OLIVIER AWARD NOMINATIONS ANNOUNCED | London Theatre Direct

**BEST ACTRESS** Tracie Bennett for [**END OF THE RAINBOW**](https://www.londontheatredirect.com/play/868/End-Of-The-Rainbow-tickets.aspx) at the Trafalgar Studios Nancy Carroll for AFTER THE DANCE at the Lyttelton Tamsin Greig for THE LITTLE DOG LAUGHED at the Garrick Sophie Thompson for [**CLYBOURNE PARK**](https://www.londontheatredirect.com/play/865/Clybourne-Park-tickets.aspx) at the Jerwood Theatre Downstairs at the Royal Court **BEST ACTOR** Roger Allam for Henry IV Parts 1 & 2 at Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre Derek Jacobi for KING LEAR at the Donmar Warehouse Rory Kinnear for HAMLET at the Olivier Mark Rylance for LA BÊTE at the Comedy David Suchet for ALL MY SONS at the Apollo **BEST ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE** Sarah Goldberg for [**CLYBOURNE PARK**](https://www.londontheatredirect.com/play/865/Clybourne-Park-tickets.aspx) at the Jerwood Theatre Downstairs at the Royal Court Anastasia Hille for THE MASTER BUILDER at the Almeida Gina McKee for KING LEAR at the Donmar Warehouse Rachael Stirling for [**AN IDEAL HUSBAND**](https://www.londontheatredirect.com/play/852/An-Ideal-Husband-tickets.aspx) at the Vaudeville Michelle Terry for TRIBES at the Jerwood Theatre Downstairs at the Royal Court **BEST ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE** James Laurenson for HAMLET at the Olivier Hilton McRae for [**END OF THE RAINBOW**](https://www.londontheatredirect.com/play/868/End-Of-The-Rainbow-tickets.aspx) at the Trafalgar Studios Lee Ross for BIRDSONG at the Comedy Adrian Scarborough for AFTER THE DANCE at the Lyttelton **MASTERCARD BEST NEW PLAY** [**CLYBOURNE PARK**](https://www.londontheatredirect.com/play/865/Clybourne-Park-tickets.aspx) by Bruce Norris at the Jerwood Theatre Downstairs at the Royal Court [**END OF THE RAINBOW**](https://www.londontheatredirect.com/play/868/End-Of-The-Rainbow-tickets.aspx) by Peter Quilter at the Trafalgar Studios SUCKER PUNCH by Roy Williams at the Jerwood Theatre Downstairs at the Royal Court THE LITTLE DOG LAUGHED by Douglas Carter Beane at the Garrick TRIBES by Nina Raine at the Jerwood Theatre Downstairs at the Royal Court **BEST MUSICAL REVIVAL** INTO THE WOODS at the Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre PASSION at the Donmar Warehouse SWEET CHARITY at the Theatre Royal Haymarket **BEST NEW MUSICAL** FELA! book by Jim Lewis and Bill T.Jones, music and lyrics by Fela Anikulapo-Kuti, additional lyrics by Jim Lewis, arrangements and additional music by Aaron Johnson and Jordan McLean at the Olivier [**LEGALLY BLONDE – THE MUSICAL**](https://www.londontheatredirect.com/musical/713/Legally-Blonde-tickets.aspx) book by Heather Hach, music and lyrics by Laurence O’Keefe and Nell Benjamin at the Savoy LOVE NEVER DIES music by Andrew Lloyd Webber, lyrics by Glenn Slater, book by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Ben Elton at the Adelphi [**LOVE STORY**](https://www.londontheatredirect.com/musical/850/Love-Story-tickets.aspx) by Erich Segal, book and lyrics by Stephen Clark, music and additional lyrics by Howard Goodall at the Duchess **BEST ENTERTAINMENT** BEAUTY AND THE BEAST devised by Katie Mitchell, text by Lucy Kirkwood at the Cottesloe [**GHOST STORIES**](https://www.londontheatredirect.com/play/812/Ghost-Stories-tickets.aspx) by Jeremy Dyson and Andy Nyman at the Duke of York’s POTTED PANTO by Daniel Clarkson, Jefferson Turner and Richard Hurst at the Vaudeville THE RAILWAY CHILDREN by E Nesbit, adapted by Mike Kenny at the Waterloo Station Theatre **BEST ACTRESS IN A MUSICAL** Sierra Boggess for LOVE NEVER DIES at the [**Adelphi**](https://www.londontheatredirect.com/venue/3/Adelphi-Theatre.aspx) Elena Roger for PASSION at the Donmar Warehouse Sheridan Smith for [**LEGALLY BLONDE- THE MUSICAL**](https://www.londontheatredirect.com/musical/713/Legally-Blonde-tickets.aspx) at the [**Savoy**](https://www.londontheatredirect.com/venue/73/Savoy-Theatre.aspx) Emma Williams for [**LOVE STORY**](https://www.londontheatredirect.com/musical/850/Love-Story-tickets.aspx) at the [**Duchess**](https://www.londontheatredirect.com/venue/50/Duchess-Theatre.aspx) **BEST ACTOR IN A MUSICAL** Alex Gaumond