2004 Laurence Olivier Awards

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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.^[1]

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

References

^ "Olivier Winners 2004". officiallondontheatre.com. Society of London Theatre. Archived from the original on 19 November 2018. Retrieved 5 May 2022.