Olivier Awards 2019 - Nominations announced

Nominations have been announced for the Olivier Awards 2019 which are to be held on 7 April at the Royal Albert Hall.

Nominations for The Olivier Awards 2019 were announced today by last year's winners, Sheila Atim and Giles Terera.

New musical Come From Away and a gender-swapped revival of Company led the 2019 nominations with nine nominations each, closely followed by the epic staging of The Inheritance which transferred to the Noel Coward Theatre from the Young Vic with eight nominations. The National Theatre has four productions - The Lehman Trilogy, Home, I'm Darling, Nine Night and Antony and Cleopatra including in the nominations.

This year's ceremony will be hosted by Jason Manford at the Royal Albert Hall on 7 April 2019.

OLIVIER AWARD NOMINATIONS 2019

BEST ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A MUSICAL Jonathan Bailey - Company Clive Carter - Come From Away Richard Fleeshman - Company Robert Hands - Come From Away BEST ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A MUSICAL Patti LuPone - Company Ruthie Ann Miles - The King and I The Queens from Six (Aimie Atkinson, Alexia McIntosh, Millie O'Connell, Natalie Paris, Maiya Quansah-Breed and Jarneia Richard-Noel Rachel Tucker - Come From Away OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN MUSIC Come From Away - Phoenix Theatre Fun Home - Young Vic The Inheritance - Young Vic / Noel Coward Theatre A Monster Calls - The Old Vic Six - Arts Theatre BEST NEW DANCE PRODUCTIONS 16+A Room/Solo, Echo/Bill - Ballet British Columbia - Sadler's Wells Blkdog Botis Seva - Sadler's Wells Playlist (Track 1,2) William Forsythe for English National Ballet - Sadler's Wells The Unknown Soldier - Alastair Marriott for the Royal Ballet - Royal Opera House OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN DANCE Akram Khan for his performance in Xenos - Sadler's Wells John Macfarlane for his design of Swan Lake - Royal Opera House Dimitris Papaioannou for his choreography of The Great Tamer - Sadler's Wells BEST ENTERTAINMENT AND FAMILY A Monster Calls - Old Vic Snow White - London Palladium Songs for Nobodies - Ambassadors Theatre The Wider Earth - Jerwood Gallery, National History Museum BEST THEATRE CHOREOGRAPHER Kelly Devine - Come From Away - Phoenix Theatre Christopher Gattelli - The King and I - London Palladium Carrie-Anne Ingrouille - Six - Arts Theatre Liam Steele - Company - Gielgud Theatre BEST MUSICAL REVIVAL Caroline, Or Change - Playhouse Theatre Company - Gielgud Theatre The King and I, London Palladium BEST ACTOR IN A MUSICAL Marc Antolin - Little Shop Of Horrors - Regent's Park Open Air Theatre Kobna Holdbrook-Smith - Tina The Tina Turner Musical - Aldwych Theatre Zubin Varla - Fun Home - Young Vic Ken Watanabe - The King and I - London Palladium BEST ACTRESS IN A MUSICAL Sharon D.Clarke - Caroline Or Change - Playhouse Theatre Rosalee Craig - Company - Gielgud Theatre Kelli O'Hara - The King and I - London Palladium Adrienne Warren - Tina The Tina Turner Musical - Aldwych Theatre BEST REVIVAL King Lear - Duke Of York's Theatre The Lieutenant Of Inishmore - Noel Coward Theatre The Price - Wyndham's Theatre Summer and Smoke - Almeida Theatre and Duke of York's Theatre BEST NEW COMEDY Home I'm Darling - National Theatre Dorfman and Duke Of York's Theatre Nine Night - National Theatre Dorfman and Trafalgar Studios 1 Quiz - Noel Coward Theatre OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN AFFILIATE THEATRE Moe Bar-El for his performance in Every Day I Make Greatness Happen - Hampstead Theatre Downstairs Flesh and Bone - Soho Theatre Jonathan Hyde - Gently Down The Stream - Park Theatre