1986 Laurence Olivier Awards
Winners and nominees from the Laurence Olivier Awards.
1986 Laurence Olivier Awards
Note: Award winners appear on a red background.
| Category | Nominee | Show |
|---|---|---|
| Actor of the Year | Derek Jacobi | Breaking The Code |
| Actor of the Year | Albert Finney | Orphans |
| Actor of the Year | Ian McKellen | The Cherry Orchard |
| Actor of the Year | Martin Sheen | The Normal Heart |
| Actress of the Year | Juliet Stevenson | As You Like It |
| Actress of the Year | Lindsay Duncan | Les Liaisons Dangereuses |
| Actress of the Year | Irene Worth | The Bay At Nice |
| Actress of the Year | Julia McKenzie | Woman In Mind |
| BBC Award for the Play of the Year | Christopher Hampton | Les Liaisons Dangereuses |
| BBC Award for the Play of the Year | Arthur Miller | The American Clock |
| BBC Award for the Play of the Year | Larry Kramer | The Normal Heart |
| Comedy of the Year | William Shakespeare, RSC | A Midsummer Night's Dream |
| Comedy of the Year | Ken Ludwig | Lend Me A Tenor |
| Comedy of the Year | Royal Shakespeare Company | The Merry Wives Of Windsor |
| Comedy of the Year | JB Priestley | When We Are Married |
| Comedy Performance of the Year | Paul Scofield | I'm Not Rappaport |
| Comedy Performance of the Year | Brian Cox | Misalliance |
| Comedy Performance of the Year | Nigel Hawthorne | The Magistrate |
| Comedy Performance of the Year | Bill Fraser | When We Are Married |
| Designer of the Year | Carl Toms | Dalliance and The Magistrate |
| Designer of the Year | Bob Crowley | Les Liaisons Dangereuses |
| Designer of the Year | William Dudley | The Merry Wives Of Windsor |
| Designer of the Year | Bob Crowley | The Winter's Tale |
| Designer of the Year | Bob Crowley | As You Like It |
| Designer of the Year | William Dudley | Futurists |
| Designer of the Year | William Dudley | Kafka's Dick |
| Designer of the Year | Maria Bjornson | The Phantom Of The Opera |
| Designer of the Year | William Dudley | The Royal Court |
| Director of the Year | Declan Donnellan | A Midsummer Night's Dream |
| Director of the Year | Howard Davies | Les Liaisons Dangereuses, RSC |
| Director of the Year | Peter Wood | The American Clock |
| Director of the Year | Bill Alexander | The Merry Wives Of Windsor, RSC |
| Most Promising Newcomer of the Year in Theatre | Sally Dexter | Dalliance |
| Most Promising Newcomer of the Year in Theatre | Simon Curtis, Anne Devlin | Ourselves Alone |
| Most Promising Newcomer of the Year in Theatre | Simon Curtis | Road |
| Most Promising Newcomer of the Year in Theatre | Janet McTeer | The Grace Of Mary Traverse |
| Musical of the Year | Benny Andersson, Tim Rice, Bjorn Ulvaeus | Chess |
| Musical of the Year | WS Gilbert, Arthur Sullivan, Bill Whelan | HMS Pinafore |
| Musical of the Year | Charles Hart, Andrew Lloyd Webber, Richard Stilgoe | The Phantom Of The Opera |
| Musical of the Year | Jerome Chadovov, Joseph A Fields, Leonard Bernstein, Betty Comden, Adolph Green | Wonderful Town! |
| Outstanding Achievement in Opera | Graham Clark, Thomas Allen, The English National Opera | Doctor Faust |
| Outstanding Achievement in Opera | Stephanos Lazaridis | Doctor Faust |
| Outstanding Achievement in Opera | Harrison Birtwistle | English National Opera's The Mask Of Orpheus |
| Outstanding Achievement in Opera | Stephanos Lazaridis | The Mikado |
| Outstanding Achievement in Opera | Kathryn Harries | The Ring Cycle |
| Outstanding Achievement in Opera | Anne Evans | Welsh National Opera's The Ring Cycle |
| Outstanding Achievement of the Year in Dance | Ballet Rambert | |
| Outstanding Achievement of the Year in Dance | Jerome Robbins, Michael Clark, The Bolshoi Ballet | |
| Outstanding Performance of the Year by an Actor in a Musical | Tommy Korberg | Chess |
| Outstanding Performance of the Year by an Actor in a Musical | Paul Bentley | HMS Pinafore |
| Outstanding Performance of the Year by an Actor in a Musical | George Hearn | La Cage Aux Folles |
| Outstanding Performance of the Year by an Actor in a Musical | Michael Crawford | The Phantom Of The Opera |
| Outstanding Performance of the Year by an Actress in a Musical | Elaine Paige | Chess |
| Outstanding Performance of the Year by an Actress in a Musical | Lesley Mackie | Judy |
| Outstanding Performance of the Year by an Actress in a Musical | Angela Richards | Side By Side By Sondheim |
| Outstanding Performance of the Year by an Actress in a Musical | Maureen Lipman | Wonderful Town! |
| Outstanding Performance of the Year in a Supporting Role | Fiona Shaw, Nicky Henson | As You Like It |
| Outstanding Performance of the Year in a Supporting Role | Fiona Shaw | Mephisto |
| Outstanding Performance of the Year in a Supporting Role | Janet Dale | Othello |
| Outstanding Performance of the Year in a Supporting Role | Nicky Henson | The Merry Wives of Windsor |
| Outstanding Performance of the Year in a Supporting Role | Janet Dale | The Merry Wives Of Windsor |
| Outstanding Performance of the Year in a Supporting Role | Paul Jesson | The Normal Heart |
| The Observer Award for Outstanding Achievement | Robert Holman | his triple bill of plays Making Noise Quietly |
| The Observer Award for Outstanding Achievement | Peter Brewis, Bob Goody, Mel Smith | The Gambler |
| The Observer Award for Outstanding Achievement | The Lyric Theatre Hammersmith | The House Of Bernarda Alba |
| The Observer Award for Outstanding Achievement | Barbara Cook | |
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