| Best New Play | Best New Musical |
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- Black Watch by Gregory Burke – Barbican
- Osage County by Tracy Letts – National Theatre Lyttelton
- That Face by Polly Stenham – Duke of York's
- The Pitmen Painters by Lee Hall – National Theatre Cottesloe
| - Jersey Boys – Prince Edward
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| Best Revival | Best Musical Revival |
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- The Histories – Roundhouse
- The Chalk Garden – Donmar Warehouse
- The Norman Conquests – Old Vic
| - La Cage aux Folles – Playhouse
- Piaf – Donmar Warehouse / Vaudeville
- Sunset Boulevard – Comedy
- West Side Story – Sadler's Wells
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| Best New Comedy | Best Entertainment |
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- God of Carnage by Yasmina Reza, translated by Christopher Hampton – Gielgud
- Fat Pig by Neil LaBute – Comedy
- The Female of the Species by Joanna Murray-Smith – Vaudeville
| - La Clique – Hippodrome
- Brief Encounter – Cinema Haymarket
- Maria Friedman: Rearranged – Trafalgar Studios
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| Best Actor | Best Actress |
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- Derek Jacobi as Malvolio in Twelfth Night – Wyndham's / Donmar Warehouse
- David Bradley as Spooner in No Man's Land – Duke of York's
- Michael Gambon as Hirst in No Man's Land – Duke of York's
- Adam Godley as Raymond Babitt in Rain Man – Apollo
| - Margaret Tyzack as Mrs St. Maugham in The Chalk Garden – Donmar Warehouse
- Deanna Dunagan as Violet Weston in Osage County – National Theatre Lyttelton
- Lindsay Duncan as Martha in That Face – Duke of York's
- Penelope Wilton as Miss Madrigal in The Chalk Garden – Donmar Warehouse
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| Best Actor in a Musical | Best Actress in a Musical |
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- Douglas Hodge as Albin in La Cage aux Folles – Playhouse
- Denis Lawson as Georges in La Cage aux Folles – Playhouse
- Ryan Molloy as Frankie Valli in Jersey Boys – Prince Edward
- Matt Rawle as Zorro in Zorro – Garrick
| - Elena Roger as Édith Piaf in Piaf – Donmar Warehouse / Vaudeville
- Sofia Escobar as Maria in West Side Story – Sadler's Wells
- Kathryn Evans as Norma Desmond in Sunset Boulevard – Comedy
- Ruthie Henshall as Marguerite in Marguerite – Theatre Royal Haymarket
- Emma Williams as Luisa in Zorro – Garrick
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| Best Performance in a Supporting Role | Best Performance in a Supporting Role in a Musical |
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- Patrick Stewart as King Claudius and King Hamlet's Ghost in Hamlet – Novello
- Oliver Ford Davies as Polonius in Hamlet – Novello
- Kevin R. McNally as Lebedev in Ivanov – Wyndham's, Donmar
- Paul Ritter as Reg in The Norman Conquests – Old Vic
| - Lesli Margherita as Inez in Zorro – Garrick
- Alexander Hanson as Otto in Marguerite – Theatre Royal Haymarket
- Katherine Kingsley as Marlene Dietrich in Piaf – Donmar Warehouse / Vaudeville
- Jason Pennycooke as Jacob in La Cage aux Folles – Playhouse
- Dave Willetts as Max von Mayerling in Sunset Boulevard – Comedy
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| Best Company Performance |
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- The Histories – Roundhouse
- Osage County – National Theatre Lyttelton
- Black Watch – Barbican
- Sunset Boulevard – Comedy
- The Norman Conquests – Old Vic
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| Best Director | Best Theatre Choreographer |
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- John Tiffany for Black Watch – Barbican
- Terry Johnson for La Cage aux Folles – Playhouse
- Des McAnuff for Jersey Boys – Prince Edward
- Emma Rice for Brief Encounter – Cinema Haymarket
| - Steven Hoggett for Black Watch – Barbican
- Rafael Amargo for Zorro – Garrick
- Lynne Page for La Cage aux Folles – Playhouse
- Kate Prince for Into the Hoods – Novello
- Sergio Trujillo for Jersey Boys – Prince Edward
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| Best Set Design | Best Costume Design |
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- Todd Rosenthal for Osage County – National Theatre Lyttelton
- Paul Brown for Marguerite – Theatre Royal Haymarket
- Soutra Gilmour for The Collection and The Lover – Comedy
- Neil Murray for Brief Encounter – Cinema Haymarket
- Tom Piper for The Histories – Roundhouse
| - Tom Piper and Emma Williams for The Histories – Roundhouse
- Rob Howell for The Norman Conquests – Old Vic
- Christopher Oram for Twelfth Night – Wyndham's / Donmar Warehouse
- Matthew Wright for La Cage aux Folles – Playhouse
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| Best Lighting Design | Best Sound Design |
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- Paule Constable for The Chalk Garden – Donmar Warehouse
- Neil Austin for No Man's Land – Duke of York's
- Neil Austin for Piaf – Donmar Warehouse / Vaudeville
- Paule Constable for Ivanov – Wyndham's / Donmar Warehouse
| - Gareth Fry for Black Watch – Barbican
- Simon Baker for Brief Encounter – Cinema Haymarket
- Steve C. Kennedy for Jersey Boys – Prince Edward
- Ben Ringham, Max Ringham and Christopher Shutt for Piaf – Donmar Warehouse / Vaudeville
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| Outstanding Achievement in Dance | Best New Dance Production |
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- The ensemble for Impressing the Czar, Royal Ballet of Flanders – Sadler's Wells
- Maurice Chestnut, Marshall Davis Jr. and Savion Glover in Bare Soundz – Sadler's Wells
- The ensemble for Infra, The Royal Ballet – Royal Opera House
| - Café Müller and The Rite of Spring, Tanztheater Wuppertal – Sadler's Wells
- Impressing the Czar, Royal Ballet of Flanders – Sadler's Wells
- Infra, The Royal Ballet – Royal Opera House
- To Be Straight with You, DV8 Physical Theatre – National Theatre Lyttelton
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| Outstanding Achievement in Opera | Outstanding New Opera Production |
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- Edward Gardner for conducting Boris Godunov, Cavalleria rusticana, Der Rosenkavalier and I pagliacci, English National Opera – London Coliseum and Punch and Judy – Young Vic
- Patricia Bardon in Partenope and Riders to the Sea, English National Opera – London Coliseum and The Rake's Progress, The Royal Opera – Royal Opera House
- Ferruccio Furlanetto in Don Carlo, The Royal Opera – Royal Opera House
- Christine Rice in Partenope, English National Opera – London Coliseum and The Minotaur, The Royal Opera – Royal Opera House
| - Partenope, English National Opera – London Coliseum
- Don Carlo, The Royal Opera – Royal Opera House
- I pagliacci, English National Opera – London Coliseum
- The Minotaur, The Royal Opera – Royal Opera House
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| Outstanding Achievement in an Affiliate Theatre |
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- The Pride – Royal Court
- The cast for Oxford Street – Royal Court
- Jo Newbery for set designing Scarborough – Royal Court
- Clive Rowe in Mother Goose – Hackney Empire
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| Society Special Award |
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The following 24 productions, including two ballets and four operas, received multiple nominations: