Theatre News
Full List & Photos: 2012 Olivier Award winners
|
London | London's West End | Off-West End
|
15 April 2012
Winners of this year’s 36th annual Olivier Awards, London’s equivalent of the Tonys and the UK’s most prestigious stage awards, were announced this evening (15 April 2012) at a star-studded ceremony held at the Royal Opera House.
This year’s ceremony was hosted for the second time by Sweeney Todd co-stars Michael Ball and Imelda Staunton.
Whatsonstage.com is providing extensive coverage of the Olivier Awards.
Visit our dedicated Olivier Awards microsite at Whatsonstage.com/oliviers
for non-stop reporting, full results, photos and analysis.
CLICK ON THE IMAGES BELOW TO ENLARGE
In addition to the 25 shortlisted Awards this year’s ceremony, which was broadcast live on the BBC’s Red Button and Radio 2, included Special Award presentations to British lyricist Tim Rice and outgoing Royal Ballet director Monica Mason. The BBC Radio 2 Audience Award, which is voted for by the public, was presented to Les Miserables.
Click here for full analysis of the 2012 Olivier Award winners.
Visit our dedicated Olivier Awards microsite at Whatsonstage.com/oliviers
for non-stop reporting, full results, photos and analysis.
The full list of 2012 Olivier Award winners is as follows:
|
|
|
|
| Best New Play | Best Revival | |
|
Collaborators at the NT Cottesloe Jumpy at the Jerwood Theatre Downstairs at the Royal Court The Ladykillers at the Gielgud One Man, Two Guvnors at the NT Lyttelton |
Anna Christie at the Donmar Warehouse Flare Path at the Theatre Royal Haymarket Much Ado About Nothing at the Wyndham’s Noises Off at the Old Vic |
|
|
|
|
|
| Best Entertainment & Family | Best Actress | |
|
Derren Brown – Svengali at the Shaftesbury Midnight Tango at the Aldwych Potted Potter at the Garrick The Tiger Who Came To Tea at the Vaudeville |
Ruth Wilson for Anna Christie at the Donmar Warehouse Celia Imrie for Noises Off at the Old Vic Lesley Manville for Grief at the Cottesloe Kristin Scott Thomas for Betrayal at the Harold Pinter Marcia Warren for The Ladykillers at the Gielgud |
|
|
|
|
|
| Best Actor | Best Performance in a Supporting Role | |
|
Benedict Cumberbatch & Jonny Lee Miller for Frankenstein at the NT Olivier James Corden for One Man, Two Guvnors at the NT Lyttelton David Haig for The Madness of George III at the Apollo Douglas Hodge for Inadmissable Evidence at the Donmar Warehouse Jude Law for Anna Christie at the Donmar Warehouse |
Sheridan Smith for Flare Path at the Theatre Royal, Haymarket Mark Addy for Collaborators at the NT Cottesloe Oliver Chris for One Man, Two Guvnors at the NT Lyttelton Johnny Flynn for Jerusalem at the Apollo Bryony Hannah for The Children’s Hour at the Harold Pinter |
|
|
|
|
|
| Best Actress in a Musical | Best Actor in a Musical | |
|
The Matildas for Matilda the Musical at the Cambridge Kate Fleetwood for London Road at the NT Cottesloe Sarah Lancashire for Betty Blue Eyes at the Novello Scarlett Strallen for Singin’ In The Rain at the Palace |
Bertie Carvel for Matilda the Musical at the Cambridge Nigel Lindsay for Shrek the Musical at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane Reece Shearsmith for Betty Blue Eyes at the Novello Paulo Szot for South Pacific at the Barbican |
|
|
|
|
|
| Best Performance in a Supporting Role in a Musical | Best New Musical | |
|
Nigel Harman for Shrek the Musical at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane Sharon D Clarke for Ghost the Musical at the Piccadilly Sophie-Louise Dann for Lend Me A Tenor the Musical at the Gielgud Paul Kaye for Matilda the Musical at the Cambridge Katherine Kingsley for Singin’ In The Rain at the Palace |
Matilda the Musical at the Cambridge Betty Blue Eyes at the Novello Ghost the Musical at the Piccadilly London Road at the NT Cottesloe Shrek the Musical at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane |
|
|
|
|
|
| Best Musical Revival | Best Director | |
|
Crazy for You at the Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre Singin’ In The Rain at the Palace South Pacific at the Barbican The Wizard of Oz at the London Palladium |
