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. Thus the award is also known colloquially as The Rose Bowl Award.

Sir Peter Hall was the first recipient of the award in 1988. Traditionally, only one award to one individual is given out each year. However, in 2014, to mark the Critics' Circle's centenary, five awards were given out to five individuals, Sir Nicholas Serota, Sir Peter Wright, Sir Colin Davis, Max Stafford-Clark and Danny Boyle^[1].