2020 Laurence Olivier Awards

2020 Laurence Olivier Awards
2020 Laurence Olivier Awards
Date	25 October 2020
Location	London Palladium
Hosted by	Jason Manford
Most awards	& Juliet / Dear Evan Hansen / Emilia (3)
Most nominations	& Juliet (9)
Television/radio coverage
Network	ITV (television); Magic (radio)
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The 2020 Laurence Olivier Awards was held on 25 October 2020 at the London Palladium and hosted by Jason Manford, who presented all of the awards except Special Recognition.^[1]

The Oliviers were originally scheduled to be held on 5 April 2020 at the Royal Albert Hall with Manford as host, but was cancelled on 17 March due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom.^[2]^[3]^[4]

Event calendar[]

12 January: Jason Manford announced as host
14 February: Jo Hawes, Thelma Holt, Stephen Jameson, Sarah Preece and Peter Roberts are announced as the recipients of the Special Recognition Award^[5]
3 March: Nominations announced
6 March: Don Black is announced as a recipient of the Special Award^[6]
17 March: Award ceremony cancelled
~~5 April: Award ceremony originally scheduled~~
28 September: Award ceremony rescheduled
21 October: Ian McKellen is announced as a recipient of the Special Award^[7]
25 October: Award ceremony aired

Eligibility[]

Any new production that opened between 20 February 2019 and 18 February 2020 in a theatre represented in membership of Society of London Theatre is eligible for consideration, provided it ran for the minimum amount of performances required for that category.^[8] The below are all productions eligible for the main theatre categories.^[9]

