The Critics' Circle Theatre Awards have taken place at London's Prince Of Wales theatre, and The Royal Court has taken four out of the nine gongs awarded. Jez Butterworth's 'Jerusalem' got Best New Play, Mark Rylance got Best Actor for his performance in the play, the Most Promising Playwright honour went to Alia Bano for 'Shades', and Rupert Goold won the directing gong for 'Enron'.

The Donmar Warehouse also had multiple wins, taking three awards: Rachel Weisz was named Best Actress for her role in 'A Streetcar Named Desire', Christopher Oram took the Best Designer award for his work on 'Red', and Jude Law received the The John and Wendy Trewin Award for Best Shakespearean Performance for his turn as Hamlet in the Donmar's production staged at the Wyndham's Theatre.

The Lyric Hammersmith triumphed in remaining two categories, with The Peter Hepple Award for Best Musical going to 'Spring Awakening' and The Jack Tinker Award for Most Promising Newcomer (other than a playwright) being awarded to actor Tom Sturridge for 'Punk Rock'.