Drama

Chairman: Mark Shenton

Hon Secretary: Ian Shuttleworth

Contact: shutters@cix.co.uk or editor@theatrerecord.com

The Drama Section of the Critics' Circle is the oldest of the Circle's sections. The section's Theatre Awards have been in existence since 1989 and have included since 1996 the Jack Tinker Award for Most Promising Newcomer. In 2001 a new award was instituted in memory of the husband and wife critical partnership of John and Wendy Trewin. It takes the form of a medal for the Best Shakespearian Performance of the year. In 2006, the award for best new or revived musical, which until 1994 had been the award for best new musical, was renamed the Peter Hepple Award for Best Musical in honour of the late Peter Hepple's outstanding contribution to the Critics' Circle.

Click here to view a selection of pictures taken at The Critics’ Circle Theatre Awards 2006 ceremony, held at the Prince of Wales Theatre, London, on Tuesday 30 January 2007.

The section is also affiliated to the International Association of Theatre Critics, a body with similar aims on an international scale. The IATC holds a congress every two years. The Association's current President is Ian Herbert, former editor of Theatre Record and former Secretary of the Drama Section. Details of IATC aims and activities can be found at www.aict-iatc.

The members of the Drama Section are -

David Adams, Michael Arditti, Jeremy Austin, Kate Bassett, David Benedict, Raymond V Bennett, Gerald Berkowitz, Georgina Brown, Mark Brown, Robert Butler, Dominic Cavendish, Ned Chaillet, James Christopher, Susannah Clapp, Nigel Cliff, Mark Cook, Maddy Costa, Michael Coveney, Steve Cramer, Anthony Curtis, Nick Curtis, Michael Darvell, Robert Dawson Scott, Nicholas de Jongh, Louise Doughty, Jane Edwardes, John Elsom, Vera Elyashev, DL Evans, Mark Fisher, Philip Fisher, Roger Foss, Lyn Gardner, Sharon Garfinkel, Jonathan Gibbs, Thelma Good, Robert Gore-Langton, John Gross, Bill Hagerty, Rachel Halliburton, Robert Hanks, Graham Hassell, Sarah Hemming, Ian Herbert, Robert Hewison, Alan Hulme, James Inverne, Emma John, Ian Johns, Oliver Jones, Jeremy Kingston, Ruth Leon, Brian Logan, Lizzie Loveridge, Sam Marlowe, Patrick Marmion, Dominic Maxwell, Joyce McMillan, Fiona Mountford, John Nathan, Heather Neill, Benedict Nightingale, Garry O'Connor, Kevin O'Sullivan, Terri Paddock, Michael Parker, Phil Penfold, John Peter, Lucy Powell, Kieron Quirke, David Roper, Adam Scott, Victoria Segal, Mark Shenton, Robert Shore, Ian Shuttleworth, Aleks Sierz, Neil Smith, Nick Smurthwaite, Charles Spencer, Maxie Szalwinska, Robert Tanitch, Paul Taylor, John Thaxter, Shaun Usher, Lyndsey Winship, Matt Wolf, Toby Young.

Honorary members of the Drama Section are -

Michael Billington, Clive Hirschorn, Francis King, Herbert Kretzmer, Jack Lewis, Peter Roberts, Eric Shorter, John Russell Taylor, Irving Wardle.

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