Olivier Awards 2014 with MasterCard

 

 

 

The star-studded 2014 Olivier Awards ceremony took place at the Royal Opera House on Sunday 13 April. Gemma Arterton and Stephen Mangan hosted the ceremony whilst Julie Walters provided the voiceover.

 

New musical Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and acclaimed revival of Stephen Sondheim’s Merrily We Roll Along lead this year's nominations for a single production, each receiving seven nods each. Best New Musical nominees Once, The Book of Mormon and The Scottsboro Boys also received six nominations each.

 

See below for a full list of this year's nominees and winners:

Best Actor

Henry Goodman for The Resistible Rise Of Arturo Ui at the Duchess Theatre

Tom Hiddleston for Coriolanus at the Donmar Warehouse

Rory Kinnear for Othello at the National Theatre, Olivier

Jude Law for Henry V at the Noël Coward Theatre

 

Best Actress

Hayley Atwell for The Pride at the Trafalgar Studios

Anna Chancellor for Private Lives at the Gielgud Theatre

Judi Dench for Peter And Alice at the Noël Coward Theatre

Lesley Manville for Ghosts at the Almeida Theatre & Trafalgar Studios

 

Best Actor In A Supporting Role

Ron Cook for Henry V at the Noël Coward Theatre

Mark Gatiss for Coriolanus at the Donmar Warehouse

Jack Lowden for Ghosts at the Almeida Theatre & Trafalgar Studios

Ardal O’Hanlon for The Weir at the Donmar Warehouse & the Wyndham’s Theatre

 

Best Actress In A Supporting Role

Sharon D Clarke for The Amen Corner at the National Theatre, Olivier

Sarah Greene for The Cripple Of Inishmaan at the Noël Coward Theatre

Katherine Kingsley for A Midsummer Night’s Dream at the Noël Coward Theatre

Cecilia Noble for The Amen Corner at the National Theatre, Olivier

 

American Airlines Best New Play

1984 at the Almeida Theatre

Chimerica at the Almeida Theatre & Harold Pinter Theatre

The Night Alive at the Donmar Warehouse

Peter And Alice at the Noël Coward Theatre

 

Best New Comedy

The Duck House at the Vaudeville Theatre

The Full Monty at the Noël Coward Theatre

Jeeves & Wooster In Perfect Nonsense at the Duke of York’s Theatre

The Same Deep Water As Me at the Donmar Warehouse

 

Best Director

Richard Eyre for Ghosts at the Almeida Theatre & Trafalgar Studios

Maria Friedman for Merrily We Roll Along at the Harold Pinter Theatre

Susan Stroman for The Scottsboro Boys at the Young Vic

Lyndsey Turner for Chimerica at the Almeida Theatre & Harold Pinter Theatre

 

Best Actor In A Musical

Gavin Creel for The Book Of Mormon at the Prince of Wales Theatre

Jared Gertner for The Book Of Mormon at the Prince of Wales Theatre

Douglas Hodge for Charlie And The Chocolate Factory at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane

Kyle Scatliffe for The Scottsboro Boys at the Young Vic

Best Actress In A Musical

Rosalie Craig for The Light Princess at the National Theatre, Lyttelton

Zrinka Cvitešić for Once at the Phoenix Theatre

Jenna Russell for Merrily We Roll Along at the Harold Pinter Theatre

Charlotte Wakefield for The Sound Of Music at the Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre

 

Best Performance In A Supporting Role In A Musical

Stephen Ashfield for The Book Of Mormon at the Prince of Wales Theatre

Colman Domingo for The Scottsboro Boys at the Young Vic

Josefina Gabrielle for Merrily We Roll Along at the Harold Pinter Theatre

Nigel Planer for Charlie And The Chocolate Factory at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane

 

MasterCard Best New Musical 

The Book Of Mormon at the Prince of Wales Theatre

Charlie And The Chocolate Factory at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane

Once at the Phoenix Theatre

The Scottsboro Boys at the Young Vic

 

Best Revival

The Amen Corner at the National Theatre, Olivier

Ghosts at the Almeida Theatre & Trafalgar Studios

Othello at the National Theatre, Olivier

Private Lives at the Gielgud Theatre

 

Best Musical Revival

Merrily We Roll Along at the Harold Pinter Theatre

The Sound Of Music at the Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre

Tell Me On A Sunday at the St James Theatre & the Duchess Theatre

 

