June 14, 2010

OLIVIER AWARDS – Best Comedy Winners

Best New Comedy

2010 The Priory
2009 God of Carnage
2008 Rafta Rafta
2007 John Buchan’s The 39 Steps adapted by Patrick Barlow from an original concept by Simon Corble and Nobby Dimon
2006 Heroes by Gerald Sibleyras translated by Tom Stoppard

Best Comedy

2003 The Lieutenant Of Inishmore by Martin McDonagh
2002 The Play What I Wrote by Hamish McColl, Sean Foley and Eddie Braben
2001 Stones In His Pockets by Marie Jones
2000 The Memory Of Water by Shelagh Stephenson
1999 Cleo, Camping, Emmanuelle And Dick by Terry Johnson
1998 Popcorn by Ben Elton
1997 Art by Yasmina Reza
1996 Mojo by Jez Butterworth
1995 My Night With Reg by Kevin Elyot
1994 Hysteria by Terry Johnson
1993 The Rise And Fall Of Little Voice by Jim Cartwright
1992 La Bête by David Hirson
1991 Out Of Order by Ray Cooney
1989/90 Single Spies by Alan Bennett
1988 Shirley Valentine by Willy Russell
1987 Three Men On A Horse by John Cecil Holm and George Abbott
1986 When We Are Married by J.B. Priestley
1985 A Chorus Of Disapproval by Alan Ayckbourn
1984 Up’N’Under by John Godber
1983 Daisy Pulls It Off by Denise Deegan
1982 Noises Off by Michael Frayn
1981 Steaming by Nell Dunn
1980 Educating Rita by Willy Russell
1979 Middle Age Spread by Roger Hall
1978 Filumena by Eduardo de Filippo, adapted by Keith Waterhouse and Willis Hall
1977 Privates On Parade by Peter Nichols
1976 Donkey’s Years by Michael Frayn

Best Comedy Performance

1995 Niall Buggy for Dead Funny
1994 Griff Rhys Jones for An Absolute Turkey
1993 Simon Cadell for Travels With My Aunt
1992 Desmond Barrit for The Comedy Of Errors
1991 Alan Cumming for Accidental Death Of An Anarchist
1989/90 Michael Gambon for Man Of The Moment
1988 Alex Jennings for Too Clever By Half
1987 John Woodvine for The Henrys
1986 Bill Fraser for When We Are Married
1985 Michael Gambon for A Chorus Of Disapproval
1984 Maureen Lipman for See How They Run
1983 Griff Rhys Jones for Charley’s Aunt
1982 Geoffrey Hutchings for Poppy
1981 Rowan Atkinson for Rowan Atkinson in Revue
1980 Beryl Reid for Born In The Gardens
1979 Barry Humphries for A Night With Dame Edna
1978 Ian McKellen for The Alchemist
1977 Denis Quilley for Privates On Parade
1976 Penelope Keith for Donkey’s Years

Tags: A Chorus Of Disapproval, A Night With Dame Edna, Accidental Death Of An Anarchist, Alan Ayckbourn, Alan Bennett, Alan Cumming, Alex Jennings, An Absolute Turkey, Art, Barry Humphries, Ben Elton, Beryl Reid, Bill Fraser, Born In The Gardens, Charley’s Aunt, daisy pulls it off, David Hirson, Dead Funny, Denis Quilley, Denise Deegan, Desmond Barrit, Donkey’s Years, Eddie Braben, Eduardo de Filippo, Educating Rita, Filumena, Geoffrey Hutchings, George Abbott, Gerald Sibleyras, God of Carnage, Griff Rhys Jones, Hamish McColl, Heroes, Hysteria, Ian McKellen, J. B. Priestley, Jez Butterworth, Jim Cartwright, John Buchan, John Cecil Holm, John Godber, John Woodvine, Keith Waterhouse, Kevin Elyot, La Bete, Man Of The Moment, Marie Jones, Martin McDonagh, Maureen Lipman, Michael Frayn, Michael Gambon, Middle Age Spread, Mojo, My Night With Reg, Nell Dunn, Niall Buggy, Nobby Dimon, Noises Off, olivier awards, Out Of Order, Patrick Barlow, Penelope Keith, Peter Nichols, Popcorn, Poppy, Privates On Parade, Rafta Rafta, Ray Cooney, Roger Hall, Rowan Atkinson, Sean Foley, See How They Run, Shelagh Stephenson, Shirley Valentine, Simon Cadell, Simon Corble, Single Spies, Steaming, Stones In His Pockets, Terry Johnson, The 39 Steps, The Alchemist, The Comedy of Errors, The Henrys, The Lieutenant Of Inishmore, The Memory Of Water, The Play What I Wrote, The Priory, THE RISE AND FALL OF LITTLE VOICE, Three Men On A Horse, Tom Stoppard, Travels With My Aunt, Up’N’Under, When We Are Married, Willis Hall, Willy Russell, Yasmina Reza

