Sheridan Smith, Jonny Lee Miller, Benedict Cumberbatch & More Honored at London’s Evening Standard Awards

Broadway vet Jonny Lee Miller and Sheridan Smith are among the winners of the 2011 Evening Standard Awards, along with Matilda – the Musical, and plays One Man, Two Guvnors and The Heretic. The Evening Standard Awards were held on November 20 at London’s Savoy Hotel and hosted by Dame Edna Everage.

Matilda, which is now in previews prior to an official opening November 24 at the West End's Cambridge Theatre, earned Best Musical honors, while Richard Bean’s The Heretic and One Man, Two Guvnors (the latter headed ton Broadway in April 2012) were both awarded Best Play. Sheridan Smith took home the Best Actress award for her role in Flare Path and the Best Actor prize was shared by Miller and Benedict Cumberbatch, who alternated playing Victor Frankenstein and the Creature in Frankenstein at the National Theatre. A complete list of winners follows:

Best Play: One Man Two Guvnors and The Heretic, both by Richard Bean

The Ned Sherrin Award for Best Musical: Matilda – the Musical

Best Director: Mike Leigh, Grief

Best Actor: Benedict Cumberbatch and Jonny Lee Miller, Frankenstein

Best Actress: Sheridan Smith, Flare Path

Best Design: Adam Cork, Anna Christie and King Lear

The Charles Wintour Award for Most Promising Playwright: Penelope Skinner, The Village Bike

The Milton Shulman Award for Outstanding Newcomer: Kyle Soller, The Glass Menagerie, Government Inspector and The Faith Machine

Editor’s Award: Michael Grandage, “for making the Donmar Warehouse a star.”

Beyond Theatre award: The Most Incredible Thing - Pet Shop Boys and Javier de Frutos at Sadler’s Wells

The Lebedev Special Award: Kristin Scott Thomas, for her contribution to theatre

The Moscow Art Theatre’s Golden Seagull: Tom Stoppard, for his contribution to Russian theatre and the international stage

Best Night Out Award: Wicked