Ian Charleson Awards winners revealed

The winners have been revealed for this year’s Ian Charleson Awards.

The annual prize, named in memory of the acclaimed actor who died in 1990, recognises outstanding performances by actors under the age of 30 in classical stage roles (written before 1918).

The winners were revealed in a ceremony at the National Theatre, with the prizes announced by The Sunday Times as:

Winner:

• Isis Hainsworth, 27, Measure for Measure, Royal Shakespeare Company

Second prize:

• Stuart Thompson, 26, Three Sisters, Shakespeare’s Globe

Third prize:

• Mason Alexander Park, 29, The Tempest / Much Ado About Nothing, Theatre Royal Drury Lane

Commendations went to:

• Francesca Mills, 29, Hamlet, National Theatre
• Daniel Adeosun, 26, Much Ado About Nothing, Royal Shakespeare Company
• Rawaed Asde, 24, Romeo and Juliet, Shakespeare’s Globe
• Imogen Elliott, 26, As You Like It, Theatre Royal Bath
• Kitty Hawthorne, 29, The Importance of Being Earnest, National Theatre/Noël Coward Theatre
• Kasper Hilton-Hille, 25, Troilus and Cressida, Shakespeare’s Globe
• Kyle Ndukuba, 22, Romeo and Juliet, Bristol Old Vic/Hackney Empire/Coventry Belgrade
• Nia Towle, 28, Hamlet, Royal Shakespeare Company
• Harmony Rose-Bremner, 26, The Seagull, Lyceum Theatre Edinburgh/Chichester
• Ned Costello, 28, Titus Andronicus, Royal Shakespeare Company