2020 Olivier Award nominees announced!

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[***& Juliet***](https://www.londontheatredirect.com/musical/3998/juliet-tickets.aspx) leads the way once again in [**theatre award**](https://www.londontheatredirect.com/news/categories/theatre-awards) season, bagging an impressive nine nominations at this years Olivier Awards, closely followed by *Fiddler on the Roof* with eight and [***Dear Evan Hansen***](https://www.londontheatredirect.com/musical/3106/dear-evan-hansen-tickets.aspx) with seven. The revival of [***Mary Poppins***](https://www.londontheatredirect.com/musical/198/mary-poppins-tickets.aspx) also did well with six nominations, two of which see the leads **Zizi Strallen** and **Charlie Stemp** nominated. The award ceremony will be held on 5 April 2020 at the [**Royal Albert Hall**](https://www.londontheatredirect.com/venue/71/royal-albert-hall.aspx) and will once again be [hosted by **Jason Manford**](https://www.londontheatredirect.com/news/jason-manford-to-once-again-host-the-olivier-awards-this-year). Read below for all the full list of nominees…


### Full list of Olivier Award nominees 2020!
Best Actor in a Musical
**Andy Nyman** for *Fiddler on the Roof* ([**Playhouse Theatre**](https://www.londontheatredirect.com/venue/96/playhouse-theatre.aspx)) **Charlie Stemp** for [***Mary Poppins***](https://www.londontheatredirect.com/musical/198/mary-poppins-tickets.aspx) ([**Prince Edward Theatre**](https://www.londontheatredirect.com/venue/10/prince-edward-theatre.aspx)) **Sam Tutty** for [***Dear Evan Hansen***](https://www.londontheatredirect.com/musical/3106/dear-evan-hansen-tickets.aspx) ([**Noel Coward Theatre**](https://www.londontheatredirect.com/venue/108/noel-coward-theatre.aspx)) **Jac Yarrow** for [***Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat***](https://www.londontheatredirect.com/musical/129/joseph-tickets.aspx) ([**London Palladium**](https://www.londontheatredirect.com/venue/4/london-palladium.aspx))
Best Actress in a Musical
**Audrey Brisson** for *Amelie The Musical* ([**The Other Palace**](https://www.londontheatredirect.com/venue/155/other-palace.aspx)) **Judy Kuhn** for *Fiddler on the Roof* (**Playhouse Theatre**) **Miriam-Teak Lee** for [***& Juliet***](https://www.londontheatredirect.com/musical/3998/juliet-tickets.aspx) ([**Shaftesbury Theatre**](https://www.londontheatredirect.com/venue/74/shaftesbury-theatre.aspx)) **Zizi Strallen** for *Mary Poppins* (**Prince Edward Theatre**)
Best Supporting Actor in a Musical
**David Bedella** for *& Juliet* (**Shaftesbury Theatre**) **Stewart Clarke** for *Fiddler on the Roof* (**Playhouse Theatre**) **Jack Loxton** for *Dear Evan Hansen* (**Noel Coward Theatre**) **Rupert Young** for *Dear Evan Hansen* (**Noel Coward Theatre**)
Best Supporting Actress in a Musical
**Lucy Anderson** for *Dear Evan Hansen* (**Noel Coward Theatre**) **Petula Clark** for *Mary Poppins* (**Prince Edward Theatre**) **Cassidy Janson** for *& Juliet* (**Shaftesbury Theatre**) **Lauren Ward** for *Dear Evan Hansen* (**Noel Coward Theatre**)
Best Musical Revival
[***Evita***](https://www.londontheatredirect.com/musical/2757/evita-tickets.aspx) (**Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre**) *Fiddler on the Roof* (**Playhouse Theatre**) *Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat* (**London Palladium**) *Mary Poppins* (**Prince Edward Theatre**)
Best New Musical
*& Juliet* (**Shaftesbury Theatre**) *Amelie The Musical* (**The Other Palace**) *Dear Evan Hansen* (**Noel Coward Theatre**) [***Waitress***](https://www.londontheatredirect.com/musical/3309/waitress-tickets.aspx) ([**Adelphi Theatre**](https://www.londontheatredirect.com/venue/3/adelphi-theatre.aspx))
Best Actor in a Play