& Juliet – Shaftesbury Theatre
A Very Expensive Poison – Old Vic
Admissions – Trafalgar Studios 1
All My Sons – Old Vic
Amélie – Other Palace
Anna – National Theatre Dorfman
The Antipodes – National Theatre Dorfman
Appropriate – Donmar Warehouse
As You Like It – Barbican Theatre
Be More Chill – Other Palace
Betrayal – Harold Pinter Theatre
Big – Dominion Theatre
Bitter Wheat – Garrick Theatre
Blank – Donmar Warehouse
Blood Wedding – Young Vic
Botticelli in the Fire – Hampstead Theatre
Captain Corelli's Mandolin – Harold Pinter Theatre
Curtains – Wyndham's Theatre
Cyrano de Bergerac – Playhouse Theatre
A Day in the Death of Joe Egg – Trafalgar Studios 1
Dear Evan Hansen – Noël Coward Theatre
Death of a Salesman – Young Vic and Piccadilly Theatre
Death of England – National Theatre Dorfman
The Doctor – Almeida Theatre
Downstate – National Theatre Dorfman
The Duchess of Malfi – Almeida Theatre
Education, Education, Education – Trafalgar Studios 1
Emilia – Vaudeville Theatre
The End of History – Jerwood Downstairs, Royal Court
Endgame and Rough for Theatre II – Old Vic
Equus – Trafalgar Studios 1
Europe – Donmar Warehouse
Evita – Regent's Park Open Air Theatre
Fairview – Young Vic
Faith, Hope and Charity – National Theatre Dorfman
Falsettos – Other Palace
Fame – Peacock Theatre
Far Away – Donmar Warehouse
Fiddler on the Roof – Playhouse Theatre
Fleabag – Wyndham's Theatre
The Girl on the Train – Duke of York's Theatre
Goldilocks and the Three Bears – London Palladium
Groan Ups – Vaudeville Theatre
Hansard – National Theatre Lyttelton
The Haystack – Hampstead Theatre
The Henriad: Henry IV (parts 1) and 2) and Henry V – Globe
The Hunt – Almeida Theatre
The Illusionists – Shaftesbury Theatre
Jesus Hopped the 'A' Train – Young Vic
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat – London Palladium
Jude – Hampstead Theatre
A Kind of People – Jerwood Downstairs, Royal Court
The King of Hell's Palace – Hampstead Theatre
Kunene and the King – Ambassadors Theatre
Leopoldstadt – Wyndham's Theatre
Lungs – Old Vic
Magic Goes Wrong – Vaudeville Theatre
The Man in the White Suit – Wyndham's Theatre
Mary Poppins – Prince Edward Theatre
Master Harold and the Boys – National Theatre Lyttelton
Measure for Measure – Barbican Theatre
The Merry Wives of Windsor – Globe
A Midsummer Night's Dream – Globe
A Midsummer Night's Dream – Regent's Park Open Air Theatre
My Brilliant Friend – National Theatre Olivier
The Night of the Iguana – Noël Coward Theatre
Noises Off – Garrick Theatre
Nora: A Doll's House – Young Vic
The Ocean at the End of the Lane – National Theatre Dorfman
On Bear Ridge – Jerwood Downstairs, Royal Court
On Your Feet – London Coliseum
Peter Gynt – National Theatre Olivier
The Phlebotomist – Hampstead Theatre
Present Laughter – Old Vic
Ravens: Spassky vs. Fischer – Hampstead Theatre
Richard II – Sam Wanamaker Playhouse
Richard III – Sam Wanamaker Playhouse
Rosmersholm – Duke of York's Theatre
Rutherford and Son – National Theatre Lyttelton
The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole, Aged 13¾ – Ambassadors Theatre
Small Island – National Theatre Olivier
The Son – Duke of York's Theatre
The Starry Messenger – Wyndham's Theatre
Sweet Charity – Donmar Warehouse
Swive (Elizabeth) – Sam Wanamaker Playhouse
The Taming of the Shrew – Barbican Theatre
The Taming of the Shrew – Sam Wanamaker Playhouse
Tartuffe – National Theatre Lyttelton
Teenage Dick – Donmar Warehouse
This Is Going to Hurt – Garrick Theatre
Three Sisters – Almeida Theatre
Three Sisters – National Theatre Lyttelton
Toast – Other Palace
Top Girls – National Theatre Lyttelton
Touching the Void – Duke of York's Theatre
Translations – National Theatre Olivier
Tree – Young Vic
Uncle Vanya – Harold Pinter Theatre
The Upstart Crow – Gielgud Theatre
Vassa – Almeida Theatre
The Visit – National Theatre Olivier
Waitress – Adelphi Theatre
The Wedding Singer – Troubadour Wembley Park Theatre
The Welkin – National Theatre Lyttelton
White Christmas – Dominion Theatre
White Pearl – Jerwood Downstairs, Royal Court

Winners and nominees[]

The nominations were announced on 3 March 2020 in 26 categories.^[10] The winners were announced during the ceremony.^[11]

