Olivier awards 2017: who has been nominated?

 

Here are the 2017 Olivier Award nominees in full:

 

Best actor in a supporting role in a musical

• Ian Bartholomew for Half a Sixpence at Noël Coward theatre
• Adam J Bernard for Dreamgirls at Savoy theatre
• Ben Hunter for The Girls at Phoenix theatre
• Andrew Langtree for Groundhog Day at the Old Vic

 

Best actress in a supporting role in a musical

• Haydn Gwynne for The Threepenny Opera at National Theatre
• Victoria Hamilton-Barritt for Murder Ballad at Arts theatre
• Rebecca Trehearn for Show Boat at New London theatre
• Emma Williams for Half a Sixpence at Noël Coward theatre

 

Outstanding achievement in music

• Dreamgirls – music by Henry Krieger at Savoy theatre
• Harry Potter and the Cursed Child – Imogen Heap (composer and arranger) at Palace theatre
• Jesus Christ Superstar – the band and company creating the gig-like rock vibe of the original concept album of Jesus Christ Superstar at Regent’s Park Open Air theatre
• School of Rock the Musical – three children’s bands who play instruments live every night at New London theatre

 

Best new dance production

• Betroffenheit by Crystal Pite and Jonathon Young at Sadler’s Wells
• Blak Whyte Gray by Boy Blue Entertainment at Barbican theatre
• Giselle by Akram Khan and English National Ballet at Sadler’s Wells
• My Mother, My Dog and CLOWNS! by Michael Clark at Barbican theatre

 

Outstanding achievement in dance

• Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater for their London season at Sadler’s Wells
• Luke Ahmet for The Creation by Rambert at Sadler’s Wells
• English National Ballet for expanding the variety of their repertoire with Giselle and She Said at Sadler’s Wells

 

Best entertainment and family

• Cinderella at London Palladium
• David Baddiel – My Family: Not the Sitcom at Vaudeville theatre
• Peter Pan at National Theatre – Olivier
• The Red Shoes at Sadler’s Wells

 

Best theatre choreographer

• Matthew Bourne for The Red Shoes at Sadler’s Wells
• Peter Darling and Ellen Kane for Groundhog Day at the Old Vic
• Steven Hoggett for Harry Potter and the Cursed Child at Palace theatre
• Drew McOnie for Jesus Christ Superstar at Regent’s Park Open Air theatre

 

Magic Radio best musical revival

• Funny Girl at Savoy theatre
• Jesus Christ Superstar at Regent’s Park Open Air theatre
• Show Boat at New London theatre
• Sunset Boulevard at London Coliseum

 

Best actor in a musical

• David Fynn for School of Rock the Musical at New London theatre
• Tyrone Huntley for Jesus Christ Superstar at Regent’s Park Open Air theatre
• Andy Karl for Groundhog Day at the Old Vic
• Charlie Stemp for Half a Sixpence at Noël Coward theatre

 

Best actress in a musical

• Glenn Close for Sunset Boulevard at London Coliseum
• “The Girls” – Debbie Chazen, Sophie-Louise Dann, Michele Dotrice, Claire Machin, Claire Moore and Joanna Riding – for The Girls at Phoenix theatre
• Amber Riley for Dreamgirls at Savoy theatre
• Sheridan Smith for Funny Girl at Savoy theatre

 

Best revival

• The Glass Menagerie at Duke of York’s theatre
• This House at Garrick theatre
• Travesties at Apollo theatre
• Yerma at Young Vic

 

Best new comedy

• The Comedy About a Bank Robbery at Criterion theatre
• Nice Fish at Harold Pinter theatre
• Our Ladies of Perpetual Succour at National Theatre – Dorfman
• The Truth at Wyndham’s theatre

 

Outstanding achievement in an affiliate theatre

• Cuttin’ It at the Maria, Young Vic
• The Government Inspector at Theatre Royal Stratford East
• The Invisible Hand at Tricycle theatre
• It Is Easy to Be Dead at Trafalgar Studios 2
• Rotterdam at Trafalgar Studios 2

