Olivier Award nominations announced: Matilda The Musical leads with 10 nods
March 16, 2012
RSC’s Matilda leads Olivier Awards race with 10 nominations
Matilda at the Cambridge Theatre gets 10 Olivier nods
The RSC’s Matilda The Musical has dominated this year’s Olivier Awards nominations, being recognised in 10 categories – the maximum possible for a musical.
Matilda’s nominations include Best New Musical, a collective Best Actress in a musical nod for all four actresses sharing the role of Matilda, plus Bertie Carvel for Best Actor in a musical, Paul Kaye for Best Performance in a supporting role in a musical and Matthew Warchus for Best Director.
Matilda faces competition in the Best New Musical category from Stiles and Drewe-penned Betty Blue Eyes, Ghost The Musical at the Piccadilly Theatre, which secured 5 nominations and is set to open on Broadway next month, the National’s London Road and Shrek The Musical at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane.
In the subsidised theatre, the National has taken the lead with a bumper crop of 15 nominations for productions including its smash-hit play One Man, Two Guvnors, which is also transferring to Broadway and has just opened in London again at the Theatre Royal Haymarket; musical London Road, for which Rufus Norris is nominated in the Best Director category; and Danny Boyle’s Frankenstein, although the movie director and Olympic games Opening Ceremony creator was over-looked in the Best Director category. The National’s Grief and Collaborators were also nominated.
One Man, Two Guvnors secured five nominations, including Best New Play, Best Actor for James Cordon and Nicholas Hytner for Best Director.
Cordon is up against fellow National alumni Benedict Cumberbatch and Jonny Lee Miller in the Best Actor category, who share the nomination for their alternate performances as Frankenstein and the monster in Danny Boyle’s hit production, David Haig for The Madness Of George III, Douglas Hodge for Inadmissible Evidence and Jude Law for Anna Christie at the Donmar Warehouse.
The Best Actress category celebrates an eclectic mix of performances and performers with Anna Christie’s Ruth Wilson nominated, alongside Marcia Warren for The Ladykillers, Lesley Manville for Grief, Kristin Scott Thomas for Betrayal and Celia Imrie for Noises Off – which is transferring to the Novello Theatre shortly.
Trevor Nunn’s production of Terence Rattigan’s Flare Path has been nominated in the Best Revival category alongside Noises Off, Much Ado About Nothing and Anna Christie, with last year’s Best Actress in a Musical winner Sheridan Smith nominated for Best Performance in a Supporting Role for Flare Path.
The Best Actress in a Musical category features Kate Fleetwood for London Road, Sarah Lancashire for Betty Blue Eyes, Scarlett Strallen for Singin’ in the Rain and the four young Matildas, and in the Best Actor in a Musical category Matilda’s Bertie Carvel will fight it out against Nigel Lindsay for Shrek The Musical, Reece Shearsmith for Betty Blue Eyes and Paulo Szot for South Pacific.
This year’s Best Musical Revivals include Crazy For You, which is closing this weekend at the Novello Theatre, Singin’ In The Rain at the Palace, South Pacific and The Wizard of Oz at the London Palladium.
In opera, English National Opera received six nominations, including an Outstanding Achievement in Opera nomination, and in dance Sadler’s Wells dominates the awards with five nominations.
Other shows garnering nominations include Jerusalem, The Children’s Hour, Lend Me A Tenor The Musical, Derren Brown: Svengali, Midnight Tango, Potted Potter and The Tiger Who Came To Tea.
The awards will be announced in a ceremony at the Royal Opera House on 15 April 2012.
LINKS
Olivier Awards 2012 – Full list of nominations
Olivier Awards website on Westendtheatre.com
Voting for the Olivier Audience Award
Olivier Awards audience award shortlist announced
March 11, 2012
The shortlist for the 2012 Olivier Audience Award, part of the Olivier Awards, has been announced.
Ramin Karimloo in Les Miserables, on the shortlist for a 2012 Olivier Audience Award
The West End shows Billy Elliot The Musical, Jersey Boys, Les Misérables and Wicked have been voted into the shortlist by members of the public, and were announced today on BBC Radio 2’s Elaine Paige on Sunday show.
Voting now continues to choose a winner, which will be announced at the Olivier Awards on 15 April at the Royal Opera House, in a ceremony hosted by Michael Ball and Imelda Staunton. Voting will stay open until 5pm on 11 April.
Shows that were on the Audience Award longlist but missed out in the voting include Mamma Mia!, War Horse and The Mousetrap.
