Charlie and the Chocolate Factory proves to be a popular choice at the Olivier Awards.
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory proves to be a popular choice at the Olivier Awards.

Almeida Theatre have come up trumps in this years Olivier Awards 2014 nominations after featuring in 10 categories and stars of the big screen Tom Hiddleston, Jude Law and Judi Dench are also nominated for awards.

Top of the theatre pack in the 2014 Olivier Awards nominations are CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY and Stephen Sondheim’s MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG.  Both productions have topped the list with a whopping seven each.  There are 26 categories in stage, opera and dance and productions held at Almeida Theatre have enjoyed a variety of nominations in 10 categories.

The nominations were delivered by actors Nigel Harman and Leigh Zimmerman in central London, which revealed a strong bunch of contenders for West End musicals, as CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY go head to head with popular stage productions THE BOOK OF MORMON  (six nominations), ONCE (six nominations) and THE SCOTTSBORO BOYS (six nominations) in the best new musical category.

To be or not to be, that is the question for Tom Hiddleston, Henry Goodman, Rory Kinnear and Jude Law as Shakespearean productions have battled their way through this category.

Tom Hiddleston and Jude Law are well known on the big screen, but they have enjoyed unprecedented success in CORIOLANUS and HENRY V respectively.  Rory Kinnear joins the pack for his performance as Iago in Othello and Henry Goodman in Bertolt Brecht’s THE RESISTIBLE RISE OF ARTURO UI.

In the best actress category, Hayley Atwell (THE PRIDE), Anna Chancellor (PRIVATE LIVES), Judi Dench (PETER AND ALICE) and Lesley Manville (GHOSTS) will also be hoping to get their hands on an award for their performances.

The public has also had their say in one award – the listeners from BBC Radio 2 who voted for long running productions in the West End.  The Phantom of the Opera, Les Miserables. Matilda the Musical and Wicked all topping the nominations in that category. 

The ceremony will take place on Sunday 13th April.  Who will you be hoping walks away with a coveted gong this year?

Here is the list of full nominations:

Best Actor:

Henry Goodman – THE RESISTIBLE RISE OF ARTURO UI (Duchess Theatre)

Tom Hiddleston – CORIOLANUS (Donmar Warehouse)

Rory Kinnear – OTHELLO (National Theatre, Olivier)

Jude Law – HENRY V (Noël Coward Theatre)

 

Best Actress:

Hayley Atwell – THE PRIDE (Trafalgar Studios)

Anna Chancellor – PRIVATE LIVES (Gielgud Theatre)

Judi Dench – PETER AND ALICE (Noël Coward Theatre)

Lesley Manville – GHOSTS (Almeida Theatre and Trafalgar Studios)

 

Best Supporting Actor:

Ron Cook – HENRY V (Noël Coward Theatre)

Mark Gatiss – CORIOLANUS (Donmar Warehouse)

Jack Lowden – GHOSTS (Almeida Theatre)

Ardal O’Hanlon – THE WEIR (Donmar Warehouse and Wyndham’s Theatre)

 

Best Supporting Actress:

Sharon D Clarke – THE AMEN CORNER (National Theatre, Olivier)

Sarah Greene – THE CRIPPLE OF INISHMAAN (Noël Coward Theatre)

Katherine Kinglsey – A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM (Noël Coward Theatre)

Cecilia Noble – THE AMEN CORNER (National Theatre, Olivier)

 

American Airlines Best New Play:

1984 (Almeida Theatre)

CHIMERICA (Almeida Theatre and Harold Pinter Theatre)

THE NIGHT ALIVE (Donmar Warehouse)

PETER AND ALICE (Noël Coward Theatre)

 

Best New Comedy:

THE DUCK HOUSE (Vaudeville Theatre)

THE FULL MONTY (Noël Coward Theatre)

JEEVES AND WORCESTER IN PERFECT NONSENSE (Duke of York’s Theatre)

THE SAME DEEP WATER AS ME (Donmar Warehouse)

 

Best Director:

Richard Eyre – GHOSTS (Almeida Theatre)

Maria Friedman – MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG (Harold Pinter Theatre)

Susan Stroman – THE SCOTTSBORO BOYS (Young Vic)

Lyndsey Turner – CHIMERICA (Almeida Theatre)

 

Best Actor in a Musical:

Gavin Creel – THE BOOK OF MORMON (Prince of Wales Theatre)

Jared Gertner – THE BOOK OF MORMON (Prince of Wales Theatre)

Douglas Hodge – CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY (Theatre Royal Drury Lane)

Kyle Scatliffe- THE SCOTSBORO BOYS (Young Vic)

Best Actress in a Musical:

Rosalie Craig – THE LIGHT PRINCESS (National Theatre, Lyttelton

Zrinka Cvitešić – ONCE (Phoenix Theatre)

Jenna Russell – MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG (Harold Pinter Theatre)

