Congratulations to Margaret Tyzack and Penelope Wilton who have jointly won the Best Actress Evening Standard Theatre Award for their wonderful performances in "The Chalk Garden". They both gave performances that have stayed in my mind.

It was quite a year for the Donmar with Chiwetel Ejiofor winning the Best Actor for it's production of OTHELLO as well as Michael Grandidge winning Best Director for IVANOV, THE CHALK GARDEN and OTHELLO.

The Best Play award was won by THE PITMAN PLAYERS which I am seeing next February when it returns to the National Theatre.

Best Musical was STREET SCENE at the Young Vic. Sadly Bertolt Brecht was unable to pick up his award as he is currently dead.