Billy Elliot The Musical has been playing at the Victoria Palace theatre since 2005, with music by Elton John. Jersey Boys, a hit on Broadway, tells the story of American band Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons and plays at the Prince Edward Theatre. Les Misérables, which is the world’s longest running musical having opened in 1985, and is currently playing at the Queen’s Theatre starring Ramin Karimloo. Finally, Wicked, which won the Audience Award in 2010, has been playing at the Apollo Victoria since 2006.
The full Olivier Award nominations will be announced on 15 March.
LINKS
Olivier Awards website on Westendtheatre.com
Voting for the Olivier Audience Award
Olivier Awards – History
February 12, 2012
THE FIRST AWARDS
The first Olivier awards were called the The Society of West End Theatre Awards, and were held at a ceremony at the Café Royal on a Sunday in December 1976.
LAURENCE OLIVIER
The awards became the Laurence Olivier Awards in 1984 as a tribute to one of British theatre’s greatest ever practitioners. In his 60 year career Lord Olivier proved himself as a outstanding actor, an accomplished director and he was appointed as the first Artistic Director of the National Theatre in 1962. Read more about Laurence Olivier here.
THE AWARD
Originally a blue Wedgwood urn (hence why they were originally dubbed the Urnies!), the award is now a solid bronze statuette of Laurence Olivier as Henry V at the Old Vic in 1937, affectionately known as the Larries.
PAST VENUES
The Awards started in 1976 at the Cafe Royal in London. The Grosvenor House Hotel is the venue most associated with the awards. West End theatres to host the awards include the Victoria Palace, the Lyceum, the National Theatre, the Albery (now the Noël Coward), the Shaftesbury, the London Palladium, the Dominion and the Piccadilly Theatre. Last year’s Awards were held at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane.
PAST WINNERS
See a full list of past Olivier Awards winners by award category, here.
THE AWARDS ON TV
The first awards were broadcast by the BBC as part of their Nationwide programme in 1976. In 1981 the BBC produced the first dedicated Olivier Awards programme, which aired on BBC1 and continued each year until 1992, when it moved to BBC2. The BBC dropped the awards from TV after the 2003 ceremony. In 2010 the awards were broadcast online. 2011 saw the awards return to television, via the BBC’s red button service for digital, satellite and cable viewers, and they were broadcast on BBC Radio 2.
Photos: Olivier Awards 2011 – The Winners
February 12, 2012
Photos of the winners of this year’s Olivier Awards, held at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane on 13 March 2010.
Olivier Awards – list of winners
GALLERY
THUMBNAILS
LISTEN & WATCH AGAIN
BBC iPlayer – Radio 2 coverage
BBC iPlayer – BBC News
LINKS
Olivier Awards – list of winners
Olivier Awards microsite
Olivier Awards – news
Olivier Awards – Binkie Blog’s Picks and Pans
Olivier Awards 2012 – Awards Night
February 12, 2012
PHOTOS ON THE NIGHT
Photos: Olivier Awards – The Presenters
Photos: Olivier Awards – The Winners
This year’s Olivier Awards night is set to be a truly glamorous affair, with a wealth of well known stage and musical stars coming together at the Royal Opera House in London to celebrate the best of the West End.
HOSTS
This year’s awards will once again be hosted by West End stars Michael Ball and Imelda Staunton, who are currently starring in Stephen Sondheim’s Sweeney Todd at the Adelphi Theatre. Past hosts of the awards include Kevin Spacey, Clive Anderson, Angela Lansbury, Barry Norman, Anthony Hopkins, Sue Lawley, Diana Rigg, Edward Fox, Jane Asher and Angela Rippon.
PRESENTERS
Star presenters will be confirmed in the coming weeks. Last year saw celebrities including Matthew Fox, Alfie Boe, Benedict Cumberbatch, Jonny Lee Miller, Elaine Paige, Patrick Stewart, Rupert Everett, Amanda Holden and Elisabeth Moss present awards.
MUSICAL NUMBERS
A host of West End stars and casts from shows will perform at the Awards. Details to be announced.
TIMELINE
5 February 2012: BBC Radio 2 Audience Award launched
Elaine Paige launched the public voting for the Olivier Award Audience Award on her Sunday show. Shows are eligible if they opened before 1 January 2011 and are still running on 15 April 2012. Last year’s winner, We Will Rock You, is excluded from the voting. You can place your vote here.