for LEGALLY BLONDE- THE MUSICAL at the Savoy Ramin Karimloo for LOVE NEVER DIES at the Adelphi Sahr Ngaujah for FELA! at the Olivier David Thaxton for PASSION at the Donmar Warehouse Michael Xavier for LOVE STORY at the Duchess **BEST PERFORMANCE IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A MUSICAL** Josefina Gabrielle for SWEET CHARITY at the Theatre Royal, Haymarket Jill Halfpenny for LEGALLY BLONDE- THE MUSICAL at the Savoy Summer Strallen for LOVE NEVER DIES at the Adelphi Michael Xavier for INTO THE WOODS at the Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre **BEST DIRECTOR** Dominic Cooke for CLYBOURNE PARK at the Jerwood Theatre Downstairs at the Royal Court Howard Davies for THE WHITE GUARD at the Lyttelton Michael Grandage for KING LEAR at the Donmar Warehouse Thea Sharrock for AFTER THE DANCE at the Lyttelton **BEST REVIVAL** AFTER THE DANCE directed by Thea Sharrock at the Lyttelton ALL MY SONS directed by Howard Davies at the Apollo KING LEAR directed by Michael Grandage at the Donmar Warehouse WHEN WE ARE MARRIED directed by Christopher Luscombe at the Garrick **BEST THEATRE CHOREOGRAPHER** Leon Baugh for SUCKER PUNCH at the Jerwood Theatre Downstairs at the Royal Court Bill T. Jones for FELA! at the Olivier Stephen Mear for SWEET CHARITY at the Theatre Royal, Haymarket Jerry Mitchell for LEGALLY BLONDE- THE MUSICAL at the Savoy **BEST LIGHTING DESIGN** AFTER THE DANCE designed by Mark Henderson at Lyttelton DEATHTRAP designed by Hugh Vanstone at the Noël Coward LOVE NEVER DIES designed by Paule Constable at the Adelphi THE WHITE GUARD designed by Neil Austin at the Lyttelton **XL VIDEO AWARD FOR BEST SET DESIGN** DESIGN FOR LIVING designed by Lez Brotherston at the Old Vic EARTHQUAKES IN LONDON designed by Miriam Buether at the Cottesloe LOVE NEVER DIES designed by Bob Crowley at the Adelphi THE WHITE GUARD designed by Bunny Christie at the Lyttelton **BEST COSTUME DESIGN** AFTER THE DANCE designed by Hildegard Bechtler at the Lyttelton DESIGN FOR LIVING designed by Lez Brotherston LONDON ASSURANCE designed by Mark Thompson at the Olivier LOVE NEVER DIES designed by Bob Crowley at the Adelphi **BEST SOUND DESIGN** END OF THE RAINBOW designed by Gareth Owen at the Trafalgar Studios GHOST STORIES designed by Nick Manning at the Duke of York’s KING LEAR designed by Adam Cork at the Donmar Warehouse THE RAILWAY CHILDREN designed by Craig Vear at the Waterloo Station Theatre **OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN AN AFFILIATE THEATRE** The Royal Court and Drum Theatre Plymouth for EMPIRE at the Jerwood Theatre Upstairs at the Royal Court Soho Theatre and ATC for IVAN AND THE DOGS Trafalgar Studios Donmar Warehouse for LES PARENTS TERRIBLES Lyric Hammersmith for BLASTED **BEST NEW OPERA PRODUCTION** English National Opera and Young Vic’s ELEGY FOR YOUNG LOVERS at the Young Vic De Nederlandse Opera, English National Opera and Complicite’s A DOG’S HEART at the London Coliseum Royal Opera, Vienna State Opera, San Francisco Opera, the Liceu, Barcelona, and Opéra Bastille’s ADRIANA LECOUVREUR at the Royal Opera House OperaUpClose and Soho Theatre’s LA BOHÈME at the Soho Theatre **OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN OPERA** Jonas Kaufmann for his performance in the Royal Opera’s ADRIANA LECOUVREUR at the Royal Opera House Andrew Shore for his performance in English National Opera’s THE ELIXIR OF LOVE at the London Coliseum Christian Gerhaher for his performance in the Royal Opera’s TANNHÄUSER at the Royal Opera House **BEST NEW DANCE PRODUCTION** Mambo 3XX1 by Danza Contemporanea de Cuba at Sadler’s Wells, choreographed by George Cespedes Babel (Words) by Eastman vzw and Theatre Royal de la Monnaie at Sadler’s Wells, choreographed by Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui and Damien Jalet Cinderella by New Adventures at Sadler’s Wells, choreographed by Matthew Bourne **OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN DANCE** John MacFarlane for his designs for Asphodel Meadows by the Royal Ballet at the Royal Opera House Antony Gormley for his set design of Babel (Words) by Eastman vzw and Theatre Royal de la Monnaie at Sadler’s Wells Yoshi Sunahata for her drumming in Gnosis by Akram Khan at Sadler’s Wells