Best New Play	Best New Musical
Leopoldstadt by Tom Stoppard – Wyndham's Theatre A Very Expensive Poison by Lucy Prebble (based on original text by Luke Harding) – Old Vic The Doctor by Robert Icke (based on original text by Arthur Schnitzler) – Almeida Theatre The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Joel Horwood (based on original text by Neil Gaiman) – National Theatre Dorfman	Dear Evan Hansen – Noël Coward Theatre & Juliet – Shaftesbury Theatre Amélie – Other Palace Waitress – Adelphi Theatre
Best Revival	Best Musical Revival
Cyrano de Bergerac – Playhouse Theatre Death of a Salesman – Young Vic and Piccadilly Theatre Present Laughter – Old Vic Rosmersholm – Duke of York's Theatre	Fiddler on the Roof – Playhouse Theatre Evita – Regent's Park Open Air Theatre Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat – London Palladium Mary Poppins – Prince Edward Theatre
Best Entertainment or Comedy Play	Best Family Show
Emilia by Morgan Lloyd Malcolm – Vaudeville Theatre Fleabag by Phoebe Waller-Bridge – Wyndham's Theatre Magic Goes Wrong by Henry Lewis, Penn Jillette, Jonathan Sayer, Henry Shields and Teller – Vaudeville Theatre The Upstart Crow by Ben Elton – Gielgud Theatre	The Worst Witch – Vaudeville Theatre Mr Gum and the Dancing Bear – National Theatre Dorfman Oi Frog and Friends – Lyric Theatre To the Moon and Back – Barbican Theatre
Best Actor	Best Actress
*Andrew Scott as Garry Essendine in Present Laughter* – Old Vic** Toby Jones as Vanya Petrovich Voynitsky in Uncle Vanya – Harold Pinter Theatre James McAvoy as Cyrano de Bergerac in Cyrano de Bergerac – Playhouse Theatre Wendell Pierce as Willy Loman in Death of a Salesman – Young Vic and Piccadilly Theatre	*Sharon D. Clarke as Linda Loman in Death of a Salesman* – Young Vic and Piccadilly Theatre** Hayley Atwell as Rebecca West in Rosmersholm – Duke of York's Theatre Juliet Stevenson as Ruth Wolff in The Doctor – Almeida Theatre Phoebe Waller-Bridge as Fleabag in Fleabag – Wyndham's Theatre
Best Actor in a Musical	Best Actress in a Musical
*Sam Tutty as Evan Hansen in Dear Evan Hansen* – Noël Coward Theatre** Andy Nyman as Tevye in Fiddler on the Roof – Playhouse Theatre Charlie Stemp as Bert in Mary Poppins – Prince Edward Theatre Jac Yarrow as Joseph in Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat – London Palladium	*Miriam-Teak Lee as Juliet Capulet in & Juliet* – Shaftesbury Theatre** Audrey Brisson as Amélie in Amélie – Other Palace Judy Kuhn as Golde in Fiddler on the Roof – Playhouse Theatre Zizi Strallen as Mary Poppins in Mary Poppins – Prince Edward Theatre
Best Actor in a Supporting Role	Best Actress in a Supporting Role
*Adrian Scarborough as Hermann Merz in Leopoldstadt* – Wyndham's Theatre** Arinzé Kene as Biff Loman in Death of a Salesman – Young Vic and Piccadilly Theatre Colin Morgan as Chris Keller in All My Sons – Old Vic Reece Shearsmith as The President and Jon in A Very Expensive Poison – Old Vic	*Indira Varma as Liz Essendine in Present Laughter* – Old Vic** Michele Austin as Leila Ragueneau in Cyrano de Bergerac – Playhouse Theatre Sophie Thompson as Monica Reed in Present Laughter – Old Vic Josie Walker as Old Mrs Hempstock in The Ocean at the End of the Lane – National Theatre Dorfman
Best Actor in a Supporting Role in a Musical	Best Actress in a Supporting Role in a Musical
*David Bedella as Lance in & Juliet* – Shaftesbury Theatre** Stewart Clarke as Perchik in Fiddler on the Roof – Playhouse Theatre Jack Loxton as Jared Kleinman in Dear Evan Hansen – Noël Coward Theatre Rupert Young as Larry Murphy in Dear Evan Hansen – Noël Coward Theatre	*Cassidy Janson as Anne Hathaway in & Juliet* – Shaftesbury Theatre** Lucy Anderson as Zoe Murphy in Dear Evan Hansen – Noël Coward Theatre Petula Clark as Bird Woman in Mary Poppins – Prince Edward Theatre Lauren Ward as Cynthia Murphy in Dear Evan Hansen – Noël Coward Theatre
