2014 Laurence Olivier Awards Explained

2014 Laurence Olivier Awards
Date:	13 April 2014
Location:	Royal Opera House
Host:	Gemma Arterton Stephen Mangan
Network:	ITV
Previous:	2013
Next:	2015

The 2014 Laurence Olivier Awards was held on Sunday 13 April 2014 at the Royal Opera House, London.^[1] The awards were presented by Gemma Arterton and Stephen Mangan.^[2] The highlights programme was presented on ITV after the ceremony.^[3]

Winners and nominees

The nominations were announced on 10 March 2014 in 26 categories.^[4]

Best New Play	Best New Musical
Chimerica by Lucy Kirkwood – Almeida / Harold Pinter 1984 by George Orwell, adapted by Robert Icke and Duncan Macmillan – Almeida Peter and Alice by John Logan – Noël Coward The Night Alive by Conor McPherson – Donmar Warehouse	The Book of Mormon – Prince of Wales Charlie and the Chocolate Factory – Theatre Royal, Drury Lane Once – Phoenix The Scottsboro Boys – Young Vic
Best Revival	Best Musical Revival
Ghosts – Almeida / Trafalgar Studios Othello – National Theatre Olivier Private Lives – Gielgud The Amen Corner – National Theatre Olivier	Merrily We Roll Along – Harold Pinter Tell Me on a Sunday – St James / Duchess The Sound of Music – Regent's Park Open Air
Best New Comedy	Best Entertainment and Family
Jeeves and Wooster in Perfect Nonsense by P. G. Wodehouse, adapted by David Goodale and Robert Goodale – Duke of York's The Duck House by Dan Patterson and Colin Swash – Vaudeville The Full Monty by Simon Beaufoy – Noël Coward The Same Deep Water as Me by Nick Payne – Donmar Warehouse	The Wind in the Willows – Duchess Barry Humphries' Farewell Tour: Eat, Pray, Laugh	– London Palladium Derren Brown: Infamous – Palace Eric and Little Ern – Vaudeville
Best Actor	Best Actress
Rory Kinnear as Iago in Othello – National Theatre Olivier Henry Goodman as Arturo Ui in The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui – Duchess Tom Hiddleston as Coriolanus in Coriolanus – Donmar Warehouse Jude Law as King Henry V in Henry V – Noël Coward	Lesley Manville as Mrs. Helene Alving in Ghosts – Almeida / Trafalgar Studios Hayley Atwell as Sylvia in The Pride – Trafalgar Studios Anna Chancellor as Amanda Prynne in Private Lives – Gielgud Judi Dench as Alice Liddell in Peter and Alice – Noël Coward
Best Actor in a Musical	Best Actress in a Musical
Gavin Creel as Elder Price in The Book of Mormon – Prince of Wales Jared Gertner as Elder Cunningham in The Book of Mormon – Prince of Wales Douglas Hodge as Willy Wonka in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory – Theatre Royal, Drury Lane Kyle Scatliffe as Haywood Patterson in The Scottsboro Boys – Young Vic	Zrinka Cvitešić as Girl in Once – Phoenix Rosalie Craig as The Light Princess in The Light Princess – National Theatre Lyttelton Jenna Russell as Mary Flynn in Merrily We Roll Along – Harold Pinter Charlotte Wakefield as Maria von Trapp in The Sound of Music – Regent's Park Open Air
Best Actor in a Supporting Role	Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Jack Lowden as Oswald in Ghosts – Almeida / Trafalgar Studios Ron Cook as Pistol in Henry V – Noël Coward Mark Gatiss as Menenius in Coriolanus – Donmar Warehouse Ardal O'Hanlon as Jim in The Weir – Donmar Warehouse / Wyndham's	Sharon D. Clarke as Odessa in The Amen Corner – National Theatre Olivier Sarah Greene as Slippy Helen in The Cripple of Inishmaan – Noël Coward Katherine Kingsley as Helena in A Midsummer Night's Dream – Noël Coward Cecilia Noble as Sister Moore in The Amen Corner – National Theatre Olivier
Best Supporting Role in a Musical
Stephen Ashfield as Elder McKinley in The Book of Mormon – Prince of Wales Colman Domingo as Mr Bones in The Scottsboro Boys – Young Vic Josefina Gabrielle as Gussie in Merrily We Roll Along – Harold Pinter Nigel Planer as Grandpa Joe in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory – Theatre Royal, Drury Lane
Best Director	Best Theatre Choreographer
Lyndsey Turner for Chimerica – Almeida / Harold Pinter Richard Eyre for Ghosts – Almeida / Trafalgar Studios Maria Friedman for Merrily We Roll Along – Harold Pinter Susan Stroman for The Scottsboro Boys – Young Vic	Casey Nicholaw for The Book of Mormon – Prince of Wales Peter Darling for Charlie and the Chocolate Factory – Theatre Royal, Drury Lane Steven Hoggett for Once – Phoenix Susan Stroman for The Scottsboro Boys – Young Vic
