2022 Laurence Olivier Awards

2022 Laurence Olivier Awards
2022 Laurence Olivier Awards
Date	10 April 2022
Location	ITV (television); Magic (radio)

The 2022 Laurence Olivier Awards were held on 10 April 2022 at the

ITV.^[3]

Event calendar

2 February: In-person event hosted by Jason Manford and venue confirmed at the Royal Albert Hall announcement^[4]
8 March: Nominations announcement by Miriam-Teak Lee and Sam Tutty^[5]
24 March: Special Recognition Award recipients announced^[6]
10 April: Award ceremony held^[4]

Presenters

Performances

Samantha Barks, Stephanie McKeon and the cast of Frozen – "For the First Time in Forever/Let It Go"
Beverley Knight and the cast of The Drifters Girl – "Kissin' in the Back Row of the Movies/Harlem Child/You're More than a Number in my Little Red Book"
Hiran Abeysekera and the cast of Life of Pi
Kerry Ellis and the cast of Anything Goes – "Anything Goes"
Olly Dobson,
Cedric Neal and the cast of Back to the Future

Arinzé Kene and the cast of Get Up, Stand Up – "Get Up, Stand Up"
"
State Anthem of Ukraine
"
Amy Lennox from Cabaret – "Cabaret"
The cast of Dear Evan Hansen – "For Forever/You Will Be Found" (in memoriam)
Clive Carter and the cast of Moulin Rouge – "Welcome to the Moulin Rouge"
The cast of Spring Awakening – "The Song of Purple Summer"
Tanisha Spring, Jon Tsouras and the covers & swings of the West End "Our Time"

Winners and nominees

The nominations were announced on 8 March 2022 in 26 categories.^[5]

