Photos: Olivier Awards 2012 – More photos from the night
17 April 2012
Photos from the 2012 Olivier Awards, including the red carpet arrivals and after-show party.
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Photos: Olivier Awards 2012 – The Winners
16 April 2012
Photos of the Winners of the 2012 Olivier Awards at the Royal Opera House in London.
Photos: Olivier Awards 2012 – The Presenters
16 April 2012
Photos of the Presenters of the 2012 Olivier Awards at the Royal Opera House in London.
Photos: Olivier Awards 2012 – The Ceremony
16 April 2012
Photos of the 2012 Olivier Awards at the Royal Opera House in London.
Matilda The Musical scoops 7 Olivier Awards
15 April 2012
Matilda The Musical dominated the 2012 Olivier Awards this evening at the Royal Opera House, winning seven awards.
Photos: Olivier Awards 2012 – Red Carpet Arrivals
15 April 2012
Photos: Olivier Awards 2012 – Red Carpet Arrivals
Olivier Award nominations announced: Matilda The Musical leads with 10 nods
16 March 2012
Olivier Award nominations announced: RSC’s Matilda leads Olivier Awards race with 10 nominations
Olivier Awards audience award shortlist announced
11 March 2012
The shortlist for the 2012 Olivier Audience Award, part of the Olivier Awards, has been announced.
Olivier Awards 2012: Storify Social Media Round-up
12 February 2012
This year’s Olivier Awards, run by the Society of London Theatre, will be held on 15 April 2012 at the Royal Opera House in London.
Photos: Olivier Awards 2011 – The Winners
12 February 2012
Photos: Olivier Awards 2011 – The Winners
Olivier Awards 2012 – Awards Night
12 February 2012
The nominations for the Olivier Awards 2012 will be announced at 12 noon on Thursday 15 March 2012 at the Mayfair Hotel in London.
Olivier Awards 2012 – Nominations
12 February 2012
The nominations for the Olivier Awards 2012 will be announced at 12 noon on Thursday 15 March 2012 at the Mayfair Hotel in London.
Olivier Awards 2012 – Winners
12 February 2012
The winners of the Olivier Awards 2012 will be announced at the Royal Opera House in London on Sunday 15 April 2012.
Olivier Awards 2012
12 February 2012
Welcome to our microsite celebrating this year’s Olivier Awards, to be held at the Royal Opera House on Sunday 15 April 2012.
Olivier Awards to take place at Opera House, with live relay to Broadway
25 January 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.
Critics’ Circle Theatre Awards – Winners 2011
21 January 2012
THE CRITICS’ CIRCLE THEATRE AWARDS – WINNERS 2011
Evening Standard Theatre Awards – Winners 2011
21 November 2011
LONDON EVENING STANDARD THEATRE AWARDS – WINNERS 2011
Evening Standard Theatre Awards – Shortlist 2011
8 November 2011
LONDON EVENING STANDARD THEATRE AWARDS – SHORTLIST 2011
Empty Space… Peter Brook Awards – Winners 2011
1 November 2011
EMPTY SPACE… PETER BROOK AWARDS – WINNERS 2011
Evening Standard Theatre Awards – Nominees 2011
29 October 2011
LONDON EVENING STANDARD THEATRE AWARDS – NOMINEES 2011
Empty Space… Peter Brook Awards – Nominees 2011
10 October 2011
EMPTY SPACE… PETER BROOK AWARDS – NOMINEES 2011
Backstage at the 2011 Olivier Awards
11 April 2011
Acclaimed photographer Charlie Gray went behind the scenes at this year’s Olivier Awards at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane to capture the stars of West End Theatre.
Olivier Awards – Picks and Pans
14 March 2011
What we loved and loathed about this year’s newly reinvigorated Olivier Awards
Olivier Awards: National, Legally Blonde
14 March 2011
In a star-studded awards ceremony last night, Sunday 13 March, at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane in London, the Society of London Theatre held their 35th annual theatre awards ceremony.
Love Never Dies loses out at Oliviers
14 March 2011
Andrew Lloyd Webber’s sequel to The Phantom of the Opera misses out at Olivier Awards
Olivier Awards 2011 – Winners
13 March 2011
The winners of the 35th Olivier Awards were announced on 13 March 2011 at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane.
