The longlist for the potential nominees of the 2016 Evening Standard Theatre Awards were announced by the publication on Wednesday, and the West End production of
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child was recognised in the Best Play, Best Director, Best Design and Emerging Talent categories.
Scene-stealer Anthony Boyle, who portrays Scorpius Malfoy in the
Cursed Child production, was the sole acting long listed recognition from the entire play. J.K. Rowling, playwright Jack Thorne and director John Tiffany would be nominated in the Best Play category.
In addition to the
Cursed Child, several
Harry Potter film actors were recognised in the long list as well, including Sir Kenneth Branagh (Lockhart), Ralph Fiennes (Voldemort), Simon McBurney (Kreacher), and Helen McCrory (Narcissa Malfoy). Noma Dumezweni, who plays Hermione Granger in the Cursed Child plays, got a potential nod for her performance in
Linda.
The actual shortlisted nominations will be announced on October 24, 2016, and the awards ceremony will take place on November 13, 2016 in London.
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Best Actor
• Kenneth Branagh, The Entertainer (Garrick)
• Dominic Cooper, The Libertine (Theatre Royal Bath/Theatre Royal Haymarket)
• O-T Fagbenle, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom (National Theatre, Lyttelton)
• Ralph Fiennes, The Master Builder (Old Vic)/Richard III (Almeida)
• James McArdle, Platonov (Chichester Festival Theatre/National Theatre, Olivier)
• Simon McBurney, The Encounter (Edinburgh International Festival/Barbican)
• Ian McKellen, No Man’s Land (Wyndham’s)
• James Norton, Bug (Found111)
• Stephen Rea, Cyprus Avenue (Royal Court, Jerwood Upstairs)
• Danny Sapani, Les Blancs (National Theatre, Olivier)
• Patrick Stewart, No Man’s Land (Wyndham’s)
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Natasha Richardson Award for Best Actress
• Gemma Arterton, Nell Gwynn (Apollo)
• Noma Dumezweni, Linda (Royal Court, Jerwood Downstairs)
• Helen McCrory, The Deep Blue Sea (National Theatre, Lyttelton)
• Janet McTeer, Les Liaisons Dangereuses (Donmar)
• Sophie Melville, Iphigenia in Splott (Sherman Cymru/National Theatre, Temporary Theatre)
• Billie Piper, Yerma (Young Vic)
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Best Play with Hiscox, Official Arts Partner
• Father Comes Home from the Wars, Parts 1, 2 & 3, Suzan-Lori Parks (Royal Court, Jerwood Downstairs)
• The Flick, Annie Baker (National Theatre, Dorfman)
• Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Jack Thorne, J K Rowling & John Tiffany (Palace Theatre)
• The Invisible Hand, Ayad Akhtar (Tricycle)
• Iphigenia in Splott, Gary Owen (Sherman Cymru/National Theatre, Temporary Theatre)
• Monster Raving Loony, James Graham (Theatre Royal Plymouth/Soho)
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Milton Shulman Award for Best Director
• Dominic Cooke, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom (National Theatre, Lyttelton)
• Marianne Elliott, Husbands and Sons (National Theatre, Dorfman)
• Yaël Farber, Les Blancs (National Theatre, Olivier)
• Sam Gold, The Flick (National Theatre, Dorfman)
• Rupert Goold, Richard III (Almeida)
• Robert Icke, Uncle Vanya (Almeida)
• John Malkovich, Good Canary (Rose Kingston)
• Sean Mathias, No Man’s Land (Wyndham’s)
• Katie Mitchell, Cleansed (National Theatre, Dorfman)
• Simon Stone, Yerma (Young Vic)
• John Tiffany, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child (Palace)
• Matthew Warchus, Groundhog Day (Old Vic)
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Emerging Talent Award in Partnership with Burberry
• Jaygann Ayeh, The Flick (National Theatre, Dorfman)
• Anthony Boyle, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child (Palace)
• Callie Cooke, Firebird (Hampstead Theatre Downstairs & Trafalgar Studios)
• Karla Crome, Linda (Royal Court, Jerwood Downstairs)
• Sean Delaney, Labyrinth (Hampstead)
• Aoife Duffin, A Girl is a Half-formed Thing (Samuel Beckett Theatre, Dublin & Young Vic)/ The Taming of the Shrew (Shakespeare’s Globe)
• Tyrone Huntley, Jesus Christ Superstar (Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre)
• Adelle Leonce, Torn (Royal Court, Jerwood Upstairs)
• Freya Mavor, Good Canary (Rose Kingston)
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'Cursed Child', Harry Potter actors longlisted for Evening Standard Theatre Awards 
