Designer of the Year
Winner: Carl Toms for The Provoked Wife at the National Theatre Lyttelton
Nominees:
- Eileen Diss for Measure For Measure at the National Theatre Lyttelton
- John Napier for Cats at the New London
- Saul Radomsky for Tonight At 8.30 at the Lyric
- Carl Toms for The Provoked Wife at the National Theatre Lyttelton
Director of the Year
Winner: Peter Wood for On The Razzle at the National Theatre Lyttelton
Nominees:
- Donald McWhinnie for Translations at the National Theatre Lyttelton
- Trevor Nunn for Cats at the New London
- Harold Pinter for Quartermaine’s Terms at the Queen’s
- Peter Wood for On The Razzle at the National Theatre Lyttelton
Actor of the Year in a Revival
Winner: Daniel Massey for Man And Superman at the National Theatre Olivier
Nominees:
- Daniel Massey for Man And Superman, at the National Theatre Olivier
- Warren Mitchell for The Caretaker at the National Theatre Lyttelton
- David Suchet for The Merchant Of Venice, RSC at the Aldwych
- John Wood for The Provoked Wife at the National Theatre Lyttelton
Actress of the Year in a Revival
Winner: Margaret Tyzack for Who’s Afraid Of Virginia Woolf? at the National Theatre Lyttelton
Nominees:
- Sinead Cusack for The Maid’s Tragedy, RSC at the Warehouse
- Rosemary Harris for All My Sons at Wyndham’s
- Margaret Tyzack for Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? at the National Theatre Lyttelton
- Penelope Wilton for Man And Superman at the National Theatre Olivier
Actor of the Year in a New Play
Winner: Trevor Eve for Children Of A Lesser God at the Albery
Nominees:
- Trevor Eve for Children Of A Lesser God at the Albery
- Edward Fox for Quartermaine’s Terms at the Queen’s
- James Grout for Quartermaine’s Terms at the Queen’s
- Karl Johnson for Television Times, RSC at the Warehouse
Actress of the Year in a New Play
Winner: Elizabeth Quinn for Children Of A Lesser God at the Albery
Nominees:
- Eileen Atkins for Passion Play, RSC at the Aldwych
- Janet Dale for The Accrington Pals, RSC at the Warehouse
- Maggie Smith for Virginia at the Theatre Royal Haymarket
- Elizabeth Quinn for Children Of A Lesser God at the Albery
Comedy Performance of the Year
Winner: Rowan Atkinson for Rowan Atkinson In Revue at the Globe
Nominees:
- Rowan Atkinson for Rowan Atkinson In Revue at the Globe
- Georgina Hale for Steaming at the Comedy
- Donald Sinden for Present Laughter at the Vaudeville
- Angela Thorne for Anyone For Denis? at the Whitehall
Outstanding Achievement in Opera
Winner: Les Contes D’Hoffman, The Royal Opera at the Royal Opera House
Nominees:
- Die Frau Ohne Schatten, Welsh National Opera at the Dominion
- Les Contes D’Hoffman, The Royal Opera at the Royal Opera House
- Lulu, The Royal Opera at the Royal Opera House
- Samson Et Delilah, The Royal Opera at the Royal Opera House
Actor of the Year in a Supporting Role
Winner: Joe Melia for Good, RSC at the Warehouse
Nominees:
- Tony Church for Hamlet, RSC at the Aldwych
- Joe Melia for Good, RSC at the Warehouse
- Norman Rodway for Shadow Of A Gunman, RSC at the Warehouse
- Tom Wilkinson for Hamlet, RSC at the Aldwych
Actress of the Year in a Supporting Role
Winner: Gwen Watford for Present Laughter at the Vaudeville
Nominees:
- Brenda Bruce for Romeo And Juliet, RSC at the Aldwych
- Sinead Cusack for As You Like It, RSC at the Aldwych
- Gwen Taylor for Harvest at the Ambassadors
- Gwen Watford for Present Laughter at the Vaudeville
Actor of the Year in a Musical
Winner: Michael Crawford for Barnum at the London Palladium
Nominees:
- Brian Blessed for Cats at the New London
- Michael Crawford for Barnum at the London Palladium
- Henderson Forsythe for The Best Little Whorehouse In Texas at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane
