Olivier Award Nominations



As Official Ticketing Partner of the Olivier Awards, we are very excited to announce this year's nominations.

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Mastercard Best New Musical

  • Bend It Like Beckham (Phoenix Theatre)
  • In The Heights (King's Cross Theatre)
  • Kinky Boots (Adelphi Theatre)
  • Mrs Henderson Presents (Noel Coward Theatre)

 

Best Actor

  • Kenneth Branagh (The Winter's Tale Garrick Theatre)
  • Kenneth Cranham (The Father Wyndham's Theatre)
  • Benedict Cumberbatch (Hamlet Barbican)
  • Adrian Lester (Red Velvet Garrick Theatre)
  • Mark Rylance (Farinelli And The King Duke Of York's Theatre

 

Best Actress

  • Gemma Arterton (Nell Gwynn Apollo Theatre)
  • Denise Gough (People, Places And Things National Theatre, Dorfman)
  • Nicole Kidman (Photograph 51 Noel Coward Theatre)
  • Janet McTeer (Les Liasions Dangereuses Donmar Warehouse)
  • Lia Williams (Oresteia Almeida)

 

Best Actor in a Supporting Role

  • Mark Gtiss (Three Days in the Country)
  • Michael Pennington (The Winter's Tale)
  • Tom Sturridge (American Buffalo)
  • David Suchet (The Importance Of Being Earnest)

 

Best Actress in a Supporting Role

  • Judi Dench (The Winter's Tale)
  • Michele Dotrice (Nell Gwynn)
  • Melody Grove (Farinelli And The King)
  • Catherine Steadman (Oppenheimer)

 

Best Actor in a Musical

  • Ian Bartholomew (Mrs Henderson Presents)
  • Killian Donnelly (Kinky Boots)
  • David Haig (Guys And Dolls)
  • Matt Henry (Kinky Boots)
  • Jamie Parker (Guys And Dolls)

 

Best Actress in a Musical

  • Tracie Bennett (Mrs Henderson Presents)
  • Natalie Dew (Bend It Like Beckham)
  • Laura Pitt-Pulford (Seven Brides For Seven Brothers)
  • Imelda Staunton (Gypsy)
  • Sophie Thompson (Guys And Dolls)

 

Best Actor In A Supporting Role In A Musical

  • David Bedella (In The Heights King's Cross Theatre)
  • Dan Burton (Gypsy Savoy Theatre)
  • Peter Davison (Gypsy Savoy Theatre)
  • Gavin Spokes (Guys And Dolls Savoy Theatre)

 

Best Actress In A Supporting Role In A Musical

  • Preeya Kalidas (Bend It Like Beckham Phoenix Theatre)
  • Amy Lennox (Kinky Boots Adelphi Theatre)
  • Lara Pulver (Gypsy Savoy Theatre)
  • Emma Williams (Mrs Henderson Presents)

 

Best Director

  • Rob Ashford and Kenneth Branagh (The Winter's Tale Garrick Theatre)
  • Matthew Dunster (Hangmen Royal Court & Wyndham's Theatre)
  • Robert Icke (Oresteia Almeida)
  • Jonathan Kent (Gypsy Savoy Theatre)

 

Best Theatre Choreographer

  • Carlos Acosta and Andrew Wright (Guys And Dolls Savoy Theatre)
  • Drew McOnie (In The Heights King's Cross Theatre)
  • Stephen Mear (Gypsy Savoy Theatre)
  • Jerry Mitchell (Kinky Boots Adelphi Theatre)

 

Virgin Atlantic Best New Play

  • Farinelli And The King ( Duke Of York's Theatre)
  • The Father (Wyndham's Theatre)
  • Hangmen (Royal Court & Wyndham's Theatre)
  • People, Places And Things (National Theatre, Dorfman)

 

Best New Comedy

  • A Christmas Carol (Noel Coward Theatre)
  • Hand To God (Vaudeville Theatre)
  • Nell Gwynn (Apollo Theatre)
  • Peter Pan Goes Wrong (Apollo Theatre)

 

Best New Opera Production

  • Cavalleria Rusticana/ Pagliacci (Royal Opera House)
  • The Force Of Destiny (London Coliseum)
  • Morgen Und Abend (Royal Opera House)

 

Outstanding Achievement in Opera

  • English National Opera Chorus and Orchestra
  • Felicity Palmer (The Queen Of Spades London Coliseum)
  • Antonio Pappano (Royal Opera House)
  • Tamara Wilson (The Force Of Destiny London Coliseum)

 

Best Revival Of A Play

  • Hamlet (Barbican Theatre)
  • Les Liasions Dangereuses (Donmar Warehouse)
  • Ma Rainey's Black Bottom (National Theatre, Lyttelton)
  • The Winter's Tale (Garrick Theatre)

 

Best Musical Revival

  • Bugsy Malone (Lyric Hammersmith)
  • Guys And Dolls (Savoy Theatre)
  • Gypsy (Savoy Theatre)
  • Seven Brides For Seven Brothers (Regent's Park Open Air Theatre)

 

Best Entertainment And Family

  • Alice's Adventures Underground (The Vaults)
  • Seuss's The Lorax (The Old Vic)
  • I Want My Hat Back (National Theatre, Temporary Theatre)
  • Peter Pan (Regent's Park Open Air Theatre)
  • Showstopper! The Improvised Musical (Apollo Theatre)

 

Best Costume Design

  • Gregg Barnes (Kinky Boots)
  • Hugh Durrant (Nell Gwynn)
  • Jonathan Fensom (Farinelli And The King)
  • Katrina Lindsay (Bend It Like Beckham)

 

White Light Award for Best Lighting Design

  • Neil Austin (The Winter's Tale Garrick Theatre)
  • Natasha Chivers (Oresteia Almeida)
  • James Farncombe (People, Places And Things National Theatre, Dorfman)
  • Mark Henderson (Gypsy Savoy Theatre)

 

Best Sound Design

  • George Dennis (The Homecoming Trafalgar Studios)
  • Tom Gibbons (People, Places And Things National Theatre, Dorfman)
  • Christopher Shutt (The Father Wyndham's Theatre)
  • Christopher Shutt (Hamlet Barbican)

 

Blue-i Theatre Technology Award for Best Set Design

  • Hildegard Bechter (Oresteia Almeida)
  • Es Devlin (Hamlet Barbican)
  • Jonathan Fensom (Farinelli And The King Duke of York's Theatre)
  • Anna Fleischle (Hangmen Royal Court & Wyndham's Theatre)

 

Best New Dance Production

  • He Who Falls (Celui Qui Tombe) (Compagnie Yoann Bourgeois Barbican)
  • Romeo Et Juliette (Les Ballets de Monte Carlo London Coliseum)
  • Woolf Works (Wayne McGregor Royal Opera House)

 

Outstanding Achievement in Dance

  • Alessandra Ferri (Cheri and Woolf Works Royal Opera House)
  • Javier De Frutos (for his choreography of Anatomy Of A Passing Cloud Linbury Studio Theatre, Royal Opera House)
  • Sasha Waltz (for her choreography of Sacre Sadler's Wells)

 

Outstanding Achievement in Affiliate Theatre

  • Barbarians (The Clare, Young Vic)
  • Pat Kinevane and Fishamble (Silent Soho Theatre)
  • Phil Dunster (Pink Mist Bush Theatre)
  • Violence And Son (Jerwood Theatre Upstairs Royal Court)

 

Autograph Sound Award for Outstanding Achievement in Music

  • Bend It Like Beckham
  • Farinelli And The King
  • In The Heights
  • Kinky Boots

 

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