The production of Cabaret won seven out of eleven categories they were nominated for at the ceremony on Sunday, an event held at the Royal Albert Hall in London for the first time in three years. In-person stars took to the green carpet to celebrate all things theatre; a moment for the theatre community to reunite after the pandemic’s disruption. This year’s Oliviers were hosted by comedian Jason Manford who made jokes about Will Smith’s Oscar slap. Manford said: “I will very much be keeping your wives’ names out of my chuffing mouth”.
Cabaret took home all four musical acting awards: Eddie Redmayne (as the Emcee) won his second Olivier award and Jessie Buckley won her first (as Sally Bowles) in leading roles, and Elliot Levey and Liza Sadovy as supporting characters. The musical won best revival against Spring Awakening (at Almeida Theatre) and Anything Goes (at the Barbican). Rebecca Frecknall was named the best director, and Nick Lidster won best sound design.
Following Cabaret is the stage production Life of Pi, which originated at Sheffield’s Crucible Theatre in 2019. Due to the pandemic, its West End transfer was delayed. Life of Pi won five awards including: best new play, best set design (for Tim Hatley’s design, and then Nick Barnes and Finn Caldwell’s puppets), and best lighting design (for Tim Lutkin and Andrzej Goulding). The best supporting actor prize was shared by seven actors who play the show’s tiger, including: Fred Davis, Daisy Franks, Romina Hytten, Tom Larkin, Habib Nasib Nader, Tom Stacy and Scarlet Wilderink. The seven actors control a different part of the puppet, one provides the puppet’s voice and three pairs are responsible for the tiger’s head, heart and hind.
Here’s the full winners’ list:
NEW PLAY
WINNER - Life of Pi
NEW MUSICAL
WINNER - Back To The Future - The Musical
NEW COMEDY
WINNER - Pride and Prejudice* (*sort of)
FAMILY SHOW
WINNER - Wolf Witch Giant Fairy
REVIVAL
WINNER - Cabaret
ACTRESS-PLAY
WINNER - Sheila Atim, Constellations
ACTOR-PLAY
WINNER - Hiran Abeysekera, Life of Pi
ACTRESS-MUSICAL
WINNER - Jessie Buckley, Cabaret
ACTOR-MUSICAL
WINNER - Eddie Redmayne, Cabaret
SUPPORTING ACTOR-PLAY
WINNER - Fred Davis, Daisy Franks, Romina Hytten, Tom Larkin, Habib Nasib Nader, Tom Stacy and Scarlet Wilderink, Life of Pi
SUPPORTING ACTRESS-PLAY
WINNER - Liz Carr, The Normal Heart
SUPPORTING ACTRESS-MUSICAL
WINNER - Liza Sadovy, Cabaret
SUPPORTING ACTOR-MUSICAL
WINNER - Elliot Levey, Cabaret
DIRECTOR
WINNER - Rebecca Frecknall, Cabaret
ORIGINAL SCORE OR NEW ORCHESTRATIONS
WINNER - Get Up Stand Up! The Bob Marley Musical
THEATRE CHOREOGRAPHY
WINNER - Kathleen Marshall, Anything Goes
NEW OPERA PRODUCTION
WINNER - Jenůfa, Royal Opera
OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN OPERA
WINNER - Peter Whelan and the Irish Baroque Orchestra, Bajazet
NEW DANCE PRODUCTION
WINNER - Revisor
OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN DANCE
WINNER - Choreographer Arielle Smith, Jolly Folly
SET DESIGN
WINNER - Life of Pi
LIGHTING DESIGN
WINNER - Life of Pi
SOUND DESIGN
WINNER - Cabaret
COSTUME DESIGN
WINNER - Moulin Rouge! The Musical
SET DESIGN
WINNER - Old Bridge, at the Bush Theatre
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