Laurence Olivier Award for Best Set Design

The Laurence Olivier Award for Best Set Design is presented annually by the Society of London Theatre in recognition of achievements by scenic designers for commercial British theatre, most notably West End plays and musicals.

It originated as a single award for Designer of the Year in 1976. In 1991 it was divided into three awards, one for sets, one for costumes, and one for lighting.

Award winners

1990s

• 1991: Mark Thompson – The Wind in the Willows
  • Tom Cairns – Sunday in the Park with George
  • William Dudley – Marya
  • Nigel Lowery – The Illusion

• 1992: Mark Thompson – The Comedy of Errors and Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
  • Bob Crowley – When She Danced, Murmuring Judges and The Night of the Iguana
  • Ashley Martin-Davis – The Miser and The Recruiting Officer
  • Philip Prowse – A Woman of No Importance and The White Devil

• 1993: Ian MacNeil – An Inspector Calls
  • Bob Crowley – Carousel, Henry IV and No Man's Land
  • Jerome Sirlin – Kiss of the Spider Woman
  • Robin Wagner – Crazy for You

• 1994: Mark Thompson – Hysteria
  • Peter J. Davison – Medea
  • Ian MacNeil – Machinal
  • Anthony Ward – The Winter's Tale

• 1995: Stephen Brimson Lewis – Design for Living and Les Parents terribles
  • Lez Brotherston – Neville's Island
  • Peter J. Davison – Le Cid and Saint Joan
  • Anthony Ward – Sweet Bird of Youth and The Tempest

• 1996: John Napier – Burning Blue
  • John Gunter – Skylight, Absolute Hell and Twelfth Night
  • Rob Howell – The Glass Menagerie
  • Anthony Ward – A Midsummer Night's Dream, La Grande Magia and The Way of the World

• 1997: Tim Hatley – Stanley
  • John Arnone – Tommy
  • Paul Farnsworth – Passion
  • Mark Thompson – 'Art'

• 1998: Tim Goodchild – Three Hours After Marriage
  • William Dudley – The Homecoming
  • John Gunter – The Peter Hall Company's Season
  • Rob Howell – Chips with Everything

• 1999: Anthony Ward – Oklahoma!
  • Maria Björnson – Britannicus and Phedre
  • William Dudley – Amadeus and Cleo, Camping, Emmanuelle and Dick
  • Richard Hoover – Not About Nightingales
  • Mark Thompson – The Blue Room and The Unexpected Man

2000s

• 2000: Rob Howell – Richard III, Troilus and Cressida and Vassa
  • Lez Brotherston – Spend Spend Spend
  • Maria Björnson – Plenty
  • Richard Hudson – The Lion King

• 2001: William Dudley – All My Sons
  • Bunny Christie – Baby Doll
  • Rob Howell – The Caretaker
  • Brian Thomson – The King and I

• 2002: Tim Hatley – Humble Boy and Private Lives
  • Lez Brotherston – The Little Foxes and A Midsummer Night's Dream
  • Julian Crouch and Graeme Gilmour – Shockheaded Peter
  • Robin Wagner – Kiss Me, Kate
  • Anthony Ward – My Fair Lady

• 2003: Bunny Christie – A Streetcar Named Desire
  • Anthony Ward – Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
  • Lez Brotherston – Play Without Words
  • William Dudley – The Coast of Utopia

• 2004: William Dudley – Hitchcock Blonde
  • Franco Zeffirelli – Absolutely! (Perhaps)
  • Bob Crowley – Mourning Becomes Electra

• 2005: Giles Cadle – His Dark Materials
  • Ian MacNeil – Festen
  • Bob Crowley – Mary Poppins
  • Christopher Oram – Suddenly, Last Summer
  • William Dudley – The Woman in White

• 2006: Rob Howell – Hedda Gabler
  • Ian MacNeil – Billy Elliot the Musical
  • Christopher Oram – Don Carlos

• 2007: David Farley and Timothy Bird – Sunday in the Park with George
  • Tim Hatley – Spamalot
  • Eugene Lee – Wicked

• 2008: Rae Smith and Handspring Puppet Company – War Horse
  • David Rockwell – Hairspray
  • Rob Howell – The Lord of the Rings
  • Anthony Ward and Lorna Heavey – Macbeth

• 2009: Todd Rosenthal – August: Osage County
  • Neil Murray – Brief Encounter
  • Tom Piper – The Histories
  • Soutra Gilmour – The Lover & The Collection
  • Paul Brown – Marguerite

2010s

• 2010: Ultz – Jerusalem
  • Mark Thompson – England People Very Nice
  • Anthony Ward – ENRON
  • Christopher Oram – Red

• 2011: Bunny Christie – The White Guard
  • Lez Brotherston – Design for Living
  • Miriam Buether – Earthquakes in London
  • Bob Crowley – Love Never Dies

• 2012: Rob Howell – Matilda the Musical
  • Rob Howell – Ghost the Musical
  • Michael Taylor – The Ladykillers
  • Mark Thompson – One Man, Two Guvnors

• 2013
  • Bunny Christie and Finn Ross – The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
  • Hildegard Bechtler – Top Hat
  • Miriam Buether and Wang Gongxin – Wild Swans
  • Tim Hatley – The Bodyguard

References

• London Theatre Guide (2008). The Laurence Olivier Awards: Full List of Winners 1976-2008 (.PDF). The Society of London Theatre. Retrieved 2008-08-30. 

External links

• Laurence Olivier Awards official website
• Olivier Awards archives