2003 Laurence Olivier Awards

Date

14 February 2003

Location

Lyceum Theatre, London

Most awards

Twelfth Night (3)
Uncle Vanya (3)

Most nominations

Play Without Words (5)
Twelfth Night (5)

Television/radio coverage

Network

BBC Two
(broadcast on 15 February)

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The 2003 Laurence Olivier Awards, celebrating excellence in West End theatre, were presented by the Society of London Theatre on Friday 14 February 2003, at the Lyceum Theatre, London.^[1] A recording of the ceremony was broadcast the next night on BBC Two.^[1]

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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
Vincent in Brixton by Nicholas Wright – National Theatre Cottesloe / Wyndham's Jesus Hopped the 'A' Train by Stephen Adly Guirgis – Donmar Warehouse The Coast of Utopia by Tom Stoppard – National Theatre Olivier The York Realist by Peter Gill – Royal Court / Strand	Our House – Cambridge Bombay Dreams – Apollo Victoria Chitty Chitty Bang Bang – London Palladium Taboo – Venue
Best Revival	Outstanding Musical Production
Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare and Uncle Vanya – Donmar Warehouse A Streetcar Named Desire – National Theatre Lyttelton Abigail's Party – New Ambassadors	Anything Goes – National Theatre Olivier Oh, What a Lovely War – Regent's Park Open Air
Best New Comedy	Best Entertainment
The Lieutenant of Inishmore by Martin McDonagh – Barbican Pit / Garrick Dinner by Moira Buffini – Loft RolePlay by Alan Ayckbourn – Duchess Lobby Hero by Kenneth Lonergan – Donmar Warehouse / New Ambassadors	Play Without Words – National Theatre Lyttelton Contact – Queen's Elaine Stritch at Liberty – Old Vic Rory Bremner with John Bird and John Fortune – Albery
Best Actor	Best Actress
*Simon Russell Beale as Vanya Petrovich Voynitsky in Uncle Vanya* – Donmar Warehouse** Michael Gambon as Salter in A Number – Royal Court Mark Rylance as Olivia in Twelfth Night – Globe David Tennant as Jeff in Lobby Hero – Donmar Warehouse / New Ambassadors	*Clare Higgins as Ursula Loyer in Vincent in Brixton* – National Theatre Cottesloe / Wyndham's** Anita Dobson as Nancy in Frozen – National Theatre Cottesloe Gwyneth Paltrow as Catherine in Proof – Donmar Warehouse Emily Watson as Sonya Alexandrovna Serebryakova in Uncle Vanya – Donmar Warehouse
Best Actor in a Musical or Entertainment	Best Actress in a Musical or Entertainment
*Alex Jennings as Henry Higgins in My Fair Lady* – Theatre Royal Drury Lane** Tim Flavin as Captain Billy Buck Chandler in My One and Only – Piccadilly Michael Jibson as Joe Casey in Our House – Cambridge Euan Morton as George O'Dowd in Taboo – Venue	*Joanna Riding as Eliza Doolittle in My Fair Lady* – Theatre Royal Drury Lane** Janie Dee as Edith Herbert in My One and Only – Piccadilly Elaine Stritch as Herself in Elaine Stritch at Liberty – Old Vic Sarah Wildor as Wife in Contact – Queen's
Best Performance in a Supporting Role	Best Performance in a Supporting Role in a Musical or Entertainment
*Essie Davis as Stella Kowalski in A Streetcar Named Desire* – National Theatre Lyttelton** Jessica Hynes as Bolla in The Night Heron – Royal Court Mark Strong as Orsino in Twelfth Night – Donmar Warehouse Sian Thomas as Dawn Grey in Up for Grabs – Wyndham's	*Paul Baker as Philip Sallon in Taboo* – Venue** Sharon D. Clarke as Killer Queen in We Will Rock You – Dominion Jenny Galloway as Mickey in My One and Only – Piccadilly Nichola McAuliffe as Baroness Bomburst in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang – London Palladium Craig Urbani as Performer in Contact – Queen's
Best Director	Best Theatre Choreographer
*Sam Mendes for Twelfth Night* and Uncle Vanya – Donmar Warehouse** Matthew Bourne for Play Without Words – National Theatre Lyttelton Richard Eyre for Vincent in Brixton – National Theatre Cottesloe Edward Hall for Rose Rage – Theatre Royal Haymarket	*Matthew Bourne for Play Without Words* – National Theatre Lyttelton** Peter Darling for Our House – Cambridge Craig Revel Horwood for My One and Only – Piccadilly Susan Stroman for Contact – Queen's
Most Promising Playwright	Most Promising Performer
*Charlotte Eilenberg for The Lucky Ones* – Hampstead** Christopher Shinn for Where Do We Live – Royal Court	*Noel Clarke as Shed for Where Do We Live* – Royal Court** Toby Dantzic as Ron for Where Do We Live – Royal Court Sam Heughan as John for Outlying Islands – Royal Court Sid Mitchell as Soren for The Dead Eye Boy – Hampstead
Best Set Design	Best Costume Design
*Bunny Christie for A Streetcar Named Desire* – National Theatre Lyttelton** Lez Brotherston for Play Without Words – National Theatre Lyttelton William Dudley for The Coast of Utopia – National Theatre Olivier Anthony Ward for Chitty Chitty Bang Bang – London Palladium	*Jenny Tiramani for Twelfth Night* – Globe** William Dudley for The Coast of Utopia – National Theatre Olivier Mike Nicholls for Taboo – Venue Mark Thompson for Bombay Dreams – Apollo Victoria
Best Lighting Design
*Peter Mumford for The Bacchae* – National Theatre Olivier** Paule Constable for Play Without Words – National Theatre Lyttelton David Hersey for The Coast of Utopia – National Theatre Olivier Paul Pyant for A Streetcar Named Desire – National Theatre Lyttelton
Outstanding Achievement in Dance	Best New Dance Production
*Robyn Orlin for choreographing Daddy, I've Seen This Piece Six Times and I Still Don't Know Why They're Hurting Each Other* – Barbican Pit** Chiaki Nagao in Madame Butterfly, Northern Ballet Theatre – Sadler's Wells Christopher Wheeldon for choreographing Polyphonia – Sadler's Wells and Tryst – Royal Opera House Tanztheater Wuppertal for Kontakthof – Barbican	Polyphonia, Danses Concertantes – Sadler's Wells Rain, Rosas – Sadler's Wells Rome and Jewels, Rennie Harris Puremovement – Peacock Tryst, The Royal Ballet – Royal Opera House
Outstanding Achievement in Opera	Outstanding New Opera Production
*Antonio Pappano for music directing Ariadne auf Naxos* and Wozzeck – Royal Opera House** Roberto Alagna and Angela Gheorghiu in La rondine, The Royal Opera – Royal Opera House Lisa Saffer in Lulu, English National Opera – London Coliseum	Wozzeck, The Royal Opera – Royal Opera House Ariadne auf Naxos, The Royal Opera – Royal Opera House Bluebeard's Castle and Erwartung, The Royal Opera – Royal Opera House Lulu, English National Opera – London Coliseum
Outstanding Achievement Award
Gregory Doran and his ensemble for the season – Gielgud
Society Special Award
Sam Mendes for 10 years as Artistic Director – Donmar Warehouse

