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Nominations By Show 2013

Apollo / Aeternum / 24 Preludes at Royal Opera House
Presented as part of a mixed bill, Wheeldon’s latest ballet stretched the Royal Ballet’s dancers as he stepped up to the challenge of choreographing to Benjamin Britten’s Sinfonia da Requiem.
Nominated for:
- Best New Dance Production WINNER
- Outstanding Achievement In Dance WINNER

The Audience at Gielgud Theatre
The Queen playwright Peter Morgan once more turned his thoughts to all things royal in this drama that explores the secretive meetings between Elizabeth II and her changing Prime Ministers during her 60 year reign.
Nominated for:
- Best Actress WINNER
- Best Actor In A Supporting Role WINNER
- MasterCard Best New Play
- Best Costume Design
- Best Director

Billy Budd at London Coliseum
This ENO production saw director David Alden transport Benjamin Britten’s masterpiece through space and time to the inside of a ship at the beginning of the 20th century, universalising and modernising the opera’s tale of good and evil.
Nominated for:
- Best New Opera Production
- Outstanding Achievement In Opera

Billy Elliot The Musical at Victoria Palace Theatre
Based on the Oscar nominated film, Billy Elliot The Musical’s tale about a young boy’s dream of becoming a ballet dancer has been seen by almost four million people during its eight years in the West End.
Nominated for:
- BBC Radio 2 Audience Award WINNER

The Bodyguard at Adelphi Theatre
Thea Sharrock’s elaborate production brings the much-loved film to life, set to the iconic songs of Whitney Houston, with Heather Headley wowing audiences as the diva leading lady with the voice to match.
Nominated for:
- Best Actress In A Musical
- Best Performance In A Supporting Role In A Musical
- Best New Musical
- XL Video Award for Best Set Design

Breakin' Convention 10th Anniversary at Sadler's Wells
Sadler’s Wells’ groundbreaking annual festival of hip hop dance offered a weekend of exceptional dance, putting the world’s top B-boys and B-girls, poppers and lockers centre stage.
Nominated for:
- Outstanding Achievement In Dance

Cabaret at Savoy Theatre
Rufus Norris’ production proved it had lost none of its punch when it returned with an accomplished Will Young as the eccentric Emcee and Michelle Ryan as the iconic Sally Bowles leading the story of debauchery.
Nominated for:
- Best Actor In A Musical
- Best Performance In A Supporting Role In A Musical
- Best Musical Revival

Caligula at London Coliseum
Relocating Detlev Glanert's opera to the stands of a modern stadium, Benedict Andrews crammed his production with political references in order to portray the tyranny and violence of Albert Camus’ play about the notorious Roman Emperor.
Nominated for:
- Best New Opera Production

Chariots Of Fire at Gielgud Theatre
A production whose success was as fast as a sprinter but had the stamina of a marathon runner, Chariots Of Fire’s tale of determination and competition caught the zeitgeist of the Olympic summer.
Nominated for:
- Autograph Sound Award for Best Theatre Choreographer

A Chorus Line at London Palladium
This faithful revival made theatrical history, marking the first time in almost 35 years the seminal production had been seen in the West End and was directed by Bob Avian, the co-choreographer of the original production.
Nominated for:
- Best Performance In A Supporting Role In A Musical WINNER
- Best Musical Revival

Cinderella: A Fairytale at St James Theatre
Veering away from the now more famous Disney-influenced story and taking the plot back to its Brothers Grimm roots, Sally Cookson's Christmas offering was touching and packed full of theatrical creativity.
Nominated for:
- Best Entertainment And Family

Constellations at Duke of York's Theatre
Nick Payne’s critically acclaimed drama took a heartbreaking love story and mixed it with quantum multiverse theory to create a unique piece where conversations and meetings are replayed with changing results.
Nominated for:
- Best Actor
- MasterCard Best New Play
- White Light Award for Lighting Design
- Best Sound Design

The Curious Incident Of The Dog In The Night-Time at Apollo Theatre
Adapted by Simon Stephens, The Curious Incident Of The Dog In The Night-Time brought Mark Haddon’s best-selling novel about a teenager with behavioural differences to the stage in a production that embraced theatricality.
Nominated for:
- Best Actor WINNER
- Best Actress In A Supporting Role WINNER
- MasterCard Best New Play WINNER
- XL Video Award for Best Set Design WINNER
- White Light Award for Lighting Design WINNER
- Best Sound Design WINNER
- Best Director WINNER
- Autograph Sound Award for Best Theatre Choreographer