11 March 2012: BBC Radio 2 Audience Award shortlist announced
The shortlist for the BBC Radio 2 Audience Award is announced on Elaine Paige’s Sunday morning Radio 2 show. This shortlist is based on the first round of public voting (vote for your favourite show here). Then a second round of public voting will take place, before the winner is announced on 15 April.
15 March 2012: Nominations announced
The nominees for the Olivier Awards 2012 will be announced at the Mayfair Hotel in London at 12 noon.
15 April 2011: The Awards ceremony at the Royal Opera House
The 2012 ceremony will be held at the Royal Opera House, hosted by Sweeney Todd stars Michael Ball and Imelda Staunton.
Theatregoers can enjoy the show in Covent Garden piazza, where there will be music and entertainment, and a live stream of events including red carpet arrivals and the ceremony itself. New for this year, New York theatregoers will also be able to enjoy the show, with a special live relay of the Olivier Awards being staged in the US.
WATCH AND LISTEN
This year’s awards will be broadcast via the BBC’s red button service (digital, cable or satellite viewers only), with red carpet arrivals from 5pm on 15 April 2012, and coverage of the ceremony from 6pm. Live coverage will also feature on BBC Radio 2.
Olivier Awards 2012 – Nominations
February 12, 2012
The nominations for the Olivier Awards 2012 were announced at 12 noon on Thursday 15 March 2012 at the Mayfair Hotel in London.
AUDIENCE AWARD: Voting is now open for the BBC Radio 2 Olivier Audience Award, allowing you to choose your favourite show. Visit here to vote.
Olivier Award 2012 Nominations
Best New Play
Collaborators at the Cottesloe theatre
Jumpy at the Jerwood Theatre Downstairs at the Royal Court
The Ladykillers at the Gielgud theatre
One Man, Two Guvnors at the Lyttelton theatre
Best Revival
Anna Christie at the Donmar Warehouse
Flare Path at the Theatre Royal Haymarket
Much Ado About Nothing at the Wyndham’s theatre
Noises Off at the Old Vic theatre
Best Entertainment and Family
Derren Brown – Svengali at the Shaftesbury theatre
Midnight Tango at the Aldwych theatre
Potted Potter at the Garrick theatre
The Tiger Who Came To Tea at the Vaudeville theatre
Best Actress
Celia Imrie for Noises Off at the Old Vic theatre
Lesley Manville for Grief at the Cottesloe theatre
Kristin Scott Thomas for Betrayal at the Harold Pinter theatre
Marcia Warren for The Ladykillers at the Gielgud theatre
Ruth Wilson for Anna Christie at the Donmar Warehouse
Best Actor
James Corden for One Man, Two Guvnors at the Lyttelton theatre
Benedict Cumberbatch and Jonny Lee Miller for Frankenstein at the Olivier theatre
David Haig for The Madness of George III at the Apollo theatre
Douglas Hodge for Inadmissible Evidence at the Donmar Warehouse
Jude Law for Anna Christie at the Donmar Warehouse
Best Performance in a Supporting Role
Mark Addy for Collaborators at the Cottesloe theatre
Oliver Chris for One Man, Two Guvnors at the Lyttelton theatre
Johnny Flynn for Jerusalem at the Apollo theatre
Bryony Hannah for The Children’s Hour at the Harold Pinter theatre
Sheridan Smith for Flare Path at the Theatre Royal Haymarket
Best Actress in a Musical
Kate Fleetwood for London Road at the Cottesloe theatre
Sarah Lancashire for Betty Blue Eyes at the Novello theatre
The Matildas for Matilda The Musical at the Cambridge theatre
Scarlett Strallen for Singin’ In The Rain at the Palace theatre
Best Actor in a Musical
Bertie Carvel for Matilda The Musical at the Cambridge theatre
Nigel Lindsay for Shrek The Musical at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane
Reece Shearsmith for Betty Blue Eyes at the Novello theatre
Paulo Szot for South Pacific at the Barbican theatre
Best Performance in a Supporting Role in a Musical
