2019 Laurence Olivier Awards Explained

2019 Laurence Olivier Awards
Date:	7 April 2019
Location:	Royal Albert Hall
Host:	Jason Manford
Most Wins:	Come from Away / Company / The Inheritance (4)
Most Nominations:	Come from Away / Company (9)
Network:	ITV (television) Magic (radio)
Previous:	2018
Next:	2020

The 2019 Laurence Olivier Awards was held on 7 April 2019 at the Royal Albert Hall.^[1] The ceremony was hosted by Jason Manford.

Eligibility

Any new production that opened between 22 February 2018 and 19 February 2019 in a theatre represented in the membership of the Society of London Theatre is eligible for consideration, provided it has performed at least 30 performances.^[2]

Event calendar

1 March: Matthew Bourne announced as the recipient of the Society Special Award^[3]
4 March: Jason Manford announced as host^[4]
5 March: Nominations announced by Sheila Atim and Giles Terera^[5]
7 April: Award ceremony held

Winners and nominees

The nominations were announced on 5 March 2019 in 26 categories.^[6] ^[7]

Best New Play	Best New Musical
The Inheritance by Matthew Lopez, based on original text by E. M. Forster – Young Vic and Noël Coward Theatre The Lehman Trilogy by Stefano Massini, adapted by Ben Power – National Theatre Lyttelton Misty by Arinzé Kene – Trafalgar Studios 1 Sweat by Lynn Nottage – Donmar Warehouse	Come from Away – Phoenix Theatre Fun Home – Young Vic Six – Arts Theatre Tina – Aldwych Theatre
Best Revival	Best Musical Revival
Summer and Smoke – Almeida Theatre and Duke of York's Theatre King Lear – Duke of York's Theatre The Lieutenant of Inishmore – Noël Coward Theatre The Price – Wyndham's Theatre	Company – Gielgud Theatre Caroline, or Change – Playhouse Theatre The King and I – London Palladium
Best New Comedy	Best Entertainment and Family
Home, I'm Darling by Laura Wade – National Theatre Dorfman and Duke of York's Theatre Nine Night by Natasha Gordon – National Theatre Dorfman and Trafalgar Studios 1 Quiz by James Graham – Noël Coward Theatre	A Monster Calls – Old Vic Snow White – London Palladium Songs for Nobodies – Ambassadors Theatre The Wider Earth – Jerwood Gallery, Natural History Museum
Best Actor	Best Actress
*Kyle Soller as Eric Glass in The Inheritance* – Young Vic and Noël Coward Theatre** Simon Russell Beale, Adam Godley and Ben Miles as Henry Lehman, Emanuel Lehman and Mayer Lehman in The Lehman Trilogy – National Theatre Lyttelton Arinzé Kene as Arinzé in Misty – Trafalgar Studios 1 Ian McKellen as Lear in King Lear – Duke of York's Theatre David Suchet as Gregory Solomon in The Price – Wyndham's Theatre	*Patsy Ferran as Alma Winemiller in Summer and Smoke* – Almeida Theatre and Duke of York's Theatre** Gillian Anderson as Margo Channing in All About Eve – Noël Coward Theatre Eileen Atkins as Madeleine in The Height of the Storm – Wyndham's Theatre Sophie Okonedo as Cleopatra in Antony and Cleopatra – National Theatre Olivier Katherine Parkinson as Judy in Home, I'm Darling – National Theatre Dorfman and Duke of York's Theatre
Best Actor in a Musical	Best Actress in a Musical
*Kobna Holdbrook-Smith as Ike Turner in Tina* – Aldwych Theatre** Marc Antolin as Seymour Krelborn in Little Shop of Horrors – Regent's Park Open Air Theatre Zubin Varla as Bruce Bechdel in Fun Home – Young Vic Ken Watanabe as The King of Siam in The King and I – London Palladium	*Sharon D. Clarke as Caroline Thibodeaux in Caroline, or Change* – Playhouse Theatre** Rosalie Craig as Bobbie in Company – Gielgud Theatre Kelli O'Hara as Anna Leonowens in The King and I – London Palladium Adrienne Warren as Tina Turner in Tina – Aldwych Theatre
Best Actor in a Supporting Role	Best Actress in a Supporting Role
*Chris Walley as Davey in The Lieutenant of Inishmore* – Noël Coward Theatre** Keir Charles as Chris Tarrant and Various in Quiz – Noël Coward Theatre Adam Gillen as Chris Smith in Killer Joe – Trafalgar Studios 1 Adrian Lukis as Walter Franz in The Price – Wyndham's Theatre Malcolm Sinclair as Dwight D. Eisenhower in Pressure – Ambassadors Theatre	*Monica Dolan as Karen Richards in All about Eve* – Noël Coward Theatre** Susan Brown as Sylvia in Home, I'm Darling – National Theatre Dorfman and Duke of York's Theatre Cecilia Noble as Aunt Maggie in Nine Night – National Theatre Dorfman and Trafalgar Studios 1 Vanessa Redgrave as Margaret in The Inheritance – Young Vic and Noël Coward Theatre
Best Actor in a Supporting Role in a Musical	Best Actress in a Supporting Role in a Musical
