2009 Laurence Olivier Awards
Winners and nominees from the Laurence Olivier Awards.
2009 Laurence Olivier Awards
Note: Award winners appear on a red background.
| Category | Nominee | Show |
|---|---|---|
| Best Actor | David Bradley, Michael Gambon | No Man's Land |
| Best Actor | Adam Godley | Rain Man |
| Best Actor | Derek Jacobi | Twelfth Night |
| Best Actor In A Musical | Ryan Molloy | Jersey Boys |
| Best Actor In A Musical | Douglas Hodge | La Cage Aux Folles |
| Best Actor In A Musical | Denis Lawson | La Cage Aux Folles |
| Best Actor In A Musical | Matt Rawle | Zorro |
| Best Actress | Deanna Dunagan | August: Osage County |
| Best Actress | Lindsay Duncan | That Face |
| Best Actress | Margaret Tyzack | The Chalk Garden |
| Best Actress | Penelope Wilton | The Chalk Garden |
| Best Actress In A Musical | Ruthie Henshall | Marguerite |
| Best Actress In A Musical | Elena Roger | Piaf |
| Best Actress In A Musical | Kathryn Evans | Sunset Boulevard |
| Best Actress In A Musical | Sofia Escobar | West Side Story |
| Best Actress In A Musical | Emma Williams | Zorro |
| Best Company Performance | Anna D Shapiro | August: Osage County |
| Best Company Performance | John Tiffany | Black Watch |
| Best Company Performance | Craig Revel Horwood | Sunset Boulevard |
| Best Company Performance | Michael Boyd | The Histories |
| Best Company Performance | Matthew Warchus | The Norman Conquests |
| Best Costume Design | Tom Piper | The Histories |
| Best Costume Design | Matthew Wright | La Cage Aux Folles |
| Best Costume Design | Rob Howell | The Norman Conquests |
| Best Costume Design | Christopher Oram | Twelfth Night |
| Best Director | John Tiffany | Black Watch |
| Best Director | Emma Rice | Brief Encounter |
| Best Director | Des McAnuff | Jersey Boys |
| Best Director | Terry Johnson | La Cage Aux Folles |
| Best Entertainment | the Hippodrome | La Clique |
| Best Entertainment | Trafalgar Studios | Maria Friedman |
| Best Entertainment | the Cinema Haymarket | Noël Coward’s Brief Encounter |
| Best Lighting Design | Paule Constable | Ivanov |
| Best Lighting Design | Neil Austin | No Man's Land |
| Best Lighting Design | Neil Austin | Piaf |
| Best Lighting Design | Paule Constable | The Chalk Garden |
| Best Musical Revival | Jerry Herman | La Cage Aux Folles |
| Best Musical Revival | Pam Gems | Piaf |
| Best Musical Revival | Don Black | Sunset Boulevard |
| Best Musical Revival | Leonard Bernstein | West Side Story |
| Best New Comedy | Neil LaBute | Fat Pig |
| Best New Comedy | Yasmina Reza | God Of Carnage |
| Best New Comedy | Joanna Murray-Smith | The Female Of The Species |
| Best New Dance Production | Pina Bausch Tanztheater Wuppertal | Cafe Muller |
| Best New Dance Production | The Royal Ballet | Flanders Impressing The Czar |
| Best New Dance Production | The Royal Ballet | Infra |
| Best New Dance Production | DV8 | To Be Straight With You |
| Best New Musical | Marshall Brickman | Jersey Boys |
| Best New Musical | Stephen Clark | Zorro |
| Best New Opera Production | The Royal Opera | Don Carlo |
| Best New Opera Production | English National Opera | I Pagliacci |
| Best New Opera Production | English National Opera | Partenope |
| Best New Opera Production | The Royal Opera | The Minotaur |
| Best New Play | Tracy Letts | August: Osage County |
| Best New Play | Gregory Burke | National Theatre of Scotland’s Black Watch |
| Best New Play | Polly Stenham | That Face |
| Best New Play | Lee Hall | The Pitmen Painters |
| Best Performance In A Supporting Role | Patrick Stewart | Hamlet |
| Best Performance In A Supporting Role | Oliver Ford Davies | Hamlet |
| Best Performance In A Supporting Role | Kevin R McNally | Ivanov |
| Best Performance In A Supporting Role | Paul Ritter | The Norman Conquests |
| Best Performance In A Supporting Role In A Musical | Jason Pennycooke | La Cage Aux Folles |
| Best Performance In A Supporting Role In A Musical | Alexander Hanson | Marguerite |
| Best Performance In A Supporting Role In A Musical | Katherine Kingsley | Piaf |
| Best Performance In A Supporting Role In A Musical | Dave Willetts | Sunset Boulevard |
| Best Performance In A Supporting Role In A Musical | Lesli Margherita | Zorro |
| Best Revival | Michael Grandage | The Chalk Garden |
| Best Revival | Michael Boyd | The Histories |
| Best Revival | Matthew Warchus | The Norman Conquests |
| Best Set Design | Todd Rosenthal | August: Osage County |
| Best Set Design | Neil Murray | Brief Encounter |
| Best Set Design | Paul Brown | Marguerite |
| Best Set Design | Tom Piper | The Histories |
| Best Set Design | Soutra Gilmour | The Lover & The Collection |
| Best Sound Design | Gareth Fry | Black Watch |
| Best Sound Design | Simon Baker | Brief Encounter |
| Best Sound Design | Steve Canyon Kennedy | Jersey Boys |
| Best Sound Design | Christopher Shutt | Piaf |
| Best Theatre Choreographer | Steven Hoggett | Black Watch |
| Best Theatre Choreographer | Kate Prince | Into The Hoods |
| Best Theatre Choreographer | Sergio Trujillo | Jersey Boys |
| Best Theatre Choreographer | Lynne Page | La Cage Aux Folles |
| Best Theatre Choreographer | Rafael Amargo | Zorro |
| Outstanding Achievement In An Affiliate Theatre | Clive Rowe | Mother Goose |
| Outstanding Achievement In An Affiliate Theatre | The Jerwood Theatre Upstairs | Oxford Street |
| Outstanding Achievement In An Affiliate Theatre | Jo Newbery | Scarborough |
| Outstanding Achievement In An Affiliate Theatre | The Royal Court Theatre | The Pride |
| Outstanding Achievement In Dance | The company of the Royal Ballet of Flanders | Impressing The Czar |
| Outstanding Achievement In Dance | The company of the The Royal Ballet | Infra |
| Outstanding Achievement In Dance | Savion Glover | Savion Glover’s Bare Soundz |
| Outstanding Achievement In Opera | Edward Gardner | Boris Godunov |
| Outstanding Achievement In Opera | Feruccio Furlanetto | Don Carlo |
| Outstanding Achievement In Opera | Christine Rice | The Minotaur |
| Outstanding Achievement In Opera | Patricia Bardon | The Rake's Progress |
| Special Award | Sir Alan Ayckbourn | |
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