Chiwetel Ejiofor’s strong acting ability continues to get recognized around the world.  He is currently in contention for the London Evening Standard Theater Award actor trophy.

Branagh (”Ivanov”), Ejiofor (”Othello”) and Spacey (”Speed-the-Plow”) are all in contention for the actor trophy, along with other candidates including Simon Russell Beale (”Much Ado About Nothing”) and Adam Godley (”Rain Man”).

The full list of nominees is:

Best Play
Black Watch by Gregory Burke
Days Of Significance by Roy Williams
Her Naked Skin by Rebecca Lenkiewicz
Never So Good by Howard Brenton
Now Or Later by Christopher Shinn
The Pitmen Painters by Lee Hall

Best Actor
Kenneth Branagh, Ivanov
David Calder, King Lear
Adam Godley, Rain Man
Chiwetel Ejiofor, Othello
Will Keen, Waste
Simon Russell Beale, Much Ado About Nothing
Jonathan Slinger, Richard II and Richard III
Kevin Spacey, Speed-the-Plow

Best Actress
Lesley Manville, Her Naked Skin
Helen McCrory, Rosmersholm
Phoebe Nicholls, Waste 
Lesley Sharp, Harper Regan
Margaret Tyzack, The Chalk Garden 
Penelope Wilton, The Chalk Garden

The Ned Sherrin Award for Best Musical
La Cage Aux Folles
Eurobeat
Jersey Boys
Marguerite
Street Scene

The Sydney Edwards Award for Best Director
Lucy Bailey, Timon of Athens
Michael Boyd, The History Cycle
Rupert Goold, Six Characters In Search Of An Author/No Man’s Land/The Last Days Of Judas Iscariot
Michael Grandage, Othello/The Chalk Garden/Ivanov
Katie Mitchell, The Trojan Women
Emma Rice, Brief Encounter
Alan Rickman, Creditors
John Tiffany, Black Watch

Best Design
Miriam Buether, In The Red and Brown Water
Laura Hopkins, Black Watch
Rob Howell, The Norman Conquests
Neil Murray, Brief Encounter 
Melly Still, The Revenger’s Tragedy

The Milton Shulman Award for Outstanding Newcomer
Michelle Dockery, Pygmalion
Luke Evans, Small Change
Felicity Jones, The Chalk Garden
Joseph Mawle, The Last Days Of Judas Iscariot
Lex Shrapnel, Henry IV Part I
Ella Smith, Fat Pig

The awards will be handed out on November 24 at Londona TMs Savoy Hotel.