His work at the Donmar won Tony, Olivier, Evening Standard, Critics' Circle and South Bank Awards. He was first nominated for a Laurence Olivier Award in 2001 for Best Director for Peter Nichols' "Passion Play" at the Donmar Warehouse before winning in 2004 for David Greig's "Caligula". Two of his musical productions for the Donmar have also won the Olivier Award for Outstanding Musical Production and a third won the Olivier Award for Best New Musical. He has won four Evening Standard Awards for his Donmar work including productions of "Passion Play", "Merrily We Roll Along", "Grand Hotel", "Ivanov", "The Chalk Garden" and "Othello". In 2010, his production of "Red" by John Logan won six Tony Awards including Best Play and Best Director.