NOMINATIONS FOR THE 2003 LAURENCE OLIVIER AWARDS



BEST ACTRESS
Anita Dobson for Frozen at the Cottesloe Theatre
Clare Higgins for Vincent in Brixton at the Cottesloe and Wyndham's Theatre
Gwyneth Paltrow for Proof at the Donmar Warehouse Theatre
Emily Watson for Uncle Vanya at the Donmar Warehouse Theatre

BEST ACTOR
Michael Gambon for A Number at the Jerwood Theatre Downstairs at the Royal Court Theatre
Simon Russell Beale for Uncle Vanya at the Donmar Warehouse
Mark Rylance for Twelfth Night at Shakespeare's Globe
David Tennant for Lobby Hero at the Donmar Warehouse and New Ambassadors Theatre

BEST PERFORMANCE IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Essie Davis for A Streetcar Named Desire at the Lyttelton Theatre
Jessica Stevenson for The Night Heron at the Jerwood Theatre Downstairs at the Royal Court Theatre
Mark Strong for Twelfth Night at the Donmar Warehouse
Sian Thomas for Up For Grabs at Wyndham's Theatre

THE BBC AWARD FOR BEST NEW PLAY
Jesus Hopped the "A" Train by Stephen Adly Guirgis at the Donmar Warehouse
The Coast of Utopia - Voyage, Shipwreck, Salvage by Tom Stoppard at the Olivier Theatre
The York Realist by Peter Gill at the Jerwood Theatre Downstairs at the Royal Court and the Strand Theatre
Vincent in Brixton by Nicholas Wright at the Cottesloe and Wyndham's Theatres

BEST NEW COMEDY
Damsels in Distress -Roleplay by Alan Ayckbourn at the Duchess Theatre
Dinner by Moira Buffini at The Loft Theatre
Lobby Hero by Kenneth Lonergan at the Donmar Warehouse and New Ambassadors Theatres
The Lieutenant of Inishmore by Martin McDonagh at The Pit and the Garrick Theatres

BEST REVIVAL
Abilail's Party by Mike Leigh at the New Ambassadors Theatre
A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams at the Lyttelton Ttheatre
Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare and UNCLE VANYA by Anton Chekhov, a version of the play by Brian Friel, in repertory at the Donmar Warehouse Theatre
Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare at Shakespeare's Globe Theatre

THE HILTON AWARD FOR BEST NEW MUSICAL
Bombay Dreams music by A R Rahman, lyrics by Don Black, book by Meera Syal based on an idea by Shekhar Kapur and Andrew Lloyd Webber at the Apollo Victoria
Chitty Chitty BangBang music and lyrics by Richard M Sherman and Robert B Sherman, adapted for the stage by Jeremy Sams, based on the MGM/United Artists Motion Picture at the London Palladium
Our House by Tim Firth, music and lyrics by Madness at the Cambridge Theatre
Taboo music and lyrics by Boy George, book by Mark Davies at The Venue Theatre

OUTSTANDING MUSICAL PRODUCTION
Anything Goes music and lyrics by Cole Porter, original book by PG Wodehouse and Guy Bolton and Howard Lindsay & Russel Crouse, new book by Timothy Crouse & John Weidman at the Olivier Theatre
Oh What a Lovely War, Joan Littlewood's musical entertainment by Theatre Workshop, Charles Chilton, Gerry Raffles and Members of the Original Cast at the Open Air Theatre

BEST ENTERTAINMENT
Contact by Susan Stroman and John Weidman at the Queen's Theatre
Elaine Stritch At Liberty constructed by John Lahr, reconstructed by Elaine Stritch at The Old Vic
Play Without Words devised by Matthew Bourne, music by Terry Davies at the Lyttelton Theatre
Rory Bremner With John Bird and John Fortune at the Albery Theatre

BEST ACTRESS IN A MUSICAL OR ENTERTAINMENT
Janie Dee for My One and Only at the Piccadilly Theatre
Joanna Riding for My Fair Lady at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane Theatre
Elaine Stritch for Elaine Stritch at Liberty at The Old Vic Theatre
Sarah Wildor for Contact at the Queen's Theatre

BEST ACTOR IN A MUSICAL OR ENTERTAINMENT
Tim Flavin for My One andOnly at the Piccadilly Theatre
Alex Jennings for My Fair Lady at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane Theatre
Michael Jibson for Our House at the Cambridge Theatre
Euan Morton for Taboo at The Venue

