Nicole Kidman, Imelda Staunton & Kinky Boots Among 2015 London Evening Standard Award Winners

The 61st annual London Evening Standard Theatre Awards took place on November 22, with the Tony-winning Kinky Boots taking home the award for Best Musical. Nicole Kidman and Imelda Staunton won for their respective performances in Photograph 51 and Gypsy, with at least one of them already eyeing a move to the Great White Way and beyond. The U.K. premiere of Stephen Adly Guirgis’ The Motherf**ker with the Hat won Best Play, and James McAvoy of The Ruling Class took home the award for Best Actor. In addition, special honors were given to the Victoria and Albert Museum’s Alexander McQueen: Savage Beauty exibit (Beyond Theatre), Vanessa Redgrave (Editor’s Award) and Stephen Sondheim (Lebedev Award). Check out the full list of winners below.

Natasha Richardson Award for Best Actress
Nicole Kidman, Photograph 51

Best Musical Performance
Imelda Staunton, Gypsy

Best Actor
James McAvoy, The Ruling Class

Best Play
The Motherf**ker with the Hat

Milton Shulman Award for Best Director
Robert Icke, Oresteia

Best Design
Anna Fleischle, Hangmen

Charles Wintour Award for Most Promising Playwright
Molly Davies, God Bless the Child

Emerging Talent Award in Partnership with Burberry
David Moorst, Violence and Son

Newcomer in a Musical
Gemma Arterton, Made in Dagenham

Evening Standard Radio 2 Audience Award for Best Musical (voted for by the public)
Kinky Boots