Olivier Awards
(UK)

Best Actor
Simon Russell Beale, Hamlet at the Lyttelton
Sean Campion, Stones in his Pockets at the New Ambassadors and at the Duke of York's
Michael Gambon, The Caretaker at the Comedy
Conleth Hill, Stones In His Pockets at the New Ambassadors and at the Duke of York's
Bill Nighy, Blue/Orange at the Cottesloe

Best Actress
Jessica Lange, Long Day's Journey into Night at the Lyric
Helen Mirren, Orpheus Descending at the Donmar Warehouse
Julia Ormond, My Zinc Bed at the Royal Court
Harriet Walter, Life x 3 at the Lyttelton
Julie Walters, All My Sons at the Cottesloe

Best Supporting Actor
Ben Daniels, All My Sons at the Cottesloe
Chiwetel Ejiofor, Blue/Orange at the Cottesloe
Douglas Hodge, The Caretaker at the Comedy
Jason Watkins, A Servant to Two Masters at the Young Vic and at the New Ambassadors

Best Supporting Actress
Gillian Barge, Passion Play at the Donmar Warehouse
Pauline Flanagan, Dolly West's Kitchen at The Old Vic
Catherine McCormack, All My Sons at the Cottesloe
Marcia Warren, In Flame at the New Ambassadors

Best Actor, Musical
Daniel Evans, Merrily We Roll Along at the Donmar Warehouse
Jimmy Johnston, The Pirates of Penzance at the Open Air
Paul Robinson, Singin' in the Rain at the Olivier
David Shannon, The Beautiful Game at the Cambridge

Best Actress, Musical
Nicola Hughes, Fosse at the Prince of Wales
Joanna Riding, The Witches of Eastwick at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane
Samantha Spiro, Merrily We Roll Along at the Donmar Warehouse
Josie Walker, The Beautiful Game at the Cambridge

Best Supporting Performance, Musical
Rosemary Ashe, The Witches Of Eastwick at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane
Rebecca Thornhill, Singin' in the Rain at the Olivier
Miles Western, Pageant at the Vaudeville
Taewon Yi Kim, The King and I at the London Palladium

Best Director
Howard Davies, All My Sons at the Cottesloe
Michael Grandage, Passion Play at the Donmar Warehouse
Nicholas Hytner, Orpheus Descending at the Donmar Warehouse
Trevor Nunn, The Cherry Orchard at the Cottesloe and at the Olivier
Ian Talbot, The Pirates of Penzance at the Open Air

Best Theatre Choreographer
Peter Darling, Merrily We Roll Along at the Donmar Warehouse
Stephen Mear, Singin' in the Rain at the Olivier
Bob Fosse and Ann Reinking, Fosse at the Prince of Wales
Meryl Tankard, The Beautiful Game at the Cambridge

Best Costume Designer
Gregg Barnes, Pageant at the Vaudeville
Alison Chitty, Remembrance of Things Past at the Cottesloe
Bob Crowley, Cressida at the Albery and The Witches of Eastwick at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane
Roger Kirk, The King and I at the London Palladium

Best Lighting Designer
Howard Harrison, To The Green Fields Beyond at the Donmar Warehouse and The Witches of Eastwick at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane
Mark Henderson, All My Sons at the Cottesloe
Paul Pyant, Hamlet at the Lyttelton
Hugh Vanstone, The Cherry Orchard at the Cottesloe and The Graduate at the Gielgud

Best Set Designer
Bunny Christie, Baby Doll at the Lyttelton and then at the Albery
William Dudley, All My Sons at the Cottesloe
Rob Howell, The Caretaker at the Comedy
Brian Thomson, The King and I at the London Palladium

Best New Play
Blue/Orange by Joe Penhall at the Cottesloe
Dolly West's Kitchen by Frank McGuinness at The Old Vic
Life X 3 by Yasmina Reza at the Lyttelton
My Zinc Bed by David Hare at the Royal Court

Best New Comedy
Cooking with Elvis by Lee Hall at the Whitehall
House/Garden by Alan Ayckbourn at the Lyttelton/Olivier
Peggy, You by Alan Plater at the Comedy
Stones in His Pockets by Marie Jones at the New Ambassadors and now at the Duke of York's

Best New Musical
The Beautiful Game, music by Andrew Lloyd Webber, book and lyrics by Ben Elton at the Cambridge
Fosse, conceived by Richard Maltby Jr, Chet Walker and Ann Reinking at the Prince of Wales
Merrily We Roll Along, music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, book by George Furth at the Donmar Warehouse
The Witches of Eastwick, book and lyrics by John Dempsey, music by Dana P Rowe at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane

Outstanding Musical Production
HMS Pinafore, by Gilbert and Sullivan at the Savoy
The King and I, music by Richard Rodgers, book and lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II, at the London Palladium
The Mikado, by Gilbert and Sullivan at the Savoy
The Pirates Of Penzance, by Gilbert and Sullivan in a new version by Joseph Papp, musical adaptation by William Elliott, the Open Air
Singin' in the Rain, original choreography by Gene Kelly and Stanley Donen, screenplay and adaptation by Betty Comden and Adolph Green, songs by Nacio Herb Brown and Arthur Freed, West Yorkshire Playhouse at the Olivier

Best New Dance Production
Compagnie Montalvo-Hervieu's Le Jardin Io Io Ito Ito at the Barbican
NDT2's Indigo Rose at Sadler's Wells
NDT2's Mellantid at Sadler's Wells
Zurich Ballet's Mozartina at Sadler's Wells

Outstanding Achievement in Dance
Matthew Bourne, concept and dramatisation of The Car Man at The Old Vic
Deborah Colker, choreography of Mix at the Barbican
Robert Parker, performance in Birmingham Royal Ballet's Shakespeare Suite at the Royal Opera House
Michael Revie, performance in Zurich Ballet's Mozartina at Sadler's Wells

Best New Opera Production
English National Opera's Pelléas and Mélisande at the London Coliseum
English National Opera's The Coronation of Poppea at the London Coliseum
The Kirov Opera's War and Peace at the Royal Opera House
The Royal Opera's The Greek Passion at the Royal Opera House

Outstanding Achievement in Opera
Gerald Finley, creation of the leading role in English National Opera's world premiere of The Silver Tassie at the London Coliseum
The Kirov Opera season at the Royal Opera House
Stefanos Lazaridis, designs for The Royal Opera's Greek Passion and English National Opera's daring Italian Season
Mark-Anthony Turnage, composer and Amanda Holden, librettist, creating The Silver Tassie (English National Opera)