- Wayne Sleep for Cats at the New London
Actress of the Year in a Musical
Winner: Carlin Glynn for The Best Little Whorehouse In Texas at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane
Nominees:
- Petula Clark for The Sound Of Music at the Apollo Victoria
- Carlin Glynn for The Best Little Whorehouse In Texas at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane
- Patricia Hodge for The Mitford Girls at the Globe
- Sylvia Kumba Williams for One Mo’ Time at the Cambridge
Outstanding Achievement of the Year in a Musical
Winner: Gillian Lynne, choreographer of Cats at the New London
Nominees:
- Vernel Bagneris, writer and director of One Mo’ Time at the Cambridge
- Gillian Lynne, choreographer of Cats at the New London
- The Staging, Barnum at the London Palladium
- The Style And Design, The Mitford Girls at the Globe
Most Promising Newcomer of the Year in Theatre
Winner: Alice Krige for Arms And The Man at the Lyric
Nominees:
- Catherine Hall for Naked Robots, RSC at the Warehouse
- Alice Krige for Arms And The Man at the Lyric
- Jeremy Nicholas for Three Men In A Boat at the Mayfair
- Eric Peterson for Billy Bishop Goes To War at the Comedy
Outstanding First Achievement of the Year in Opera
Winner: Anne Mackay for The Gypsy Princess at Sadler’s Wells
Nominees:
- Helen Field for The Cunning Little Vixen at the Dominion
- Anne Mackay for The Gypsy Princess at Sadler’s Wells
- Claire Powell for The Royal Opera’s Les Contes D’Hoffman at the Royal Opera House
- David Wilson-Johnson for The Lighthouse at Sadler’s Wells
Outstanding First Achievement of the Year in Ballet
Winner: Bryony Brind for The Royal Ballet’s Dances of Albion at the Royal Opera House
Nominees:
- Bryony Brind for The Royal Ballet’s Dances of Albion at the Royal Opera House
- Stephen Beagley for work in new productions with the Royal Ballet at the Royal Opera House
- Michael Clark for work in new productions with Ballet Rambert at Sadler’s Wells
- Ashley Page for The Royal Ballet’s Isadora at the Royal Opera House
Outstanding Achievement of the Year in Ballet
Winner: Forgotten Land, The Stuttgart Ballet at the London Coliseum
Nominees:
- Dances Of Albion, The Royal Ballet at the Royal Opera House
- Death And The Maiden, London Contemporary Dance Theatre at Sadler’s Wells
- Forgotten Land, The Stuttgart Ballet at the London Coliseum
- Night Moves, Sadler’s Wells Royal Ballet at Sadler’s Wells
Comedy of the Year
Winner: Steaming by Nell Dunn at the Comedy
Nominees:
- Anyone For Denis? by John Wells at the Whitehall
- Can’t Pay? Won’t Pay! by Dario Fo at the Criterion
- On The Razzle by Tom Stoppard at the National Theatre Lyttelton
- Steaming by Nell Dunn at the Comedy
Musical of the Year
Winner: Cats, based on the poems by T.S. Eliot, music by Andrew Lloyd Webber, additional material by Trevor Nunn and Richard Stilgoe at the New London
Nominees:
- Cats, based on the poems by T.S. Eliot, music by Andrew Lloyd Webber, additional material by Trevor Nunn and Richard Stilgoe at the New London
- Barnum, book by Mark Bramble, songs by Cy Coleman at the London Palladium
- One Mo’ Time, book by Vernon Bagneris, music and lyrics by various, at the Cambridge
- The Best Little Whorehouse In Texas, Larry King and Peter Masterson, music and lyrics by Carol Hall, at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane
Play of the Year
Winner: Children Of A Lesser God by Mark Medoff at the Albery
Nominees:
- Children Of A Lesser God by Mark Medoff at the Albery
- Passion Play by Peter Nichols, RSC at the Aldwych
- Translations by Brian Friel, at the National Theatre Lyttelton
- Quartermaine’s Terms by Simon Gray at the Queen’s