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2004 Laurence Olivier Awards

The 2004 Laurence Olivier Awards were held in 2004 in London celebrating excellence in West End theatre by the Society of London Theatre.


2004 Laurence Olivier Awards

The 2004 Laurence Olivier Awards were held in 2004 in London celebrating excellence in West End theatre by the Society of London Theatre.

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

Best New PlayBest New Musical
The Pillowman by Martin McDonagh – National Theatre Cottesloe
Democracy by Michael Frayn – National Theatre Cottesloe
Elmina's Kitchen by Kwame Kwei-Armah – National Theatre Cottesloe
Hitchcock Blonde by Terry Johnson – Royal Court / LyricJerry Springer – Cambridge
Ragtime – Piccadilly
Thoroughly Modern Millie – Shaftesbury
Mourning Becomes Electra – National Theatre Lyttelton
Absolutely! (Perhaps) – Wyndham's
Caligula – Donmar Warehouse
Of Mice and Men – SavoyPacific Overtures – Donmar Warehouse
High Society – Regent's Park Open Air
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat – New London
Tell Me on a Sunday – Gielgud
Duckie's C'est Barbican – Garrick
My Brilliant Divorce – Apollo
One Last Flutter – Comedy
The Rat Pack: Live from Las Vegas – Strand
Matthew Kelly as Lennie Small in Of Mice and Men – Savoy
Roger Allam as Willy Brandt in Democracy – National Theatre Cottesloe
Kenneth Branagh as Edmond Burke in Edmond – National Theatre Olivier
Greg Hicks as Coriolanus in Coriolanus – Old Vic
Michael Sheen as Caligula in Caligula – Donmar WarehouseEileen Atkins as Honor in Honour – National Theatre Cottesloe
Helen Mirren as Christine Mannon in Mourning Becomes Electra – National Theatre Lyttelton
Ann Mitchell as Martha in Through the Leaves – Duchess
Kelly Reilly as Miss Julie in After Miss Julie – Donmar Warehouse
Kristin Scott Thomas as Masha Sergeyevna Kulygina in Three Sisters – Playhouse
David Bedella as Jonathan Weiruss/Satan in Jerry Springer – Cambridge
Graham Bickley as Tateh in Ragtime – Piccadilly
Michael Brandon as Jerry Springer in Jerry Springer – Cambridge
Kevyn Morrow as Coalhouse Walker Jr. in Ragtime – PiccadillyMaria Friedman as Mother in Ragtime – Piccadilly
Amanda Holden as Millie Dilmount in Thoroughly Modern Millie – Shaftesbury
Alison Jiear as Shawntel/Eve in Jerry Springer – Cambridge
Maureen Lipman as Mrs. Meers in Thoroughly Modern Millie – Shaftesbury
Warren Mitchell as Gregory Solomon in The Price – Apollo
Joe Dixon as Paris in The Roman Actor – Gielgud
Oliver Ford Davies as Lamberto Laudisi in Absolutely! (Perhaps) – Wyndham's
Paul Hilton as Orin Mannon in Mourning Becomes Electra – National Theatre LytteltonThe Chorus as The Studio Audience of Jerry Springer – Cambridge
Tracie Bennett as Liz Imbrie in High Society – Regent's Park Open Air
Richard Henders as Manjiro in Pacific Overtures – Donmar Warehouse
Jérôme Pradon as the Shogun's Mother and the French Admiral in Pacific Overtures – Donmar Warehouse
Matthew White as Younger Brother in Ragtime – Piccadilly
Michael Grandage for Caligula – Donmar Warehouse
Stafford Arima for Ragtime – Piccadilly
Gary Griffin for Pacific Overtures – Donmar Warehouse
Stewart Lee for Jerry Springer – CambridgeKaren Bruce for Pacific Overtures – Donmar Warehouse
Jenny Arnold for Jerry Springer – Cambridge
Rob Ashford for Thoroughly Modern Millie – Shaftesbury
William Dudley for Hitchcock Blonde – Royal Court / Lyric
Bob Crowley for Mourning Becomes Electra – National Theatre Lyttelton
Franco Zeffirelli for Absolutely! (Perhaps) – Wyndham'sChristopher Oram for Power – National Theatre Cottesloe
Mara Blumenfeld for Pacific Overtures – Donmar Warehouse
Raimonda Gaetaniat for Absolutely! (Perhaps) – Wyndham's
Martin Pakledinaz for Thoroughly Modern Millie – Shaftesbury
Hugh Vanstone for Pacific Overtures – Donmar Warehouse
Simon Corder for Hitchcock Blonde – Royal Court / Lyric
Howard Harrison for Ragtime – PiccadillyMike Walker for Jerry Springer – Cambridge
Paul Arditti for The Pillowman – National Theatre Cottesloe
Peter Hylenski for Ragtime – Piccadilly
Nick Lidster for Pacific Overtures – Donmar Warehouse
Thomas Edur and Agne Oaks in 2 Human, English National Ballet – Sadler's Wells
Carlos Acosta in Tocororo: A Cuban Tale – Sadler's Wells
Javier de Frutos for choreographing Elsa Canasta, Rambert Dance Company – Sadler's Wells
Rambert Dance Company for the season – Sadler's WellsBroken Fall, George Piper Dances – Royal Opera House
Dream Play, Nederlands Dans Theater 2 – Sadler's Wells
Mesmerics, George Piper Dances – Sadler's Wells
Promethean Fire, Paul Taylor Dance Company – Sadler's Wells
Cristina Gallardo-Domâs in Madama Butterfly, The Royal Opera – Royal Opera House
Simon Keenlyside in Hamlet and Die Zauberflöte, The Royal Opera – Royal Opera House
Bejun Mehta in Orlando, The Royal Opera – Royal Opera House
Felicity Palmer in Elektra and Sweeney Todd, The Royal Opera – Royal Opera HouseThe Trojans: Parts I and II, English National Opera – London Coliseum
Così fan tutte, English National Opera – Barbican
Madama Butterfly, The Royal Opera – Royal Opera House
Orlando, The Royal Opera – Royal Opera House
Debbie Tucker Green for writing Born Bad – Hampstead
Tom Hardy as Skank in In Arabia We'd All Be Kings – Hampstead
Ruth Negga as Cat in Duck – Royal Court
Lucy Prebble for writing The Sugar Syndrome – Royal CourtYoung Vic for the season under the artistic direction of David Lan
Tanika Gupta for writing Fragile Land – Hampstead and Hobson's Choice – Young Vic
Pericles – Lyric Hammersmith
The Lady from the Sea – Almeida
Judi Dench

The following 14 productions, including one opera, received multiple nominations:

The following two productions received multiple awards:

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