A Doll's House at Young Vic
In the hands of playwright Simon Stephens and director Carrie Cracknell, Henrik Ibsen’s 19th century story of a strong woman pushed too far by lies and deception was given a fresh feeling of modern resonance.
Nominated for:
- Best Actress

The Effect at National Theatre Cottesloe
The latest play by ENRON writer Lucy Prebble, The Effect explored the world of clinical trials and mental health leaving audiences questioning who was on the placebo and which relationships were real.
Nominated for:
- Best Actress
- Best Actress In A Supporting Role

Einstein On The Beach at Barbican Theatre
Audiences were invited to enter and exit at their leisure for this production of Philip Glass’ five hour opera, which, steeped in director Robert Wilson’s trademark style, juxtaposed a series of powerful recurrent images with choreographer Lucinda Childs’ abstract dance sequences.
Nominated for:
- Best New Opera Production WINNER

Encounters: Dry Ice & You're Not Like The Other Girls Chrissy at Bush Theatre
Set in 1945 Paris, Caroline Horton’s intimate portrait of one woman’s experience of love and war had audiences both emotionally gripped and roaring with laughter right up to its touching and personal conclusion.
Nominated for:
- Outstanding Achievement In An Affiliate Theatre

The Flying Dutchman at London Coliseum
With Edward Gardner conducting, English National Opera’s Orchestra and Chorus excelled themselves in the Jonathan Kent-directed production of Wagner’s great opera, which portrayed the action as a young girl’s dream.
Nominated for:
- Outstanding Achievement In Opera

Goodnight Mister Tom at Phoenix Theatre
David Wood’s heart-warming adaptation of Michelle Magorian’s classic World War II drama starred Oliver Ford Davies in the title role and won praise for its warm re-telling and nostalgic staging.
Nominated for:
- Best Entertainment And Family WINNER

Hansel And Gretel at National Theatre Cottesloe
Writer Lucy Kirkwood and award-winning director Katie Mitchell collaborated to create this National Theatre Christmas hit and added their own unique twist on the classic story, packing the enchanting production full of songs and plenty of rhyme.
Nominated for:
- Best Entertainment And Family

Hedda Gabler at Old Vic
Double Olivier Award winner Sheridan Smith led the cast of this Old Vic production of Ibsen’s classic that found humour where others miss it and brought an operatic grandeur to the seminal play.
Nominated for:
- Best Actor In A Supporting Role

In The Locked Room / Ghost Patrol at Royal Opera House
This double bill of one act contemporary operas – the first a tale of dark obsession, the second of two war veterans reuniting only to be destroyed by memories of trauma – showcased the best of new opera.
Nominated for:
- Outstanding Achievement In Opera

The Judas Kiss at Duke of York's Theatre
The story of Oscar Wilde and his fall from grace captivated theatregoers, with Rupert Everett shining as the iconic Irish writer and Freddie Fox growing into a stage force as his lover Bosie.
Nominated for:
- Best Actor

Julius Caesar at Donmar Warehouse
The all-female cast of Shakespeare’s political drama made a big impact with Phyllida Lloyd’s prison-set production that set the Bard’s classic alongside modern trappings including celebrity gossip and Krispy Kremes.
Nominated for:
- Best Actress In A Supporting Role

Kiss Me, Kate at Old Vic
Trevor Nunn’s slick revival of Cole Porter’s comedy musical had audiences at the Old Vic theatre in stitches with a hilariously larger than life production, sensational cast, slick staging and magnificent costumes.
Nominated for:
- Best Actor In A Musical
- Best Actress In A Musical
- Best Performance In A Supporting Role In A Musical
- Best Musical Revival
- Autograph Sound Award for Best Theatre Choreographer

The Last Of The Haussmans at National Theatre Lyttelton
Stephen Beresford’s new play saw Julie Walters return to the London stage in this touching, witty tale of changing eras and people who cling to their past way of life despite the onward movement of time.
Nominated for:
- Best Actress In A Supporting Role

