2010 Laurence Olivier Awards

Date

21 March 2010

Location

Grosvenor House Hotel

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

Winners and nominees

Best New Play	Best New Musical
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
style="width="50%" \| Best Revival	style="width="50%" \| Best Musical Revival
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
style="width="50%" \| Best New Comedy	style="width="50%" \| Best Entertainment
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
style="width="50%" \| Best Actor	style="width="50%" \| Best Actress
*Mark Rylance in Jerusalem* – Royal Court and Apollo** James Earl Jones in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof – Novello Jude Law in Hamlet – Donmar at Wyndham's James McAvoy in Three Days of Rain – Apollo Ken Stott in A View from the Bridge – Duke of York's Samuel West in Enron – Royal Court / Noël Coward	*Rachel Weisz in A Streetcar Named Desire* – Donmar Warehouse** Gillian Anderson in A Doll's House – Donmar Warehouse Lorraine Burroughs in The Mountaintop – Trafalgar Studio 1 Imelda Staunton in Entertaining Mr Sloane – Trafalgar Studio 1 Juliet Stevenson in Duet for One – Almeida / Vaudeville
style="width="50%" \| Best Actor in a Musical	style="width="50%" \| Best Actress in a Musical
*Aneurin Barnard in Spring Awakening* – Novello** Rowan Atkinson in Oliver – Theatre Royal Drury Lane Bob Golding in Morecambe – Duchess Alexander Hanson in A Little Night Music – Garrick Tony Sheldon in Priscilla, Queen of the Desert – Palace	*Samantha Spiro in Hello, Dolly* – Regent's Park Open Air** Melanie Chisholm in Blood Brothers – Phoenix Patina Miller in Sister Act – London Palladium Hannah Waddingham in A Little Night Music – Garrick Charlotte Wakefield in Spring Awakening – Novello
style="width="50%" \| Best Actor in a Supporting Role	style="width="50%" \| Best Actress in a Supporting Role
*Eddie Redmayne in Red* – Donmar Warehouse** Mackenzie Crook in Jerusalem – Royal Court / Apollo Rory Kinnear in Burnt by the Sun – National Theatre Lyttelton Tim Pigott-Smith in Enron – Royal Court / Noël Coward	*Ruth Wilson in A Streetcar Named Desire* – Donmar Warehouse** Hayley Atwell in A View from the Bridge – Duke of York's Michelle Dockery in Burnt by the Sun – National Theatre Lyttelton Alexandra Gilbreath in Twelfth Night – Duke of York's Keira Knightley in The Misanthrope – Comedy Rachael Stirling in The Priory – Royal Court
Best Supporting Role in a Musical
*Iwan Rheon in Spring Awakening* – Novello** Sheila Hancock in Sister Act – London Palladium Maureen Lipman in A Little Night Music – Garrick Kelly Price in A Little Night Music – Garrick
style="width="50%" \| Best Director	style="width="50%" \| 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
style="width="50%" \| Best Set Design	style="width="50%" \| 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
style="width="50%" \| Best Lighting Design	style="width="50%" \| 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
style="width="50%" \| Outstanding Achievement in Dance	style="width="50%" \| 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
style="width="50%" \| Outstanding Achievement in Opera	style="width="50%" \| 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
style="width="50%" \| Society Special Award	style="width="50%" \| Lifetime Achievement
Maggie Smith	Michael Codron

Productions with multiple nominations and awards

The following 25 productions, including one ballet and four operas, received multiple nominations:

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:

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

References

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

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Drama	New Play New Comedy Revival Actor Actress Performance in a Supporting Role (Actor in a Supporting Role, Actress in a Supporting Role)

Musical	New Musical Musical Revival Actor in a Musical Actress in a Musical Performance in a Supporting Role in a Musical (Actor in a Supporting Role in a Musical, Actress in a Supporting Role in a Musical) Achievement in Music

Production/Creatives	Director Theatre Choreographer Set Design Costume Design Lighting Design Sound Design

Dance/Opera	New Dance Production New Opera Production Achievement in Dance Achievement in Opera

Special/Other	Special Award Entertainment and Family Achievement in an Affiliate Theatre Audience Award

Retired	Actor of the Year in a New Play Actress of the Year in a New Play Actor of the Year in a Revival Actress of the Year in a Revival Comedy Performance Performance in a Musical Supporting Artist of the Year Newcomer in a Play Most Promising Performer Company Performance Director of a Play Director of a Musical Set Designer Most Promising Playwright Achievement in a Musical

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2010 Laurence Olivier Awards

Winners and nominees

Productions with multiple nominations and awards

See also

References

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