2009 Laurence Olivier Awards

Edition of London theatre awards

Date

2 March 2009

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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.^[1]

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

References

^ "Olivier Winners 2009". officiallondontheatre.com. Society of London Theatre. Archived from the original on 9 November 2021. Retrieved 3 May 2022.