2009 Laurence Olivier Awards

Edition of London theatre awards April 2022 2009 Laurence Olivier Awards 2 March 2009 Olivier Awards 2008 2010 The 2009 Laurence Olivier Awards were held in 2009 in London celebrating excellence in West End theatre by the Society of London Theatre. Winners and nominees Details of winners (in bold) and nominees, in each award category, per the Society of London Theatre.Olivier Winners 2009 officiallondontheatre.com Society of London Theatre https://officiallondontheatre.com/olivier-awards/winners/olivier-winners-2009/ 2022-05-03 https://web.archive.org/web/20211109190318/https://officiallondontheatre.com/olivier-awards/winners/olivier-winners-2009/ 2021-11-09 live Best New Play Best New Musical Black Watch by Gregory Burke – Barbican August: Osage County by Tracy Letts – National Theatre Lyttelton That Face by Polly Stenham – Duke of York's The Pitmen Painters by Lee Hall – National Theatre Cottesloe Jersey Boys – Prince Edward Zorro – Garrick Best Revival Best Musical Revival The Histories – Roundhouse The Chalk Garden – Donmar Warehouse The Norman Conquests – Old Vic La Cage aux Folles – Playhouse Piaf – Donmar Warehouse / Vaudeville Sunset Boulevard – Comedy West Side Story – Sadler's Wells Best New Comedy Best Entertainment God of Carnage by Yasmina Reza, translated by Christopher Hampton – Gielgud Fat Pig by Neil LaBute – Comedy The Female of the Species by Joanna Murray-Smith – Vaudeville La Clique – Hippodrome Brief Encounter – Cinema Haymarket Maria Friedman: Rearranged – Trafalgar Studios Best Actor Best Actress Derek Jacobi as Malvolio in Twelfth Night – Wyndham's / Donmar Warehouse David Bradley as Spooner in No Man's Land – Duke of York's Michael Gambon as Hirst in No Man's Land – Duke of York's Adam Godley as Raymond Babitt in Rain Man – Apollo Margaret Tyzack as Mrs St. Maugham in The Chalk Garden – Donmar Warehouse Deanna Dunagan as Violet Weston in August: Osage County – National Theatre Lyttelton Lindsay Duncan as Martha in That Face – Duke of York's Penelope Wilton as Miss Madrigal in The Chalk Garden – Donmar Warehouse Best Actor in a Musical Best Actress in a Musical Douglas Hodge as Albin in La Cage aux Folles – Playhouse Denis Lawson as Georges in La Cage aux Folles – Playhouse Ryan Molloy as Frankie Valli in Jersey Boys – Prince Edward Matt Rawle as Zorro in Zorro – Garrick Elena Roger as Édith Piaf in Piaf – Donmar Warehouse / Vaudeville Sofia Escobar as Maria in West Side Story – Sadler's Wells Kathryn Evans as Norma Desmond in Sunset Boulevard – Comedy Ruthie Henshall as Marguerite in Marguerite – Theatre Royal Haymarket Emma Williams as Luisa in Zorro – Garrick Best Performance in a Supporting Role Best Performance in a Supporting Role in a Musical Patrick Stewart as King Claudius and King Hamlet's Ghost in Hamlet – Novello Oliver Ford Davies as Polonius in Hamlet – Novello Kevin R. McNally as Lebedev in Ivanov – Wyndham's, Donmar Paul Ritter as Reg in The Norman Conquests – Old Vic Lesli Margherita as Inez in Zorro – Garrick Alexander Hanson as Otto in Marguerite – Theatre Royal Haymarket Katherine Kingsley as Marlene Dietrich in Piaf – Donmar Warehouse / Vaudeville Jason Pennycooke as Jacob in La Cage aux Folles – Playhouse Dave Willetts as Max von Mayerling in Sunset Boulevard – Comedy Best Company Performance The Histories – Roundhouse August: Osage County – National Theatre Lyttelton Black Watch – Barbican Sunset Boulevard – Comedy The Norman Conquests – Old Vic Best Director Best Theatre Choreographer John Tiffany for Black Watch – Barbican Terry Johnson for La Cage aux Folles – Playhouse Des McAnuff for Jersey Boys – Prince Edward Emma Rice