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Brendan Gleeson wins best actor as Critics’ Circle theatre awards toasts The Weir
Other winners include Inter Alia’s Rosamund Pike, Ivo van Hove for All My Sons and Hayley Atwell who beat her Much Ado co-star Tom Hiddleston to best Shakespearean performance
TL;DR
- Brendan Gleeson won best actor for his West End debut in The Weir.
- All My Sons received awards for best revival of a play or musical and best director for Ivo van Hove.
- Paddington: The Musical won best new musical.
- Rosamund Pike was named best actress for her role in Inter Alia.
- Hayley Atwell won best Shakespearean performance for her role in Much Ado About Nothing.
- Ava Pickett won most promising playwright for 1536.
- The Red Rose Chain in Ipswich received the Empty Space Peter Brook award.
- This year marked the first time Critics' Circle members voted from longlists and shortlists to broaden the scope of considered work.