Long Day’s Journey Into Night at Apollo Theatre
Eugene O’Neill’s Pulitzer Prize-winning masterpiece returned to the London stage with David Suchet leading the talented cast in this semi-autobiographical tale of addiction, old wounds reopened and old arguments revisited.
Nominated for:
- Best Actor In A Supporting Role
- Best Revival WINNER

Loserville at Garrick Theatre
Bringing geek chic to the West End, the US high school-set tale, written by former Busted star James Bourne and Elliot Davis, mixed musical theatre with the youthful energy of pop to create a feeling all of its own.
Nominated for:
- Best New Musical

Macbeth at Trafalgar Studios 1
The first production of Jamie Lloyd’s Trafalgar Transformed season, this Macbeth was a dirty, grimy affair set in a post-apocalyptic world where warriors wielded whatever they could find and witches wore gas masks.
Nominated for:
- Best Actor
- Best Revival

The Master And Margarita at Barbican Theatre
Mikhail Bulgakov’s epic story was captured in all its bizarre, magical and passionate glory in an electric staging that crammed every scene with imaginative devices and uniquely stunning visual tricks.
Nominated for:
- White Light Award for Lighting Design
- Best Director

Matilda The Musical at Cambridge Theatre
The combined genius of the RSC and musician and comedian Tim Minchin, Matilda The Musical hopes to add an eighth Olivier Award to its brimming collection following its overwhelming success at last year’s ceremony.
Nominated for:
- BBC Radio 2 Audience Award

Matthew Bourne's Sleeping Beauty at New Wimbledon Theatre
Nominated for:
- Outstanding Achievement In Dance

Metamorphosis: Titian 2012 at Royal Opera House
The Royal Ballet's Metamorphosis: Titian 2012 offered the unique opportunity for a trio of leading choreographers Liam Scarlett, Will Tuckett and Jonathan Watkins to collaborate on this single piece of ground breaking dance.
Nominated for:
- Outstanding Achievement In Dance WINNER

Mixed: Viscera at Royal Opera House
Liam Scarlett, Artist in Residence at the Royal Ballet, created a thrilling piece in three segments, which performed with skill and ferocity as part of a triple bill. Swift ensemble passages contrasted with meditative duets.
Nominated for:
- Outstanding Achievement In Dance WINNER

Nederlands Dans Theater 2 - Mixed Bill at Sadler's Wells
Ekman’s witty piece, presented as part of an NDT2 triple bill, brought a full company of 16 to the stage, each with their own cactus, gently mocking our desire to force an interpretation on everything.
Nominated for:
- Best New Dance Production

NSFW at Royal Court Jerwood Theatre Downstairs
Set in the world of a dubious lads’ magazine, Lucy Kirkwood’s latest play explored the portrayal and treatment of women in the media, tackling power games and privacy with a witty edge.
Nominated for:
- Best Actress In A Supporting Role

Old Times at Harold Pinter Theatre
Ian Rickson's impeccably stylish production of Harold Pinter's ambiguous memory play returned to the London stage 40 years after its premiere with leading ladies – Kristin Scott Thomas and Lia Williams – who regularly alternated roles.
Nominated for:
- Best Actress
- Best Revival

The Phantom Of The Opera at Her Majesty's Theatre
The combination of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s mesmerising score, jaw-dropping scenery and breath-taking special effects has made The Phantom Of The Opera one of the West End’s longest running musicals.
Nominated for:
- BBC Radio 2 Audience Award

Red Velvet at Tricycle Theatre
The first production of Indhu Rubasingham’s tenure as Tricycle theatre Artistic Director, Red Velvet saw Olivier winner Adrian Lester give a powerful performance as black American actor Ira Aldridge in his wife Lolita Chakrabarti’s striking play.
Nominated for:
- Outstanding Achievement In An Affiliate Theatre

Robert Le Diable at Royal Opera House
The first London production of Meyerbeer’s opera to be staged since 1890, Laurent Pelly’s version of Robert Le Diable reintroduced the capital’s audiences to music that set the benchmark for 19th century opera.
Nominated for:
- Outstanding Achievement In Opera WINNER

