Olivier Awards 2011: The winners
- Published
The prestigious Laurence Olivier Awards have honoured the best in London theatre. Here is the full list of winners:
Best actress Nancy Carroll for After The Dance at the Lyttelton
Best actor Roger Allam for Henry IV Parts 1 & 2 at Shakespeare's Globe Theatre
Best actress in a supporting role Michelle Terry for Tribes at the Jerwood Theatre Downstairs at the Royal Court
Best actor in a supporting role Adrian Scarborough for After The Dance at the Lyttelton
Best new play Clybourne Park by Bruce Norris at the Jerwood Theatre Downstairs at the Royal Court
Best revival After The Dance directed by Thea Sharrock at the Lyttelton
Best director Howard Davies for The White Guard at the Lyttelton
Best actress in a musical Sheridan Smith for Legally Blonde - The Musical at the Savoy
Best actor in a musical David Thaxton for Passion at the Donmar Warehouse
Best performance in a supporting role in a musical Jill Halfpenny for Legally Blonde - The Musical at the Savoy
Best new musical Legally Blonde - The Musical at the Savoy. Book by Heather Hach, music and lyrics by Laurence O'Keefe and Nell Benjamin
Best musical revival Into The Woods at the Regent's Park Open Air Theatre
Best entertainment The Railway Children by E Nesbit, adapted by Mike Kenny, at the Waterloo Station Theatre
91Èȱ¬ Radio 2 audience award for most popular show We Will Rock You
Best theatre choreographer Leon Baugh for Sucker Punch at the Jerwood Theatre Downstairs at the Royal Court
Best lighting design The White Guard designed by Neil Austin at the Lyttelton
Best set design The White Guard designed by Bunny Christie at the Lyttelton
Best costume design After The Dance designed by Hildegard Bechtler at the Lyttelton
Best sound design King Lear designed by Adam Cork at the Donmar Warehouse
Outstanding achievement in an affiliate theatre Lyric Hammersmith for Blasted
Best new opera production OperaUpClose and Soho Theatre's La Boheme at the Soho Theatre
Outstanding achievement in opera Christian Gerhaher for his performance in the Royal Opera's Tannhauser at the Royal Opera House
Best new dance production Babel (Words) by Eastman vzw and Royal Opera House La Monnaie at Sadler's Wells, choreographed by Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui and Damien Jalet
Outstanding achievement in dance Antony Gormley for his set design of Babel (Words) by Eastman vzw and Theatre Royal de la Monnaie at Sadler's Wells
Society of London Theatre special award Stephen Sondheim
- Published13 March 2011