2001 Laurence Olivier Awards

Edition of London theatre awards

Location

Lyceum Theatre, London

Most awards

All My Sons (4)

Most nominations

All My Sons (6)

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The 2001 Laurence Olivier Awards were presented by the Society of London Theatre in 2001 at the Lyceum Theatre, London, celebrating excellence in West End theatre.^[1]

Winners and nominees

Details of winners (in bold) and nominees, in each award category, per the Society of London Theatre.^[2]

Best New Play	Best New Musical
Blue/Orange by Joe Penhall – National Theatre Cottesloe Dolly West's Kitchen by Frank McGuinness – Old Vic Life x 3 by Yasmina Reza – National Theatre Lyttelton My Zinc Bed by David Hare – Royal Court	Merrily We Roll Along – Donmar Warehouse Fosse – Prince of Wales The Beautiful Game – Cambridge The Witches of Eastwick – Theatre Royal Drury Lane
Best New Comedy	Outstanding Musical Production
Stones in His Pockets by Marie Jones – Duke of York's Cooking with Elvis by Lee Hall – Whitehall House/Garden by Alan Ayckbourn – National Theatre Lyttelton / Olivier Peggy for You by Alan Plater – Comedy	Singin' in the Rain – National Theatre Olivier H.M.S. Pinafore – Savoy The King and I – London Palladium The Mikado – Savoy The Pirates of Penzance – Regent's Park Open Air
Best Actor	Best Actress
*Conleth Hill as Charlie Conlon in Stones in His Pockets* – New Ambassadors / Duke of York's** Simon Russell Beale as Prince Hamlet in Hamlet – National Theatre Lyttelton Sean Campion as Jake Quinn in Stones in His Pockets – New Ambassadors / Duke of York's Michael Gambon as Davies in The Caretaker – Comedy Bill Nighy as Dr. Robert Smith in Blue/Orange – National Theatre Cottesloe	*Julie Walters as Kate Keller in All My Sons* – National Theatre Cottesloe** Jessica Lange as Mary Tyrone in Long Day's Journey into Night – Lyric Helen Mirren as Lady Torrance in Orpheus Descending – Donmar Warehouse Julia Ormond as Elsa in My Zinc Bed – Royal Court Harriet Walter as Sonia in Life x 3 – National Theatre Lyttelton
Best Actor in a Musical	Best Actress in a Musical
*Daniel Evans as Charley Kringas in Merrily We Roll Along* – Donmar Warehouse** Jimmy Johnston as The Pirate King in The Pirates of Penzance – Regent's Park Open Air Paul Robinson as Don Lockwood in Singin' in the Rain – National Theatre Olivier David Shannon as John Kelly in The Beautiful Game – Cambridge	*Samantha Spiro as Mary Flynn in Merrily We Roll Along* – Donmar Warehouse** Nicola Hughes as Performer in Fosse – Prince of Wales Joanna Riding as Jane Smart in The Witches of Eastwick – Theatre Royal Drury Lane Josie Walker as Mary in The Beautiful Game – Cambridge
Best Actor in a Supporting Role	Best Actress in a Supporting Role
*Ben Daniels as Chris Keller in All My Sons* – National Theatre Cottesloe** Chiwetel Ejiofor as Christopher in Blue/Orange – National Theatre Cottesloe Douglas Hodge as Aston in The Caretaker – Comedy Jason Watkins as Truffaldino in A Servant to Two Masters – Young Vic / New Ambassadors	*Pauline Flanagan as Rima West in Dolly West's Kitchen* – Old Vic** Gillian Barge as Agnes in Passion Play – Donmar Warehouse Catherine McCormack as Ann Deever in All My Sons – National Theatre Cottesloe Marcia Warren as Annie/Gramma in In Flame – New Ambassadors
Best Supporting Performance in a Musical
*Miles Western as Miss West Coast in Pageant* – Vaudeville** Rosemary Ashe Felicia Gabriel in The Witches of Eastwick – Theatre Royal Drury Lane Rebecca Thornhill as Lina Lamont in Singin' in the Rain – National Theatre Olivier Taewon Yi Kim as Lady Thiang in The King and I – London Palladium
