MUMBAI: Oscar-winning director Danny Boyle and Judi Dench were among the winners at the 58th London Evening Standard Theatre Awards in London on Sunday evening.
 
Boyle and his creative team were honoured with the Beyond Theatre award for their work on the London 2012 Summer Olympics opening ceremony. British cycling star Victoria Pendleton presented the award.
 
It may be recalled that Boyle served as the art director for the ceremony that featured many nods to British culture and theater.
 
Dench received the Moscow Art Theatre‘s Golden Seagull award for her contribution to world theater. Though Oscar winner Cate Blanchett was among the nominees in the best actress category, she lost out to Hattie Morahan who won for her role as a housewife in A Doll‘s House.
 
The best musical award went to Sweeney Todd, the latest stage version of the play that Tim Burton had brought to the big screen with Johnny Depp under the title Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street in 2007.