Laurence Olivier Award 2014: 38th Annual Winners
The winners of the 38th Annual Laurence Olivier Award have been announced. The 2014 Laurence Olivier Awards are “presented annually by the Society of London Theatre to recognize excellence in professional theatre. Named after the British actor Laurence Olivier, they are given for West End shows and other productions staged in London. The Olivier Awards are recognized internationally as the highest honour in British theatre and are considered to be the theatre industry equivalent of the British Academy of Film and Television Arts for television and film; in terms of theatre, they are the British equivalent of Broadway’s Tony Awards and France’s Molière Award.”
The full listing of the 2014 Laurence Olivier Awards winners:
Best Actor
Rory Kinnear for Othello at the National Theatre, OlivierBest Actress
Lesley Manville for Ghosts at the Almeida Theatre & Trafalgar StudiosBest Actor in a Supporting Role
Jack Lowden for Ghosts at the Almeida Theatre & Trafalgar StudiosBest Actress in a Supporting Role
Sharon D Clarke for The Amen Corner at the National Theatre, OlivierAmerican Airlines Best New Play
1984 at the Almeida Theatre
Chimerica at the Almeida Theatre & Harold Pinter TheatreBest New Comedy
Jeeves & Wooster In Perfect Nonsense at the Duke of York’s TheatreBest Director
Lyndsey Turner for Chimerica at the Almeida Theatre & Harold Pinter TheatreBest Actor in a Musical
Gavin Creel for The Book Of Mormon at the Prince of Wales TheatreBest Actress in a Musical
Zrinka Cvitešić for Once at the Phoenix TheatreBest Performance in a Supporting Role in a Musical
Stephen Ashfield for The Book Of Mormon at the Prince of Wales TheatreMasterCard Best New Musical
The Book Of Mormon at the Prince of Wales TheatreBest Revival
Ghosts at the Almeida Theatre & Trafalgar StudiosBest Musical Revival
Merrily We Roll Along at the Harold Pinter TheatreBest Theatre Choreographer
Casey Nicholaw for The Book Of Mormon at the Prince of Wales TheatreBest Entertainment and Family
The Wind In The Willows at the Duchess TheatreAutograph Sound Award for Outstanding Achievement in Music
Once – Martin Lowe for composition & arrangements, Glen Hansard & Markéta Irglová for music & lyrics
White Light Award for Best Lighting Design
Tim Lutkin & Finn Ross for Chimerica at the Almeida Theatre & Harold Pinter Theatre
Paul Pyant and Jon Driscoll for Charlie And The Chocolate Factory at the Theatre Royal Drury LaneBest Sound Design
Carolyn Downing for Chimerica at the Almeida Theatre & Harold Pinter Theatre
Gareth Owen for Merrily We Roll Along at the Harold Pinter TheatreBest Costume Design
Mark Thompson for Charlie And The Chocolate Factory at the Theatre Royal Drury LaneXL Video Award for Best Set Design
Es Devlin for Chimerica at the Almeida Theatre & Harold Pinter TheatreOutstanding Achievement in an Affiliate Theatre
Handbagged at the Tricycle TheatreBest New Dance Production
Eastman – Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui & Sadler’s Wells for Puz/zle at Sadler’s WellsOutstanding Achievement in Dance
Michael Hulls for his body of lighting work including Ballet Boyz – The Talent at Sadler’s WellsBest New Opera Production
Les Vêpres Siciliennes at the Royal Opera HouseOutstanding Achievement in Opera
English Touring Opera for its brave and challenging touring productions at the Linbury Studio Theatre, Royal Opera HouseBBC Radio 2 Audience Award
Les Misérables at the Queen’s TheatreSpecial Awards
Nicholas Hytner and Nick Starr
Michael White
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