Laurence Olivier Award for Best Set Designer

The Laurence Olivier Award for Best Set Designer was an annual award presented by the Society of London Theatre in recognition of achievements in professional 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.

Laurence Olivier Award for Best Set Designer
Awarded for	Best Set Designer
Location	England
Presented by	Society of London Theatre
First award	1991
Final award	2002
Website	officiallondontheatre.com/olivier-awards/

The award was introduced in 1991 and retired after the 2002 ceremony.

Winners and nominees

1990s

Year	Designer	Production
1991
	Mark Thompson	The Wind in the Willows
	Tom Cairns	Sunday in the Park with George
	William Dudley	Marya
	Nigel Lowery	The Illusion
1992
	Mark Thompson	The Comedy of Errors and Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
	Bob Crowley	When She Danced, Murmuring Judges and The Night of the Iguana
	Ashley Martin-Davis	The Miser and The Recruiting Officer
	Philip Prowse	A Woman of No Importance and The White Devil
1993
	Ian MacNeil	An Inspector Calls
	Bob Crowley	Carousel, Henry IV, Part 1 and 2 and No Man's Land
	Jerome Sirlin	Kiss of the Spider Woman
	Robin Wagner	Crazy for You
1994
	Mark Thompson	Hysteria
	Peter J Davison	Medea
	Ian MacNeil	Machinal
	Anthony Ward	The Winter's Tale
1995
	Stephen Brimson Lewis	Design for Living and Les Parents terribles
	Lez Brotherston	Neville's Island
	Peter J Davison	Le Cid and Saint Joan
	Anthony Ward	Sweet Bird of Youth and The Tempest
1996
	John Napier	Burning Blue
	John Gunter	Skylight, Absolute Hell and Twelfth Night
	Rob Howell	The Glass Menagerie
	Anthony Ward	A Midsummer Night's Dream, La Grande Magia and The Way of the World
1997
	Tim Hatley	Stanley
	John Arnone	Tommy
	Paul Farnsworth	Passion
	Mark Thompson	'Art'
1998
	Tim Goodchild	Three Hours After Marriage
	William Dudley	The Homecoming
	John Gunter	The Peter Hall Company's Season
	Rob Howell	Chips with Everything
1999
	Anthony Ward	Oklahoma!
	Maria Björnson	Britannicus and Phèdre
	William Dudley	Amadeus and Cleo, Camping, Emmanuelle and Dick
	Richard Hoover	Not About Nightingales
	Mark Thompson	The Blue Room and The Unexpected Man

2000s

Year	Designer	Production
2000
	Rob Howell	Richard III, Troilus and Cressida and Vassa
	Lez Brotherston	Spend, Spend, Spend
	Maria Björnson	Plenty
	Richard Hudson	The Lion King
2001
	William Dudley	All My Sons
	Bunny Christie	Baby Doll
	Rob Howell	The Caretaker
	Brian Thomson	The King and I
2002
	Tim Hatley	Humble Boy and Private Lives
	Lez Brotherston	The Little Foxes and A Midsummer Night's Dream
	Julian Crouch and Graeme Gilmour	Shockheaded Peter
	Robin Wagner	Kiss Me, Kate
	Anthony Ward	My Fair Lady

See also

• Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Set Design
• Tony Award for Best Scenic Design