2011 Laurence Olivier Awards

Date

13 March 2011

Location

Theatre Royal, Drury Lane

Host

Michael Ball
Imelda Staunton

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The 2011 Olivier Awards was held on 13 March 2011 at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, London. The 2011 awards were intended to re-launch the Oliviers as a major awards event, and so they were sponsored by Mastercard, with live coverage by the BBC.

The Theatre show was presented by Michael Ball and Imelda Staunton, with BBC Radio 2 coverage from Paul Gambaccini.

Special guests included Stephen Sondheim, Angela Lansbury, Cameron Mackintosh, Barry Manilow as well as performances by Ramin Karimloo, Alfie Boe, Kerry Ellis, Adrian Lester as well as the London casts of Legally Blonde and Into the Woods to name a few.

The show was accompanied by the BBC Concert Orchestra, conducted by David Charles Abell, and the finale was accompanied by a choir from the CDS (Conference Drama Schools).

Winners and nominees

The nominations were announced on 7 February 2011 in 25 categories.

style="width="50%" \| Best New Play	style="width="50%" \| Best New Musical
Clybourne Park by Bruce Norris – Royal Court End of the Rainbow by Peter Quilter – Trafalgar Studios Sucker Punch by Roy Williams – Royal Court The Little Dog Laughed by Douglas Carter Beane – Garrick Tribes by Nina Raine – Royal Court	Legally Blonde – Savoy Fela – National Theatre Olivier Love Never Dies – Adelphi Love Story – Duchess
style="width="50%" \| Best Revival	style="width="50%" \| Best Musical Revival
After the Dance – National Theatre Lyttelton All My Sons – Apollo King Lear – Donmar Warehouse When We Are Married – Garrick	Into the Woods – Regent's Park Open Air Passion – Donmar Warehouse Sweet Charity – Theatre Royal Haymarket
Best Entertainment
The Railway Children – Waterloo Station Beauty and the Beast – National Theatre Cottesloe Ghost Stories – Duke of York's Potted Panto – Vaudeville
style="width="50%" \| Best Actor	style="width="50%" \| Best Actress
*Roger Allam in Henry IV* – Shakespeare's Globe** Derek Jacobi in King Lear – Donmar Warehouse Rory Kinnear in Hamlet – National Theatre Olivier Mark Rylance in La Bête – Comedy David Suchet in All My Sons – Apollo	*Nancy Carroll in After the Dance* – National Theatre Lyttelton** Tracie Bennett in End of the Rainbow – Trafalgar Studios Tamsin Greig in The Little Dog Laughed – Garrick Sophie Thompson in Clybourne Park – Royal Court
style="width="50%" \| Best Actor in a Musical	style="width="50%" \| Best Actress in a Musical
*David Thaxton in Passion* – Donmar Warehouse** Alex Gaumond in Legally Blonde – Savoy Ramin Karimloo in Love Never Dies – Adelphi Sahr Ngaujah in Fela – National Theatre Olivier Michael Xavier in Love Story – Duchess	*Sheridan Smith in Legally Blonde* – Savoy** Sierra Boggess in Love Never Dies – Adelphi Elena Roger in Passion – Donmar Warehouse Emma Williams in Love Story – Duchess
style="width="50%" \| Best Actor in a Supporting Role	style="width="50%" \| Best Actress in a Supporting Role
*Adrian Scarborough in After the Dance* – National Theatre Lyttelton** James Laurenson in Hamlet – National Theatre Olivier Hilton McRae in End of the Rainbow – Trafalgar Studios Lee Ross in Birdsong – Comedy	*Michelle Terry in Tribes* – Royal Court** Sarah Goldberg in Clybourne Park – Royal Court Anastasia Hille in The Master Builder – Almeida Gina McKee in King Lear – Donmar Warehouse Rachael Stirling in An Ideal Husband – Vaudeville
Best Supporting Role in a Musical
*Jill Halfpenny in Legally Blonde* – Savoy** Josefina Gabrielle in Sweet Charity – Theatre Royal Haymarket Summer Strallen in Love Never Dies – Adelphi Michael Xavier in Into the Woods – Regent's Park Open Air
