2020 Laurence Olivier Awards

2020 Laurence Olivier Awards
2020 Laurence Olivier Awards
Date	25 October 2020
Location	London Palladium
Hosted by	Jason Manford
Most wins	& Juliet / Dear Evan Hansen / Emilia (3)
Most nominations	& Juliet (9)
Television/radio coverage
Network	ITV (television); Magic (radio)
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Date25 October 2020

LocationLondon Palladium

Hosted byJason Manford

Most wins& Juliet / Dear Evan Hansen / Emilia (3)

The 2020 Laurence Olivier Awards was held on 25 October 2020 at the London Palladium and hosted by Jason Manford, who presented all of the awards except Special Recognition.^[1]

The Oliviers were originally scheduled to be held on 5 April 2020 at the Royal Albert Hall with Manford as host, but was cancelled on 17 March due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom.^[2]^[3]^[4]

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Best New Play	Best New Musical
Leopoldstadt by Tom Stoppard – Wyndham's Theatre A Very Expensive Poison by Lucy Prebble (based on original text by Luke Harding) – Old Vic The Doctor by Robert Icke (based on original text by Arthur Schnitzler) – Almeida Theatre The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Joel Horwood (based on original text by Neil Gaiman) – National Theatre Dorfman	Dear Evan Hansen – Noël Coward Theatre & Juliet – Shaftesbury Theatre Amélie – Other Palace Waitress – Adelphi Theatre
Best Revival	Best Musical Revival
Cyrano de Bergerac – Playhouse Theatre Death of a Salesman – Young Vic and Piccadilly Theatre Present Laughter – Old Vic Rosmersholm – Duke of York's Theatre	Fiddler on the Roof – Playhouse Theatre Evita – Regent's Park Open Air Theatre Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat – London Palladium Mary Poppins – Prince Edward Theatre
Best Entertainment or Comedy Play	Best Family Show
Emilia by Morgan Lloyd Malcolm – Vaudeville Theatre Fleabag by Phoebe Waller-Bridge – Wyndham's Theatre Magic Goes Wrong by Henry Lewis, Penn Jillette, Jonathan Sayer, Henry Shields and Teller – Vaudeville Theatre The Upstart Crow by Ben Elton – Gielgud Theatre	The Worst Witch – Vaudeville Theatre Mr Gum and the Dancing Bear – National Theatre Dorfman Oi Frog and Friends – Lyric Theatre To the Moon and Back – Barbican Theatre
Best Actor	Best Actress
*Andrew Scott as Garry Essendine in Present Laughter* – Old Vic** Toby Jones as Vanya Petrovich Voynitsky in Uncle Vanya – Harold Pinter Theatre James McAvoy as Cyrano de Bergerac in Cyrano de Bergerac – Playhouse Theatre Wendell Pierce as Willy Loman in Death of a Salesman – Young Vic and Piccadilly Theatre	*Sharon D. Clarke as Linda Loman in Death of a Salesman* – Young Vic and Piccadilly Theatre** Hayley Atwell as Rebecca West in Rosmersholm – Duke of York's Theatre Juliet Stevenson as Ruth Wolff in The Doctor – Almeida Theatre Phoebe Waller-Bridge as Fleabag in Fleabag – Wyndham's Theatre
Best Actor in a Musical	Best Actress in a Musical
*Sam Tutty as Evan Hansen in Dear Evan Hansen* – Noël Coward Theatre** Andy Nyman as Tevye in Fiddler on the Roof – Playhouse Theatre Charlie Stemp as Bert in Mary Poppins – Prince Edward Theatre Jac Yarrow as Joseph in Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat – London Palladium	*Miriam-Teak Lee as Juliet Capulet in & Juliet* – Shaftesbury Theatre** Audrey Brisson as Amélie in Amélie – Other Palace Judy Kuhn as Golde in Fiddler on the Roof – Playhouse Theatre Zizi Strallen as Mary Poppins in Mary Poppins – Prince Edward Theatre
Best Actor in a Supporting Role	Best Actress in a Supporting Role
*Adrian Scarborough as Hermann Merz in Leopoldstadt* – Wyndham's Theatre** Arinzé Kene as Biff Loman in Death of a Salesman – Young Vic and Piccadilly Theatre Colin Morgan as Chris Keller in All My Sons – Old Vic Reece Shearsmith as The President and Jon in A Very Expensive Poison – Old Vic	*Indira Varma as Liz Essendine in Present Laughter* – Old Vic** Michele Austin as Leila Ragueneau in Cyrano de Bergerac – Playhouse Theatre Sophie Thompson as Monica Reed in Present Laughter – Old Vic Josie Walker as Old Mrs Hempstock in The Ocean at the End of the Lane – National Theatre Dorfman
Best Actor in a Supporting Role in a Musical	Best Actress in a Supporting Role in a Musical
