2019 Laurence Olivier Awards

Award ceremony

Date

7 April 2019

Location

Royal Albert Hall

Hosted by

Jason Manford

Most awards

Come from Away / Company / The Inheritance (4)

Most nominations

Come from Away / Company (9)

Television/radio coverage

Network

ITV (television)
Magic (radio)

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The 2019 Laurence Olivier Awards was held on 7 April 2019 at the Royal Albert Hall. The ceremony was hosted by Jason Manford.

Eligibility

Any new production that opened between 22 February 2018 and 19 February 2019 in a theatre represented in the membership of the Society of London Theatre is eligible for consideration, provided it has performed at least 30 performances.

Event calendar

1 March: Matthew Bourne announced as the recipient of the Society Special Award
4 March: Jason Manford announced as host
5 March: Nominations announced by Sheila Atim and Giles Terera
7 April: Award ceremony held

Winners and nominees

The nominations were announced on 5 March 2019 in 26 categories.

Best New Play	Best New Musical
The Inheritance by Matthew Lopez, based on original text by E. M. Forster – Young Vic and Noël Coward Theatre The Lehman Trilogy by Stefano Massini, adapted by Ben Power – National Theatre Lyttelton Misty by Arinzé Kene – Trafalgar Studios 1 Sweat by Lynn Nottage – Donmar Warehouse	Come from Away – Phoenix Theatre Fun Home – Young Vic Six – Arts Theatre Tina – Aldwych Theatre
Best Revival	Best Musical Revival
Summer and Smoke – Almeida Theatre and Duke of York's Theatre King Lear – Duke of York's Theatre The Lieutenant of Inishmore – Noël Coward Theatre The Price – Wyndham's Theatre	Company – Gielgud Theatre Caroline, or Change – Playhouse Theatre The King and I – London Palladium
Best New Comedy	Best Entertainment and Family
Home, I'm Darling by Laura Wade – National Theatre Dorfman and Duke of York's Theatre Nine Night by Natasha Gordon – National Theatre Dorfman and Trafalgar Studios 1 Quiz by James Graham – Noël Coward Theatre	A Monster Calls – Old Vic Snow White – London Palladium Songs for Nobodies – Ambassadors Theatre The Wider Earth – Jerwood Gallery, Natural History Museum
Best Actor	Best Actress
*Kyle Soller as Eric Glass in The Inheritance* – Young Vic and Noël Coward Theatre** Simon Russell Beale, Adam Godley and Ben Miles as Henry Lehman, Emanuel Lehman and Mayer Lehman in The Lehman Trilogy – National Theatre Lyttelton Arinzé Kene as Arinzé in Misty – Trafalgar Studios 1 Ian McKellen as Lear in King Lear – Duke of York's Theatre David Suchet as Gregory Solomon in The Price – Wyndham's Theatre	*Patsy Ferran as Alma Winemiller in Summer and Smoke* – Almeida Theatre and Duke of York's Theatre** Gillian Anderson as Margo Channing in All About Eve – Noël Coward Theatre Eileen Atkins as Madeleine in The Height of the Storm – Wyndham's Theatre Sophie Okonedo as Cleopatra in Antony and Cleopatra – National Theatre Olivier Katherine Parkinson as Judy in Home, I'm Darling – National Theatre Dorfman and Duke of York's Theatre
Best Actor in a Musical	Best Actress in a Musical
*Kobna Holdbrook-Smith as Ike Turner in Tina* – Aldwych Theatre** Marc Antolin as Seymour Krelborn in Little Shop of Horrors – Regent's Park Open Air Theatre Zubin Varla as Bruce Bechdel in Fun Home – Young Vic Ken Watanabe as The King of Siam in The King and I – London Palladium	*Sharon D. Clarke as Caroline Thibodeaux in Caroline, or Change* – Playhouse Theatre** Rosalie Craig as Bobbie in Company – Gielgud Theatre Kelli O'Hara as Anna Leonowens in The King and I – London Palladium Adrienne Warren as Tina Turner in Tina – Aldwych Theatre
Best Actor in a Supporting Role	Best Actress in a Supporting Role
*Chris Walley as Davey in The Lieutenant of Inishmore* – Noël Coward Theatre** Keir Charles as Chris Tarrant and Various in Quiz – Noël Coward Theatre Adam Gillen as Chris Smith in Killer Joe – Trafalgar Studios 1 Adrian Lukis as Walter Franz in The Price – Wyndham's Theatre Malcolm Sinclair as Dwight D. Eisenhower in Pressure – Ambassadors Theatre	*Monica Dolan as Karen Richards in All about Eve* – Noël Coward Theatre** Susan Brown as Sylvia in Home, I'm Darling – National Theatre Dorfman and Duke of York's Theatre Cecilia Noble as Aunt Maggie in Nine Night – National Theatre Dorfman and Trafalgar Studios 1 Vanessa Redgrave as Margaret in The Inheritance – Young Vic and Noël Coward Theatre
Best Actor in a Supporting Role in a Musical	Best Actress in a Supporting Role in a Musical