Best New Play	Best New Musical
Life of Pi by Lolita Chakrabarti (based on original text by Yann Martel) – Wyndham's Theatre 2:22 A Ghost Story by Danny Robins – Noël Coward Theatre Best of Enemies by James Graham – Young Vic Cruise by Jack Holden – Duchess Theatre	Back to the Future – Adelphi Theatre Frozen – Theatre Royal, Drury Lane Get Up, Stand Up – Lyric Theatre Moulin Rouge – Piccadilly Theatre The Drifters Girl – Garrick Theatre
Best Revival	Best Musical Revival
Constellations – Donmar Warehouse at Vaudeville Theatre A Number – Old Vic The Normal Heart – National Theatre Olivier The Tragedy of Macbeth – Almeida Theatre	Cabaret – Playhouse Theatre Barbican Theatre Spring Awakening – Almeida Theatre
Best Entertainment or Comedy Play	Best Family Show
**Pride and Prejudice (sort of) by Isobel McArthur – Criterion Theatre*** Pantoland at the Palladium by Michael Harrison – London Palladium The Choir of Man by Nic Doodson and Andrew Kay – Arts Theatre The Shark Is Broken by Joseph Nixon and Ian Shaw – Ambassadors Theatre	Wolf Witch Giant Fairy – Royal Opera House, Linbury Theatre Billionaire Boy – Garrick Theatre Dragons and Mythical Beasts – Regent's Park Open Air Theatre What the Ladybird Heard – Palace Theatre
Best Actor	Best Actress
*Hiran Abeysekera as Pi Patel in Life of Pi* – Wyndham's Theatre** Ben Daniels as Ned Weeks in The Normal Heart – National Theatre Olivier Omari Douglas as Manuel in Constellations – Donmar Warehouse at Vaudeville Theatre Charles Edwards as Gore Vidal in Best of Enemies – Young Vic	*Sheila Atim as Marianne in Constellations* – Donmar Warehouse at Vaudeville Theatre** Lily Allen as Jenny in 2:22 A Ghost Story – Noël Coward Theatre Emma Corrin as Anna in Anna X – Harold Pinter Theatre Cush Jumbo as Hamlet in Hamlet – Young Vic
Best Actor in a Musical	Best Actress in a Musical
*Eddie Redmayne as Emcee in Cabaret* – Playhouse Theatre** Olly Dobson as Marty McFly in Back to the Future – Adelphi Theatre Arinzé Kene as Bob Marley in Get Up, Stand Up – Lyric Theatre Barbican Theatre	*Jessie Buckley as Sally Bowles in Cabaret* – Playhouse Theatre** Barbican Theatre Beverley Knight as Faye Treadwell in The Drifters Girl – Garrick Theatre Stephanie McKeon as Anna in Frozen – Theatre Royal, Drury Lane
Best Actor in a Supporting Role	Best Actress in a Supporting Role
*Fred Davis, Daisy Franks, Romina Hytten, Tom Larkin, Habib Nasib Nader, Tom Stacy and Scarlet Wilderink as the Tiger in Life of Pi* – Wyndham's Theatre** Dino Fetscher as Felix Turner in The Normal Heart – National Theatre Olivier Nathaniel Parker as Henry VIII in The Mirror and the Light – Gielgud Theatre Danny Lee Wynter as Tommy Boatwright in The Normal Heart – National Theatre Olivier	*Liz Carr as Dr. Emma Brookner in The Normal Heart* – National Theatre Olivier** Tori Burgess as Lydia Bennet in Pride and Prejudice (sort of) – Criterion Theatre Christina Gordon as Jane Bennet in Pride and Prejudice (sort of) – Criterion Theatre Akiya Henry as Lady Macduff in The Tragedy of Macbeth – Almeida Theatre
Best Actor in a Supporting Role in a Musical	Best Actress in a Supporting Role in a Musical
*Elliot Levey as Herr Schultz in Cabaret* – Playhouse Theatre** Clive Carter as Harold Zidler in Moulin Rouge – Piccadilly Theatre Hugh Coles as George McFly in Back to the Future – Adelphi Theatre Barbican Theatre	*Liza Sadovy as Fraulein Schneider in Cabaret* – Playhouse Theatre** Gabrielle Brooks as Rita Marley in Get Up, Stand Up – Lyric Theatre Victoria Hamilton-Barritt as Stepmother in Cinderella – Gillian Lynne Theatre Carly Mercedes Dyer as Irma in Barbican Theatre
Best Director	Best Theatre Choreographer
*Rebecca Frecknall for Cabaret* – Playhouse Theatre** Michael Longhurst for Constellations – Donmar Warehouse at Vaudeville Theatre Barbican Theatre Max Webster for Life of Pi – Wyndham's Theatre	Barbican Theatre Finn Caldwell for Life of Pi – Wyndham's Theatre Julia Cheng for Cabaret – Playhouse Theatre Sonya Tayeh for Moulin Rouge – Piccadilly Theatre
Best Set Design	Best Costume Design
*Tim Hatley for scenic designing and Nick Barnes and Finn Caldwell for puppetry designing Life of Pi* – Wyndham's Theatre** Tim Hatley for scenic designing and Finn Ross for video designing Back to the Future – Adelphi Theatre Derek McLane for Moulin Rouge – Piccadilly Theatre Tom Scutt for Cabaret – Playhouse Theatre	*Catherine Zuber for Moulin Rouge* – Piccadilly Theatre** Jon Morrell for Barbican Theatre Christopher Oram for Frozen – Theatre Royal, Drury Lane Tom Scutt for Cabaret – Playhouse Theatre
Best Lighting Design	Best Sound Design
*Andrzej Goulding and Tim Lutkin for Life of Pi* – Wyndham's Theatre** Neil Austin for Frozen – Theatre Royal, Drury Lane Isabella Byrd for Cabaret – Playhouse Theatre Tim Lutkin for Back to the Future – Adelphi Theatre	*Nick Lidster for Cabaret* – Playhouse Theatre** Ian Dickinson for 2:22 A Ghost Story – Noël Coward Theatre Carolyn Downing for Life of Pi – Wyndham's Theatre Gareth Owen for Back to the Future – Adelphi Theatre
Best Original Score or New Orchestrations
*Simon Hale for orchestrating Get Up, Stand Up* – Lyric Theatre** Glen Ballard and Alan Silvestri for scoring and lyricising and Bryan Crook and Ethan Popp for orchestrating Back to the Future – Adelphi Theatre David Chase, Barbican Theatre Andrew T. Mackay for composing Life of Pi – Wyndham's Theatre
Best New Dance Production	Outstanding Achievement in Dance
Revisor by Crystal Pite and Jonathon Young, Kidd Pivot – Sadler's Wells Draw from Within by Wim Vandekeybus, Rambert Dance Company – Sadler's Wells Transverse Orientation by Dimitris Papaioannou – Dance Umbrella and Sadler's Wells	*Arielle Smith for choreographing Jolly Folly in Reunion, English National Ballet – Sadler's Wells* Acosta Danza for De Punta a Cabo in 100% Cuban – Sadler's Wells Dancers for performing in NDT2 Tour – Sadler's Wells Edward Watson for performing in The Dante Project by Wayne McGregor – Royal Ballet at Royal Opera House
Best New Opera Production	Outstanding Achievement in Opera
Jenůfa, Royal Opera – Royal Opera House Bajazet, Irish National Opera and Royal Opera – Linbury Theatre, Royal Opera House The Cunning Little Vixen, English National Opera – London Coliseum Theodora, Royal Opera – Royal Opera House	*Peter Whelan and the Irish Baroque Orchestra for Bajazet, Irish National Opera and Royal Opera – Linbury Theatre, Royal Opera House* Christine Rice for performing in 4/4 – Royal Opera House takis for scenic and costume designing HMS Pinafore, English National Opera – London Coliseum
Outstanding Achievement in an Affiliate Theatre
Old Bridge – Bush Theatre 10 Nights – Bush Theatre A Place for We – Park Theatre Folk – Hampstead Theatre Downstairs The Invisible Hand – Kiln Theatre
Special Recognition Award
Lisa Burger Bob King Gloria Louis Susie Sainsbury Sylvia Young