Best Director	Best Theatre Choreographer
*Miranda Cromwell and Marianne Elliott for Death of a Salesman* – Young Vic and Piccadilly Theatre** Jamie Lloyd for Cyrano de Bergerac – Playhouse Theatre Trevor Nunn for Fiddler on the Roof – Playhouse Theatre Ian Rickson for Uncle Vanya – Harold Pinter Theatre	*Matthew Bourne and Stephen Mear for Mary Poppins* – Prince Edward Theatre** Fabian Aloise for Evita – Regent's Park Open Air Theatre Matt Cole (based on original choreography by Jerome Robbins) for Fiddler on the Roof – Playhouse Theatre Jennifer Weber for & Juliet – Shaftesbury Theatre
Best Set Design	Best Costume Design
*Bob Crowley for Mary Poppins* – Prince Edward Theatre** Soutra Gilmour for & Juliet – Shaftesbury Theatre Rae Smith for Rosmersholm – Duke of York's Theatre Rae Smith for Uncle Vanya – Harold Pinter Theatre	*Joanna Scotcher for Emilia* – Vaudeville Theatre** Hugh Durrant for Goldilocks and the Three Bears – London Palladium Jonathan Lipman for Fiddler on the Roof – Playhouse Theatre Paloma Young for & Juliet – Shaftesbury Theatre
Best Lighting Design	Best Sound Design
*Paule Constable for The Ocean at the End of the Lane* – National Theatre Dorfman** Neil Austin for Rosmersholm – Duke of York's Theatre Howard Hudson for & Juliet – Shaftesbury Theatre Bruno Poet for Uncle Vanya – Harold Pinter Theatre	*Emma Laxton for Emilia* – Vaudeville Theatre** Gregory Clarke for Rosmersholm – Duke of York's Theatre Ben Ringham and Max Ringham for Anna – National Theatre Dorfman Ben Ringham and Max Ringham for Cyrano de Bergerac – Playhouse Theatre
Best Original Score or New Orchestrations
*Alex Lacamoire for orchestrating and Benj Pasek and Justin Paul for scoring and lyricising Dear Evan Hansen* – Noël Coward Theatre** Sara Bareilles for scoring and lyricising Waitress – Adelphi Theatre Jason Carr for orchestrating Fiddler on the Roof – Playhouse Theatre Dominic Fallacaro and Bill Sherman for orchestrating & Juliet – Shaftesbury Theatre Barnaby Race for music supervising and arranging Amélie – Other Palace
Best New Dance Production	Outstanding Achievement in Dance
Ingoma by Mthuthuzeli November, Ballet Black – Linbury Theatre, Royal Opera House La Fiesta by Israel Galván – Sadler's Wells Mám by Michael Keegan-Dolan, Teaċ Daṁsa – Sadler's Wells Vessel by Damien Jalet and Kohei Nawa – Sadler's Wells	*Sara Baras for choreographing and performing Ballet Flamenco Sombras* – Sadler's Wells** Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker for performing Mitten wir im Leben sind/Bach6Cellosuiten – Sadler's Wells Gisèle Vienne for choreographing Crowd, Dance Umbrella – Sadler's Wells
Best New Opera Production	Outstanding Achievement in Opera
Billy Budd – Royal Opera House Berenice – Linbury Theatre, Royal Opera House Hansel and Gretel – Regent's Park Open Air Theatre Noye's Fludde – Theatre Royal Stratford East	*The Children's Ensemble for performing Noye's Fludde* – Theatre Royal Stratford East** Martyn Brabbins and James Henshaw for conducting The Mask of Orpheus, English National Opera – London Coliseum The Jette Parker Young Artists for performing Berenice, Death in Venice and Phaedra – Royal Opera House
Outstanding Achievement in an Affiliate Theatre
Baby Reindeer – Bush Theatre Blues in the Night – Kiln Theatre Our Lady of Kibeho – Theatre Royal Stratford East Seven Methods of Killing Kylie Jenner – Jerwood Upstairs, Royal Court Warheads – Park Theatre
Special Award	Special Recognition Award
Don Black Ian McKellen	Jo Hawes Thelma Holt Stephen Jameson and Sarah Preece Peter Roberts