 

White Light award for best lighting design

• Neil Austin for Harry Potter and the Cursed Child at Palace theatre
• Lee Curran for Jesus Christ Superstar at Regent’s Park Open Air theatre
• Natasha Katz for The Glass Menagerie at Duke of York’s theatre
• Hugh Vanstone for Groundhog Day at the Old Vic

 

Best sound design

• Paul Arditti for Amadeus at National Theatre – Olivier
• Adam Cork for Travesties at Apollo theatre
• Gareth Fry for Harry Potter and the Cursed Child at Palace theatre
• Nick Lidster for Autograph for Jesus Christ Superstar at Regent’s Park Open Air theatre

 

Best costume design

• Gregg Barnes for Dreamgirls at Savoy theatre
• Hugh Durrant for Cinderella at London Palladium
• Rob Howell for Groundhog Day at the Old Vic
• Katrina Lindsay for Harry Potter and the Cursed Child at Palace theatre

 

Blue-i Theatre Technology award for best set design

• Bob Crowley for Disney’s Aladdin at Prince Edward theatre
• Bob Crowley for The Glass Menagerie at Duke of York’s theatre
• Rob Howell for Groundhog Day at the Old Vic
• Christine Jones for Harry Potter and the Cursed Child at Palace theatre

 

Best actor in a supporting role

• Anthony Boyle for Harry Potter and the Cursed Child at Palace theatre
• Freddie Fox for Travesties at Apollo theatre
• Brian J Smith for The Glass Menagerie at Duke of York’s theatre
• Rafe Spall for Hedda Gabler at National Theatre – Lyttelton

 

Best actress in a supporting role

• Melissa Allan, Caroline Deyga, Kirsty Findlay, Karen Fishwick, Kirsty MacLaren, Frances Mayli McCann, Joanne McGuinness and Dawn Sievewright for Our Ladies of Perpetual Succour at National Theatre – Dorfman
• Noma Dumezweni for Harry Potter and the Cursed Child at Palace theatre
• Clare Foster for Travesties at Apollo theatre
• Kate O’Flynn for The Glass Menagerie at Duke of York’s theatre

 

Best new opera production

• 4.48 Psychosis at Lyric Hammersmith
• Akhnaten at London Coliseum
• Così Fan Tutte at Royal Opera House
• Lulu at London Coliseum

 

Outstanding achievement in opera

• Renée Fleming for her performance in Der Rosenkavalier at Royal Opera House
• Stuart Skelton for his performance in Tristan and Isolde at London Coliseum
• Mark Wigglesworth for his conducting of Don Giovanni and Lulu at London Coliseum

 

Best actor

• Ed Harris for Buried Child at Trafalgar Studios 1
• Tom Hollander for Travesties at Apollo theatre
• Ian McKellen for No Man’s Land at Wyndham’s theatre
• Jamie Parker for Harry Potter and the Cursed Child at Palace theatre

 

Best actress

• Glenda Jackson for King Lear at the Old Vic
• Cherry Jones for The Glass Menagerie at Duke of York’s theatre
• Billie Piper for Yerma at Young Vic

 

Best director

• Simon Stone for Yerma at Young Vic
• John Tiffany for Harry Potter and the Cursed Child at Palace theatre
• John Tiffany for The Glass Menagerie at Duke of York’s theatre
• Matthew Warchus for Groundhog Day at the Old Vic

 

Virgin Atlantic best new play

• Elegy at Donmar Warehouse
• The Flick at National Theatre – Dorfman
• Harry Potter and the Cursed Child at Palace theatre
• One Night in Miami … at Donmar Warehouse

 

Mastercard best new musical

• Dreamgirls at Savoy theatre
• The Girls at Phoenix theatre
• Groundhog Day at the Old Vic
• School of Rock the Musical at New London theatre