2001 Laurence Olivier Awards

The 2001 Laurence Olivier Awards were presented by the Society of London Theatre in 2001 at the Lyceum Theatre, London, celebrating excellence in West End theatre.^[1]

2001 Laurence Olivier Awards
Location	Lyceum Theatre, London
Most awards	All My Sons (4)
Most nominations	All My Sons (6)
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Winners and nominees

Details of winners (in bold) and nominees, in each award category, per the Society of London Theatre.^[2]

Best New Play	Best New Musical
Blue/Orange by Joe Penhall – National Theatre Cottesloe Dolly West's Kitchen by Frank McGuinness – Old Vic Life x 3 by Yasmina Reza – National Theatre Lyttelton My Zinc Bed by David Hare – Royal Court	Merrily We Roll Along – Donmar Warehouse Fosse – Prince of Wales The Beautiful Game – Cambridge The Witches of Eastwick – Theatre Royal Drury Lane
Best New Comedy	Outstanding Musical Production
Stones in His Pockets by Marie Jones – Duke of York's Cooking with Elvis by Lee Hall – Whitehall House/Garden by Alan Ayckbourn – National Theatre Lyttelton / Olivier Peggy for You by Alan Plater – Comedy	Singin' in the Rain – National Theatre Olivier H.M.S. Pinafore – Savoy The King and I – London Palladium The Mikado – Savoy The Pirates of Penzance – Regent's Park Open Air
Best Actor	Best Actress
Conleth Hill as Charlie Conlon in Stones in His Pockets – New Ambassadors / Duke of York's Simon Russell Beale as Prince Hamlet in Hamlet – National Theatre Lyttelton Sean Campion as Jake Quinn in Stones in His Pockets – New Ambassadors / Duke of York's Michael Gambon as Davies in The Caretaker – Comedy Bill Nighy as Dr. Robert Smith in Blue/Orange – National Theatre Cottesloe	Julie Walters as Kate Keller in All My Sons – National Theatre Cottesloe Jessica Lange as Mary Tyrone in Long Day's Journey into Night – Lyric Helen Mirren as Lady Torrance in Orpheus Descending – Donmar Warehouse Julia Ormond as Elsa in My Zinc Bed – Royal Court Harriet Walter as Sonia in Life x 3 – National Theatre Lyttelton
Best Actor in a Musical	Best Actress in a Musical
Daniel Evans as Charley Kringas in Merrily We Roll Along – Donmar Warehouse Jimmy Johnston as The Pirate King in The Pirates of Penzance – Regent's Park Open Air Paul Robinson as Don Lockwood in Singin' in the Rain – National Theatre Olivier David Shannon as John Kelly in The Beautiful Game – Cambridge	Samantha Spiro as Mary Flynn in Merrily We Roll Along – Donmar Warehouse Nicola Hughes as Performer in Fosse – Prince of Wales Joanna Riding as Jane Smart in The Witches of Eastwick – Theatre Royal Drury Lane Josie Walker as Mary in The Beautiful Game – Cambridge
Best Actor in a Supporting Role	Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Ben Daniels as Chris Keller in All My Sons – National Theatre Cottesloe Chiwetel Ejiofor as Christopher in Blue/Orange – National Theatre Cottesloe Douglas Hodge as Aston in The Caretaker – Comedy Jason Watkins as Truffaldino in A Servant to Two Masters – Young Vic / New Ambassadors	Pauline Flanagan as Rima West in Dolly West's Kitchen – Old Vic Gillian Barge as Agnes in Passion Play – Donmar Warehouse Catherine McCormack as Ann Deever in All My Sons – National Theatre Cottesloe Marcia Warren as Annie/Gramma in In Flame – New Ambassadors
Best Supporting Performance in a Musical
Miles Western as Miss West Coast in Pageant – Vaudeville Rosemary Ashe Felicia Gabriel in The Witches of Eastwick – Theatre Royal Drury Lane Rebecca Thornhill as Lina Lamont in Singin' in the Rain – National Theatre Olivier Taewon Yi Kim as Lady Thiang in The King and I – London Palladium
Best Director	Best Theatre Choreographer
