The London Critics' Circle Theatre Awards ("Drama Theatre Awards" until 1990) are presented annually for achievements in London Theatre. The winners are selected by vote by newspaper and magazine theatre critics. Recent winners in the principal categories have been as follows.
Best New Play
2003 - Democracy by Michael Frayn
2002 - The York Realist by Peter Gill
2001 - Humble Boy by Charlotte Jones
2000 - Blue Orange by Joe Penhall
1999 - Mnemonic by Simon McBurney
1998 - Copenhagen by Michael Frayn
1997 - Closer by Patrick Marber
1996 - Blinded by the Sun by Stephen Poliakoff
Best Actor
2003 - Michael Sheen for Caligula
2002 - Simon Russell Beale for Uncle Vanya
2001 - Ian McDiarmid for Faith Healer
2000 - Michael Gambon for The Caretaker
Best Actress
2003 - Eve Best for Mourning Becomes Electra
2002 - Claire Higgins for Vincent in Brixton
2001 - Lindsay Duncan for Mouth to Mouth and Private Lives
2000 - Victoria Hamilton for As You Like It
Best Shakespearean Performance
2003 - Greg Hicks for Coriolanus
2002 - Mark Rylance for Twelfth Night
2001 - Samuel West for Hamlet
2000 - Simon Russell Beale for Hamlet
Best Musical
2003 - Jerry Springer - The Opera
2002 - Anything Goes (a revival)
2001 - Kiss Me, Kate (a revival)
2000 - The Beautiful Game
Most promissing playwright
2000 - Joanna Laurens for The Three Birds
1999 - Charlotte Jones for Martha, Josie and the Chinese Elvis
1998 - Rebecca Prichard for Yard Gal
1997 - Conor McPherson for The Weir
1996 - Martin McDonagh for The Beauty Queen of Leenane
Other London Theatre Awards
Laurence Oliver Awards
Evening Standard Awards
