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Evening Standard Theatre Awards 2007: the longlist

Evening Standard 31.10.07

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Calling the tune: Billie Piper is just one of the actresses up for gongs in this year's Evening Standard awards

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A dazzling year of performances on the London stage will be honoured at the Evening Standard Theatre Awards 2007. Here, for the first time, is the longlist.

BEST PLAY
A Disappearing Number Simon McBurney And Complicite
The Last Confession Roger Crane
The Masque Of The Red Death Felix Barrett
Moonlight & Magnolias Ron Hutchinson
Nothing But The Truth John Kani
The Pain And The Itch Bruce Norris
Rafta, Rafta Ayub Khan-Din
The Reporter Nicholas Wright

BEST ACTOR
David Bradley The Caretaker
Tom Brooke Dying For It
Ben Chaplin The Reporter
Mackenzie Crook The Seagull
Charles Dance Shadowlands
Lee Evans The Dumb Waiter
Peter Eyre Terre Haute
Rhys Ifans Don Juan In Soho
Paterson Joseph The Emperor Jones
Will Keen Kiss Of The Spider Woman
Rory Kinnear The Man Of Mode
Robert Lindsay The Entertainer
Stephen Moore The History Boys
Harish Patel Rafta, Rafta
Daniel Radcliffe Equus
Mark Rylance Boeing Boeing
John Simm Elling
Toby Stephens Betrayal
Patrick Stewart Macbeth
David Suchet The Last Confession
Mark Umbers The Glass Menagerie
Samuel West Betrayal

BEST ACTRESS
Eileen Atkins There Came A Gypsy Riding
Janie Dee Shadowlands
Anne-Marie Duff Saint Joan
Lindsay Duncan That Face
Kate Fleetwood Macbeth
Amanda Hale The Glass Menagerie
Felicity Kendal Amy's View
Jessica Lange The Glass Menagerie
Lesley Manville All About My Mother
Carey Mulligan The Seagull
Billie Piper Treats
Rosamund Pike Gaslight
Portia A Member Of The Wedding
Kristin Scott Thomas The Seagull
Fiona Shaw Happy Days
Maggie Smith The Lady From Dubuque
Frances de la Tour Boeing Boeing
Harriet Walter Antony And Cleopatra
Zoe Wanamaker The Rose Tattoo
Penelope Wilton John Gabriel Borkman

THE NED SHERRIN AWARD FOR BEST MUSICAL
The Enchanted Pig
Fiddler On The Roof
Joseph And The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat

Little Shop Of Horrors
Lord Of The Rings
Parade
Porgy And Bess
Rent
The Sound Of Music
Take Flight
Hairspray

THE SYDNEY EDWARDS AWARD FOR BEST DIRECTOR
Rob Ashford Parade
Dominic Cooke The Pain And The Itch
Howard Davies Philistines
Marianne Elliott Much Ado About Nothing
Marianne Elliott & Tom Morris War Horse
Richard Eyre The Reporter
Rupert Goold Macbeth
Jamie Lloyd The Caretaker
Anna Mackmin Dying For It
Roger Michell Betrayal
Ian Rickson The Seagull/The Hothouse
Tim Supple A Midsummer Night's Dream
Deborah Warner Happy Days

BEST DESIGN
Felix Barrett The Masque Of The Red Death
Hildegard Bechtler The Seagull/The Hothouse
Lez Brotherston Much Ado About Nothing
Miriam Buether My Child
Robin Don The Emperor Jones
Bill Dudley Betrayal
Soutra Gilmour The Caretaker
Michael Levine A Disappearing Number
Peter McKintosh John Gabriel Borkman
Christopher Oram Don Juan In Soho
Rae Smith & Adrian Kohler for The Handspring Puppet Company War Horse
Antony Ward Macbeth
Matthew Wright The Glass Menagerie

THE CHARLES WINTOUR AWARD FOR MOST PROMISING PLAYWRIGHT
Hassan Abdulrazzak Baghdad Wedding
Mike Bartlett My Child
Lucy Caldwell Leaves
Dennis Kelly Love And Money
Polly Stenham That Face
Marius Von Mayenburg The Ugly One

THE MILTON SHULMAN AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING NEWCOMER
Arthur Darvill Terre Haute
Amanda Hale The Glass Menagerie
Colin Morgan All About My Mother
Carey Mulligan The Seagull
Matt Smith That Face
Stephen Wight Dealer's Choice/Don Juan In Soho

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Why Daniel Radcliffe was nominated for Equus, and Richard Griffiths wasn't? Yes, Radcliffe was good - but he didn't stand up in comparison.

- Liz Glover, London, UK

I am very disappointed that Lee Mead has not been nominated for outstanding newcomer. As usual musical theatre is the Cinderella of the awards shows. Hairspray was very good, particularly the dancing but had no memorable songs and I preferred Joseph And His Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat. Lord of The Rings is a spectacular show but again the score is mediocre.

- V Stone, Kingswinford, UK

A good list; glad Lesley Maville has been nominated as she was terrific in All About My Mother.

- Luke Bannon, Belfast, Northern Ireland

Good lists but why doesn't the brilliant production of Landscape with Weapon at the Cottesloe earlier this year feature in any of them?

- Emily Mclaughlin, London