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.

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1 Best New Play 2 Best Actor 3 Best Actress 4 Best Shakespearean Performance 5 Best Musical 6 Other London Theatre Awards

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

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

Other London Theatre Awards

Laurence Oliver Awards

Evening Standard Awards