Helen’s Big Night
by Matthew Hemley | January 27, 2015 | The Stage
Mark Strong and Helen McCrory have won the acting prizes at this year’s Critics’ Circle Theatre Awards, with awards also presented to Chichester Festival Theatre’s revival of Gypsy and Antony Sher.
Strong won the best actor award for his role in A View from the Bridge, which played originally at the Young Vic Theatre and will transfer to Wydham’s Theatre in February. The play’s director, Ivo van Hove, scooped the prize for best director.
Collecting his prize, Strong said: “I haven’t won a lot of awards. I’ve been nominated for a few, but I’ve always been one of those people who thought awards aren’t the yardstick of good work. I’ve changed my mind now.”
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