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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.
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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 Play | Best 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 / Lyric | Jerry 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 – Savoy | Pacific 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 Warehouse | Eileen 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 – Piccadilly | Maria 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 Lyttelton | The 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 – Cambridge | Karen 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's | Christopher 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 – Piccadilly | Mike 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 Wells | Broken 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 House | The 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 Court | Young 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:
- 8: Jerry Springer, Pacific Overtures and Ragtime
- 5: Thoroughly Modern Millie
- 4: Absolutely! (Perhaps) and Mourning Becomes Electra
- 3: Caligula and Hitchcock Blonde
- 2: Democracy, High Society, Madama Butterfly, Of Mice and Men, Orlando and The Pillowman
The following two productions received multiple awards:
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58th Tony Awards
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Previous Olivier Winners – 2004
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