Tom Hiddleston and Gillian Anderson were honoured with the award for Best Actor and Actress at the 60th London Evening Standard Theatre Awards on Sunday night.
The event, co-hosted by Evening Standard owner Evgeny Lebedev, editor-in-chief of American Vogue Anna Wintour, and Burberry chief creative and chief executive officer Christopher Bailey, was attended by a star studded guest list.
Presented by comedian’s Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon at the London Palladium, the awards - which will be broadcast on London Live at 8pm tonight - celebrate the best of British theatre.
Hiddleston, 33, was honoured with one of the highest accolades for his role in Coriolanus by Dame Helen Mirren. He fought off competition from A View from the Bridge actor Mark Strong, and Ben Miles of Wolf Hall & Bring Up the Bodies.
Anderson, 46, was presented with the Natasha Richardson Award for Best Actress by Pacific Rim actor Idris Elba. She was up against Helen McCrory, Tanya Moodie, Billie Piper, and Kristin Scott Thomas.
James McAvoy presented the NOOK Award for Best Play to The James Plays while Sherlock star Benedict Cumberbatch – who is set to play Hamlet in the stage adaptation – presented the Lebedev Award to Tom Stoppard.
Eddie Redmayne – who received the outstanding newcomer honour a decade ago – presented the Revival of the Year Award to Skylight.
