LONDON OLIVIER AWARDS WINNERS 2000

Best Actress
Janie Dee	Comic Potential

Best Actor
Henry Goodman	The Merchant of Venice

Best New Play
Goodnight Children Everywhere	Richard Nelson

Best New Comedy
The Memory of Water	Shelagh Stephenson

Best Entertainment
Defending the Caveman	Rob Becker

Best New Musical
Honk! The Ugly Duckling	George Stiles: music Anthony Drewe: book and lyrics

Outstanding Musical Production
Candide	Leonard Bernstein: music Richard Wilbur, with Stephen Sondheim, John Latouche, Lillian Hellman, Dorothy Parker and Leonard Bernstein: lyrics John Caird: book, revised from Hugh Wheeler who adapted from Voltaire.

Best Supporting Actor
Roger Allam	Money

Best Supporting Actress
Patricia Hodge	Money

Best Actor in a Musical
Simon Russell	Candide

Best Actress in a Musical
Barbara Dickson	Spend Spend Spend

Best Supporting Performer in a Musical
Jenny Galloway	Mamma Mia!

Best Director
Trevor Nunn	Summerfolk, The Merchant of Venice, and Troilus and Cressida

Best Theatre Choreographer
Garth Fagan	The Lion King

Best Costume Designer
Julie Taymor	The Lion King

Best Lighting Designer
Mark Henderson	Plenty, Spend Spend Spend, Suddenly, Last Summer, The Forest, The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe, The Real Thing, Vassa

Best Set Designer
Rob Howell	Richard III, Troilus and Cressida, Vassa

Best New Dance Production
Nederlands Dans Theatre 1's	Symphony of Psalms

Outstanding Achievement in Dance
Jiri Kylian, Nederlands Dance Theatre 1's	Sadler Wells season

Best New Opera Production
Hansel and Gretel	Welsh National Opera

Outstanding Achievement in Opera

The English National Opera