Donmar Warehouse Wins Big at London's 2008 Critics' Circle Theatre Awards

The Donmar Warehouse came out on top at the Critics' Circle Theatre Awards 2008. In a ceremony that took place at the Prince of Wales Theatre on January 27, the theater company took home awards in the major categories of Best Actor, Best Actress and Best Director. Among other honorees were Tracy Letts' Pulitzer Prize-winning August: Osage County, which was awarded Best New Play and the Menier Chocolate Factory's revival of La Cage aux Folles, which was honored as Best Musical.

The full list of winners is as follows:

Best New Play
August: Osage County by Tracy Letts
National Theatre presentation of the Steppenwolf Company, Lyttelton Theatre

Best Musical New or Revival
La Cage aux Folles
Menier Chocolate Factory followed by transfer to Playhouse Theatre

Best Actor
Kenneth Branagh, Ivanov
Donmar Warehouse at Wyndham's Theatre

Best Actress
Margaret Tyzack, The Chalk Garden
Donmar Warehouse

The John and Wendy Trewin Award for Best Shakespearean Performance joint award
Derek Jacobi, Twelfth Night
Donmar Warehouse at Wyndham's Theatre

David Tennant, Hamlet
Royal Shakespeare Company followed by transfer to Novello Theatre

Best Director
Michael Grandage, Ivanov and The Chalk Garden
Donmar Warehouse at Wyndham's Theatre and Donmar Warehouse

Best Designer
Neil Murray, Brief Encounter
Kneehigh Theatre at Cinema Haymarket

Most Promising Playwright
Alexi Kaye Campbell, The Pride
Royal Court Jerwood Theatre Upstairs

The Jack Tinker Award for Most Promising Newcomer
Ella Smith, Fat Pig
Trafalgar Studios followed by transfer to Comedy Theatre

The Critics' Circle Theatre Awards are awarded annually based on votes of Drama Section members.