1988 Laurence Olivier Awards
Winners and nominees from the Laurence Olivier Awards.
1988 Laurence Olivier Awards
Note: Award winners appear on a red background.
| Category | Nominee | Show |
|---|---|---|
| Actor of the Year in a New Play | Alec Guinness | A Walk In The Woods |
| Actor of the Year in a New Play | Brian Cox | Fashion, RSC |
| Actor of the Year in a New Play | avid Haig | Our Country's Good |
| Actor of the Year in a New Play | David Suchet | Separation |
| Actor of the Year in a Revival | Tom Wilkinson | An Enemy Of The People |
| Actor of the Year in a Revival | Antony Sher | Hello And Goodbye |
| Actor of the Year in a Revival | Alun Armstrong | The Father |
| Actor of the Year in a Revival | Alun Armstrong | The Jew Of Malta |
| Actor of the Year in a Revival | Antony Sher | The Merchant Of Venice |
| Actor of the Year in a Revival | Brian Cox | Titus Andronicus |
| Actress of the Year in a New Play | Gillian Barge, Gillian Barge | Mrs Klein |
| Actress of the Year in a New Play | Saskia Reeves | Separation |
| Actress of the Year in a New Play | Pauline Collins | Shirley Valentine |
| Actress of the Year in a New Play | Penelope Wilton | The Secret Rapture |
| Actress of the Year in a Revival | Harriet Walter | A Question Of Geography |
| Actress of the Year in a Revival | Vanessa Redgrave | A Touch Of The Poet |
| Actress of the Year in a Revival | Harriet Walter | Barbican |
| Actress of the Year in a Revival | Estelle Kohler | Hello And Goodbye |
| Actress of the Year in a Revival | Estelle Kohler | The Pit |
| Actress of the Year in a Revival | Harriet Walter | Three Sisters |
| Actress of the Year in a Revival | Estelle Kohler | Titus Andronicus |
| Actress of the Year in a Revival | Harriet Walter | Twelfth Nigh |
| Actress of the Year in a Revival | Imelda Staunton | Uncle Vanya |
| BBC Award for the Play of the Year | Lee Blessing | A Walk In The Woods |
| BBC Award for the Play of the Year | Nicholas Wright | Mrs Klein |
| BBC Award for the Play of the Year | Timberlake Wertenbaker | Our Country's Good |
| BBC Award for the Play of the Year | David Hare | The Secret Rapture |
| Comedy of the Year | Alan Ayckbourn | Henceforward |
| Comedy of the Year | Tom Kempinski | Separation |
| Comedy of the Year | Willy Russell | Shirley Valentine |
| Comedy of the Year | Simon Gray | The Common Pursuit |
| Comedy Performance of the Year | Lesley Sharp | A Family Affair |
| Comedy Performance of the Year | Kenneth Branagh | As You Like It |
| Comedy Performance of the Year | Sian Thomas | Countrymania |
| Comedy Performance of the Year | Alex Jennings | Too Clever By Half |
| Designer of the Year | Nick Ormerod | A Family Affair |
| Designer of the Year | William Dudley | Bartholomew Fair |
| Designer of the Year | William Dudley | Cat On A Hot Tin Roof |
| Designer of the Year | Mark Thompson | Measure For Measure |
| Designer of the Year | Richard Hudson | Performance Season |
| Designer of the Year | Nick Ormerod | Philoctetes |
| Designer of the Year | William Dudley | The Shaughraun |
| Designer of the Year | Nick Ormerod | The Tempest |
| Designer of the Year | Mark Thompson | The Wizard Of Oz |
| Designer of the Year | William Dudley | Waiting For Godot |
| Director of the Year | David Thacker | A Touch Of The Poet |
| Director of the Year | David Thacker | An Enemy Of The People |
| Director of the Year | Howard Davies | Cat On A Hot Tin Roof |
| Director of the Year | Max Stafford-Clark | Our Country's Good |
| Director of the Year | Max Stafford-Clark | The Recruiting Officer |
| Director of the Year | Howard Davies | The Secret Rapture |
| Director of the Year | Howard Davies | The Shaughraun |
| Director of the Year | Deborah Warner | Titus Andronicus |
| Most Promising Newcomer of the Year in Theatre | Tim Luscombe | Easy Virtue |
| Most Promising Newcomer of the Year in Theatre | Andrew Castell | Journey's End |
| Most Promising Newcomer of the Year in Theatre | Tim Luscombe | The Browning Version and Harlequinade both |
| Most Promising Newcomer of the Year in Theatre | Alan Cumming | The Conquest Of The South Pole |
| Most Promising Newcomer of the Year in Theatre | Richard Jones | Too Clever By Half |
| Musical of the Year | Richard Rodgers | Babes In Arms |
| Musical of the Year | Willy Russell | Blood Brothers |
| Musical of the Year | Hugh Wheeler, Leonard Bernstein | Candide |
| Musical of the Year | John Kane | The Wizard Of Oz |
