2002 Laurence Olivier Awards
Winners and nominees from the Laurence Olivier Awards.
2002 Laurence Olivier Awards
Note: Award winners appear on a red background.
| Category | Nominee | Show |
|---|---|---|
| Audience Award for Most Popular Show | Cats | |
| Audience Award for Most Popular Show | Mamma Mia! | |
| Audience Award for Most Popular Show | the Criterion | Reduced Shakespeare Company |
| Audience Award for Most Popular Show | The Phantom of the Opera | |
| Best Actor | Simon Russell Beale | Humble Boy |
| Best Actor | Alan Rickman | Private Lives |
| Best Actor | Roger Allam | Privates On Parade |
| Best Actor | Sean Foley | The Play What I Wrote |
| Best Actor in a Musical or Entertainment | Paul Keating | Closer To Heaven |
| Best Actor in a Musical or Entertainment | Brent Barrett | Kiss Me, Kate |
| Best Actor in a Musical or Entertainment | Jonathan Pryce | My Fair Lady |
| Best Actor in a Musical or Entertainment | Philip Quast | South Pacific |
| Best Actor in a Supporting Role | Ned Beatty | Cat On A Hot Tin Roof |
| Best Actor in a Supporting Role | Desmond Barrit | Henry IV Parts I and II |
| Best Actor in a Supporting Role | Adam Godley | Mouth To Mouth |
| Best Actor in a Supporting Role | Malcolm Sinclair | Privates On Parade |
| Best Actor in a Supporting Role | Toby Jones | The Play What I Wrote |
| Best Actress | Victoria Hamilton | A Day In The Death Of Joe Egg |
| Best Actress | Zoë Wanamaker | Boston Marriage |
| Best Actress | Lindsay Duncan | Mouth To Mouth |
| Best Actress | Lindsay Duncan | Private Lives |
| Best Actress in a Musical or Entertainment | Barbara Cook | Barbara Cook Sings Mostly Sondheim |
| Best Actress in a Musical or Entertainment | Marin Mazzie | Kiss Me, Kate |
| Best Actress in a Musical or Entertainment | Martine McCutcheon | My Fair Lady |
| Best Actress in a Musical or Entertainment | Ruthie Henshall | Peggy Sue Got Married |
| Best Actress in a Supporting Role | Lyndsey Marshal | Boston Marriage |
| Best Actress in a Supporting Role | Marcia Warren | Humble Boy |
| Best Actress in a Supporting Role | Emma Fielding | Private Lives |
| Best Actress in a Supporting Role | Bríd Brennan | The Little Foxes |
| Best Costume Designer | Martin Pakledinaz | Kiss Me, Kate |
| Best Costume Designer | Anthony Ward | My Fair Lady |
| Best Costume Designer | Jenny Beavan | Private Lives |
| Best Costume Designer | Kevin Pollard | Shockheaded Peter |
| Best Director | Michael Boyd | Henry VI Parts I, II and III and Richard III |
| Best Director | Michael Blakemore | Kiss Me, Kate |
| Best Director | Ian Rickson | Mouth To Mouth |
| Best Director | Howard Davies | Private Lives |
| Best Director | Phelim McDermott | Shockheaded Peter |
| Best Entertainment | Barbara Cook | Sings Mostly Sondheim |
| Best Entertainment | Al Murray | The Pub Landlord - My Gaff |
| Best Entertainment | Julian Bleach | Shockheaded Peter |
| Best Entertainment | Jeremy Dyson | The League Of Gentlemen |
| Best Entertainment | Eve Ensler | The Vagina Monologues |
| Best Lighting Designer | Mark Henderson | A Midsummer Night's Dream |
| Best Lighting Designer | Howard Harrison | Cat On A Hot Tin Roof |
| Best Lighting Designer | Peter Mumford | Hamlet |
| Best Lighting Designer | Tim Mitchell | Henry IV Parts I and II |
| Best Lighting Designer | David Hersey | My Fair Lady |
| Best New Comedy | David Mamet | Boston Marriage |