Olivier Awards tonight
13 March 2011
The 35th annual Laurence Olivier Awards are to be held tonight, Sunday 13 March 2011, at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane in London.
Olivier Awards: Last Chance to Vote
9 March 2011
Today is the last chance for theatregoers to vote for their favourite West End shows and choose a winner for this year’s Olivier Audience Award.
Stephen Sondheim to receive Special Olivier Award
4 March 2011
America’s great living composer and lyricist, Stephen Sondheim, will be honoured at this year’s Olivier Awards with a Special Award.
More presenters announced for Olivier Awards
4 March 2011
The Society of London Theatre has released more details of the presenters at this year’s revamped Olivier Awards, at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane on 13 March 2011. Stars include Barry Manilow, Danielle Hope, Benedict Cumberbatch, Elaine Paige and Rupert Everett.
Michael Ball, Imelda Staunton host Oliviers
3 March 2011
As previously tipped, Michael Ball and Imelda Staunton will host this year’s Olivier Awards, to be held at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane on 13 March 2011
Olivier Awards tickets released today
1 March 2011
Don’t forget to buy your Olivier Awards tickets. They go on sale today, 1 March 2011, at 10am.
Olivier Audience Award short list announced
27 February 2011
The short list for this year’s Olivier Audience Award was announced today by Elaine Paige on her BBC Radio 2 show. The short list of shows are Billy Elliot the Musical, Jersey Boy, Les Misérables and We Will Rock You.
Whatsonstage Awards – Nominations Shortlist 2011
21 February 2011
Whatsonstage Awards – Nominations 2011
Olivier Awards 2011
18 February 2011
Welcome to our new microsite celebrating this year’s Olivier Awards, to be held at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane on 13 March 2011.
Olivier Awards 2011 – Nominees
18 February 2011
Nominees for the 2011 Olivier Awards were presented at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane on 7 February 2011.
Olivier Awards 2011 – Nominees
8 February 2011
Nominees for the 2011 Olivier Awards were presented at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane on 7 February 2011.
Olivier Award nominations announced
7 February 2011
The annual Laurence Olivier Awards nominations have been announced at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane today, 7 February 2011.
Critics’ Circle Theatre Awards – Winners 2010
25 January 2011
THE CRITICS’ CIRCLE THEATRE AWARDS – WINNERS 2010
South Bank Sky Arts Awards – Nominees 2011
3 December 2010
SOUTH BANK SKY ARTS AWARDS – NOMINEES 2011
Evening Standard Theatre Awards – Winners 2010
29 November 2010
EVENING STANDARD THEATRE AWARDS – WINNERS 2010
SOLT finally get BBC back on board
29 November 2010
The Society of London Theatre has finally managed to secure TV coverage for it’s annual Olivier Awards event.
Evening Standard Theatre Awards – Shortlist 2010
22 November 2010
EVENING STANDARD THEATRE AWARDS – SHORTLIST 2010
Empty Space… Peter Brook Awards – Winners 2010
2 November 2010
EMPTY SPACE… PETER BROOK AWARDS – WINNERS 2010
Evening Standard Theatre Awards – Nominees 2010
25 October 2010
LONDON EVENING STANDARD THEATRE AWARDS – NOMINEES 2010
Empty Space… Peter Brook Awards – Nominees 2010
12 October 2010
EMPTY SPACE… PETER BROOK AWARDS – NOMINEES 2010
Ian Charleson Awards
21 July 2010
We might have missed it but the publicity around the winners of this year’s Ian Charleson Awards seemed particularly muted. Even the Sunday Times, the sponsor of the awards, gave little promotion to the nominations or winners. This year marks 20 years since actor Ian Charleson died on 6 January 1990 of AIDS-related causes, only eight weeks after playing Hamlet in Richard Eyre’s production at the National Theatre. He was an extremely accomplished actor, appearing in film (Chariots of Fire), TV (Oxbridge Blues) and numerous stage roles, both plays and musicals, including Guys and Dolls and Fool For Love. The