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Dateline:
20th February, 2005
Olivier Winners
The winners of this year's Olivier Awards were announced this evening
at the London Hilton Hotel. No one production swept the board, or even
came close to it, but the National Theatre gained the most, with three
for The History Boys and two for His Dark Materials. The
Donmar and the RSC both managed two.
Of the musicals, The Producers unsurprisingly won three awards
and Mary Poppins two. What was slightly surprising was the Donmar,
not noted for award-winning musicals, taking the Outstanding Musical
Production award for Grand Hotel. Andrew Lloyd Webber's latest,
The Woman in White, garnered one, for Best Sound Design.
Best Actress
Clare Higgins for Hecuba
(Donmar Warehouse)
Best Actor
Richard Griffiths for The
History Boys (RNT Lyttelton)
Best Performance in a Supporting Role
Amanda Harris for Othello
(RSC at the Trafalgar Studios)
Best New Play
The History Boys
by Alan Bennett (RNT Lyttelton)
Best Revival
Hamlet by William
Shakespeare (Old Vic)
Best Director
Nicholas Hytner for The
History Boys (RNT Lyttelton)
Best New Musical
The Producers (Theatre
Royal Drury Lane)
Outstanding Musical Production
Grand Hotel (Donmar
Warehouse)
Best Actress in a Musical
Laura Michelle Kelly for Mary
Poppins (Prince Edward)
Best Actor in a Musical
Nathan Lane for The Producers
(Theatre Royal Drury Lane)
Best Performance in a Supporting Role in a Musical
Conleth Hill for The Producers
(Theatre Royal Drury Lane)
Best Theatre Choreographer
Matthew Bourne and Stephen Mear for Mary
Poppins (Prince Edward)
Best Set Design
Giles Cadle for His Dark Materials (RNT Olivier)
Best Costume Design
Deidre Clancy for All's Well That Ends Well (RSC at the Gielgud
Theatre)
Best Lighting Design
Paule Constable for His Dark Materials (RNT Olivier)
Best Sound Design
Mick Potter for The Woman
in White (Palace)
Outstanding Achievement or Performance in an Affiliate Theatre
Andrew Scott for A Girl
in a Car with a Man (Royal Court Theatre Upstairs)
Best New Opera Production
Lady Macbeth Of Mtsensk (Royal Opera at the Royal Opera House,
Covent Garden)
Outstanding Achievement in Opera
Thomas Adès and the Royal Opera House for The Tempest
Best New Dance Production
Swamp by Rambert Dance Company (Sadler's Wells)
Outstanding Achievement in Dance
San Francisco Ballet for their season at Sadler’s Wells
We have reviews online of the first run of His
Dark Materials and of the production of All's
Well at the Swan, Stratford.
Update
Quite how we missed this first time round we're not sure, but Alan
Bennett was presented with the Society of London Theatre's Special Award.
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