2012 Laurence Olivier Awards

2012 Laurence Olivier Awards
Date	15 April 2012
Location	Royal Opera House
Hosted by	Imelda Staunton Michael Ball

The 2012 Laurence Olivier Awards were held on 15 April 2012 at the Royal Opera House, London.^[1]

The 2012 awards were sponsored by MasterCard and was streamed live online for with first time on the Olivier Awards's official website with live BBC Radio 2 coverage from Ken Bruce. The show was presented by Michael Ball and Imelda Staunton for the second year in a row.^[2]

Guest presenters included Zach Braff, Tyne Daly, David Suchet, Laurie Metcalf, Hayley Atwell, Jack Davenport, Jim Carter, Lenny Henry, Ronan Keating, James McAvoy, Patrick Stewart, Elaine Paige, Barbara Windsor and Zoë Wanamaker.

Winners and nominees

The nominations were announced on 15 March 2012 in 23 categories.

Best New Play	Best New Musical
Collaborators by John Hodge – National Theatre Cottesloe Jumpy by April De Angelis – Jerwood Downstairs, Royal Court One Man, Two Guvnors by Richard Bean – National Theatre Lyttleton The Ladykillers by Graham Linehan – Gielgud	Matilda – Cambridge Betty Blue Eyes – Novello Ghost – Piccadilly London Road – National Theatre Cottesloe Shrek – Theatre Royal Drury Lane
Best Revival	Best Musical Revival
Anna Christie – Donmar Warehouse Flare Path – Haymarket Much ado about Nothing – Wyndham's Noises Off – Old Vic	Crazy for You – Regent's Park Open Air Singin' in the Rain – Palace South Pacific – Barbican The Wizard of Oz – London Palladium
Best Entertainment
Derren Brown: Svengali – Shaftesbury Midnight Tango – Aldwych Potted Potter – Garrick The Tiger Who Came to Tea – Vaudeville
Best Actor	Best Actress
*Benedict Cumberbatch and Jonny Lee Miller in Frankenstein* – Olivier, National Theatre** James Corden in One Man, Two Guvnors – National Theatre Lyttleton David Haig in The Madness of George III – Apollo Douglas Hodge in Inadmissible Evidence – Donmar Warehouse Jude Law in Anna Christie – Donmar Warehouse	*Ruth Wilson in Anna Christie* – Donmar Warehouse** Celia Imrie in Noises Off – Old Vic Lesley Manville in Grief – Garrick Kristin Scott Thomas in Betrayal – Harold Pinter Marcia Warren in The Ladykillers – Gielgud
Best Actor in a Musical	Best Actress in a Musical
*Bertie Carvel in Matilda* – Cambridge** Nigel Lindsay in Shrek – Theatre Royal Drury Lane Reece Shearsmith in Betty Blue Eyes – Novello Paulo Szot in South Pacific – Barbican	*Cleo Demetriou, Kerry Ingram, Sophia Kiely, Eleanor Worthington Cox in Matilda* – Cambridge** Kate Fleetwood in London Road – National Theatre Cottesloe Sarah Lancashire in Betty Blue Eyes – Novello Scarlett Strallen in Singin' in the Rain – Palace
Best Supporting Role	Best Supporting Role in a Musical
*Sheridan Smith in Flare Path* – Haymarket** Mark Addy in Collaborators – National Theatre Cottesloe Oliver Chris in One Man, Two Guvnors – National Theatre Lyttleton Johnny Flynn in Jerusalem – Apollo Bryony Hannah in The Children's Hour – Harold Pinter	*Nigel Harman in Shrek* – Theatre Royal Drury Lane** Sharon D. Clarke in Ghost – Piccadilly Sophie-Louise Dann in Lend Me a Tenor – Gielgud Paul Kaye in Matilda – Cambridge Katherine Kingsley in Singin' in the Rain – Palace
Best Director	Best Theatre Choreographer
*Matthew Warchus for Matilda* – Cambridge** Sean Foley for The Ladykillers – Gielgud Nicholas Hytner for One Man, Two Guvnors – National Theatre Lyttleton Rufus Norris for London Road – National Theatre Cottesloe	*Peter Darling for Matilda* – Cambridge** Javier de Frutos for London Road – National Theatre Cottesloe Stephen Mear for Crazy for You – Regent's Park Open Air Andrew Wright for Singin' in the Rain – Palace
