Laurence Olivier Award for Best Lighting Design

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Laurence Olivier Award
for Best Lighting Design
Awarded forBest Lighting Design
LocationFlag of England.svg  England
Presented by Society of London Theatre
First award 1991
Currently held byJack Knowles for Sunset Boulevard (2024)
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The Laurence Olivier Award for Best Lighting Design is an annual award presented by the Society of London Theatre in recognition of achievements in commercial London theatre. The awards were established as the Society of West End Theatre Awards in 1976, and renamed in 1984 in honour of English actor and director Laurence Olivier.

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This award was introduced in 1991. There had been an award for Designer of the Year from 1976 to 1990, originally focused on set designers but including an increasing number of commingled nominations for other design specialties through the years. The commingled single award was retired after the 1990 ceremony, with more granular awards introduced in 1991 for Best Set Design and Best Costume Design, along with this Best Lighting Design award.

Winners and nominees

1990s

YearDesignerProduction
1991
Jean Kalman Richard III and White Chameleon
Alan Burrett Three Sisters
Pat Collins The Illusion
Paul Pyant The Wind in the Willows
1992
Mark Henderson Murmuring Judges and Long Day's Journey into Night
Wayne Dowdeswell Edward II
Jean Kalman The Night of the Iguana and Hedda Gabler
Sumio YoshiiTango at the End of Winter
1993
Howell Binkley Kiss of the Spider Woman
Paule Constable The Street of Crocodiles
Rick Fisher An Inspector Calls
Jean Kalman A Midsummer Night's Dream
1994
Rick Fisher Hysteria , Machinal and Moonlight
Wayne Dowdeswell Medea
Terry Hands and Wayne Dowdeswell Tamburlaine the Great
Brian Harris The School of Night
1995
Mark Henderson All his work during the year
Rick Fisher The Cryptogram and Pericles
David Hersey Glengarry Glen Ross and Oliver!
Tina MacHugh Ghosts and Rutherford and Son
1996
David Hersey Burning Blue, The Glass Menagerie and Twelfth Night
Mark Henderson Absolute Hell, La Grande Magia and Indian Ink
Peter Mumford Richard II , Mother Courage and Her Children and Volpone
Chris Parry A Midsummer Night's Dream and The Way of the World
1997
Chris Parry Tommy
Mark Henderson John Gabriel Borkman
David Hersey Martin Guerre
Hugh Vanstone 'Art'
1998
Rick Fisher Chips with Everything and Lady in the Dark
Paul Anderson The Chairs
Howard Harrison The Fix
Hugh Vanstone Hamlet
1999
Hugh Vanstone The Blue Room and The Unexpected Man
Paule Constable Amadeus and Uncle Vanya
Mark Henderson Britannicus and Phèdre
David Hersey Oklahoma!

2000s

YearDesignerProduction
2000
Mark Henderson Plenty , Spend Spend Spend , Suddenly, Last Summer , The Forest , The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe , The Real Thing and Vassa
Howard Harrison Private Lives , Sleep With Me and The Tempest
Donald Holder The Lion King
Peter Mumford Collected Stories , Richard III , Summerfolk and The Merchant of Venice
2001
Hugh Vanstone The Cherry Orchard and The Graduate
Howard Harrison To the Green Fields Beyond and The Witches of Eastwick
Mark Henderson All My Sons
Paul Pyant Hamlet
2002
Mark Henderson A Midsummer Night's Dream and The Playboy of the Western World
Howard Harrison Cat on a Hot Tin Roof and Tales from Hollywood
David Hersey My Fair Lady and South Pacific
Tim Mitchell Henry IV
Peter Mumford Hamlet and Private Lives
2003
Peter Mumford The Bacchae
Paule Constable Play Without Words
David Hersey The Coast of Utopia
Paul Pyant A Streetcar Named Desire
2004
Hugh Vanstone Pacific Overtures
Simon CorderHitchcock Blonde
Howard Harrison Ragtime
2005
Paule Constable His Dark Materials
Howard Harrison Mary Poppins
Jean Kalman Festen
Paul Pyant All's Well That Ends Well
2006
Paule Constable Don Carlos
Rick Fisher Billy Elliot
Howard Harrison Guys and Dolls
Hugh Vanstone Mary Stuart
2007
Natasha Chivers and Mike Robertson Sunday in the Park with George
Neil Austin Thérèse Raquin
Jean Kalman The Crucible
Kenneth Posner Wicked
Hugh Vanstone Spamalot
2008
Howard Harrison Macbeth
Paule Constable War Horse
Kenneth Posner Hairspray
Paul Pyant The Lord of the Rings
2009
Paule Constable The Chalk Garden
Neil Austin No Man's Land
Piaf
Paule Constable Ivanov

