EVENING STANDARD Theatre Award Nominations Announced

The shortlist has been announced today for the 2012 Evening Standard Theatre Awards, which has been whittled down from last month's longlist.

The winners will be announced at a ceremony presented by James Corden at the Savoy Hotel on 25 November 2012.

The following United Agents clients received nominations:

BEST DIRECTOR

Carrie Cracknell for A Doll's House (Young Vic)

Nicholas Hytner for Timon of Athens (National Theatre's Olivier)

NATASHA RICHARDSON AWARD FOR BEST ACTRESS

Hattie Morahan for A Doll's House (Young Vic)

NED SHERRIN AWARD FOR BEST MUSICAL

Swallows and Amazons (directed by Tom Morris) (A Bristol Old Vic production presented by the National Theatre in association with The Children’s Touring Partnership at the Vaudeville Theatre)

Sweeney Todd (directed by Jonathan Kent) (Chichester Festival Theatre and Adelphi)

CHARLES WINTOUR AWARD FOR MOST PROMISING PLAYWRIGHT

John Hodge for Collaborators (National Theatre's Cottesloe)