| Outstanding Achievement in Dance | London Contemporary Dance Theatre at Sadler, Hayden Griffin | |
| Outstanding Achievement in Dance | Kirov Ballet | London season |
| Outstanding Achievement in Dance | London Festival Ballet | Swansong and Cruel Garden |
| Outstanding Achievement in Dance | Second Stride | Weighing The Heart |
| Outstanding Achievement in Opera | English National Opera | Billy Budd |
| Outstanding Achievement in Opera | Welsh National Opera | Falstaff |
| Outstanding Achievement in Opera | English National Opera | Hansel And Gretel |
| Outstanding Achievement in Opera | The Royal Opera | Madama Butterfly |
| Outstanding Achievement in Opera | Leontina Vaduva | Manon |
| Outstanding Achievement in Opera | English National Opera | The Magic Flute |
| Outstanding Performance of the Year by an Actor in a Musical | Con O'Neill | Blood Brothers |
| Outstanding Performance of the Year by an Actor in a Musical | Nickolas Grace | Candide |
| Outstanding Performance of the Year by an Actor in a Musical | Mickey Rooney | Sugar Babies |
| Outstanding Performance of the Year by an Actor in a Musical | Bille Brown | The Wizard Of Oz |
| Outstanding Performance of the Year by an Actress in a Musical | Kiki Dee | Blood Brothers |
| Outstanding Performance of the Year by an Actress in a Musical | Patricia Routledge | Candide |
| Outstanding Performance of the Year by an Actress in a Musical | Ann Miller | Sugar Babies |
| Outstanding Performance of the Year by an Actress in a Musical | Imelda Staunton | The Wizard Of Oz |
| Outstanding Performance of the Year in a Supporting Role | Rudi Davies | A Touch Of The Poet |
| Outstanding Performance of the Year in a Supporting Role | Eileen Atkins | Cymbeline |
| Outstanding Performance of the Year in a Supporting Role | Serena Evans | Henceforward |
| Outstanding Performance of the Year in a Supporting Role | Tony Haygarth | The Tempest |
| Outstanding Set Design, Resident Production | Shakespeare Theatre | |
| Outstanding Set Design, Resident Production | Horizons Theatre, Arena Stage | |
| Outstanding Set Design, Resident Production | Russell Metheny | All's Well That Ends Well |
| Outstanding Set Design, Resident Production | Karl Eigsti | Heartbreak House |
| Outstanding Set Design, Resident Production | Matthew Cooper | Marathon '33 |
| Outstanding Supporting Actor, Resident Production | Shakespeare Theatre | |
| Outstanding Supporting Actor, Resident Production | Washington Stage Guild, Arena Stage, Potomac Theatre Project, Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company, Round House Theatre | |
| Outstanding Supporting Actor, Resident Production | Floyd King | All's Well That Ends Well |
| Outstanding Supporting Actor, Resident Production | Steven LeBlanc | Filthy Rich |
| Outstanding Supporting Actor, Resident Production | Kyle Prue | National Defense |
| Outstanding Supporting Actor, Resident Production | Bill Whitaker | Translations |
| Outstanding Supporting Actress, Resident Production | Shakespeare Theatre | |
| Outstanding Supporting Actress, Resident Production | Arena Stage, Studio Theatre, Studio Theatre, Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company | |
| Outstanding Supporting Actress, Resident Production | Francine Beers | Light Up the Sky |
| Outstanding Supporting Actress, Resident Production | Mary Ellen Nester | Savage in Limbo |
| Outstanding Supporting Actress, Resident Production | Muriel Smallwood | The Entertainer |
| Outstanding Supporting Performer, Non-Resident Production | Ford's Theatre, Kennedy Center, Arena Stage | |
| Outstanding Supporting Performer, Non-Resident Production | Jamey Sheridan | All My Sons |
| Outstanding Supporting Performer, Non-Resident Production | Michael Gough | Breaking the Code |
| Outstanding Supporting Performer, Non-Resident Production | Regina Resnik | Cabaret |
| Outstanding Supporting Performer, Non-Resident Production | Ed Hall | Joe Turner's Come and Gone |
| Outstanding Supporting Performer, Non-Resident Production | Richard McMillan | The Mikado |
| The Observer Award for Outstanding Achievement | Nick Dear | Ostrovsky |
| The Observer Award for Outstanding Achievement | Theatre de Complicite | Performance Season |
| The Observer Award for Outstanding Achievement | David Thacker | An Enemy Of The People |
| The Observer Award for Outstanding Achievement | Maly Theatre of Leningrad | Stars In The Morning Sky |
| The Society's Special Award | Sir Alec Guinness | |
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