2005 Laurence Olivier Awards Nominations Announced

The nominations were announced today for the 2005 Olivier Awards, London's most prestigious theatre awards. The award ceremony will take place on February 20, 2005 in the UK.

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

• 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 and Apollo
• Ben Whishaw for HAMLET at The Old Vic

• 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 and Apollo

• BY THE BOG OF CATS by Marina Carr at Wyndhams
• FESTEN A dramatisation by David Eldridge Based on the Dogme film and play by Thomas Vinterberg, Mogens Rukov and Bo hr. Hansen at the Almeida and the Lyric
• THE GOAT, OR WHO IS SYLVIA? by Edward Albee at the Almeida and the Apollo
• THE HISTORY BOYS by Alan Bennett at the Lyttelton

• ALL'S WELL THAT ENDS WELL by William Shakespeare at the Gielgud
• ENDGAME by Samuel Beckett at the Albery
• HAMLET by William Shakespeare at The Old Vic
• JOURNEY'S END by R C Sherriff at the Comedy, Playhouse and Duke of York's

• MARY POPPINS a musical based on the stories of PL Travers and the Walt Disney Film; original music and lyrics by Richard M Sherman and Robert B Sherman; book by Julian Fellowes; new songs and additional music and lyrics by George Stiles and Anthony Drewe; co-created by Cameron Mackintosh at the Prince Edward
• THE PRODUCERS book by Mel Brooks & Thomas Meehan; music and lyrics by Mel Brooks and by special arrangement with StudioCanal at Theatre Royal, Drury Lane
• THE WOMAN IN WHITE a new musical freely adapted from the classic novel by Wilkie Collins; music by Andrew Lloyd Webber; lyrics by David Zippel; book by Charlotte Jones at the Palace

• A FUNNY THING HAPPENED ON THE WAY TO THE FORUM book by Burt Shevelove & Larry Gelbart; music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim at the Olivier
• GRAND HOTEL book by Luther Davis; music & lyrics by Robert Wright and George Forrest; additional music and lyrics by Maury Yeston; based on Vicki Baum's Grand Hotel at the Donmar Warehouse
• SIMPLY HEAVENLY book and lyrics by Langston Hughes; music by David Martin at Trafalgar Studios
• SWEENEY TODD music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim; book by Hugh Wheeler from an adaptation by Christopher Bond at Trafalgar Studios and the New Ambassadors

• Maria Friedman for THE WOMAN IN WHITE at the Palace
• Leigh Zimmerman for THE PRODUCERS at Theatre Royal, Drury Lane
• Laura Michelle Kelly for MARY POPPINS at the Prince Edward

• Lee Evans for THE PRODUCERS at Theatre Royal, Drury Lane
• Paul Hegarty for SWEENEY TODD at Trafalgar Studios and New Ambassadors
• Nathan Lane for THE PRODUCERS at Theatre Royal, Drury Lane
• Gavin Lee for MARY POPPINS at the Prince Edward

• Michael Crawford for THE WOMAN IN WHITE at the Palace
• David Haig for MARY POPPINS at the Prince Edward
• Conleth Hill for THE PRODUCERS at Theatre Royal, Drury Lane

• Richard Eyre for MARY POPPINS at the Prince Edward
• Nicholas Hytner for THE HISTORY BOYS at the Lyttelton
• Rufus Norris for FESTEN at the Almeida and Lyric
• Susan Stroman for THE PRODUCERS at Theatre Royal, Drury Lane

• Matthew Bourne and Stephen Mear for MARY POPPINS at the Prince Edward
• Adam Cooper for GRAND HOTEL at the Donmar Warehouse
• Susan Stroman for THE PRODUCERS at Theatre Royal, Drury Lane

• ALL'S WELL THAT ENDS WELL designed by Paul Pyant at the Gielgud
• FESTEN designed by Jean Kalman at the Almeida and Lyric
• HIS DARK MATERIALS designed by Paule Constable at the Olivier
• MARY POPPINS designed by Howard Harrison at the Prince Edward

• FESTEN designed by Ian McNeil at the Almeida and Lyric
• HIS DARK MATERIALS designed by Giles Cadle at the Olivier
• MARY POPPINS designed by Bob Crowley at the Prince Edward
• SUDDENLY LAST SUMMER designed by Christopher Oram at the Albery
• THE WOMAN IN WHITE designed by William Dudley at the Palace

• ALL'S WELL THAT ENDS WELL designed by Deirdre Clancey at the Gielgud
• HAMLET designed by John Gunter and Mark Bouman at The Old Vic
• MARY POPPINS designed by Bob Crowley at the Prince Edward
• THE PRODUCERS designed by William Ivey Long at Theatre Royal, Drury Lane

• FESTEN designed by Paul Arditti at the Almeida and Lyric
• SUDDENLY LAST SUMMER designed by Adam Cork at the Albery
• THE WOMAN IN WHITE designed by Mick Potter at the Palace

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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 AND JULIET at Sadler's Wells
• Rambert Dance Company's SWAMP at Sadler's Wells

• 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