# 2009 Laurence Olivier Awards

The 2009 Laurence Olivier Awards were held in 2009 in London celebrating excellence in West End theatre by the Society of London Theatre.

## Winners and nominees

Details of winners (in bold) and nominees, in each award category, per the Society of London Theatre.
| Best New Play | Best New Musical |
| Black Watch by Gregory Burke – Barbican August: Osage County by Tracy Letts – National Theatre Lyttelton That Face by Polly Stenham – Duke of York's The Pitmen Painters by Lee Hall – National Theatre Cottesloe | Jersey Boys – Prince Edward Zorro – Garrick |
| Best Revival | Best Musical Revival |
| The Histories – Roundhouse The Chalk Garden – Donmar Warehouse The Norman Conquests – Old Vic | La Cage aux Folles – Playhouse Piaf – Donmar Warehouse / Vaudeville Sunset Boulevard – Comedy West Side Story – Sadler's Wells |
| Best New Comedy | Best Entertainment |
| God of Carnage by Yasmina Reza, translated by Christopher Hampton – Gielgud Fat Pig by Neil LaBute – Comedy The Female of the Species by Joanna Murray-Smith – Vaudeville | La Clique – Hippodrome Brief Encounter – Cinema Haymarket Maria Friedman: Rearranged – Trafalgar Studios |
| Best Actor | Best Actress |
| Derek Jacobi as Malvolio in Twelfth Night – Wyndham's / Donmar Warehouse David Bradley as Spooner in No Man's Land – Duke of York's Michael Gambon as Hirst in No Man's Land – Duke of York's Adam Godley as Raymond Babitt in Rain Man – Apollo | Margaret Tyzack as Mrs St. Maugham in The Chalk Garden – Donmar Warehouse Deanna Dunagan as Violet Weston in August: Osage County – National Theatre Lyttelton Lindsay Duncan as Martha in That Face – Duke of York's Penelope Wilton as Miss Madrigal in The Chalk Garden – Donmar Warehouse |
| Best Actor in a Musical | Best Actress in a Musical |
| Douglas Hodge as Albin in La Cage aux Folles – Playhouse Denis Lawson as Georges in La Cage aux Folles – Playhouse Ryan Molloy as Frankie Valli in Jersey Boys – Prince Edward Matt Rawle as Zorro in Zorro – Garrick | Elena Roger as Édith Piaf in Piaf – Donmar Warehouse / Vaudeville Sofia Escobar as Maria in West Side Story – Sadler's Wells Kathryn Evans as Norma Desmond in Sunset Boulevard – Comedy Ruthie Henshall as Marguerite in Marguerite – Theatre Royal Haymarket Emma Williams as Luisa in Zorro – Garrick |
| Best Performance in a Supporting Role | Best Performance in a Supporting Role in a Musical |
| Patrick Stewart as King Claudius and King Hamlet's Ghost in Hamlet – Novello Oliver Ford Davies as Polonius in Hamlet – Novello Kevin R. McNally as Lebedev in Ivanov – Wyndham's, Donmar Paul Ritter as Reg in The Norman Conquests – Old Vic | Lesli Margherita as Inez in Zorro – Garrick Alexander Hanson as Otto in Marguerite – Theatre Royal Haymarket Katherine Kingsley as Marlene Dietrich in Piaf – Donmar Warehouse / Vaudeville Jason Pennycooke as Jacob in La Cage aux Folles – Playhouse Dave Willetts as Max von Mayerling in Sunset Boulevard – Comedy |
| Best Company Performance |
| The Histories – Roundhouse August: Osage County – National Theatre Lyttelton Black Watch – Barbican Sunset Boulevard – Comedy The Norman Conquests – Old Vic |
| Best Director | Best Theatre Choreographer |
| John Tiffany for Black Watch – Barbican Terry Johnson for La Cage aux Folles – Playhouse Des McAnuff for Jersey Boys – Prince Edward Emma Rice for Brief Encounter – Cinema Haymarket | Steven Hoggett for Black Watch – Barbican Rafael Amargo for Zorro – Garrick Lynne Page for La Cage aux Folles – Playhouse Kate Prince for Into the Hoods – Novello Sergio Trujillo for Jersey Boys – Prince Edward |
