2002 Laurence Olivier Awards

2002 Laurence Olivier Awards
2002 Laurence Olivier Awards
Date	15 February 2002
Location	Victoria Palace Theatre, London
Hosted by	Clive Anderson
Most awards	My Fair Lady (3); Private Lives (3)
Most nominations	Kiss Me, Kate (9)

Last updated September 04, 2024

The 2002 Laurence Olivier Awards were presented by the Society of London Theatre on 15 February 2002 at the Victoria Palace Theatre in London, celebrating excellence in West End theatre.^[1] The ceremony was hosted by comedy writer and television presenter Clive Anderson.^[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	Outstanding Musical Production
Jitney by August Wilson – National Theatre Lyttelton Boy Gets Girl by Rebecca Gilman – Royal Court Gagarin Way by Gregory Burke – National Theatre Cottesloe Humble Boy by Charlotte Jones – National Theatre Cottesloe / Gielgud Mouth to Mouth by Kevin Elyot – Royal Court / Albery	My Fair Lady – Theatre Royal Drury Lane Kiss Me, Kate – Victoria Palace South Pacific – National Theatre Olivier
Best New Comedy	Best Entertainment
The Play What I Wrote by Eddie Braben, Sean Foley and Hamish McColl – Wyndham's Boston Marriage by David Mamet – Donmar Warehouse / New Ambassadors Caught in the Net by Ray Cooney – Vaudeville Feelgood by Alistair Beaton – Garrick	Shockheaded Peter – Piccadilly / Albery Barbara Cook Sings Mostly Sondheim – Lyric The League of Gentlemen – Theatre Royal, Drury Lane The Pub Landlord: My Gaff, My Rules – Playhouse The Vagina Monologues – New Ambassadors / Arts
Best Actor	Best Actress
*Roger Allam as Terri Dennis in Privates on Parade* – Donmar Warehouse** Simon Russell Beale as Felix Humble in Humble Boy – National Theatre Cottesloe / Gielgud Sean Foley and Hamish McColl as Sean and Hamish in The Play What I Wrote – Wyndham's Alan Rickman as Elyot Chase in Private Lives – Albery	*Lindsay Duncan as Amanda Prynne in Private Lives* – Albery** Lindsay Duncan as Laura in Mouth to Mouth – Royal Court / Albery Victoria Hamilton as Sheila in A Day in the Death of Joe Egg – New Ambassadors / Comedy Zoë Wanamaker as Anna in Boston Marriage – Donmar Warehouse / New Ambassadors
Best Actor in a Musical or Entertainment	Best Actress in a Musical or Entertainment
*Philip Quast as Emile de Becque in South Pacific* – National Theatre Olivier** Brent Barrett as Fred Graham/Petruchio in Kiss Me, Kate – Victoria Palace Paul Keating as Straight Dave in Closer to Heaven – Arts Jonathan Pryce as Henry Higgins in My Fair Lady – Theatre Royal Drury Lane	*Martine McCutcheon as Eliza Doolittle in My Fair Lady* – Theatre Royal Drury Lane** Barbara Cook as Herself in Barbara Cook Sings Mostly Sondheim – Lyric Ruthie Henshall as Peggy Sue in Peggy Sue Got Married – Shaftesbury Marin Mazzie as Lilli Vanessi/Kate Minola in Kiss Me, Kate – Victoria Palace
Best Actor in a Supporting Role	Best Actress in a Supporting Role
*Toby Jones as Arthur in The Play What I Wrote* – Wyndham's** Desmond Barrit as Sir John Falstaff in Henry IV – Barbican Ned Beatty as Big Daddy Pollitt in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof – Lyric Adam Godley as Gompertz in Mouth to Mouth – Royal Court / Albery Malcolm Sinclair as Major Giles Flack in Privates on Parade – Donmar Warehouse	*Marcia Warren as Mercy Lott in Humble Boy* – National Theatre Cottesloe / Gielgud** Bríd Brennan as Birdie Hubbard in The Little Foxes – Donmar Warehouse Emma Fielding as Sibyl in Private Lives – Albery Lyndsey Marshal as Catherine in Boston Marriage – Donmar Warehouse / New Ambassadors
Best Supporting Performance in a Musical or Entertainment
*Martyn Jacques as Performer in Shockheaded Peter* – Piccadilly / Albery** Nancy Anderson as Lois Lane/Bianca Minola in Kiss Me, Kate – Victoria Palace Michael Berresse Bill Calhoun Lucentio in Kiss Me, Kate – Victoria Palace Nicholas Le Prevost as Colonel Hugh Pickering in My Fair Lady – Theatre Royal Drury Lane
Best Director	Best Theatre Choreographer
*Michael Boyd for Henry IV* and Richard III – Young Vic** Michael Blakemore for Kiss Me, Kate – Victoria Palace Howard Davies for Private Lives – Albery Julian Crouch and Phelim McDermott for Shockheaded Peter – Piccadilly / Albery Ian Rickson for Mouth to Mouth – Royal Court / Albery	*Matthew Bourne for My Fair Lady* – Theatre Royal Drury Lane** Irving Davies for The Play What I Wrote – Wyndham's Scarlett Mackmin for Privates on Parade – Donmar Warehouse Kathleen Marshall for Kiss Me, Kate – Victoria Palace
Most Promising Playwright	Most Promising Performer
Grae Cleugh *for Fucking Games* – Royal Court** Abi Morgan for Tender – Hampstead Simon Stephens for Herons – Royal Court	*Benjamin Davies as Danny in Fucking Games* – Royal Court** Jack Davenport as Tony in The Servant – Lyric Hammersmith Ralf Little as George Harrison in Presence – Royal Court Leah Muller as The Stepdaughter in Six Characters In Search of an Author – Young Vic
Best Set Designer	Best Costume Designer
*Tim Hatley for Humble Boy* – National Theatre Cottesloe and Private Lives – Albery** Lez Brotherston for A Midsummer Night's Dream – Albery and The Little Foxes – Donmar Warehouse Julian Crouch and Graeme Gilmour for Shockheaded Peter – Piccadilly / Albery Robin Wagner for Kiss Me, Kate – Victoria Palace Anthony Ward for My Fair Lady – Theatre Royal Drury Lane	*Jenny Beavan for Private Lives* – Albery** Martin Pakledinaz for Kiss Me, Kate – Victoria Palace Kevin Pollard for Shockheaded Peter – Piccadilly / Albery Anthony Ward for My Fair Lady – Theatre Royal Drury Lane
Best Lighting Designer
*Mark Henderson for A Midsummer Night's Dream* – Albery and The Playboy of the Western World – National Theatre Cottesloe** Howard Harrison for Cat on a Hot Tin Roof – Lyric and Tales from Hollywood – Donmar Warehouse David Hersey for My Fair Lady – Theatre Royal Drury Lane and South Pacific – National Theatre Olivier Tim Mitchell for Henry IV – Barbican Peter Mumford for Hamlet – Barbican and Private Lives – Albery
Outstanding Achievement in Dance	Best New Dance Production
Mark Morris Dance Group for their season – Sadler's Wells Ushio Amagatsu for choreographing, conceiving, directing and performing Hibiki, Sankai Juku – Sadler's Wells Dana Caspersen in Artifact and Eidos/Telos, Ballett Frankfurt – Sadler's Wells William Forsythe in Artifact and Eidos/Telos, Ballett Frankfurt – Sadler's Wells	Hibiki, Sankai Juku – Sadler's Wells Eidos/Telos, Ballett Frankfurt – Sadler's Wells Live, Dutch National Ballet – Sadler's Wells Onegin , The Royal Ballet – Royal Opera House
Outstanding Achievement in Opera	Outstanding New Opera Production
*Bernard Haitink for Jenůfa* and The Queen of Spades , The Royal Opera – Royal Opera House** From Morning to Midnight , The Rake's Progress , The Rape of Lucretia and War and Peace , English National Opera – London Coliseum Karita Mattila in Jenůfa and The Queen of Spades , The Royal Opera – Royal Opera House David Sawer for From Morning to Midnight , English National Opera – London Coliseum	Boulevard Solitude , The Royal Opera – Royal Opera House Jenůfa , The Royal Opera – Royal Opera House The Rape of Lucretia , English National Opera – London Coliseum Rigoletto , The Royal Opera – Royal Opera House
Outstanding Achievement Award	Audience Award for Most Popular Show
Trevor Nunn	The Phantom of the Opera – Her Majesty's All the Great Books (Abridged), Reduced Shakespeare Company – Criterion Theatre Cats – New London Mamma Mia – Prince Edward
Society Special Award
Rupert Rhymes

