Big name hopefuls include Kenneth Branagh, Eileen Atkins and Michael Blakemore. The nominations are:

Best Play:
Polly Teale’s After Mrs. Rochester
Michael Frayn’s Democracy
Roy Williams’s Fallout

Best Actor:
Kenneth Branagh for Edmond (National Theatre)
Warren Mitchell for The Price (Tricycle Theatre and Apollo Theatre)
Michael Sheen for Caligula (Donmar Warehouse)

Best Actress:
Eileen Atkins for Honour (National Theatre)
Sandy McDad for Iron (Royal Court)
Ann Mitchell for Through The Leaves (Southwark Playhouse)

Best Director:
Michael Blakemore for Democracy (National Theatre)
Simon McBurney for The Elephant Vanishes (Barbican Theatre)
Polly Teale for After Mrs.Rochester (Lyric Hammersmith and The Duke of York’s)

Best Stage Designer:
John Gunter for Love’s Labours Lost (National Theatre)
Christopher Oram for Caligula (Donmar Warehouse)
Ultz for Fallout and Hobson’s Choice (Royal Court and Young Vic)

Best Musical:
Anything Goes (National Theatre)
Jerry Springer – The Opera (National Theatre)
Simply Heavenly (Young Vic)