Room On The Broom at Lyric Theatre
With infectious songs, colourful costumes and plenty of silly humour, theatre company Tall Stories brought Julia Donaldson’s hugely popular picture book to life on stage and had little theatregoers and parents alike singing along.
Nominated for:
- Best Entertainment And Family

Rusalka at Royal Opera House
The Royal Opera House’s production of Dvořák’s operatic tale of a water nymph longing for human love gave tenor Bryan Hymel the opportunity to soar and shine as the story’s erring Prince.
Nominated for:
- Outstanding Achievement In Opera WINNER

Scottish Ballet - A Streetcar Named Desire at Sadler's Wells
A victory for creative collaboration, director Nancy Meckler and choreographer Annabelle Lopez Ochoa combined for this memorable, striking dance interpretation of Tennessee Williams’ passionate, tragic tale, full of sentiment and set pieces.
Nominated for:
- Best New Dance Production

Soul Sister at Savoy Theatre
Beginning life at the Hackney Empire, following its critically acclaimed world premiere the musical based on the dramatic life and songs of Tina Turner moved into the West End with Emi Wokoma thrilling audiences as the songstress.
Nominated for:
- Best New Musical

Sweeney Todd at Adelphi Theatre
Jonathan Church’s critically acclaimed production starred nominees Michael Ball and Imelda Staunton as the blood-thirsty demon barber and pie-loving Mrs Lovett, and entranced audiences with its suitably dark and grimy take on Sondheim’s classic.
Nominated for:
- Best Actor In A Musical WINNER
- Best Actress In A Musical WINNER
- Best Musical Revival WINNER
- White Light Award for Lighting Design
- Best Sound Design
- Best Costume Design

This House at National Theatre Olivier
James Graham’s scintillating new play takes audiences into the heart of parliament at a time when every vote counts in a tense, exciting and complex drama that proved a hit with audiences and critics alike.
Nominated for:
- Best Director
- MasterCard Best New Play

Top Hat at Aldwych Theatre
Bringing the glamour of the golden age of Hollywood to the West End stage, Matthew White’s sumptuous production features slick tap dances, classic songs, elegant costumes and old-fashioned razzmatazz.
Nominated for:
- Best Actor In A Musical
- Best Actress In A Musical
- Best New Musical WINNER
- XL Video Award for Best Set Design
- Best Sound Design
- Best Costume Design WINNER
- Autograph Sound Award for Best Theatre Choreographer WINNER

La Traviata at London Coliseum
One of Europe’s leading opera directors, Peter Konwitschny made some radical changes to Verdi’s well-known opera, exposing the piece’s emotional truths on a minimalist set in a condensed 110-minute production, which served to accentuate the passions of the story and its characters.
Nominated for:
- Best New Opera Production

Les Troyens at Royal Opera House
David McVicar relocated Berlioz’s Troyan war tale to the Crimea era, complete with fire-breathing Troyan horse, in this epic production, the first new version of this opera to be staged at the Royal Opera House in 40 years.
Nominated for:
- Outstanding Achievement In Opera WINNER

Twelfth Night at Apollo Theatre
Shakespeare’s Globe’s all-male production of Twelfth Night, with Mark Rylance reviving his previous Olivier Award nominated performance as Olivia, brought Bardic laughter to audiences both at the Globe and, after its transfer, at the Apollo.
Nominated for:
- Best Actor
- Best Actor In A Supporting Role
- Best Revival
- Best Costume Design

Wicked at Apollo Victoria Theatre
Now in its seventh spell-binding year in the West End, Oz-based musical Wicked hopes to have its fellow nominees turning green with envy by becoming the first show ever to win this public-voted award twice.
Nominated for:
- BBC Radio 2 Audience Award

Wild Swans at Young Vic
With a unique and inventive design that exposed new layers and tricks throughout the production, the Young Vic achieved the near impossible in converting a 700-page book covering three generations into a 90-minute stage production.
Nominated for:
- XL Video Award for Best Set Design

You Me Bum Bum Train at Barbican Theatre
This unique immersive theatrical experience ingeniously conceived by artists Kate Bond and Morgan Lloyd brought a new meaning to audience participation as audience members embarked on a life-affirming journey through a series of locations and scenarios.
Nominated for:
- Outstanding Achievement In An Affiliate Theatre





