All eyes have been on Fiddler on the Roof at this yr’s Olivier Awards, the musical having equalled a file set in 2018 by Hamilton for probably the most nominated present in its historical past.
Jordan Fein’s acclaimed revival of the 1964 musical at Regent’s Park Open Air theatre received three of its 13 nominations, dropping out within the performing classes.
Hosted by Beverly Knight and Billy Porter on the Royal Albert Corridor in London on Sunday (6 April), the ceremony was significantly starry this yr with a number of A-listers, akin to Paapa Essiedu, Imelda Staunton and Adrien Brody, receiving nominations for his or her contributions to the West Finish.
Different high-profile names, together with Tom Hiddleston, Ewan McGregor, and The Crown’s Elizabeth Debicki, introduced awards, with Cate Blanchett, Mark Robust, Martin Freeman and Naomi Campbell additionally in attendance.
Recent from his Oscar win for The Brutalist, Brody – nominated for Finest Actor for his function within the Donmar Theatre’s The Worry of 13 – missed out on the gong, which went to John Lithgow instead for his towering turn as Roald Dahl in Giant.
Garlanded with five-star reviews last year, Mark Rosenblatt’s simmering debut play explores the truculent author’s antisemitism. Giant also won Best New Play and Best Actor in a Supporting Role.
Accepting the award, Lithgow, 79, told the audience he might “faint”.
Referring to US President Donald Trump’s administration, the New York-born actor said: “It’s not always easy to welcome an American into your midst, and at this particular moment, it’s probably a little more complicated than usual…”
Best Actress, meanwhile, went to Lesley Manville for her performance in Robert Icke’s thrilling production of Oedipus at The Old Vic. His reimagining of the Greek tragedy as a political thriller won the prize for Best Revival.
First-time nominee Romola Garai triumphed in the Best Actress in a Supporting Role category, in which she was nominated twice for her roles in both Giant and The Years. She won for the latter – an adaptation of French author Annie Ernaux’s 2008 masterpiece, for which Eline Arbo won the directing prize.
Imelda Staunton took home the award for Best Actress in a Musical thanks to her performance as a meddling matchmaker in Hello, Dolly!, which premiered on Broadway in 1964.
See below for the full list of winners…
Best director
Eline Arbo for The Years at Almeida theatre and Harold Pinter theatre – WINNER
Jordan Fein for Fiddler on the Roof at Regent’s Park Open Air theatre
Nicholas Hytner for Giant at Jerwood theatre Downstairs at Royal Court theatre
Robert Icke for Oedipus at Wyndham’s theatre
Best actress
Heather Agyepong for Shifters at Duke of York’s theatre
Lesley Manville for Oedipus at Wyndham’s theatre – WINNER
Rosie Sheehy for Machinal at the Old Vic
Meera Syal for A Tupperware of Ashes at National Theatre – Dorfman
Indira Varma for Oedipus at the Old Vic
Best actor
Adrien Brody for The Fear of 13 at Donmar Warehouse
Billy Crudup for Harry Clarke at Ambassadors theatre
Paapa Essiedu for Death of England: Delroy at @sohoplace
John Lithgow for Giant at Jerwood theatre Downstairs at Royal Court theatre – WINNER
Mark Strong for Oedipus at Wyndham’s theatre
Best actor in a supporting role
Jorge Bosch for Kyoto at @sohoplace
Tom Edden for Waiting for Godot at Theatre Royal Haymarket
Elliot Levey for Giant at Jerwood theatre Downstairs at Royal Court theatre – WINNER
Ben Whishaw for Bluets at Jerwood Theatre Downstairs at Royal Court theatre
Best actress in a supporting role
Sharon D Clarke for The Importance of Being Earnest at National Theatre – Lyttelton
Romola Garai for Giant at Jerwood theatre Downstairs at Royal Court theatre
Romola Garai for The Years at Almeida theatre and Harold Pinter theatre – WINNER
Gina McKee for The Years at Almeida Theatre and Harold Pinter theatre
Best new play
The Fear of 13 by Lindsey Ferrentino at Donmar Warehouse
Giant by Mark Rosenblatt at Jerwood theatre Downstairs at Royal Court theatre – WINNER
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 actor in a musical
John Dagleish for The Curious Case of Benjamin Button at Ambassadors theatre – WINNER
Adam Dannheisser for Fiddler on the Roof at Regent’s Park Open Air theatre
Myles Frost for MJ the Musical at Prince Edward theatre
Simon Lipkin for Oliver! at Gielgud theatre
Jamie Muscato for Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812 at Donmar Warehouse
Best actress in a musical
Chumisa Dornford-May for Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812 at Donmar Warehouse
Lauren Drew for Titanique at Criterion theatre
Clare Foster for The Curious Case of Benjamin Button at Ambassadors theatre
Lara Pulver for Fiddler on the Roof at Regent’s Park Open Air theatre
Imelda Staunton for Hello, Dolly! at the London Palladium – WINNER
Best set design
Jon Bausor for set design, Toby Olié and Daisy Beattie for puppetry design and Satoshi Kuriyama for projection design for Spirited Away at London Coliseum
Frankie Bradshaw for set design for Ballet Shoes at National Theatre – Olivier
Es Devlin for set design for Coriolanus at Nationwide Theatre – Olivier
Tom Scutt for set design for Fiddler on the Roof at Regent’s Park Open Air theatre – WINNER
Finest lighting design
Paule Constable and Ben Jacobs for Oliver! at Gielgud theatre – WINNER
