Who won what at the 31st Annual Critics’ Circle Theatre Awards

LIST OF WINNERS

Best New Play (The Michael Billington Award)

  • Best of Enemies

Best Musical (The Peter Hepple Award)

  • Spring Awakening

Best Actor

  • Ben Daniels (The Normal Heart)

Best Actress

  • Jessie Buckley (Cabaret)

Best Shakespearean Performance (The Trewin Award)

  • Cush Jumbo (Hamlet)

Best Director

  • Rebecca Frecknall (Cabaret)

Best Designer

  • Tom Scutt (Cabaret)

Most Promising Playwright

  • Zadie Smith (The Wife of Willesden)
  • Igor Memic (Old Bridge)

Most Promising Newcomer (The Jack Tinker Award)

  • Stuart Thompson (Spring Awakening)
  • Samuel Creasy (The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage)

Commendations for Exceptional Theatre Making During Lockdown

  • National Theatre
  • Jermyn Street Theatre
  • Original Theatre Company
  • Old Vic
  • Nica Burns