The Pet Shop Boys' venture into ballet at Sadler's Wells - with choreographer Javier de Frutos - received a new prize, the Beyond Theatre Award.
A new prize called the Beyond Theatre award was won by the collaboration between the band, the Pet Shop Boys, and Venezuelan choreographer Javier de Frutos for The Most Incredible Thing – a full length dance adaptation of the Hans Christian Andersen story – at Sadler's Wells.
The team behind the Olympic opening ceremony, led by director Danny Boyle, was honoured at the Evening Standard theatre awards on Sunday night, winning the second Beyond Theatre award, which "celebrates theatricality outside the confines of the auditorium".
Here Lies Love, David Byrne and Fatboy Slim's exuberant telling of the Imelda Marcos story, received a Beyond Theatre award "for pushing the boundaries of a musical".
Danny Boyle, accepting a Beyond Theatre award for the 2012 Olympic opening ceremony, made a similar point about the indivisibility of British theatre and the vital connection between London and the regions.
Danny Boyle and his creative team were recognised for the London 2012 Olympics Opening ceremony with the Beyond Theatre award.
The Oscar-winning director and his team got huge cheers when they picked up the Beyond Theatre award from gold medal-winning Team GB cyclist Victoria Pendleton.
The Beyond Theatre award, meanwhile - presented last year to Danny Boyle for his London 2012 opening ceremony - went to the 2013 BBC Proms and their director, Roger Wright.
Won the 'Beyond Theatre' award at the Evening Standard Theatre Awards, November 2012.
