2023 Laurence Olivier Awards nominations – There Ought To Be Clowns

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2023 Laurence Olivier Awards nominations – There Ought To Be Clowns


Best revival
The Crucible on the National Theatre
Good on the Harold Pinter Theatre
Jerusalem on the Apollo Theatre
A Streetcar Named Desire on the Almeida Theatre

Best leisure or comedy play
Jack and the Beanstalk on the London Palladium
My Neighbour Totoro on the Barbican Theatre
My Son’s a Queer (But What Can You Do?) on the Garrick Theatre and the Ambassadors Theatre
One Woman Show on the Ambassadors Theatre

Best musical revival
My Fair Lady on the London Coliseum
Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Oklahoma! on the Young Vic
Sister Act on the Eventim Apollo
South Pacific at Sadler’s Wells

Best costume design
Frankie Bradshaw for Blues for an Alabama Sky on the National Theatre
Hugh Durrant for Jack and the Beanstalk on the London Palladium
Jean Paul Gaultier for Jean Paul Gaultier Fashion Freak Show at Roundhouse
Kimie Nakano for My Neighbour Totoro on the Barbican Theatre

Best sound design
Bobby Aitken for Standing on the Sky’s Edge on the National Theatre
Tony Gayle for My Neighbour Totoro on the Barbican Theatre
Drew Levy for Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Oklahoma! on the Young Vic
Ben and Max Ringham for Prima Facie on the Harold Pinter Theatre

Best authentic rating or new orchestrations
David Yazbek, Jamshied Sharifi and Andrea Grody – music and lyrics by David Yazbek, orchestrations by Jamshied Sharifi and extra preparations by Andrea Grody – for The Band’s Visit on the Donmar Warehouse
Joe Hisaishi and Will Stuart – music by Joe Hisaishi and orchestrations and preparations by Will Stuart – for My Neighbour Totoro on the Barbican Theatre
Daniel Kluger and Nathan Koci – orchestrations and preparations by Daniel Kluger and extra vocal preparations by Nathan Koci – Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Oklahoma! on the Young Vic
Richard Hawley and Tom Deering – music and lyrics by Richard Hawley and orchestrations by Tom Deering – for Standing on the Sky’s Edge on the National Theatre

Best theatre choreographer
Matt Cole for Newsies at Troubadour Wembley Park Theatre
Lynne Page for Standing on the Sky’s Edge on the National Theatre
Kate Prince for Sylvia on the Old Vic
Basil Twist for puppetry route for My Neighbour Totoro on the Barbican Theatre

Best actor in a supporting function
Mark Akintimehin, Emmanuel Akwafo, Nnabiko Ejimofor, Darragh Hand, Aruna Jalloh and Kaine Lawrence for For Black Boys Who Have Considered Suicide When the Hue Gets Too Heavy at Jerwood Theatre Downstairs on the Royal Court Theatre
Will Keen for Patriots on the Almeida Theatre
Elliot Levey for Good on the Harold Pinter Theatre
David Moorst for To Kill a Mockingbird on the Gielgud Theatre
Sule Rimi for Blues for an Alabama Sky on the National Theatre

Best actress in a supporting function
Rose Ayling-Ellis for As You Like It at @sohoplace
Pamela Nomvete for To Kill a Mockingbird on the Gielgud Theatre
Caroline Quentin for Jack Absolute Flies Again on the National Theatre
Sharon Small for Good on the Harold Pinter Theatre
Anjana Vasan for A Streetcar Named Desire on the Almeida Theatre

Best set design
Miriam Buether for To Kill a Mockingbird on the Gielgud Theatre
Tom Pye for My Neighbour Totoro on the Barbican Theatre
Ben Stones for Standing on the Sky’s Edge on the National Theatre
Mark Walters for Jack and the Beanstalk on the London Palladium

Best lighting design
Natasha Chivers for Prima Facie on the Harold Pinter Theatre
Lee Curran for A Streetcar Named Desire on the Almeida Theatre
Jessica Hung Han Yun for My Neighbour Totoro on the Barbican Theatre
Tim Lutkin for The Crucible on the National Theatre

Best actress in a supporting function in a musical
Beverley Knight for Sylvia on the Old Vic
Maimuna Memon for Standing on the Sky’s Edge on the National Theatre
Liza Sadovy for Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Oklahoma! on the Young Vic
Marisha Wallace for Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Oklahoma! on the Young Vic