2010s

YearDesignerProduction
2010
Mark Henderson Burnt by the Sun
Kevin Adams Spring Awakening
Jon Clark Three Days of Rain
Mark Henderson ENRON
2011
Neil Austin The White Guard
Paule Constable Love Never Dies
Mark Henderson After the Dance
Hugh Vanstone Deathtrap
2012
Bruno Poet Frankenstein
Howard Harrison Anna Christie
Hugh Vanstone Ghost
Matilda
2013
Paule Constable The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
Paul Anderson The Master and Margarita
Lee Curran Constellations
Mark Henderson Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
2014
Tim Lutkin and Finn Ross Chimerica
Paul Pyant and Jon Driscoll Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Paule Constable The Light Princess
Peter Mumford Ghosts
2015
Howard Harrison City of Angels
Jon Clark King Charles III
Paule Constable and David Plater Wolf Hall and Bring Up the Bodies
Jan Versweyveld A View from the Bridge
2016
Mark Henderson Gypsy
Neil Austin The Winter's Tale
Natasha Chivers Oresteia
James FarncombePeople, Places and Things
2017
Neil Austin Harry Potter and the Cursed Child
Lee Curran Jesus Christ Superstar
Natasha Katz The Glass Menagerie
Hugh Vanstone Groundhog Day
2018
Howell Binkley Hamilton
Paule Constable Angels in America
Follies
Jan Versweyveld Network
2019
Jon Clark The Inheritance
Neil Austin Company
Howell Binkley Come from Away
Lee Curran Summer and Smoke

2020s

YearDesignerProduction
2020
Paule Constable The Ocean at the End of the Lane
Neil Austin Rosmersholm
Howard Hudson & Juliet
Bruno Poet Uncle Vanya
2021Not presented due to extended closing of theatre productions during COVID-19 pandemic [A]
2022 [A]
Andrzej Goulding and Tim Lutkin Life of Pi
Neil Austin Frozen
Isabella Byrd Cabaret
Tim Lutkin Back to the Future: The Musical
2023
Jessica Hung Han Yun My Neighbour Totoro
Natasha Chivers Prima Facie
Lee Curran A Streetcar Named Desire
Tim Lutkin The Crucible
2024
Jack Knowles Sunset Boulevard
Jon Clark Dear England
Stranger Things: The First Shadow
Paule Constable Guys and Dolls
  1. 1 2 Due to late March 2020 [1] to late July 2021 [2] closing of London theatre productions during the COVID-19 pandemic in England, the 2022 awards recognise productions that launched anytime from February 2020 to February 2022 [3]


Multiple Wins

6 wins

5 wins

3 wins

2 wins

See also

References

  1. ↑ Johnson, The Rt Hon Boris, MP (2020-03-23). Prime Minister's statement on coronavirus (COVID-19): 23 March 2020 [transcript] (Speech). Prime Minister's Televised Speech to the United Kingdom. www.gov.uk. London, UK. Archived from the original on 2020-06-09. Retrieved 2022-04-25. From this evening I must give the British people a very simple instruction — you must stay at home.{{cite speech}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  2. ↑ McPhee, Ryan (2021-06-14). "U.K. Postpones Reopening Roadmap; West End Theatres Will No Longer Reopen in Full in June". Playbill . Archived from the original on 2021-06-14. Retrieved 2022-04-25. Step 4 of the roadmap will allow productions to play without capacity restrictions. June 21 was the goal; now, the government is eyeing July 19.
  3. ↑ Thomas, Sophie (2022-03-08). "Everything you need to know about the Olivier Awards". londontheatre.co.uk. Archived from the original on 2022-04-11. Retrieved 2022-04-25. Any new production that opened between 19 Feb. 2020 to 22 Feb. 2022 are eligible for categories in the 2022 Olivier Awards. With two years worth of shows set for honours in one year's ceremony, the 2022 Olivier Awards will prove tougher competition than before.
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