If you’re paying attention to London Theatre (as we diehard theatre peeps do), then you may have heard that the London Evening Standard Theatre Awards will be on November 30th. They will be broadcast live at standard.co.uk/showbiz. If you have kept your ears open, then you also know that some of London Theatre’s big names have been shortlisted for said awards.

On the Shortlist are as follows:

BEST ACTOR

Tom Hiddleston, Coriolanus, Donmar Warehouse

Ben Miles, Wolf Hall and Bring Up The Bodies, RSC Swan and Aldwych

Mark Strong, A View From The Bridge, Young Vic

NATASHA RICHARDSON AWARD FOR BEST ACTRESS

Gillian Anderson, A Streetcar Named Desire, Young Vic

Helen McCrory, Medea, National Theatre’s Olivier

Tanya Moodie, Intimate Apparel, Ustinov Bath and Park Theatre

Billie Piper, Great Britain, National Theatre’s Lyttelton

Kristin Scott Thomas, Electra, Old Vic

Other categories include the Nook Award for Best Play, the Milton Shulman Award for Best Direction and several more.

With such illustrious names appearing at the awards, it is sure to be an evening of fabulous faces and nail biting tension. I’ll be tuning in, will you?

More info at standard.co.uk