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The winners have been unveiled for this yr\u2019s Olivier Awards with Mastercard, British theatre\u2019s largest evening, which befell on Sunday 2 April on the Royal Albert Hall in London, hosted by Hannah Waddingham.<\/p>\n
The largest winner of the evening was the RSC\u2019s My Neighbour Totoro, the theatre adaptation of Studio Ghibli\u2019s 1989 coming-of-age anime movie. The present received six of the 9 classes it was nominated in, together with the Sir Peter Hall Award for Best Director, awarded to Phelim McDermott, and the No\u00ebl Coward Award for Best Entertainment or Comedy Play. The productions different wins included Tony Gayle for d&b audiotechnik Award for Best Sound Design, Jessica Hun Hang Yun for the White Light Award for Best Lighting Design, Kimie Nakano for Best Costume Design and Tom Pye for the Blue-i Theatre Technology Award for Best Set Design.<\/p>\n
Three productions from The Almeida Theatre triumphed on the evening. Will Keen received Best Supporting Actor for his efficiency in Patriots, and Tammy Faye garnered two performing awards \u2013 Katie Brayben for Best Actress in a Musical and Zubin Varla for Best Actor in a Supporting Role in a Musical.<\/p>\n
The ultimate multi-winning present on the Almeida Theatre was Rebecca Frecknall\u2019s revival of Tennessee Williams\u2019 A Streetcar Named Desire. Paul Mescal received Best Actor for his portrayal of Stanley Kowalski and Best Actress in a Supporting Role was awarded to Anjana Vasan for taking part in Stella. The play additionally received the esteemed Cunard Best Revival award.<\/p>\n
Best Actress went to Jodie Comer, for her efficiency in solo drama Prima Facie, which received the coveted Delta Air Lines Best New Play award. The filmed manufacturing was seen by a whole bunch of 1000’s of individuals, making it the highest-grossing Event Cinema ever launched within the UK and Ireland.<\/p>\n
This Olivier Awards was a yr of firsts. The recipients of each the Best Actor and Best Actress classes, Paul and Jodie, have been nominated for his or her West End debuts, and 16 of the 18 named winners have been receiving their first ever Olivier Award.<\/p>\n
Mastercard Best New Musical was awarded to Standing At The Sky\u2019s Edge. Set in a council property in Sheffield, the place it debuted in 2019, the musical transferred to the National Theatre this yr. Richard Hawley & Tom Deering additionally took dwelling the award for Best Original Score or New Orchestrations for this manufacturing.<\/p>\n
As nicely as performing twice within the ceremony, Beverley Knight picked up the award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role in a Musical for her efficiency as Emmeline Pankhurst within the musical retelling of her daughter Sylvia\u2019s lesser-known story.<\/p>\n
Elsewhere, Dickson Mbi received Outstanding Achievement in Dance for his choreography of Enowate, and Traplord by Ivan Michael Blackstock received Best New Dance Production. In the opera classes, Will Kentridge received the award for Outstanding Achievement in Opera, for his conception and course of Sibyl and the TAIT Award for Best New Opera Production went to Alcina. Both productions have been staged on the Royal Opera House.<\/p>\n
For the second yr in a row, the Bush Theatre was dwelling to the winner of Outstanding Achievement in Affiliate Theatre (representing smaller London venues). The successful present was The P Word, the story of two very completely different homosexual Pakistani males navigating trendy Britain.<\/p>\n
Hey Duggee The Live Theatre Show, which sees beloved animated character Duggee delivered to life, received Best Family Show.<\/p>\n