*Jonathan Bailey as Jamie in Company* – Gielgud Theatre** Clive Carter as Claude and Various in Come from Away – Phoenix Theatre Richard Fleeshman as Andy in Company – Gielgud Theatre Robert Hands as Doug, Nick and Various in Come from Away – Phoenix Theatre	*Patti LuPone as Joanne in Company* – Gielgud Theatre** Aimie Atkinson, Alexia McIntosh, Millie O'Connell, Natalie Paris, Maiya Quansah-Breed and Jarneia Richard-Noel as Katherine Howard, Anne of Cleves, Anne Boleyn, Jane Seymour, Catherine Parr and Catherine of Aragon in Six – Arts Theatre Ruthie Ann Miles as Lady Thiang in The King and I – London Palladium Rachel Tucker as Annette, Beverley Bass and Various in Come from Away – Phoenix Theatre
Best Director	Best Theatre Choreographer
*Stephen Daldry for The Inheritance* – Young Vic and Noël Coward Theatre** Christopher Ashley for Come from Away – Phoenix Theatre Marianne Elliott for Company – Gielgud Theatre Rebecca Frecknall for Summer and Smoke – Almeida Theatre and Duke of York's Theatre Sam Mendes for The Lehman Trilogy – National Theatre Lyttelton	*Kelly Devine for Come from Away* – Phoenix Theatre** Christopher Gattelli (based on original choreography by Jerome Robbins) for The King and I – London Palladium Carrie-Anne Ingrouille for Six – Arts Theatre Liam Steel for Company – Gielgud Theatre
Best Set Design	Best Costume Design
*Bunny Christie for Company* – Gielgud Theatre** Bob Crowley for The Inheritance – Young Vic and Noël Coward Theatre Es Devlin for The Lehman Trilogy – National Theatre Lyttelton Anna Fleischle for Home, I'm Darling – National Theatre Dorfman and Duke of York's Theatre	*Catherine Zuber for The King and I* – London Palladium** Fly Davis for Caroline, or Change – Playhouse Theatre Anna Fleischle for Home, I'm Darling – National Theatre Dorfman and Duke of York's Theatre Gabriella Slade for Six – Arts Theatre
Best Lighting Design	Best Sound Design
*Jon Clark for The Inheritance* – Young Vic and Noël Coward Theatre** Neil Austin for Company – Gielgud Theatre Howell Binkley for Come from Away – Phoenix Theatre Lee Curran for Summer and Smoke – Almeida Theatre and Duke of York's Theatre	*Gareth Owen for Come from Away* – Phoenix Theatre** Paul Arditti and Christopher Reid for The Inheritance – Young Vic and Noël Coward Theatre Mike Beer for A Monster Calls – Old Vic Carolyn Downing for Summer and Smoke – Almeida Theatre and Duke of York's Theatre Nick Powell for The Lehman Trilogy – National Theatre Lyttelton
Outstanding Achievement in Music
David Hein and Irene Sankoff for lyricising, scoring and writing; Ian Eisendrath for arranging and music supervising; August Eriksmoen for orchestrating; Alan Berry for music directing and music supervising and the Band for performing in Come from Away – Phoenix Theatre Lisa Kron for lyricising and writing and Jeanine Tesori for composing Fun Home – Young Vic Paul Englishby for composing The Inheritance – Young Vic and Noël Coward Theatre Benji Bower for composing and performing and Will Bower for performing in A Monster Calls – Old Vic Joe Beighton, Tom Curran, Toby Marlow and Lucy Moss for orchestrating, scoring and vocal arranging Six – Arts Theatre
Best New Dance Production	Outstanding Achievement in Dance
Blkdog by Botis Seva – Sadler's Wells 16 + A Room/Solo Echo/Bill by Ballet British Columbia – Sadler's Wells Playlist (Track 1, 2) by William Forsythe – English National Ballet at Sadler's Wells The Unknown Soldier by Alastair Marriott – Royal Ballet at Royal Opera House	*Akram Khan for performing in Xenos* – Sadler's Wells** John MacFarlane for set designing Swan Lake – Royal Opera House Dimitris Papaioannou for choreographing The Great Tamer – Sadler's Wells
Best New Opera Production	Outstanding Achievement in Opera
Katya Kabanova – Royal Opera House Lessons in Love and Violence – Royal Opera House The Turn of the Screw – Regent's Park Open Air Theatre	*The Ensemble for performing in Porgy and Bess* – London Coliseum** David Butt Philip and Roderick Williams for performing in War Requiem – London Coliseum The Chorus of the English National Opera for performing in Paul Bunyan – Wilton's Music Hall Andris Nelsons for conducting Lohengrin – Royal Opera House
Outstanding Achievement in an Affiliate Theatre
Flesh and Bone – Soho Theatre Moe Bar-El for performing as Kareem in Every Day I Make Greatness Happen – Hampstead Theatre Downstairs Jonathan Hyde for performing as Beau in Gently Down the Stream – Park Theatre The Phlebotomist – Hampstead Theatre Downstairs Athena Stevens for writing Schism – Park Theatre
Society Special Award
Matthew Bourne

