‘Cursed Child’ Nominated for a Record 11 Olivier Awards

Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, the stage depiction of the eighth installment of the Harry Potter saga, has been nominated for a record-breaking 11 Olivier Awards for its London West End production. The Laurence Olivier Awards, or Olivier Awards are recognized nationally as the highest honor in British theater. The acclaimed play, which also won eight WhatsOnStage Awards and three UK Critics Circle Theater Awards, as reported here by Leaky, will be opening on Broadway in 2018. These, in addition to the first-ever Oscar for J.K. Rowling’s Wizarding World, Best Costumes for Fantastic Beasts, have made it a very successful awards season for the Potterverse.

Congratulations to the following Cursed Child cast and creative on these phenomenal achievements:

Congratulations to #CursedChild’s Jamie Parker (@DickLeFenwick), nominated for Best Actor in this year’s #OlivierAwards. pic.twitter.com/v8hfrRUGEX

— Harry Potter Play (@HPPlayLDN) March 6, 2017

Noma Dumezweni (@MissDumezweni) is nominated for Best Actress in a Supporting Role in this year’s #OlivierAwards. Congratulations! pic.twitter.com/sRkf2vNlLw

— Harry Potter Play (@HPPlayLDN) March 6, 2017

Congratulations Anthony Boyle (@antoboyle), nominated for Best Actor in a Supporting Role in this year’s #OlivierAwards. pic.twitter.com/2OkCYqqkuW

— Harry Potter Play (@HPPlayLDN) March 6, 2017

Congratulations #CursedChild director @JohnTiffany, nominated twice in this year’s #OlivierAwards for Best Director @HPPlayLDN & @TGMWestEnd pic.twitter.com/OvFkXWQPQa

— Harry Potter Play (@HPPlayLDN) March 6, 2017

Congratulations to #CursedChild set designer Christine Jones, nominated for Best Set Design in this year’s #OlivierAwards! pic.twitter.com/2U88kctd0H

— Harry Potter Play (@HPPlayLDN) March 6, 2017

Best Costume Design nominees: Gregg Barnes, Hugh Durrant, Rob Howell, Katrina Lindsay #OlivierAwards pic.twitter.com/hhviQx7LBu

— Olivier Awards (@OlivierAwards) March 6, 2017

Best Sound Design nominees: @paularditti, Adam Cork, @garethfrysound and Nick Lidster #OlivierAwards pic.twitter.com/XseOTD5hY1

— Olivier Awards (@OlivierAwards) March 6, 2017

.@WhiteLightLTD Award For Best Lighting Design nominees: Neil Austin, @LeeCurran, Natasha Katz and Hugh Vanstone #OlivierAwards pic.twitter.com/8PnExgjHuE

— Olivier Awards (@OlivierAwards) March 6, 2017

Outstanding Ach. In Music nominees: @DreamgirlsLDN, @HPPlayLDN, Jesus Christ Superstar & @SchoolOfRockUK #OlivierAwards pic.twitter.com/Bw3RGhZbVk

— Olivier Awards (@OlivierAwards) March 6, 2017

Best Theatre Choreographer nominees: @Mattbourne1, Peter Darling & Ellen Kane, Steven Hoggett and @DrewMcOnie #OlivierAwards pic.twitter.com/NlHn4X7tuZ

— Olivier Awards (@OlivierAwards) March 6, 2017

.@VirginAtlantic Best New Play nominees: Elegy, The Flick, @HPPlayLDN and One Night In Miami… #OlivierAwards pic.twitter.com/cowF5EcAgU

— Olivier Awards (@OlivierAwards) March 6, 2017

Two other nominations were received by individuals related to Potter; Cursed Child director John Tiffany received another nomination for his directorial work on the West End revival of Glass Menagerie and Our Ladies of Perpetual Succour, another production of Cursed Child producer Sonia Friedman (see Leaky’s coverage here) was nominated for Best New Comedy.

Award-winning actor Kenneth Branagh, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, Professor Gilderoy Lockhart, will be the recipient of this years Olivier Awards Special Award as reported by Leaky here.

The 2017 Olivier Awards ceremony is scheduled for Sunday, April 9 at London’s Royal Albert Hall.

A full list of the 2017 Olivier Awards nominations can be seen here.

Readers can see an exclusive review of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child here.