Best Set Design	Best Costume Design
Es Devlin for Chimerica – Almeida / Harold Pinter Bob Crowley for Once – Phoenix Tim Goodchild for Strangers on a Train – Gielgud Mark Thompson for Charlie and the Chocolate Factory – Theatre Royal, Drury Lane	Mark Thompson for Charlie and the Chocolate Factory – Theatre Royal, Drury Lane Nicky Gillibrand for The Wind in the Willows – Duchess Soutra Gilmour for Merrily We Roll Along – Harold Pinter Rae Smith for The Light Princess – National Theatre Lyttelton
Best Lighting Design	Best Sound Design
Tim Lutkin and Finn Ross for Chimerica – Almeida / Harold Pinter Paul Pyant for Charlie and the Chocolate Factory – Theatre Royal, Drury Lane Paule Constable for The Light Princess – National Theatre Lyttelton Peter Mumford for Ghosts – Almeida / Trafalgar Studios	Carolyn Downing for Chimerica – Almeida / Harold Pinter Gareth Owen for Merrily We Roll Along – Harold Pinter Simon Baker for The Light Princess – National Theatre Lyttelton Clive Goodwin for Once – Phoenix
Outstanding Achievement in Music
Martin Lowe for arranging and composing and Glen Hansard and Markéta Irglová for lyricising and scoring Once – Phoenix Fred Ebb for lyricising and John Kander for scoring The Scottsboro Boys – Young Vic Robert Lopez, Trey Parker and Matt Stone for lyricising, scoring and writing The Book of Mormon – Prince of Wales The orchestra for Merrily We Roll Along – Harold Pinter
Outstanding Achievement in Dance	Best New Dance Production
Michael Hulls for lighting Ballet Boyz: The Talent – Sadler's Wells Mark Morris' season – Sadler's Wells Arthur Pita for choreographing Ballet Black: A Dream within a Midsummer Night's Dream – Linbury Studio, Royal Opera House Clemmie Sveaas in Witch-Hunt – Linbury Studio, Royal Opera House	Puz/zle, Eastman – Sadler's Wells Barbican Britten: Phaedra, Britten Sinfonia and Richard Alston Dance Company – Barbican What's Become of You?, Compagnie 111 – Barbican
Outstanding Achievement in Opera	Best New Opera Production
English Touring Opera for its touring productions – Linbury Studio, Royal Opera House Joyce DiDonato and Juan Diego Flórez in La donna del lago – Royal Opera House Plácido Domingo in Nabucco – Royal Opera House	Les vêpres siciliennes – Royal Opera House The Firework-Maker's Daughter – Linbury Studio, Royal Opera House Wozzeck, English National Opera – London Coliseum
Outstanding Achievement in Affiliate Theatre
Handbagged – Tricycle Cush Jumbo in Josephine and I – Bush Fleabag – Soho Oh, What a Lovely War – Theatre Royal, Stratford East
Audience Award
Les Misérables – Queen's Matilda – Cambridge The Phantom of the Opera – Her Majesty's Wicked – Apollo Victoria
Society Special Award
Nicholas Hytner and Nick Starr Michael White

Productions with multiple nominations and awards

The following 16 productions received multiple nominations:

• 7: Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and Merrily We Roll Along
• 6: Once, The Book of Mormon and The Scottsboro Boys
• 5: Chimerica and Ghosts
• 4: The Light Princess
• 3: The Amen Corner
• 2: Coriolanus, Henry V, Othello, Peter and Alice, Private Lives, The Sound of Music and The Wind in the Willows

The following six productions received multiple awards:

• 5: Chimerica
• 4: The Book of Mormon
• 3: Ghosts
• 2: Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Merrily We Roll Along and Once

See also

• 68th Tony Awards

External links

• Olivier Awards official website

Notes and References

1. Web site: Calendar of Events – Laurence Oliver Awards 2011 . www.olivierawards.com . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130327040939/http://www.olivierawards.com/awards/calendar . 2013-03-27.
2. Web site: Gemma Arterton and Stephen Mangan to host Olivier Awards . . bbc.co.uk/news . 21 March 2014 . 13 April 2014.
3. Web site: Olivier awards 2014 – full nominations. TheGuardian.com. 10 March 2014.
4. Web site: Olivier Awards with Mastercard | Official London Theatre.