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. The recipients were:
- 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 John Drummond
- 1995 Sir Peter Wright
- 1996 Richard Eyre
- 1997 Dame Judi Dench
- 1998 Sir Edward Downes
- 1999 Harold Pinter
- 2000 Dame Alicia Markova
- 2001 Paul Scofield
- 2002 Sir 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