The Olivier Awards held its annual Nominees’ Celebration yesterday, 17 March 2023, to congratulate this year’s nominees, and to hand out their Industry Recognition awards.
In attendance at the celebration were notable nominees including Beverley Knight, Rose Ayling-Ellis, Rafe Spall, Rob Madge, and Giles Terera.
During the event at the The Londoner hotel, the Society of London Theatre (SOLT), the organisers of the Olivier Awards, also named the winner’s of this year’s Olivier Awards bursaries.
The Olivier Award bursary winners for 2023 are: Daniel Apea; Allie Aylott; Rebecca Bell; Christian Cooper; Neeve Dilworth; Conor Doran; Aimee Ebsworth; Jasmine Elcock; Charles Kofi Afedzi Entsie; Melodie Karczewski; Emily Kathryn; Yasemin Mutlu; Eliza Parry-Williams; Liam Prince-Donnelly; Abdul Sessay; Lindo Shinda; James Taheny; Eve von Elgg; and Shannon Watson.
The bursary scheme has been run by the Olivier Awards since 1987, supporting exceptional talent facing financial difficulties in their final year of drama school. Previous bursary winners have included Michaela Coel, Ewan McGregor and Michael Sheen.
SOLT Co-CEOs Claire Walker and Hannah Essex, and President Eleanor Lloyd, also honoured the recipients of the Olivier Awards’ Industry Recognition awards.
The four winners were director Pippa Ailion; Andrew Bruce, founder and Chairman of Autograph Sound Design; Amanda Parker, founder and former Director of IncArts UK; and finally Executive Chairman & joint Chief Executive of PW Productions Peter Wilson.
The Olivier Awards 2023 winners will be announced on Sunday 2 April 2023 at the Royal Albert Hall, hosted by Hannah Waddingham. ITV will show highlights of the awards later that evening.
Claire Walker and Hannah Essex, co-CEOs, of SOLT said in a statement: “We were delighted to meet so many of our honoured guests at this afternoon’s event, which has only made us more excited to celebrate their achievements once again at the upcoming ceremony when the winners will be revealed. It was an honour to present our recipients with their Industry Recognition awards and recognise their outstanding contribution to the theatre industry. It was wonderful to see our nominees, partners and members coming together to celebrate so many fantastic achievements. And finally, congratulations to the Olivier bursary winners. We are grateful that, once again, we are able to support emerging talent in the industry during such a crucial stage in their careers.”
Olivier Awards 2023 – Everything we know so far
Photos: Olivier Awards 2023 – Nominees’ Celebration
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