| Best Set Design | Best Costume Design |
| Todd Rosenthal for August: Osage County – National Theatre Lyttelton Paul Brown for Marguerite – Theatre Royal Haymarket Soutra Gilmour for The Collection and The Lover – Comedy Neil Murray for Brief Encounter – Cinema Haymarket Tom Piper for The Histories – Roundhouse | Tom Piper and Emma Williams for The Histories – Roundhouse Rob Howell for The Norman Conquests – Old Vic Christopher Oram for Twelfth Night – Wyndham's / Donmar Warehouse Matthew Wright for La Cage aux Folles – Playhouse |
| Best Lighting Design | Best Sound Design |
| Paule Constable for The Chalk Garden – Donmar Warehouse Neil Austin for No Man's Land – Duke of York's Neil Austin for Piaf – Donmar Warehouse / Vaudeville Paule Constable for Ivanov – Wyndham's / Donmar Warehouse | Gareth Fry for Black Watch – Barbican Simon Baker for Brief Encounter – Cinema Haymarket Steve C. Kennedy for Jersey Boys – Prince Edward Ben Ringham, Max Ringham and Christopher Shutt for Piaf – Donmar Warehouse / Vaudeville |
| Outstanding Achievement in Dance | Best New Dance Production |
| The ensemble for Impressing the Czar, Royal Ballet of Flanders – Sadler's Wells Maurice Chestnut, Marshall Davis Jr. and Savion Glover in Bare Soundz – Sadler's Wells The ensemble for Infra, The Royal Ballet – Royal Opera House | Café Müller and The Rite of Spring, Tanztheater Wuppertal – Sadler's Wells Impressing the Czar, Royal Ballet of Flanders – Sadler's Wells Infra, The Royal Ballet – Royal Opera House To Be Straight with You, DV8 Physical Theatre – National Theatre Lyttelton |
| Outstanding Achievement in Opera | Outstanding New Opera Production |
| Edward Gardner for conducting Boris Godunov, Cavalleria rusticana, Der Rosenkavalier and Pagliacci, English National Opera – London Coliseum and Punch and Judy – Young Vic Patricia Bardon in Partenope and Riders to the Sea, English National Opera – London Coliseum and The Rake's Progress, The Royal Opera – Royal Opera House Ferruccio Furlanetto in Don Carlo, The Royal Opera – Royal Opera House Christine Rice in Partenope, English National Opera – London Coliseum and The Minotaur, The Royal Opera – Royal Opera House | Partenope, English National Opera – London Coliseum Don Carlo, The Royal Opera – Royal Opera House Pagliacci, English National Opera – London Coliseum The Minotaur, The Royal Opera – Royal Opera House |
| Outstanding Achievement in an Affiliate Theatre |
| The Pride – Royal Court The cast for Oxford Street – Royal Court Jo Newbery for set designing Scarborough – Royal Court Clive Rowe in Mother Goose – Hackney Empire |
| Society Special Award |
| Alan Ayckbourn |

## Productions with multiple nominations and awards

The following 24 productions, including two ballets and four operas, received multiple nominations:
* 7: La Cage aux Folles
* 5: Black Watch, Jersey Boys, Piaf and Zorro
* 4: August: Osage County, Brief Encounter, Sunset Boulevard, The Chalk Garden, The Histories and The Norman Conquests
* 3: Marguerite, No Man's Land and Partenope
* 2: Don Carlo, Hamlet, I pagliacci, Impressing the Czar, Infra, Ivanov, That Face, The Minotaur, Twelfth Night and West Side Story
The following four productions received multiple awards:
* 4: Black Watch
* 3: The Histories
* 2: La Cage aux Folles and The Chalk Garden