Christopher Biggins among winners of theatrical charity award

Winners of theatrical charity Acting for Others’ Presidential Awards include Christopher Biggins and George Layton.

The awards celebrate fundraisers who have helped the umbrella charity, which is made up of 15 smaller charities, raise £380,000 over the last year.

Acting for Others president Judi Dench attended the ceremony along with Maggie Smith who presented awards.

Biggins won the West End bake-off award for his support at the annual charity cake-baking competition.

Layton, Tamzin Outhwaite and Samantha Bond won the silver service award for best service at Acting for Others’ One Night Only charity gala event.

Hosted at the Ivy in London, the event sees actors become waiters.

The ceremony took place at London cabaret bar Crazy Coqs and was hosted by Ben Forster, currently starring in The Phantom of the Opera at Her Majesty’s Theatre.

Acting for Others, for which The Stage is a media partner, also gave an award to The Book of Mormon for best bucket collection in London.

The winners in full:

Tour de force award for most supportive touring production company

Bill Kenwright Limited

Silver service award for best service at One Night Only event at the Ivy

George Layton, Tamzin Outhwaite and Samantha Bond

West End bake-off award for best support at the West End Bake-off 2016

Christopher Biggins

Top Tweeter award for best social media support

Michael Wharley

Where would we be without you award

Rainier Koeners and Tamsin Newberry from ATG

Super hero award

Brian Sears and KJ Hippensteel from the cast of The Book of Mormon

The golden bucket award for most money raised through the bucket collections by a show in London

The Book of Mormon raising £42,810.33

The golden bucket award, regional for most money raised through the bucket collections by a regional theatre

Edinburgh Playhouse raising £7,506.93