Critics' Circle Award for Distinguished Service to the Arts

Each year since 1988 The Critics' Circle has presented an award for Distinguished Service to the Arts, voted for by all members of the Circle, embracing Dance, Drama, Film, Music, Visual Arts and Architecture. This performing arts Award takes the form of an engraved crystal rose bowl, presented at a celebratory luncheon.

Recipients

1988 Sir Peter Hall
1989 Dame Ninette de Valois
1990 Sir Michael Tippett
1991 Sir David Lean
1992 Sir John Mills
1993 Sir Peter Ustinov
1994 Sir John Drummond
1995 Sir Peter Wright
1996 Sir Richard Eyre
1997 Dame Judi Dench
1998 Sir Edward Downes
1999 Harold Pinter
2000 Dame Alicia Markova
2001 Paul Scofield
2002 Alfred Brendel
2003 Sir Ian McKellen
2004 Mike Leigh
2005 Alan Bennett
2006 Dame Helen Mirren
2007 Sir Tom Stoppard
2008 Peter Brook
2009 Sir Alan Ayckbourn
2010 Ken Loach
2011 Stephen Sondheim
2012 Five Centenary Awards were given to Sir Nicholas Serota, Sir Peter Wright, Sir Colin Davis, Max Stafford-Clark and Danny Boyle^[1]
2013 Sir Grayson Perry
2014 Sir Nicholas Hytner
2015 Dame Maggie Smith^[2]
2016 Sir Matthew Bourne
2017 David Hockney
2018 Carlos Acosta
2019 Dame Janet Baker
2020 Michael Frayn
2021 Dame Emma Thompson
2022 Daniel Barenboim

Notes: The Critics' Circle, the U.K.’s only professional association of critics of drama, music, film, dance and visual arts, is celebrating its centenary in 2013 by awarding Services to the Arts honors for the first time in its history to five key cultural figures who have made a significant impact on the arts, as voted for by members of the five individual sections represented within the circle. Traditionally, the Critics' Circle has made a single award annually since 1988 with theatre director Sir Peter Hall being the first recipient.

References

^ "U.K.'s Critics' Circle Celebrates Centenary By Awarding Services to the Arts Honors to Max Stafford-Clark, Danny Boyle and More". Playbill. 7 May 2013. Retrieved 6 July 2017.
^ "Maggie Smith receives Critics' Circle award for services to the arts". The Stage. 1 April 2016. Retrieved 12 May 2016.

External links

The Critics' Circle Awards for Services to the Arts: List of Winners until 2015^{[permanent dead link]}

[1] "U.K.'s Critics' Circle Celebrates Centenary By Awarding Services to the Arts Honors to Max Stafford-Clark, Danny Boyle and More". Playbill. 7 May 2013. Retrieved 6 July 2017.

[2] "Maggie Smith receives Critics' Circle award for services to the arts". The Stage. 1 April 2016. Retrieved 12 May 2016.

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