The Phlebotomist - Hampstead Theatre Downstairs Athena Stevens - Schism - Park Theatre BEST LIGHTING DESIGN Neil Company - Company - Gielgud Theatre Howell Binkley - Come From Away - Phoenix Theatre Jon Clarke - The Inheritance - Young Vic and Noel Coward Theatre Lee Curran - Summer and Smoke - Almeida Theatre and Duke of York's Theatre BEST SOUND DESIGN Paul Arditti and Christopher Reid - The Inheritance - Young Vic and Noel Coward Theatre Mike Beer - A Monster Calls - The Old Vic Carolyn Downing - Summer and Smoke - Almeida Theatre and Duke Of Yorks Theatre Gareth Owen - Come From Away - Phoenix Theatre Nick Powell - The Lehman Trilogy - National Theatre Lyttelton BEST COSTUME DESIGN Fly Davis - Caroline, Or Change - Playhouse Theatre Anna Fleischle - Home, I'm Darling - National Theatre Dorfman and Duke Of York's Theatre Gabriella Slade - Six - Arts Theatre Catherine Zuber - The King and I - London Palladium BEST SET DESIGN Bunny Christie - Company - Gielgud Theatre Bob Crowley - The Inheritance - Young Vic and Noel Coward Theatre Es Devlin - The Lehman Trilogy - National Theatre Lyttelton Anna Fleischle - Home, I'm Darling - National Theatre and Duke Of York's Theatre BEST ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE Keir Charles - Quiz - Noel Coward Theatre Adam Gillen - Killer Joe - Trafalgar Studios 1 Adrian Lukis - The Price - Wyndham's Theatre Malcolm Sinclair - Pressure - Ambassadors Theatre Chris Walley - The Lieutenant Of Inishmore - Noel Coward Theatre BEST ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE Susan Brown - Home, I'm Darling - National Theatre Dorfman and Duke of York's Theatre Monica Dolan - All About Eve - Noel Coward Theatre Cecilia Noble - Nine Night - National Theatre Dorfman and Trafalgar Studios Vanessa Redgrave - The Inheritance - Young Vic and Noel Coward Theatre BEST NEW OPERA PRODUCTION Katya Kabanova - Royal Opera House Lessons in Love and Violence - Royal Opera House The Turn Of The Screw - Regent's Park Open Air Theatre OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN OPERA David Butt Philip and Roderick Wiliams - War Requiem - London Coliseum The English National Opera Chorus - Paul Bunyon - Wilton's Music Hall Andris Nelsons for his conducting of Lohengrin - Royal Opera House The ensemble of Pogy and Bess - London Coliseum BEST ACTOR Adam Godley, Ben Miles and Simon Russell Beale - The Lehman Trilogy - National Theatre Lyttelton Arinze Kene - Misty - Trafalgar Studios 1 Ian McKellen - King Lear - Duke Of York's Theatre Kyle Soller - The Inheritance - Young Vic and Noel Coward Theatre David Suchet - The Price - Wyndham's Theatre BEST ACTRESS Gillian Anderson - All About Eve - Noel Coward Theatre Eileen Atkins - The Height Of The Storm - Wynham's Theatre Patsy Ferran - Summer and Smoke - Almeida Theatre and Duke Of York's Theatre Sophie Okonedo - Antony and Cleopatra - National Theatre Olivier Katherine Parkinson - Home, I'm Darling - National Theatre Dorfman and Duke Of York's Theatre BEST DIRECTOR Christopher Ashley - Come From Away - Phoenix Theatre Stephen Daldry - The Inheritance - Young Vic Theatre and Noel Coward Theatre Marianne Elliott - Company - Gielgud Theatre Rebecca Frecknall - Summer and Smoke - Almeida Theatre and Duke Of York's Theatre Sam Mendes - The Lehman Trilogy - National Theatre Lyttelton BEST NEW PLAY The Inheritance - Young Vic Theatre and Noel Coward Theatre The Lehman Trilogy - National Theatre Lyttelton Misty - Trafalgar Studios 1 Sweat - Donmar Warehouse BEST NEW MUSICAL Come From Away - Phoenix Theatre Fun Home - Young Vic Theatre Six - Arts Theatre Tina The Tina Turner Musical - Aldwych Theatre BOOK TICKETS TO GREAT WEST END SHOWS