Howard Davies for All My Sons – National Theatre Cottesloe Michael Grandage for Passion Play – Donmar Warehouse Nicholas Hytner for Orpheus Descending – Donmar Warehouse Trevor Nunn for The Cherry Orchard – National Theatre Cottesloe / Olivier Ian Talbot for The Pirates of Penzance – Regent's Park Open Air	Bob Fosse and Ann Reinking for Fosse – Prince of Wales Peter Darling for Merrily We Roll Along – Donmar Warehouse Stephen Mear for Singin' in the Rain – National Theatre Olivier Meryl Tankard for The Beautiful Game – Cambridge
Best Set Designer	Best Costume Designer
William Dudley for All My Sons – National Theatre Cottesloe Bunny Christie for Baby Doll – National Theatre Lyttelton / Albery Rob Howell for The Caretaker – Comedy Brian Thomson for The King and I – London Palladium	Alison Chitty for Remembrance of Things Past – National Theatre Cottesloe Gregg Barnes for Pageant – Vaudeville Bob Crowley for Cressida – Albery and The Witches of Eastwick – Theatre Royal Drury Lane Roger Kirk for The King and I – London Palladium
Best Lighting Designer
Hugh Vanstone for The Cherry Orchard – National Theatre Cottesloe and The Graduate – Gielgud Howard Harrison for The Witches of Eastwick – Theatre Royal Drury Lane and To the Green Fields Beyond – Donmar Warehouse Mark Henderson for All My Sons – National Theatre Cottesloe Paul Pyant for Hamlet – National Theatre Lyttelton
Outstanding Achievement in Dance	Best New Dance Production
Deborah Colker for choreographing Mix – Barbican Matthew Bourne for conceiving and dramatisating The Car Man – Old Vic Robert Parker in Shakespeare Suite, Birmingham Royal Ballet – Royal Opera House Michael Revie in Mozartina, Zürich Ballet – Sadler's Wells	Le Jardin Io Io Ito Ito, Compagnie Montalvo-Hervieu – Barbican Indigo Rose, Nederlands Dans Theater 2 – Sadler's Wells Mellantid, Nederlands Dans Theater 2 – Sadler's Wells Mozartina, Zürich Ballet – Sadler's Wells
Outstanding Achievement in Opera	Outstanding New Opera Production
Amanda Holden and Mark-Anthony Turnage for creating The Silver Tassie – National Theatre Lyttelton Gerald Finley in The Silver Tassie, English National Opera – National Theatre Lyttelton Kirov Opera for their season – Royal Opera House Stefanos Lazaridis for set designing The Greek Passion and the Italian season, English National Opera – London Coliseum	The Greek Passion, The Royal Opera – Royal Opera House Pelléas and Mélisande, English National Opera – London Coliseum The Coronation of Poppea, English National Opera – London Coliseum War and Peace, Kirov Opera – Royal Opera House

Productions with multiple nominations and awards

The following 22 productions, including one ballet and two operas, received multiple nominations:

• 6: All My Sons
• 5: The Witches of Eastwick
• 4: Merrily We Roll Along, Singin' in the Rain, The Beautiful Game and The King and I
• 3: Blue/Orange, Fosse, Stones in His Pockets, The Caretaker and The Pirates of Penzance
• 2: Dolly West's Kitchen, Hamlet, Life x 3, Mozartina, My Zinc Bed, Orpheus Descending, Pageant, Passion Play, The Cherry Orchard, The Greek Passion and The Silver Tassie

The following three productions received multiple awards:

• 4: All My Sons
• 3: Merrily We Roll Along
• 2: Stones in His Pockets

See also

• 55th Tony Awards

References

1. "Winners of the 2001 Laurence Olivier Awards". LondonTheatre.co.uk. 2001. Archived from the original on 11 May 2022. Retrieved 10 May 2022.
2. "Olivier Winners 2001". officiallondontheatre.com. Society of London Theatre. Archived from the original on 15 June 2018. Retrieved 6 May 2022.

External links

• Olivier Winners 2001