2002 Laurence Olivier Awards

2002 Laurence Olivier Awards

The 2002 Laurence Olivier Awards were held in 2002 in London celebrating excellence in West End theatre by the Society of London Theatre.

Winners and nominees

Best New Play	Outstanding Musical Production
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 in Privates on Parade – Donmar Warehouse Simon Russell Beale in Humble Boy – National Theatre Cottesloe / Gielgud Sean Foley and Hamish McColl in The Play What I Wrote – Wyndham's Alan Rickman in Private Lives – Albery	Lindsay Duncan in Private Lives – Albery Lindsay Duncan in Mouth to Mouth – Royal Court / Albery Victoria Hamilton in A Day in the Death of Joe Egg – New Ambassadors / Comedy Zoë Wanamaker in Boston Marriage – Donmar Warehouse / New Ambassadors
Best Actor in a Musical or Entertainment	Best Actress in a Musical or Entertainment
Philip Quast in South Pacific – National Theatre Olivier Brent Barrett in Kiss Me, Kate – Victoria Palace Paul Keating in Closer to Heaven – Arts Jonathan Pryce in My Fair Lady – Theatre Royal Drury Lane	Martine McCutcheon in My Fair Lady – Theatre Royal Drury Lane Barbara Cook in Barbara Cook Sings Mostly Sondheim – Lyric Ruthie Henshall in Peggy Sue Got Married – Shaftesbury Marin Mazzie in Kiss Me, Kate – Victoria Palace
Best Actor in a Supporting Role	Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Toby Jones in The Play What I Wrote – Wyndham's Desmond Barrit in Henry IV – Barbican Ned Beatty in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof – Lyric Adam Godley in Mouth to Mouth – Royal Court / Albery Malcolm Sinclair in Privates on Parade – Donmar Warehouse	Marcia Warren in Humble Boy – National Theatre Cottesloe / Gielgud Bríd Brennan in The Little Foxes – Donmar Warehouse Emma Fielding in Private Lives – Albery Lyndsey Marshal in Boston Marriage – Donmar Warehouse / New Ambassadors
Best Supporting Performance in a Musical or Entertainment
Martyn Jacques in Shockheaded Peter – Piccadilly / Albery Nancy Anderson in Kiss Me, Kate – Victoria Palace Michael Berresse in Kiss Me, Kate – Victoria Palace Nicholas Le Prevost 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 in Fucking Games – Royal Court Jack Davenport in The Servant – Lyric Hammersmith Ralf Little in Presence – Royal Court Leah Muller in Six Characters Looking for an Author – Young Vic
Best Set 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
Best Costume Designer	Best Lighting Designer
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	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
Audience Award for Most Popular Show
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
Outstanding Achievement Award	Society Special Award
Trevor Nunn	Rupert Rhymes

Productions with multiple nominations and awards

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

• 56th Tony Awards

References

• London Theatre Guide (2008). "The Laurence Olivier Awards: Full List of Winners, 1976–2008" (PDF). The Society of London Theatre. Retrieved 2008-08-30.

External links

• Previous Olivier Winners – 2002