Sharon D Clarke for Ghost The Musical at the Piccadilly theatre
Sophie-Louise Dann for Lend Me A Tenor The Musical at the Gielgud theatre
Nigel Harman for Shrek The Musical at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane
Paul Kaye for Matilda The Musical at the Cambridge theatre
Katherine Kingsley for Singin’ In The Rain at the Palace theatre
Best New Musical
Betty Blue Eyes at the Novello theatre
Ghost The Musical at the Piccadilly theatre
London Road at the Cottesloe theatre
Matilda The Musical at the Cambridge theatre
Shrek The Musical at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane
Best Musical Revival
Crazy For You at the Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre
Singin’ In The Rain at the Palace theatre
South Pacific at the Barbican theatre
The Wizard Of Oz at the London Palladium
Best Director
Sean Foley for The Ladykillers at the Gielgud theatre
Nicholas Hytner for One Man, Two Guvnors at the Lyttelton theatre
Rufus Norris for London Road at the Cottesloe theatre
Matthew Warchus for Matilda The Musical at the Cambridge theatre
Best Theatre Choreographer
Peter Darling for Matilda The Musical at the Cambridge theatre
Javier de Frutos for London Road at the Cottesloe theatre
Stephen Mear for Crazy For You at the Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre
Andrew Wright for Singin’ In The Rain at the Palace theatre
Best Lighting Design
Anna Christie designed by Howard Harrison at the Donmar Warehouse
Frankenstein designed by Bruno Poet at the Olivier theatre
Ghost The Musical designed by Hugh Vanstone at the Piccadilly theatre
Matilda The Musical designed by Hugh Vanstone at the Cambridge theatre
Best Set Design
Ghost The Musical designed by Rob Howell at the Piccadilly theatre
The Ladykillers designed by Michael Taylor at the Gielgud theatre
Matilda The Musical designed Rob Howell at the Cambridge theatre
One Man, Two Guvnors designed by Mark Thompson at the Lyttelton theatre
Best Costume Design
Crazy For You designed by Peter McKintosh at the Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre
Matilda The Musical designed by Rob Howell at the Cambridge theatre
Shrek The Musical designed by Tim Hatley at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane
South Pacific designed by Catherine Zuber at the Barbican theatre
Best Sound Design
Ghost The Musical designed by Bobby Aitken at the Piccadilly theatre
Frankenstein designed by Underworld and Ed Clarke at the Olivier theatre
The Ladykillers designed by Ben and Max Ringham at the Gielgud theatre
Matilda The Musical designed by Simon Baker at the Cambridge theatre
Outstanding Achievement in an Affiliate Theatre
Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester for Mogadishu at the Lyric Hammersmith
Theatre Royal Stratford East in association with the Barbican and Traverse Theatre for Roadkill
Donmar Warehouse for Salt, Root And Roe at the Trafalgar Studios 2
The Royal Court for The Village Bike at the Jerwood Theatre Upstairs
Best New Opera Production
English National Opera’s Castor And Pollux at the London Coliseum
English National Opera’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream at the London Coliseum
English National Opera’s The Passenger at the London Coliseum
ROH2’s Clemency (in association with Scottish Opera) at the Linbury Studio, Royal Opera House
Outstanding Achievement in Opera
ENO for the breadth and diversity of its artistic programme
Amanda Holden for her translation of Castor And Pollux at the London Coliseum
Richard Jones for his direction of Anna Nicole and Il Trittico at the Royal Opera House and The Tales Of Hoffmann at the London Coliseum
Mark-Anthony Turnage for his composition of Anna Nicole at the Royal Opera House and Twice Through The Heart at Sadler’s Wells.
