Jimmy Yuill has been nominated for a prestigious Critic's Awards for Theatre in Scotland award for his performance in The Testament of Cresseid at Edinburgh International Festival 2009.

Yuill, a highly acclaimed television and theatre actor, heads up a strong field in the Best Male Actors category which draws from performances across Scottish theatre over the last 12 months with John Bett as the Governor, The Government Inspector, Communicado/Tron Theatre; Brian Ferguson as Daniel, The Dark Things, Traverse Theatre and Kevin Lennon as John Merrick, The Elephant Man, Dundee Rep completing the list of nominees.

The Testament of Cresseid, an adaptation of a Robert Henryson poem, was directed by David Levin and received its world premiere at last year's Festival.

The winners will be announced at a ceremony at the Festival Theatre, Edinburgh on Sunday 13 June 2010 at 3.00pm. See www.festivaltheatre.org.uk for tickets.