre)
* Phoebe Nicholls, Waste (Almeida Theatre)
* Lesley Sharp, Harper Regan (National Theatre Cottesloe)
* Margaret Tyzack, The Chalk Garden (Donmar Warehouse)
* Penelope Wilton, The Chalk Garden (Donmar Warehouse)

### Ned Sherrin Award for Best Musical

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#### Shortlisted

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* La Cage Aux Folles, Menier Chocolate Factory and Playhouse Theatre
* Marguerite, Theatre Royal Haymarket
* Street Scene, The Opera Group, Young Vic and Watford Palace Theatre co-production

#### Longlisted

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* La Cage Aux Folles, Menier Chocolate Factory and Playhouse Theatre
* Eurobeat, Novello Theatre
* Jersey Boys, Prince Edward Theatre
* Marguerite, Theatre Royal Haymarket
* Street Scene, The Opera Group, Young Vic and Watford Palace Theatre co-production

### Charles Wintour Award for Most Promising Playwright

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#### Shortlisted

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* Tarell Alvin McCraney, Brothers Size and In the Red and Brown Water
* Anupama Chandrasekhar, Free Outgoing (Royal Court)- Runner up
* Bola Agbaje, Gone Too Far! (Royal Court) - Runner up

## References

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1. ^ Winners
2. ^ Longlist
3. ^ Shortlist