The Olivier Awards, West End’s greatest theatrical honor, were presented at London’s Royal Albert Hall on 10 April. See highlights from the ceremony, including performances from Olivier-nominated musicals Back to the future The musical; Cabaret; Spring Awakening; Everything is allowed; Drifters girl; Frozen; Get up, get up! Bob Marley Musical; and Moulin Rouge! The Musical; and winner of best new games Pi’s Livabove.
Cabaret came out on top and won seven Oliviers, including Best Actress and Actress in a Musical for Eddie Redmayne and Jessie Buckley, and Best Musical Revival. The new acting of Pi’s Liv was also a big winner and received five Oliviers, including Best New Play. Best new musical went to Back to the future The musicalthe staging of the 1985 film.
Redmayne becomes an Olivier winner after taking home a Tony Award in 2010 for his performance in Red. He joins other Tony winners Catherine Zuber and Kathleen Marshall, who will win Oliviers at the 2022 ceremony.
See the full list of winners in bold, in addition to their co-nominees, below:
Best Actor in a Supporting Role
Seven actors playing the tiger, too Pi’s Liv
Dino Fetscher, for The normal heart
Nathaniel Parker, for The Mirror and the Light
Danny Lee Wynter, for The normal heart
Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Tori Burgess, for Pride and Prejudice * (* Sorts)
Liz Carr, for The normal heart
Christina Gordon, for Pride and Prejudice * (* Sorts)
Akiya Henry, for The tragedy of Macbeth
Best Actress
Lily Allen, for 2:22 A ghost story
Sheila Atim, for Constellations
Emma Corrin, for Anna X
Cush Jumbo, for Hamlet
Best Actor
Hiran Abeysekera, for Pi’s Liv
Ben Daniels, for The normal heart
Omari Douglas, for Constellations
Charles Edwards, for Best enemies
Best Actress in a Supporting Role in a Musical
Gabrielle Brooks, for Get up, get up! Bob Marley Musical
Victoria Hamilton-Barritt, for Cinderella
Carly Mercedes Dyer, for Everything is allowed
Liza Sadovy, for Cabaret
Best Actor in a Supporting Role in a Musical
Clive Carter, for Moulin Rouge! The Musical
Hugh Coles, for The musical back to the future
Elliot Levey, for Cabaret
Gary Wilmot, for Everything is allowed
Best Actor in a Musical
Olly Dobson, for The musical back to the future
Arinzé Kene, for Get up, get up! Bob Marley Musical
Robert Lindsay, for Everything is allowed
Eddie Redmayne, for Cabaret
Best Actress in a Musical
Jessie Buckley, for Cabaret
Sutton Foster, for Everything is allowed
Beverley Knight, for Drifters girl
Stephanie McKeon, for Frozen
Best costume design
Jon Morrell, for Everything is allowed
Christopher Oram, for Frozen
Tom Scutt, for Cabaret
Catherine Zuber, for Moulin Rouge! The Musical
Best sound design
Ian Dickinson, for 2:22 A ghost story
Carolyn Downing, for Pi’s Liv
Nick Lidster, for Cabaret
Gareth Owen, for The musical back to the future
Best original score or new orchestras
Bill Elliott, David Chase and Rob Fisher (Orchestrations), for Everything is allowed
Alan Silvestri and Glen Ballard (Score), and Ethan Popp and Bryan Crook (Orchestrations) for The musical back to the future
Simon Hale (Orchestrations), for Get up, get up! Bob Marley Musical
Andrew T Mackay (Score), for Pi’s Liv
Best theater choreographer
Find Caldwell, for Pi’s Liv
Julia Cheng, for Cabaret
Kathleen Marshall, for Everything is allowed
Sonya Tayeh, for Moulin Rouge! The Musical
Best Scenography
Tim Hatley (Design) and Nick Barnes and Finn Caldwell (Puppets), for Pi’s Liv
Tim Hatley (Design) and Finn Ross (Video Design), for The musical back to the future
Derek McLane, for Moulin Rouge! The Musical
Tom Scutt, for Cabaret at Kit Kat Club
Best lighting design
Neil Austin, for Frozen
Isabella Byrd, for Cabaret
Tim Lutkin, for The musical back to the future
Tim Lutkin and Andrzej Goulding, for Pi’s Liv
Best instructor
Rebecca Frecknall, for Cabaret
Michael Longhurst, for Constellations
Kathleen Marshall, for Everything is allowed
Max Webster, for Pi’s Liv
Best entertainment or comedy games
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Pride and Prejudice * (* Sorts)
The shark is broken
Best Revival
A number
Constellations
The normal heart
The tragedy of Macbeth
Best musical revival
Everything is allowed
Cabaret
Spring Awakening
Best new plays
2:22 A ghost story
Best enemies
Cruise
Pi’s Liv
Best new musical
Back to the future The musical
Drifters girl
Frozen
Get up, get up! Bob Marley Musical
Moulin Rouge! The Musical
Outstanding performance in opera
Christine Rice, for her performance in 4/4 and the Royal Opera House
takis, for scenography and costume design by English National Opera’s HMS Pinafore
Peter Whelan and the Irish Baroque Orchestra, Bajazet and the Royal Opera House
Best new opera production
Bajazet at the Linbury Theater, Royal Opera House
The cunning little vixenEnglish National Opera
GenevaRoyal Opera House
TheodoraRoyal Opera House
Outstanding performance in dance
Acosta Dance, for From end to end on 100% Cuban at Sadler’s Wells
Dancers, for NDT2 tour at Sadler’s Wells
Arielle Smith, for her choreography of Jolly Folly see you again of the English National Ballet
Edward Watson, for his performance in The Dante project and the Royal Opera House
Best new dance production
Draw from the insideRambert Dance Company at Sadler’s Wells
AccountantCrystal Pite and Jonathon Young / Kidd Pivot at Sadler’s Wells
Cross-orientationDance Umbrella and Sadler’s Wells at Sadler’s Wells
Outstanding performance in affiliate theater
10 nights at the Bush Theater
People in Hampstead Theater downstairs
The invisible hand at Kiln Theater
Old bridge at the Bush Theater
A place for us at the Park Theater
Best family show
Billionaire boy
Dragons and mythical beasts
What the Ladybird heard
Wolf Witch Giant Fairy