2016 Laurence Olivier Awards

Award ceremony

2016 Laurence Olivier Awards

Date| 3 April 2016
Location| Royal Opera House
Hosted by| Michael Ball
Television/radio coverage
Network| ITV
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The 2016 Laurence Olivier Awards were held on Sunday 3 April 2016 at the Royal Opera House, London. The 40th anniversary ceremony was hosted by Michael Ball. A highlights show was broadcast on ITV shortly after the live event ended.

## Eligibility

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Any new production that opened between 26 February 2015 and 16 February 2016 in a theatre represented in membership of the Society of London Theatre was eligible for consideration, provided it had performed at least 30 performances.[1]

## Event calendar

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* 13 February: Voting opens for the Audience Award for Most Popular Show[2]
* 29 February: Nominations announced by Michael Ball and Imelda Staunton
* 11 March: Voting closes for the Audience Award
* 14 March: Nominations announced for the Audience Award
* 3 April: Award ceremony held

## Winners and nominees

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The nominations were announced on 29 February 2016 in 26 categories.

Best New Play | Best New Musical

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* Hangmen by Martin McDonagh – Jerwood Downstairs, Royal Court / Wyndham's
* Farinelli and the King by Claire van Kampen – Duke of York's
* People, Places and Things by Duncan MacMillan – National Theatre Dorfman
* The Father by Florian Zeller, translated by Christopher Hampton – Wyndham's

* Kinky Boots – Adelphi
* Bend It Like Beckham – Phoenix
* In the Heights – King's Cross
* Mrs Henderson Presents – Noël Coward

Best Revival | Best Musical Revival

* Ma Rainey's Black Bottom – National Theatre Lyttelton
* Hamlet – Barbican
* Les liaisons dangereuses – Donmar Warehouse
* The Winter's Tale – Garrick

* Gypsy – Savoy
* Bugsy Malone – Lyric Hammersmith
* Guys and Dolls – Savoy
* Seven Brides for Seven Brothers – Regent's Park Open Air

Best New Comedy | Best Entertainment and Family

* Nell Gwynn by Jessica Swale – Apollo
* A Christmas Carol by Patrick Barlow – Noël Coward
* Hand to God by Robert Askins – Vaudeville
* Peter Pan Goes Wrong by Henry Shields, Jonathan Sayer and Henry Lewis – Apollo

* Showstopper! The Improvised Musical – Apollo
* Alice's Adventures Underground – Vaults
* I Want My Hat Back – National Theatre Temporary
* The Lorax – Old Vic
* Peter Pan – Regent's Park Open Air

Best Actor | Best Actress

* Kenneth Cranham as André in The Father – Wyndham's
* Kenneth Branagh as King Leontes in The Winter's Tale – Garrick
* Benedict Cumberbatch as Prince Hamlet in Hamlet – Barbican
* Adrian Lester as Ira Aldridge in Red Velvet – Garrick
* Mark Rylance as King Philippe V of Spain in Farinelli and the King – Duke of York's

* Denise Gough as Emma in People, Places and Things – National Theatre Dorfman
* Gemma Arterton as Nell Gwynn in Nell Gwynn – Apollo
* Nicole Kidman as Rosalind Franklin in Photograph 51 – Noël Coward
* Janet McTeer as Marquise de Merteuil in Les liaisons dangereuses – Donmar Warehouse
* Lia Williams as Clytemnestra in Oresteia – Almeida

Best Actor in a Musical | Best Actress in a Musical

* Matt Henry as Lola in Kinky Boots – Adelphi
* Ian Bartholomew as Vivian Van Damm in Mrs Henderson Presents – Noël Coward
* Killian Donnelly as Charlie Price in Kinky Boots – Adelphi
* David Haig as Nathan Detroit in Guys and Dolls – Savoy
* Jamie Parker as Sky Masterson in Guys and Dolls – Savoy

* Imelda Staunton as Mama Rose in Gypsy – Savoy
* Tracie Bennett as Laura Henderson in Mrs Henderson Presents – Noël Coward
* Natalie Dew as Jess Bhamra in Bend It Like Beckham – Phoenix
* Laura Pitt-Pulford as Milly in Seven Brides for Seven Brothers – Regent's Park Open Air
* Sophie Thompson as Miss Adelaide in Guys and Dolls – Savoy

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

* Mark Gatiss as Shpigelsky in Three Days in the Country – National Theatre Lyttelton
* Michael Pennington as Antigonus in The Winter's Tale – Garrick
* Tom Sturridge as Bobby in American Buffalo – Wyndham's
* David Suchet as Lady Bracknell in The Importance of Being Earnest – Vaudeville

* Judi Dench as Paulina in The Winter's Tale – Garrick
* Michele Dotrice as Nancy in Nell Gwynn – Apollo
* Melody Grove as Isabella Farnese in Farinelli and the King – Duke of York's
* Catherine Steadman as Jean Tatlock in Oppenheimer – Vaudeville

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

* David Bedella as Kevin Rosario in In the Heights – King's Cross
* Dan Burton Tulsa in Gypsy – Savoy
* Peter Davison as Herbie in Gypsy – Savoy
* Gavin Spokes as Nicely Nicely Johnson in Guys and Dolls – Savoy