Productions with multiple wins and nominations[]

Multiple wins[]

The following 7 productions received multiple awards:

3: & Juliet, Dear Evan Hansen, Emilia
2: Death of a Salesman, Leopoldstadt, Mary Poppins, Present Laughter

Multiple nominations[]

The following 19 productions and 2 operas received multiple nominations:

9: & Juliet
8: Fiddler on the Roof
7: Dear Evan Hansen
6: Mary Poppins
5: Cyrano de Bergerac, Death of a Salesman, Rosmersholm
4: Present Laughter, Uncle Vanya
3: Amélie, Emilia
2: A Very Expensive Poison, Berenice, The Doctor, Evita, Fleabag, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Leopoldstadt, Noye's Fludde, The Ocean at the End of the Lane, Waitress

References[]

^ "Olivier Awards 2020". Society of London Theatre. Retrieved 28 September 2020.
^ McPhee, Ryan (17 March 2020). "Olivier Awards Cancel 2020 Ceremony". Playbill. Retrieved 17 March 2020.
^ Snow, Georgia (17 January 2020). "Jason Manford to Return as Olivier Awards Host for 2020". The Stage. Retrieved 22 January 2020.
^ Lefokowitz, Andy (17 January 2020). "Jason Manford to Return as Host for 2020 Olivier Awards". John Gore Organization.
^ Underwood, Kitty (14 February 2020). "Special Recognition Awards Announced for the Olivier Awards 2020". Society of London Theatre. Retrieved 19 February 2020.
^ Underwood, Kitty (6 March 2020). "Don Black Announced as Special Olivier Award Winner". Society of London Theatre. Retrieved 6 March 2020.
^ Wood, Alex (21 October 2020). "Ian McKellen and Don Black to Be Recognised at This Year's Olivier Awards". WhatsOnStage. Retrieved 26 October 2020.
^ "Olivier Awards FAQ". Society of London Theatre.
^ Underwood, Kitty (27 February 2020). "Eligible Shows Announced for the Olivier Awards 2020". Society of London Theatre. Retrieved 29 February 2020.
^ Thomas, Sophie (3 March 2020). "Olivier Awards 2020: Full List of Nominations". LondonTheatre.co.uk. Retrieved 3 March 2020.
^ "Olivier Awards: Messages of 'faith and hope' for theatre industry". BBC News. 2020-10-26. Retrieved 2020-10-26.

External links[]

Olivier Awards official website

[1] "Olivier Awards 2020". Society of London Theatre. Retrieved 28 September 2020.

[2] McPhee, Ryan (17 March 2020). "Olivier Awards Cancel 2020 Ceremony". Playbill. Retrieved 17 March 2020.

[3] Snow, Georgia (17 January 2020). "Jason Manford to Return as Olivier Awards Host for 2020". The Stage. Retrieved 22 January 2020.

[4] Lefokowitz, Andy (17 January 2020). "Jason Manford to Return as Host for 2020 Olivier Awards". John Gore Organization.

[5] Underwood, Kitty (14 February 2020). "Special Recognition Awards Announced for the Olivier Awards 2020". Society of London Theatre. Retrieved 19 February 2020.

[6] Underwood, Kitty (6 March 2020). "Don Black Announced as Special Olivier Award Winner". Society of London Theatre. Retrieved 6 March 2020.

[7] Wood, Alex (21 October 2020). "Ian McKellen and Don Black to Be Recognised at This Year's Olivier Awards". WhatsOnStage. Retrieved 26 October 2020.

[8] "Olivier Awards FAQ". Society of London Theatre.

[9] Underwood, Kitty (27 February 2020). "Eligible Shows Announced for the Olivier Awards 2020". Society of London Theatre. Retrieved 29 February 2020.

[10] Thomas, Sophie (3 March 2020). "Olivier Awards 2020: Full List of Nominations". LondonTheatre.co.uk. Retrieved 3 March 2020.

[11] "Olivier Awards: Messages of 'faith and hope' for theatre industry". BBC News. 2020-10-26. Retrieved 2020-10-26.

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Dance/Opera	New Dance Production New Opera Production Achievement in Dance Achievement in Opera
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