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Matthew Bourne has received an Olivier nomination for his work on Cameron Mackintosh's new production of OLIVER! currently playing at Theatre Royal Drury Lane.

The full list of nominations in this catagory are

BEST THEATRE CHOREOGRAPHER
Matthew Bourne for OLIVER! at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane
Bill T Jones for SPRING AWAKENING at the Novello theatre
Anthony Van Laast for SISTER ACT at the London Palladium
Stephen Mear for HELLO DOLLY! at the Open Air theatre

It is Bourne's eleventh nomination in the last 20 years. The other nominations cover a variety of catagories

Best New Dance Production - Nutcracker! (2002) Swan Lake (2005)

Outstanding Achievement In Dance - Town and Country (1991) The Car Man (2000)

Best Entertainment - Play Without Words (2002)

Best Theatre Choreographer - My Fair Lady (2001) Play Without Words (2002) Mary Poppins (2004) with Stephen Mear, Oliver! (2009)

Best Director - Play Without Words (2002)

Best Director of a Musical - Mary Poppins (2004) with Richard Eyre

The awards were all presented in the year following the dates given. The nominations in BOLD indicate a win.

Matthew receiving an Olivier award from fellow choreographer, Arlene Phillips

Matthew Bourne is one of the biggest winners of Olivier awards with only six people having won more -

http://www.officiallondontheatre.co.uk/olivier_awards/facts/

Matthew and his Co-Choreographer, Stephen Mear, have also been nominated by the LOS ANGELES DRAMA CRITICS AWARDS for their work on the USA touring production of MARY POPPINS, which recently played at New Adventures home theatre in the USA, The Ahmanson, at The Music Centre -

http://www.ladramacriticscircle.com/awards.htm

During the run of run of the hit production in Los Angeles, the cast were thrilled to welcome the legendary star of the film version, Dick Van Dyke, to play a cameo role in the stage production -

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-1245503/Dick-Van-Dyke-makes-guest-appearance-Mary-Poppins-stage-luckily-hes-doing-awful-Cockney-accent.html

Dick Van Dyke takes a Curtain Call with the current Bert, Gavin Lee, and the LA Mary Poppins company

Other visitors to the Los Angeles production included...

The Beckhams

and The Cruises!