The ceremony celebrated Sir Derek Jacobi, who was given the Lifetime Achievement Award for his excellent contributions to theatre all through his profession.<\/p>\n
The star-studded Olivier Awards ceremony featured performances from all of the Mastercard Best New Musical nominees \u2013 The Band\u2019s Visit, Standing At The Sky\u2019s Edge, Sylvia and Tammy Faye. There have been additionally performances from Rodgers & Hammerstein\u2019s Oklahoma! and Sister Act, each nominated for Magic Radio Best Musical Revival.<\/p>\n
Disney\u2019s Newsies, whose choreographer Matt Cole received the Gillian Lynne Award for Best Theatre Choreographer, and multi-Olivier winner The Book Of Mormon (celebrating 10 years within the West End) additionally carried out.<\/p>\n
The present culminated in a tribute to Special Award recipient Dame Arlene Phillips, with a efficiency from Grease The Musical \u2013 a manufacturing she famously choreographed.<\/p>\n
Full record of winners for the Olivier Awards 2023 with Mastercard:<\/p>\n
Cunard Best Revival
A Streetcar Named Desire
Almeida Theatre<\/p>\n
Best Actor in a Supporting Role
Will Keen
Patriots
Almeida Theatre<\/p>\n
Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Anjana Vasan
A Streetcar Named Desire
Almeida Theatre<\/p>\n
Blue-i Theatre Technology Award for Best Set Design
Tom Pye
RSC\u2019s My Neighbour Totoro
Barbican Theatre<\/p>\n
Best Costume Design
Kimie Nakano
RSC\u2019s My Neighbour Totoro
Barbican Theatre<\/p>\n
Best Actress
Jodie Comer
Prima Facie
Harold Pinter Theatre<\/p>\n
Best Actor
Paul Mescal
A Streetcar Named Desire
Almeida Theatre<\/p>\n
Outstanding Achievement in Opera
William Kentridge
for his conception and course of Sibyl
Barbican Theatre<\/p>\n
TAIT Award for Best New Opera Production
Alcina
by The Royal Opera
Royal Opera House<\/p>\n
Delta Air Lines Best New Play
Prima Facie
Harold Pinter Theatre<\/p>\n
Sir Peter Hall Award for Best Director
Phelim McDermott
RSC\u2019s My Neighbour Totoro
Barbican Theatre<\/p>\n
Unusual Rigging Award for Outstanding Achievement in Affiliate Theatre
The P Word
Bush Theatre<\/p>\n
No\u00ebl Coward Award for Best Entertainment or Comedy Play
RSC\u2019s My Neighbour Totoro
Barbican Theatre<\/p>\n
Best Family Show
Hey Duggee The Live Theatre Show
Southbank Centre\u2019s Royal Festival Hall<\/p>\n
Outstanding Achievement in Dance
Dickson Mbi
for his choreography of Enowate
Sadler\u2019s Wells<\/p>\n
Best New Dance Production
Traplord
by Ivan Michael Blackstock
180 Studios<\/p>\n
Magic Radio Best Musical Revival
Rodgers & Hammerstein\u2019s Oklahoma!
Young Vic<\/p>\n
Best Original Score or New Orchestrations
Richard Hawley & Tom Deering
Music & Lyrics by Richard Hawley and Orchestrations by Tom Deering
Standing At The Sky\u2019s Edge
National Theatre \u2013 Olivier<\/p>\n
Gillian Lynne Award for Best Theatre Choreographer
Matt Cole
Disney\u2019s Newsies
Troubadour Wembley Park Theatre<\/p>\n
White Light Award for Best Lighting Design
Jessica Hung Han Yun
RSC\u2019s My Neighbour Totoro
Barbican Theatre<\/p>\n
d&b audiotechnik Award for Best Sound Design
Tony Gayle
RSC\u2019s My Neighbour Totoro
Barbican Theatre<\/p>\n
Best Actress in a Supporting Role in a Musical
Beverley Knight
Sylvia
The Old Vic<\/p>\n
Best Actor in a Supporting Role in a Musical
Zubin Varla
Tammy Faye
Almeida Theatre<\/p>\n
Best Actor in a Musical
Arthur Darvill
Rodgers & Hammerstein\u2019s Oklahoma!
Young Vic<\/p>\n
Best Actress in a Musical
Katie Brayben
Tammy Faye
Almeida Theatre<\/p>\n
Mastercard Best New Musical
Standing At The Sky\u2019s Edge
National Theatre \u2013 Olivier<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n
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