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Full List & Photos: 2012 Olivier Awards nominations
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15 March 2012
The nominations have been announced for the 2012 Olivier Awards, with Matilda the Musical getting nods in all its eligible categories and comedies One Man, Two Guvnors and The Ladykillers receiving five nominations each (click here for further analysis).
The Olivier Awards are the culmination of the theatre awards season, following the Evening Standard, Critics’ Circle and the Whatsonstage.com Awards (in which a record-breaking 70,000 people voted). The nominations were announced today (15 March 2012) in a lunchtime event at the May Fair Hotel, presented by 2011 Olivier Awards Best Actress winner Nancy Carroll and Best Actor Roger Allam.
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The Royal Shakespeare Company production of Matilda leads the field with a total of ten nominations, including Best Actress for all four young actresses who play the title role (who were also nominated at the recent Whatsonstage.com Awards).
Amongst other musical theatre productions Ghost The Musical at the Piccadilly and the National Theatre’s London Road, both winners at the Whatsonstage.com Awards, have five and four nominations respectively.
The full list of nominees for the 2012 Olivier Awards is as follows:
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| Best New Play | Best Revival | |
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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 |
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| Best Entertainment & Family | Best Actress | |
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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 |
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 Ruth Wilson for Anna Christie at the Donmar Warehouse |
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| Best Actor | Best Performance in a Supporting Role | |
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James Corden for One Man, Two Guvnors at the NT Lyttelton Benedict Cumberbatch & Jonny Lee Miller for Frankenstein at the NT Olivier 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 |
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 Sheridan Smith for Flare Path at the Theatre Royal, Haymarket |
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| Best Actress in a Musical | Best Actor in a Musical | |
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Kate Fleetwood for London Road at the NT Cottesloe Sarah Lancashire for Betty Blue Eyes at the Novello The Matildas for Matilda the Musical at the Cambridge 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 |
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| Best Performance in a Supporting Role in a Musical | Best New Musical | |
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Sharon D Clarke for Ghost the Musical at the Piccadilly Sophie-Louise Dann for Lend Me A Tenor the Musical at the Gielgud Nigel Harman for Shrek the Musical at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane Paul Kaye for Matilda the Musical at the Cambridge Katherine Kingsley for Singin’ In The Rain at the Palace |
Betty Blue Eyes at the Novello Ghost the Musical at the Piccadilly London Road at the NT Cottesloe Matilda the Musical at the Cambridge Shrek the Musical at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane |
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| Best Musical Revival | Best Director | |
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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 |
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 Matthew Warchus for Matilda the Musical at the Cambridge |
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| Best Theatre Choreography | Best Lighting Design | |
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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 |
Anna Christie designed by Howard Harrison at the Donmar Warehouse Frankenstein designed by Bruno Poet at the NT Olivier Ghost the Musical designed by Hugh Vanstone at the Piccadilly Matilda the Musical designed by Hugh Vanstone at the Cambridge |
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| Best Set Design | Best Costume Design | |
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Ghost the Musical designed by Rob Howell at the Piccadilly The Ladykillers designed by Michael Taylor at the Gielgud Matilda the Musical designed Rob Howell at the Cambridge 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 |
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| Best Sound Designer | Outstanding Achievement in an Affiliate Theatre | |
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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 Matilda the Musical designed by Simon Baker at the Cambridge |
The Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester for Mogadishu at the Lyric Hammersmith Royal, Stratford East in association with the Barbican and Traverse Theatre for Roadkill 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 |
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| Best New Opera Production | Outstanding Achievement in Opera | |
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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 |
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| Outstanding Achievement in Dance | Best New Dance Production | |
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The Deign Team for their work on the Royal Ballet’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland at the Royal Opera House Edward Watson for his performance in The Metamorphosis at the Linbury Studio 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 |
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