2005 Laurence Olivier Awards
Winners and nominees from the Laurence Olivier Awards.
2005 Laurence Olivier Awards
Note: Award winners appear on a red background.
| Category | Nominee | Show |
|---|---|---|
| Best Actor | Michael Gambon | Endgame |
| Best Actor | Jonathan Pryce | The Goat, Or Who Is Sylvia? |
| Best Actor | Richard Griffiths | The History Boys |
| Best Actor in a Musical | Gavin Lee | Mary Poppins |
| Best Actor in a Musical | Paul Hegarty | Sweeney Todd |
| Best Actor in a Musical | Nathan Lane | The Producers |
| Best Actor in a Musical | Lee Evans | The Producers |
| Best Actress | Caroline O’Connor | Bombshells |
| Best Actress | Anna Maxwell Martin | Dark Materials |
| Best Actress | Clare Higgins | Hecuba |
| Best Actress | Victoria Hamilton | Suddenly Last Summer |
| Best Actress in a Musical | Laura Michelle Kelly | Mary Poppins |
| Best Actress in a Musical | Leigh Zimmerman | The Producers |
| Best Actress in a Musical | Maria Friedman | The Woman In White |
| Best Costume Design | Deirdre Clancy | All's Well That Ends Well |
| Best Costume Design | John Gunter | Hamlet |
| Best Costume Design | Bob Crowley | Mary Poppins |
| Best Costume Design | William Ivey Long | The Producers |
| Best Director | Nicholas Hytner | History Boys |
| Best Director | Rufus Norris | Festen |
| Best Director | Richard Eyre | Mary Poppins |
| Best Director | Susan Stroman | The Producers |
| Best Lighting Design | Paul Pyant | All's Well That Ends Well |
| Best Lighting Design | Jean Kalman | Festen |
| Best Lighting Design | Paule Constable | His Dark Materials |
| Best Lighting Design | Howard Harrison | Mary Poppins |
| Best New Dance Production | Northern Ballet Theatre | A Midsummer Night's Dream |
| Best New Dance Production | Royal New Zealand Ballet | Milagros |
| Best New Dance Production | Royal New Zealand Ballet | Romeo And Juliet |
| Best New Dance Production | Rambert Dance Company | Swamp |
| Best New Musical | Richard M Sherman | Mary Poppins |
| Best New Musical | Mel Brooks | The Producers |
| Best New Musical | Andrew Lloyd Webber | The Woman In White |
| Best New Opera Production | The Royal Opera | Lady Macbeth Of Mtsensk |
| Best New Opera Production | Les Arts Florissants | Les Paladins |
| Best New Opera Production | The Royal Opera | Peter Grimes |
| Best New Play | Marina Carr | By The Bog Of Cats |
| Best New Play | David Eldridge | Festen, a dramatisation |
| Best New Play | Edward Albee | The Goat, Or Who Is Sylvia? |
| Best New Play | Alan Bennett | The History Boys |
| Best Performance in a Supporting Role | Judi Dench | All's Well That Ends Wel |
| Best Performance in a Supporting Role | Amanda Harris | Othello |
| Best Performance in a Supporting Role | Eddie Redmayne | The Goat, Or Who Is Sylvia? |
| Best Performance in a Supporting Role | Samuel Barnett | The History Boys |
| Best Performance in a Supporting Role in a Musical | David Haig | Mary Poppins |
| Best Performance in a Supporting Role in a Musical | Conleth Hill | The Producers |
| Best Performance in a Supporting Role in a Musical | Michael Crawford | Woman In White |
| Best Revival | William Shakespeare | All's Well That Ends Well |
| Best Revival | Samuel Beckett | Endgame |
| Best Revival | William Shakespeare | Hamlet |
| Best Revival | R C Sherriff | Journey's End |
| Best Set Design | Ian McNeil | Festen |
| Best Set Design | Giles Cadle | His Dark Materials |
| Best Set Design | Bob Crowley | Mary Poppins |
| Best Set Design | Christopher Oram | Suddenly Last Summer |
| Best Set Design | William Dudley | The Woman In White |
| Best Sound Design | Paul Arditti | Festen |
| Best Sound Design | Adam Cork | Suddenly Last Summer |
| Best Sound Design | Mick Potter | The Woman In White |
| Best Theatre Choreographer | Adam Cooper | Grand Hotel |
| Best Theatre Choreographer | Matthew Bourne | Mary Poppins |
| Best Theatre Choreographer | Susan Stroman | The Producers |
| Outstanding Achievement in Dance | Rambert Dance Company | |
| Outstanding Achievement in Dance | San Francisco Ballet | Production Season |
| Outstanding Achievement in Dance | Julien Macdonald | Richard Alston Dance Company’s Shimmer |
| Outstanding Achievement in Dance | The Royal Ballet | Sylvia |
| Outstanding Achievement in Opera | Ben Heppner | Peter Grimes |
| Outstanding Achievement in Opera | John MacFarlane | Peter Grimes and Lady Macbeth Of Mtsensk |
| Outstanding Achievement in Opera | The Orchestra of the Royal Opera House | Production Season |
| Outstanding Achievement in Opera | Ben Heppner | The Royal Opera |
| Outstanding Achievement in Opera | Thomas Adès | The Tempest |
| Outstanding Achievement or Performance in an Affiliate Theatre | Andrew Scott | A Girl In A Car With A Man |
| Outstanding Achievement or Performance in an Affiliate Theatre | The Tricycle Theatre | Guantanamo |
| Outstanding Achievement or Performance in an Affiliate Theatre | Aidan McArdle | Shadow Of A Gunman |
| Outstanding Achievement or Performance in an Affiliate Theatre | Kevin Harvey | Yellowman |
| Outstanding Musical Production | Robert Wright | Grand Hotel |
| Outstanding Musical Production | David Martin | Simply Heavenly |
| Outstanding Musical Production | Stephen Sondheim | Sweeney Todd |
| The Society's Special Award for 2005 | Alan Bennett | |
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