| Play of the Year | Best New Musical |
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- Broken Glass by Arthur Miller – National Theatre Lyttelton / Duke of York's
- 900 Oneonta by David Beaird – Old Vic / Ambassadors
- Dealer's Choice by Patrick Marber – National Theatre Cottesloe
- Three Tall Women by Edward Albee – Wyndham's
| - Once on This Island – Island
- Copacabana – Prince of Wales
- Hot Shoe Shuffle – Queen's
- The Roy Orbison Story: Only the Lonely – Piccadilly
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| Best Revival of a Play or Comedy | Best Musical Revival |
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- As You Like It – Albery
- Le Cid – National Theatre Cottesloe
- Les Parents terribles – National Theatre Lyttelton
- Sweet Bird of Youth – National Theatre Lyttelton / RSC at the Barbican
| - She Loves Me – Savoy
- Oliver – London Palladium
- The Card – Regent's Park Open Air
- The Threepenny Opera – Donmar Warehouse
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| Best Comedy | Best Entertainment |
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- My Night with Reg by Kevin Elyot – Royal Court / Criterion
- Beautiful Thing by Jonathan Harvey – Donmar Warehouse / Duke of York's
- Dead Funny by Terry Johnson – Vaudeville
- Neville's Island by Tim Firth – Apollo
| - Maria Friedman: By Special Arrangement – Donmar Warehouse
- Fascinating Aïda – Garrick
- Jack: A Night on the Town with John Barrymore – Criterion
- Juggle and Hyde – Criterion
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| Best Actor | Best Actress |
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- David Bamber as Guy in My Night with Reg – Royal Court / Criterion
- James Bolam as Shelly Levene in Glengarry Glen Ross – Donmar Warehouse
- Adrian Lester as Rosalind in As You Like It – Albery
- Bob Peck as John Rutherford in Rutherford and Son – National Theatre Cottesloe
| - Clare Higgins as Alexandra Del Lago in Sweet Bird of Youth – National Theatre Lyttelton / RSC at the Barbican
- Frances de la Tour as Leo in Les Parents terribles – National Theatre Lyttelton
- Sheila Gish as Yvonne in Les Parents terribles – National Theatre Lyttelton
- Margot Leicester as Sylvia Gellburg in Broken Glass – National Theatre Lyttelton / Duke of York's
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| Best Actor in a Musical | Best Actress in a Musical |
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- John Gordon-Sinclair as Georg Nowack in She Loves Me – Savoy
- Peter Duncan as Denry Machin in The Card – Regent's Park Open Air
- Tim Flavin as Bobby Child in Crazy for You – Prince Edward
- Jonathan Pryce as Fagin in Oliver – London Palladium
| - Ruthie Henshall as Amalia Balash in She Loves Me – Savoy
- Betty Buckley as Norma Desmond in Sunset Boulevard – Adelphi
- Sally Dexter as Nancy in Oliver – London Palladium
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| Best Comedy Performance |
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- Niall Buggy as Brian in Dead Funny – Vaudeville
- Debra Gillett as Mrs. Margery Pinchwife in The Country Wife – RSC at The Pit
- Nigel Hawthorne as Lord Ogleby in The Clandestine Marriage – Queen's
- Tony Slattery as Gordon in Neville's Island – Apollo
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| Best Actor in a Supporting Role | Best Actress in a Supporting Role |
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- Ken Stott as Dr. Harry Hyman in Broken Glass – National Theatre Lyttelton / Duke of York's
- Simon Russell Beale as Ariel in The Tempest – RSC at the Barbican
- Simon Coates as Celia in As You Like It – Albery
- Trevor Peacock as Petey Boles in The Birthday Party – National Theatre Lyttelton
| - Dora Bryan as Meg Boles in The Birthday Party – National Theatre Lyttelton
- Samantha Bond as Infanta Urraque in Le Cid – National Theatre Cottesloe
- Brid Brennan in Rutherford and Son – National Theatre Cottesloe
- Kathryn Hunter as Master of Play in Pericles – National Theatre Olivier
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| Best Supporting Performance in a Musical |