Matthew Warchus for Matilda the Musical at the Cambridge Sean Foley for The Ladykillers at the Gielgud Nicholas Hytner for One Man, Two Guvnors at the NT Lyttelton Rufus Norris for London Road at the NT Cottesloe |
|
|
|
|
|
| Best Theatre Choreography | Best Lighting Design | |
|
Peter Darling for Matilda the Musical at the Cambridge Javier De Frutos for London Road at the NT Cottesloe Stephen Mear for Crazy For You at the Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre Andrew Wright for Singin’ In The Rain at the Palace |
Frankenstein designed by Bruno Poet at the NT Olivier Anna Christie designed by Howard Harrison at the Donmar Warehouse Ghost the Musical designed by Hugh Vanstone at the Piccadilly Matilda the Musical designed by Hugh Vanstone at the Cambridge |
|
|
|
|
|
| Best Set Design | Best Costume Design | |
|
Matilda the Musical designed Rob Howell at the Cambridge Ghost the Musical designed by Rob Howell at the Piccadilly The Ladykillers designed by Michael Taylor at the Gielgud One Man, Two Guvnors designed by Mark Thompson at the NT Lyttelton |
Crazy for You designed by Peter McKintosh at the Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre Matilda the Musical designed by Rob Howell at the Cambridge Shrek the Musical designed by Tim Hatley at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane South Pacific designed by Catherine Zuber at the Barbican |
|
|
|
|
|
| Best Sound Designer | Outstanding Achievement in an Affiliate Theatre | |
|
Matilda the Musical designed by Simon Baker at the Cambridge Ghost the Musical designed by Bobby Aitken at the Piccadilly Frankenstein designed by Underworld and Ed Clarke at the NT Olivier The Ladykillers designed by Ben Ringham and Max Ringham at the Gielgud |
Theatre Royal, Stratford East in association with the Barbican and Traverse Theatre for Roadkill The Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester for Mogadishu at the Lyric Hammersmith The Donmar Warehouse for Salt, Root and Roe at the Trafalgar Studios 2 The Royal Court for The Village Bike at the Jerwood Theatre Upstairs |
|
|
|
|
|
| Best New Opera Production | Outstanding Achievement in Opera | |
|
English National Opera’s Castor and Pollux at the London Coliseum English National Opera’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream at the London Coliseum English National Opera’s The Passenger at the London Coliseum ROH2’s Clemency (in association with Scottish Opera) at the Linbury Studio, Royal Opera House, Covent Garden |
ENO for the breadth and diversity of its artistic programme Amanda Holden for her translation of Castor and Pollux at the London Coliseum Richard Jones his direction of Anna Nicole and Il Trittico at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden and The Tales of Hoffman at the London Coliseum Mark-Anthony Turnage for his composition of Anna Nicole at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden and Twice Through the Heart at Sadler’s Wells |
|
|
|
|
|
| Outstanding Achievement in Dance | Best New Dance Production | |
|
Edward Watson for his performance in The Metamorphosis at the Linbury Studio at the Royal Opera House The Deign Team for their work on the Royal Ballet’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland at the Royal Opera House Sylvie Guillem for her performance in her production of 6000 Miles Away at Sadler’s Wells Tommy Franzen for his performance in ZooNation’s Some Like It Hip Hop at the Peacock |
Desh by Akram Khan Company at Sadler’s Wells, choreographed by Akram Khan Gardenia by Les Ballets C de la B at Sadler’s Wells, directed by Alain Platel and Frank van Laecke The Metamorphosis by ROH2 at the Linbury Studio, choreographed by Arthur Pita Some Like It Hip Hop by ZooNation at the Peacock, choreographed by Kate Prince, Tommy Franzen and Carrie-Anne Ingrouille |
Latest Reviews
See all
Latest Videos
Watch The Lion King stars perform “He Lives in You”
Ahead of the release of Disney’s Mufasa