Olivier awards 2016 – full list of winners from Kinky Boots to Judi Dench

The 2016 Olivier awards have been dished out in London, with a revival of Gypsy and the National Theatre the biggest winners – see the full list here



Best revival

WINNER! Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom at National Theatre, Lyttelton
Hamlet at the Barbican theatre
Les Liaisons Dangereuses at Donmar Warehouse
The Winter’s Tale at Garrick theatre

Best entertainment and family

WINNER! Showstopper! The Improvised Musical at Apollo theatre
Alice’s Adventures Underground at the Vaults
Dr Seuss’s The Lorax at the Old Vic
I Want My Hat Back at National Theatre, Temporary theatre
Peter Pan at Regent’s Park Open Air theatre

Best costume design

WINNER! Gregg Barnes for Kinky Boots at Adelphi theatre
Hugh Durrant for Nell Gwynn at Apollo theatre
Jonathan Fensom for Farinelli and the King at Duke of York’s theatre
Katrina Lindsay for Bend It Like Beckham at Phoenix theatre

Blue-i theatre technology award for best set design

WINNER! Anna Fleischle for Hangmen at Jerwood theatre Downstairs at the Royal Court and Wyndham’s theatre
Hildegard Bechtler for Oresteia at Almeida theatre
Es Devlin for Hamlet at Barbican theatre
Jonathan Fensom for Farinelli and the King at Duke of York’s theatre

White Light award for best lighting design

WINNER! Mark Henderson for Gypsy at Savoy theatre
Neil Austin for The Winter’s Tale at Garrick theatre
Natasha Chivers for Oresteia at Almeida theatre
James Farncombe for People, Places and Things at National Theatre, Dorfman

Best sound design

WINNER! Tom Gibbons for People, Places and Things at National Theatre, Dorfman
George Dennis for The Homecoming at Trafalgar Studios 1
Christopher Shutt for The Father at Wyndham’s theatre
Christopher Shutt for Hamlet at Barbican theatre

Best new opera production

WINNER! Cavalleria Rusticana/Pagliacci at Royal Opera House
The Force Of Destiny at London Coliseum
Morgen Und Abend at Royal Opera House

Outstanding achievement in opera

WINNER! English National Opera Chorus and Orchestra for The Force Of Destiny, Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk and The Queen of Spades at London Coliseum
Felicity Palmer for The Queen of Spades at London Coliseum
Sir Antonio Pappano for his conducting of Cavalleria Rusticana/Pagliacci, Guillaume Tell and Król Roger at Royal Opera House
Tamara Wilson for The Force Of Destiny at London Coliseum

Best actor in a supporting role

WINNER! Mark Gatiss for Three Days In The Country at National Theatre, Lyttelton
Michael Pennington for The Winter’s Tale at Garrick theatre
Tom Sturridge for American Buffalo at Wyndham’s theatre
David Suchet for The Importance of Being Earnest at Vaudeville theatre

Best actress in a supporting role

WINNER! Judi Dench for The Winter’s Tale at Garrick theatre
Michele Dotrice for Nell Gwynn at Apollo theatre
Melody Grove for Farinelli and the King at Duke of York’s theatre
Catherine Steadman for Oppenheimer at Vaudeville theatre

Outstanding achievement in an affiliate theatre

WINNER! Pat Kinevane and Fishamble for Silent at Soho theatre
Barbarians at The Clare, Young Vic
Phil Dunster for his role in Pink Mist at Bush theatre
Violence and Son at Jerwood theatre Upstairs at the Royal Court

Virgin Atlantic best new play

WINNER! Hangmen at Jerwood theatre Downstairs at the Royal Court and Wyndham’s theatre
Farinelli and the King at Duke of York’s theatre
The Father at Wyndham’s theatre
People, Places and Things at National Theatre, Dorfman

Best actor

WINNER! Kenneth Cranham for The Father at Wyndham’s theatre
Kenneth Branagh for The Winter’s Tale at Garrick theatre
Benedict Cumberbatch for Hamlet at Barbican theatre
Adrian Lester for Red Velvet at Garrick theatre
Mark Rylance for Farinelli and the King at Duke of York’s theatre