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- Tracie Bennett as Ilona Ritter in She Loves Me – Savoy
- Sharon D. Clarke as Asaka in Once on This Island – Island
- Tara Hugo as Jenny in The Threepenny Opera – Donmar Warehouse
- Berry Jones as Stephen Kodaly in She Loves Me – Savoy
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| Best Director of a Play | Best Director of a Musical |
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- Declan Donnellan for As You Like It – Albery
- Sean Mathias for Les Parents terribles – National Theatre Lyttelton
- Simon McBurney for The Three Lives of Lucie Cabrol – Shaftesbury
- Katie Mitchell for Ghosts – RSC at the Barbican Pit
| - Scott Ellis for She Loves Me – Savoy
- Gwenda Hughes and David Toguri for Once on This Island – Island
- Sam Mendes for Oliver – London Palladium
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| Best Theatre Choreographer |
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- David Atkins and Dein Perry for Hot Shoe Shuffle – Queen's
- Jonathan Lunn for Pericles – National Theatre Olivier
- Rob Marshall for She Loves Me – Savoy
- David Toguri for Once on This Island – Island
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| Best Set Designer |
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- Stephen Brimson Lewis for Design for Living – Donmar Warehouse / Gielgud and Les Parents terribles – National Theatre Lyttelton
- Lez Brotherston for Neville's Island – Apollo
- Peter J. Davison for Le Cid – National Theatre Cottesloe and Saint Joan – Strand
- Anthony Ward for Sweet Bird of Youth – National Theatre Lyttelton / RSC at the Barbican
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| Best Costume Designer | Best Lighting Designer |
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- Deirdre Clancy for A Month in the Country – Albery and Love's Labour's Lost – RSC at the Barbican
- Stephen Brimson Lewis for Design for Living – Donmar Warehouse / Gielgud and Les Parents terribles – National Theatre Lyttelton
- David Charles and Jane Greenwood for She Loves Me – Savoy
- Clare Mitchell for Le Cid – National Theatre Cottesloe and Saint Joan – Strand
| - Mark Henderson for his work this season
- Rick Fisher for Pericles – National Theatre Olivier and The Cryptogram – Ambassador's
- David Hersey for Glengarry Glen Ross – Donmar Warehouse and Oliver – London Palladium
- Tina MacHugh for Ghosts – RSC at the Barbican Pit and Rutherford and Son – National Theatre Cottesloe
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| Outstanding Achievement in Dance | Best New Dance Production |
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- Peter Mumford for lighting Fearful Symmetries, The Royal Ballet – Royal Opera House and The Glass Blew In, Siobhan Davies Dance Company – Sadler's Wells
- Thomas Edur in The Sleeping Beauty, English National Ballet – Royal Festival Hall
- John Macfarlane for set designing The Nutcracker, Birmingham Royal Ballet – London Coliseum
- Nuria Moreno in Cinderella, Lindsay Kemp and Company – Sadler's Wells
| - Fearful Symmetries, The Royal Ballet – Royal Opera House
- Hommage aux Ballet Russes, Le Ballet Preljocaj – Sadler's Wells
- Sueños Flamencos, Ballet Cristina Hoyos – Sadler's Wells
- The Nutcracker, Birmingham Royal Ballet – London Coliseum
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| Outstanding Achievement in Opera | Outstanding New Opera Production |
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- Roberto Alagna in Roméo et Juliette, The Royal Opera – Royal Opera House
- Tom Cairns for directing and set designing King Priam, English National Opera – London Coliseum
- La traviata, Music Theatre London – Donmar Warehouse
- John Tomlinson in Das Rheingold and Die Walküre, The Royal Opera – Royal Opera House
| - Khovanshchina, English National Opera – London Coliseum
- Così fan tutte, The Royal Opera – Royal Opera House
- Don Quixote, English National Opera – London Coliseum
- Roméo et Juliette, The Royal Opera – Royal Opera House
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The following 24 productions, including two ballets and one opera, received multiple nominations: