Sir Matthew Bourne receives the 2016 Rosebowl for Distinguished Service to the Arts Picture © Elliott Franks
Recipients of the Critics’ Circle Annual Award
- 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 – 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 CH
- 2009 – Sir Alan Ayckbourn
- 2010 – Ken Loach
- 2011 – Stephen Sondheim
- 2012 – Five Centenary Awards: Sir Nicholas Serota, Sir Peter Wright, Sir Colin Davis, Max Stafford-Clarke, Danny Boyle
- 2013 – Grayson Perry
- 2014 – Nicholas Hytner
- 2015 – Dame Maggie Smith
- 2016 – Sir Matthew Bourne