Outstanding Achievement in Dance
The Design Team for their work on the Royal Ballet’s Alice’s Adventures In Wonderland at the Royal Opera House
Edward Watson for his performance in The Metamorphosis at the Linbury Studio at the Royal Opera House
Sylvie Guillem for her performance in her production of 6000 Miles Away at Sadler’s Wells
Tommy Franzen for his performance in ZooNation’s Some Like It Hip Hop at the Peacock theatre
Best New Dance Production
DESH by Akram Khan Company at Sadler’s Wells, choreographed by Akram Khan
Gardenia by Les Ballets C de la B at Sadler’s Wells, directed by Alain Platel and Frank van Laecke
The Metamorphosis by ROH2 at the Linbury Studio, choreographed by Arthur Pita
Some Like It Hip Hop by ZooNation at the Peacock, choreographed by Kate Prince, Tommy Franzen and Carrie-Anne Ingrouille
Olivier Special Award
Tim Rice
LINKS
Past Olivier Awards winners by category
Olivier Awards winners by year
Olivier Awards 2012 – Winners
February 12, 2012
Awards announced: 15 April 2012 at the Royal Opera House, London
WINNERS 2012
Best Revival
Anna Christie at the Donmar Warehouse
Presented by James McAvoy
Accepted by Rob Ashford
Best Actress
Ruth Wilson for Anna Christie at the Donmar Warehouse
Presented by Jack Davenport
Accepted by Ruth Wilson
Best Actor
Benedict Cumberbatch and Jonny Lee Miller for Frankenstein at the Olivier theatre
Presented by David Suchet and Laurie Metcalfe
Accepted by Jonny Lee Miller
Best Performance in a Supporting Role
Sheridan Smith for Flare Path at the Theatre Royal Haymarket
Presented by Lenny Henry and Tyne Daly
Accepted by Trevor Nunn
Best Director
Matthew Warchus for Matilda The Musical at the Cambridge theatre
Presented by James Earl Jones
Accepted by Matthew Warchus from New York
Best Lighting Design
Frankenstein designed by Bruno Poet at the Olivier theatre
Presented by Jodie Whittaker and Harry Lloyd
Accepted by Jonny Lee Miller
Best Sound Design
Matilda The Musical designed by Simon Baker at the Cambridge theatre
Presented by Jodie Whitaker and Harry Lloyd
Accepted by Simon Baker
Best Set Design
Matilda The Musical designed Rob Howell at the Cambridge theatre
Presented by Freddie Fox
Best Costume Design
Crazy For You designed by Peter McKintosh at the Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre
Presented by Freddie Fox
Accepted by Peter McKintosh
Outstanding Achievement in an Affiliate Theatre
Theatre Royal Stratford East in association with the Barbican and Traverse Theatre for Roadkill
Presented by Douglas Booth and Natascha McElhone
Outstanding Achievement in Dance
Edward Watson for his performance in The Metamorphosis at the Linbury Studio at the Royal Opera House
Presented by Tom Chambers and Kara Tointon
Accepted by Edward Watson
Best New Dance Production
DESH by Akram Khan Company at Sadler’s Wells, choreographed by Akram Khan
Presented by Tom Chambers and Kara Tointon
Olivier Special Award
Monica Mason
Presented by Zoe Wanamaker
Radio Two Audience Award
Les Miserables
Presented by Brian May and Elaine Paige
Accepted by David Shannon
Best New Play
Collaborators at the Cottesloe theatre
Presented by Tyne Daly
Accepted by John Hodge
Best Entertainment and Family
Derren Brown – Svengali at the Shaftesbury theatre
Presented by Zac Braff and Susannah Fielding
Accepted by Derren Brown and Polly Findlay
Best Actress in a Musical
The Matildas for Matilda The Musical at the Cambridge theatre
Presented by Kimberley Walsh and Ronan Keating
Accepted by the four Matildas
Best Actor in a Musical
Bertie Carvel for Matilda The Musical at the Cambridge theatre
Presented by Hayley Atwell
Accepted by Bertie Carvel
Best Performance in a Supporting Role in a Musical
Nigel Harman for Shrek The Musical at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane
Presented by Jonathan Edwards and Katherine Kelly
Accepted by Nigel Harman
Best New Musical
Matilda The Musical at the Cambridge theatre
Presented by Jim Carter and Barbara Windsor
Accepted by Dennis Kelly and Tim Minchin
Best Musical Revival
Crazy For You at the Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre
Presented by Dan Stevens
Accepted by Timothy Sheader and William Village
Best Theatre Choreographer
Peter Darling for Matilda The Musical at the Cambridge theatre
Presented by Will Young
Accepted by Peter Darling
Best New Opera Production
English National Opera’s Castor And Pollux at the London Coliseum
Presented by Vittorio Grigolo
Accepted by John Berry
Outstanding Achievement in Opera
ENO for the breadth and diversity of its artistic programme
Presented by Vittorio Grigolo
Accepted by John Berry
Olivier Special Award
Tim Rice
Presented by Elaine Paige
Olivier Awards 2012
February 12, 2012
OLIVIER AWARDS 2012 – WINNERS ANNOUNCED – Click here
Welcome to our microsite celebrating this year’s Olivier Awards, held at the Royal Opera House on Sunday 15 April 2012.
The annual awards, which are organised by the Society of London Theatre, are the most popular and important in the British theatre calendar. Last year’s Awards had a major overhaul, with MasterCard sponsoring the event and a glitzy ceremony held at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane.
Now in their 36th year, 2012 saw the awards develop even further, with MasterCard returning as headline sponsors and a glittering ceremony held at the Royal Opera House in London.
Also new for 2012, a live relay of the show was broadcast to New York, where an invited audience of British stars on Broadway celebrated the awards.