| Best New Comedy | Ray Cooney | Caught In The Net |
| Best New Comedy | Alistair Beaton | Feelgood |
| Best New Comedy | Hamish McColl | The Play What I Wrote |
| Best New Dance Production | Ballett Frankfurt | Eidos: Telos |
| Best New Dance Production | Sankai Juku | Hibiki |
| Best New Dance Production | Dutch National Ballet | Live |
| Best New Dance Production | The Royal Ballet | Onegin |
| Best New Opera Production | The Royal Opera | Boulevard Solitude |
| Best New Opera Production | The Royal Opera | Jenufa |
| Best New Opera Production | The Royal Opera | Rigoletto |
| Best New Opera Production | English National Opera | The Rape Of Lucretia |
| Best Set Designer | Tim Hatley | Humble Boy |
| Best Set Designer | Robin Wagner | Kiss Me, Kate |
| Best Set Designer | Anthony Ward | My Fair Lady |
| Best Set Designer | Julian Crouch | Shockheaded Peter |
| Best Set Designer | Lez Brotherston | The Little Foxes |
| Best Supporting Performance in a Musical or Entertainment | Nancy Anderson, Michael Berresse | Kiss Me, Kate |
| Best Supporting Performance in a Musical or Entertainment | Nicholas Le Prevost | My Fair Lady |
| Best Supporting Performance in a Musical or Entertainment | Martyn Jacques | Shockheaded Peter |
| Best Theatre Choreographer | Kathleen Marshall | Kiss, Me Kate |
| Best Theatre Choreographer | Matthew Bourne | My Fair Lady |
| Best Theatre Choreographer | Scarlett Mackmin | Privates On Parade |
| Best Theatre Choreographer | Irving Davies | The Play What I Wrote |
| Most Promising Performer | Benjamin Davies | Fucking Games |
| Most Promising Performer | Ralf Little | Presence |
| Most Promising Performer | Leah Muller | Six Characters Looking For An Author |
| Most Promising Performer | Jack Davenport | The Servant |
| Most Promising Playwright | Grae Cleugh | Fucking Games |
| Most Promising Playwright | Simon Stephens | Herons |
| Most Promising Playwright | Abi Morgan | Tender |
| Outstanding Achievement Award | Trevor Nunn | |
| Outstanding Achievement in Dance | William Forsythe | Artifact and Eidos: Telos |
| Outstanding Achievement in Dance | Dana Caspersen | Ballett Frankfurt's Artifact and Eidos: Telos |
| Outstanding Achievement in Dance | Ushio Amagatsu | Sankai Juku's Hibiki |
| Outstanding Achievement in Dance | Mark Morris | the Mark Morris Dance Group's season |
| Outstanding Achievement in Opera | English National Opera | commitment |
| Outstanding Achievement in Opera | David Sawer | From Morning To Midnight |
| Outstanding Achievement in Opera | Bernard Haitink | Jenufa and The Queen Of Spades |
| Outstanding Achievement in Opera | Karita Mattila | Jenufa and The Queen Of Spades |
| Outstanding Achievement of the Year in Dance | The Paul Taylor Dance Company | its season |
| Special Award | Rupert Rhymes | |
| The BBC Award for Best New Play | Rebecca Gilman | Boy Gets Girl |
| The BBC Award for Best New Play | Gregory Burke | Gagarin Way |
| The BBC Award for Best New Play | Charlotte Jones | Humble Boy |
| The BBC Award for Best New Play | August Wilson | Jitney |
| The BBC Award for Best New Play | Kevin Elyot | Mouth To Mouth |
| The Hilton Award for Outstanding Musical Production | Cole Porter | Kiss Me, Kate |
| The Hilton Award for Outstanding Musical Production | Frederick Loewe | My Fair Lady |
| The Hilton Award for Outstanding Musical Production | Richard Rodgers | South Pacific |
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