Olivier Awards Nominations 2019
Nominations for the Olivier
Awards 2019 were announced today by Sheila Atim and Giles Terera.
The awards ceremony will take
place at the Royal Albert Hall in London on April 7.
Here are the nominations in
full:
Best actor in a supporting
role in a musical
· Jonathan Bailey for Company at Gielgud Theatre
· Richard Fleeshman for Company
at Gielgud Theatre
· Robert Hands for Come From
Away at Phoenix Theatre
Best actress in a supporting
role in a musical
· Patti LuPone for Company at
Gielgud Theatre
· “The Queens” – Aimie Atkinson,
Alexia McIntosh, Millie O’Connell, Natalie Paris, Maiya Quansah-Breed and
Jarneia Richard-Noel – for Six at Arts Theatre
· Rachel Tucker for Come From
Away at Phoenix Theatre
Outstanding achievement in
music
· Come From Away – Book, music
and lyrics: David Hein and Irene Sankoff; music supervisor, arrangements: Ian
Eisendrath; orchestrations: August Eriksmoen; musical director/UK music
supervisor: Alan Berry; and the band of Come From Away at Phoenix Theatre
· Fun Home – Composer: Jeanine Tesori; lyricist/bookwriter:
Lisa Kron at Young Vic
· The Inheritance – Composer: Paul Englishby at Young Vic
and Noël Coward Theatre
· A Monster Calls – Original music composed by Benji Bower
and performed live by Benji with Will Bower (The Bower Brothers) at the Old Vic
· Six – Original score,
orchestrations and vocal arrangements: Toby Marlow, Lucy Moss, Tom Curran and
Joe Beighton at Arts Theatre
Best new dance production
· Blkdog by Botis Seva at Sadler’s Wells
Outstanding achievement in
dance
· Akram Khan for his performance
in Xenos at Sadler’s Wells
· John Macfarlane for his design
of Swan Lake at Royal Opera House
· Dimitris Papaioannou for his
choreography of The Great Tamer at Sadler’s Wells
Best entertainment and family
· A Monster Calls at the Old Vic
Best theatre choreographer
· Kelly Devine for Come From
Away at Phoenix Theatre
· Christopher Gattelli based on
original choreography by Jerome Robbins for The King And I at the London
Palladium
· Carrie-Anne Ingrouille for Six
at Arts Theatre
· Liam Steel for Company at
Gielgud Theatre
Best musical revival
· Company at Gielgud Theatre
· The King And I at the London
Palladium
Best actor in a musical
· Zubin Varla for Fun Home at
Young Vic
· Ken Watanabe for The King And
I at the London Palladium
Best actress in a musical
· Sharon D. Clarke for Caroline,
Or Change at Playhouse Theatre
· Rosalie Craig for Company at
Gielgud Theatre
· Kelli O’Hara for The King And
I at the London Palladium
· Adrienne Warren for Tina – The
Tina Turner Musical at Aldwych Theatre
Best revival
Best new comedy
· Nine Night at National Theatre – Dorfman and Trafalgar
Studios 1
· Quiz at Noël Coward Theatre
Outstanding achievement in
affiliate theatre
· Athena Stevens for Schism at Park Theatre
Best lighting design
· Neil Austin for Company at
Gielgud Theatre
· Howell Binkley for Come From
Away at Phoenix Theatre
· Jon Clark for The Inheritance
at Young Vic and Noël Coward Theatre
· Lee Curran for Summer And
Smoke at Almeida Theatre and Duke of York’s Theatre
Best sound design
· Paul Arditti and Christopher
Reid for The Inheritance at Young Vic and Noël Coward Theatre
· Mike Beer for A Monster Calls
at the Old Vic
· Carolyn Downing for Summer And
Smoke at Almeida Theatre and Duke of York’s Theatre
· Gareth Owen for Come From Away
at Phoenix Theatre
Best costume design
· Fly Davis for Caroline, Or
Change at Playhouse Theatre
· Anna Fleischle for Home, I’m
Darling at National Theatre – Dorfman and Duke of York’s Theatre
· Gabriella Slade for Six at
Arts Theatre
· Catherine Zuber for The King
And I at the London Palladium
Best set design
· Bunny Christie for Company at
Gielgud Theatre
· Bob Crowley for The Inheritance
at Young Vic and Noël Coward Theatre
· Es Devlin for The Lehman
Trilogy at National Theatre – Lyttelton
· Anna Fleischle for Home, I’m
Darling at National Theatre – Dorfman and Duke of York’s Theatre
Best actor in a supporting
role
· Keir Charles for Quiz at Noël
Coward Theatre
· Adam Gillen for Killer Joe at Trafalgar Studios 1
· Adrian Lukis for The Price at Wyndham’s Theatre
· Malcolm Sinclair for Pressure at Ambassadors Theatre
· Chris Walley for The
Lieutenant Of Inishmore at Noël Coward Theatre
Best actress in a supporting
role
· Susan Brown for Home, I’m
Darling at National Theatre – Dorfman and Duke of York’s Theatre
· Cecilia Noble for Nine Night
at National Theatre – Dorfman and Trafalgar Studios 1
· Vanessa Redgrave for The
Inheritance at Young Vic and Noël Coward Theatre
Best new opera production
Outstanding achievement in
opera
· David Butt Philip and Roderick
Williams for their performances in War Requiem at London Coliseum
· The English National Opera
chorus for Paul Bunyan at Wilton’s Music Hall
· Andris Nelsons for his
conducting of Lohengrin at Royal Opera House
Best actor
· Adam Godley, Ben Miles and
Simon Russell Beale for The Lehman Trilogy at National Theatre – Lyttelton
· Arinzé Kene for Misty at Trafalgar Studios 1
· Ian McKellen for King Lear at
Duke of York’s Theatre
· Kyle Soller for The
Inheritance at Young Vic and Noël Coward Theatre
· David Suchet for The Price at
Wyndham’s Theatre
Best actress
· Gillian Anderson for All About
Eve at Noël Coward Theatre
· Patsy Ferran for Summer And
Smoke at Almeida Theatre and Duke of York’s Theatre
· Katherine Parkinson for Home,
I’m Darling at National Theatre – Dorfman and Duke of York’s Theatre
Best director
· Christopher Ashley for Come
From Away at Phoenix Theatre
· Stephen Daldry for The
Inheritance at Young Vic and Noël Coward Theatre
· Marianne Elliott for Company at
Gielgud Theatre
· Rebecca Frecknall for Summer
And Smoke at Almeida Theatre and Duke of York’s Theatre
· Sam Mendes for The Lehman
Trilogy at National Theatre – Lyttelton
Best new play
· The Inheritance at Young Vic
and Noël Coward Theatre
· The Lehman Trilogy at National
Theatre – Lyttelton
· Misty at Trafalgar Studios 1
· Sweat at Donmar Warehouse
Best new musical
· Come From Away at Phoenix
Theatre
· Fun Home at Young Vic
· Six at Arts Theatre
· Tina – The Tina Turner Musical
at Aldwych Theatre