Best actor in a supporting function in a musical
Sharif Afifi for The Band’s Visit on the Donmar Warehouse
Peter Polycarpou for The Band’s Visit on the Donmar Warehouse
Clive Rowe for Sister Act on the Eventim Apollo
Zubin Varla for Tammy Faye on the Almeida Theatre

Outstanding achievement in opera
Sinéad Campbell-Wallace for her efficiency in Tosca by English National Opera on the London Coliseum
William Kentridge for his conception and route of Sibyl on the Barbican Theatre
Antony McDonald for his design of Alcina on the Royal Opera House

Best new opera manufacturing
Alcina by Royal Opera on the Royal Opera House
Least Like the Other by Irish National Opera and Royal Opera on the Royal Opera House
Peter Grimes by Royal Opera on the Royal Opera House
Sibyl on the Barbican Theatre

Best actor in a musical
Alon Moni Aboutboul for The Band’s Visit on the Donmar Warehouse
Arthur Darvill for Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Oklahoma! on the Young Vic
Julian Ovenden for South Pacific at Sadler’s Wells
Andrew Rannells for Tammy Faye on the Almeida Theatre

Best actress in a musical
Katie Brayben for Tammy Faye on the Almeida Theatre
Anoushka Lucas for Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Oklahoma! on the Young Vic
Miri Mesika for The Band’s Visit on the Donmar Warehouse
Faith Omole for Standing on the Sky’s Edge on the National Theatre

Outstanding achievement in dance
Manuel Liñán for his choreography of ¡VIVA! at Sadler’s Wells
Dickson Mbi for his choreography of Enowate at Sadler’s Wells
Raquel Meseguer Zafe for her dramaturgy of Ruination by Lost Dog on the Royal Opera House
Catrina Nisbett for her efficiency in Family Honour by Spoken Movement at Sadler’s Wells

Best new dance manufacturing
Light of Passage by Crystal Pite on the Royal Opera House
Pasionaria by La Veronal at Sadler’s Wells
Traplord by Ivan Michael Blackstock at 180 Studios (The Strand)
Triptych (The Missing Door, The Lost Room, and The Hidden Floor) by Peeping Tom on the Barbican Theatre

Best actress
Jodie Comer for Prima Facie on the Harold Pinter Theatre
Patsy Ferran for A Streetcar Named Desire on the Almeida Theatre
Mei Mac for My Neighbour Totoro on the Barbican Theatre
Janet McTeer for Phaedra on the National Theatre
Nicola Walker for The Corn Is Green on the National Theatre

Best actor
Tom Hollander for Patriots on the Almeida Theatre
Paul Mescal for A Streetcar Named Desire on the Almeida Theatre
Rafe Spall for To Kill a Mockingbird on the Gielgud Theatre
David Tennant for Good on the Harold Pinter Theatre
Giles Terera for Blues for an Alabama Sky on the National Theatre

Best director
Rebecca Frecknall for A Streetcar Named Desire on the Almeida Theatre
Robert Hastie for Standing on the Sky’s Edge on the National Theatre
Justin Martin for Prima Facie on the Harold Pinter Theatre
Phelim McDermott for My Neighbour Totoro on the Barbican Theatre
Bartlett Sher for To Kill a Mockingbird on the Gielgud Theatre

Outstanding achievement in affiliate theatre
Age Is a Feeling at Soho Theatre
Blackout Songs on the Hampstead Theatre Downstairs
The P Word on the Bush Theatre
Paradise Now! on the Bush Theatre
Two Palestinians Go Dogging on the Royal Court Theatre

Best household present
Blippi the Musical on the Apollo Theatre
Hey Duggee the Live Theatre Show at Royal Festival Hall on the Southbank Centre
Midsummer Mechanicals on the Sam Wanamaker Playhouse at Shakespeare’s Globe
The Smartest Giant in Town at St Martin’s Theatre

Best new play
For Black Boys Who Have Considered Suicide When the Hue Gets Too Heavy on the Royal Court Theatre
Patriots on the Almeida Theatre
Prima Facie on the Harold Pinter Theatre
To Kill a Mockingbird on the Gielgud Theatre

Best new musical
The Band’s Visit on the Donmar Warehouse
Standing on the Sky’s Edge on the National Theatre
Sylvia on the Old Vic
Tammy Faye on the Almeida Theatre

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