1984 Laurence Olivier Awards
Winners and nominees from the Laurence Olivier Awards.
1984 Laurence Olivier Awards
Note: Award winners appear on a red background.
| Category | Nominee | Show |
|---|---|---|
| Actor of the Year in a Musical | Tim Flavin | On Your Toes |
| Actor of the Year in a Musical | Lon Satton | Starlight Express |
| Actor of the Year in a Musical | Paul Clarkson | The Hired Man |
| Actor of the Year in a Musical | David Kernan | The Ratepayers' Iolanthe |
| Actor of the Year in a New Play | Ian Charleson | Fool For Love |
| Actor of the Year in a New Play | John Kani | Master Harold And The Boys |
| Actor of the Year in a New Play | Brian Cox | Rat In The Skull |
| Actor of the Year in a New Play | Michael Pennington | Strider - The Story Of A Horse |
| Actor of the Year in a Revival | Emrys James | A New Way To Pay Old Debts |
| Actor of the Year in a Revival | Miles Anderson | Life's A Dream |
| Actor of the Year in a Revival | Peter McEnery | The Devils |
| Actor of the Year in a Revival | Ian McKellen | Wild Honey |
| Actor of the Year in a Supporting Role | Ramolao Makhene | Master Harold And The Boys |
| Actor of the Year in a Supporting Role | Timothy Spall | Saint Joan |
| Actor of the Year in a Supporting Role | Edward Petherbridge | Strange Interlude |
| Actor of the Year in a Supporting Role | Richard O'Callaghan | Twelfth Night |
| Actress of the Year in a Musical | Clare Leach | 42nd Street |
| Actress of the Year in a Musical | Sheila White | Little Me |
| Actress of the Year in a Musical | Natalia Makarova | On Your Toes |
| Actress of the Year in a Musical | Julia Hills | The Hired Man |
| Actress of the Year in a New Play | Brenda Blethyn | Benefactors |
| Actress of the Year in a New Play | Julie Walters | Fool For Love |
| Actress of the Year in a New Play | Thuli Dumakude | Poppie Nongena |
| Actress of the Year in a New Play | Julie Covington | Tom And Viv |
| Actress of the Year in a Revival | Juliet Stevenson | Measure For Measure |
| Actress of the Year in a Revival | Glenda Jackson | Strange Interlude |
| Actress of the Year in a Revival | Vanessa Redgrave | The Aspern Papers |
| Actress of the Year in a Revival | Zoe Wanamaker | Twelfth Night, RSC |
| Actress of the Year in a Supporting Role | Clare Higgins | A Streetcar Named Desire |
| Actress of the Year in a Supporting Role | Sophia Mgcina | Poppie Nongena |
| Actress of the Year in a Supporting Role | Marcia Warren | Stepping Out |
| Actress of the Year in a Supporting Role | Zoe Wanamaker | The Time Of Your Life |
| Comedy of the Year | Cliffhanger | Gymslip Vicar |
| Comedy of the Year | Alan Ayckbourn | Intimate Exchanges |
| Comedy of the Year | Ray Cooney | Two Into One |
| Comedy of the Year | John Godber | Up 'N' Under |
| Comedy Performance of the Year | Lavinia Bertram | Intimate Exchanges |
| Comedy Performance of the Year | Leonard Rossiter | Loot |
| Comedy Performance of the Year | Maureen Lipman | See How They Run |
| Comedy Performance of the Year | Michael Williams | Two Into One |
| Designer of the Year | John Napier | Starlight Express |
| Designer of the Year | Voytek with Michael Levine | Strange Interlude |
| Designer of the Year | Carl Toms | The Aspern Papers |
| Designer of the Year | John Gunter | Wild Honey |
| Director of the Year | Michael Blakemore | Benefactors |
| Director of the Year | John Barton | Life's A Dream |
| Director of the Year | Adrian Noble | The Comedy Of Errors |
| Director of the Year | Christopher Morahan | Wild Honey |
| Most Promising Newcomer of the Year in Theatre | Elsa Joubert, Hilary Blecher, Sandra Kotze | |
| Most Promising Newcomer of the Year in Theatre | Clare Leach | 42nd Street |
| Most Promising Newcomer of the Year in Theatre | Tim Flavin | On Your Toes |
| Most Promising Newcomer of the Year in Theatre | Henry Goodman | The Comedy Of Errors |
| Musical of the Year | Mark Bramble, Bradford Rupes, Michael Stewart, Al Dubin, Harry Warren | 42nd Street |
| Musical of the Year | Cass Morgan, Debra Monk, Mark Hardwick, John Foley, John Schimmel, Jim Wann | Pump Boys And Dinettes |
| Musical of the Year | Richard Stilgoe, Andrew Lloyd Webber | Starlight Express |
| Musical of the Year | Melvyn Bragg, Howard Goodall | The Hired Man |
| Outstanding Achievement of the Year in a Musical | John Napier | Starlight Express |
| Outstanding Achievement of the Year in a Musical | Howard Goodall | The Hired Man |
| Outstanding Achievement of the Year in a Musical | Ned Sherrin | The Ratepayers' Iolanthe |
| Outstanding Individual Performance of the Year in a New Dance Production | Patricia Ruanne | London Festival Ballet's Onegin |
| Outstanding Individual Performance of the Year in a New Dance Production | David Bintley | Sadler's Wells Royal Ballet's Petrushka |
| Outstanding Individual Performance of the Year in a New Dance Production | Wayne Eagling | The Royal Ballet's Different Drummer |
| Outstanding Individual Performance of the Year in a New Opera Production | Valerie Masterson | English National Opera's Mireille |
| Outstanding Individual Performance of the Year in a New Opera Production | Philip Langridge | English National Opera's Osud |
| Outstanding Individual Performance of the Year in a New Opera Production | Rosalind Plowright | English National Opera's The Sicilian Vespers |
| Outstanding Individual Performance of the Year in a New Opera Production | Edita Gruberova | The Royal Opera's I Capuleti E I Montecchi |
| Outstanding New Dance Production of the Year | The Royal Ballet | Consort Lessons |
| Outstanding New Dance Production of the Year | Dance Theatre Of Harlem | Giselle |
| Outstanding New Dance Production of the Year | Ballet Rambert | Intimate Pages |
| Outstanding New Dance Production of the Year | Sadler's Wells Royal Ballet | Metamorphosis |
| Outstanding New Opera Production of the Year | Welsh National Opera | From The House of the Dead |
| Outstanding New Opera Production of the Year | Opera Factory and London Sinfonietta | La Calisto |
| Outstanding New Opera Production of the Year | English National Opera | The Rape Of Lucretia |
| Outstanding New Opera Production of the Year | English National Opera | The Sicilian Vespers |
| Play of the Year | Michael Frayn | Benefactors |
| Play of the Year | Athol Fugard | Master Harold And The Boys |
| Play of the Year | Hilary Blecher, Elsa Joubert, Sandra Kotze | Poppie Nongena |
| Play of the Year | Ron Hutchinson | Rat In The Skull |
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