Best actress

WINNER! Denise Gough for People, Places And Things at National Theatre, Dorfman
Gemma Arterton for Nell Gwynn at Apollo theatre
Nicole Kidman for Photograph 51 at Noël Coward theatre
Janet McTeer for Les Liaisons Dangereuse at Donmar Warehouse
Lia Williams for Oresteia at Almeida theatre

Magic Radio audience award

WINNER! The Phantom of the Opera

Best new comedy

WINNER! Nell Gwynn at Apollo theatre
A Christmas Carol at Noël Coward theatre
Hand to God at Vaudeville theatre
Peter Pan Goes Wrong at Apollo theatre

Best new dance production

WINNER! Woolf Works by Wayne McGregor at Royal Opera House
He Who Falls (Celui Qui Tombe) by Compagnie Yoann Bourgeois at the Barbican
Romeo Et Juliette by Les Ballets de Monte Carlo at London Coliseum

Outstanding achievement in dance

WINNER! Alessandra Ferri for her performances in Chéri and Woolf Works at Royal Opera House
Javier De Frutos for his choreography of Anatomy of a Passing Cloud at the Linbury Studio theatre, Royal Opera House
Sasha Waltz for her choreography of Sacre at Sadler’s Wells

Autograph sound award for outstanding achievement in music

WINNER! In The Heights – music and lyrics by Lin-Manuel Miranda at King’s Cross theatre
Bend It Like Beckham – music by Howard Goodall, lyrics by Charles Hart and orchestrations by Howard Goodall and Kuljit Bhamra at Phoenix theatre
Farinelli and the King – Claire van Kampen for musical arrangements, the musicians and Iestyn Davies and the singers who alternated the singing role of Farinelli at Duke of York’s theatre
Kinky Boots – music and lyrics by Cyndi Lauper, music supervision, arrangements and orchestrations by Stephen Oremus at Adelphi theatre

Best theatre choreographer

WINNER! Drew McOnie for In The Heights at King’s Cross theatre
Carlos Acosta and Andrew Wright for Guys And Dolls at Savoy theatre
Stephen Mear for Gypsy at Savoy theatre
Jerry Mitchell for Kinky Boots at Adelphi theatre

Best director

WINNER! Robert Icke for Oresteia at Almeida theatre
Rob Ashford and Kenneth Branagh for The Winter’s Tale at Garrick theatre
Matthew Dunster for Hangmen at Jerwood theatre Downstairs at Royal Court and Wyndham’s theatre
Jonathan Kent for Gypsy at Savoy theatre

Best actor in a supporting role in a musical

WINNER! David Bedella for In the Heights at King’s Cross theatre
Dan Burton for Gypsy at Savoy theatre
Peter Davison for Gypsy at Savoy theatre
Gavin Spokes for Guys And Dolls at Savoy theatre

Best actress in a supporting role in a musical

WINNER! Lara Pulver for Gypsy at Savoy theatre
Preeya Kalidas for Bend It Like Beckham at Phoenix theatre
Amy Lennox for Kinky Boots at Adelphi theatre
Emma Williams for Mrs Henderson Presentsat Noël Coward theatre

Best musical revival

WINNER! Gypsy at Savoy theatre
Bugsy Malone at Lyric Hammersmith
Guys and Dolls at Savoy theatre
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers at Regent’s Park Open Air theatre

Best actor in a musical

WINNER! Matt Henry for Kinky Boots at Adelphi theatre
Ian Bartholomew for Mrs Henderson Presents at Noël Coward theatre
Killian Donnelly for Kinky Boots at Adelphi theatre
David Haig for Guys And Dolls at Savoy theatre
Jamie Parker for Guys And Dolls at Savoy theatre

Best actress in a musical

WINNER! Imelda Staunton for Gypsy at Savoy theatre
Tracie Bennett for Mrs Henderson Presents at Noël Coward theatre
Natalie Dew for Bend It Like Beckham at Phoenix theatre
Laura Pitt-Pulford for Seven Brides for Seven Brothers at Regent’s Park Open Air theatre
Sophie Thompson for Guys And Dolls at Savoy theatre

MasterCard best new musical

WINNER! Kinky Boots at Adelphi theatre
Bend It Like Beckham at Phoenix theatre
In The Heights at King’s Cross theatre
Mrs Henderson Presents at Noël Coward theatre

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