The awards were once again hosted by much-loved theatre stars Michael Ball and Imelda Staunton, who are starring in Stephen Sondheim’s Sweeney Todd at the Adelphi Theatre in the West End.
The BBC covered the awards, including the red carpet arrivals hosted by Anneka Rice, and the ceremony, broadcast on TV via the Red Button, and on BBC Radio 2 and online.
PHOTO GALLERIES
Photos: Olivier Awards – The Presenters
Photos: Olivier Awards – The Winners
Olivier Awards to take place at Opera House, with live relay to Broadway
January 25, 2012
The Society of London Theatre has announced that the annual Olivier Awards, now in its 36th year, will take place for the first time in its entirety at the Royal Opera House, London on Sunday 15 April 2012.
Sponsored for a second year by MasterCard, this year the awards will also get a live show relay to New York, where an invited audience of VIPs including British stars on Broadway and high profile industry figures will gather to celebrate the awards.
Mayor of London, Boris Johnson, said: “Iʹm incredibly proud of the continuing success of so many British productions on Broadway, a tribute to the talent and quality to be found here. London goes centre‐stage in this Olympic and Paralympic year, whilst the Olivier Awards put our superb theatre right in the spotlight. The special event being staged at this yearʹs awards is a taste of the amazing things we have planned for a summer like no other and we look forward to welcoming millions of Americans to the capital, who can take advantage of our award‐winning shows on sale throughout the Games and beyond.”
Mayor of New York City, Michael Bloomberg, said: “New York City and London share a long tradition of theatrical productions that have transferred from Broadway to the West End and vice versa, so itʹs a pleasure to welcome the Olivier Awards to our side of the pond in this very special way. It doesnʹt matter if you spell it theater or theatre; musicals and plays are a top attraction for tourists, and we look forward to hosting more than a million visitors from the United Kingdom in the coming year.”Another addition for 2012 will be an awards celebration in Covent Garden piazza, where theatre‐lovers can gather to enjoy a free big‐screen live show relay and other entertainment including live performances from some of the West End’s major shows. The event will be presented in conjunction with Magic 105.4, and hosted by breakfast presenter Neil Fox, alongside West End leading lady Louise Dearman.
The Awards will be hosted once again by Michael Ball and Imelda Staunton, stars of Sweeney Todd at the Adelphi Theatre. The BBC will be giving the awards extensive live coverage on television (via the Red Button), on Radio 2 and online, with red carpet coverage from 5pm and the Ceremony starting at 6pm.
Julian Bird, Chief Executive of the Society of London Theatre and Executive Producer of the Awards, said: “This year’s 36th Olivier Awards with MasterCard will reflect a particularly star‐studded year for London theatre, and the plethora of high calibre sell‐out productions for which audiences have been queuing around the block. I am delighted we have been able to extend our celebrations to New York, and this connection is particularly apt in a year in which we are working closer than ever with VisitBritain and London & Partners to deliver a warm welcome to theatre audiences during the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games.“
SOLT will announce the full list of awards nominations at a press briefing at the Mayfair Hotel at 12 noon on Thursday 15 March 2012. For the first time, the nominations will also be broadcast live online simultaneously at www.olivierawards.com, reflecting the significant profile of the awards around the world.
Once again, in 2012, BBC Radio 2 partners with the Olivier Awards on the BBC Radio 2 Audience Award, to launch on the Elaine Paige show on Sunday 5 February.Established in 1976, the Laurence Olivier Awards celebrate the world‐class status of London’s theatre and are Britain’s most prestigious stage honours. The Awards were relaunched in 2011 with a new strategic partnership with MasterCard, the Olivier Audience Award supported by BBC Radio 2 and a live broadcast of the Awards Ceremony via the BBC Red Button.
The UK’s most prestigious theatre awards started in 1976 as The Society of West End Theatre Awards, becoming the Laurence Olivier Awards in 1984.
Olivier Awards to be held at Royal Opera House
July 21, 2011
The Society of London Theatre has announced that the ceremony for next year’s Olivier Awards will be hosted by the Royal Opera House.
The 36th annual awards, which are sponsored by MasterCard, will be held on Sunday 15 April 2012 at the Royal Opera House in Covent Garden, the first time that the venue has been used for the awards.
In 2012 the awards will run slightly later in the year, with nominations announced on Thursday 15 March 2012.
This year’s awards took place at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane.
LINKS
This year’s Olivier Awards winners
