2011 Laurence Olivier Awards
Winners and nominees from the Laurence Olivier Awards.
2011 Laurence Olivier Awards
Note: Award winners appear on a red background.
| Category | Nominee | Show |
|---|---|---|
| Audience Award | We Will Rock You | |
| BBC Radio Olivier Audience Award | Billy Elliot | |
| BBC Radio Olivier Audience Award | Jersey Boys | |
| BBC Radio Olivier Audience Award | Les Miserables | |
| BBC Radio Olivier Audience Award | Queen, Ben Elton | We Will Rock You |
| Best Actor | David Suchet | All My Sons |
| Best Actor | Rory Kinnear | Hamlet |
| Best Actor | Roger Allan | Henry IV |
| Best Actor | Roger Allan | Henry IV Parts 1 & 2 |
| Best Actor | Derek Jacobi | King Lear |
| Best Actor | Mark Rylance | La Bete |
| Best Actor in a Musical | Sahr Ngaujah | Fela! |
| Best Actor in a Musical | Alex Gaumond | Legally Blonde |
| Best Actor in a Musical | Ramin Karimloo | Love Never Dies |
| Best Actor in a Musical | Michelle Xavier | Love Story |
| Best Actor in a Musical | David Thaxton, David Thaxton | Passion |
| Best Actor in a Supporting Role | Adrian Scarborough, Adrian Scarborough | After The Dance |
| Best Actor in a Supporting Role | Lee Roos | Birdsong |
| Best Actor in a Supporting Role | Hilton McRea | Eand Of The Rainbow |
| Best Actor in a Supporting Role | James Laurenson | Hamlet |
| Best Actress | Nancy Carroll, Nancy Carroll | After The Dance |
| Best Actress | Sophie Thompson | Clybourne Park |
| Best Actress | Tracie Bennett | End Of The Rainbow |
| Best Actress | Tamsin Greig | The Little dog Laughed |
| Best Actress in a Musical | Sheridan Smith, Sheridan Smith | Legally Blonde |
| Best Actress in a Musical | Sierra Boggess | Love Never Dies |
| Best Actress in a Musical | Emma Williams | Love Story |
| Best Actress in a Musical | Elena Roger | Passion |
| Best Actress in a Supporting Role | Rachel Stirling | An Ideal Husband |
| Best Actress in a Supporting Role | Sarah Goldberg | Clybourne Park |
| Best Actress in a Supporting Role | Gina McKee | King Lear |
| Best Actress in a Supporting Role | Anastasia Hille | The Master Builder |
| Best Actress in a Supporting Role | Michelle Terry, Michelle Terry | Tribes |
| Best Actress in a Supporting Role | Michelle Terry | Tribes |
| Best Costume Design | Hildegard Bechtler, Hildegard Bechtler | After The Dance |
| Best Costume Design | Lez Brotherston | Design For Living |
| Best Costume Design | Mark Thompson | London Assurance |
| Best Costume Design | Bob Crowley, Bob Crowley | Love Never Dies |
| Best Director | Thea Sharrock | After The Dance |
| Best Director | Dominic Cooke | Clybourne Park |
| Best Director | Michelle Grandage | King Lear |
| Best Director | Howard Davies, Howard Davies | The White Guard |
| Best Entertainment | Katie Mitchell | Beauty And The Beast |
| Best Entertainment | Jeremy Dyson | Ghost Stories |
| Best Entertainment | Daniel Clarkson | Potted Panto |
| Best Entertainment | E Nesbit, E Nesbit | The Railway Children |
| Best Lighting Design | Mark Henderson | After The Dance |
| Best Lighting Design | Huge Vanstone | Deathtrap |
| Best Lighting Design | Paule Constable | Love Never Dies |
| Best Lighting Design | Neil Austin, Neil Austin | The White Guard |
| Best Musical Revival | Stephen Sondheim, Stephen Sondheim | Into The Woods |
| Best Musical Revival | Stephen Sondheim | Passion |
| Best Musical Revival | Cy Coleman | Sweet Charity |
| Best New Dance Production | Eastman vzw | Babel (Words) |
| Best New Dance Production | Eastman vzw | Babel (Words) |