**Toby Jones** for [***Uncle Vanya***](https://www.londontheatredirect.com/play/4343/uncle-vanya-tickets.aspx) ([**Harold Pinter Theatre**](https://www.londontheatredirect.com/venue/26/harold-pinter-theatre.aspx)) **James McAvoy** for *Cyrano De Bergerac* (**Playhouse Theatre**) **Wendell Pierce** for *Death of a Salesman* (**Young Vic**/[**Piccadilly Theatre**](https://www.londontheatredirect.com/venue/12/piccadilly-theatre.aspx)) **Andrew Scott** for *Present Laughter* ([**Old Vic**](https://www.londontheatredirect.com/venue/60/old-vic-theatre.aspx))
Best Actress in a Play
**Hayley Atwell** for *Rosmersholm* ([**Duke of York’s Theatre**](https://www.londontheatredirect.com/venue/30/duke-of-yorks-theatre.aspx)) **Sharon D Clarke** for *Death of a Salesman* (**Young Vic/Piccadilly Theatre**) **Juliet Stevenson** for *The Doctor* (**Almeida Theatre**) **Phoebe Waller-Bridge** for *Fleabag* ([**Wyndham’s Theatre**](https://www.londontheatredirect.com/venue/27/wyndhams-theatre.aspx))
Best Actor in a Supporting Role in a Play
**Arinze Kene** for *Death of a Salesman* (**Young Vic**) **Colin Morgan** for *All My Sons* (**Old Vic**) **Adrian Scarborough** for *Leopoldstadt* (**Wyndham’s Theatre**) **Reece Shearsmith** for *A Very Expensive Poison* (**Old Vic**)
Best Actress in a Supporting Role in a Play
**Michele Austin** for *Cyrano De Bergerac* (**Playhouse Theatre**) **Sophie Thompson** for *Present Laughter* (**Old Vic**) **Indira Varma** for *Present Laughter* (**Old Vic**) **Josie Walker** for *The Ocean at the End of the Lane* (**Dorfam**, **National Theatre**)
Best Play Revival
*Cyrano De Bergerac* (**Playhouse Theatre**) *Death of a Salesman* (**Young Vic**/**Piccadilly Theatre**) *Present Laughter* (**Old Vic**) *Rosmersholm* (**Duke of York’s Theatre**)
Best New Play
*A Very Expensive Poison* (**Old Vic**) *The Doctor* (**Almeida Theatre**) *Leopoldstadt* (**Wyndham’s Theatre**) *The Ocean at the End of the Lane* (**Dorfman**, **National Theatre**)
Best Entertainment or Comedy Play
*Emilia* ([**Vaudeville Theatre**](https://www.londontheatredirect.com/venue/80/vaudeville-theatre.aspx)) *Fleabag* (**Wyndham’s Theatre**) [***Magic Goes Wrong***](https://www.londontheatredirect.com/play/4046/magic-goes-wrong-tickets.aspx) (**Vaudeville Theatre**) [***The Upstart Crow***](https://www.londontheatredirect.com/play/4290/the-upstart-crow-tickets.aspx) (**[Gielgud Theatre](https://www.londontheatredirect.com/venue/22/gielgud-theatre.aspx)**)
Best Family Show
*Mr Gum and the Dancing Bear – The Musical!* (**Dorfman**, **National Theatre**) *Oi Frog & Friends!* ([**Lyric Theatre**](https://www.londontheatredirect.com/venue/56/lyric-theatre.aspx)) *To The Moon and Back* ([**Barbican Theatre**](https://www.londontheatredirect.com/venue/134/barbican.aspx)) *The Worst Witch* (**Vaudeville Theatre**)
Outstanding Achievement in an Affiliate Theatre
[***Baby Reindeer***](https://www.londontheatredirect.com/play/4230/baby-reindeer-tickets.aspx) ([**Bush Theatre**](https://www.londontheatredirect.com/venue/150/bush-theatre.aspx)) *Blues in the Night* ([**Kiln Theatre**](https://www.londontheatredirect.com/venue/151/the-kiln-theatre-formerly-the-tricycle-theatre.aspx)) *Our Lady of Kibeho* ([**Theatre Royal Stratford East**](https://www.londontheatredirect.com/venue/107/theatre-royal-stratford-east.aspx)) *Seven Methods of Killing Kylie Jenner* (**Jerwood Theatre Upstairs**, [**Royal Court Theatre**](https://www.londontheatredirect.com/venue/67/royal-court-theatre.aspx)) *Warheads* ([**Park Theatre**](https://www.londontheatredirect.com/venue/250/park-theatre.aspx))
Best New Dance Production
*La Fiesta* by **Israel Galvan** ([**Sadler’s Wells**](https://www.londontheatredirect.com/venue/72/sadlers-wells.aspx)) *Ingoma* by **Mthuthuzeli Novelmber** for **Ballet Black** (**Linbury Theatre**, **Royal Opera House**) *Mam* by **Michael Keegan-Dolan** for **Teac Damsa** (**Sadler’s Wells**) *Vessel* by **Damian Jalet** & **Kohei Nawa** (**Sadler’s Wells**)
