London's Sweat, Evita, More, Win at the 2019 Evening Standard Theatre Awards | 半岛体育

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Awards London's Sweat, Evita, More, Win at the 2019 Evening Standard Theatre Awards Present Laughter鈥檚 Andrew Scott and A German Life鈥檚 Maggie Smith took home the top acting prizes.
Clare Perkins, Martha Plimpton, Stuart McQuarrie, and Leanne Best in Sweat Johan Persson

The Donmar and subsequent West End production of Lynn Nottage鈥檚 Pulitzer-winning Sweat and the Regent鈥檚 Park Open Air Theatre staging of Evita took home the Evening Standard Theatre Award for Best Play and Best Musical, respectively, November 24 in London.

Fleabag favorite Andrew Scott won Best Actor for his leading performance in No毛l Coward鈥檚 Present Laughter at The Old Vic, and Maggie Smith won the Natasha Richardson Award for Best Actress for her performance in the solo show A German Life at the Bridge Theatre.

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Two other performers were honored for their work: Ian McKellen received the Editor鈥檚 Award for his On Stage tour while Anne-Marie Duff won the award for Best Musical Performance in Sweet Charity at Donmar Warehouse.

On the creative side, Robert Icke won the Milton Shulman Award for Best Director for helming The Doctor and The Wild Duck. Bunny Christie beat out other nominees to score Best Design for A Midsummer Night鈥檚 Dream, Game of Thrones鈥� Gwendolyn Christie.

Up-and-coming artist Jasmine Lee-Jones was presented with the Charles Wintour Award for Most Promising Playwright for seven methods of killing kylie jennner. For his performance, Laurie Kynaston won the Emerging Talent Award for The Son.

The ceremony, held at the London Coliseum, was co-hosted by Damian Lewis (Homeland, American Buffalo) Helen McCrory (Medea), journalist Evgeny Lebedev, and Vogue Editor-in-Chief Anna Wintour. For the full list of winners, click .

Photos: Sweat at the Donmar Warehouse

 
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