Laurence Olivier Award for Best Costume Design
# Laurence Olivier Award for Best Costume Design

The Laurence Olivier Award for Best Costume Design is an annual award presented by the Society of London Theatre in recognition of achievements in commercial London theatre. The awards were established as the Society of West End Theatre Awards in 1976, and renamed in 1984 in honour of English actor and director Laurence Olivier.

This award was introduced in 1991. There had been an award for Designer of the Year from 1976 to 1990, originally focused on set designers but including an increasing number of commingled nominations for other design specialties through the years. The commingled single award was retired after the 1990 ceremony, with more granular awards introduced in 1991 for Best Set Design and Best Lighting Design, along with this Best Costume Design award.

## Winners and nominees

### 1990s

| Year | Designer | Production |
| - | - | - |
| 1991 |
| 1991 | Jasper Conran | The Rehearsal |
| 1991 | Sue Blane | Into the Woods |
| 1991 | Tom Cairns | Sunday in the Park with George |
| 1991 | Mark Thompson | The Wind in the Willows |
| 1992 |
| 1992 | Mark Thompson | The Comedy of Errors |
| 1992 | Ashley Martin-Davis | The Miser |
| 1992 | James Merifield | The Boys from Syracuse |
| 1992 | Philip Prowse | A Woman of No Importance |
| 1993 |
| 1993 | William Dudley | Heartbreak House and The Rise and Fall of Little Voice |
| 1993 | Bob Crowley | Carousel and Hamlet |
| 1993 | Anthony Powell | Hay Fever and Trelawny of the 'Wells' |
| 1993 | Carl Toms | An Ideal Husband |
| 1994 |
| 1994 | Gerald Scarfe | An Absolute Turkey |
| 1994 | Sue Blane | Antony and Cleopatra |
| 1994 | Johan Engels | Tamburlaine the Great |
| 1994 | Anthony Ward | The Winter's Tale |
| 1995 |
| 1995 | Deirdre Clancy | Love's Labour's Lost and A Month in the Country |
| 1995 | Stephen Brimson Lewis | Design for Living and Les Parents terribles |
| 1995 | David Charles and Jane Greenwood | She Loves Me |
| 1995 | Clare Mitchell | Le Cid and Saint Joan |
| 1996 |
| 1996 | Anthony Ward | A Midsummer Night's Dream and The Way of the World |
| 1996 | Deirdre Clancy | Absolute Hell and Twelfth Night |
| 1996 | Nicky Gillibrand | A Little Night Music |
| 1996 | Richard Hudson | Volpone |
| 1997 |
| 1997 | Tim Goodchild | The Relapse |
| 1997 | Louise Belson | By Jeeves |
| 1997 | William Dudley | Mary Stuart |
| 1997 | David C. Woolard | Tommy |
| 1998 |
| 1998 | Tim Goodchild | Three Hours After Marriage |
| 1998 | Nicky Gillibrand | Lady in the Dark |
| 1998 | Ann Hould-Ward | Beauty and the Beast |
| 1998 | William Ivey Long | Chicago |
| 1999 |
| 1999 | William Dudley | Amadeus and The London Cuckolds |
| 1999 | Maria Björnson | Britannicus and Phèdre |
| 1999 | Bunny Christie | As You Like It |
| 1999 | Robert Jones | Henry VIII |

### 2000s

| Year | Designer | Production |
| - | - | - |
| 2000 |
| 2000 | Julie Taymor | The Lion King |
| 2000 | Rob Howell | Money and Troilus and Cressida |
| 2000 | Robert Jones | The Winter's Tale |
| 2000 | Elise and John Napier | Candide |
| 2001 |
| 2001 | Alison Chitty | Remembrance of Things Past |
| 2001 | Gregg Barnes | Pageant |
| 2001 | Bob Crowley | Cressida and The Witches of Eastwick |
| 2001 | Roger Kirk | The King and I |
| 2002 |
| 2002 | Jenny Beavan | Private Lives |
| 2002 | Martin Pakledinaz | Kiss Me, Kate |
| 2002 | Kevin Pollard | Shockheaded Peter |
| 2002 | Anthony Ward | My Fair Lady |
| 2003 |
| 2003 | Jenny Tiramani | Twelfth Night |
| 2003 | William Dudley | The Coast Of Utopia |
| 2003 | Mike Nicholls | Taboo |
| 2003 | Mark Thompson | Bombay Dreams |
| 2004 |
| 2004 | Christopher Oram | Power |
| 2004 | Mara Blumenfeld | Pacific Overtures |
| 2004 | Raimonda Gaetaniat | Absolutely! (Perhaps) |
| 2004 | Martin Pakledinaz | Thoroughly Modern Millie |
| 2005 |
| 2005 | Deirdre Clancy | All's Well That Ends Well |
| 2005 | Bob Crowley | Mary Poppins |
| 2005 | John Gunter and Mark Bouman | Hamlet |
| 2005 | William Ivey Long | The Producers |
| 2006 |
| 2006 | Es Devlin | The Dog in the Manger |
| 2006 | Rob Howell | Hedda Gabler |
| 2006 | Christopher Oram | Don Carlos |
| 2006 | Anthony Ward | Mary Stuart |
| 2007 |
| 2007 | Alison Chitty | The Voysey Inheritance |
| 2007 | Tim Hatley | Spamalot |
| 2007 | Susan Hilferty | Wicked |
| 2008 |
| 2008 | Vicki Mortimer | The Man of Mode |
| 2008 | Gregg Barnes | The Drowsy Chaperone |
| 2008 | Rob Howell | The Lord of the Rings |
| 2008 | William Ivey Long | Hairspray |
| 2009 |
| 2009 | Tom Piper and Emma Williams | The Histories |
| 2009 | Rob Howell | The Norman Conquests |
| 2009 | Christopher Oram | Twelfth Night |
| 2009 | Matthew Wright | La Cage aux Folles |