Outstanding Achievement in Dance
**Sara Baras**, choreography and performance, for *Ballet Flamenco – Sombras* (**Sadler’s Wells**) **Anne Terese De Keersmaeker**, performance, for *Mitten Wir Im Leben Sind/Bach6Collosuiten* (**Sadler’s Wells**) **Gisele Vienne**, choreography, for *Crowd*, presented by **Dance Umbrella** (**Sadler’s Wells**)
Best New Opera Production
*Berenice* (**Linbury Theatre**, **Royal Opera House**) *Billy Budd* (**Royal Opera House**) *Hansel and Gretel* (**Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre**) *Noye’s Fludde* (**Theatre Royal Stratford East**)
Outstanding Achievement in Opera
**Jette Parker Young Artists**, performance, for *Berenice*, *Death In Venice* and *Phaedra* (**Royal Opera House**) **The Children’s Ensemble**, performance, for *Noye’s Fludde* (**Theatre Royal Stratford East**) **Martyn Brabbins** and **James Henshaw**, conducting, for *The Mask of Orpheus* for **English National Opera** ([**London Coliseum**](https://www.londontheatredirect.com/venue/122/london-coliseum.aspx))
Best Director
**Miranda Cromwell** and **Marianne Elliot** for *Death of a Salesman* (**Young Vic**/**Piccadilly Theatre**) **Jamie Lloyd** for *Cyrano De Bergerac* (**Playhouse Theatre**) **Trevor Nunn** for *Fiddler on the Roof* (**Playhouse Theatre**) **Ian Rickson** for *Uncle Vanya* (**Harold Pinter Theatre**)
Original Score or New Orchestration
**Bill Sherman** and **Dominic Fallacaro** for *& Juliet* (**Shaftesbury Theatre**) **Barnaby Race**, Musical Supervisor and arrangements, for *Amelie The Musical* (**The Other Palace**) **Benj Pasek** and **Justin Paul**, orchestration by **Alex Lacamoire** for *Dear Evan Hansen* (**Noel Coward Theatre**) **Jason Carr**, new orchestrations, for *Fiddler on the Roof* (**Playhouse Theatre**) **Sara Bareilles**, music and lyrics, for *Waitress* (**Adelphi Theatre**)
Best Theatre Choreographer
**Fabian Aloise** for *Evita* (**Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre**) **Matthew Bourne** and **Stephen Mear** for *Mary Poppins* (**Prince Edward Theatre**) **Jerome Robbins** and **Matt Cole** for *Fiddler on the Roof* (**Playhouse Theatre**) **Jennifer Weber** for *& Juliet* (**Shaftesbury Theatre**)
Best Lighting Design
**Neil Austin** for *Rosmersholm* (**Duke of York’s Theatre**) **Paule Constable** for *The Ocean at the End of the Lane* (**Dorfman**, **National Theatre**) **Howard Hudson** for *& Juliet* (**Shaftesbury Theatre**) **Bruno Poet** for *Uncle Vanya* (**Harold Pinter Theatre**)
Best Sound Design
**Gregory Clarke** for *Rosmersholm* (**Duke of York’s Theatre**) **Emma Laxton** for *Emilia* (**Vaudeville Theatre**) **Ben and Max Ringham** for *ANNA* (**Dorfman**, **National Theatre**) **Ben and Max Ringham** for *Cyrano De Bergerac* (**Playhouse Theatre**)
Best Costume Design
**Hugh Durrant** for *Goldilocks and the Three Bears* (**London Palladium**) **Jonathan Lipman** for *Fiddler on the Roof* (**Playhouse Theatre**) **Joanna Scotcher** for *Emilia* (**Vaudeville Theatre**) **Paloma Young** for *& Juliet* (**Shaftesbury Theatre**)
Best Set Design
**Bob Crowley** for *Mary Poppins* (**Prince Edward Theatre**) **Soutra Gilmour** for *& Juliet* (**Shaftesbury Theatre**) **Rae Smith** for *Rosmersholm* (**Duke of York’s Theatre**) **Rae Smith** for *Uncle Vanya* (**Harold Pinter Theatre**) * * * [**Read here for the full list of last years Olivier Award (2019) winners**](https://www.londontheatredirect.com/news/who-won-at-the-olivier-awards-2019-winners-in-full).

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A love for theatre stemmed from my love of literature and music, but the West End on my doorstep opened up a whole new appreciation and passion for all things stage-y