2004 EVENING STANDARD THEATRE AWARDS

BEST ACTOR NOMINATIONS

Richard Griffiths for The History Boys at The NT Lyttelton Theatre WINNER
Douglas Hodge for Dumb Show at The Royal Court
Stanley Townsend for Shining City at The Royal Court

BEST ACTRESS NOMINATIONS

Pam Ferris for Notes on Falling Leaves at The Royal Court Theatre
Victoria Hamilton for Suddenly Last Summer at The Albery Theatre WINNER
Kelly Reilly for After Miss Julie at The Donmar Warehouse

BEST PLAY NOMINATIONS

The Goat or Who is Sylvia? by Edward Albee at The Apollo Theatre
The Pillowman by Martin McDonagh at The NT Cottesloe Theatre
The History Boys by Alan Bennett at The NT Lyttelton Theatre WINNER

SYDNEY EDWARDS AWARD FOR BEST DIRECTOR NOMINATIONS

Luc Bondy for Cruel and Tender at The Young Vic
Simon McBurney for Measure for Measure at The NT Olivier Theatre
Rufus Norris for Festen at The Almeida Theatre then Lyric Theatre WINNER

BEST STAGE DESIGNER NOMINATIONS

Ian MacNeil, Jean Kalman and Paul Arditti for Festen at The Almeida Theatre then Lyric Theatre WINNER
Hildegard Bechtler for Iphigenia at Aulis at The NT Lyttelton Theatre
Paul Brown for False Servant at The NT Cottesloe Theatre

ITV LONDON BEST MUSICAL NOMINATIONS

The Producers: The new Mel Brooks musical at The Theatre Royal Drury Lane WINNER
Sweeney Todd at The Trafalgar Studios then New Ambassadors Theatre
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum at The NT Olivier Theatre

CHARLES WINTOUR AWARD FOR NEW PLAYWRITING NOMINATIONS

David Eldridge
Rebecca Lenkiewicz
Owen McCafferty WINNER

OUTSTANDING NEWCOMER NOMINATIONS

Dominic Cooper for His Dark Materials at The NT Olivier Theatre and The History Boys at The NT Lyttelton Theatre
Romola Garai for Calico at The Duke of York's Theatre
Eddie Redmayne for The Goat, or Who is Sylvia? at The Apollo Theatre WINNER
Ben Wishaw for Hamlet at The Old Vic

SPECIAL AWARDS

Three Special Awards are not announced in advance and presented during the award ceremony.
They went to Harold Pinter and Judi Dench.