Productions with multiple wins and nominations

Multiple wins

The following 3 productions received multiple awards:

Multiple nominations

The following 14 productions and 1 opera received multiple nominations:

11: Cabaret
9: Anything Goes, Life of Pi
7: Back to the Future
5: Moulin Rouge, The Normal Heart
4: Constellations, Frozen, Get Up, Stand Up
3: 2:22 A Ghost Story, Pride and Prejudice* (*sort of)
2: Bajazet, Best of Enemies, The Drifters Girl, The Tragedy of Macbeth

References

^ Underwood, Kitty (8 March 2022). "Nominations Announced for the Olivier Awards 2022 with Mastercard". Society of London Theatre. Retrieved 8 March 2022.
^ Thomas, Sophie (8 March 2022). "Everything You Need to Know about the Olivier Awards". London Theatre Guide. Retrieved 20 March 2022.
^ Freeman, Rhys (3 April 2022). "Olivier Awards 2022: Everything You Need to Know". Planet Radio. Retrieved 7 April 2022.
^ ^a ^b Wood, Alex (2 February 2022). "2022 Olivier Awards Set Date and Venue for In-Person Ceremony". Whats on Stage. Retrieved 20 March 2022.
^ ^a ^b "Olivier Awards 2022". Society of London Theatre. Retrieved 8 March 2022.
^ Underwood, Kitty (24 March 2022). "Meet the 2022 Olivier Awards Special Recognition Recipients". Society of London Theatre. Retrieved 3 April 2022.

External links

Olivier Awards official website

[1] Underwood, Kitty (8 March 2022). "Nominations Announced for the Olivier Awards 2022 with Mastercard". Society of London Theatre. Retrieved 8 March 2022.

[2] Thomas, Sophie (8 March 2022). "Everything You Need to Know about the Olivier Awards". London Theatre Guide. Retrieved 20 March 2022.

[3] Freeman, Rhys (3 April 2022). "Olivier Awards 2022: Everything You Need to Know". Planet Radio. Retrieved 7 April 2022.

[2022_Confirmed-4] Wood, Alex (2 February 2022). "2022 Olivier Awards Set Date and Venue for In-Person Ceremony". Whats on Stage. Retrieved 20 March 2022.

[2022_Nominations-5] "Olivier Awards 2022". Society of London Theatre. Retrieved 8 March 2022.

[6] Underwood, Kitty (24 March 2022). "Meet the 2022 Olivier Awards Special Recognition Recipients". Society of London Theatre. Retrieved 3 April 2022.

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