Evening Standard Awards: Thoughts on the Shortlist
Our chief reviewer Stephen Collins gives his thoughts on the Evening Standards Awards shortlist. The shortlist for the 2014 Evening Standard Awards has been announced: Best Actor Tom Hiddleston for Coriolanus (Donmar Warehouse) Ben Miles for Wolf Hall & Bring Up the Bodies (RSC Swan & Aldwych) Mark Strong for A View from the Bridge (Young Vic) Natasha Richardson Award for Best Actress Gillian Anderson for A Streetcar Named Desire (Young Vic) Helen McCrory for Medea (National Theatre’s Olivier) Tanya Moodie for Intimate Apparel (Ustinov Bath & Park Theatre) Billie Piper for Great Britain (National Theatre’s Lyttelton) Kristin Scott Thomas for Electra (Old Vic) Nook Award for Best Play Intimate Apparel by Lynn Nottage (Ustinov Bath & Park Theatre) The James Plays by Rona Munro (Edinburgh Festival Theatre & National Theatre’s Olivier) King Charles III by Mike Bartlett (Almeida & Wyndham’s) The Nether by Jennifer Haley (Royal Court) Ned Sherrin … Read more
