1994 Laurence Olivier Awards

Edition of London theatre awards

1994 Laurence Olivier Awards
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The 1994 Laurence Olivier Awards were held in 1994 in London celebrating excellence in West End theatre by the Society of London Theatre.

Winners and nominees

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Details of winners (in bold) and nominees, in each award category, per the Society of London Theatre.^[1]

Play of the Year	Best New Musical
Arcadia by Tom Stoppard – National Theatre Lyttelton Angels in America: Perestroika by Tony Kushner – National Theatre Cottesloe Oleanna by David Mamet – Royal Court / Duke of York's The Last Yankee by Arthur Miller – Duke of York's	City of Angels – Prince of Wales Sunset Boulevard – Adelphi
Best Revival of a Play or Comedy	Best Musical Revival
Machinal – National Theatre Lyttelton Medea – Wyndham's The Deep Blue Sea – Apollo The Winter's Tale – RSC at the Barbican	Sweeney Todd – National Theatre Cottesloe Cabaret – Donmar Warehouse Grease – Dominion The Beggar's Opera – RSC at the Barbican
Best Comedy	Best Entertainment
Hysteria by Terry Johnson – Royal Court April in Paris by John Godber – Ambassadors The Life of Stuff by Simon Donald – Donmar Warehouse Time of My Life by Alan Ayckbourn – Vaudeville	A Christmas Carol – Old Vic Jamais Vu – Vaudeville Kit and The Widow's January Sale – Vaudeville Stomp – Sadler's Wells
Best Actor	Best Actress
*Mark Rylance as Benedick in Much Ado About Nothing* – Queen's** Henry Goodman as Sigmund Freud in Hysteria – Royal Court Patrick Stewart as Various in A Christmas Carol – Old Vic David Suchet as John in Oleanna – Royal Court	*Fiona Shaw as Young Woman in Machinal* – National Theatre Lyttelton** Kathryn Hunter as Skriker in The Skriker – National Theatre Cottesloe Diana Rigg as Medea in Medea – Wyndham's Penelope Wilton as Hester Collyer in The Deep Blue Sea – Apollo
Best Actor in a Musical	Best Actress in a Musical
*Alun Armstrong as Sweeney Todd in Sweeney Todd* – National Theatre Cottesloe / Lyttelton** Roger Allam as Stone in City of Angels – Prince of Wales David Burt as Captain Macheath in The Beggar's Opera – RSC at the Barbican Alan Cumming as Emcee in Cabaret – Donmar Warehouse	*Julia McKenzie as Mrs. Lovett in Sweeney Todd* – National Theatre Cottesloe / Lyttelton** Haydn Gwynne as Donna/Oolie in City of Angels – Prince of Wales Patti LuPone as Norma Desmond in Sunset Boulevard – Adelphi Elaine Paige as Édith Piaf in Piaf – Piccadilly
Best Comedy Performance
*Griff Rhys Jones as Redillon in An Absolute Turkey* – Globe** Ken Campbell as Performer in Jamais Vu – Vaudeville Nicholas Le Prevost as Pontagnac in An Absolute Turkey – Globe Maggie Smith as Lady Bracknell in The Importance of Being Earnest – Aldwych
Best Actor in a Supporting Role	Best Actress in a Supporting Role
*Joseph Mydell as Belize in Angels in America: Perestroika* – National Theatre Cottesloe** Richard McCabe as Autolycus in The Winter's Tale – RSC at the Barbican Rufus Sewell as Septimus Hodge in Arcadia – National Theatre Lyttelton	*Helen Burns as Karen Frick in The Last Yankee* – Duke of York's** Rosemary Leach as Mrs Railton-Bell in Separate Tables – Albery Sandy McDade as Janice in The Life of Stuff – Donmar Warehouse Sophie Thompson as Marcie Banks in Wildest Dreams – RSC at the Barbican Pit
Best Supporting Performance in a Musical
*Sara Kestelman as Frau Schneider in Cabaret* – Donmar Warehouse** Henry Goodman as Buddy Fidler in City of Angels – Prince of Wales Barry James as Beadle Bamford in Sweeney Todd – National Theatre Cottesloe / Lyttelton Adrian Lester as Anthony Hope in Sweeney Todd – National Theatre Cottesloe / Lyttelton
Best Director of a Play	Best Director of a Musical
*Stephen Daldry for Machinal* – National Theatre Lyttelton** Phyllida Lloyd for Hysteria – Royal Court Adrian Noble for The Winter's Tale – RSC at the Barbican Trevor Nunn for Arcadia – National Theatre Lyttelton	*Declan Donnellan for Sweeney Todd* – National Theatre Cottesloe / Lyttelton** Michael Blakemore for City of Angels – Prince of Wales John Caird for The Beggar's Opera – RSC at the Barbican Sam Mendes for Cabaret – Donmar Warehouse
Best Theatre Choreographer
*Luke Cresswell and Steve McNicholas for Stomp* – Sadler's Wells** Welcome Msomi for Tamburlaine the Great – RSC at the Barbican Arlene Phillips for Grease – Dominion Anthony Van Laast for Hair – Old Vic and The Beggar's Opera – RSC at the Barbican
Best Set Designer	Best Costume Designer
*Mark Thompson for Hysteria* – Royal Court** Peter J. Davison for Medea – Wyndham's Ian MacNeil for Machinal – National Theatre Lyttelton Anthony Ward for The Winter's Tale – RSC at the Barbican	*Gerald Scarfe for An Absolute Turkey* – Globe** Sue Blane for Antony and Cleopatra – RSC at the Barbican Johan Engels for Tamburlaine the Great – RSC at the Barbican Anthony Ward for The Winter's Tale – RSC at the Barbican
Best Lighting Designer
*Rick Fisher for Hysteria* – Royal Court, Machinal – National Theatre Lyttelton and Moonlight – Comedy** Wayne Dowdeswell and Terry Hands for Tamburlaine the Great – RSC at the Barbican Wayne Dowdeswell for Medea – Wyndham's Brian Harris for The School of Night – RSC at the Barbican Pit
Outstanding Achievement in Dance	Best New Dance Production
The dancers for their season, London Contemporary Dance Theatre – Sadler's Wells Darcey Bussell in Ballet Imperial and La Ronde, The Royal Ballet – Royal Opera House Sylvie Guillem in Herman Schmerman , The Royal Ballet – Royal Opera House Marion Tait for choreographing Romeo and Juliet , Birmingham Royal Ballet – Royal Opera House	Choreartium, Birmingham Royal Ballet – Royal Opera House Herman Schmerman , The Royal Ballet – Royal Opera House Romeo and Juliet , Birmingham Royal Ballet – Royal Opera House The Nutcracker , Adventures in Motion Pictures – Sadler's Wells
Outstanding Achievement in Opera	Outstanding New Opera Production
*The orchestra for Inquest of Love* and Lohengrin , English National Opera – London Coliseum** Paul Daniel for conducting, the ensemble and the orchestra for Gloriana , Opera North – Royal Opera House Charles Mackerras for conducting Tristan und Isolde , Welsh National Opera – Royal Opera House Ann Murray in Ariodante , English National Opera – London Coliseum	La damnation de Faust , The Royal Opera – Royal Opera House Ariodante , English National Opera – London Coliseum Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg , The Royal Opera – Royal Opera House Gloriana , Opera North – Royal Opera House
Society Special Award	The Times Award for Outstanding Contribution to British Theatre^[2]
Sam Wanamaker	Peter Brook

Productions with multiple nominations and awards

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The following 25 productions, including two ballets and two operas, received multiple nominations:

6: Sweeney Todd
5: City of Angels , Hysteria , Machinal and The Winter's Tale
4: Cabaret and Medea
3: An Absolute Turkey, Arcadia , Oleanna and Tamburlaine the Great
2: A Christmas Carol , Angels in America: Perestroika , Ariodante , Gloriana , Grease , Herman Schmerman , Jamais Vu, Romeo and Juliet , Stomp , Sunset Boulevard , The Beggar's Opera , The Deep Blue Sea , The Last Yankee and The Life of Stuff

The following four productions received multiple awards:

4: Machinal and Sweeney Todd
3: Hysteria
2: An Absolute Turkey

References

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^ "Olivier Winners 1994". officiallondontheatre.com. Society of London Theatre. Archived from the original on 25 May 2018. Retrieved 6 May 2022.
^ "The Times Apr 18 1994 #64931". Archive.org. Retrieved 5 July 2022.

External links

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Previous Olivier Winners – 1994

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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 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
Ceremonies	1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 ~~(削除) 1989 (see 1989/90) (削除ここまで)~~ 1989/90 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 ~~(削除) 2021 (COVID-19) (削除ここまで)~~ 2022 2023 2024

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Winners and nominees

Productions with multiple nominations and awards

See also

References

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