2010_Laurence_Olivier_Awards Knowpia

2010 Laurence Olivier Awards
2010 Laurence Olivier Awards
Date	21 March 2010
Location	Grosvenor House Hotel

The 2010 Olivier Awards were held on 21 March 2010 at the Grosvenor House Hotel, London.^[1]

Winners and nominees edit

Best New Play^[1]	Best New Musical^[1]
The Mountaintop by Katori Hall – Trafalgar Studio 1 Enron by Lucy Prebble – Royal Court / Noël Coward Jerusalem by Jez Butterworth – Royal Court / Apollo Red by John Logan – Donmar Warehouse	Spring Awakening – Novello Dreamboats and Petticoats – Savoy Priscilla, Queen of the Desert – Palace Sister Act – London Palladium
Best Revival^[1]	Best Musical Revival^[1]
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof – Novello A Streetcar Named Desire – Donmar Warehouse A View from the Bridge – Duke of York's Arcadia – Duke of York's The Misanthrope – Comedy Three Days of Rain – Apollo	Hello, Dolly – Regent's Park Open Air A Little Night Music – Garrick Annie Get Your Gun – Young Vic Oliver – Theatre Royal Drury Lane
Best New Comedy^[1]	Best Entertainment^[1]
The Priory by Michael Wynne – Royal Court Calendar Girls by Tim Firth – Noël Coward England People Very Nice by Richard Bean – National Theatre Olivier Parlour Song by Jez Butterworth – Almeida	Morecambe – Duchess Arturo Brachetti: Change – Garrick Derren Brown: Enigma – Adelphi
Best Actor^[1]	Best Actress^[1]
*Mark Rylance as Johnny "Rooster" Byron in Jerusalem* – Royal Court and Apollo** James Earl Jones as Big Daddy Pollitt in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof – Novello Jude Law as Prince Hamlet in Hamlet – Donmar at Wyndham's James McAvoy as Ned and Walker in Three Days of Rain – Apollo Ken Stott as Eddie Carbone in A View from the Bridge – Duke of York's Samuel West as Jeffrey Skilling in Enron – Royal Court / Noël Coward	*Rachel Weisz as Blanche DuBois in A Streetcar Named Desire* – Donmar Warehouse** Gillian Anderson as Nora Helmer in A Doll's House – Donmar Warehouse Lorraine Burroughs as Camae in The Mountaintop – Trafalgar Studio 1 Imelda Staunton as Kath in Entertaining Mr Sloane – Trafalgar Studio 1 Juliet Stevenson as Stephanie Anderson in Duet for One – Almeida / Vaudeville
Best Actor in a Musical^[1]	Best Actress in a Musical^[1]
*Aneurin Barnard as Melchior Gabor in Spring Awakening* – Novello** Rowan Atkinson as Fagin in Oliver – Theatre Royal Drury Lane Bob Golding as Eric Morecambe in Morecambe – Duchess Alexander Hanson as Frederik in A Little Night Music – Garrick Tony Sheldon as Bernadette in Priscilla, Queen of the Desert – Palace	*Samantha Spiro as Dolly Levi in Hello, Dolly* – Regent's Park Open Air** Melanie C as Mrs. Johnstone in Blood Brothers – Phoenix Patina Miller as Deloris Van Cartier in Sister Act – London Palladium Hannah Waddingham as Desirée Armfeldt in A Little Night Music – Garrick Charlotte Wakefield as Wendla Bergmann in Spring Awakening – Novello
Best Actor in a Supporting Role^[1]	Best Actress in a Supporting Role^[1]
*Eddie Redmayne as Ken in Red* – Donmar Warehouse** Mackenzie Crook as Ginger in Jerusalem – Royal Court / Apollo Rory Kinnear as Mitya in Burnt by the Sun – National Theatre Lyttelton Tim Pigott-Smith as Ken Lay in Enron – Royal Court / Noël Coward	*Ruth Wilson as Stella Kowalski in A Streetcar Named Desire* – Donmar Warehouse** Hayley Atwell as Catherine Carbone in A View from the Bridge – Duke of York's Michelle Dockery as Maroussia in Burnt by the Sun – National Theatre Lyttelton Alexandra Gilbreath as Olivia in Twelfth Night – Duke of York's Keira Knightley as Jennifer in The Misanthrope – Comedy Rachael Stirling as Rebecca in The Priory – Royal Court
Best Supporting Role in a Musical
*Iwan Rheon as Moritz Stiefel in Spring Awakening* – Novello** Sheila Hancock as Mother Superior in Sister Act – London Palladium Maureen Lipman as Madame Armfeldt in A Little Night Music – Garrick Kelly Price as Countess Charlotte Malcolm in A Little Night Music – Garrick
Best Director^[1]	Best Theatre Choreographer
*Rupert Goold for Enron* – Royal Court / Noël Coward** Michael Grandage for Hamlet – Donmar at Wyndham's Lindsay Posner for A View from the Bridge – Duke of York's Ian Rickson for Jerusalem – Royal Court / Apollo Bijan Sheibani for Our Class – National Theatre Cottesloe	*Stephen Mear for Hello, Dolly* – Regent's Park Open Air** Matthew Bourne for Oliver – Theatre Royal Drury Lane Bill T. Jones for Spring Awakening – Novello Anthony Van Laast for Sister Act – London Palladium
Best Set Design	Best Costume Design
*Ultz for Jerusalem* – Royal Court / Apollo** Pete Bishop and Mark Thompson for England People Very Nice – National Theatre Olivier Christopher Oram for Red – Donmar Warehouse Anthony Ward for Enron – Royal Court / Noël Coward	*Tim Chappel and Lizzy Gardiner for Priscilla, Queen of the Desert* – Palace** Peter McKintosh for Hello, Dolly – Regent's Park Open Air Christopher Oram for Madame de Sade – Donmar at Wyndham's Amy Roberts for The Misanthrope – Comedy
Best Lighting Design	Best Sound Design
*Mark Henderson for Burnt by the Sun* – National Theatre Lyttelton** Kevin Adams for Spring Awakening – Novello Jon Clark for Three Days of Rain – Apollo Mark Henderson for Enron – Royal Court / Noël Coward	*Brian Ronan for Spring Awakening* – Novello** Andrew Bruce and Nick Lidster for Mother Courage and Her Children – National Theatre Olivier Ian Dickinson for Jerusalem – Royal Court / Apollo Christopher Shutt for Every Good Boy Deserves Favour – National Theatre Olivier
Outstanding Achievement in Dance	Best New Dance Production
Rambert Dance Company for an outstanding year of new work Colin Dunne in Out of Time – Barbican Pit Michael Hulls for lighting Two:Four:Ten – London Coliseum; Afterlight, Ex Machina and Eonnagata – Sadler's Wells	Goldberg: The Brandstrup-Rojo Project, ROH2 – Royal Opera House A Linha Curva, Rambert Dance Company – Sadler's Wells Afterlight – Sadler's Wells E=mc², Birmingham Royal Ballet – Sadler's Wells The Rite of Spring, Fabulous Beast Dance Theatre – London Coliseum
Outstanding Achievement in Opera	Best New Opera Production
*Nina Stemme in Tristan und Isolde, The Royal Opera – Royal Opera House* Anja Kampe in Der fliegende Holländer, The Royal Opera – Royal Opera House Stuart Skelton in Peter Grimes, English National Opera – London Coliseum Michael Volle in Lulu and Tristan und Isolde, The Royal Opera – Royal Opera House	Tristan und Isolde, The Royal Opera – Royal Opera House Der fliegende Holländer, The Royal Opera – Royal Opera House Lulu, The Royal Opera – Royal Opera House Peter Grimes, English National Opera – London Coliseum
Outstanding Achievement in Affiliate Theatre
Cock – Royal Court Upstairs Ìyà Ilé: The First Wife – Soho / Tiata Fahodzi The Great Game – Tricycle
Audience Award for Most Popular Show
Wicked – Apollo Victoria Billy Elliot – Victoria Palace The Phantom of the Opera – Her Majesty's War Horse – New London We Will Rock You – Dominion
Society Special Award	Lifetime Achievement
Maggie Smith	Michael Codron

