2008 Olivier 獎提名名單 - 舞台劇

2 月初就公布了，將在 3 月 9 日舉行頒獎典禮

《Hairspray 髮膠》獲得了破紀錄的 11 項提名，包括最佳音樂劇、最佳男主角、
最佳女主角、最佳導演、最佳編舞、最佳配角兩人提名及四項技術獎項。
(在此之前的最高提名紀錄是 9 項，都是重演音樂劇，包括《Kiss Me, Kate 刁蠻公主》
2002，《Oklahoma! 奧克拉荷馬之戀》1999，《Carousel 旋轉木馬》1993)
而得到第二多提名的是 7 項提名的《Parade 遊行》

另外，這年靠實境選秀節目選角的《Joseph and ... 約瑟夫神奇彩衣》及
《Grease 火爆浪子》則都沒獲得提名

BEST NEW MUSICAL
The Drowsy Chaperone
Hairspray
The Lord of the Rings
Parade

BEST NEW PLAY
A Disappearing Number by Simon McBurney
The Reporter by Nicholas Wright
Vernon God Little by DBC Pierre, adapted by Tanya Ronder
War Horse adapted by Nick Stafford, based on the novel by Michael Morpurgo

BEST NEW COMEDY
Absurdia: The Crimson Hotel by Michael Frayn
Elling adapted by Axel Hellstenius in collaboration with Peter Næss,
translated by Nicholas Norris and based on a novel by Ingvar Ambjørnsen
Rafta Rafta by Ayub Khan-Din based on All in Good Time by Bill Naughton
Whipping It Up by Steve Thompson

BEST REVIVAL
Boeing-Boeing by Marc Camoletti, translated by Beverley Cross
Dealer's Choice by Patrick Marber
Macbeth by William Shakespeare
Saint Joan by Bernard Shaw
The Seagull by Anton Chekhov, adapted by Christopher Hampton

BEST MUSICAL REVIVAL
Fiddler on the Roof
Little Shop of Horrors
The Magic Flute- Impempe Yomlingo

BEST ACTRESS
Anne-Marie Duff, Saint Joan
Kelly Reilly, Othello
Kristin Scott Thomas, The Seagull
Fiona Shaw, Happy Days
Penelope Wilton, John Gabriel Borkman

BEST ACTOR
Chiwetel Ejiofor, Othello
Ian McKellen, King Lear
Mark Rylance, Boeing-Boeing
John Simm, Elling
Patrick Stewart, Macbeth

BEST PERFORMANCE IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Michelle Fairley, Othello
Pam Ferris, The Entertainer
Conleth Hill, Philistines
Rory Kinnear, The Man of Mode

BEST NEWCOMER IN A PLAY
David Dawson, The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby
Tom Hiddleston, Cymbeline
Tom Hiddleston, Othello
Stephen Wight, Dealer's Choice

BEST ACTRESS IN A MUSICAL
Leanne Jones, Hairspray
Lara Pulver, Parade
Sheridan Smith, Little Shop of Horrors
Summer Strallen, The Drowsy Chaperone

BEST ACTOR IN A MUSICAL
Michael Ball, Hairspray
Bertie Carvel, Parade
Henry Goodman for Fiddler on the Roof
Bob Martin, The Drowsy Chaperone

BEST PERFORMANCE IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A MUSICAL
Tracie Bennett, Hairspray
Elinor Collett, Hairspray
Shaun Escoffery, Parade
Alistair McGowan, Little Shop of Horrors

BEST DIRECTOR
Rob Ashford, Parade
Marianne Elliott and Tom Morris, War Horse
Rupert Goold, Macbeth
Jack O'Brien, Hairspray

BEST THEATRE CHOREOGRAPHER
Rob Ashford, Parade
Jerry Mitchell, Hairspray
Casey Nicholaw, The Drowsy Chaperone
Toby Sedgwick, War Horse

BEST LIGHTING DESIGN
Kenneth Posner for Hairspray
Paul Pyant for The Lord of the Rings
Howard Harrison for Macbeth
Paule Constable for War Horse

BEST SET DESIGN
David Rockwell for Hairspray
Rob Howell for The Lord of the Rings
Anthony Ward and Lorna Heavey for Macbeth
Rae Smith and Handspring Puppet Company for War Horse

BEST COSTUME DESIGN
Gregg Barnes for The Drowsy Chaperone
William Ivey Long for Hairspray
Rob Howell for The Lord of the Rings
Vicki Mortimer for The Man of Mode

BEST SOUND DESIGN
Steve C. Kennedy for Hairspray
Simon Baker for The Lord of the Rings
Terry Jardine and Nick Lidster for Parade
Paul Arditti with music by Jocelyn Pook for Saint Joan
Christopher Shutt with music by Adrian Sutton and John Tams for War Horse

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVMENT IN AN AFFILIATE THEATRE
The Brothers Size at the Maria, Young Vic
Cinderella at Theatre Royal, Stratford East
Gone Too Far at the Jerwood Theatre Upstairs at the Royal Court
The cast of That Face at the Jerwood Theatre Upstairs at the Royal Court

BEST NEW OPERA PRODUCTION
English National Opera's Agrippina
The Royal Opera's La Fille du Régiment
The Royal Opera's Pelléas et Mélisande
English National Opera's Turn of the Screw

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN OPERA
Natalie Dessay for her performance in La Fille du Régiment
Gerald Finley for his performance in Pelléas et Mélisande
Angelika Kirchschlager for her performance in Pelléas et Mélisande
David McVicar for directing English National Opera's Turn of the Screw
and Agrippina

BEST NEW DANCE PRODUCTION
Fabulous Beast Dance's The Bull
The Royal Ballet's Jewels
Mark Morris Dance Group's Mozart Dances
Northern Ballet Theatre's The Three Musketeers

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN DANCE
Savion Glover for his performance in Live for London
Jonathan Goddard for his performances with the Richard Alston Dance Company
at Sadler's Wells
The Royal Ballet Company for their performances in Jewels
Wendy Whelan for her performance in The Christopher Wheeldon Company's
Fool's Paradise

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