2011 Laurence Olivier Awards

The 2011 Olivier Awards were held on 13 March 2011 at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, London.^[1] The 2011 awards were intended to re-launch the Oliviers as a major awards event, and so they were sponsored by MasterCard, with live coverage by the BBC.

2011 Laurence Olivier Awards
Date	13 March 2011
Location	Theatre Royal, Drury Lane
Hosted by	Michael Ball Imelda Staunton
Television/radio coverage
Network	BBC Radio 2
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The Theatre show was presented by Michael Ball and Imelda Staunton, with BBC Radio 2 coverage from Paul Gambaccini.

Special guests included Stephen Sondheim, Angela Lansbury, Cameron Mackintosh, Barry Manilow as well as performances by Ramin Karimloo, Alfie Boe, Kerry Ellis, Adrian Lester as well as the London casts of Legally Blonde and Into the Woods to name a few.

The show was accompanied by the BBC Concert Orchestra, conducted by David Charles Abell, and the finale was accompanied by a choir from the CDS (Conference Drama Schools).

Winners and nominees

The nominations were announced on 7 February 2011 in 25 categories.

Best New Play	Best New Musical
Clybourne Park by Bruce Norris – Royal Court End of the Rainbow by Peter Quilter – Trafalgar Studios Sucker Punch by Roy Williams – Royal Court The Little Dog Laughed by Douglas Carter Beane – Garrick Tribes by Nina Raine – Royal Court	Legally Blonde – Savoy Fela – National Theatre Olivier Love Never Dies – Adelphi Love Story – Duchess
Best Revival	Best Musical Revival
After the Dance – National Theatre Lyttelton All My Sons – Apollo King Lear – Donmar Warehouse When We Are Married – Garrick	Into the Woods – Regent's Park Open Air Passion – Donmar Warehouse Sweet Charity – Theatre Royal Haymarket
Best Entertainment
The Railway Children – Waterloo Station Beauty and the Beast – National Theatre Cottesloe Ghost Stories – Duke of York's Potted Panto – Vaudeville
Best Actor	Best Actress
Roger Allam as Sir John Falstaff in Henry IV – Shakespeare's Globe Derek Jacobi as Lear in King Lear – Donmar Warehouse Rory Kinnear as Prince Hamlet in Hamlet – National Theatre Olivier Mark Rylance as Valere in La Bête – Comedy David Suchet as Joe Keller in All My Sons – Apollo	Nancy Carroll as Joan in After the Dance – National Theatre Lyttelton Tracie Bennett as Judy Garland in End of the Rainbow – Trafalgar Studios Tamsin Greig as Diane in The Little Dog Laughed – Garrick Sophie Thompson as Bev/Kathy in Clybourne Park – Royal Court
Best Actor in a Musical	Best Actress in a Musical
David Thaxton as Giorgio in Passion – Donmar Warehouse Alex Gaumond as Emmett Forrest in Legally Blonde – Savoy Ramin Karimloo as Erik the Phantom in Love Never Dies – Adelphi Sahr Ngaujah as Fela Kuti in Fela – National Theatre Olivier Michael Xavier as Oliver Barratt IV in Love Story – Duchess	Sheridan Smith as Elle Woods in Legally Blonde – Savoy Sierra Boggess as Christine Daaé in Love Never Dies – Adelphi Elena Roger as Fosca in Passion – Donmar Warehouse Emma Williams as Jenny in Love Story – Duchess
Best Actor in a Supporting Role	Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Adrian Scarborough as John Reid in After the Dance – National Theatre Lyttelton James Laurenson as King Hamlet's Ghost and The Player King in Hamlet – National Theatre Olivier Hilton McRae as Anthony in End of the Rainbow – Trafalgar Studios Lee Ross as Jack Firebrace in Birdsong – Comedy	Michelle Terry as Sylvia in Tribes – Royal Court Sarah Goldberg as Betsy and Lindsey in Clybourne Park – Royal Court Anastasia Hille as Aline Solness in The Master Builder – Almeida Gina McKee as Goneril in King Lear – Donmar Warehouse Rachael Stirling as Lady Chiltern in An Ideal Husband – Vaudeville
Best Supporting Role in a Musical
Jill Halfpenny as Paulette Bonafonté in Legally Blonde – Savoy Josefina Gabrielle as Nickie in Sweet Charity – Theatre Royal Haymarket Summer Strallen as Meg Giry in Love Never Dies – Adelphi Michael Xavier as Cinderella's Prince and The Wolf in Into the Woods – Regent's Park Open Air
Best Director	Best Theatre Choreographer
Howard Davies for The White Guard – National Theatre Lyttelton Dominic Cooke for Clybourne Park – Royal Court Michael Grandage for King Lear – Donmar Warehouse Thea Sharrock for After the Dance – National Theatre Lyttelton	Leon Baugh for Sucker Punch – Royal Court Bill T. Jones for Fela – National Theatre Olivier Stephen Mear for Sweet Charity – Theatre Royal Haymarket Jerry Mitchell for Legally Blonde – Savoy
Best Set Design	Best Costume Design
Bunny Christie for The White Guard – National Theatre Lyttelton Lez Brotherston for Design for Living – Old Vic Miriam Buether for Earthquakes in London – National Theatre Cottesloe Bob Crowley for Love Never Dies – Adelphi	Hildegard Bechtler for After the Dance – National Theatre Lyttelton Lez Brotherston for Design for Living – Old Vic Bob Crowley for Love Never Dies – Adelphi Mark Thompson for London Assurance – National Theatre Olivier
Best Lighting Design	Best Sound Design
Neil Austin for The White Guard, National Theatre Lyttelton Paul Constable for Love Never Dies – Adelphi Mark Henderson for After the Dance – National Theatre Lyttelton Hugh Vanstone for Deathtrap – Noël Coward	Adam Cork for King Lear – Donmar Warehouse Nick Manning for Ghost Stories – Duke of York's Gareth Owen for End of the Rainbow – Trafalgar Studios Craig Vear for The Railway Children – Waterloo Station
Outstanding Achievement in Dance	Best New Dance Production
Antony Gormley for set designing Babel (Words) – Sadler's Wells John MacFarlane for set designing Asphodel Meadows – Royal Opera House Yoshie Sunahata for drumming in Gnosis, Kodo – Sadler's Wells	Babel (Words) – Sadler's Wells Cinderella, New Adventures – Sadler's Wells Mambo 3XX1, Danza Contemporanea de Cuba – Sadler's Wells
Outstanding Achievement in Opera	Best New Opera Production
Christian Gerhaher in Tannhauser, The Royal Opera – Royal Opera House Jonas Kaufmann in Adriana Lecouvreur – Royal Opera House Andrew Shore in The Elixir of Love, English National Opera – London Coliseum	La bohème – OperaUpClose (at Soho Theatre) A Dog's Heart – London Coliseum Adriana Lecouvreur – Royal Opera House Elegy for Young Lovers – Young Vic
Outstanding Achievement in Affiliate Theatre
Blasted – Lyric Hammersmith Ivan and the Dogs – Soho / ATC Les Parents terribles – Trafalgar Studios 2 / Donmar Warehouse The Empire – Royal Court / Drum Theatre Plymouth
Audience Award
We Will Rock You Billy Elliot Jersey Boys Les Misérables
Society Special Award
Stephen Sondheim

Productions with multiple nominations and awards

The following 21 productions, including one ballet and one opera, received multiple nominations:

• 7: Love Never Dies
• 6: After the Dance
• 5: King Lear, Legally Blonde
• 4: Clybourne Park, End of the Rainbow
• 3: Fela, Love Story, Passion, Sweet Charity, The White Guard
• 2: Adriana Lecouvreur, All My Sons, Babel (Words), Ghost Stories, Hamlet, Into the Woods, Sucker Punch, The Little Dog Laughed, The Railway Children, Tribes

The following four productions, including one ballet, received multiple awards:

• 4: After the Dance
• 3: Legally Blonde, The White Guard
• 2: Babel (Words)

See also

• 65th Tony Awards

References

1. West, Ian (13 March 2011). "Angela Rippon arrives at the 2011 Laurence Olivier Awards at the Theatre Royal in London". PA Images. Getty Images. Retrieved 10 May 2022. (please note the image is copyright, but this ref does not add the image to Wikipedia, just provides link to reliable URL source confirming the date and location of the 2011 Laurence Olivier Awards)

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