Laurence Olivier Award

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British award performing arts award theatre award

The Laurence Olivier Award is one of the most prestigious British theatre honors, recognizing outstanding achievements in London’s West End stage productions.

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Label Occurrences
Laurence Olivier Award canonical 61
Olivier Award 21
Laurence Olivier Awards 7

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf British award ⓘ
performing arts award ⓘ
theatre award ⓘ
awardedFor excellence in professional theatre ⓘ
outstanding achievements in London’s West End stage productions ⓘ
consideredEquivalentTo Tony Award ⓘ
surface form: Tony Awards (United States)
consideredOneOf most prestigious theatre awards in the United Kingdom ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
field London theatre ⓘ
dance ⓘ
musical theatre ⓘ
opera ⓘ
theatre ⓘ
formerName Laurence Olivier Award self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Society of West End Theatre Awards
frequency annual ⓘ
genre stage production ⓘ
hasCategory Best Actor in a Musical ⓘ
Best Actor in a Play ⓘ
Best Actress in a Musical ⓘ
Best Actress in a Play ⓘ
Best Costume Design ⓘ
Best Director ⓘ
Best Entertainment ⓘ
Best Entertainment or Comedy Play ⓘ
Best Family Show ⓘ
Best Lighting Design ⓘ
Best New Comedy ⓘ
Best New Dance Production ⓘ
Best New Musical ⓘ
Best New Opera Production ⓘ
Best New Play ⓘ
Best Revival ⓘ
Best Set Design ⓘ
Best Sound Design ⓘ
Best Theatre Choreographer ⓘ
Outstanding Achievement in Dance ⓘ
Outstanding Achievement in Opera ⓘ
Outstanding Achievement in an Affiliate Theatre ⓘ
inception 1976 ⓘ
language English ⓘ
location London, England ⓘ
surface form: London
namedAfter Laurence Olivier ⓘ
notableRegion West End (major part) ⓘ
surface form: West End
organizer Society of London Theatre ⓘ
presentedBy Society of London Theatre ⓘ
primaryFocus West End theatres ⓘ
surface form: West End commercial theatre
renamedInHonorOf Laurence Olivier ⓘ
renamingYear 1984 ⓘ
scope professional productions staged in London ⓘ
typicalCeremonyTime spring ⓘ

