1985 Laurence Olivier Awards
Winners and nominees from the Laurence Olivier Awards.
1985 Laurence Olivier Awards
Note: Award winners appear on a red background.
| Category | Nominee | Show |
|---|---|---|
| Actor of the Year | Kenneth Branagh | Henry V |
| Actor of the Year | Anthony Hopkins | Pravda |
| Actor of the Year | Antony Sher | Richard III |
| Actor of the Year | Alun Armstrong | The Crucible and The Winter's Tale |
| Actress of the Year | Wendy Morgan | Martine |
| Actress of the Year | Joanne Whalley | Saved |
| Actress of the Year | Harriet Walter | The Castle |
| Actress of the Year | Yvonne Bryceland | The Road To Mecca |
| Actress of the Year | Yvonne Bryceland | The Road To Mecca |
| Comedy of the Year | Alan Ayckbourn | A Chorus Of Disapproval |
| Comedy of the Year | John Godber | Bouncers |
| Comedy of the Year | William Shakespeare | Love's Labours Lost |
| Comedy of the Year | David Hare, Howard Brenton | Pravda |
| Comedy Performance of the Year | Michael Gambon | A Chorus Of Disapproval |
| Comedy Performance of the Year | Roger Rees | Love's Labours Lost |
| Comedy Performance of the Year | Maggie Smith | The Way Of The World |
| Comedy Performance of the Year | Griff Rhys Jones | Trumpets And Raspberries |
| De | Bob Crowley | Love's Labours Lost |
| Designer of the Year | Bob Crowley | Henry V |
| Designer of the Year | Alison Chitty | Martine |
| Designer of the Year | Alison Chitty | She Stoops To Conquer |
| Designer of the Year | Philip Prowse | The Duchess Of Malfi |
| Designer of the Year | William Dudley | The Mysteries |
| Director of the Year | Barry Kyle | Golden Girls |
| Director of the Year | Bill Alexander | Richard III |
| Director of the Year | Bill Bryden | The Mysteries |
| Director of the Year | Garry Hines | The Playboy Of The Western World |
| Most Promising Newcomer of the Year in Theatre | Cheek By Jowl | Andromache, Pericles and Vanity Fair |
| Most Promising Newcomer of the Year in Theatre | Frances Barber | Camille |
| Most Promising Newcomer of the Year in Theatre | Clive Mantle | Of Mice And Men |
| Most Promising Newcomer of the Year in Theatre | Druid Theatre Company | The Playboy Of The Western World |
| Musical of the Year | Alain Boublil, Herbert Tretzmer, Claude-Michel Schanberg | Les Miserables |
| Musical of the Year | L. Arthur Rose, Noel Gay, Douglas Furber | Me and My Girl |
| Outstanding Individual Performance of the Year in a New Dance Production | Roland Price | Sadler's Wells Royal Ballet's Sleeping Beauty |
| Outstanding Individual Performance of the Year in a New Dance Production | Yoko Morishita | the Matsuyama Ballet Company's Giselle |
| Outstanding Individual Performance of the Year in a New Dance Production | Stephen Jeffries | The Royal Ballet's The Sons Of Horus |
| Outstanding Individual Performance of the Year in a New Dance Production | Bryony Brind | the Royal Ballet's Young Apollo |
| Outstanding Individual Performance of the Year in a New Opera Production | Helen Field | The English National Opera's Faust |
| Outstanding Individual Performance of the Year in a New Opera Production | Kathleen Battle | The Royal Opera's Ariadne Auf Naxos |
| Outstanding Individual Performance of the Year in a New Opera Production | Kathleen Battle | The Royal Opera's Ariadne Auf Naxos |
| Outstanding Individual Performance of the Year in a New Opera Production | Marcus Stockhausen | The Royal Opera's Donnerstag Aus Licht |
| Outstanding Individual Performance of the Year in a New Opera Production | Kenneth Riegel | The Royal Opera's The Birthday Of The Infanta |
| Outstanding New Dance Production of the Year | Merce Cunningham | Pictures |
| Outstanding New Dance Production of the Year | London Festival Ballet | Romeo And Juliet |
| Outstanding New Dance Production of the Year | The Royal Ballet | The Sons Of Horus |
| Outstanding New Dance Production of the Year | Sadler's Wells Royal Ballet | The Wand Of Youth |
| Outstanding New Opera Production of the Year | English National Opera | Akhnaten |
| Outstanding New Opera Production of the Year | The Royal Opera | Donnerstag Aus Licht |
| Outstanding New Opera Production of the Year | English National Opera | Faust |
| Outstanding New Opera Production of the Year | English National Opera | Xerxes |
| Outstanding Performance of the Year by an Actor in a Musical | Mark McGann | Lennon |
| Outstanding Performance of the Year by an Actor in a Musical | Alun Armstrong | Les Miserables |
| Outstanding Performance of the Year by an Actor in a Musical | Colm Wilkinson | Les Miserables, RSC |
| Outstanding Performance of the Year by an Actor in a Musical | Robert Lindsay | Me And My Girl |
| Outstanding Performance of the Year by an Actress in a Musical | Betsy Brantley | Guys And Dolls |
| Outstanding Performance of the Year by an Actress in a Musical | Elisabeth Welch | Kern Goes To Hollywood |
| Outstanding Performance of the Year by an Actress in a Musical | Carol Sloman | Lennon |
| Outstanding Performance of the Year by an Actress in a Musical | Patti Lupone | The Cradle Will Rock |
| Outstanding Performance of the Year in a Supporting Role | Imelda Staunton | A Chorus Of Disapproval at the National |
| Outstanding Performance of the Year in a Supporting Role | Zoe Wanamaker | Mother Courage |
| Outstanding Performance of the Year in a Supporting Role | Patricia Routledge | Richard III |
| Outstanding Performance of the Year in a Supporting Role | Maria Aitken | Waste |
| Play of the Year | Tony Harrison | Doomsday |
| Play of the Year | Peter Barnes | Red Noses |
| Play of the Year | Athol Fugard | The Road To Mecca |
| Play of the Year | Harvey Fierstein | Torch Song Trilogy |
| The Observer Award for Outstanding Achievement | The Almeida Theatre, Royal Court Theatre's Edward Bond Season, RSC Tour of The Winter's Tale and The Crucible | |
| The Observer Award for Outstanding Achievement | Anthony Hopkins | Pravda |
| The Society's Special Award | Sir John Gielgud | |
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