for Brief Encounter – Cinema Haymarket Steven Hoggett for Black Watch – Barbican Rafael Amargo for Zorro – Garrick Lynne Page for La Cage aux Folles – Playhouse Kate Prince for Into the Hoods – Novello Sergio Trujillo for Jersey Boys – Prince Edward Best Set Design Best Costume Design Todd Rosenthal for August: Osage County – National Theatre Lyttelton Paul Brown for Marguerite – Theatre Royal Haymarket Soutra Gilmour for The Collection and The Lover – Comedy Neil Murray for Brief Encounter – Cinema Haymarket Tom Piper for The Histories – Roundhouse Tom Piper and Emma Williams for The Histories – Roundhouse Rob Howell for The Norman Conquests – Old Vic Christopher Oram for Twelfth Night – Wyndham's / Donmar Warehouse Matthew Wright for La Cage aux Folles – Playhouse Best Lighting Design Best Sound Design Paule Constable for The Chalk Garden – Donmar Warehouse Neil Austin for No Man's Land – Duke of York's Neil Austin for Piaf – Donmar Warehouse / Vaudeville Paule Constable for Ivanov – Wyndham's / Donmar Warehouse Gareth Fry for Black Watch – Barbican Simon Baker for Brief Encounter – Cinema Haymarket Steve C. Kennedy for Jersey Boys – Prince Edward Ben Ringham, Max Ringham and Christopher Shutt for Piaf – Donmar Warehouse / Vaudeville Outstanding Achievement in Dance Best New Dance Production The ensemble for Impressing the Czar, Royal Ballet of Flanders – Sadler's Wells Maurice Chestnut, Marshall Davis Jr. and Savion Glover in Bare Soundz – Sadler's Wells The ensemble for Infra, The Royal Ballet – Royal Opera House Café Müller and The Rite of Spring, Tanztheater Wuppertal – Sadler's Wells Impressing the Czar, Royal Ballet of Flanders – Sadler's Wells Infra, The Royal Ballet – Royal Opera House To Be Straight with You, DV8 Physical Theatre – National Theatre Lyttelton Outstanding Achievement in Opera Outstanding New Opera Production Edward Gardner for conducting Boris Godunov, Cavalleria rusticana, Der Rosenkavalier and Pagliacci, English National Opera – London Coliseum and Punch and Judy – Young Vic Patricia Bardon in Partenope and Riders to the Sea, English National Opera – London Coliseum and The Rake's Progress, The Royal Opera – Royal Opera House Ferruccio Furlanetto in Don Carlo, The Royal Opera – Royal Opera House Christine Rice in Partenope, English National Opera – London Coliseum and The Minotaur, The Royal Opera – Royal Opera House Partenope, English National Opera – London Coliseum Don Carlo, The Royal Opera – Royal Opera House Pagliacci, English National Opera – London Coliseum The Minotaur, The Royal Opera – Royal Opera House Outstanding Achievement in an Affiliate Theatre The Pride – Royal Court The cast for Oxford Street – Royal Court Jo Newbery for set designing Scarborough – Royal Court Clive Rowe in Mother Goose – Hackney Empire Society Special Award Alan Ayckbourn Productions with multiple nominations and awards The following 24 productions, including two ballets and four operas, received multiple nominations: 7: La Cage aux Folles 5: Black Watch, Jersey Boys, Piaf and Zorro 4: August: Osage County, Brief Encounter, Sunset Boulevard, The Chalk Garden, The Histories and The Norman Conquests 3: Marguerite, No Man's Land and Partenope 2: Don Carlo, Hamlet, I pagliacci, Impressing the Czar, Infra, Ivanov, That Face, The Minotaur, Twelfth Night and West Side Story The following four productions received multiple awards: 4: Black Watch 3: The Histories 2: La Cage aux Folles and The Chalk Garden See also 63rd Tony Awards References External links Previous Olivier Winners – 2009 Category:Laurence Olivier Awards ceremonies Laurence Olivier Laur Laurence Olivier Awards Laurence Olivier Awards