*Jonathan Bailey as Jamie in Company* – Gielgud Theatre** Clive Carter as Claude and Various in Come from Away – Phoenix Theatre Richard Fleeshman as Andy in Company – Gielgud Theatre Robert Hands as Doug, Nick and Various in Come from Away – Phoenix Theatre	*Patti LuPone as Joanne in Company* – Gielgud Theatre** Aimie Atkinson, Alexia McIntosh, Millie O'Connell, Natalie Paris, Maiya Quansah-Breed and Jarneia Richard-Noel as Katherine Howard, Anne of Cleves, Anne Boleyn, Jane Seymour, Catherine Parr and Catherine of Aragon in Six – Arts Theatre Ruthie Ann Miles as Lady Thiang in The King and I – London Palladium Rachel Tucker as Annette, Beverley Bass and Various in Come from Away – Phoenix Theatre
Best Director	Best Theatre Choreographer
*Stephen Daldry for The Inheritance* – Young Vic and Noël Coward Theatre** Christopher Ashley for Come from Away – Phoenix Theatre Marianne Elliott for Company – Gielgud Theatre Rebecca Frecknall for Summer and Smoke – Almeida Theatre and Duke of York's Theatre Sam Mendes for The Lehman Trilogy – National Theatre Lyttelton	*Kelly Devine for Come from Away* – Phoenix Theatre** Christopher Gattelli (based on original choreography by Jerome Robbins) for The King and I – London Palladium Carrie-Anne Ingrouille for Six – Arts Theatre Liam Steel for Company – Gielgud Theatre
Best Set Design	Best Costume Design
*Bunny Christie for Company* – Gielgud Theatre** Bob Crowley for The Inheritance – Young Vic and Noël Coward Theatre Es Devlin for The Lehman Trilogy – National Theatre Lyttelton Anna Fleischle for Home, I'm Darling – National Theatre Dorfman and Duke of York's Theatre	*Catherine Zuber for The King and I* – London Palladium** Fly Davis for Caroline, or Change – Playhouse Theatre Anna Fleischle for Home, I'm Darling – National Theatre Dorfman and Duke of York's Theatre Gabriella Slade for Six – Arts Theatre
Best Lighting Design	Best Sound Design
*Jon Clark for The Inheritance* – Young Vic and Noël Coward Theatre** Neil Austin for Company – Gielgud Theatre Howell Binkley for Come from Away – Phoenix Theatre Lee Curran for Summer and Smoke – Almeida Theatre and Duke of York's Theatre	*Gareth Owen for Come from Away* – Phoenix Theatre** Paul Arditti and Christopher Reid for The Inheritance – Young Vic and Noël Coward Theatre Mike Beer for A Monster Calls – Old Vic Carolyn Downing for Summer and Smoke – Almeida Theatre and Duke of York's Theatre Nick Powell for The Lehman Trilogy – National Theatre Lyttelton
Outstanding Achievement in Music
David Hein and Irene Sankoff for lyricising, scoring and writing; Ian Eisendrath for arranging and music supervising; August Eriksmoen for orchestrating; Alan Berry for music directing and music supervising and the Band for performing in Come from Away – Phoenix Theatre Lisa Kron for lyricising and writing and Jeanine Tesori for composing Fun Home – Young Vic Paul Englishby for composing The Inheritance – Young Vic and Noël Coward Theatre Benji Bower for composing and performing and Will Bower for performing in A Monster Calls – Old Vic Joe Beighton, Tom Curran, Toby Marlow and Lucy Moss for orchestrating, scoring and vocal arranging Six – Arts Theatre
Best New Dance Production	Outstanding Achievement in Dance
Blkdog by Botis Seva – Sadler's Wells 16 + A Room/Solo Echo/Bill by Ballet British Columbia – Sadler's Wells Playlist (Track 1, 2) by William Forsythe – English National Ballet at Sadler's Wells The Unknown Soldier by Alastair Marriott – Royal Ballet at Royal Opera House	*Akram Khan for performing in Xenos* – Sadler's Wells** John MacFarlane for set designing Swan Lake – Royal Opera House Dimitris Papaioannou for choreographing The Great Tamer – Sadler's Wells
Best New Opera Production	Outstanding Achievement in Opera
Katya Kabanova – Royal Opera House Lessons in Love and Violence – Royal Opera House The Turn of the Screw – Regent's Park Open Air Theatre	*The Ensemble for performing in Porgy and Bess* – London Coliseum** David Butt Philip and Roderick Williams for performing in War Requiem – London Coliseum The Chorus of the English National Opera for performing in Paul Bunyan – Wilton's Music Hall Andris Nelsons for conducting Lohengrin – Royal Opera House
Outstanding Achievement in an Affiliate Theatre
Flesh and Bone – Soho Theatre Moe Bar-El for performing as Kareem in Every Day I Make Greatness Happen – Hampstead Theatre Downstairs Jonathan Hyde for performing as Beau in Gently Down the Stream – Park Theatre The Phlebotomist – Hampstead Theatre Downstairs Athena Stevens for writing Schism – Park Theatre
Society Special Award
Matthew Bourne