Productions with multiple nominations and awards

The following 21 productions, including one ballet and three operas, received multiple nominations:

5: Play Without Words and Twelfth Night
4: A Streetcar Named Desire, Contact, My One and Only, Taboo, The Coast of Utopia and Uncle Vanya
3: Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Our House, Vincent in Brixton and Where Do We Live
2: Ariadne auf Naxos, Bombay Dreams, Elaine Stritch at Liberty, Lobby Hero, Lulu, My Fair Lady, Polyphonia, Tryst and Wozzeck

The following seven productions received multiple awards:

3: Twelfth Night and Uncle Vanya
2: A Streetcar Named Desire, My Fair Lady, Play Without Words, Vincent in Brixton and Wozzeck

References

^ ^a ^b "Olivier Awards | 2003 Winners & Nominations". officiallondontheatre.com. Society of London Theatre. 2003. Archived from the original on 4 February 2004. Retrieved 8 May 2022.
^ "Olivier Winners 2003". officiallondontheatre.com. Society of London Theatre. Archived from the original on 19 March 2018. Retrieved 5 May 2022.

External links

Previous Olivier Winners – 2003

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Drama	New Play Entertainment or Comedy Play Revival Actor Actress Actor in a Supporting Role Actress in a Supporting Role
Musical	New Musical Musical Revival Actor in a Musical Actress in a Musical Actor in a Supporting Role in a Musical Actress in a Supporting Role in a Musical Original Score or New Orchestrations
Production/Creatives	Director Theatre Choreographer Set Design Costume Design Lighting Design Sound Design
Dance/Opera	New Dance Production New Opera Production Achievement in Dance Achievement in Opera
Special/Other	Special Award Family Show Achievement in an Affiliate Theatre
Retired	Actor of the Year in a New Play Actress of the Year in a New Play Actor of the Year in a Revival Actress of the Year in a Revival Comedy Performance Performance in a Musical Supporting Artist of the Year Performance in a Supporting Role Performance in a Supporting Role in a Musical Newcomer in a Play Most Promising Performer Company Performance Director of a Play Director of a Musical Most Promising Playwright Achievement in a Musical Audience Award
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