2001 Laurence Olivier Awards
Winners and nominees from the Laurence Olivier Awards.
2001 Laurence Olivier Awards
Note: Award winners appear on a red background.
| Category | Nominee | Show |
|---|---|---|
| BBC Award for Best New Play | Joe Penhall | Blue/Orange |
| BBC Award for Best New Play | Frank McGuinness | Dolly West's Kitchen |
| BBC Award for Best New Play | Yasmina Reza | Life x 3 |
| BBC Award for Best New Play | David Hare | My Zinc Bed |
| Best Actor | Bill Nighy | Blue/Orange |
| Best Actor | Simon Russell Beale | Hamlet |
| Best Actor | Conleth Hill | Stones In His Pockets |
| Best Actor | Seán Campion | Stones In His Pockets |
| Best Actor | Michael Gambon | The Caretaker |
| Best Actor in a Musical | Daniel Evans | Merrily We Roll Along |
| Best Actor in a Musical | Paul Robinson | Singin' In The Rain |
| Best Actor in a Musical | David Shannon | The Beautiful Game |
| Best Actor in a Musical | Jimmy Johnston | The Pirates Of Penzance |
| Best Actress | Julie Walters | All My Sons |
| Best Actress | Harriet Walter | Life x 3 |
| Best Actress | Jessica Lange | Long Day's Journey Into Night |
| Best Actress | Helen Mirren | Orpheus Descending |
| Best Actress in a Musical | Nicola Hughes | Fosse |
| Best Actress in a Musical | Samantha Spiro | Merrily We Roll Along |
| Best Actress in a Musical | Josie Walker | The Beautiful Game |
| Best Actress in a Musical | Joanna Riding | The Witches Of Eastwick |
| Best Costume Designer | Bob Crowley | Cressida |
| Best Costume Designer | Gregg Barnes | Pageant |
| Best Costume Designer | Alison Chitty | Remembrance Of Things Past |
| Best Costume Designer | Roger Kirk | The King And I |
| Best Director | Howard Davies | All My Sons |
| Best Director | Nicholas Hytner | Orpheus Descending |
| Best Director | Trevor Nunn | The Cherry Orchard |
| Best Director | Ian Talbot | The Pirates Of Penzance |
| Best Lighting Designer | Mark Henderson | All My Sons |
| Best Lighting Designer | Paul Pyant | Hamlet |
| Best Lighting Designer | Hugh Vanstone | The Cherry Orchard |
| Best Lighting Designer | Howard Harrison | To The Green Fields Beyond |
| Best New Comedy | Lee Hall | Cooking With Elvis |
| Best New Comedy | Alan Ayckbourn | House/Garden |
| Best New Comedy | Alan Plater | Peggy For You |
| Best New Comedy | Marie Jones | Stones In His Pockets |
| Best New Dance Production | NDT2 | Indigo Rose |
| Best New Dance Production | Compagnie Montalvo-Hervieu | Le Jardin Io Io Ito Ito |
| Best New Dance Production | NDT2 | Mellantid |
| Best New Dance Production | Zurich Ballet | Mozartina |
| Best New Musical | Richard Maltby Jr | Fosse |
| Best New Musical | Stephen Sondheim | Merrily We Roll Along |
| Best New Musical | Andrew Lloyd Webber | The Beautiful Game |
| Best New Musical | Dana P Rowe | The Witches Of Eastwick |
| Best New Opera Production | English National Opera | Pelleas And Melisande |
| Best New Opera Production | English National Opera | The Coronation Of Poppea |
| Best New Opera Production | The Royal Opera | The Greek Passion |
| Best New Opera Production | The Kirov Opera | War And Peace |
| Best Set Designer | William Dudley | All My Sons |
| Best Set Designer | Bunny Christie | Baby Doll |
| Best Set Designer | Rob Howell | The Caretaker |
| Best Set Designer | Brian Thomson | The King And I |
| Best Supporting Actor | Jason Watkins | A Servant To Two Masters |
| Best Supporting Actor | Ben Daniels | All My Sons |
| Best Supporting Actor | Chiwetel Ejiofor | Blue/Orange |
| Best Supporting Actor | Douglas Hodge | The Caretaker |
| Best Supporting Actress | Catherine McCormack | All My Sons |
| Best Supporting Actress | Marcia Warren | In Flame |
| Best Supporting Actress | Pauline Flanagan | Kitchen |
| Best Supporting Actress | Gillian Barge | Passion Play |
| Best Supporting Performance in a Musical | Miles Western | Pageant |
| Best Supporting Performance in a Musical | Rebecca Thornhill | Singin' In The Rain |
| Best Supporting Performance in a Musical | Taewon Yi Kim | The King And I |
| Best Supporting Performance in a Musical | Rosemary Ashe | The Witches Of Eastwick |
| Best Theatre Choreographer | Bob Fosse | Fosse |
| Best Theatre Choreographer | Peter Darling | Merrily We Roll Along |
| Best Theatre Choreographer | Meryl Tankard | The Beautiful Game |
| Outstanding Achievement in Dance | Deborah Colker | Mix |
| Outstanding Achievement in Dance | Michael Revie | Mozartina |
| Outstanding Achievement in Dance | Robert Parker | Shakespeare Suite |
| Outstanding Achievement in Dance | Matthew Bourne | The Car Man |
| Outstanding Achievement in Opera | Stefanos Lazaridis | Greek Passion |
| Outstanding Achievement in Opera | The Kirov Opera | Production Season |
| Outstanding Achievement in Opera | Mark-Anthony Turnage | The Silver Tassie |
| Outstanding Achievement in Opera | Gerald Finley | The Silver Tassie |
| Outstanding Musical Production | Gilbert and Sullivan | HMS Pinafore |
| Outstanding Musical Production | Stanley Donen | Singin' In The Rain |
| Outstanding Musical Production | Richard Rodgers | The King And I |
| Outstanding Musical Production | Gilbert and Sullivan | The Mikado |
| Outstanding Musical Production | Gilbert and Sullivan | The Pirates Of Penzance |
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