Sweeney Todd cleans up at theatre awards His performance as Malvolio in Twelfth Night at the Globe Theatre won him the best supporting actor in a play. I am simply astonished. Seventeen years ago, I left this country in disgrace having run out of a play and I thought I might never return to the stage again," he said. But thanks to the Globe, to Tim Carroll the director, the author William Shakespeare, and to the wonderful Sonia Friedman (producer), and most of all, to the audiences at the Globe and the Apollo, I have been back onstage in a wonderful play and had the privilege of playing with one of the best casts that has ever been assembled. The National Theatre's adaptation of the award-winning Mark Haddon book The Curious Incident Of The Dog In The Night Time was named best new play while the fans chose The Ladykillers as the best new comedy. Sweeney Todd's other gongs were for best lighting and best director in recognition of the work of Jonathan Kent. The show finished its run in September last year. Les Miserables, which has been transformed into a major movie hit, was named best West End show, while Danny Boyle's Olympic opening ceremony was given the accolade of theatre event of the year. The ceremony at the Palace Theatre in London was hosted by Mel Giedroyc and Rufus Hound.