Olivier Theatre Awards Nominees

Nominees for the 2010 Laurence Olivier Awards were announced on Monday, and the list is full of top performers like Keira Knightley, Rachel Weisz, Gillian Anderson, James McAvoy and Jude Law. The Royal Court Theatre is up for the most awards with 15 for productions including Enron, Jerusalem and The Priority. The Donmar Warehouse follows with 10, and the National Theatre is close behind with 9.

Society of London Theatres president Nica Burns, who organizes the awards, said that a whole new generation of playwrights step into the spotlight during an outstanding year for drama. The voting for the best acting awards was so close that they had to increase the amount of nominations to include some of the most exciting young acting talent alongside some of the most acclaimed screen stars, she added.

The awards ceremony will be held at Grosvenor House Hotel on March 21, and the Laurence Olivier Awards official website will be streaming full coverage live. Below is a list of all the nominations:

Best Actress

  • Gillian Anderson for A Doll’s House
  • Lorraine Burroughs for The Mountaintop
  • Imelda Staunton for Entertaining Mr Sloane
  • Juliet Stevenson for Duet for One
  • Rachel Weisz for A Streetcar Named Desire

Best Actor

  • James Earl Jones for Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
  • Jude Law for Hamlet
  • James McAvoy for Three Days of Rain
  • Mark Rylance for Jerusalem
  • Ken Stott for A View from the Bridge
  • Samuel West for Enron

Best Actress in a Supporting Role

  • Hayley Atwell for A View From the Bridge
  • Michelle Dockery for Burnt by the Sun
  • Alexandra Gilbreath for Twelfth Night
  • Keira Knightley for The Misanthrope
  • Rachael Stirling for The Priory
  • Ruth Wilson for A Streetcar Named Desire

Best Actor in a Supporting Role

  • Mackenzie Crook for Jerusalem
  • Rory Kinnear for Burnt by the Sun
  • Tim Pigott-Smith for Enron
  • Eddie Redmayne for Red

Best New Play

  • Enron
  • Jerusalem
  • The Mountaintop
  • Red

Best New Comedy

  • Calendar Girls
  • England People Very Nice
  • Parlour Song
  • The Priory

Best Musical Revival

  • Irving Berlin’s Annie Get Your Gun
  • Hello Dolly!
  • A Little Night Music
  • Lionel Bart’s Oliver!

Best New Musical

  • Dreamboats and Petticoats
  • Priscilla Queen of the Desert - the Musical
  • Spring Awakening
  • Sister Act

Best Entertainment

  • Arturo Brachetti: Change
  • Derren Brown: Enigma
  • Morecambe

Best Actress in a Musical or Entertainment

  • Melanie C for Blood Brothers
  • Patina Miller for Sister Act
  • Samantha Spiro for Hello Dolly!
  • Hannah Waddingham for A Little Night Music
  • Charlotte Wakefield for Spring Awakening

Best Actor in a Musical or Entertainment

  • Rowan Atkinson for Oliver!
  • Aneurin Barnard for Spring Awakening
  • Bob Golding for Morecambe
  • Alexander Hanson for A Little Night Music
  • Tony Sheldon for Priscilla, Queen of the Desert - The Musical

Best Supporting Performance in a Musical or Entertainment

  • Sheila Hancock for Sister Act
  • Maureen Lipman for A Little Night Music
  • Kelly Price for A Little Night Music
  • Iwan Rheon for Spring Awakening

Best Director

  • Rupert Goold for Enron
  • Michael Grandage for Hamlet
  • Lindsay Posner for A View from the Bridge
  • Ian Rickson for Jerusalem
  • Bijan Sheibani for Our Class

Best Revival

  • Arcadia
  • Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
  • The Misanthrope
  • A Streetcar Named Desire
  • A View from the Bridge
  • Three Days of Rain

Best Theatre Choreographer

  • Matthew Bourne for Oliver!
  • Bill T Jones for Spring Awakening
  • Anthony Van Laast for Sister Act
  • Stephen Mear for Hello Dolly!

Best Lighting Design

  • Burnt by the Sun
  • Enron
  • Spring Awakening
  • Three Days of Rain

Best Set Design

  • England People Very Nice
  • Enron
  • Jerusalem
  • Red

Best Costume Design

  • Hello Dolly!
  • Madame de Sade
  • The Misanthrope
  • Priscilla, Queen of the Desert - The Musical

Best Sound Design

  • Every Good Boy Deserves Favour
  • Jerusalem
  • Mother Courage and her Children
  • Spring Awakening

The Audience Award for Most Popular Show

  • Billy Elliot
  • The Phantom of the Opera
  • War Horse
  • We Will Rock You
  • Wicked

Outstanding Achievement in an Affiliate Theatre

  • Soho Theatre/Tiata Fahodzi for Iya Ile (The First Wife)
  • The Tricycle Theatre for The Great Game
  • The Royal Court for Cock

Best New Opera Production

  • The Royal Opera’s Der Fliegende Hollander
  • The Royal Opera’s Lulu
  • English National Opera’s Peter Grimes
  • The Royal Opera’s Tristan und Isolde

Outstanding Achievement in Opera

  • Anja Kampe for Der Fliegende Hollander
  • Stuart Skelton for Peter Grimes
  • Nina Steme for Tristan und Isolde
  • Michael Volle for Lulu and Tristan und Isolde

Best New Dance Production

  • Russell Maliphant’s Afterlight
  • Birmingham Royal Ballet’s E=MC2
  • Goldberg: The Brandstrup Rojo Project, ROH2
  • Rambert Dance Company’s A Linha Curva
  • Fabulous Beast Dance’s The Rite of Spring

Outstanding Achievement in Dance

  • Colin Dunne
  • Michael Hulls
  • Rambert Dance Company

Written by Tom Chiltton on February 9, 2010 · Filed Under Entertainment, Events, News 

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