* Lara Pulver as Gypsy Rose Lee in Gypsy – Savoy
* Preeya Kalidas as Pinky in Bend It Like Beckham – Phoenix
* Amy Lennox as Lauren in Kinky Boots – Adelphi
* Emma Williams as Maureen in Mrs Henderson Presents – Noël Coward

Best Director | Best Theatre Choreographer

* Robert Icke for Oresteia – Almeida
* Rob Ashford and Kenneth Branagh for The Winter's Tale – Garrick
* Matthew Dunster for Hangmen – Jerwood Downstairs, Royal Court / Wyndham's
* Jonathan Kent for Gypsy – Savoy

* Drew McOnie for In the Heights – King's Cross
* Carlos Acosta and Andrew Wright for Guys and Dolls – Savoy
* Stephen Mear for Gypsy – Savoy
* Jerry Mitchell for Kinky Boots – Adelphi

Best Set Design | Best Costume Design

* Anna Fleischle for Hangmen – Jerwood Downstairs, Royal Court / Wyndham's
* Hildegard Bechtler for Oresteia – Almeida
* Es Devlin for Hamlet – Barbican
* Jonathan Fensom for Farinelli and the King – Duke of York's

* Gregg Barnes for Kinky Boots – Adelphi
* Hugh Durrant for Nell Gwynn – Apollo
* Jonathan Fensom for Farinelli and the King – Duke of York's
* Katrina Lindsay for Bend It Like Beckham – Phoenix

Best Lighting Design | Best Sound Design

* Mark Henderson for Gypsy – Savoy
* Neil Austin for The Winter's Tale – Garrick
* Natasha Chivers for Oresteia – Almeida
* James Farncombe for People, Places and Things – National Theatre Dorfman

* Tom Gibbons for People, Places and Things – National Theatre Dorfman
* George Dennis for The Homecoming – Trafalgar Studios 1
* Christopher Shutt for The Father – Wyndham's
* Christopher Shutt for Hamlet – Barbican

Outstanding Achievement in Music

* Alex Lacamoire and Bill Sherman for arranging and orchestrating and Lin-Manuel Miranda for lyricising and scoring In the Heights – King's Cross
* Kuljit Bhamra and Howard Goodall for orchestrating, Howard Goodall for scoring and Charles Hart for lyricising Bend It Like Beckham – Phoenix
* Iestyn Davies, the Musicians and the Singers for performing and Claire van Kampen for arranging Farinelli and the King – Duke of York's
* Cyndi Lauper for lyricising and scoring and Stephen Oremus for arranging, orchestrating and music supervising Kinky Boots – Adelphi

Outstanding Achievement in Dance | Best New Dance Production

* Alessandra Ferri in Chéri and Woolf Works – Royal Opera House
* Javier de Frutos for choreographing Anatomy of a Passing Cloud – Linbury Studio, Royal Opera House
* Sasha Waltz for choreographing Sacre – Sadler's Wells

* Woolf Works, Wayne McGregor – Royal Opera House
* He Who Falls (Celui Qui Tombe), Compagnie Yoann Bourgeois – Barbican
* Roméo et Juliette, Les Ballets de Monte Carlo – London Coliseum

Outstanding Achievement in Opera | Best New Opera Production

* English National Opera Chorus and Orchestra of The Force of Destiny, Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk and The Queen of Spades – London Coliseum
* Felicity Palmer in The Queen of Spades – London Coliseum
* Antonio Pappano for conducting Cavalleria rusticana / Pagliacci, Guillaume Tell and Król Roger – Royal Opera House
* Tamara Wilson in The Force of Destiny – London Coliseum

* Cavalleria rusticana / Pagliacci – Royal Opera House
* Morgen und Abend – Royal Opera House
* The Force of Destiny – London Coliseum

Outstanding Achievement in Affiliate Theatre

* Pat Kinevane for Fishamble for Silent – Soho
* Barbarians – Clare, Young Vic
* Phil Dunster in Pink Mist – Bush
* Violence and Son – Jerwood Upstairs, Royal Court

Audience Award

* The Phantom of the Opera – Her Majesty's
* Jersey Boys – Piccadilly
* Les Misérables – Queen's
* Matilda – Cambridge

## Productions with multiple nominations and awards

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The following 20 productions, including three operas and one dance, received multiple nominations:

* 8: Gypsy
* 7: Kinky Boots
* 6: Farinelli and the King, Guys and Dolls, The Winter's Tale
* 5: Bend It Like Beckham
* 4: Hamlet, In the Heights, Mrs Henderson Presents, Nell Gwynn, Oresteia, People, Places and Things
* 3: The Father, The Force of Destiny, Hangmen
* 2: Cavalleria rusticana / Pagliacci, Les liaisons dangereuses, The Queen of Spades, Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, Woolf Works

The following six productions, including one dance, received multiple awards:

* 4: Gypsy
* 3: In the Heights, Kinky Boots
* 2: Hangmen, People, Places and Things, Woolf Works

## See also

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* 70th Tony Awards

## References

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1. ^ "Frequently Asked Questions". olivierawards.com.
2. ^ "The Home of London Theatre".

## External links

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* Olivier Awards official website

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