Full Results: Laurence Olivier Winners Announced Date: 8 March 2009
Winners for this year's 33rd annual Laurence Olivier Awards, London's equivalent of the Tonys and the UK's most prestigious stage awards, were announced this evening at a star-studded ceremony held at the Grosvenor House, Park Lane. The full list of nominations is below, with winners denoted in red bold. See our other stories for analysis, speech highlights, photos and other coverage…
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BEST ACTRESS
Deanna Dunagan for AUGUST: OSAGE COUNTY at the NT Lyttelton
GOD OF CARNAGE by Yasmina Reza, translated by Christopher Hampton at the Gielgud
BEST REVIVAL
THE CHALK GARDEN directed by Michael Grandage at the Donmar
THE HISTORIES directed by Michael Boyd at the Roundhouse
THE NORMAN CONQUESTS directed by Matthew Warchus at The Old Vic
BEST ENTERTAINMENT
Noel Coward’s BRIEF ENCOUNTER at the Cinema Haymarket
LA CLIQUE at the Hippodrome
MARIA FRIEDMAN: RE-ARRANGED at Trafalgar Studios 1
BEST NEW MUSICAL
JERSEY BOYS The Story Of Frankie Valli And The Four Seasons book by Marshall Brickman & Rick Elice, music by Bob Gaudio, lyrics by Bob Crewe at the Prince Edward
ZORRO book & lyrics by Stephen Clark, music by The Gipsy Kings, original story by Stephen Clark & Helen Edmundson, music co-composed and adapted by John Cameron at the Garrick
BEST MUSICAL REVIVAL
LA CAGE AUX FOLLES, music and lyrics by Jerry Herman, book by Harvey Fierstein, based on the play "La Cage Aux Folles" by Jean Poiret, at the Playhouse Theatre
PIAF by Pam Gems at the Donmar and Vaudeville
Andrew Lloyd Webber’s SUNSET BOULEVARD book and lyrics by Don Black and Christopher Hampton, based on the Billy Wilder film at the Comedy
WEST SIDE STORY based on a conception by Jerome Robbins, book by Arthur Laurents, music by Leonard Bernstein, lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, entire original production directed and choreographed by Jerome Robbins at Sadler’s Wells
PIAF designed by Christopher Shutt, Max & Ben Ringham at the Donmar and Vaudeville
OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN AN AFFILIATE THEATRE
The ensemble cast of OXFORD STREET, Jerwood Theatre Upstairs at the Royal Court
The Royal Court Theatre’s production of THE PRIDE, Jerwood Theatre Upstairs
Clive Rowe for his performance in MOTHER GOOSE at Hackney Empire
Jo Newbery for the design of SCARBOROUGH, Jerwood Theatre Upstairs at the Royal Court
BEST NEW OPERA PRODUCTION
The Royal Opera’s DON CARLO at the Royal Opera House
The Royal Opera’s THE MINOTAUR at the Royal Opera House
English National Opera’s I PAGLIACCI at the Coliseum
English National Opera’s PARTENOPE at the Coliseum
OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN OPERA
Patricia Bardon for her performances in The Royal Opera’s THE RAKE’S PROGRESS at the Royal Opera House and English National Opera’s PARTENOPE and RIDERS TO THE SEA at the Coliseum
Feruccio Furlanetto for his performance in the Royal Opera’s DON CARLO at the Royal Opera House
Edward Gardner for conducting English National Opera’s BORIS GODUNOV, CAVALLIERA RUSTICANA, DER ROSENKAVALIER, I PAGLIACCI, RIDERS TO THE SEA at the Coliseum and PUNCH AND JUDY at the Young Vic
Christine Rice for her performances in the Royal Opera’s THE MINOTAUR at the Royal Opera House and English National Opera’s PARTENOPE at the Coliseum
BEST NEW DANCE PRODUCTION
Pina Bausch Tanztheater Wuppertal’s CAFÉ MULLER/ THE RITE OF SPRING at Sadler’s Wells
The Royal Ballet of Flanders’ IMPRESSING THE CZAR at Sadler’s Wells
The Royal Ballet’s INFRA at the Royal Opera House
DV8’s TO BE STRAIGHT WITH YOU at the Lyttelton
OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN DANCE
The company of the Royal Ballet of Flanders for their performances in IMPRESSING THE CZAR at Sadler’s Wells
The company of the The Royal Ballet for their performances in INFRA
Savion Glover, Marshall Davis Jr and Maurice Chestnut for their performances in Savion Glover’s BARE SOUNDZ at Sadler’s Wells
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