2006 Laurence Olivier Awards
Winners and nominees from the Laurence Olivier Awards.
2006 Laurence Olivier Awards
Note: Award winners appear on a red background.
| Category | Nominee | Show |
|---|---|---|
| Best Actor | Brian Dennehy | Death Of A Salesman |
| Best Actor | Derek Jacobi | Don Carlos |
| Best Actor | Richard Griffiths | Heroes |
| Best Actor | David Threlfall | Someone Who'll Watch Over Me |
| Best Actor | Con O’Neill | Telstar |
| Best Actor in a Musical | James Lomas | Billy Elliot |
| Best Actor in a Musical | Douglas Hodge, Ewan McGregor | Guys And Dolls |
| Best Actress | Helen McCrory | As You Like It |
| Best Actress | Clare Higgins | Death Of A Salesman |
| Best Actress | Eve Best | Hedda Gabler |
| Best Actress | Harriet Walter, Janet McTeer | Mary Stuart |
| Best Actress in a Musical | Julie Walters | Acorn Antiques |
| Best Actress in a Musical | Haydn Gwynne | Billy Elliot |
| Best Actress in a Musical | Jane Krakowski | Guys And Dolls |
| Best Actress in a Musical | Jenna Russell | Guys And Dolls |
| Best Costume Design | Christopher Oram | Don Carlos |
| Best Costume Design | Rob Howell | Hedda Gabler |
| Best Costume Design | Anthony Ward | Mary Stuart |
| Best Costume Design | Es Devlin | The Dog In The Manger |
| Best Director | Stephen Daldry | Billy Elliot |
| Best Director | Melly Still | Coram Boy |
| Best Director | Michael Grandage | Don Carlos |
| Best Director | Richard Eyre | Hedda Gabler |
| Best Director | Phyllida Lloyd | Mary Stuart |
| Best Entertainment | New London | Blue Man Group |
| Best Entertainment | Albery | Ducktastic |
| Best Entertainment | Cambridge | Something Wicked This Way Comes |
| Best Lighting Design | Rick Fisher | Billy Elliot |
| Best Lighting Design | Paule Constable | Don Carlos |
| Best Lighting Design | Howard Harrison | Guys And Dolls |
| Best Lighting Design | Hugh Vanstone | Mary Stuart |
| Best New Comedy | Peter Quilter | Glorious! |
| Best New Comedy | Gérald Sibleyras | Heroes |
| Best New Comedy | Owen McCafferty | Shoot The Crow |
| Best New Dance Production | Rambert Dance Company | Constant Speed |
| Best New Dance Production | Fabulous Beast Dance Theatre | Giselle |
| Best New Dance Production | Sylvie Guillem | PUSH |
| Best New Dance Production | Akram Khan | Zero Degrees |
| Best New Musical | Victoria Wood | Acorn Antiques – The Musical! |
| Best New Musical | Elton John | Billy Elliot |
| Best New Musical | Paul Joseph | The Big Life |
| Best New Opera Production | English National Opera | Billy Budd |
| Best New Opera Production | English National Opera | La Clemenza Di Tito |
| Best New Opera Production | English National Opera | Madam Butterfly |
| Best New Opera Production | English National Opera | On The Town |
| Best New Play | Helen Edmundson | Coram Boy |
| Best New Play | Richard Bean | Harvest |
| Best New Play | Simon Stephens | On The Shore Of The Wide World |
| Best New Play | Howard Brenton | Paul |
| Best Performance in a Supporting Role | Noma Dumezweni | A Raisin In The Sun |
| Best Performance in a Supporting Role | Paul Ritter | Coram Boy |
| Best Performance in a Supporting Role | Anne Reid | Epitaph For George Dillon |
| Best Performance in a Supporting Role | Benedict Cumberbatch | Hedda Gabler |
| Best Performance in a Supporting Role | David Bradley | Henry IV Parts I & II |
| Best Performance in a Supporting Role in a Musical | Celia Imrie | Acorn Antiques – The Musical! |
| Best Performance in a Supporting Role in a Musical | Tim Healy | Billy Elliot |
| Best Performance in a Supporting Role in a Musical | Scarlett Strallen | HMS Pinafore |
| Best Performance in a Supporting Role in a Musical | Tameka Empson | The Big Life |
| Best Revival | Arthur Miller | Death Of A Salesman |
| Best Revival | Friedrich Schiller | Don Carlos |
| Best Revival | Henrik Ibsen | Hedda Gabler |
| Best Revival | Friedrich Schiller | Mary Stuart |
| Best Set Design | Ian MacNeil | Billy Elliot |
| Best Set Design | Christopher Oram | Don Carlos |
| Best Set Design | Rob Howell | Hedda Gabler |
| Best Sound Design | Paul Arditti | Billy Elliot |
| Best Sound Design | Christopher Shutt | Coram Boy |
| Best Sound Design | Terry Jardine | Guys And Dolls |
| Best Theatre Choreographer | Peter Darling | Billy Elliot |
| Best Theatre Choreographer | Rob Ashford | Guys And Dolls |
| Outstanding Achievement in an Affiliate Theatre | Tricycle | Bloody Sunday |
| Outstanding Achievement in an Affiliate Theatre | Laura Wade | Breathing Corpses |
| Outstanding Achievement in an Affiliate Theatre | Hampstead | Comfort Me With Apples |
| Outstanding Achievement in an Affiliate Theatre | Jerwood Theatre Upstairs | My Name Is Rachel Corrie |
| Outstanding Achievement in Dance | Ballet Nacional de Cuba | |
| Outstanding Achievement in Dance | Johan Kobborg | La Sylphide |
| Outstanding Achievement in Dance | Pina Bausch | Nelken and Palermo Palermo |
| Outstanding Achievement in Dance | Russell Maliphant | PUSH |
| Outstanding Achievement in Opera | Sarah Connolly, David McVicar | La Clemenza Di Tito |
| Outstanding Achievement in Opera | Anthony Minghella | Madam Butterfly |
| Outstanding Achievement in Opera | Simon Keenlyside | Royal Opera’s 1984 |
| Outstanding Musical Production | Frank Loesser | Guys And Dolls |
| Outstanding Musical Production | Arthur Sullivan | HMS Pinafore |
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