| Best New Dance Production | Danza Contemporanea de Cuba | Mambo 3XX1 |
| Best New Dance Production | New Adventures | Matthew Bourne's Chinderella |
| Best New Musical | Bill T Jones | Fela! |
| Best New Musical | Heather Hach, Jerry Mitchell | Legally Blonde |
| Best New Musical | Andrew Lloyd Webber | Love Never Dies |
| Best New Musical | Erich Segal | Love Story |
| Best New Opera Production | Londom Coliseum | A Dog's Heart |
| Best New Opera Production | Royl Opera House | Asriana Lecouvreur |
| Best New Opera Production | Young Vic | Elegy for Young Lovers |
| Best New Opera Production | Soho Theatre, Soho Theatre | La Bohème |
| Best New Play | Bruce Norris | Clybourne Park |
| Best Performance in a Supporting Role in a Musical | Miriam Xavier | Into The Woods |
| Best Performance in a Supporting Role in a Musical | Jill Halfpenny, Jill Halfpenny | Legally Blonde |
| Best Performance in a Supporting Role in a Musical | Summer Strallen | Love Never Dies |
| Best Performance in a Supporting Role in a Musical | Josefina Gabrielle | Sweet Charity |
| Best Revival | Terence Rattigan, National Theatre | After The Dance |
| Best Revival | Apollo Theater | All My Sons |
| Best Revival | Donmar Warehouse | King Lear |
| Best Revival | Garrick theatre | When We Are Married |
| Best Set Design | Bunny Christie | White Guard |
| Best Sound Design | Gareth Owen | End Of The Rainbow |
| Best Sound Design | Nick Manning | Ghost Stories |
| Best Sound Design | Adam Cork, Adam Cork | King Lear |
| Best Sound Design | Craig Vear | The Railway Children |
| Best Theatre Choreographer | Bill T. Jones | Fela! |
| Best Theatre Choreographer | Jerry Mitchell | Legally Blonde |
| Best Theatre Choreographer | Leon Baugh, Leon Baugh | Sucker Punch |
| Best Theatre Choreographer | Stephen Mear | Sweet Charity |
| Master Card Best New Play | Bruce Norris | Clybourne Park |
| Master Card Best New Play | Peter Quilter | End Of The Rainbow |
| Master Card Best New Play | Roy Williams | Sucker Punch |
| Master Card Best New Play | Douglas Carter Beans | The Little dog Laughed |
| Master Card Best New Play | Nina Raine | Tribes |
| Outstanding Achievement in an Affiliate Theatre | Lyric Hammersmith | Blasted |
| Outstanding Achievement in an Affiliate Theatre | Soho Theatre | Ivan And The Gog's |
| Outstanding Achievement in an Affiliate Theatre | Trafalgar Studios 2 | Les Parents Terribles |
| Outstanding Achievement in an Affiliate Theatre | The Royl Court And Drum Theatre | The Empire |
| Outstanding Achievement in Dance | Jhon MacFarlane | Asphodel Meadows |
| Outstanding Achievement in Dance | Antony Gormley, Antony Gormley | Babel (Words) |
| Outstanding Achievement in Dance | Yoshie Sunahata (Kodo) | Drumming in Gnosis |
| Outstanding Achievement in Opera | Jonas Kaufmann | Adriana Lecouvreur |
| Outstanding Achievement in Opera | Andrew Shore | ENO's The Elixir Of Love |
| Outstanding Achievement in Opera | Christian Gerhaher, Cristian Gerhaher | Royal Opera’s Tannhäuser |
| Outstanding Achievement or Performance in an Affiliate Theatre | Lyric Hammersmith | Blasted |
| The Society’s Special Award | Stephen Sondheim | |
| XL Video Award for Best Design | Lez Brotherston | Design For Living |
| XL Video Award for Best Design | Miriam Buether | Earthquakes In London |
| XL Video Award for Best Design | Bob Crowley | Love Never Dies |
| XL Video Award for Best Design | Bunny Christie | The White Guard |
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