After a turbulent year it is time to look back on the theatrical highlights of the past 12 months and bestow the 2011 Chrissies!

BEST DRAMA/COMEDYCLYBOURNE PARK by Bruce Norris at the Wyndhams Theatre
Nominees: CAUSE CELEBRE (Old Vic); JERUSALEM (Apollo);
THE LAST OF THE DUCHESS (Hampstead); OTHELLO (Sheffield)

BEST MUSICAL

SWEENEY TODD at Chichester

Nominees: HOW TO SUCCEED IN BUSINESS WITHOUT REALLY TRYING (Martin Beck, NY); NUTCRACKER! (Sadler's Wells); ROAD SHOW (Menier Chocolate Factory);
SOUTH PACIFIC (Barbican)

BEST ACTOR
MARK RYLANCE(Jerusalem, Apollo)
Nominees: Jude Law (Anna Christie); Jonny Lee Miller (Frankenstein);
Michael Sheen (Hamlet); Dominic West (Othello)

BEST ACTOR (Musical)
PAULO SZOT
(South Pacific, Barbican)
Nominees: Harvey Fierstein (La Cage aux Folles); Harry Hepple (Pippin);
Michael Jibson (Road Show);
Daniel Radcliffe (How To Succeed in Business Without Really Trying)

BEST ACTRESS
SOPHIE THOMPSON
(Clybourne Park, Wyndhams)Nominees: Anne-Marie Duff (Cause Celebre); Vanessa Redgrave (Driving Miss Daisy);
Sheridan Smith (Flare Path); Marcia Warren (The Ladykillers)

BEST ACTRESS (Musical)
IMELDA STAUNTON
(Sweeney Todd, Chichester)
Nominees: Katherine Kingsley (The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee);
Caissie Levy (Ghost); Bebe Neuwirth (The Addams Family); Samantha Womack (South Pacific)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

NICHOLAS JONES
(Cause Celebre, Old Vic)Nominees: Mackenzie Crook (Jerusalem); Boyd Gaines (Driving Miss Daisy);
Charles Edwards (Twelfth Night); Wood (Flare Path)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR (Musical)DANIEL KOEK

(South Pacific, Barbican)Nominees: John Bowe (Sweeney Todd); David Burt (Crazy For You);
Alex Fearns (South Pacific); Peter Polycarpou (Sweeney Todd)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
ANGELA THORNE
(The Last of The Duchess, Hampstead)Nominees: Lorna Brown (Clybourne Park); Niamh Cusack (The Playboy of The Western World); Alexandra Gilbreath (Othello); Gemma Jones (Richard III)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS (Musical)

LOUISE GOLD
(Pippin, Menier Chocolate Factory)Nominees: Loretta Ables Sayre (South Pacific); Carly Bawden (Pippin);
Gillian Bevan (Road Show); Suzie Chard (Fings Ain't Wot They Used T'Be)

BEST DIRECTORDOMINIC COOKE
(Clybourne Park, Wyndhams)Nominees: Daniel Evans (Othello); Richard Eyre (The Last of The Duchess);
Ian Rickson (Jerusalem); Thea Sharrock (Cause Celebre)

BEST DESIGNPAUL WILLS (Anna Christie, Donmar)Nominees: Hildegard Bechtler (Cause Celebre); Michael Taylor (The Ladykillers);
Ultz (Jerusalem); Anthony Ward (Nutcracker!)

BEST LIGHTING
HOWARD HARRISON
(Anna Christie, Donmar)
Nominees: Neil Austin (The Cherry Orchard); Howard Harrison (Nutcracker!);
Bruno Poet (Cause Celebre); Bruno Poet (Frankenstein)

BEST CHOREOGRAPHY
MATTHEW BOURNE
(Nutcracker!, Sadler's Wells)
Nominees: Javier de Frutos (The Most Incredible Thing); Christopher Gattelli (South Pacific); Stephen Mear (Crazy For You); Nick Winston (Fings Ain't Wot They Used T'Be)