Here is the full list of the winners of the 26th annual Laurence Olivier Awards in association with Hilton UK and Ireland, announced today, February 15, 2002 at the presentation ceremony at the Victoria Palace Theatre.
Winners of the 26th Laurence Olivier Awards:
BEST ACTRESS
Lindsay Duncan for PRIVATE LIVES at the Albery.
BEST ACTOR
Roger Allam for PRIVATES ON PARADE at the Donmar Warehouse.
BEST ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Marcia Warren for HUMBLE BOY at the Cottesloe.
BEST ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Toby Jones for THE PLAY WHAT I WROTE at Wyndham's.
THE BBC AWARD FOR BEST NEW PLAY
JITNEY by August Wilson at the Lyttelton.
BEST NEW COMEDY
THE PLAY WHAT I WROTE by Hamish McColl, Sean Foley and Eddie Braben at Wyndham's.
BEST ENTERTAINMENT
SHOCKHEADED PETER created and devised by Julian Bleach, Anthony Cairns, Julian Crouch, Graeme Gilmour, Tamzin Griffin, Jo Pocock, Phelim McDermott, Michael Morris and The Tiger Lillies (Martyn Jacques, Adrian Huge and Adrian Stout) at the Piccadilly.
THE HILTON AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING MUSICAL PRODUCTION
MY FAIR LADY book and lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner, music by Frederick Loewe, adapted from Bernard Shaw's Pygmalion and Gabriel Pascal's motion picture at the Lyttelton and now at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane.
BEST ACTRESS IN A MUSICAL OR ENTERTAINMENT
Martine McCutcheon for MY FAIR LADY at the Lyttelton and at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane.
BEST ACTOR IN A MUSICAL OR ENTERTAINMENT
Philip Quast for SOUTH PACIFIC at the Olivier.
BEST LIGHTING DESIGNER
Mark Henderson for A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM at the Albery and THE PLAYBOY OF THE WESTERN WORLD at the Cottesloe.
MOST PROMISING PLAYWRIGHT
Grae Cleugh for FUCKING GAMES at the Jerwood Theatre Upstairs at the Royal Court.
MOST PROMISING PERFORMER
Benjamin Davies for FUCKING GAMES at the Jerwood Theatre Upstairs at the Royal Court.
BEST NEW OPERA PRODUCTION
The Royal Opera's BOULEVARD SOLITUDE at the Royal Opera House.
BEST PERFORMANCE IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A MUSICAL OR ENTERTAINMENT
Martyn Jacques for SHOCKHEADED PETER at the Piccadilly.
BEST DIRECTOR
Michael Boyd for HENRY VI PARTS I, II and III and RICHARD III at the Young Vic.
BEST THEATRE CHOREOGRAPHER
Matthew Bourne for MY FAIR LADY at the Lyttelton and now at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane.
BEST SET DESIGNER
Tim Hatley for HUMBLE BOY at the Cottesloe and PRIVATE LIVES at the Albery.
BEST COSTUME DESIGNER
Jenny Beavan for PRIVATE LIVES at the Albery.
OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN OPERA
Bernard Haitink for his contribution to The Royal Opera's JENUFA and THE QUEEN OF SPADES and the musical directorship of a season of great distinction by the Royal Opera at the Royal Opera House.
BEST NEW DANCE PRODUCTION
Sankai Juku's HIBIKI at Sadler's Wells.
OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN DANCE
Mark Morris for the Mark Morris Dance Group's season at Sadler's Wells.
AUDIENCE AWARD FOR MOST POPULAR SHOW
THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA at Her Majesty's.
SPECIAL AWARD
Rupert Rhymes
OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Trevor Nunn
