Winners and nominees

Details of winners (in bold) and nominees, in each award category, per the Society of London Theatre.^[1]

Play of the Year	Musical of the Year
Our Country's Good by Timberlake Wertenbaker – Royal Court A Walk in the Woods by Lee Blessing – Comedy Mrs. Klein by Nicholas Wright – National Theatre Cottesloe / Apollo The Secret Rapture by David Hare – National Theatre Lyttelton	Candide – Old Vic Babes in Arms – Regent's Park Open Air Blood Brothers – Albery The Wizard of Oz – RSC at the Barbican
Comedy of the Year
Shirley Valentine by Willy Russell – Vaudeville Henceforward by Alan Ayckbourn – Vaudeville Separation by Tom Kempinski – Comedy The Common Pursuit by Simon Gray – Phoenix
Actor of the Year in a Revival	Actress of the Year in a Revival
*Brian Cox as Titus Andronicus in Titus Andronicus* – RSC at the Barbican Pit** Alun Armstrong as The Captain in The Father – National Theatre Cottesloe and as Barabas in The Jew of Malta – RSC at the Barbican Antony Sher as Johnnie in Hello and Goodbye – Almeida and as Shylock in The Merchant of Venice – RSC at the Barbican Tom Wilkinson as Dr. Tomas Stockmann in An Enemy of the People – Playhouse	*Harriet Walter as Dacha in A Question of Geography* – RSC at the Barbican Pit and as Masha Sergeyevna Kulygina in Three Sisters and as Viola Twelfth Night – RSC at the Barbican** Estelle Kohler as Hester in Hello and Goodbye – Almeida and as Tamora in Titus Andronicus – RSC at The Pit Vanessa Redgrave as Nora Melody in A Touch of the Poet – Comedy Imelda Staunton as Sonya Alexandrovna Serebryakova in Uncle Vanya – Vaudeville
Actor of the Year in a New Play	Actress of the Year in a New Play
*David Haig as Second Lieutenant Ralph Clark in Our Country's Good* – Royal Court** Brian Cox as Paul Cash in Fashion – RSC at The Pit Alec Guinness as Andrey Botvinnik in A Walk in the Woods – Comedy David Suchet as Joe Green in Separation – Comedy	*Pauline Collins as Shirley Valentine-Bradshaw in Shirley Valentine* – Vaudeville** Gillian Barge as Melanie Klein in Mrs. Klein – National Theatre Cottesloe / Apollo Saskia Reeves as Sarah Wise in Separation – Comedy Penelope Wilton as Marion French in The Secret Rapture – National Theatre Lyttelton
Outstanding Performance of the Year by an Actor in a Musical	Outstanding Performance of the Year by an Actress in a Musical
*Con O'Neill as Mickey in Blood Brothers* – Albery** Bille Brown in as Miss Gulch and the Wicked Witch of the West The Wizard of Oz – RSC at the Barbican Nickolas Grace Dr. Pangloss/Voltaire in Candide – Old Vic Mickey Rooney as Mickey Rooney in Sugar Babies – Savoy	*Patricia Routledge as Old Lady in Candide* – Old Vic** Kiki Dee as Mrs. Johnstone in Blood Brothers – Albery Ann Miller as Ann Miller in Sugar Babies – Savoy Imelda Staunton as Dorothy Gale in The Wizard of Oz – RSC at the Barbican
Comedy Performance of the Year
*Alex Jennings as Gloumov in Too Clever by Half* – Old Vic** Kenneth Branagh as Celia in As You Like It – Phoenix Lesley Sharp as Lipochka in A Family Affair – Donmar Warehouse Sian Thomas as Vittoria in Countrymania – National Theatre Olivier
Outstanding Performance of the Year in a Supporting Role	Most Promising Newcomer of the Year in Theatre
*Eileen Atkins as The Queen in Cymbeline, as Paulina in The Winter's Tale* – National Theatre Cottesloe and as Elderly Woman in Mountain Language – National Theatre Lyttelton** Rudi Davies as Sara Melody in A Touch of the Poet – Comedy Serena Evans as Zoe in Henceforward – Vaudeville Tony Haygarth as Trinculo in The Tempest – National Theatre Cottesloe	*Richard Jones for directing Too Clever by Half* – Old Vic** Andrew Castell as Second Lieutenant James "Jimmy" Raleigh in Journey's End – Whitehall Alan Cumming as Slupianek in The Conquest of the South Pole – Royal Court Tim Luscombe for directing Easy Virtue – Garrick, Harlequinade and The Browning Version – Royalty
Director of the Year
*Deborah Warner for Titus Andronicus* – RSC at the Barbican Pit** Howard Davies for Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, The Secret Rapture – National Theatre Lyttelton and The Shaughraun – National Theatre Olivier Max Stafford-Clark for Our Country's Good and The Recruiting Officer – Royal Court David Thacker for A Touch of the Poet – Comedy and An Enemy of the People – Playhouse
Designer of the Year
*Richard Hudson for Andromache, Bussy D'Ambois, Candide, One Way Pendulum, The Tempest* and Too Clever by Half – Old Vic** William Dudley for Bartholomew Fair, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, The Changeling, The Shaughraun and Waiting for Godot – National Theatre Nick Ormerod for A Family Affair, Philoctetes and The Tempest – Donmar Warehouse Mark Thompson for Measure for Measure and The Wizard of Oz – RSC at the Barbican
Outstanding Achievement of the Year in Dance	Outstanding Achievement in Opera
The ensemble, Kirov Ballet – Royal Opera House Christopher Bruce for choreographing and Koen Onzia in Cruel Garden and Swansong, London Festival Ballet – Sadler's Wells Cumbre Flamenca for its season – Sadler's Wells Hayden Griffin for set designing Still Life at the Penguin Café – Royal Opera House Arden Court and Shift, London Contemporary Dance Theatre – Sadler's Wells Weighing the Heart, Second Stride – Sadler's Wells	*Leontina Vaduva in Manon, The Royal Opera – Royal Opera House* Billy Budd, English National Opera – London Coliseum Falstaff, Welsh National Opera – Royal Opera House Madama Butterfly, The Royal Opera – Royal Opera House Stefanos Lazaridis for set designing and David Pountney for producing Hansel and Gretel, English National Opera – London Coliseum The Magic Flute, English National Opera – London Coliseum
Award for Outstanding Achievement
Stars in the Morning Sky, Maly Theatre – Riverside Studios Nick Dear for adapting A Family Affair, Cheek by Jowl – Donmar Warehouse David Thacker for directing An Enemy of the People – Young Vic / Playhouse Théâtre de Complicité for its season – Almeida
Society Special Award
Alec Guinness