*David Bedella as Lance in & Juliet* – Shaftesbury Theatre** Stewart Clarke as Perchik in Fiddler on the Roof – Playhouse Theatre Jack Loxton as Jared Kleinman in Dear Evan Hansen – Noël Coward Theatre Rupert Young as Larry Murphy in Dear Evan Hansen – Noël Coward Theatre	*Cassidy Janson as Anne Hathaway in & Juliet* – Shaftesbury Theatre** Lucy Anderson as Zoe Murphy in Dear Evan Hansen – Noël Coward Theatre Petula Clark as Bird Woman in Mary Poppins – Prince Edward Theatre Lauren Ward as Cynthia Murphy in Dear Evan Hansen – Noël Coward Theatre
Best Director	Best Theatre Choreographer
*Miranda Cromwell and Marianne Elliott for Death of a Salesman* – Young Vic and Piccadilly Theatre** Jamie Lloyd for Cyrano de Bergerac – Playhouse Theatre Trevor Nunn for Fiddler on the Roof – Playhouse Theatre Ian Rickson for Uncle Vanya – Harold Pinter Theatre	*Matthew Bourne and Stephen Mear for Mary Poppins* – Prince Edward Theatre** Fabian Aloise for Evita – Regent's Park Open Air Theatre Matt Cole (based on original choreography by Jerome Robbins) for Fiddler on the Roof – Playhouse Theatre Jennifer Weber for & Juliet – Shaftesbury Theatre
Best Set Design	Best Costume Design
*Bob Crowley for Mary Poppins* – Prince Edward Theatre** Soutra Gilmour for & Juliet – Shaftesbury Theatre Rae Smith for Rosmersholm – Duke of York's Theatre Rae Smith for Uncle Vanya – Harold Pinter Theatre	*Joanna Scotcher for Emilia* – Vaudeville Theatre** Hugh Durrant for Goldilocks and the Three Bears – London Palladium Jonathan Lipman for Fiddler on the Roof – Playhouse Theatre Paloma Young for & Juliet – Shaftesbury Theatre
Best Lighting Design	Best Sound Design
*Paule Constable for The Ocean at the End of the Lane* – National Theatre Dorfman** Neil Austin for Rosmersholm – Duke of York's Theatre Howard Hudson for & Juliet – Shaftesbury Theatre Bruno Poet for Uncle Vanya – Harold Pinter Theatre	*Emma Laxton for Emilia* – Vaudeville Theatre** Gregory Clarke for Rosmersholm – Duke of York's Theatre Ben Ringham and Max Ringham for Anna – National Theatre Dorfman Ben Ringham and Max Ringham for Cyrano de Bergerac – Playhouse Theatre
Best Original Score or New Orchestrations
*Alex Lacamoire for orchestrating and Benj Pasek and Justin Paul for scoring and lyricising Dear Evan Hansen* – Noël Coward Theatre** Sara Bareilles for scoring and lyricising Waitress – Adelphi Theatre Jason Carr for orchestrating Fiddler on the Roof – Playhouse Theatre Dominic Fallacaro and Bill Sherman for orchestrating & Juliet – Shaftesbury Theatre Barnaby Race for music supervising and arranging Amélie – Other Palace
Best New Dance Production	Outstanding Achievement in Dance
Ingoma by Mthuthuzeli November, Ballet Black – Linbury Theatre, Royal Opera House La Fiesta by Israel Galván – Sadler's Wells Mám by Michael Keegan-Dolan, Teaċ Daṁsa – Sadler's Wells Vessel by Damien Jalet and Kohei Nawa – Sadler's Wells	*Sara Baras for choreographing and performing Ballet Flamenco Sombras* – Sadler's Wells** Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker for performing Mitten wir im Leben sind/Bach6Cellosuiten – Sadler's Wells Gisèle Vienne for choreographing Crowd, Dance Umbrella – Sadler's Wells
Best New Opera Production	Outstanding Achievement in Opera
Billy Budd – Royal Opera House Berenice – Linbury Theatre, Royal Opera House Hansel and Gretel – Regent's Park Open Air Theatre Noye's Fludde – Theatre Royal Stratford East	*The Children's Ensemble for performing Noye's Fludde* – Theatre Royal Stratford East** Martyn Brabbins and James Henshaw for conducting The Mask of Orpheus, English National Opera – London Coliseum The Jette Parker Young Artists for performing Berenice, Death in Venice and Phaedra – Royal Opera House
Outstanding Achievement in an Affiliate Theatre
Baby Reindeer – Bush Theatre Blues in the Night – Kiln Theatre Our Lady of Kibeho – Theatre Royal Stratford East Seven Methods of Killing Kylie Jenner – Jerwood Upstairs, Royal Court Warheads – Park Theatre
Special Award	Special Recognition Award
Don Black Ian McKellen	Jo Hawes Thelma Holt Stephen Jameson and Sarah Preece Peter Roberts

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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 Musical Contribution
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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2020 Laurence Olivier Awards

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