03.02.05
The Laurence Olivier Awards are the London theatre equivalent of the Oscars. This years awards will be held on the night of Sunday 20 February and the London Hilton on Park Lane and the nominations are as follows:
Best Actress
Victoria Hamilton for Suddenly last summer at the Albery
Clare Higgins for Hecuba at the Donmar Warehouse
Anna Maxwell Martin for His Dark Materials at the Olivier
Caroline O’Connor for Bombshells at the Arts
Best Actor
Michael Gambon for Endgame at the Albery
Richard Griffiths for The History Boys at the Lyttelton
Jonathan Pryce for The goat (or who is Sylvia)? at the Almeida
Ben Whishaw for Hamlet at The Old Vic
Best Performance in a Supporting Role
Samuel Barnett for The History Boys at the Lyttelton
Judi Dench for All's well that ends well at the Gielgud
Amanda Harris for Othello at Trafalgar Studios
Eddie Redmayne for The goat (or who is Sylvia)? at the Almeida
Best New Play
By the Bog of Cats by Marina Carr at Wyndhams
Festen, A dramatisation by David Eldridgeat the Almeida
The goat (or who is Sylvia)? by Edward Albee at the Almeida
The History Boys by Alan Bennett at the Lyttelton
Best Revival
All's well that ends well by William Shakespeare at the Gielgud
Endgame by Samuel Beckett at the Albery
Hamet by William Shakespeare at The Old Vic
Journey's End by R C Sherriff at the Duke of York’s
Best New Musical
Mary Poppins by Cameron Mackintosh
The Producers by Mel Brooks
The Woman in White by Andrew Lloyd Webber
Outstanding Musical Production
A Funny thing happened on the way to the Forum
Grand Hotel
Simply Heavenly
Sweeney Todd
Best Actress in a Musical
Maria Friedman for The Woman in White
Leigh Zimmerman for The Producers
Laura Michelle Kelly for Mary Poppins
Best Actor in a Musical
Lee Evans for The Producers
Paul Hegarty for Sweeney Todd
Nathan Lane for The Producers
Gavin Lee for Mary Poppins
Best Performance in a Supporting Role in a Musical
Michael Crawford for The Woman in White
David Haig for Mary Poppins
Conleth Hill for The Producers
Best Director
Richard Eyre for Mary Poppins
Nicholas Hytner for The History Boys
Rufus Norris for Festen
Susan Stroman for The Producers
Best Theatre Choreographer
Matthew Bourne and Stephen Mear for Mary Poppins
Adam Cooper for Grand Hotel
Susan Stroman for The Producers
Best Lighting Design
All's well that ends well designed by Paul Pyant
Festen designed by Jean Kalman
His Dart Materials designed by Paule Constable
Mary Poppins designed by Howard Harrison
Best Set Design
Festen designed by Ian McNeil
His Dart Materials designed by Giles Cadle
Mary Poppins designed by Bob Crowley
Suddenly Last Summer designed by Christopher Oram
The Woman in White designed by William Dudley
Best Costume Design
All's well that ends well designed by Deirdre Clancey
Hamlet designed by John Gunter and Mark Bouman
Mary Poppins designed by Bob Crowley
The Producers designed by William Ivey Long
Best Sound Design
Festen designed by Paul Arditti
Suddenly Last Summer designed by Adam Cork
The Woman in White designed by Mick Potter
Outstanding Achievement or Performance in an Affiliate Theatre
Kevin Harvey for his performance in Yellowman at Hampstead
Aidan McArdle for his performance in The shadow of a gunman at the Tricycle
Andrew Scott for his performance in A girl in a car with a man at the Jerwood Theatre Upstairs at the Royal Court
The Tricycle Theatre for its production of Guantanamo
Best New Opera Production
The Royal Opera’s Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk at the Royal Opera House
Les Arts Florissants, Compagnie Montalvo-Hervieu, Théâtre Du Châtelet and Bite 04’s Les Paladins at the Barbican
The Royal Opera’s Peter Grimes at the Royal Opera House
Outstanding Achievement in Opera
Ben Heppner for The Royal Opera’s Peter Grimes
John McFarlane for his designs of The Royal Opera’s Peter Grimes and Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk at the Royal Opera House
The Orchestra of the Royal Opera House under the musical direction of Antonio Pappano for their season’s work
Thomas Adès and the Royal Opera House for the world premiere of The Tempest
Best New Dance Production
Northern Ballet Theatre’s A Midsummer Night's Dream at Sadler’s Wells
Royal New Zealand Ballet’s Milagros at Sadler’s Wells
Royal New Zealand Ballet’s Romeo & Juliet at Sadler’s Wells
Rambert Dance Company’s Swamp at Sadler’s Wells
Outstanding Achievement in Dance
Julien Macdonald for his costume designs for Richard Alston Dance Company’s Shimmer at Sadler’s Wells
San Francisco Ballet for their season at Sadler’s Wells
The Royal Ballet for their recreation of Sylvia at the Royal Opera House
Rambert Dance Company for the range and quality of new work in their November season at Sadler’s Wells
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