Productions with multiple nominations and awards

The following 19 productions received multiple nominations:

4: Candide and The Wizard of Oz
3: A Family Affair, A Touch of the Poet, An Enemy of the People, Blood Brothers, Our Country's Good, Separation, The Secret Rapture, Titus Andronicus and Too Clever by Half
2: A Walk in the Woods, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Hello and Goodbye, Henceforward, Mrs. Klein, Shirley Valentine, Sugar Babies and The Shaughraun

The following five productions received multiple awards:

3: Candide and Too Clever by Half
2: Our Country's Good, Shirley Valentine and Titus Andronicus

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Laurence Olivier Awards

Laurence Olivier Awards
Drama	New Play Entertainment or Comedy Play Revival Actor Actress Actor in a Supporting Role Actress in a Supporting Role
Musical	New Musical Musical Revival Actor in a Musical Actress in a Musical Actor in a Supporting Role in a Musical Actress in a Supporting Role in a Musical Original Score or New Orchestrations
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 Family Show Achievement in an Affiliate Theatre
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 Performance in a Supporting Role Performance in a Supporting Role in a Musical Newcomer in a Play Most Promising Performer Company Performance Director of a Play Director of a Musical Most Promising Playwright Achievement in a Musical Audience Award
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Winners and nominees

Productions with multiple nominations and awards

See also

References

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