Highly regarded on the London theatre scene, The Laurence Olivier Awards, also known as The Larrys or The Oliviers, will this year include big-name nominees Keira Knightley, Rachel Weisz, Jude Law and James McAvoy. Mind-reader, Derren Brown, has received his second nomination for an Olivier for his entertainment show ‘Enigma’, while ex-Spice Girl, Melanie C, has been nominated for Best Actress in the musical section. Set to be a spectacular night at the Grosvenor House Hotel on 21st March, the event will be covered online by Official London Theatre, giving live updates of the ceremony. Below is a list of the main categories and their nominees.

Best Actress
- Gillian Anderson/A Doll’s House
- Lorraine Burroughs/The Mountaintop
- Imelda Staunton/Entertaining Mr Sloane
- Juliet Stevenson/Duet For One
- Rachel Weisz/A Streetcar Named Desire

Best Actor
- James Earl Jones/Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
- Jude Law/Hamlet
- James McAvoy/Three Days of Rain
- Mark Rylance/Jerusalem
- Ken Stott/A View From the Bridge
- Samuel West/Enron

Best Supporting Actress
- Hayley Atwell/A View From the Bridge
- Michelle Dockery/Burned By the Sun
- Alexandra Gilbreath/Twelfth Night
- Keira Knightley/The Misanthrope
- Rachael Stirling/The Priory
- Ruth Wilson/A Streetcar Named Desire

Best Supporting Actor
- Mackenzie Crook/Jerusalem
- Rory Kinnear/Burned By the Sun
- Tim Pigott-Smith/Enron
- Eddie Redmayne/Red

Best Director
- Rupert Goold/Enron
- Michael Grandage/Hamlet
- Lindsay Posner/A View From the Bridge
- Ian Rickson/Jerusalem
- Bijan Sheibani/Our Class

Best New Play
- Enron by Lucy Prebble
- Jerusalem by Jez Butterworth
- The Mountaintop by Katori Hall
- Red by John Logan