Productions with multiple nominations and awards edit

The following 25 productions, including one ballet and four operas, received multiple nominations:^[1]

7: Spring Awakening
6: Enron, Jerusalem
5: A Little Night Music
4: A View from the Bridge, Hello, Dolly, Sister Act
3: A Streetcar Named Desire, Burnt by the Sun, Oliver, Priscilla, Queen of the Desert, Red, The Misanthrope, Three Days of Rain, Tristan und Isolde
2: Afterlight, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Der fliegende Holländer, England People Very Nice, Hamlet, Lulu, Morecambe, Peter Grimes, The Mountaintop, The Priory

The following five productions, including one opera, received multiple awards:^[1]

4: Spring Awakening
3: Hello, Dolly
2: A Streetcar Named Desire, Jerusalem, Tristan und Isolde

References edit

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p "Laurence Olivier Theatre Awards 2010 Winners Announced". londontheatre.co.uk. 8 June 2016.

Mark Shenton (21 March 2010). "Spring Awakening, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof and Wicked Win Olivier Awards". playbill. Archived from the original on 25 May 2010. Retrieved 20 July 2010.

External links edit

Previous Olivier Winners – 2010
"Olivier Award winners and nominees, 2010" at officiallondontheatre.co.uk
"Olivier winner Rachel Weisz: I want to do a play every year" at thisislondon.co.uk, 22 March 2010

[oliv2010-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p "Laurence Olivier Theatre Awards 2010 Winners Announced". londontheatre.co.uk. 8 June 2016.

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Winners and nominees edit

Productions with multiple nominations and awards edit

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References edit

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