In tweets: Olivier Awards – Nominations 2016

BEST REVIVAL
Hamlet; Les Liaisons Dangereuses; Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom; The Winter’s Tale

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BEST NEW COMEDY
A Christmas Carol; Hand To God; Nell Gwynn; Peter Pan Goes Wrong.

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BEST COSTUME DESIGN
Gregg Barnes (Kinky Boots); Hugh Durrant (Nell Gwynn); Jonathan Fensom (Farinelli And The King); Katrina Lindsay (Bend It Like Beckham)

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BLUE-i THEATRE TECHNOLOGY AWARD FOR BEST SET DESIGN
Hildegard Bechtler (Oresteia); Es Devlin (Hamlet); Jonathan Fensom (Farinelli And The King); Anna Fleischle)

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WHITE LIGHT AWARD FOR BEST LIGHTING DESIGN
Neil Austin (The Winter’s Tale); Natasha Chivers (Oresteia); James Farncombe (People, Places And Things); Mark Henderson.

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BEST SOUND DESIGN
George Dennis (The Homecoming); Tom Gibbons (People, Places And Things); Christopher Shutt (The Father); Christopher Shutt (Hamlet)

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BEST NEW OPERA PRODUCTION
Cavalleria Rusticana/Pagliacci (Royal Opera House); The Force Of Destiny (London Coliseum); Morgen Und Abend (Royal Opera House)

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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN OPERA
English National Opera Chorus and Orchestra (The Force Of Destiny, Lady Macbeth Of Mtsensk and The Queen Of Spades at London Coliseum);
Felicity Palmer (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 (The Force Of Destiny at London Coliseum)

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VIRGIN AIRLINES BEST NEW PLAY
Farinelli And The King; The Father; Hangmen; People, Places And Things.

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BEST ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Mark Gatiss (Three Days In The Country); Michael Pennington (The Winter’s Tale); Tom Sturridge (American Buffalo); David Suchet (The Importance Of Being Earnest)

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BEST ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Judi Dench (The Winter’s Tale); Michele Dotrice (Nell Gwyn); Melody Grove (Farinelli And The King); Catherine Steadman (Oppenheimer)

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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN AN AFFILIATE THEATRE
Barbarians at The Clare (Young Vic); Phil Dunster (Pink Mist, Bush Theatre); Pat Kinevane and Fishamble (Silent, Soho Theatre); Violence And Son (Royal Court)

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BEST ACTOR
Kenneth Branagh (The Winter’s Tale); Kenneth Cranham (The Father); Benedict Cumberbatch (Hamlet);Adrian Lester (Red Velvet); Mark Rylance (Farinelli And The King)

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BEST ACTRESS
Gemma Arterton (Nell Gwynn); Denise Gough (People, Places And Things); Nicole Kidman (Photograph 51); Janet McTeer (Les Liaisons Dangereuses); Lia Williams (Oresteia)

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BEST ENTERTAINMENT AND FAMILY
Alice’s Adventures Underground; Dr. Seuss’s The Lorax; I Want My Hat Back; Peter Pan; Showstopper! The Improvised Musical

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BEST NEW DANCE PRODUCTION
He Who Falls /Celui Qui Tombe (Compagnie Yoann Bourgeois, Barbican); Romeo Et Juliette (Les Ballets de Monte Carlo, London Coliseum); Woolf Works (Wayne McGregor, Royal Opera House)

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OUSTANDING ACHIEVMENT IN DANCE
Alessandra Ferri (Chéri and Woolf Works, Royal Opera House); Javier De Frutos (Anatomy Of A Passing Cloud,Royal Opera House); Sasha Waltz (Sacre, Sadler’s Wells)

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AUTOGRAPH SOUND AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN MUSIC
Bend It Like Beckham; Farinelli And The King; In The Heights; Kinky Boots.

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— Olivier Awards (@OlivierAwards) February 29, 2016

BEST THEATRE CHOREOGRAPHER
Carlos Acosta and Andrew Wright (Guys And Dolls); Drew McOnie (In The Heights); Stephen Mear (Gypsy); Jerry Mitchell (Kinky Boots)

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BEST DIRECTOR
Rob Ashford and Kenneth Branagh (The Winter’s Tale); Matthew Dunster (Hangmen); Robert Icke (Oresteia); Jonathan Kent (Gypsy).

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BEST ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A MUSICAL
David Bedella (In The Heights); Dan Burton (Gypsy); Peter Davison (Gypsy); Gavin Spokes (Guys And Dolls).

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BEST MUSICAL REVIVAL
Bugsy Malone; Guys And Dolls; Gypsy; Seven Brides For Seven Brothers.

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BEST ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A MUSICAL
Preeya Kalidas (Bend It Like Beckham); Amy Lennox (Kinky Boots); Lara Pulver (Gypsy); Emma Williams (Mrs Henderson Presents).

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BEST ACTOR IN A MUSICAL
Ian Bartholomew (Mrs Henderson Presents); Killian Donnelly (Kinky Boots); David Haig (Guys And Dolls); Matt Henry (Kinky Boots); Jamie Parker (Guys And Dolls)

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BEST ACTRESS IN A MUSICAL
Tracie Bennett (Mrs Henderson Presents); Natalie Dew (Bend It Like Beckham); Laura Pitt-Pulford (Seven Brides For Seven Brothers); Imelda Staunton (Gypsy); Sophie Thompson (Guys And Dolls