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2016 Olivier Award Nominees Announced

March 1, 2016 by Tom Bailey Leave a Comment

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Nominees have now been announced for the 2016 Oliver Awards. The headline news is the possibility of a ‘double O‘ for Mark Rylance – who’s been nominated for his role in Farinelli And The King at the Duke of York’s Theatre. The nomination comes hot on the heals of his Oscar’s win on the weekend for his role in the Steven Spielberg cold war drama Bridge of Spies. Check out the full list of nominees below:

Alice’s Adventures Underground
The Vaults

NOMINATED FOR:

  • Best Entertainment & Family

American Buffalo
Wyndham’s Theatre

NOMINATED FOR:

  • Best Actor in a Supporting Role

Anatomy Of A Passing
Cloud
Linbury Studio (Royal Opera House)

NOMINATED FOR:

  • Outstanding Achievement in Dance

Barbarians
Young Vic

NOMINATED FOR:

  • Outstanding Achievement in an Affiliate Theatre

Bend It Like Beckham The Musical
Phoenix Theatre

NOMINATED FOR:

  • Best Costume Design
  • Autograph Sound Award for Outstanding Achievement in Music
  • Best Actress in a Supporting Role in a Musical
  • Best Actress in a Musical
  • MasterCard Best New Musical

Bugsy Malone
Lyric Hammersmith

NOMINATED FOR:

  • Best Musical Revival

Cavalleria Rusticana / Pagliacci
Royal Opera House

NOMINATED FOR:

  • Best New Opera Production
  • Outstanding Achievement in Opera

A Christmas Carol
Noël Coward Theatre (Albery)

NOMINATED FOR:

  • Best New Comedy

Dr. Seuss’s The Lorax
Old Vic

NOMINATED FOR:

  • Best Entertainment & Family

Farinelli And The King
Duke of York’s Theatre

NOMINATED FOR:

  • Best Costume Design
  • Blue-i Theatre Technology Award for Best Set Design
  • Virgin Atlantic Best New Play
  • Best Actress in a Supporting Role
  • Best Actor
  • Autograph Sound Award for Outstanding Achievement in Music

The Father
Duke of York’s Theatre

NOMINATED FOR:

  • Best Sound Design
  • Virgin Atlantic Best New Play
  • Best Actor

The Force Of Destiny
London Coliseum

NOMINATED FOR:

  • Best New Opera Production
  • Outstanding Achievement in Opera
  • Outstanding Achievement in Opera

Guillaume Tell
Royal Opera House

NOMINATED FOR:

  • Outstanding Achievement in Opera

Guys And Dolls
Savoy Theatre

NOMINATED FOR:

  • Best Theatre Choreographer
  • Best Actor in a Supporting Role in a Musical
  • Best Musical Revival
  • Best Actor in a Musical
  • Best Actor in a Musical
  • Best Actress in a Musical

Gypsy
Savoy Theatre

NOMINATED FOR:

  • White Light Award for Best Lighting Design
  • Best Theatre Choreographer
  • Best Actor in a Supporting Role in a Musical
  • Best Actor in a Supporting Role in a Musical
  • Best Director
  • Best Actress in a Supporting Role in a Musical
  • Best Musical Revival
  • Best Actress in a Musical

Hamlet
Barbican Theatre

NOMINATED FOR:

  • Blue-i Theatre Technology Award for Best Set Design
  • Best Sound Design
  • Best Actor
  • Best Revival

Hand To God
Vaudeville Theatre

NOMINATED FOR:

  • Best New Comedy

Hangmen
Wyndham’s Theatre

NOMINATED FOR:

  • Blue-i Theatre Technology Award for Best Set Design
  • Virgin Atlantic Best New Play
  • Best Director

He Who Falls (Celui Qui Tombe)
Barbican Theatre

NOMINATED FOR:

  • Best New Dance Production

The Homecoming
Trafalgar Studios 1

NOMINATED FOR:

  • Best Sound Design

The Importance Of Being Earnest
Vaudeville Theatre

NOMINATED FOR:

  • Best Actor in a Supporting Role

In The Heights
King’s Cross Theatre

NOMINATED FOR:

  • Best Theatre Choreographer
  • Best Actor in a Supporting Role in a Musical
  • MasterCard Best New Musical
  • Autograph Sound Award for Outstanding Achievement in Music

I Want My Hat Back
National Theatre Temporary Theatre

NOMINATED FOR:

  • Best Entertainment & Family

Kinky Boots
Adelphi Theatre

NOMINATED FOR:

  • Best Costume Design
  • Autograph Sound Award for Outstanding Achievement in Music
  • Best Theatre Choreographer
  • Best Actress in a Supporting Role in a Musical
  • Best Actor in a Musical
  • Best Actor in a Musical
  • MasterCard Best New Musical

Król Roger
Royal Opera House

NOMINATED FOR:

  • Outstanding Achievement in Opera

Lady Macbeth Of Mtsensk
London Coliseum

NOMINATED FOR:

  • Outstanding Achievement in Opera

Les Liaisons Dangereuses
Donmar Warehouse

NOMINATED FOR:

  • Best Actress
  • Best Revival

Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
National Theatre Lyttelton

NOMINATED FOR:

  • Best Revival

Morgen Und Abend
Royal Opera House

NOMINATED FOR:

  • Best New Opera Production

Mrs Henderson Presents
Noël Coward Theatre (Albery)

NOMINATED FOR:

  • Best Actress in a Supporting Role in a Musical
  • Best Actor in a Musical
  • Best Actress in a Musical
  • MasterCard Best New Musical

Nell Gwynn
Apollo Theatre

NOMINATED FOR:

  • Best New Comedy
  • Best Costume Design
  • Best Actress in a Supporting Role
  • Best Actress

Oppenheimer
Vaudeville Theatre

NOMINATED FOR:

  • Best Actress in a Supporting Role

Oresteia
Almeida Theatre

NOMINATED FOR:

  • Blue-i Theatre Technology Award for Best Set Design
  • White Light Award for Best Lighting Design
  • Best Actress
  • Best Director

People, Places And Things
Wyndham’s Theatre

NOMINATED FOR:

  • White Light Award for Best Lighting Design
  • Best Sound Design
  • Virgin Atlantic Best New Play
  • Best Actress

Peter Pan
Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre

NOMINATED FOR:

  • Best Entertainment & Family

Peter Pan Goes Wrong
Apollo Theatre

NOMINATED FOR:

  • Best New Comedy

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Noël Coward Theatre (Albery)

NOMINATED FOR:

  • Best Actress

Pink Mist
Bush Theatre

NOMINATED FOR:

  • Outstanding Achievement in an Affiliate Theatre

 

The Queen Of Spades
London Coliseum

NOMINATED FOR:

  • Outstanding Achievement in Opera
  • Outstanding Achievement in Opera

Red Velvet
Garrick Theatre

NOMINATED FOR:

  • Best Actor

Romeo Et Juliette
London Coliseum

NOMINATED FOR:

  • Best New Dance Production

Sacre
Sadler’s Wells

NOMINATED FOR:

  • Outstanding Achievement in Dance

Seven Brides For Seven Brothers
Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre

NOMINATED FOR:

  • Best Musical Revival
  • Best Actress in a Musical

Showstopper! The Improvised Musical
Lyric Theatre

NOMINATED FOR:

  • Best Entertainment & Family

Silent
Soho Theatre

NOMINATED FOR:

  • Outstanding Achievement in an Affiliate Theatre

Three Days In The Country
National Theatre Lyttelton

NOMINATED FOR:

  • Best Actor in a Supporting Role

Violence And Son
Royal Court Jerwood Theatre Upstairs

NOMINATED FOR:

  • Outstanding Achievement in an Affiliate Theatre

The Winter’s Tale
Garrick Theatre

NOMINATED FOR:

  • White Light Award for Best Lighting Design
  • Best Actress in a Supporting Role
  • Best Actor
  • Best Director
  • Best Revival
  • Best Actor in a Supporting Role

Woolf Works
Royal Opera House

NOMINATED FOR:

  • Outstanding Achievement in Dance
  • Best New Dance Production
Tom Bailey

Author: Tom Bailey

Tom is a theatre maker and writer based in London, England. He covers news and interviews for Theatre Bubble.
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