OLIVIER AWARDS – Best Set and Design Winners

June 9, 2010

OLIVIER AWARDS – Best Set and Design Winners

Best Set Design

2011 The White Guard designed by Bunny Christie
2010 Jerusalem designed by Ultz
2009 August: Osage County designed by Todd Rosenthal
2008 Rae Smith and the Handspring Puppet Company for War Horse
2007 Sunday In The Park With George, designed by David Farley and Timothy Bird
2006 Hedda Gabler designed by Rob Howell
2005 His Dark Materials designed by Giles Cadle
2004 Hitchcock Blonde designed by William Dudley
2003 A Streetcar Named Desire designed by Bunny Christie

Best Set Designer

2002 Tim Hatley for Humble Boy and Private Lives
2001 William Dudley for All My Sons
2000 Rob Howell for Richard III, Troilus and Cressida and Vassa
1999 Anthony Ward for Oklahoma!
1998 Tim Goodchild for Three Hours After Marriage
1997 Tim Hatley for Stanley
1996 John Napier for Burning Blue
1995 Stephen Brimson Lewis for Design for Living and Les Parents Terribles
1994 Mark Thompson for Hysteria
1993 Ian MacNeil for An Inspector Calls
1992 Mark Thompson for The Comedy Of Errors
1991 Mark Thompson for The Wind In The Willows

Designer of the Year

1989/90Bob Crowley for Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, Hedda Gabler, Ghetto and The Plantagenets
1988 Richard Hudson for his season at The Old Vic
1987 Lucio Fanti (with Design Team) for The Hairy Ape
1986 William Dudley for Futurists, Kafka’s Dick and The Merry Wives Of Windsor
1985 William Dudley for The Mysteries and The Critics
1984 John Gunter for Wild Honey
1983 Ralph Koltai for Cyrano De Bergerac
1982 John Gunter for Guys And Dolls
1981 Carl Toms for The Provok’d Wife
1980 John Napier and Dermot Hayes for Nicholas Nickleby
1979 William Dudley for Undiscovered Country
1978 Ralph Koltai for Brand
1977 John Napier for King Lear
1976 Farrah for Henry IV (Parts 1 and 2) and Henry V

Tags: A Streetcar Named Desire, All My Sons, An Inspector Calls, Anthony Ward, August: Osage County, Bob Crowley, Brand, Bunny Christie, Burning Blue, Carl Toms, Cyrano de Bergerac, David Farley, Dermot Hayes, Farrah, Futurists, Ghetto, Giles Cadle, Guys And Dolls, Handspring Puppet Company, Hedda Gabler, Henry IV (Parts 1 and 2) and Henry V, his dark materials, Hitchcock Blonde, Humble Boy and Private Lives, Hysteria, Ian MacNeil, Jerusalem, John Gunter, John Napier, Kafka’s Dick, King Lear, Les Parents Terribles, Living, Lucio Fanti, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, mark thompson, Nicholas Nickleby, Oklahoma, olivier awards, Rae Smith, Ralph Koltai, Richard Hudson, Richard III, Rob Howell, Stanley, Stephen Brimson Lewis, Sunday In The Park With George, The Comedy of Errors, The Critics, The Hairy Ape, The Merry Wives Of Windsor, The Mysteries, The Old Vic, The Plantagenets, The Provok’d Wife, The Wind In The Willows, Three Hours After Marriage, Tim Goodchild, Tim Hatley, Timothy Bird, Todd Rosenthal, Troilus And Cressida, Ultz, Undiscovered Country, Vassa, War Horse, Wild Honey, William Dudley

OLIVIER AWARDS – Best Lighting Winners

June 6, 2010

OLIVIER AWARDS – Best Lighting Winners

Best Lighting Design

2011 The White Guard designed by Neil Austin
2010 Burnt By The Sun designed by Mark Henderson
2009 The Chalk Garden designed by Paule Constable
2008 Howard Harrison for Macbeth
2007 Sunday In The Park With George designed by Natasha Chivers and Mike Robertson
2006 Don Carlos designed by Paule Constable
2005 His Dark Materials designed by Paule Constable
2004 Pacific Overtures designed by Hugh Vanstone
2003 Bacchai designed by Peter Mumford

Best Lighting Designer

2002 Mark Henderson for A Midsummer Night’s Dream and The Playboy of the Western World
2001 Hugh Vanstone for The Cherry Orchard and The Graduate
2000 Mark Henderson for Plenty, Spend Spend Spend, Suddenly Last Summer, The Forest, The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, The Real Thing and Vassa
1999 Hugh Vanstone for The Blue Room and The Unexpected Man
1998 Rick Fisher for Chips With Everything and Lady In The Dark
1997 Chris Parry for Tommy
1996 David Hersey for Burning Blue, The Glass Menagerie and Twelfth Night
1995 Mark Henderson for his work during the year
1994 Rick Fisher for Hysteria, Machinal and Moonlight
1993 Howell Binkley for Kiss Of The Spider Woman
1992 Mark Henderson for Murmuring Judges and Long Day’s Journey Into Night
1991 Jean Kalman for Richard III and White Chameleon