
The winners of the 2009 Evening Standard Awards have been announced:
Best Play - Jerusalem by Jez Butterworth (Royal Court)
Best Actor - Mark Rylance for Jerusalem (Royal Court)
The Natasha Richardson Award for Best Actress - Rachel Weisz for A Streetcar Named Desire (Donmar Warehouse)
Best Director - Rupert Goold for Enron (Headlong/Royal Court)
The Ned Sherrin Award for Best Musical - Hello, Dolly! (Open Air Theatre, Regent's Park)
Best Design - Mamoru Iriguchi for Mincemeat (Cardboard Citizens/Cordy House, Shoreditch)
The Charles Wintour Award for Most Promising Playwright - Alia Bano for Shades (Royal Court)
The Milton Shulman Award for Outstanding Newcomer - Lenny Henry for Othello (Northern Broadsides at Trafalgar Studios)
Special Award - Sir Ian McKellen