2004 Laurence Olivier Awards

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The 2004 Laurence Olivier Awards were held in 2004 in London celebrating excellence in West End theatre by the Society of London Theatre.

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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
The Pillowman by Martin McDonagh – National Theatre Cottesloe Democracy by Michael Frayn – National Theatre Cottesloe Elmina's Kitchen by Kwame Kwei-Armah – National Theatre Cottesloe Hitchcock Blonde by Terry Johnson – Royal Court / Lyric	Jerry Springer – Cambridge Ragtime – Piccadilly Thoroughly Modern Millie – Shaftesbury
Best Revival	Outstanding Musical Production
Mourning Becomes Electra – National Theatre Lyttelton Absolutely! (Perhaps) – Wyndham's Caligula – Donmar Warehouse Of Mice and Men – Savoy	Pacific Overtures – Donmar Warehouse High Society – Regent's Park Open Air Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat – New London Tell Me on a Sunday – Gielgud
Best Entertainment
Duckie's C'est Barbican – Garrick My Brilliant Divorce – Apollo One Last Flutter – Comedy The Rat Pack: Live from Las Vegas – Strand
Best Actor	Best Actress
*Matthew Kelly as Lennie Small in Of Mice and Men* – Savoy** Roger Allam as Willy Brandt in Democracy – National Theatre Cottesloe Kenneth Branagh as Edmond Burke in Edmond – National Theatre Olivier Greg Hicks as Coriolanus in Coriolanus – Old Vic Michael Sheen as Caligula in Caligula – Donmar Warehouse	*Eileen Atkins as Honor in Honour* – National Theatre Cottesloe** Helen Mirren as Christine Mannon in Mourning Becomes Electra – National Theatre Lyttelton Ann Mitchell as Martha in Through the Leaves – Duchess Kelly Reilly as Miss Julie in After Miss Julie – Donmar Warehouse Kristin Scott Thomas as Masha Sergeyevna Kulygina in Three Sisters – Playhouse
Best Actor in a Musical	Best Actress in a Musical
*David Bedella as Jonathan Weiruss/Satan in Jerry Springer* – Cambridge** Graham Bickley as Tateh in Ragtime – Piccadilly Michael Brandon as Jerry Springer in Jerry Springer – Cambridge Kevyn Morrow as Coalhouse Walker Jr. in Ragtime – Piccadilly	*Maria Friedman as Mother in Ragtime* – Piccadilly** Amanda Holden as Millie Dilmount in Thoroughly Modern Millie – Shaftesbury Alison Jiear as Shawntel/Eve in Jerry Springer – Cambridge Maureen Lipman as Mrs. Meers in Thoroughly Modern Millie – Shaftesbury
Best Performance in a Supporting Role	Best Performance in a Supporting Role in a Musical
*Warren Mitchell as Gregory Solomon in The Price* – Apollo** Joe Dixon as Paris in The Roman Actor – Gielgud Oliver Ford Davies as Lamberto Laudisi in Absolutely! (Perhaps) – Wyndham's Paul Hilton as Orin Mannon in Mourning Becomes Electra – National Theatre Lyttelton	*The Chorus as The Studio Audience of Jerry Springer* – Cambridge** Tracie Bennett as Liz Imbrie in High Society – Regent's Park Open Air Richard Henders as Manjiro in Pacific Overtures – Donmar Warehouse Jérôme Pradon as the Shogun's Mother and the French Admiral in Pacific Overtures – Donmar Warehouse Matthew White as Younger Brother in Ragtime – Piccadilly
Best Director	Best Theatre Choreographer
*Michael Grandage for Caligula* – Donmar Warehouse** Stafford Arima for Ragtime – Piccadilly Gary Griffin for Pacific Overtures – Donmar Warehouse Stewart Lee for Jerry Springer – Cambridge	*Karen Bruce for Pacific Overtures* – Donmar Warehouse** Jenny Arnold for Jerry Springer – Cambridge Rob Ashford for Thoroughly Modern Millie – Shaftesbury
Best Set Design	Best Costume Design
*William Dudley for Hitchcock Blonde* – Royal Court / Lyric** Bob Crowley for Mourning Becomes Electra – National Theatre Lyttelton Franco Zeffirelli for Absolutely! (Perhaps) – Wyndham's	*Christopher Oram for Power* – National Theatre Cottesloe** Mara Blumenfeld for Pacific Overtures – Donmar Warehouse Raimonda Gaetaniat for Absolutely! (Perhaps) – Wyndham's Martin Pakledinaz for Thoroughly Modern Millie – Shaftesbury
Best Lighting Design	Best Sound Design
*Hugh Vanstone for Pacific Overtures* – Donmar Warehouse** Simon Corder for Hitchcock Blonde – Royal Court / Lyric Howard Harrison for Ragtime – Piccadilly	*Mike Walker for Jerry Springer* – Cambridge** Paul Arditti for The Pillowman – National Theatre Cottesloe Peter Hylenski for Ragtime – Piccadilly Nick Lidster for Pacific Overtures – Donmar Warehouse
Outstanding Achievement in Dance	Best New Dance Production
*Thomas Edur and Agne Oaks in 2 Human, English National Ballet – Sadler's Wells* Carlos Acosta in Tocororo: A Cuban Tale – Sadler's Wells Javier de Frutos for choreographing Elsa Canasta, Rambert Dance Company – Sadler's Wells Rambert Dance Company for the season – Sadler's Wells	Broken Fall, George Piper Dances – Royal Opera House Dream Play, Nederlands Dans Theater 2 – Sadler's Wells Mesmerics, George Piper Dances – Sadler's Wells Promethean Fire, Paul Taylor Dance Company – Sadler's Wells
Outstanding Achievement in Opera	Outstanding New Opera Production
*Cristina Gallardo-Domâs in Madama Butterfly, The Royal Opera – Royal Opera House* Simon Keenlyside in Hamlet and Die Zauberflöte, The Royal Opera – Royal Opera House Bejun Mehta in Orlando, The Royal Opera – Royal Opera House Felicity Palmer in Elektra and Sweeney Todd, The Royal Opera – Royal Opera House	The Trojans: Parts I and II, English National Opera – London Coliseum Così fan tutte, English National Opera – Barbican Madama Butterfly, The Royal Opera – Royal Opera House Orlando, The Royal Opera – Royal Opera House
Most Promising Newcomer in an Affiliate Theatre	Outstanding Achievement in an Affiliate Theatre
*Debbie Tucker Green for writing Born Bad* – Hampstead** Tom Hardy as Skank in In Arabia We'd All Be Kings – Hampstead Ruth Negga as Cat in Duck – Royal Court Lucy Prebble for writing The Sugar Syndrome – Royal Court	Young Vic for the season under the artistic direction of David Lan Tanika Gupta for writing Fragile Land – Hampstead and Hobson's Choice – Young Vic Pericles – Lyric Hammersmith The Lady from the Sea – Almeida
Society Special Award
Judi Dench

Productions with multiple nominations and awards

The following 14 productions, including one opera, received multiple nominations:

8: Jerry Springer, Pacific Overtures and Ragtime
5: Thoroughly Modern Millie
4: Absolutely! (Perhaps) and Mourning Becomes Electra
3: Caligula and Hitchcock Blonde
2: Democracy, High Society, Madama Butterfly, Of Mice and Men, Orlando and The Pillowman

The following two productions received multiple awards:

4: Jerry Springer
3: Pacific Overtures

References

^ "Olivier Winners 2004". officiallondontheatre.com. Society of London Theatre. Archived from the original on 19 November 2018. Retrieved 5 May 2022.

External links

Previous Olivier Winners – 2004

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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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