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Emma Thompson → awardReceived → Laurence Olivier Award ⓘ
Benedict Cumberbatch → awardReceived → Laurence Olivier Award ⓘ
this entity surface form: Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor
Michael Gambon → awardReceived → Laurence Olivier Award ⓘ
Derek Jacobi → awardReceived → Laurence Olivier Award ⓘ
Eve Best → awardReceived → Laurence Olivier Award ⓘ
this entity surface form: Olivier Award for Best Actress
Ian McDiarmid → awardReceived → Laurence Olivier Award ⓘ
this entity surface form: Olivier Award for Best Actor
Richard Griffiths → awardReceived → Laurence Olivier Award ⓘ
this entity surface form: Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor
Laurence Olivier Award → formerName → Laurence Olivier Award self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Society of West End Theatre Awards
Sophie Thompson → awardReceived → Laurence Olivier Award ⓘ
this entity surface form: Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Musical
Sophie Thompson → nominatedFor → Laurence Olivier Award ⓘ
this entity surface form: Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Play
Sheila Hancock → awardReceived → Laurence Olivier Award ⓘ
this entity surface form: Laurence Olivier Award for Best Performance in a Supporting Role in a Musical
Rachel Weisz → awardReceived → Laurence Olivier Award ⓘ
this entity surface form: Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actress
Rowan Atkinson → awardReceived → Laurence Olivier Award ⓘ
this entity surface form: Laurence Olivier Award for Best Comedy Performance
Lucy Kirkwood → awardReceived → Laurence Olivier Award ⓘ
this entity surface form: Laurence Olivier Award for Best New Play
Frankenstein (National Theatre production) → awardReceived → Laurence Olivier Award ⓘ
this entity surface form: Olivier Award for Best Actor (shared by Benedict Cumberbatch and Jonny Lee Miller)
Joan Plowright → awardReceived → Laurence Olivier Award ⓘ
Ian McKellen → awardReceived → Laurence Olivier Award ⓘ
Ian Holm → awardReceived → Laurence Olivier Award ⓘ
Chiwetel Ejiofor → awardReceived → Laurence Olivier Award ⓘ
this entity surface form: Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor
Martine McCutcheon → awardReceived → Laurence Olivier Award ⓘ
this entity surface form: Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Musical
Sam Mendes → awardReceived → Laurence Olivier Award ⓘ
this entity surface form: Laurence Olivier Award for Best Director
Keira Knightley → awardReceived → Laurence Olivier Award ⓘ
this entity surface form: Olivier Award nomination
Tom Hardy → awardReceived → Laurence Olivier Award ⓘ
this entity surface form: Olivier Award nomination
Kristin Scott Thomas → awardReceived → Laurence Olivier Award ⓘ
this entity surface form: Olivier Award for Best Actress
Frances de la Tour → awardReceived → Laurence Olivier Award ⓘ
this entity surface form: Olivier Award for Best Actress
Frances de la Tour → awardReceived → Laurence Olivier Award ⓘ
this entity surface form: Olivier Award for Best Supporting Actress
Harold Pinter → awardReceived → Laurence Olivier Award ⓘ
Anne-Marie Duff → nominatedFor → Laurence Olivier Award ⓘ
this entity surface form: Olivier Award
Helen McCrory → nominatedFor → Laurence Olivier Award ⓘ
this entity surface form: Olivier Award for Best Actress
Andrew Scott → awardReceived → Laurence Olivier Award ⓘ
this entity surface form: Olivier Award for Best Actor
Tom Courtenay → awardReceived → Laurence Olivier Award ⓘ
Tom Stoppard → awardReceived → Laurence Olivier Award ⓘ
Judi Dench → awardReceived → Laurence Olivier Award ⓘ
Anthony Hopkins → awardReceived → Laurence Olivier Award ⓘ
Angela Lansbury → awardReceived → Laurence Olivier Award ⓘ
this entity surface form: Olivier Award
Gillian Anderson → awardReceived → Laurence Olivier Award ⓘ
this entity surface form: Olivier Award
Maggie Smith → awardReceived → Laurence Olivier Award ⓘ
Maggie Smith → awardReceived → Laurence Olivier Award ⓘ
this entity surface form: Special Olivier Award
Brian Cox → awardReceived → Laurence Olivier Award ⓘ
this entity surface form: Olivier Award
Kate Winslet → awardReceived → Laurence Olivier Award ⓘ
this entity surface form: Laurence Olivier Award nomination
Stephen Sondheim → awardReceived → Laurence Olivier Award ⓘ
Harold Prince → awardReceived → Laurence Olivier Award ⓘ
Helen Mirren → awardReceived → Laurence Olivier Award ⓘ
The Phantom of the Opera → awardReceived → Laurence Olivier Award ⓘ
subject surface form: The Phantom of the Opera (1986 musical)
this entity surface form: Olivier Award
Patrick Stewart → awardReceived → Laurence Olivier Award ⓘ
Kevin Spacey → awardReceived → Laurence Olivier Award ⓘ
Royal Shakespeare Company → awarded → Laurence Olivier Award ⓘ
this entity surface form: Olivier Awards
Emily Best → awardReceived → Laurence Olivier Award ⓘ
subject surface form: Eve Best
this entity surface form: Olivier Award
Emily Best → notableAward → Laurence Olivier Award ⓘ
subject surface form: Eve Best
this entity surface form: Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actress
Kiss of the Spider Woman → awardReceived → Laurence Olivier Award ⓘ
this entity surface form: Laurence Olivier Award for Best New Musical