Howard Hudson for Natasha, Pierre and the Nice Comet of 1812 at Donmar Warehouse
Howard Hudson for Starlight Categorical at Troubadour Wembley Park theatre
Aideen Malone for Fiddler on the Roof at Regent’s Park Open Air theatre
Finest new opera manufacturing
Duke Bluebeard’s Citadel by English Nationwide Opera at London Coliseum
Festen by the Royal Opera at Royal Opera Home – WINNER
L’Olimpiade by Irish Nationwide Opera and the Royal Opera at Royal Opera Home
The Tales of Hoffmann by the Royal Opera at Royal Opera Home
Excellent achievement in opera
Aigul Akhmetshina for her efficiency in Carmen at Royal Opera Home
Allan Clayton for his efficiency in Festen at Royal Opera Home – WINNER
Jung Younger-doo for his path of Lear at Barbican theatre
Finest household present
Brainiac Dwell at Marylebone theatre – WINNER
Maddie Moate’s Very Curious Christmas at Apollo theatre
The Nutcracker at Polka theatre
Tough Magic at Shakespeare’s Globe – Sam Wanamaker Playhouse
Finest new manufacturing in affiliate theatre
Animal Farm at Theatre Royal Stratford East by George Orwell, tailored by Tatty Hennessy
Boys on the Verge of Tears by Sam Grabiner at Soho theatre – WINNER
English by Sanaz Toossi at Kiln theatre
Now, I See by Lanre Malaolu at Theatre Royal Stratford East
What We Speak About When We Speak About Anne Frank by Nathan Englander at Marylebone theatre
Finest new dance manufacturing
Meeting Corridor by Kidd Pivot, Crystal Pite and Jonathon Younger at Sadler’s Wells – WINNER
Frontiers: Choreographers of Canada – Pite/Kudelka/Portner by the Nationwide Ballet of Canada at Sadler’s Wells
Theatre of Desires by Hofesh Shechter Firm at Sadler’s Wells
An Untitled Love by A.I.M by Kyle Abraham at Sadler’s Wells
Excellent achievement in dance
Sarah Chun for her efficiency in Three Brief Ballets at Royal Opera Home – Linbury theatre
Tom Visser for his lighting design of Angels’ Atlas as a part of Frontiers: Choreographers of Canada –
Pite/Kudelka/Portner at Sadler’s Wells
Eva Yerbabuena for her efficiency in Yerbagüena at Sadler’s Wells – WINNER
Finest theatre choreographer
Matthew Bourne for Oliver! at Gielgud theatre
Julia Cheng for Fiddler on the Roof at Regent’s Park Open Air theatre
Hofesh Shechter for Oedipus on the Previous Vic
Christopher Wheeldon for MJ the Musical at Prince Edward theatre – WINNER
Finest costume design
Hugh Durrant for Robin Hood on the London Palladium
Sachiko Nakahara for Spirited Away at London Coliseum
Tom Scutt for Fiddler on the Roof at Regent’s Park Open Air theatre
Gabriella Slade for Starlight Categorical at Troubadour Wembley Park theatre – WINNER
Finest sound design
Nick Lidster for Fiddler on the Roof at Regent’s Park Open Air theatre – WINNER
Christopher Shutt for Oedipus on the Previous Vic
Thijs van Vuure for The Years at Almeida theatre and Harold Pinter theatre
Koichi Yamamoto for Spirited Away at London Coliseum
Excellent musical contribution
Mark Aspinall for musical supervision and extra orchestrations for Fiddler on the Roof at Regent’s Park Open Air theatre
Darren Clark for music supervision, orchestrations and preparations and Mark Aspinall for musical path, music supervision, orchestrations and preparations for The Curious Case of Benjamin Button at Ambassadors theatre – WINNER
Dave Malloy for orchestrations and Nicholas Skilbeck for musical supervision for Natasha, Pierre and the Nice Comet of 1812 at Donmar Warehouse
Asaf Zohar for compositions and Gavin Sutherland for dance preparations and orchestration for Ballet Footwear at Nationwide Theatre – Olivier
Finest actress in a supporting function in a musical
Liv Andrusier for Fiddler on the Roof at Regent’s Park Open Air theatre
Amy Di Bartolomeo for The Satan Wears Prada at Dominion theatre
Beverley Klein for Fiddler on the Roof at Regent’s Park Open Air theatre
Maimuna Memon for Natasha, Pierre and the Nice Comet of 1812 at Donmar Warehouse – WINNER
Finest musical revival
Fiddler on the Roof, music by Jerry Bock, lyrics by Sheldon Harnick, e book by Joseph Stein at Regent’s Park Open Air theatre – WINNER
Hi there, Dolly!, music and lyrics by Jerry Herman, e book by Michael Stewart on the London Palladium
Oliver!, e book, music and lyrics by Lionel Bart, new materials and revisions by Cameron Waterproof coat at Gielgud theatre
Starlight Categorical, music by Andrew Lloyd Webber, lyrics by Richard Stilgoe at Troubadour Wembley Park theatre
Finest actor in a supporting function in a musical
Andy Nyman for Hi there, Dolly! on the London Palladium
Raphael Papo for Fiddler on the Roof at Regent’s Park Open Air theatre
Layton Williams for Titanique at Criterion theatre – WINNER
Tom Xander for Imply Ladies at Savoy theatre
Finest new leisure or comedy play
Ballet Footwear tailored by Kendall Feaver at Nationwide Theatre – Olivier
Inside No 9 Stage/Fright by Steve Pemberton and Reece Shearsmith at Wyndham’s theatre
Spirited Away tailored by John Caird and co-adapted by Maoko Imai at London Coliseum
Titanique by Tye Blue, Marla Mindelle and Constantine Rousouli at Criterion theatre
Finest revival
The Significance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde at Nationwide Theatre – Lyttelton
Machinal by Sophie Treadwell on the Previous Vic
Oedipus by Robert Icke at Wyndham’s theatre – WINNER
Ready for Godot by Samuel Beckett at Theatre Royal Haymarket
