Laurence Olivier Award for Best Theatre Choreographer
| Gillian Lynne Award for Best Theatre Choreographer | |
|---|---|
| Awarded for | Best Theatre Choreographer |
| Location |  England |
| Presented by | Society of London Theatre |
| First awarded | 1991 |
| Currently held by | Arlene Phillips with James Cousins for Guys and Dolls (2024) |
| Website | officiallondontheatre |
The Gillian Lynne Award for Best Theatre Choreographer is an annual award presented by the Society of London Theatre in recognition of achievements in commercial London theatre. The awards were established as the Society of West End Theatre Awards in 1976, and renamed in 1984 in honour of English actor and director Laurence Olivier.
This award was introduced in 1991 as the Best Theatre Choreographer award and was renamed in honor of English choreographer Gillian Lynne in 2023.[1]
Winners and nominees
[edit]1990s
[edit]2000s
[edit]2010s
[edit]2020s
[edit]| Year | Choreographer | Production |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | ||
| Matthew Bourne and Stephen Mear | Mary Poppins | |
| Fabian Aloise | Evita | |
| Matt Cole (based on original choreography by Jerome Robbins) | Fiddler on the Roof | |
| Jennifer Weber | & Juliet | |
| 2021 | Not presented due to extended closing of theatre productions during COVID-19 pandemic[A] | |
| 2022[A] | ||
| Kathleen Marshall | Anything Goes | |
| Finn Caldwell | Life of Pi | |
| Julia Cheng | Cabaret | |
| Sonya Tayeh | Moulin Rouge! | |
| 2023 | ||
| Matt Cole | Newsies | |
| Lynne Page | Standing at the Sky's Edge | |
| Kate Prince | Sylvia | |
| Basil Twist | My Neighbour Totoro | |
| 2024 | ||
| Arlene Phillips with James Cousins | Guys and Dolls | |
| Fabian Aloise | Sunset Boulevard | |
| Ellen Kane & Hannes Langolf | Dear England | |
| Mark Smith | The Little Big Things | |
| Susan Stroman | Crazy for You | |
- ^ a b Due to late March 2020[2] to late July 2021[3] closing of London theatre productions during the COVID-19 pandemic in England, the 2022 awards recognise productions that launched anytime from February 2020 to February 2022[4]
Multiple awards and nominations for Best Theatre Choreographer
[edit]Awards
[edit]- Five awards
- Three awards
- Two awards
Nominations
[edit]- Ten nominations
Seven nominations
- Six nominations
- Four nominations
- Three nominations
- Bill Deamer
- Arlene Phillips
- Kate Prince
- Anthony Van Laast
- Two nominations
- Fabian Aloise
- Matt Cole
- Javier de Frutos
- Craig Revel Horwood
- Bill T. Jones
- Ellen Kane
- Kathleen Marshall
- Rob Marshall
- Casey Nicholaw
- Lynne Page
- Dein Perry
- Ann Reinking
- Andrew Wright
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Gillian Lynne Award for Best Theatre Choreographer | Lynne and Land Foundation, retrieved 2023-04-23
- ^ Johnson, The Rt Hon Boris, MP (2020-03-23). Prime Minister's statement on coronavirus (COVID-19): 23 March 2020 [transcript] (Speech). Prime Minister's Televised Speech to the United Kingdom. www.gov.uk. London, UK. Archived from the original on 2020-06-09. Retrieved 2022-04-25.
From this evening I must give the British people a very simple instruction — you must stay at home.
{{cite speech}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ McPhee, Ryan (2021-06-14). "U.K. Postpones Reopening Roadmap; West End Theatres Will No Longer Reopen in Full in June". Playbill. Archived from the original on 2021-06-14. Retrieved 2022-04-25.
Step 4 of the roadmap will allow productions to play without capacity restrictions. June 21 was the goal; now, the government is eyeing July 19.
- ^ Thomas, Sophie (2022-03-08). "Everything you need to know about the Olivier Awards". londontheatre.co.uk. Archived from the original on 2022-04-11. Retrieved 2022-04-25.
Any new production that opened between 19 Feb. 2020 to 22 Feb. 2022 are eligible for categories in the 2022 Olivier Awards. With two years worth of shows set for honours in one year's ceremony, the 2022 Olivier Awards will prove tougher competition than before.
- London Theatre Guide (2008). "The Laurence Olivier Awards: Full List of Winners, 1976-2008" (.PDF). 1976-2008. The Society of London Theatre. p. 20. Retrieved 2008-08-30.