Productions with multiple nominations and awards

The following 23 productions, including three ballets and two operas, received multiple nominations:

9: Kiss Me, Kate
8: My Fair Lady
7: Private Lives
5: Shockheaded Peter
4: Humble Boy , Mouth to Mouth and The Play What I Wrote
3: Boston Marriage , Eidos/Telos, Henry IV , Jenůfa , Privates on Parade and South Pacific
2: A Midsummer Night's Dream , Artifact, Barbara Cook Sings Mostly Sondheim, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof , From Morning to Midnight , Fucking Games, Hibiki, The Little Foxes , The Queen of Spades and The Rape of Lucretia

The following six productions received multiple awards:

3: My Fair Lady and Private Lives
2: Fucking Games, Humble Boy , Shockheaded Peter and The Play What I Wrote

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References

1 2 "Winners of the 2002 Laurence Olivier Awards". LondonTheatre.co.uk. 15 February 2002. Archived from the original on 26 April 2019. Retrieved 10 May 2022.
↑ "Olivier Winners 2002". officiallondontheatre.com. Society of London Theatre. Archived from the original on 15 June 2018. Retrieved 5 May 2022.

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[LTcoUK-1] 1 2 "Winners of the 2002 Laurence Olivier Awards". LondonTheatre.co.uk. 15 February 2002. Archived from the original on 26 April 2019. Retrieved 10 May 2022.

[2] "Olivier Winners 2002". officiallondontheatre.com. Society of London Theatre. Archived from the original on 15 June 2018. Retrieved 5 May 2022.

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Production/Creatives	Director Theatre Choreographer Set Design Costume Design Lighting Design Sound Design
Dance/Opera	New Dance Production New Opera Production Achievement in Dance Achievement in Opera
Special/Other	Special Award Family Show Achievement in an Affiliate Theatre
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