# 2010 Laurence Olivier Awards

The 2010 Olivier Awards were held on 21 March 2010 at the Grosvenor House Hotel, London.

## Winners and nominees

| Best New Play | Best New Musical |
| The Mountaintop by Katori Hall – Trafalgar Studio 1 Enron by Lucy Prebble – Royal Court / Noël Coward Jerusalem by Jez Butterworth – Royal Court / Apollo Red by John Logan – Donmar Warehouse | Spring Awakening – Novello Dreamboats and Petticoats – Savoy Priscilla, Queen of the Desert – Palace Sister Act – London Palladium |
| Best Revival | Best Musical Revival |
| Cat on a Hot Tin Roof – Novello A Streetcar Named Desire – Donmar Warehouse A View from the Bridge – Duke of York's Arcadia – Duke of York's The Misanthrope – Comedy Three Days of Rain – Apollo | Hello, Dolly – Regent's Park Open Air A Little Night Music – Garrick Annie Get Your Gun – Young Vic Oliver – Theatre Royal Drury Lane |
| Best New Comedy | Best Entertainment |
| The Priory by Michael Wynne – Royal Court Calendar Girls by Tim Firth – Noël Coward England People Very Nice by Richard Bean – National Theatre Olivier Parlour Song by Jez Butterworth – Almeida | Morecambe – Duchess Arturo Brachetti: Change – Garrick Derren Brown: Enigma – Adelphi |
| Best Actor | Best Actress |
| Mark Rylance as Johnny "Rooster" Byron in Jerusalem – Royal Court and Apollo James Earl Jones as Big Daddy Pollitt in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof – Novello Jude Law as Prince Hamlet in Hamlet – Donmar at Wyndham's James McAvoy as Ned and Walker in Three Days of Rain – Apollo Ken Stott as Eddie Carbone in A View from the Bridge – Duke of York's Samuel West as Jeffrey Skilling in Enron – Royal Court / Noël Coward | Rachel Weisz as Blanche DuBois in A Streetcar Named Desire – Donmar Warehouse Gillian Anderson as Nora Helmer in A Doll's House – Donmar Warehouse Lorraine Burroughs as Camae in The Mountaintop – Trafalgar Studio 1 Imelda Staunton as Kath in Entertaining Mr Sloane – Trafalgar Studio 1 Juliet Stevenson as Stephanie Anderson in Duet for One – Almeida / Vaudeville |
| Best Actor in a Musical | Best Actress in a Musical |
| Aneurin Barnard as Melchior Gabor in Spring Awakening – Novello Rowan Atkinson as Fagin in Oliver – Theatre Royal Drury Lane Bob Golding as Eric Morecambe in Morecambe – Duchess Alexander Hanson as Frederik in A Little Night Music – Garrick Tony Sheldon as Bernadette in Priscilla, Queen of the Desert – Palace | Samantha Spiro as Dolly Levi in Hello, Dolly – Regent's Park Open Air Melanie C as Mrs. Johnstone in Blood Brothers – Phoenix Patina Miller as Deloris Van Cartier in Sister Act – London Palladium Hannah Waddingham as Desirée Armfeldt in A Little Night Music – Garrick Charlotte Wakefield as Wendla Bergmann in Spring Awakening – Novello |
| Best Actor in a Supporting Role | Best Actress in a Supporting Role |
| Eddie Redmayne as Ken in Red – Donmar Warehouse Mackenzie Crook as Ginger in Jerusalem – Royal Court / Apollo Rory Kinnear as Mitya in Burnt by the Sun – National Theatre Lyttelton Tim Pigott-Smith as Ken Lay in Enron – Royal Court / Noël Coward | Ruth Wilson as Stella Kowalski in A Streetcar Named Desire – Donmar Warehouse Hayley Atwell as Catherine Carbone in A View from the Bridge – Duke of York's Michelle Dockery as Maroussia in Burnt by the Sun – National Theatre Lyttelton Alexandra Gilbreath as Olivia in Twelfth Night – Duke of York's Keira Knightley as Jennifer in The Misanthrope – Comedy Rachael Stirling as Rebecca in The Priory – Royal Court |
| Best Supporting Role in a Musical ||
| Iwan Rheon as Moritz Stiefel in Spring Awakening – Novello Sheila Hancock as Mother Superior in Sister Act – London Palladium Maureen Lipman as Madame Armfeldt in A Little Night Music – Garrick Kelly Price as Countess Charlotte Malcolm in A Little Night Music – Garrick ||
| Best Director | Best Theatre Choreographer |