BEST PERFORMANCE IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A MUSICAL OR ENTERTAINMENT
Paul Baker for Taboo at The Venue
Sharon D Clarke for We will Rock You at the Dominion Theatre
Jenny Galloway for My One and Only at the Piccadilly Theatre
Nichola McAuliffe for Chitty Chitty Bang Bang at the London Palladium
Craig Urbani for Contact at the Queen's Theatre

BEST DIRECTOR
Matthew Bourne for Play Without Words at the Lyttelton Theatre
Richard Eyre for Vincent In Brixton at the Cottesloe Theatrer> Edward Hall for Rose Rage at the Haymarket Theatre
Sam Mendes for Twelfth Night and Uncle Vanya in repertory at the Donmar Warehouse

BEST THEATRE CHOREOGRAPHER
Matthew Bourne and the Company for Play Without Words at the Lyttelton Theatre
Peter Darling for Our House at the CambridgeTheatre
Craig Revel Horwood for My One and Only at the Piccadilly Theatre
Susan Stroman for Contact at the Queen's Theatre

BEST SET DESIGN
A Streetcar Named Desire designed by Bunny Christie at the Lyttelton Theatre
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang designed by Anthony Ward at the London Palladium
Play Without Words designed by Lez Brotherston at the Lyttelton Theatre
The Coast of Utopia - Voyage, Shipwreck, Salvage designed by William Dudley at the Olivier Theatre

BEST COSTUME DESIGN
Bombay Dreams designed by Mark Thompson at the Apollo Victoria
Taboo designed by Mike Nicholls at The Venue Theatre
The Coast of Utopia - Voyage, Shipwreck, Salvage designed by William Dudley at the Olivier Theatre
Twelfth Night designed by Jenny Tiramani at Shakespeare's Globe

BEST LIGHTING DESIGN
A Streetcar Named Desire designed by Paul Pyant at the Lyttelton Theatre
Play Without Words designed by Paule Constable at the Lyttelton Theatre
The Bacchai designed by Peter Mumford at the Olivier Theatre
The Coast of Utopia - Voyage, Shipwreck, Salvage designed by David Hersey at the Olivier

BEST NEW OPERA PRODUCTION
The Royal Opera's Ariadne Auf Naxos at the Royal Opera House
The Royal Opera's Suke Bluebeard's Castle/Erwartung at the Royal Opera House
English National Opera's Lulu at the London Coliseum
The Royal Opera's Wozzeck at the Royal Opera House

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN OPERA
Roberto Alagna and Angela Gheorghiu for their performances in the Royal Opera's La Rondine at the Royal Opera House
Antonio Pappano for a distinguished opening to his tenure as Music Director of The Royal Opera with Aeiadne Auf Naxos and Wozzeck at the Royal Opera House
Lisa Saffer for her performance in English National Opera's Lulu at the London Coliseum

BEST NEW DANCE PRODUCTION
Dances Concertantes' Polyphonia at Sadler's Wells
Rosas' Rain at Sadler's Wells
Rennie Harris Puremovement's Rome and Jewels at the Peacock Theatre
The Royal Ballet's Tryst at the Royal Opera House

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN DANCE
The company of Kontakthof presented by Pina Bausch Tanztheater Wuppertal at the Barbican Theatre
Chiaki Nagao for her performance in Northern Ballet Theatre's Madame Butterfly at Sadler's Wells
Robyn Orlin for the creative originality of Daddy, I've Seen This Piece Six Times and I Still Don't Know Why They're Hurting Each Other at The Pit Theatre
Christopher Wheeldon for his choreography of The Royal Ballet's Tryst at the Royal Opera House
Dance Concertantes' Polyphonia at Sadler's Wells

MOST PROMISING PERFORMER
Noel Clarke for Where Do We Live at the Jerwood Theatre Upstairs at the Royal Court Theatre
Toby Dantzic for Where Do We Live at the Jerwood Theatre Upstairs at the Royal Court Theatre
Sam Heughan for Outlying Islands at the Jerwood Theatre Upstairs at the Royal Court Theatre
Sid Mitchell for The Dead Eye Boy at Hampstead Theatre

MOST PROMISING PLAYWRIGHT
Charlotte Eilenberg for The Lucky Ones at Hampstead Theatre
Christopher Shinn for Where Do We Live at the Jerwood Theatre Upstairs at the Royal Court