St Vincent; Mark Thomas; Evening Standard Theatre Awards

Mark Thomas: Cuckooed runs at the Tricycle Theatre in London until 13 December. 

Image credit: Steve Ullathorne

Jeff Park chooses his favourite crime books of the year for Front Row's Christmas Wish List:

• Lamentation, by CJ Sansom
• Moriarty, by Anthony Horowitz
• Evil and the Mask, by Fuminori Nakamura
• Autumn, All The Cats Return, by Philippe Georget
• The Art of Killing, by Marco Malvaldi
• Hunting Season, by Andrea Camilleri

Also recommended by Jeff Park:

• The Silent Boy, by Andrew Taylor
• The Human Flies, by Hans Olav Lahlum
• Eleven Days, by Stav Sherez
• The Investigation, by Jung-Myung Lee

Winners of the 60th London Evening Standard Theatre Awards:

Best Actor Award
Tom Hiddleston (Coriolanus)
Natasha Richardson Award for Best Actress
Gillian Anderson (A Streetcar Named Desire)
NOOK Award for Best Play
The James Plays
Ned Sherrin Award for Best Musical
The Scottsboro Boys 
Milton Shulman Award for Best Director
Jeremy Herrin (Wolf Hall & Bring Up the Bodies)
Emerging Talent Award in Partnership with Burberry
Laura Jane Matthewson (Dogfight)
Best Design in Partnership with Heal's
Es Devlin (American Psycho)
Charles Wintour Award for Most Promising Playwright
Beth Steel (Wonderland)
Lebedev Award
Tom Stoppard
Editor's Award
Kate Bush (Before the Dawn) 
Beyond Theatre
Here Lies Love 
Revival of the Year
Skylight