Kevin Spacey, Jude Law, et al. Make Evening Standard Theatre Awards Longlist

The Evening Standard Theatre Awards, established in 1955, are presented annually for outstanding achievements in London Theatre, and this year's nominations longlist has just been announced. Sponsored by the Evening Standard newspaper, this year's awards will be announced on November 20.

The full longlist is as follows: 

Best Actor

Bertie Carvel for Matilda The Musical (RSC Stratford & Cambridge Theatre)
Richard Clothier for Richard III (Hampstead)
James Corden for One Man, Two Guvnors (National's Lyttelton)
Benedict Cumberbatch for Frankenstein (National's Olivier)
Charles Edwards for Much Ado About Nothing (Shakespeare's Globe)
Ralph Fiennes for The Tempest (Theatre Royal Haymarket)
Harry Hadden-Paton for Flare Path (Theatre Royal Haymarket)
Derek Jacobi for King Lear (Donmar)
Jude Law for Anna Christie (Donmar)
Jonny Lee Miller for Frankenstein (National's Olivier)
Kevin Spacey for Richard III (Old Vic)
Dominic West for Butley (Duchess)

Best Actress

Kristin Scott Thomas for Betrayal (Comedy)
Gemma Arterton for The Master Builder (Almeida)
Tracie Bennett for End of the Rainbow (Trafalgar Studios)
Eve Best for Much Ado About Nothing (Shakespeare's Globe)
Lisa Dillon for The Knot of the Heart (Almeida)
Hadyn Gwynne for Richard III (Old Vic)
Lesley Manville for Grief (National's Cottesloe)
Sinead Matthews for Ecstasy (Hampstead)
Ruth Negga for The Playboy of the Western World (Old Vic)
Sheridan Smith for Flare Path (Theatre Royal Haymarket)
Samantha Spiro for Chicken Soup with Barley (Royal Court)
Imelda Staunton for A Delicate Balance (Almeida)
Michelle Terry for Tribes (Royal Court)
Tracey Ullman for My City (Almeida)
Ruth Wilson for Anna Christie (Donmar)

Best Director

Rob Ashford for Anna Christie (Donmar)
Lucy Bailey for The Beggar's Opera (Open Air Theatre) & Kingdom of Earth (Print Room) & Fabrication (Print Room)
Danny Boyle for Frankenstein (National's Olivier)
Dominic Cooke for Chicken Soup with Barley (Royal Court)
Declan Donnellan for Tempest (Cheek by Jowl at Barbican)
Simon Godwin for The Acid Test (Royal Court)
Michael Grandage for Luise Miller (Donmar)
Edward Hall for Richard III & The Comedy of Errors (Hampstead)
Sean Holmes for Saved (Lyric Hammersmith)
Mike Leigh for Grief (National's Cottesloe)
Sam Mendes for Richard III (Old Vic)
Roger Michell for Tribes (Royal Court)
Rufus Norris for London Road (National's Cottesloe)
Trevor Nunn for Flare Path (Theatre Royal Haymarket)
Bijan Sheibani for The Kitchen (National's Olivier)
Max Stafford-Clark for Top Girls (Chichester's Minerva & Trafalgar Studios)
Jessica Swale for The Belle's Stratagem (Southwark Playhouse)
Matthew Warchus for Matilda The Musical (RSC Stratford & Cambridge Theatre)
Nicholas Hytner for One Man, Two Guvnors (National Theatre)