2004 Laurence Olivier Awards

2004 Laurence Olivier Awards

The 2004 Laurence Olivier Awards were held in 2004 in London celebrating excellence in West End theatre by the Society of London Theatre.

Winners and nominees

Best New Play	Best New Musical
The Pillowman by Martin McDonagh – National Theatre Cottesloe Democracy by Michael Frayn – National Theatre Cottesloe Elmina's Kitchen by Kwame Kwei-Armah – National Theatre Cottesloe Hitchcock Blonde by Terry Johnson – Royal Court / Lyric	Jerry Springer – Cambridge Ragtime – Piccadilly Thoroughly Modern Millie – Shaftesbury
Best Revival	Outstanding Musical Production
Mourning Becomes Electra – National Theatre Lyttelton Absolutely! (Perhaps) – Wyndham's Caligula – Donmar Warehouse Of Mice and Men – Savoy	Pacific Overtures – Donmar Warehouse High Society – Regent's Park Open Air Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat – New London Tell Me on a Sunday – Gielgud
Best Entertainment
Duckie's C'est Barbican – Garrick My Brilliant Divorce – Apollo One Last Flutter – Comedy The Rat Pack: Live from Las Vegas – Strand
Best Actor	Best Actress
Matthew Kelly in Of Mice and Men – Savoy Roger Allam in Democracy – National Theatre Cottesloe Kenneth Branagh in Edmond – National Theatre Olivier Greg Hicks in Coriolanus – Old Vic Michael Sheen in Caligula – Donmar Warehouse	Eileen Atkins in Honour – National Theatre Cottesloe Helen Mirren in Mourning Becomes Electra – National Theatre Lyttelton Ann Mitchell in Through the Leaves – Duchess Kelly Reilly in After Miss Julie – Donmar Warehouse Kristin Scott Thomas in Three Sisters – Playhouse
Best Actor in a Musical	Best Actress in a Musical
David Bedella in Jerry Springer – Cambridge Graham Bickley in Ragtime – Piccadilly Michael Brandon in Jerry Springer – Cambridge Kevyn Morrow in Ragtime – Piccadilly	Maria Friedman in Ragtime – Piccadilly Amanda Holden in Thoroughly Modern Millie – Shaftesbury Alison Jiear in Jerry Springer – Cambridge Maureen Lipman in Thoroughly Modern Millie – Shaftesbury
Best Performance in a Supporting Role	Best Performance in a Supporting Role in a Musical
Warren Mitchell in The Price – Apollo Joe Dixon in The Roman Actor – Gielgud Oliver Ford Davies in Absolutely! (Perhaps) – Wyndham's Paul Hilton in Mourning Becomes Electra – National Theatre Lyttelton	The Chorus of Jerry Springer – Cambridge Tracie Bennett in High Society – Regent's Park Open Air Richard Henders in Pacific Overtures – Donmar Warehouse Jérôme Pradon in Pacific Overtures – Donmar Warehouse Matthew White in Ragtime – Piccadilly
Best Director	Best Theatre Choreographer
Michael Grandage for Caligula – Donmar Warehouse Stafford Arima for Ragtime – Piccadilly Gary Griffin for Pacific Overtures – Donmar Warehouse Stewart Lee for Jerry Springer – Cambridge	Karen Bruce for Pacific Overtures – Donmar Warehouse Jenny Arnold for Jerry Springer – Cambridge Rob Ashford for Thoroughly Modern Millie – Shaftesbury
Best Set Design	Best Costume Design
William Dudley for Hitchcock Blonde – Royal Court / Lyric Bob Crowley for Mourning Becomes Electra – National Theatre Lyttelton Franco Zeffirelli for Absolutely! (Perhaps) – Wyndham's	Christopher Oram for Power – National Theatre Cottesloe Mara Blumenfeld for Pacific Overtures – Donmar Warehouse Raimonda Gaetaniat for Absolutely! (Perhaps) – Wyndham's Martin Pakledinaz for Thoroughly Modern Millie – Shaftesbury
Best Lighting Design	Best Sound Design
Hugh Vanstone for Pacific Overtures – Donmar Warehouse Simon Corder for Hitchcock Blonde – Royal Court / Lyric Howard Harrison for Ragtime – Piccadilly	Mike Walker for Jerry Springer – Cambridge Paul Arditti for The Pillowman – National Theatre Cottesloe Peter Hylenski for Ragtime – Piccadilly Nick Lidster for Pacific Overtures – Donmar Warehouse
Outstanding Achievement in Dance	Best New Dance Production
Thomas Edur and Agne Oaks in 2 Human, English National Ballet – Sadler's Wells Carlos Acosta in Tocororo: A Cuban Tale – Sadler's Wells Javier de Frutos for choreographing Elsa Canasta, Rambert Dance Company – Sadler's Wells Rambert Dance Company for the season – Sadler's Wells	Broken Fall, George Piper Dances – Royal Opera House Dream Play, Nederlands Dans Theater 2 – Sadler's Wells Mesmerics, George Piper Dances – Sadler's Wells Promethean Fire, Paul Taylor Dance Company – Sadler's Wells
Outstanding Achievement in Opera	Outstanding New Opera Production
Cristina Gallardo-Domâs in Madama Butterfly, The Royal Opera – Royal Opera House Simon Keenlyside in Hamlet and Die Zauberflöte, The Royal Opera – Royal Opera House Bejun Mehta in Orlando, The Royal Opera – Royal Opera House Felicity Palmer in Elektra and Sweeney Todd, The Royal Opera – Royal Opera House	The Trojans: Parts I and II, English National Opera – London Coliseum Così fan tutte, English National Opera – Barbican Madama Butterfly, The Royal Opera – Royal Opera House Orlando, The Royal Opera – Royal Opera House
Most Promising Newcomer in an Affiliate Theatre	Outstanding Achievement in an Affiliate Theatre
Debbie Tucker Green for writing Born Bad – Hampstead Tom Hardy in In Arabia We'd All Be Kings – Hampstead Ruth Negga in Duck – Royal Court Lucy Prebble for writing The Sugar Syndrome – Royal Court	Young Vic for the season under the artistic direction of David Lan Tanika Gupta for writing Fragile Land – Hampstead and Hobson's Choice – Young Vic Pericles – Lyric Hammersmith The Lady from the Sea – Almeida
Society Special Award
Judi Dench

Productions with multiple nominations and awards

The following 14 productions, including one opera, received multiple nominations:

• 8: Jerry Springer, Pacific Overtures and Ragtime
• 5: Thoroughly Modern Millie
• 4: Absolutely! (Perhaps) and Mourning Becomes Electra
• 3: Caligula and Hitchcock Blonde
• 2: Democracy, High Society, Madama Butterfly, Of Mice and Men, Orlando and The Pillowman

The following two productions received multiple awards:

• 4: Jerry Springer
• 3: Pacific Overtures

See also

• 58th Tony Awards

References

• London Theatre Guide (2008). "The Laurence Olivier Awards: Full List of Winners, 1976-2008" (.PDF). 1976-2008. The Society of London Theatre: 20. Retrieved 2008-08-30. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)

External links

• Previous Olivier Winners – 2004