Laurence Olivier Award for Best Entertainment

The Laurence Olivier Award for Best Entertainment is an annual award presented by The Society of London Theatre in recognition of achievements in commercial British theatre. The awards were established as the Society of West End Theatre Awards in 1976, and, renamed in 1984 in honour of English actor Lord Olivier.

Award winners and nominations

• 1991: Five Guys Named Moe – Clarke Peters
• 1992: Talking Heads – Alan Bennett
• 1993: Travels with My Aunt – Graham Greene, adapted and directed by Giles Havergal
• 1994: A Christmas Carol – Charles Dickens, adapted and staged by Patrick Stewart
• 1995: Maria Friedman - By Special Arrangement
• 1998: Slava's Snowshow – Slava Polunin. Nominated: Shakespeare's Villains, Steven Berkoff
• 1999: The Right Size in Do You Come Here Often? – Sean Foley, Hamish McColl and Josef Houben
• 2000: Defending the Caveman – Rob Becker
• 2002: Shockheaded Peter – Julian Bleach, Anthony Cairns, Julian Crouch, Graeme Gilmour, Tamzin Griffin, Jo Pocock, Phelim McDermott, Michael Morris and The Tiger Lillies (Martyn Jacques, Adrian Huge and Adrian Stout)
• 2003: Play Without Words – Matthew Bourne, music by Terry Davies

• 2004: Duckie’s C'est Barbican! – Mark Whitelaw, Ursula Martinez, Christopher Green, Marisa Carnesky, Francesca Baglione and Simon Vincenzi, scored by Ian Hill
  • Jus' Like That – John Fisher at the Garrick Theatre
  • My Brilliant Divorce – Geraldine Aron at the Apollo
  • Fascinating Aida's One Last Flutter at the Comedy Theatre
  • The Rat Pack: Live from Las Vegas – Mitch Sebastian, concept by Paul Walden and Derek Nicol at the Strand Theatre

• 2006: Something Wicked This Way Comes at the Cambridge
  • Blue Man Group at the New London Theatre
  • Ducktastic at the Albery Theatre
• 2009: La Clique at the Hippodrome, Leicester Square

See also

• Drama Desk Award for Unique Theatrical Experience
• Tony Award for Best Special Theatrical Event

References

• London Theatre Guide (2008) (.PDF). The Laurence Olivier Awards: Play - Best New Play. 1976-2008. The Society of London Theatre. pp. 8–9. http://www.officiallondontheatre.co.uk/servlet/file/LOA_fullist.pdf?ITEM_ENT_ID=101095&ITEM_VERSION=1&COLLSPEC_ENT_ID=8. Retrieved 2008-08-30. 

External links

• The Laurence Olivier Awards official website