Olivier Award for Best New Comedy

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Olivier Award category theatre award

The Olivier Award for Best New Comedy is a major British theatre award presented annually by the Society of London Theatre to recognize outstanding achievement in newly produced stage comedies in London's West End.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Laurence Olivier Award for Best New Comedy	6
Laurence Olivier Award for Best Comedy	1
Olivier Award for Best New Comedy canonical	1
Society of West End Theatre Award for Best Comedy	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5204329 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Olivier Award for Best New Comedy
Context triple: [Best New Comedy, alsoKnownAs, Olivier Award for Best New Comedy]

A. Olivier Award for Best New Musical
The Olivier Award for Best New Musical is a prestigious London theatre accolade presented annually to recognize the most outstanding new musical production in the West End.
B. British Comedy Award
The British Comedy Award is a UK-based accolade recognizing outstanding achievements in television and film comedy.
C. Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Play
The Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Play is a prestigious annual London theatre honor recognizing outstanding leading performances by actresses in stage plays.
D. Olivier Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role
The Olivier Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role is a prestigious London theatre accolade presented annually to recognize outstanding supporting performances by male actors in West End productions.
E. Laurence Olivier Award
The Laurence Olivier Award is one of the most prestigious British theatre honors, recognizing outstanding achievements in London’s West End stage productions.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Olivier Award for Best New Comedy
Target entity description: The Olivier Award for Best New Comedy is a major British theatre award presented annually by the Society of London Theatre to recognize outstanding achievement in newly produced stage comedies in London's West End.

A. Olivier Award for Best New Musical
The Olivier Award for Best New Musical is a prestigious London theatre accolade presented annually to recognize the most outstanding new musical production in the West End.
B. British Comedy Award
The British Comedy Award is a UK-based accolade recognizing outstanding achievements in television and film comedy.
C. Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Play
The Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Play is a prestigious annual London theatre honor recognizing outstanding leading performances by actresses in stage plays.
D. Olivier Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role
The Olivier Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role is a prestigious London theatre accolade presented annually to recognize outstanding supporting performances by male actors in West End productions.
E. Laurence Olivier Award
The Laurence Olivier Award is one of the most prestigious British theatre honors, recognizing outstanding achievements in London’s West End stage productions.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (30)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Olivier Award category ⓘ theatre award ⓘ
administeredBy	Society of London Theatre ⓘ
awardedFor	best new comedy ⓘ outstanding achievement in newly produced stage comedies ⓘ
categoryType	playwriting award ⓘ
country	United Kingdom ⓘ
eligibility	new stage comedies first produced in London ⓘ productions opening in West End theatres ⓘ
field	theatre ⓘ
formerName	Society of West End Theatre Award for Best Comedy ⓘ linked to: Olivier Award for Best New Comedy
frequency	annual ⓘ
genre	comedy ⓘ
hasAwardedDiscipline	playwriting ⓘ theatrical production ⓘ
hasCeremony	Olivier Awards ceremony ⓘ linked to: Laurence Olivier Award
inception	1976 ⓘ
isSubsetOf	Olivier Award for plays ⓘ linked to: Laurence Olivier Award for Best New Play
languageOfAwardedWorks	English ⓘ
location	London ⓘ linked to: London, England London West End ⓘ linked to: West End of London
namedAfter	Laurence Olivier ⓘ
notableFor	recognising new stage comedies in the West End ⓘ
organisedBy	Society of London Theatre ⓘ
partOf	Laurence Olivier Awards ⓘ linked to: Laurence Olivier Award
presentedBy	Society of London Theatre ⓘ
region	London theatre ⓘ
scope	West End theatre ⓘ linked to: West End theatre district commercial London theatre ⓘ
selectionProcess	voted on by theatre professionals ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Best New Comedy → alsoKnownAs → Olivier Award for Best New Comedy ⓘ

Olivier Award for Best New Comedy → formerName → Society of West End Theatre Award for Best Comedy ⓘ