Olivier nominations

Guild member Mike Leigh is among the writers nominated for Best New Play in the 2005 Olivier Awards. The full list of nominees is:

• 2,000 Years by Mike Leigh (National Theatre)
  
• Bloody Sunday Richard Norton-Taylor (Tricycle)
  
• Harvest Richard Bean (Royal Court)
  
• The Home Place Brian Friel (Gate Theatre, Dublin/Comedy Theatre)

Competing for the Charles Wintour Award for Most Promising Playwright are:

• Ryan Craig - What We Did to Weinstein (Menier Chocolate Factory)
  
• Nell Leyshon - Comfort Me With Apples (Hampstead Theatre)
• Simon Mendes da Costa - Losing Louis (Hampstead Theatre/ Trafalgar Studios)

The winners will be announced at a ceremony in London on 28 November.