style="width="50%" \| Best Director	style="width="50%" \| Best Theatre Choreographer
*Howard Davies for The White Guard* – National Theatre Lyttelton** Dominic Cooke for Clybourne Park – Royal Court Michael Grandage for King Lear – Donmar Warehouse Thea Sharrock for After the Dance – National Theatre Lyttelton	*Leon Baugh for Sucker Punch* – Royal Court** Bill T. Jones for Fela – National Theatre Olivier Stephen Mear for Sweet Charity – Theatre Royal Haymarket Jerry Mitchell for Legally Blonde – Savoy
style="width="50%" \| Best Set Design	style="width="50%" \| Best Costume Design
*Bunny Christie for The White Guard* – National Theatre Lyttelton** Lez Brotherston for Design for Living – Old Vic Miriam Buether for Earthquakes in London – National Theatre Cottesloe Bob Crowley for Love Never Dies – Adelphi	*Hildegard Bechtler for After the Dance* – National Theatre Lyttelton** Lez Brotherston for Design for Living – Old Vic Bob Crowley for Love Never Dies – Adelphi Mark Thompson for London Assurance – National Theatre Olivier
style="width="50%" \| Best Sound Design	style="width="50%" \| Best Lighting Design
*Neil Austin for The White Guard, National Theatre Lyttelton* Paul Constable for Love Never Dies – Adelphi Mark Henderson for After the Dance – National Theatre Lyttelton Hugh Vanstone for Deathtrap – Noël Coward	*Adam Cork for King Lear* – Donmar Warehouse** Nick Manning for Ghost Stories – Duke of York's Gareth Owen for End of the Rainbow – Trafalgar Studios Craig Vear for The Railway Children – Waterloo Station
style="width="50%" \| Outstanding Achievement in Dance	style="width="50%" \| Best New Dance Production
*Antony Gormley for set designing Babel (Words)* – Sadler's Wells** John MacFarlane for set designing Asphodel Meadows – Royal Opera House Yoshie Sunahata for drumming in Gnosis, Kodo – Sadler's Wells	Babel (Words) – Sadler's Wells Cinderella, New Adventures – Sadler's Wells Mambo 3XX1, Danza Contemporanea de Cuba – Sadler's Wells
style="width="50%" \| Outstanding Achievement in Opera	style="width="50%" \| Best New Opera Production
*Christian Gerhaher in Tannhauser, The Royal Opera – Royal Opera House* Jonas Kaufmann in Adriana Lecouvreur – Royal Opera House Andrew Shore in The Elixir of Love, English National Opera – London Coliseum	La bohème – Soho A Dog's Heart – London Coliseum Adriana Lecouvreur – Royal Opera House Elegy for Young Lovers – Young Vic
Outstanding Achievement in Affiliate Theatre
Blasted – Lyric Hammersmith Ivan and the Dogs – Soho / ATC Les Parents terribles – Trafalgar Studios 2 / Donmar Warehouse The Empire – Royal Court / Drum Theatre Plymouth
Audience Award
We Will Rock You Billy Elliot Jersey Boys Les Misérables
Society Special Award
Stephen Sondheim

Productions with multiple nominations and awards

The following 21 productions, including one ballet and one opera, received multiple nominations:

7: Love Never Dies
6: After the Dance
5: King Lear, Legally Blonde
4: Clybourne Park, End of the Rainbow
3: Fela, Love Story, Passion, Sweet Charity, The White Guard
2: Adriana Lecouvreur, All My Sons, Babel (Words), Ghost Stories, Hamlet, Into the Woods, Sucker Punch, The Little Dog Laughed, The Railway Children, Tribes

The following four productions, including one ballet, received multiple awards:

4: After the Dance
3: Legally Blonde, The White Guard
2: Babel (Words)

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Previous Olivier Winners – 2011

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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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2011 Laurence Olivier Awards

Winners and nominees

Productions with multiple nominations and awards

See also

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