Laurence Olivier Award for Best Set Design

The Laurence Olivier Award for Best Set Design is presented annually by the Society of London Theatre in recognition of achievements by scenic designers for commercial British theatre, most notably West End plays and musicals.

It originated as a single award for Designer of the Year in 1976. In 1991 it was divided into three awards, one for sets, one for costumes, and one for lighting.

Award winners

1990s

1991: Mark Thompson – The Wind in the Willows Tom Cairns – Sunday in the Park with George William Dudley – Marya Nigel Lowery – The Illusion 1992: Mark Thompson – The Comedy of Errors and Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat Bob Crowley – When She Danced, Murmuring Judges and The Night of the Iguana Ashley Martin-Davis – The Miser and The Recruiting Officer Philip Prowse – A Woman of No Importance and The White Devil 1993: Ian MacNeil – An Inspector Calls Bob Crowley – Carousel, Henry IV and No Man's Land Jerome Sirlin – Kiss of the Spider Woman Robin Wagner – Crazy for You 1994: Mark Thompson – Hysteria Peter J. Davison – Medea Ian MacNeil – Machinal Anthony Ward – The Winter's Tale 1995: Stephen Brimson Lewis – Design for Living and Les Parents terribles Lez Brotherston – Neville's Island Peter J. Davison – Le Cid and Saint Joan Anthony Ward – Sweet Bird of Youth and The Tempest

1996: John Napier – Burning Blue John Gunter – Skylight, Absolute Hell and Twelfth Night Rob Howell – The Glass Menagerie Anthony Ward – A Midsummer Night's Dream, La Grande Magia and The Way of the World 1997: Tim Hatley – Stanley John Arnone – Tommy Paul Farnsworth – Passion Mark Thompson – 'Art' 1998: Tim Goodchild – Three Hours After Marriage William Dudley – The Homecoming John Gunter – The Peter Hall Company's Season Rob Howell – Chips with Everything 1999: Anthony Ward – Oklahoma! Maria Björnson – Britannicus and Phedre William Dudley – Amadeus and Cleo, Camping, Emmanuelle and Dick Richard Hoover – Not About Nightingales Mark Thompson – The Blue Room and The Unexpected Man

2000s

2000: Rob Howell – Richard III, Troilus and Cressida and Vassa Lez Brotherston – Spend Spend Spend Maria Björnson – Plenty Richard Hudson – The Lion King 2001: William Dudley – All My Sons Bunny Christie – Baby Doll Rob Howell – The Caretaker Brian Thomson – The King and I 2002: Tim Hatley – Humble Boy and Private Lives Lez Brotherston – The Little Foxes and A Midsummer Night's Dream Julian Crouch and Graeme Gilmour – Shockheaded Peter Robin Wagner – Kiss Me, Kate Anthony Ward – My Fair Lady 2003: Bunny Christie – A Streetcar Named Desire Anthony Ward – Chitty Chitty Bang Bang Lez Brotherston – Play Without Words William Dudley – The Coast of Utopia 2004: William Dudley – Hitchcock Blonde Franco Zeffirelli – Absolutely! (Perhaps) Bob Crowley – Mourning Becomes Electra

2005: Giles Cadle – His Dark Materials Ian MacNeil – Festen Bob Crowley – Mary Poppins Christopher Oram – Suddenly, Last Summer William Dudley – The Woman in White 2006: Rob Howell – Hedda Gabler Ian MacNeil – Billy Elliot the Musical Christopher Oram – Don Carlos 2007: David Farley and Timothy Bird – Sunday in the Park with George Tim Hatley – Spamalot Eugene Lee – Wicked 2008: Rae Smith and Handspring Puppet Company – War Horse David Rockwell – Hairspray Rob Howell – The Lord of the Rings Anthony Ward and Lorna Heavey – Macbeth 2009: Todd Rosenthal – August: Osage County Neil Murray – Brief Encounter Tom Piper – The Histories Soutra Gilmour – The Lover & The Collection Paul Brown – Marguerite

2010s

• 2010: Ultz – Jerusalem
  • Mark Thompson – England People Very Nice
  • Anthony Ward – ENRON
  • Christopher Oram – Red

• 2011: Bunny Christie – The White Guard
  • Lez Brotherston – Design for Living
  • Miriam Buether – Earthquakes in London
  • Bob Crowley – Love Never Dies

References

• London Theatre Guide (2008) (.PDF). The Laurence Olivier Awards: Full List of Winners 1976-2008. The Society of London Theatre. http://www.officiallondontheatre.co.uk/servlet/file/LOA_fullist.pdf?ITEM_ENT_ID=101095&ITEM_VERSION=1&COLLSPEC_ENT_ID=8. Retrieved 2008-08-30. 

External links

• Laurence Olivier Awards official website
• Olivier Awards archives