Gillian
Anderson
and
Tom
Hiddleston
were
the
big
winners
at
the
Evening
Standard
Theatre
Awards,
picking
up
the
coveted
acting
trophies
at
the
annual
prize-giving
event.
Anderson
fought
off
competition
from
Kristin
Scott
Thomas
and
Billie
Piper
to
take
home
the
Natasha
Richardson
Award
for
her
performance
in
the
Young
Vic's
'A
Streetcar
Named
Desire',
while
'Thor'
star
Hiddleston
picked
up
the
Best
Actor
award
for
'Coriolanus
at
the
Donmar
Warehouse'.
Director
Jeremy
Herrin
was
named
the
winner
of
the
Milton
Shulman
Award
for
his
productions
of
'Wolf
Hall'
and
'Bring
Up
the
Bodies',
while
Best
Play
went
to
'The
James
Plays',
Skylight
won
the
prize
for
Revival
of
the
Year
and
The
Scottsboro
Boys
won
Best
Musical.
Among
the
night's
special
awards,
playwright
Tom
Stoppard
picked
up
the
Lebedev
Award
and
singer/songwriter
Kate
Bush
was
named
the
recipient
of
the
2014
Editor's
Award.
The
ceremony
at
the
London
Palladium
was
a
star-studded
event
-
David
and
Victoria
Beckham,
Naomi
Campbell,
Benedict
Cumberbatch,
Ian
MCKellen
and
Dame
Helen
Mirren
were
in
attendance.
Benedict
Cumberbatch
made
his
second
public
appearance
with
fiance,
Sophie
Hunter
at
the
red
carpet
of
Standard
Theatre
Awards.
Sophie
is
a
theatre
and
opera
director.
Surprising
everyone
was
David
Beckham
who
too
hit
the
red
carpet
of
Standard
Theatre
Awards
in
London
a
day
after
the
car
crash
shook
the
player.
The
handsome
former
England
Captain
posed
with
his
sexy
wife,
Victoria
Beckham
as
the
couple
gathered
all
the
cameras
dressed
in
black.