Productions with multiple wins and nominations

Multiple wins

The following 4 productions received multiple awards:

4: Come from Away, Company, The Inheritance
2: Summer and Smoke

Multiple nominations

The following 19 productions received multiple nominations:

9: Come from Away, Company
8: The Inheritance
6: The King and I
5: Home, I'm Darling, The Lehman Trilogy, Six, Summer and Smoke
3: A Monster Calls, Caroline, or Change, Fun Home, The Price, Tina
2: All about Eve, King Lear, The Lieutenant of Inishmore, Misty, Nine Night, Quiz

References

Gans, Andrew (12 October 2018). "Olivier Awards Set April 2019 Date at Royal Albert Hall". Playbill. Retrieved 16 February 2019.
"Eligible Productions for the Olivier Awards 2019 with Mastercard". Society of London Theatre. Retrieved 25 February 2019.
"Matthew Bourne to be honoured with Special Olivier Award". Society of London Theatre. 1 March 2019. Retrieved 3 March 2019.
"Jason Manford to host the Olivier Awards 2019". Society of London Theatre. 4 March 2019. Retrieved 4 March 2019.
"Olivier Awards 2019". Society of London Theatre. 12 October 2018. Retrieved 3 March 2019.
Will Longman (5 March 2019). "Olivier Awards 2019: Full list of nominations". londontheatre.co.uk.
"Olivier Awards 2019 with Mastercard Announcement". Society of London Theatre. 5 March 2019. Retrieved 5 March 2019.

External links

Olivier Awards official website

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