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
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!  width="50%" | Best New Play
!  width="50%" | Best New Musical
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 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
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 Jerry Springer – Cambridge
 Ragtime – Piccadilly
 Thoroughly Modern Millie – Shaftesbury
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!  width="50%" | Best Revival
!  width="50%" | Outstanding Musical Production
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 Mourning Becomes Electra – National Theatre Lyttelton Absolutely! ( Perhaps) – Wyndham's
 Caligula – Donmar Warehouse
 Of Mice and Men – Savoy
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 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
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!  colspan=2 | Best Entertainment
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 Duckie's C'est Barbican – Garrick
 My Brilliant Divorce – Apollo
 One Last Flutter – Comedy
 The Rat Pack: Live from Las Vegas – Strand
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!  style="width="50%" | Best Actor
!  style="width="50%" | Best Actress
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 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
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 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
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!  style="width="50%" | Best Actor in a Musical
!  style="width="50%" | Best Actress in a Musical
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 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
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 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
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!  style="width="50%" | Best Performance in a Supporting Role
!  style="width="50%" | Best Performance in a Supporting Role in a Musical
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 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
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 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
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!  style="width="50%" | Best Director
!  style="width="50%" | Best Theatre Choreographer
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 Michael Grandage for Caligula – Donmar Warehouse
 Stafford Arima for Ragtime – Piccadilly
 Gary Griffin for Pacific Overtures – Donmar Warehouse
 Stewart Lee for Jerry Springer – Cambridge
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 Karen Bruce for Pacific Overtures – Donmar Warehouse
 Jenny Arnold for Jerry Springer – Cambridge
 Rob Ashford for Thoroughly Modern Millie – Shaftesbury
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!  style="width="50%" | Best Set Design
!  style="width="50%" | Best Costume Design
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 William Dudley for Hitchcock Blonde – Royal Court / Lyric
 Bob Crowley for Mourning Becomes Electra – National Theatre Lyttelton
 Franco Zeffirelli for Absolutely! ( Perhaps) – Wyndham's
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 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
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!  style="width="50%" | Best Lighting Design
!  style="width="50%" | Best Sound Design
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 Hugh Vanstone for Pacific Overtures – Donmar Warehouse
 Simon Corder for Hitchcock Blonde – Royal Court / Lyric
 Howard Harrison for Ragtime – Piccadilly
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 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
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!  style="width="50%" | Outstanding Achievement in Dance
!  style="width="50%" | Best New Dance Production
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 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
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 '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
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!  style="width="50%" | Outstanding Achievement in Opera
!  style="width="50%" | Outstanding New Opera Production
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 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
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 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
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!  style="width="50%" | Most Promising Newcomer in an Affiliate Theatre
!  style="width="50%" | Outstanding Achievement in an Affiliate Theatre
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 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
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 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
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!  colspan=2 | Society Special Award
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 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 PillowmanThe following two productions received multiple awards:

 4: Jerry Springer 3: Pacific Overtures''

See also
 58th Tony Awards

References

External links
 Previous Olivier Winners – 2004

Category:Laurence Olivier Awards ceremonies
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