Laurence Olivier Award for Best Costume Design
| Laurence Olivier Award for Best Costume Design | |
|---|---|
| Awarded for | Best Costume Design |
| Location |  England |
| Presented by | Society of London Theatre |
| First awarded | 1991 |
| Currently held by | Marg Horwell for The Picture of Dorian Gray (2024) |
| Website | officiallondontheatre |
The Laurence Olivier Award for Best Costume Design 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. There had been an award for Designer of the Year from 1976 to 1990, originally focused on set designers but including an increasing number of commingled nominations for other design specialties through the years. The commingled single award was retired after the 1990 ceremony, with more granular awards introduced in 1991 for Best Set Design and Best Lighting Design, along with this Best Costume Design award.
Winners and nominees
[edit]1990s
[edit]2000s
[edit]2010s
[edit]2020s
[edit]| Year | Designer | Production |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | ||
| Joanna Scotcher | Emilia | |
| Hugh Durrant | Goldilocks and the Three Bears | |
| Jonathan Lipman | Fiddler on the Roof | |
| Paloma Young | & Juliet | |
| 2021 | Not presented due to extended closing of theatre productions during COVID-19 pandemic[A] | |
| 2022[A] | ||
| Catherine Zuber | Moulin Rouge! | |
| Jon Morrell | Anything Goes | |
| Christopher Oram | Frozen | |
| Tom Scutt | Cabaret | |
| 2023 | ||
| Kimie Nakano | My Neighbour Totoro | |
| Frankie Bradshaw | Blues for an Alabama Sky | |
| Hugh Durrant | Jack and the Beanstalk | |
| Jean Paul Gaultier | Jean Paul Gaultier Fashion Freak Show | |
| 2024 | ||
| Marg Horwell | The Picture of Dorian Gray | |
| Bunny Christie & Deborah Andrews | Guys and Dolls | |
| Ryan Dawson Laight | La Cage aux Folles | |
| Hugh Durrant | Peter Pan | |
- ^ a b Due to late March 2020[1] to late July 2021[2] 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[3]
Multiple awards and nominations for Best Costume Design
[edit]Awards
[edit]- Two awards
- Alison Chitty
- Deirdre Clancy
- William Dudley
- Tim Goodchild
- Christopher Oram
- Mark Thompson
- Vicki Mortimer
- Catherine Zuber
Nominations
[edit]- Six nominations
- Hugh Durrant
- Rob Howell
- Christopher Oram
- Five nominations
- Bob Crowley
- Mark Thompson
- Anthony Ward
- Four nominations
- Gregg Barnes
- William Dudley
- Three nominations
- Deirdre Clancy
- Nicky Gillibrand
- Robert Jones
- William Ivey Long
- Catherine Zuber
- Two nominations
- Sue Blane
- Alison Chitty
- Tim Goodchild
- Tim Hatley
- Roger Kirk
- Peter McKintosh
- Jon Morrell
- Vicki Mortimer
- Martin Pakledinaz
- Paul Tazewell
- Jenny Tiramani
See also
[edit]References
[edit] | This article includes a list of references, related reading, or external links, but its sources remain unclear because it lacks inline citations. (February 2015) |
- ^ 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.