OLIVIERS 2011: LEGALLY BLONDE And AFTER THE DANCE Big Winners!

Here is the full list of winners at the 2011 Olivier Awards.

BEST ACTRESS

Tracie Bennett for END OF THE RAINBOW at the Trafalgar Studios 1
Nancy Carroll for AFTER THE DANCE at the Lyttelton ***WINNER
Tamsin Greig for THE LITTLE DOG LAUGHED at the Garrick
SopHie Thompson for CLYBOURNE PARK at the Jerwood Theatre Downstairs at the Royal Court

BEST ACTOR

Roger Allam for Henry IV Parts 1 & 2 at Shakespeare's Globe Theatre ***WINNER
Derek Jacobi for KING LEAR at the Donmar Warehouse
Rory Kinnear for HAMLET at the Olivier
Mark Rylance for LA BÊTE at the Comedy
David Suchet for ALL MY SONS at the Apollo

BEST ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE

Sarah Goldberg for CLYBOURNE PARK at the Jerwood Theatre Downstairs at the Royal Court
Anastasia Hille for THE MASTER BUILDER at the Almeida
Gina McKee for KING LEAR at the Donmar Warehouse
Rachael Stirling for AN IDEAL HUSBAND at the Vaudeville
Michelle Terry for TRIBES at the Jerwood Theatre Downstairs at the Royal Court ***WINNER

BEST ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE

James Laurenson for HAMLET at the Olivier
Hilton McRae for END OF THE RAINBOW at the Trafalgar Studios 1
Lee Ross for BIRDSONG at the Comedy
Adrian Scarborough for AFTER THE DANCE at the Lyttelton ***WINNER

MASTERCARD BEST NEW PLAY

CLYBOURNE PARK by Bruce Norris at the Jerwood Theatre Downstairs at the Royal Court ***WINNER
END OF THE RAINBOW by Peter Quilter at the Trafalgar Studios 1
SUCKER PUNCH by Roy Williams at the Jerwood Theatre Downstairs at the Royal Court
THE LITTLE DOG LAUGHED by Douglas Carter Beane at the Garrick
TRIBES by Nina Raine at the Jerwood Theatre Downstairs at the Royal Court

BEST MUSICAL REVIVAL

INTO THE WOODS at the Regent's Park Open Air Theatre ***WINNER
PASSION at the Donmar Warehouse
SWEET CHARITY at the Theatre Royal Haymarket

BEST NEW MUSICAL

FELA! book by Jim Lewis and Bill T.Jones, music and lyrics by Fela Anikulapo-Kuti, additional lyrics by Jim Lewis, arrangements and additional music by AaRon Johnson and Jordan McLean at the Olivier
LEGALLY BLONDE - THE MUSICAL book by Heather Hach, music and lyrics by Laurence O'Keefe and Nell Benjamin at the Savoy ***WINNER
LOVE NEVER DIES music by Andrew Lloyd Webber, lyrics by Glenn Slater, book by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Ben Elton at the Adelphi
LOVE STORY by Erich Segal, book and lyrics by Stephen Clark, music and additional lyrics by Howard Goodall at the Duchess

After spending her formative years reading books and ending up with a Masters degree in English literature from King's College London, it was inevitable that Carrie should be a journalist. Her pure and simple delight in the art-form of musical theatre led to the Guardian asking her to be their West End Girl. Since then, she's picked up a PhD, and also written for many other UK publications, including the Times and the Independent. She has many eclectic loves, including sport, karaoke, reality television, MMORPGs, three-volume Victorian novels, the British seaside, embroidery and Veronica Mars.

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