1997 Laurence Olivier Awards
Winners and nominees from the Laurence Olivier Awards.
1997 Laurence Olivier Awards
Note: Award winners appear on a red background.
| Category | Nominee | Show |
|---|---|---|
| BBC Award for the Play of the Year | Stephen Poliakoff | Blinded By The Sun |
| BBC Award for the Play of the Year | Pam Gems | Stanley |
| BBC Award for the Play of the Year | Martin McDonagh | The Beauty Queen Of Leenane |
| BBC Award for the Play of the Year | Peter Whelan | The Herbal Bed |
| Best Actor | Ken Stott | Art |
| Best Actor | Paul Scofield | John Gabriel Borkman |
| Best Actor | Antony Sher | Stanley |
| Best Actor | David Suchet | Who's Afraid Of Virginia Woolf? |
| Best Actor in a Musical | Stephen Pacey | By Jeeves |
| Best Actor in a Musical | Iain Glen | Martin Guerre |
| Best Actor in a Musical | Robert Lindsay | Oliver! |
| Best Actor in a Musical | Paul Keating | Tommy |
| Best Actor in a Supporting Role | Owen Teale | A Doll's House |
| Best Actor in a Supporting Role | Stephen Boxer | The Herbal Bed, RSC |
| Best Actor in a Supporting Role | Tony Haygarth | Twelve Angry Men |
| Best Actor in a Supporting Role | Trevor Eve | Uncle Vanya |
| Best Actress | Janet McTeer | A Doll's House |
| Best Actress | Eileen Atkins, Vanessa Redgrave | John Gabriel Borkman |
| Best Actress | Diana Rigg | Who's Afraid Of Virginia Woolf? |
| Best Actress in a Musical | Joanna Riding, Imelda Staunton, Joanna Riding | Guys And Dolls |
| Best Actress in a Musical | Maria Friedman | Passion |
| Best Actress in a Musical | B J Crosby | Smokey Joe's Café |
| Best Actress in a Supporting Role | Deborah Findlay | Stanley |
| Best Actress in a Supporting Role | Anna Chancellor | Stanley |
| Best Actress in a Supporting Role | Frances Barber | Uncle Vanya |
| Best Actress in a Supporting Role | Claire Holman | Who's Afraid Of Virginia Woolf? |
| Best Comedy | Yasmina Reza | Art |
| Best Comedy | Neil Simon | Laughter On The 23rd Floor |
| Best Comedy | Adam Long, Daniel Singer and Jess Winfield | The Complete Works Of William Shakespeare (abridged) |
| Best Costume Designer | Louise Belson | By Jeeves |
| Best Costume Designer | William Dudley | Mary Stuart |
| Best Costume Designer | Tim Goodchild | The Relapse |
| Best Costume Designer | David C Woolard | Tommy |
| Best Director | Anthony Page | A Doll's House |
| Best Director | Matthew Warchus | Art |
| Best Director | Richard Eyre | John Gabriel Borkman |
| Best Director | Des McAnuff | Tommy |
| Best Lighting Designer | Hugh Vanstone | Art |
| Best Lighting Designer | Mark Henderson | John Gabriel Borkman |
| Best Lighting Designer | David Hersey | Martin Guerre |
| Best Lighting Designer | Chris Parry | Tommy |
| Best New Dance Production | English National Ballet | Alice In Wonderland |
| Best New Dance Production | Birmingham Royal Ballet | Carmina Burana |
| Best New Dance Production | English National Ballet | Cinderella |
| Best New Opera Production | Welsh National Opera | Cavelleria Rusticana and I Pagliacci |
| Best New Opera Production | English National Opera | Fidelio |
| Best New Opera Production | English National Opera | Tristan And Isolde |
| Best Set Designer | Mark Thompson | Art |
| Best Set Designer | Paul Farnsworth, Paul Farnsworth | Passion |
| Best Set Designer | Tim Hatley, Tim Hatley | Stanley |
| Best Set Designer | John Arnone, John Arnone | Tommy |
| Best Supporting Performance in a Musical | Clive Rowe | Guys And Dolls |
| Best Supporting Performance in a Musical | Tony Selby | Paint Your Wagon |
| Best Supporting Performance in a Musical | Hugh Ross | Passion |
| Best Supporting Performance in a Musical | James Gillan | Tommy |
| Best Theatre Choreographer | Bob Avian | Martin Guerre |
| Best Theatre Choreographer | Wayne Cilento | Tommy |
| Outstanding Achievement in Dance | Sue Blane | Alice In Wonderland |
| Outstanding Achievement in Dance | Thomas Edur | Alice in Wonderland and Giselle |
| Outstanding Achievement in Dance | Viviana Durante | Anastasia... Now Langourous, Now Wild... |
| Outstanding Achievement in Dance | The dancers of Rambert Dance Company | Production Season |
| Outstanding Achievement in Opera | Elgar Howarth | Die Soldaten and The Prince Of Homburg |
| Outstanding Achievement in Opera | Karita Mattila | Don Carlos |
| Outstanding Achievement in Opera | Wolfgang Gobbel | The Midsummer Marriage |
| Outstanding Musical Production | Alan Ayckbourn and Andrew Lloyd Webber | By Jeeves |
| Outstanding Musical Production | Andrew Lloyd Webber | Jesus Christ Superstar |
| Outstanding Musical Production | Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller | Smokey Joe's Café: The Song Of Lieber and Stoller |
| Outstanding Musical Production | Pete Townshend | Tommy |
| The American Express Award for Best New Musical | Claude-Michel Schonberg, Alain Boublil | Martin Guerre |
| The American Express Award for Best New Musical | Maury Yeston | Nine |
| The American Express Award for Best New Musical | Stephen Sondheim | Passion |
| The Society's Special Award | Margaret Harris | |
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