Best Set Design	Best Costume Design
*Rob Howell for Matilda* – Cambridge** Rob Howell for Ghost – Piccadilly Michael Taylor for The Ladykillers – Gielgud Mark Thompson for One Man, Two Guvnors – National Theatre Lyttleton	*Peter McKintosh for Crazy for You* – Regent's Park Open Air** Rob Howell for Anna Christie – Donmar Warehouse Tim Hatley for Shrek – Theatre Royal Drury Lane Catherine Zuber for South Pacific – Barbican
Best Lighting Design	Best Sound Design
*Bruno Poet for Frankenstein* – Olivier, National Theatre** Howard Harrison for Anna Christie – Donmar Warehouse Hugh Vanstone for Ghost – Piccadilly Hugh Vanstone for Matilda – Cambridge	*Simon Baker for Matilda* – Cambridge** Bobby Aitken for Ghost – Piccadilly Ed Clarke, Karl Hyde and Rick Smith for Frankenstein – Olivier, National Theatre Ben Ringham and Max Ringham for The Ladykillers – Gielgud
Outstanding Achievement in Dance	Best New Dance Production
*Edward Watson for The Metamorphosis* – Linbury Studio, Royal Opera House** The design team for Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, The Royal Ballet – Royal Opera House Sylvie Guillem in 6000 Miles Away – Sadler's Wells Tommy Franzén in Some Like It Hip Hop, ZooNation – Peacock	Desh, Akram Khan Company – Sadler's Wells Gardenia, Les Ballets C de la B – Sadler's Wells Some Like It Hip Hop, ZooNation – Peacock The Metamorphosis – Linbury Studio, Royal Opera House
Outstanding Achievement in Opera	Best New Opera Production
English National Opera for the breadth and diversity of its artistic programme Amanda Holden for translating Castor and Pollux – London Coliseum Richard Jones for directing Anna Nicole and Il trittico – Royal Opera House and The Tales of Hoffmann – London Coliseum Mark-Anthony Turnage for composing Anna Nicole – Royal Opera House and Twice through the Heart – Sadler's Wells	Castor and Pollux – London Coliseum A Midsummer Night's Dream – London Coliseum Clemency – Linbury Studio, Royal Opera House The Passenger – London Coliseum
Outstanding Achievement in Affiliate Theatre
Roadkill, Theatre Royal Stratford East – Barbican / Traverse Mogadishu, Royal Exchange – Lyric Hammersmith Salt, Root and Roe, Donmar Warehouse – Trafalgar Studios 2 The Village Bike, Royal Court – Jerwood Upstairs
Audience Award
Les Misérables Billy Elliot Jersey Boys Wicked
Society Special Award
Monica Mason Tim Rice

Productions with multiple nominations and awards

The following 17 productions, including two ballets and two operas, received multiple nominations:

9: Matilda
5: Ghost, The Ladykillers and One Man, Two Guvnors
4: Anna Christie, London Road, Shrek and Singin' in the Rain
3: Betty Blue Eyes, Crazy for You, Frankenstein and South Pacific
2: Anna Nicole, Castor and Pollux, Collaborators, Flare Path, Noises Off, Some Like It Hip Hop and The Metamorphosis

The following four productions received multiple awards:

7: Matilda
2: Anna Christie, Crazy for You and Frankenstein

References

↑ Shenton, Mark." 'Matilda - the Musical' Sweeps Olivier Awards; Benedict Cumberbatch, Jonny Lee Miller Are Also Winners" Archived January 3, 2013, at the Wayback Machine. playbill.com, 15 April 2012
↑ " 'Matilda' musical breaks Olivier awards record" bbc.co.uk, 15 April 2012

External links

Laurence Olivier Awards

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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2012 Laurence Olivier Awards

Winners and nominees

Productions with multiple nominations and awards

See also

References

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