2002 Laurence Olivier Awards

Edition of London theatre awards

2002 Laurence Olivier Awards

Date| 15 February 2002
Location| Victoria Palace Theatre, London
Hosted by| Clive Anderson
Most awards| My Fair Lady (3)
Private Lives (3)
Most nominations| Kiss Me, Kate (9)
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The 2002 Laurence Olivier Awards were presented by the Society of London Theatre on 15 February 2002 at the Victoria Palace Theatre in London, celebrating excellence in West End theatre.[1] The ceremony was hosted by comedy writer and television presenter Clive Anderson.[1]

## Winners and nominees

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Details of winners (in bold) and nominees, in each award category, per the Society of London Theatre.[2]

Best New Play | Outstanding Musical Production

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* Jitney by August Wilson – National Theatre Lyttelton
* Boy Gets Girl by Rebecca Gilman – Royal Court
* Gagarin Way by Gregory Burke – National Theatre Cottesloe
* Humble Boy by Charlotte Jones – National Theatre Cottesloe / Gielgud
* Mouth to Mouth by Kevin Elyot – Royal Court / Albery

* My Fair Lady – Theatre Royal Drury Lane
* Kiss Me, Kate – Victoria Palace
* South Pacific – National Theatre Olivier

Best New Comedy | Best Entertainment

* The Play What I Wrote by Eddie Braben, Sean Foley and Hamish McColl – Wyndham's
* Boston Marriage by David Mamet – Donmar Warehouse / New Ambassadors
* Caught in the Net by Ray Cooney – Vaudeville
* Feelgood by Alistair Beaton – Garrick

* Shockheaded Peter – Piccadilly / Albery
* Barbara Cook Sings Mostly Sondheim – Lyric
* The League of Gentlemen – Theatre Royal, Drury Lane
* The Pub Landlord: My Gaff, My Rules – Playhouse
* The Vagina Monologues – New Ambassadors / Arts

Best Actor | Best Actress

* Roger Allam as Terri Dennis in Privates on Parade – Donmar Warehouse
* Simon Russell Beale as Felix Humble in Humble Boy – National Theatre Cottesloe / Gielgud
* Sean Foley and Hamish McColl as Sean and Hamish in The Play What I Wrote – Wyndham's
* Alan Rickman as Elyot Chase in Private Lives – Albery

* Lindsay Duncan as Amanda Prynne in Private Lives – Albery
* Lindsay Duncan as Laura in Mouth to Mouth – Royal Court / Albery
* Victoria Hamilton as Sheila in A Day in the Death of Joe Egg – New Ambassadors / Comedy
* Zoë Wanamaker as Anna in Boston Marriage – Donmar Warehouse / New Ambassadors

Best Actor in a Musical or Entertainment | Best Actress in a Musical or Entertainment

* Philip Quast as Emile de Becque in South Pacific – National Theatre Olivier
* Brent Barrett as Fred Graham/Petruchio in Kiss Me, Kate – Victoria Palace
* Paul Keating as Straight Dave in Closer to Heaven – Arts
* Jonathan Pryce as Henry Higgins in My Fair Lady – Theatre Royal Drury Lane

* Martine McCutcheon as Eliza Doolittle in My Fair Lady – Theatre Royal Drury Lane
* Barbara Cook as Herself in Barbara Cook Sings Mostly Sondheim – Lyric
* Ruthie Henshall as Peggy Sue in Peggy Sue Got Married – Shaftesbury
* Marin Mazzie as Lilli Vanessi/Kate Minola in Kiss Me, Kate – Victoria Palace

Best Actor in a Supporting Role | Best Actress in a Supporting Role

* Toby Jones as Arthur in The Play What I Wrote – Wyndham's
* Desmond Barrit as Sir John Falstaff in Henry IV – Barbican
* Ned Beatty as Big Daddy Pollitt in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof – Lyric
* Adam Godley as Gompertz in Mouth to Mouth – Royal Court / Albery
* Malcolm Sinclair as Major Giles Flack in Privates on Parade – Donmar Warehouse

* Marcia Warren as Mercy Lott in Humble Boy – National Theatre Cottesloe / Gielgud
* Bríd Brennan as Birdie Hubbard in The Little Foxes – Donmar Warehouse
* Emma Fielding as Sibyl in Private Lives – Albery
* Lyndsey Marshal as Catherine in Boston Marriage – Donmar Warehouse / New Ambassadors

Best Supporting Performance in a Musical or Entertainment

* Martyn Jacques as Performer in Shockheaded Peter – Piccadilly / Albery
* Nancy Anderson as Lois Lane/Bianca Minola in Kiss Me, Kate – Victoria Palace
* Michael Berresse Bill Calhoun Lucentio in Kiss Me, Kate – Victoria Palace
* Nicholas Le Prevost as Colonel Hugh Pickering in My Fair Lady – Theatre Royal Drury Lane

Best Director | Best Theatre Choreographer

* Michael Boyd for Henry IV and Richard III – Young Vic
* Michael Blakemore for Kiss Me, Kate – Victoria Palace
* Howard Davies for Private Lives – Albery
* Julian Crouch and Phelim McDermott for Shockheaded Peter – Piccadilly / Albery
* Ian Rickson for Mouth to Mouth – Royal Court / Albery

