Olivier Award Winners

The Olivier Awards were hosted at The Royal Albert Hall last night (6th April). Presented by Beverley Knight and Billy Porter, the evening celebrated the best of British Theatre over the last year.

‘Giant’ starring John Lithgow as Roald Dahl picked up three awards, as did as did ‘Fiddler on the Roof’ and ‘The Curious Case of Benjamin Button’, while ‘Oedipus’ and ‘Titanique’ each picked up two.

Find the full list of winner’s below:

Best New Play

Giant by Mark Rosenblatt at Jerwood Theatre Downstairs at Royal Court Theatre – WINNER

The Fear of 13 by Lindsey Ferrentino at Donmar Warehouse
Kyoto by Joe Murphy and Joe Robertson at @sohoplace
Shifters by Benedict Lombe at Duke of York’s Theatre
The Years adapted by Eline Arbo, in an English version by Stephanie Bain at Almeida Theatre and Harold Pinter Theatre

Best New Musical

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, music and lyrics by Darren Clark, book and lyrics by Jethro Compton at Ambassadors Theatre – WINNER

MJ The Musical, book by Lynn Nottage at Prince Edward Theatre
Natasha, Pierre and The Great Comet of 1812, music, lyrics and book by Dave Malloy at Donmar Warehouse
Why Am I So Single?, music, lyrics and book by Toby Marlow and Lucy Moss at Garrick Theatre

Best Revival

Oedipus by Robert Icke at Wyndham’s Theatre – WINNER

The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde at National Theatre – Lyttelton
Machinal by Sophie Treadwell at The Old Vic
Waiting For Godot by Samuel Beckett at Theatre Royal Haymarket

Best Musical Revival

Fiddler on the Roof, music by Jerry Bock, lyrics by Sheldon Harnick, book by Joseph Stein at Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre – WINNER

Hello, Dolly!, music and lyrics by Jerry Herman, book by Michael Stewart at The London Palladium
Oliver!, book, music and lyrics by Lionel Bart, new material and revisions by Cameron Mackintosh at Gielgud Theatre
Starlight Express, music by Andrew Lloyd Webber, lyrics by Richard Stilgoe at Troubadour Wembley Park Theatre

Best Actress

Lesley Manville for OedipusWINNER

Heather Agyepong for Shifters
Rosie Sheehy for Machinal
Meera Syal for A Tupperware of Ashes
Indira Varma for Oedipus

Best Actor

John Lithgow for GiantWINNER

Adrien Brody for The Fear of 13
Billy Crudup for Harry Clarke
Paapa Essiedu for Death of England: Delroy
Mark Strong for Oedipus

Best Actor in a Supporting Role

Elliot Levey for GiantWINNER

Jorge Bosch for Kyoto
Tom Edden for Waiting for Godot
Ben Whishaw for Bluets

Best Actress in a Supporting Role

Romola Garai for The YearsWINNER

Sharon D Clarke for The Importance of Being Earnest
Romola Garai for Giant
Gina McKee for The Years

Best Actress in a Supporting Role in a Musical

Maimuna Memon for Natasha, Pierre and The Great Comet of 1812WINNER

Liv Andrusier for Fiddler on the Roof
Amy Di Bartolomeo for The Devil Wears Prada
Beverley Klein for Fiddler on the Roof

Best Actor in a Supporting Role in a Musical

Layton Williams for TitaniqueWINNER

Andy Nyman for Hello, Dolly!
Raphael Papo for Fiddler on the Roof
Tom Xander for Mean Girls

Best Actor in a Musical

John Dagleish for The Curious Case of Benjamin ButtonWINNER

Adam Dannheisser for Fiddler on the Roof
Myles Frost for MJ The Musical
Simon Lipkin for Oliver!
Jamie Muscato for Natasha, Pierre and The Great Comet of 1812

Best Actress in a Musical

Imelda Staunton for Hello, Dolly!WINNER

Chumisa Dornford-May for Natasha, Pierre and The Great Comet of 1812
Lauren Drew for Titanique
Clare Foster for The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Lara Pulver for Fiddler on the Roof