Best Director	Best Theatre Choreographer
*Howard Davies for All My Sons* – National Theatre Cottesloe** Michael Grandage for Passion Play – Donmar Warehouse Nicholas Hytner for Orpheus Descending – Donmar Warehouse Trevor Nunn for The Cherry Orchard – National Theatre Cottesloe / Olivier Ian Talbot for The Pirates of Penzance – Regent's Park Open Air	*Bob Fosse and Ann Reinking for Fosse* – Prince of Wales** Peter Darling for Merrily We Roll Along – Donmar Warehouse Stephen Mear for Singin' in the Rain – National Theatre Olivier Meryl Tankard for The Beautiful Game – Cambridge
Best Set Designer	Best Costume Designer
*William Dudley for All My Sons* – National Theatre Cottesloe** Bunny Christie for Baby Doll – National Theatre Lyttelton / Albery Rob Howell for The Caretaker – Comedy Brian Thomson for The King and I – London Palladium	*Alison Chitty for Remembrance of Things Past* – National Theatre Cottesloe** Gregg Barnes for Pageant – Vaudeville Bob Crowley for Cressida – Albery and The Witches of Eastwick – Theatre Royal Drury Lane Roger Kirk for The King and I – London Palladium
Best Lighting Designer
*Hugh Vanstone for The Cherry Orchard* – National Theatre Cottesloe and The Graduate – Gielgud** Howard Harrison for The Witches of Eastwick – Theatre Royal Drury Lane and To the Green Fields Beyond – Donmar Warehouse Mark Henderson for All My Sons – National Theatre Cottesloe Paul Pyant for Hamlet – National Theatre Lyttelton
Outstanding Achievement in Dance	Best New Dance Production
*Deborah Colker for choreographing Mix* – Barbican** Matthew Bourne for conceiving and dramatisating The Car Man – Old Vic Robert Parker in Shakespeare Suite, Birmingham Royal Ballet – Royal Opera House Michael Revie in Mozartina, Zürich Ballet – Sadler's Wells	Le Jardin Io Io Ito Ito, Compagnie Montalvo-Hervieu – Barbican Indigo Rose, Nederlands Dans Theater 2 – Sadler's Wells Mellantid, Nederlands Dans Theater 2 – Sadler's Wells Mozartina, Zürich Ballet – Sadler's Wells
Outstanding Achievement in Opera	Outstanding New Opera Production
*Amanda Holden and Mark-Anthony Turnage for creating The Silver Tassie* – National Theatre Lyttelton** Gerald Finley in The Silver Tassie, English National Opera – National Theatre Lyttelton Kirov Opera for their season – Royal Opera House Stefanos Lazaridis for set designing The Greek Passion and the Italian season, English National Opera – London Coliseum	The Greek Passion, The Royal Opera – Royal Opera House Pelléas and Mélisande, English National Opera – London Coliseum The Coronation of Poppea, English National Opera – London Coliseum War and Peace, Kirov Opera – Royal Opera House

Productions with multiple nominations and awards

The following 22 productions, including one ballet and two operas, received multiple nominations:

6: All My Sons
5: The Witches of Eastwick
4: Merrily We Roll Along, Singin' in the Rain, The Beautiful Game and The King and I
3: Blue/Orange, Fosse, Stones in His Pockets, The Caretaker and The Pirates of Penzance
2: Dolly West's Kitchen, Hamlet, Life x 3, Mozartina, My Zinc Bed, Orpheus Descending, Pageant, Passion Play, The Cherry Orchard, The Greek Passion and The Silver Tassie

The following three productions received multiple awards:

4: All My Sons
3: Merrily We Roll Along
2: Stones in His Pockets

References

^ "Winners of the 2001 Laurence Olivier Awards". LondonTheatre.co.uk. 2001. Archived from the original on 11 May 2022. Retrieved 10 May 2022.
^ "Olivier Winners 2001". officiallondontheatre.com. Society of London Theatre. Archived from the original on 15 June 2018. Retrieved 6 May 2022.