### 2010s

| Year | Designer | Production |
| - | - | - |
| 2010 |
| 2010 | Tim Chappel and Lizzy Gardiner | Priscilla Queen of the Desert |
| 2010 | Peter McKintosh | Hello, Dolly! |
| 2010 | Christopher Oram | Madame de Sade |
| 2010 | Amy Roberts | The Misanthrope |
| 2011 |
| 2011 | Hildegard Bechtler | After the Dance |
| 2011 | Lez Brotherston | Design for Living |
| 2011 | Bob Crowley | Love Never Dies |
| 2011 | Mark Thompson | London Assurance |
| 2012 |
| 2012 | Peter McKintosh | Crazy for You |
| 2012 | Tim Hatley | Shrek |
| 2012 | Rob Howell | Matilda |
| 2012 | Catherine Zuber | South Pacific |
| 2013 |
| 2013 | Jon Morrell | Top Hat |
| 2013 | Bob Crowley | The Audience |
| 2013 | Jenny Tiramani | Twelfth Night |
| 2013 | Anthony Ward | Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street |
| 2014 |
| 2014 | Mark Thompson | Charlie and the Chocolate Factory |
| 2014 | Nicky Gillibrand | The Wind in the Willows |
| 2014 | Soutra Gilmour | Merrily We Roll Along |
| 2014 | Rae Smith | The Light Princess |
| 2015 |
| 2015 | Christopher Oram | Wolf Hall and Bring Up the Bodies |
| 2015 | Robert Jones | City of Angels |
| 2015 | Paul Tazewell | Memphis |
| 2015 | Alejo Vietti | Beautiful |
| 2016 |
| 2016 | Gregg Barnes | Kinky Boots |
| 2016 | Hugh Durrant | Nell Gwynn |
| 2016 | Jonathan Fensom | Farinelli and the King |
| 2016 | Katrina Lindsay | Bend It Like Beckham |
| 2017 |
| 2017 | Katrina Lindsay | Harry Potter and the Cursed Child |
| 2017 | Gregg Barnes | Dreamgirls |
| 2017 | Hugh Durrant | Cinderella |
| 2017 | Rob Howell | Groundhog Day |
| 2018 |
| 2018 | Vicki Mortimer | Follies |
| 2018 | Hugh Durrant | Dick Whittington |
| 2018 | Roger Kirk | 42nd Street |
| 2018 | Paul Tazewell | Hamilton |
| 2019 |
| 2019 | Catherine Zuber | The King and I |
| 2019 | Fly Davis | Caroline, or Change |
| 2019 | Anna Fleischle | Home, I'm Darling |
| 2019 | Gabriella Slade | Six |

### 2020s

| Year | Designer | Production |
| - | - | - |
| 2020 |
| 2020 | Joanna Scotcher | Emilia |
| 2020 | Hugh Durrant | Goldilocks and the Three Bears |
| 2020 | Jonathan Lipman | Fiddler on the Roof |
| 2020 | Paloma Young | & Juliet |
| 2021 | Not presented due to extended closing of theatre productions during COVID-19 pandemic | Not presented due to extended closing of theatre productions during COVID-19 pandemic |
| 2022 |
| 2022 | Catherine Zuber | Moulin Rouge! |
| 2022 | Jon Morrell | Anything Goes |
| 2022 | Christopher Oram | Frozen |
| 2022 | Tom Scutt | Cabaret |

* 1 2 Due to late March 2020 to late July 2021 closing of London theatre productions during the COVID-19 pandemic in England, the 2022 awards recognise productions that launched anytime from February 2020 to February 2022

## Multiple awards and nominations for Best Costume Design

### Awards

**Two awards**

* Alison Chitty
* Deirdre Clancy
* William Dudley
* Tim Goodchild
* Christopher Oram
* Mark Thompson
* Vicki Mortimer
* Catherine Zuber

### Nominations

**Six nominations**

* Rob Howell
* Christopher Oram

**Five nominations**

* Bob Crowley
* Mark Thompson
* Anthony Ward

**Four nominations**

* Gregg Barnes
* William Dudley
* Hugh Durrant

**Three nominations**

* Deirdre Clancy
* Nicky Gillibrand
* Robert Jones
* William Ivey Long
* Catherine Zuber

**Two nominations**

* Sue Blane
* Alison Chitty
* Tim Goodchild
* Tim Hatley
* Roger Kirk
* Peter McKintosh
* Jon Morrell
* Vicki Mortimer
* Martin Pakledinaz
* Paul Tazewell
* Jenny Tiramani
