a Play: Maggie Smith – The Lady from Dubuque at the Theatre Royal Haymarket Best Actor in a Play: Ian McKellen – King Lear, RSC at the New London Best Supporting Actress in a Play: Diana Rigg – All About My Mother at the Old Vic Best Supporting Actor in a Play: Lee Evans – The Dumb Waiter at Trafalgar Studios Best Actress in a Musical: Leanne Jones – Hairspray at the Shaftesbury Best Actor in a Musical: Michael Ball – Hairspray at the Shaftesbury Best Supporting Actress in a Musical: Tracie Bennett – Hairspray at the Shaftesbury Best Supporting Actor in a Musical:Ben James-Ellis – Hairspray at the Shaftesbury Best Solo Performance: Fiona Shaw – Happy Days at the NT Lyttelton Best Ensemble Performance: The Taming of the Shrew & Twelfth Night – Propeller at the Old Vic Best Takeover in a Role: Kerry Ellis – Wicked at the Apollo Victoria Best New Play: All About My Mother by Samuel Adamson – at the Old Vic Best New Comedy: Elling by Simon Bent – at the Bush & Trafalgar Studios Best New Musical: Hairspray by Marc Shaiman, Scott Whitman, Mark O’Donnell & Thomas Meehan – at the Shaftesbury Best Play Revival: Equus – at the Gielgud Best Musical Revival: Joseph & the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat – at the Adelphi The Best Shakespearean Production: Macbeth – at the Gielgud Best Director: Jack O’Brien – Hairspray at the Shaftesbury Best Set Designer: Rob Howell – The Lord of the Rings at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane Best Choreographer: Jerry Mitchell – Hairspray at the Shaftesbury London Newcomer of the Year: Daniel Radcliffe – Equus at the Gielgud Best Off West End Production: A Christmas Carol & The Magic Flute – at the Young Vic and I Love You Because – at the Landor Best Regional Production: Pygmalion – at the Theatre Royal Bath & on tour Theatre Event of the Year: Daniel Radcliffe’s steamy publicity shots for Equus 2009 Best Actress in a Play: Katy Stephens – The Histories, RSC at the Roundhouse Best Actor in a Play: Kenneth Branagh – Ivanov, Donmar West End at Wyndham’s Best Supporting Actress in a Play: Sophie Thompson – The Female of the Speciesat the Vaudeville Best Supporting Actor in a Play: Tom Hiddleston – Othello at the Donmar Warehouse & Ivanov, Donmar West End at Wyndham’s Best Actress in a Musical: Sofia Escobar