Best Director

Eline Arbo for The YearsWINNER

Jordan Fein for Fiddler on the Roof
Nicholas Hytner for Giant
Robert Icke for Oedipus

Best Costume Design

Gabriella Slade for Starlight ExpressWINNER

Hugh Durrant for Robin Hood
Sachiko Nakahara for Spirited Away
Tom Scutt for Fiddler on the Roof

Best Sound Design

Nick Lidster for Fiddler on the RoofWINNER

Christopher Shutt for Oedipus
Thijs van Vuure for The Years
Koichi Yamamoto for Spirited Away

Best New Entertainment or Comedy Play

Titanique by Tye Blue, Marla Mindelle and Constantine Rousouli – WINNER

Ballet Shoes adapted by Kendall Feaver at National Theatre
Inside No. 9 Stage/Fright by Steve Pemberton and Reece Shearsmith
Spirited Away adapted by John Caird and co-adapted by Maoko Imai

Best Family Show

Brainiac Live at Marylebone Theatre – WINNER

Maddie Moate’s Very Curious Christmas at Apollo Theatre
The Nutcracker at Polka Theatre
Rough Magic at Shakespeare’s Globe

Best Theatre Choreographer

Christopher Wheeldon for MJ The MusicalWINNER

Matthew Bourne for Oliver!
Julia Cheng for Fiddler on the Roof
Hofesh Shechter for Oedipus

Best Set Design

Tom Scutt for set design — Fiddler on the RoofWINNER

Jon Bausor for set design, Toby Olié and Daisy Beattie for puppetry design, and Satoshi Kuriyama for projection design — Spirited Away
Frankie Bradshaw for set design — Ballet Shoes
Es Devlin for set design — Coriolanus

Best Lighting Design

Paule Constable and Ben Jacobs — Oliver!WINNER

Howard Hudson — Starlight Express
Howard Hudson — Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812
Aideen Malone — Fiddler on the Roof

Best New Production in Affiliate Theatre

Boys on the Verge of Tears — Soho Theatre – WINNER

Animal Farm — Theatre Royal Stratford East
English — Kiln Theatre
Now, I See — Theatre Royal Stratford East
What We Talk About When We Talk About Anne Frank — Marylebone Theatre

Outstanding Achievement in Opera

Allan Clayton for Festen at the Royal Opera House – WINNER

Aigul Akhmetshina for Carmen at the Royal Opera House
Jung Young-doo for direction of Lear at the Barbican

Best New Opera Production

Festen by the Royal Opera at the Royal Opera House – WINNER

Duke Bluebeard’s Castle by ENO at the London Coliseum
L’Olimpiade by Irish National Opera and the Royal Opera at the Royal Opera House
The Tales of Hoffmann by the Royal Opera at the Royal Opera House

Best New Dance Production

Assembly Hall — Sadler’s Wells – WINNER

Frontiers: Choreographers of Canada — Pite/Kudelka/Portner — Sadler’s Wells
Theatre of Dreams — Sadler’s Wells
An Untitled Love — Sadler’s Wells

Outstanding Achievement in Dance

Eva Yerbabuena for her performance in YerbabuenaWINNER

Sarah Chun for her performance in Three Short Ballets
Tom Visser for his lighting design of Angels’ Atlas as part of Frontiers: Choreographers of Canada — Pite/Kudelka/Portner

Outstanding Musical Contribution

Darren Clark for Music Supervision, Orchestrations and Arrangements and Mark Aspinall for Musical Direction, Music Supervision, Orchestrations and Arrangements for The Curious Case of Benjamin ButtonWINNER

Mark Aspinall for Musical Supervision and Additional Orchestrations for Fiddler on the Roof
Dave Malloy for Orchestrations and Nicholas Skilbeck for Musical Supervision for Natasha, Pierre and The Great Comet of 1812
Asaf Zohar for Compositions and Gavin Sutherland for Dance Arrangements and Orchestration for Ballet Shoes

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