ES theatre awards
It’s of note that most of the ES Theatre Awards went to commercial plays (see below). Not only that, but the best newcomer is the Menier, which is geared also to commercially viable work.
This is one argument perhaps that the pressures of commercial theatre, actually does produce some of the best work and not the subsidised sector… however it’s also of note that most of the winners started off in the subsidised area…
Maybe that’s how it is. The subsidised areas provides the training ground and spring board for people to leap into the commercial world.
It’s the same in Big Business R&D, in the sense that universities often provide the basic research for free (ie subsidised by government) before business takes it, develops it and commercialises it.
Best play
The Home Place, by Brian Friel
Best actor
Simon Russell Beale, for The Philanthropist
Best actress
Harriet Walter, for Mary Stuart
Sydney Edwards award for best director
Michael Grandage, for Don Carlos and Grand Hotel
Best designer
Bob Crowley, for Mary Poppins
Milton Shulman award for outstanding newcomer
Menier Chocolate Factory
Charles Wintour award for outstanding newcomer
Nell Leyshon for Comfort Me With Apples
Special award
Royal Court for “making and changing theatrical history this last half-century”
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About me
I'm a playwright and investment analyst. I have a broad range of interests: food, gardening, innovation & intellectual property, sustainability, architecture & design, writing and the arts. I sit on the board of Talawa Theatre Company and advise a CIS investment trust on socially responsible investments.
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Recent Work
Recent plays include, for theatre: Nakamitsu, Yellow Gentlemen, Lost in Peru, Lemon Love. For radio: Places in Between (R4), Patent Breaking Life Saving (WS).
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Nakamitsu
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Yellow Gentlemen
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