Olivier Winners 2014

American Airlines Best New Play

Winner: Chimerica at the Almeida Theatre & Harold Pinter Theatre

Nominees:

• 1984 at the Almeida Theatre
• Chimerica at the Almeida Theatre & Harold Pinter Theatre
• The Night Alive at the Donmar Warehouse
• Peter And Alice at the Noël Coward Theatre

Best New Comedy

Winner: Jeeves & Wooster In Perfect Nonsense at the Duke of York’s Theatre

Nominees:

• The Duck House at the Vaudeville Theatre
• The Full Monty at the Noël Coward Theatre
• Jeeves & Wooster In Perfect Nonsense at the Duke of York’s Theatre
• The Same Deep Water As Me at the Donmar Warehouse

Best Revival

Winner: Ghosts at the Almeida Theatre & Trafalgar Studios

Nominees:

• The Amen Corner at the National Theatre, Olivier
• Ghosts at the Almeida Theatre & Trafalgar Studios
• Othello at the National Theatre, Olivier
• Private Lives at the Gielgud Theatre

Best Entertainment & Family

Winner: The Wind In The Willows at the Duchess Theatre

Nominees:

• Barry Humphries’ Farewell Tour – Eat, Pray, Laugh! at the London Palladium
• Derren Brown: Infamous at the Palace Theatre
• Eric And Little Ern at the Vaudeville Theatre
• The Wind In The Willows at the Duchess Theatre

Best Actress

Winner: Lesley Manville for Ghosts at the Almeida Theatre & Trafalgar Studios

Nominees:

• Hayley Atwell for The Pride at the Trafalgar Studios
• Anna Chancellor for Private Lives at the Gielgud Theatre
• Judi Dench for Peter And Alice at the Noël Coward Theatre
• Lesley Manville for Ghosts at the Almeida Theatre & Trafalgar Studios

Best Actor

Winner: Rory Kinnear for Othello at the National Theatre, Olivier

Nominees:

• Henry Goodman for The Resistible Rise Of Arturo Ui at the Duchess Theatre
• Tom Hiddleston for Coriolanus at the Donmar Warehouse
• Rory Kinnear for Othello at the National Theatre, Olivier
• Jude Law for Henry V at the Noël Coward Theatre

Best Actress in a Supporting Role

Winner: Sharon D Clarke for The Amen Corner at the National Theatre, Olivier

Nominees:

• Sharon D Clarke for The Amen Corner at the National Theatre, Olivier
• Sarah Greene for The Cripple Of Inishmaan at the Noël Coward Theatre
• Katherine Kingsley for A Midsummer Night’s Dream at the Noël Coward Theatre
• Cecilia Noble for The Amen Corner at the National Theatre, Olivier

Best Actor in a Supporting Role

Winner: Jack Lowden for Ghosts at the Almeida Theatre & Trafalgar Studios

Nominees:

• Ron Cook for Henry V at the Noël Coward Theatre
• Mark Gatiss for Coriolanus at the Donmar Warehouse
• Jack Lowden for Ghosts at the Almeida Theatre & Trafalgar Studios
• Ardal O’Hanlon for The Weir at the Donmar Warehouse & the Wyndham’s Theatre

Best Actress in a Musical

Winner: Zrinka Cvitešić for Once at the Phoenix Theatre

Nominees:

• Rosalie Craig for The Light Princess at the National Theatre, Lyttelton
• Zrinka Cvitešić for Once at the Phoenix Theatre
• Jenna Russell for Merrily We Roll Along at the Harold Pinter Theatre
• Charlotte Wakefield for The Sound Of Music at the Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre

Best Actor in a Musical

Winner: Gavin Creel for The Book Of Mormon at the Prince of Wales Theatre

Nominees:

• Gavin Creel for The Book Of Mormon at the Prince of Wales Theatre
• Jared Gertner for The Book Of Mormon at the Prince of Wales Theatre
• Douglas Hodge for Charlie And The Chocolate Factory at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane
• Kyle Scatliffe for The Scottsboro Boys at the Young Vic

Best Performance in a Supporting Role in a Musical

Winner: Stephen Ashfield for The Book Of Mormon at the Prince of Wales Theatre

Nominees:

• Stephen Ashfield for The Book Of Mormon at the Prince of Wales Theatre
• Colman Domingo for The Scottsboro Boys at the Young Vic
• Josefina Gabrielle for Merrily We Roll Along at the Harold Pinter Theatre
• Nigel Planer for Charlie And The Chocolate Factory at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane

MasterCard Best New Musical

Winner: The Book Of Mormon at the Prince of Wales Theatre

Nominees:

• The Book Of Mormon at the Prince of Wales Theatre
• Charlie And The Chocolate Factory at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane
• Once at the Phoenix Theatre
• The Scottsboro Boys at the Young Vic

Best Musical Revival

Winner: Merrily We Roll Along at the Harold Pinter Theatre

Nominees:

• Merrily We Roll Along at the Harold Pinter Theatre
• The Sound Of Music at the Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre
• Tell Me On A Sunday at the St James Theatre & the Duchess Theatre

Best Director

Winner: Lyndsey Turner for Chimerica at the Almeida Theatre & Harold Pinter Theatre

Nominees:

• Richard Eyre for Ghosts at the Almeida Theatre & Trafalgar Studios
• Maria Friedman for Merrily We Roll Along at the Harold Pinter Theatre
• Susan Stroman for The Scottsboro Boys at the Young Vic
• Lyndsey Turner for Chimerica at the Almeida Theatre & Harold Pinter Theatre

Best Theatre Choreographer

Winner: Casey Nicholaw for The Book Of Mormon at the Prince of Wales Theatre

Nominees:

• Peter Darling for Charlie And The Chocolate Factory at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane
• Steven Hoggett for Once at the Phoenix Theatre
• Casey Nicholaw for The Book Of Mormon at the Prince of Wales Theatre
• Susan Stroman for The Scottsboro Boys at the Young Vic

White Light Award for Best Lighting Design

Winner: Tim Lutkin & Finn Ross for Chimerica at the Almeida Theatre & Harold Pinter Theatre, and Paul Pyant and Jon Driscoll for Charlie And The Chocolate Factory at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane

Nominees:

• Paule Constable for The Light Princess at the National Theatre, Lyttelton
• Tim Lutkin & Finn Ross for Chimerica at the Almeida Theatre & Harold Pinter Theatre
• Peter Mumford for Ghosts at the Almeida Theatre & Trafalgar Studios
• Paul Pyant and Jon Driscoll for Charlie And The Chocolate Factory at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane

XL Video Award for Best Set Design

Winner: Es Devlin for Chimerica at the Almeida Theatre & Harold Pinter Theatre

Nominees:

• Bob Crowley for Once at the Phoenix Theatre
• Es Devlin for Chimerica at the Almeida Theatre & Harold Pinter Theatre
• Tim Goodchild for Strangers On A Train at the Gielgud Theatre
• Mark Thompson for Charlie And The Chocolate Factory at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane

Best Costume Design

Winner: Mark Thompson for Charlie And The Chocolate Factory at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane

Nominees:

• Nicky Gillibrand for The Wind In The Willows at the Duchess Theatre
• Soutra Gilmour for Merrily We Roll Along at the Harold Pinter Theatre
• Rae Smith for The Light Princess at the National Theatre, Lyttelton
• Mark Thompson for Charlie And The Chocolate Factory at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane

Best Sound Design

Winner: Carolyn Downing for Chimerica at the Almeida Theatre & Harold Pinter Theatre, and Gareth Owen for Merrily We Roll Along at the Harold Pinter Theatre

Nominees:

• Simon Baker for The Light Princess at the National Theatre, Lyttelton
• Carolyn Downing for Chimerica at the Almeida Theatre & Harold Pinter Theatre
• Clive Goodwin for Once at the Phoenix Theatre
• Gareth Owen for Merrily We Roll Along at the Harold Pinter Theatre

Outstanding Achievement in an Affiliate Theatre

Winner: Handbagged at the Tricycle Theatre

Nominees:

• Cush Jumbo for Josephine And I at the Bush Theatre
• Fleabag at the Soho Theatre
• Handbagged at the Tricycle Theatre
• Oh What A Lovely War at the Theatre Royal Stratford East

Best New Opera Production

Winner: Les Vêpres Siciliennes at the Royal Opera House

Nominees:

• The Firework-Maker’s Daughter at the Linbury Studio Theatre, Royal Opera House
• Les Vêpres Siciliennes at the Royal Opera House
• Wozzeck by English National Opera at the London Coliseum

Outstanding Achievement in Opera

Winner: English Touring Opera for its brave and challenging touring productions at the Linbury Studio Theatre, Royal Opera House

Nominees:

• Joyce DiDonato and Juan Diego Flórez for their performances in La Donna Del Lago at the Royal Opera House
• Plácido Domingo for his performance in Nabucco at the Royal Opera House
• English Touring Opera for its brave and challenging touring productions at the Linbury Studio Theatre, Royal Opera House

Best New Dance Production

Winner: Eastman – Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui & Sadler’s Wells for Puz/zle at Sadler’s Wells

Nominees:

• Compagnie 111 Aurélien Bory/Stéphanie Fuster for What’s Become Of You? (Questcequetudeviens?) at the Barbican Theatre
• Eastman – Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui & Sadler’s Wells for Puz/zle at Sadler’s Wells
• Richard Alston Dance Company/Britten Sinfonia for Barbican Britten: Phaedra at the Barbican Theatre

Outstanding Achievement in Dance

Winner: Michael Hulls for his body of lighting work including Ballet Boyz – The Talent at Sadler’s Wells

Nominees:

• Arthur Pita for his choreography of Ballet Black – A Dream Within A Midsummer Night’s Dream at the Linbury Studio Theatre, Royal Opera House
• Clemmie Sveaas for her performance in Witch-Hunt at the Linbury Studio Theatre, Royal Opera House
• The Mark Morris season at Sadler’s Wells
• Michael Hulls for his body of lighting work including Ballet Boyz – The Talent at Sadler’s Wells

BBC Radio 2 Audience Award

Winner: Les Misérables at the Queen’s Theatre

Nominees:

• Les Misérables at the Queen’s Theatre
• Matilda The Musical at the Cambridge Theatre
• The Phantom Of The Opera at Her Majesty’s Theatre
• Wicked at the Apollo Victoria Theatre

Special Awards

• Nicholas Hytner and Nick Starr
• Michael White