OLIVIER AWARDS 2008
Awards announced: 9 March 2008
Best new play A Disappearing Number, Simon McBurney
Best new comedy Rafta Rafta, Ayub Khan-Din
Best revival St Joan
Best new musical Hairspray
Best musical revival The Magic Flute
Best director Rupert Goold, Macbeth
Outstanding achievement in an affiliate theatre Gone Too Far, Royal Court
Best actor Chiwetel Ejiofor, Othello
Best actress Kristin Scott Thomas, The Seagull
Best supporting player Rory Kinnear, The Man of Mode
Best newcomer in a play Tom Hiddleston, Cymbeline
Best actor in a musical Michael Ball, Hairspray
Best actress in a musical Leanne Jones, Hairspray
Best supporting performance in a musical Tracie Bennett, Hairspray
Best new dance production Jewels, Royal Ballet
Outstanding achievement in dance Royal Ballet company for Jewels
Best new opera Pellás and Mélisande, Royal Opera
Outstanding achievement in opera Natalie Dessay, La Fille du Régiment
Special award Andrew Lloyd Webber