Laurence Olivier Award for Best Lighting Design
See Olivier Awards for more information about the awards and a full list of categories and winners.
The Laurence Olivier Awards are a series of awards presented annually by the The Society of London Theatre. They are presented in recognition of achievements in commercial British theatre, most notably plays and musicals in the West End of London, an area commonly referred to as "Theatreland". The awards were established as the Society of West End Theatre Awards in 1976 and, in 1984 they we renamed in honour of the reknown British actor Sir Laurence Olivier. The Olivier Awards are the most prestigious theatrical awards in the United Kingdom and are the UK equivalent of the Tony Awards.
This list comprises the winners of the Best Lighting Design category shown in bold. Where possible other nominees will be shown in italics.
- 2006 Don Carlos designed by Paule Constable at the Gielgud
- 2005 His Dark Materials designed by Paule Constable at the Olivier
- 2004 Pacific Overtures designed by Hugh Vanstone
- 2003 Bacchai designed by Peter Mumford
- 2002 Mark Henderson for A Midsummer Night’s Dream
and The Playboy of the Western World
- 2001 Hugh Vanstone for The Cherry Orchard and The Graduate
- 2000 Mark Henderson for Plenty, Spend Spend Spend, Suddenly Last Summer, The Forest, The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, The Real Thing and Vassa
- 1999 Hugh Vanstone for The Blue Room and The Unexpected Man
- 1998 Rick Fisher for Chips With Everything and Lady in the Dark
- 1997 Chris Parry for Tommy
- 1996 David Hersey for Burning Blue, The Glass Menagerie and Twelfth Night
- 1995 Mark Henderson for his work during the year
- 1994 Rick Fisher for Hysteria, Machinal and Moonlight
- 1993 Howell Binkley for Kiss of the Spider Woman
- 1992 Mark Henderson for Murmuring Judges and Long Day's Journey into Night
- 1991 Jean Kalman for Richard III and White Chameleon