| Rupert Goold for Enron – Royal Court / Noël Coward Michael Grandage for Hamlet – Donmar at Wyndham's Lindsay Posner for A View from the Bridge – Duke of York's Ian Rickson for Jerusalem – Royal Court / Apollo Bijan Sheibani for Our Class – National Theatre Cottesloe | Stephen Mear for Hello, Dolly – Regent's Park Open Air Matthew Bourne for Oliver – Theatre Royal Drury Lane Bill T. Jones for Spring Awakening – Novello Anthony Van Laast for Sister Act – London Palladium |
| Best Set Design | Best Costume Design |
| Ultz for Jerusalem – Royal Court / Apollo Pete Bishop and Mark Thompson for England People Very Nice – National Theatre Olivier Christopher Oram for Red – Donmar Warehouse Anthony Ward for Enron – Royal Court / Noël Coward | Tim Chappel and Lizzy Gardiner for Priscilla, Queen of the Desert – Palace Peter McKintosh for Hello, Dolly – Regent's Park Open Air Christopher Oram for Madame de Sade – Donmar at Wyndham's Amy Roberts for The Misanthrope – Comedy |
| Best Lighting Design | Best Sound Design |
| Mark Henderson for Burnt by the Sun – National Theatre Lyttelton Kevin Adams for Spring Awakening – Novello Jon Clark for Three Days of Rain – Apollo Mark Henderson for Enron – Royal Court / Noël Coward | Brian Ronan for Spring Awakening – Novello Andrew Bruce and Nick Lidster for Mother Courage and Her Children – National Theatre Olivier Ian Dickinson for Jerusalem – Royal Court / Apollo Christopher Shutt for Every Good Boy Deserves Favour – National Theatre Olivier |
| Outstanding Achievement in Dance | Best New Dance Production |
| Rambert Dance Company for an outstanding year of new work Colin Dunne in Out of Time – Barbican Pit Michael Hulls for lighting Two:Four:Ten – London Coliseum; Afterlight, Ex Machina and Eonnagata – Sadler's Wells | Goldberg: The Brandstrup-Rojo Project, ROH2 – Royal Opera House A Linha Curva, Rambert Dance Company – Sadler's Wells Afterlight – Sadler's Wells E=mc², Birmingham Royal Ballet – Sadler's Wells The Rite of Spring, Fabulous Beast Dance Theatre – London Coliseum |
| Outstanding Achievement in Opera | Best New Opera Production |
| Nina Stemme in Tristan und Isolde, The Royal Opera – Royal Opera House Anja Kampe in Der fliegende Holländer, The Royal Opera – Royal Opera House Stuart Skelton in Peter Grimes, English National Opera – London Coliseum Michael Volle in Lulu and Tristan und Isolde, The Royal Opera – Royal Opera House | Tristan und Isolde, The Royal Opera – Royal Opera House Der fliegende Holländer, The Royal Opera – Royal Opera House Lulu, The Royal Opera – Royal Opera House Peter Grimes, English National Opera – London Coliseum |
| Outstanding Achievement in Affiliate Theatre ||
| Cock – Royal Court Upstairs Ìyà Ilé: The First Wife – Soho / Tiata Fahodzi The Great Game – Tricycle ||
| Audience Award for Most Popular Show ||
| Wicked – Apollo Victoria Billy Elliot – Victoria Palace The Phantom of the Opera – Her Majesty's War Horse – New London We Will Rock You – Dominion ||
| Society Special Award | Lifetime Achievement |
| Maggie Smith | Michael Codron |

## Productions with multiple nominations and awards

The following 25 productions, including one ballet and four operas, received multiple nominations:
* 7: Spring Awakening
* 6: Enron, Jerusalem
* 5: A Little Night Music
* 4: A View from the Bridge, Hello, Dolly, Sister Act
* 3: A Streetcar Named Desire, Burnt by the Sun, Oliver, Priscilla, Queen of the Desert, Red, The Misanthrope, Three Days of Rain, Tristan und Isolde
* 2: Afterlight, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Der fliegende Holländer, England People Very Nice, Hamlet, Lulu, Morecambe, Peter Grimes, The Mountaintop, The Priory
The following five productions, including one opera, received multiple awards:
* 4: Spring Awakening
* 3: Hello, Dolly
* 2: A Streetcar Named Desire, Jerusalem, Tristan und Isolde