Best Theatre Choreographer

Peter Darling for Charlie And The Chocolate Factory at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane

Steven Hoggett for Once at the Phoenix Theatre

Casey Nicholaw for The Book Of Mormon at the Prince of Wales Theatre

Susan Stroman for The Scottsboro Boys at the Young Vic

 

Best Entertainment And Family

Derren Brown: Infamous at the Palace Theatre

Eric And Little Ern at the Vaudeville Theatre

Barry Humphries’ Farewell Tour - Eat, Pray, Laugh! at the London Palladium

The Wind In The Willows at the Duchess Theatre

 

Autograph Sound Award For Outstanding Achievement In Music

The Book Of Mormon – Trey Parker, Robert Lopez & Matt Stone for book, music & lyrics

Merrily We Roll Along – The orchestra

Once – Martin Lowe for composition & arrangements, Glen Hansard & Markéta Irglová for music & lyrics

The Scottsboro Boys – John Kander & Fred Ebb for music & lyrics

 

White Light Award For Best Lighting Design

Paule Constable for The Light Princess at the National Theatre, Lyttelton

Tim Lutkin & Finn Ross for Chimerica at the Almeida Theatre & Harold Pinter Theatre

Peter Mumford for Ghosts at the Almeida Theatre & Trafalgar Studios

Paul Pyant for Charlie And The Chocolate Factory at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane

 

Best Sound Design 

Simon Baker for The Light Princess at the National Theatre, Lyttelton

Carolyn Downing for Chimerica at the Almeida Theatre & Harold Pinter Theatre

Clive Goodwin for Once at the Phoenix Theatre

Gareth Owen for Merrily We Roll Along at the Harold Pinter Theatre

 

Best Costume Design  

Nicky Gillibrand for The Wind In The Willows at the Duchess Theatre

Soutra Gilmour for Merrily We Roll Along at the Harold Pinter Theatre

Rae Smith for The Light Princess at the National Theatre, Lyttelton

Mark Thompson for Charlie And The Chocolate Factory at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane

 

XL Video Award For Best Set Design

Bob Crowley for Once at the Phoenix Theatre

Es Devlin for Chimerica at the Almeida Theatre & Harold Pinter Theatre

Tim Goodchild for Strangers On A Train at the Gielgud Theatre

Mark Thompson for Charlie And The Chocolate Factory at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane

 

Outstanding Achievement  In An Affiliate Theatre

Cush Jumbo for Josephine And I at the Bush Theatre

Fleabag at the Soho Theatre

Handbagged at the Tricycle Theatre

Oh What A Lovely War at the Theatre Royal Stratford East

 

Best New Dance Production                                                                                

Compagnie 111 Aurélien Bory/Stéphanie Fuster for What’s Become Of You? (Questcequetudeviens?) at the Barbican Theatre   

Eastman - Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui & Sadler’s Wells for Puz/zle at Sadler’s Wells   

Richard Alston Dance Company/Britten Sinfonia for Barbican Britten: Phaedra at the Barbican Theatre

 

Outstanding Achievement In Dance                                                                         

Arthur Pita for his choreography of Ballet Black - A Dream Within A Midsummer Night’s Dream at the Linbury Studio Theatre, Royal Opera House    

Clemmie Sveaas for her performance in Witch-Hunt at the Linbury Studio Theatre, Royal Opera House 

The Mark Morris Season at Sadler’s Wells  

Michael Hulls for his body of lighting work including Ballet Boyz – The Talent at Sadler’s Wells

 

Best New Opera Production

The Firework-Maker’s Daughter at the Linbury Studio Theatre, Royal Opera House

Les Vêpres Siciliennes at the Royal Opera House

Wozzeck by English National Opera at the London Coliseum

 

Outstanding Achievement In Opera

Joyce DiDonato and Juan Diego Flórez for their performances in La Donna Del Lago at the Royal Opera House

Plácido Domingo for his performance in Nabucco at the Royal Opera House

English Touring Opera for its brave and challenging touring productions at the Linbury Studio Theatre, Royal Opera House

 

BBC Radio 2 Audience Award 

Les Misérables at the Queen’s Theatre

Matilda The Musical at the Cambridge Theatre

The Phantom Of The Opera at Her Majesty’s Theatre

Wicked at the Apollo Victoria Theatre