* Matthew Bourne for My Fair Lady – Theatre Royal Drury Lane
* Irving Davies for The Play What I Wrote – Wyndham's
* Scarlett Mackmin for Privates on Parade – Donmar Warehouse
* Kathleen Marshall for Kiss Me, Kate – Victoria Palace

Most Promising Playwright | Most Promising Performer

* Grae Cleugh for Fucking Games – Royal Court
* Abi Morgan for Tender – Hampstead
* Simon Stephens for Herons – Royal Court

* Benjamin Davies as Danny in Fucking Games – Royal Court
* Jack Davenport as Tony in The Servant – Lyric Hammersmith
* Ralf Little as George Harrison in Presence – Royal Court
* Leah Muller as The Stepdaughter in Six Characters In Search of an Author – Young Vic

Best Set Designer | Best Costume Designer

* Tim Hatley for Humble Boy – National Theatre Cottesloe and Private Lives – Albery
* Lez Brotherston for A Midsummer Night's Dream – Albery and The Little Foxes – Donmar Warehouse
* Julian Crouch and Graeme Gilmour for Shockheaded Peter – Piccadilly / Albery
* Robin Wagner for Kiss Me, Kate – Victoria Palace
* Anthony Ward for My Fair Lady – Theatre Royal Drury Lane

* Jenny Beavan for Private Lives – Albery
* Martin Pakledinaz for Kiss Me, Kate – Victoria Palace
* Kevin Pollard for Shockheaded Peter – Piccadilly / Albery
* Anthony Ward for My Fair Lady – Theatre Royal Drury Lane

Best Lighting Designer

* Mark Henderson for A Midsummer Night's Dream – Albery and The Playboy of the Western World – National Theatre Cottesloe
* Howard Harrison for Cat on a Hot Tin Roof – Lyric and Tales from Hollywood – Donmar Warehouse
* David Hersey for My Fair Lady – Theatre Royal Drury Lane and South Pacific – National Theatre Olivier
* Tim Mitchell for Henry IV – Barbican
* Peter Mumford for Hamlet – Barbican and Private Lives – Albery

Outstanding Achievement in Dance | Best New Dance Production

* Mark Morris Dance Group for their season – Sadler's Wells
* Ushio Amagatsu for choreographing, conceiving, directing and performing Hibiki, Sankai Juku – Sadler's Wells
* Dana Caspersen in Artifact and Eidos/Telos, Ballett Frankfurt – Sadler's Wells
* William Forsythe in Artifact and Eidos/Telos, Ballett Frankfurt – Sadler's Wells

* Hibiki, Sankai Juku – Sadler's Wells
* Eidos/Telos, Ballett Frankfurt – Sadler's Wells
* Live, Dutch National Ballet – Sadler's Wells
* Onegin, The Royal Ballet – Royal Opera House

Outstanding Achievement in Opera | Outstanding New Opera Production

* Bernard Haitink for Jenůfa and The Queen of Spades, The Royal Opera – Royal Opera House
* From Morning to Midnight, The Rake's Progress, The Rape of Lucretia and War and Peace, English National Opera – London Coliseum
* Karita Mattila in Jenůfa and The Queen of Spades, The Royal Opera – Royal Opera House
* David Sawer for From Morning to Midnight, English National Opera – London Coliseum

* Boulevard Solitude, The Royal Opera – Royal Opera House
* Jenůfa, The Royal Opera – Royal Opera House
* The Rape of Lucretia, English National Opera – London Coliseum
* Rigoletto, The Royal Opera – Royal Opera House

Outstanding Achievement Award  | Audience Award for Most Popular Show

* Trevor Nunn

* The Phantom of the Opera – Her Majesty's
* All the Great Books (Abridged), Reduced Shakespeare Company – Criterion Theatre
* Cats – New London
* Mamma Mia – Prince Edward

Society Special Award

* Rupert Rhymes

## Productions with multiple nominations and awards

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The following 23 productions, including three ballets and two operas, received multiple nominations:

* 9: Kiss Me, Kate
* 8: My Fair Lady
* 7: Private Lives
* 5: Shockheaded Peter
* 4: Humble Boy, Mouth to Mouth and The Play What I Wrote
* 3: Boston Marriage, Eidos/Telos, Henry IV, Jenůfa, Privates on Parade and South Pacific
* 2: A Midsummer Night's Dream, Artifact, Barbara Cook Sings Mostly Sondheim, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, From Morning to Midnight, Fucking Games, Hibiki, The Little Foxes, The Queen of Spades and The Rape of Lucretia

The following six productions received multiple awards:

* 3: My Fair Lady and Private Lives
* 2: Fucking Games, Humble Boy, Shockheaded Peter and The Play What I Wrote

## See also

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* 56th Tony Awards

## References

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1. ^ a b "Winners of the 2002 Laurence Olivier Awards". LondonTheatre.co.uk. 15 February 2002. Archived from the original on 26 April 2019. Retrieved 10 May 2022.
2. ^ "Olivier Winners 2002". officiallondontheatre.com. Society of London Theatre. Archived from the original on 15 June 2018. Retrieved 5 May 2022.

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