• Olivier Awards 2012

    The multi award-winning British lyricist, Sir Tim Rice, will receive the Olivier Special Award at this year’s Olivier Awards with MasterCard in celebration of his outstanding contribution to musical theatre, taking place on Sunday 15 April 2012.

    Matilda seems to be the star of the nominations with the maximum number available, including a joint one for the actresses who play the title role. One Man, Two Guvonors and The Ladykillers

    The full nominations for this year’s Olivier Awards with MasterCard are given below.

    MASTERCARD BEST NEW PLAY
    COLLABORATORS at the Cottesloe
    JUMPY at the Jerwood Theatre Downstairs at the Royal Court
    THE LADYKILLERS at the Gielgud
    ONE MAN, TWO GUVNORS at the Lyttelton
    BEST REVIVAL
    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 AND FAMILY
    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
    BEST ACTRESS
    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
    BEST ACTOR
    JAMES CORDEN for One Man, Two Guvnors at the Lyttelton
    BENEDICT CUMBERBATCH AND JONNY LEE MILLER for Frankenstein at the 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
    BEST PERFORMANCE IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
    MARK ADDY for Collaborators at the Cottesloe
    OLIVER CHRIS for One Man, Two Guvnors at the 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
    BEST ACTRESS IN A MUSICAL
    KATE FLEETWOOD for London Road at the 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
    BEST ACTOR IN A MUSICAL
    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
    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
    BEST NEW MUSICAL
    BETTY BLUE EYES at the Novello
    GHOST THE MUSICAL at the Piccadilly
    LONDON ROAD at the Cottesloe
    MATILDA THE MUSICAL at the Cambridge
    SHREK THE MUSICAL at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane
    BEST MUSICAL REVIVAL
    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
    BEST DIRECTOR
    SEAN FOLEY for The Ladykillers at the Gielgud
    NICHOLAS HYTNER for One Man, Two Guvnors at the Lyttelton
    RUFUS NORRIS for London Road at the Cottesloe
    MATTHEW WARCHUS for Matilda The Musical at the Cambridge
    BEST THEATRE CHOREOGRAPHER
    PETER DARLING for Matilda The Musical at the Cambridge
    JAVIER DE FRUTOS for London Road at the 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
    BEST LIGHTING DESIGN
    ANNA CHRISTIE designed by Howard Harrison at the Donmar Warehouse
    FRANKENSTEIN designed by Bruno Poet at the Olivier
    GHOST THE MUSICAL designed by Hugh Vanstone at the Piccadilly
    MATILDA THE MUSICAL designed by Hugh Vanstone at the Cambridge
    BEST SET DESIGN
    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 Lyttelton
    BEST COSTUME DESIGN
    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 DESIGN
    GHOST THE MUSICAL designed by Bobby Aitken at the Piccadilly
    FRANKENSTEIN designed by Underworld and Ed Clarke at the Olivier
    THE LADYKILLERS designed by Ben and Max Ringham at the Gielgud
    MATILDA THE MUSICAL designed by Simon Baker at the Cambridge
    OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN AN AFFILIATE THEATRE
    The Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester for MOGADISHU at the Lyric Hammersmith
    Theatre 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
    BEST NEW OPERA PRODUCTION
    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
    OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN OPERA
    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 for his direction of ANNA NICOLE and IL TRITTICO at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden and THE TALES OF HOFFMANN 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
    THE DESIGN TEAM for their work on the Royal Ballet’s ALICES 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
    BEST NEW DANCE PRODUCTION
    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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