The 33rd Critics’ Circle Theatre Awards saw Andrew Scott net a historic win as Best Actor, the first time any performer has been named Best Actor by both the nation’s film critics and theatre critics in the same year.
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Oklahoma! wins Best Musical at the 32nd Critics’ Circle Theatre Awards
The Peter Hepple Award for Best Musical at the Critics’ Circle Theatre Awards went to Oklahoma!, an invigorating interpretation of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s classic re-orchestrated and reimagined for the 21st century. The musical was honoured for its 2022 run at the Young Vic, but has recently transferred to London’s Wyndham’s Theatre.
Star presenters and attendees announced for Critics’ Circle Theatre Awards
Actors Paul Mescal, Tracy-Ann Oberman and Juliet Stevenson are among the stars due to attend the 32nd Annual Critics’ Circle Theatre Awards’ ceremony at London’s newest West End venue @sohoplace on 17 April 2023.
Three wins for Cabaret at Critics’ Circle Theatre Awards but Spring Awakening nabs Best Musical prize
Rebecca Frecknall’s hit revival of Cabaret led the list of winners at the 31st annual Critics’ Circle Theatre Awards, taking home three major awards at the Ham Yard Hotel ceremony. Frecknall’s acclaimed new staging of the 1966 musical won her the Best Director award, while Jessie Buckley was named Best Actress for her performance as […]
Come From Away and Dear Evan Hansen’s Sam Tutty triumph at Critics’ Circle Awards
Just months after he made his dream professional debut in the West End’s Dear Evan Hansen, Sam Tutty is celebrating again as the winner of The Jack Tinker Award for Most Promising Newcomer. Currently playing to packed houses at the Noel Coward Theatre, Tutty received his award at the Critics’ Circle Theatre Awards’ ceremony at […]
Critics’ Circle Theatre Awards ceremony set for 29 January 2019
The Critics’ Circle Theatre Awards 2018 will be presented on Tuesday 29 January 2019 at the Prince of Wales Theatre. With regular guest speaker Arthur Smith as presenter, the informal event will mark host Mark Shenton’s final appearance as Critics’ Circle Drama Section chairman. The respected arts journalist and theatre critic will follow his nine […]
Musicals dominate Critics’ Circle Theatre Awards – Hamilton wins first major British prize
Opening just before Christmas to rave reviews, the London version of the multi award-winning Broadway hit Hamilton has won its first major prize outside the USA – Best Musical at the 2017 Critics’ Circle Theatre Awards. Earmarked by Cameron Mackintosh as the production to launch his multi-million-pound refurbishment of the Victoria Palace Theatre, Lin-Manuel Miranda’s […]
Critics’ Circle Theatre Awards – Groundhog Day comes out on top
The Peter Hepple Award for Best Musical (new or revival) went to the Old Vic production of Groundhog Day at the Critics’ Circle Theatre Awards 2016 held today at the Prince of Wales Theatre, London. Written by Matilda the Musical’s Tim Minchin and directed by Matilda and Ghost director Matthew Warchus, Groundhog Day features a […]
Bend It Like Beckham wins at Critics’ Circle Theatre Awards 2015
Bend It Like Beckham The Musical came out top at the Critics’ Circle Theatre Awards 2015, winning The Peter Hepple Award for Best Musical. The award was presented to Gurinder Chadha (director and new book), composer Howard Goodall, Paul Mayeda Berges (new book) and producer Sonia Friedman the Evening Standard’s by Henry Hitchings. Bend It Like Beckham will play its final performance […]
Gypsy wins Best Musical in Critics’ Circle Theatre Awards
Chichester Festival Theatre’s production of Gypsy, which will transfer to London’s Savoy Theatre on 15 April, has won the Peter Hepple Award for Best Musical at the Critics’ Circle Theatre Awards 2014. The awards were hosted today (27 January 2015) by Critics’ Circle chairman Mark Shenton at the Prince of Wales Theatre, London. Comedian Arthur Smith introduced proceedings. […]
