Irish Theatre Awards 2009

The winners of the 12 Annual Irish Times Theatre Awards were announced on Monday night:

• Special tribute award: Lynne Parker
• Best actress: Derbhle Crotty (Three Sisters, Abbey Theatre)
• Best actor : Tom Vaughan Lawlor (The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui by Bertolt Brecht, Abbey Theatre)
• Best supporting actor: Mikel Murfi (The New Electric Ballroom, Druid)
• Best supporting actress: Dearbhla Molloy (The Cripple of Inishmaan, Druid and Atlantic Theatre)
• Best director: Rupert Goold (No Man's Land, Gate Theatre)
• Best production: Loose Canon (Phaedra’s Love)
• Best new play: The New Electric Ballroom, written by Enda Walsh (Druid Theatre Company)
• Best opera: Mines of Sulphur, Wexford Opera.
• Best costume design: Rae Smith (An Ideal Husband, Abbey Theatre)
• Best set designer: Owen MacCárthaigh (Juno and the Paycock; Cork Opera House/ Association of Regional Theatres, NI)
• Best lighting designer: Kevin Treacy (The Nose, The Performance Corporation)
• Special award: Wexford Opera House.