# 2004 Laurence Olivier Awards

The 2004 Laurence Olivier Awards were held in 2004 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 |
| 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