The winners have been announced for the 33rd annual Critics’ Circle Theatre Awards 2024.
The winners were revealed today, 25 March 2024, at a ceremony at @sohoplace theatre in London.
Winners included Andrew Scott, Sophie Okonedo, David Tennant, Jack Wolfe and Louis McCartney for acting; and creatives including Rupert Goold, Marcelo Dos Santos, Matilda Feyiṣayọ Ibini, Jack Thorne and Miriam Buether.
Presenters who handed out the awards included theatre critics Mark Lawson, Clive Davis, Nick Curtis, Fiona Mountford, Tom Wicker, David Benedict, Dominic Maxwell, and Sarah Hemming; and actors included Isabella Pappas, star of Stranger Things: The First Shadow at the Phoenix Theatre; and Arthur Hughes (Shardlake).
Performances at the ceremony included a preview of Why Am I So Single? A Big Fancy Musical, the new musical from Toby Marlow and Lucy Moss, creators of SIX, coming to the Garrick Theatre in London.
The Critics’ Circle Theatre Awards are judged by full members of the Drama section of the UK’s Critics’ Circle, who are accredited, working theatre critics. Judging of the awards is through a one-member, one-vote system.
Critics’ Circle Theatre Awards 2024 – Full list of winners
Best New Play (The Michael Billington Award)
The Motive and the Cue, National Theatre
Best Musical (The Peter Hepple Award)
Guys & Dolls, Bridge Theatre
Best Actor
Andrew Scott, VANYA
Best Actress
Sophie Okonedo, Medea
Best Shakespearean Performance (The Trewin Award)
David Tennant, Macbeth
Best Director
Rupert Goold, Dear England
Best Designer
Miriam Buether with 59 Productions, Stranger Things: The First Shadow
Most Promising Playwright
Marcelo dos Santos, Backstairs Billy
Matilda Feyiṣayọ Ibini, Sleepova
Most Promising Newcomer (The Jack Tinker Award)
Jack Wolfe, Next to Normal
Louis McCartney, Stranger Things: The First Shadow
The Empty Space Peter Brook Award
Orange Tree, Richmond
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