Charlotte Wakefield – THE SOUND OF MUSIC (Regents Park Open Air Theatre

Best performance in a supporting role in a musical

Stephen Ashfield – The Book of Mormon at the Prince of Wales theatre Colman Domingo – The Scottsboro Boys at the Young Vic Josefina Gabrielle – Merrily We Roll Along at the Harold Pinter theatre Nigel Planer – Charlie and the Chocolate Factory at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane

Mastercard best new musical

The Book of Mormon at the Prince of Wales theatre Charlie and the Chocolate Factory at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane Once at the Phoenix theatre The Scottsboro Boys at the Young Vic

Best revival

The Amen Corner – National Theatre, Olivier Ghosts – Almeida theatre & Trafalgar Studios Othello – National theatre, Olivier Private Lives – Gielgud theatre

Best musical revival

Merrily We Roll Along at the Harold Pinter theatre The Sound of Music at the Regent’s Park Open Air theatre Tell Me on a Sunday at the St James theatre & the Duchess theatre

Best theatre choreographer

Peter Darling – Charlie and the Chocolate Factory at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane Steven Hoggett – Once at the Phoenix theatre Casey Nicholaw – The Book of Mormon at the Prince of Wales theatre Susan Stroman – The Scottsboro Boys at the Young Vic

Best entertainment and family

Derren Brown: Infamous at the Palace theatre Eric and Little Ern at the Vaudeville theatre Barry Humphries’ Farewell Tour: Eat, Pray, Laugh! at the London Palladium The Wind in the Willows at the Duchess theatre

Autograph sound award for outstanding achievement in music

The Book of Mormon – Trey Parker, Robert Lopez & Matt Stone for book, music & lyrics Merrily We Roll Along – The orchestra Once – Martin Lowe for composition & arrangements, Glen Hansard & Markéta Irglová for music & lyrics The Scottsboro Boys – John Kander & Fred Ebb for music & lyrics

White Light award for best lighting design

Paule Constable – The Light Princess at the National Theatre, Lyttelton Tim Lutkin & Finn Ross – Chimerica at the Almeida theatre & Harold Pinter theatre Peter Mumford – Ghosts at the Almeida theatre & Trafalgar Studios Paul Pyant – Charlie and the Chocolate Factory at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane

Best sound design

Simon Baker – The Light Princess at the National Theatre, Lyttelton Carolyn Downing – Chimerica at the Almeida theatre & Harold Pinter theatre Clive Goodwin – Once at the Phoenix theatre Gareth Owen – Merrily We Roll Along at the Harold Pinter theatre

Best costume design

Nicky Gillibrand – The Wind in the Willows at the Duchess theatre Soutra Gilmour – Merrily We Roll Along at the Harold Pinter theatre Rae Smith – The Light Princess at the National Theatre, Lyttelton Mark Thompson – Charlie and the Chocolate Factory at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane

XL Video award for best set design

Bob Crowley – Once at the Phoenix theatre Es Devlin – Chimerica at the Almeida theatre & Harold Pinter theatre Tim Goodchild – Strangers on A Train at the Gielgud theatre Mark Thompson – Charlie and the Chocolate Factory at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane

Outstanding achievement in an affiliate theatre

Cush Jumbo – Josephine And I at the Bush theatre Fleabag – the Soho theatre Handbagged – the Tricycle theatre Oh What A Lovely War – the Theatre Royal Stratford East

Best new dance production

What’s Become Of You? (Questcequetudeviens?) – Compagnie 111 Aurélien Bory/Stéphanie Fuster at the Barbican theatre Puz/zle – Eastman/Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui at Sadler’s Wells theatre Barbican Britten: Phaedra – Richard Alston Dance Company/Britten Sinfonia at the Barbican theatre

Outstanding achievement in dance

Arthur Pita for his choreography of Ballet Black – A Dream Within A Midsummer Night’s Dream at the Linbury Studio theatre, Royal OperaHouse Clemmie Sveaas for her performance in Witch-Hunt at the Linbury Studio theatre, Royal Opera House The Mark Morris Season at Sadler’s Wells Michael Hulls for his lighting work including Ballet Boyz: The Talent at Sadler’s Wells

Best new opera production

The Firework-Maker’s Daughter at the Linbury Studio theatre, Royal Opera House Les Vĕpres Siciliennes at the Royal Opera House Wozzeck by English National Opera at the London Coliseum

Outstanding achievement in opera

Joyce DiDonato and Juan Diego Flórez for their performances in La Donna Del Lago at the Royal Opera House Plácido Domingo for his performance in Nabucco at the Royal Opera House English Touring Opera for its touring productions at the Linbury Studio theatre, Royal Opera House

 
BBC Radio 2 audience award

Les Misérables at the Queen’s theatre Matilda the Musical at the Cambridge theatre The Phantom of the Opera at Her Majesty’s theatre Wicked at the Apollo Victoria theatre  

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