When were the Olivier Awards 2018? Full list of winners revealed
Here's everything you need to know about the night of the year for theatre buffs
STARS of the stage descended on London on Sunday April 8 for the 2018 Olivier Awards.
Here’s everything you need to know about the nominees and winners…
What are the Olivier Awards?
The Olivier Awards ceremony is the biggest night in the theatre calendar.
It is hosted annually by the Society of London Theatre.
The night recognises the achievements of stars of West End productions.
Awards are also given to actors from non-commercial theatres such as the Royal National Theatre and the Barbican Centre.
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Who were the nominees and winners at the Olivier Awards 2018?
Hamilton swept the board, winning awards in several categories…
- BEST ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A MUSICAL
- Michael Jibson for Hamilton at Victoria Palace Theatre – WINNER
- Ross Noble for Young Frankenstein at Garrick Theatre
- Jason Pennycooke for Hamilton at Victoria Palace Theatre
- Cleve September for Hamilton at Victoria Palace Theatre
- BEST ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A MUSICAL
- Sheila Atim for Girl From The North Country at The Old Vic – WINNER
- Tracie Bennett for Follies at National Theatre – Olivier
- Rachel John for Hamilton at Victoria Palace Theatre
- Lesley Joseph for Young Frankenstein at Garrick Theatre
- OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN MUSIC
- Everybody’s Talking About Jamie – Music and Orchestrations by Dan Gillespie Sells, his debut as a musical theatre composer and orchestrator at Apollo Theatre
- Follies – The Orchestra, under the Music Supervision of Nicholas Skilbeck and Music Director Nigel Lilley at National Theatre – Olivier
- Girl From The North Country – Music & Lyrics by Bob Dylan, Original Orchestrations & Arrangements by Simon Hale at The Old Vic
- Hamilton – Composer-lyricist Lin-Manuel Miranda at Victoria Palace Theatre – WINNER
- BEST NEW DANCE PRODUCTION
- Flight Pattern by Crystal Pite at Royal Opera House – WINNER
- Goat by Ben Duke for Rambert Dance Company at Sadler’s Wells
- Grand Finale by Hofesh Shechter at Sadler’s Wells
- Tree Of Codes by Wayne McGregor and The Paris Opera Ballet at Sadler’s Wells
- OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN DANCE
- Rocío Molina for pushing the boundary of flamenco in Fallen From Heaven (Caída Del Cielo) at Barbican Theatre
- Francesca Velicu for her performance in English National Ballet’s production of Pina Bausch’s Le Sacre Du Printemps at Sadler’s Wells – WINNER
- Zenaida Yanowsky for her performance in Liam Scarlett’s Symphonic Dances at Royal Opera House
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- BEST ENTERTAINMENT AND FAMILY
- David Walliams’ Gangsta Granny at Garrick Theatre
- Derren Brown: Underground at Playhouse Theatre
- Dick Whittington at London Palladium – WINNER
- Five Guys Named Moe at Marble Arch Theatre
- BEST THEATRE CHOREOGRAPHER
- Andy Blankenbuehler for Hamilton at Victoria Palace Theatre – WINNER
- Bill Deamer for Follies at National Theatre – Olivier
- Kate Prince for Everybody’s Talking About Jamie at Apollo Theatre
- Randy Skinner for 42nd Street at Theatre Royal Drury Lane
- Christopher Wheeldon for An American In Paris at Dominion Theatre
- MAGIC RADIO BEST MUSICAL REVIVAL
- 42nd Street at Theatre Royal Drury Lane
- Follies at National Theatre – Olivier On The Town at Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre – WINNER
- BEST ACTOR IN A MUSICAL
- Ciarán Hinds for Girl From The North Country at The Old Vic
- John McCrea for Everybody’s Talking About Jamie at Apollo Theatre
- Giles Terera for Hamilton at Victoria Palace Theatre – WINNER
- Jamael Westman for Hamilton at Victoria Palace Theatre
- BEST ACTRESS IN A MUSICAL
- Janie Dee for Follies at National Theatre – Olivier
- Shirley Henderson for Girl From The North Country at The Old Vic – WINNER
- Imelda Staunton for Follies at National Theatre – Olivier
- Josie Walker for Everybody’s Talking About Jamie at Apollo Theatre
- BEST REVIVAL
- Angels In America at National Theatre – Lyttelton – WINNER
- Hamlet at Almeida Theatre
- Who’s Afraid Of Virginia Woolf? at Harold Pinter Theatre
- Witness For The Prosecution at London County Hall
- BEST NEW COMEDY
- Dry Powder at Hampstead Theatre
- Labour Of Love at Noël Coward Theatre – WINNER
- Mischief Movie Night at Arts Theatre
- The Miser at Garrick Theatre
- OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN AFFILIATE THEATRE
- The B*easts at Bush Theatre
- Killology at Jerwood Theatre Upstairs at the Royal Court Theatre – WINNER
- The Red Lion at Trafalgar Studios 2
- The Revlon Girl at Park Theatre
- WHITE LIGHT AWARD FOR BEST LIGHTING DESIGN
- Howell Binkley for Hamilton at Victoria Palace Theatre – WINNER
- Paule Constable for Angels In America at National Theatre – Lyttelton
- Paule Constable for Follies at National Theatre – Olivier
- Jan Versweyveld for Network at National Theatre – Lyttelton
- BEST SOUND DESIGN
- Tom Gibbons for Hamlet at Almeida Theatre
- Gareth Owen for Bat Out Of Hell The Musical at London Coliseum
- Eric Sleichim for Network at National Theatre – Lyttelton
- Nevin Steinberg for Hamilton at Victoria Palace Theatre – WINNER
- BEST COSTUME DESIGN
- Hugh Durrant for Dick Whittington at London Palladium
- Roger Kirk for 42nd Street at Theatre Royal Drury Lane
- Vicki Mortimer for Follies at National Theatre – Olivier – WINNER
- Paul Tazewell for Hamilton at Victoria Palace Theatre
- BLUE-I THEATRE TECHNOLOGY AWARD FOR BEST SET DESIGN
- Bunny Christie for Ink at Almeida Theatre and Duke of York’s Theatre
- Bob Crowley and 59 Productions for An American In Paris at Dominion Theatre – WINNER
- Rob Howell for The Ferryman at Gielgud Theatre and Jerwood Theatre Downstairs at the Royal Court Theatre
- Vicki Mortimer for Follies at National Theatre – Olivier
- BEST ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
- Bertie Carvel for Ink at Almeida Theatre and Duke of York’s Theatre – WINNER
- John Hodgkinson for The Ferryman at Gielgud Theatre and Jerwood Theatre Downstairs at the Royal Court Theatre
- James McArdle for Angels In America at National Theatre – Lyttelton
- Peter Polycarpou for Oslo at Harold Pinter Theatre
- BEST ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
- Bríd Brennan forThe Ferryman at Gielgud Theatre and Jerwood Theatre Downstairs at the Royal Court Theatre
- Denise Gough for Angels In America at National Theatre – Lyttelton – WINNER
- Dearbhla Molloy for The Ferryman at Gielgud Theatre and Jerwood Theatre Downstairs at the Royal Court Theatre
- Imogen Poots for Who’s Afraid Of Virginia Woolf? at Harold Pinter Theatre
- BEST NEW OPERA PRODUCTION
- La Bohème at Trafalgar Studios 2
- The Exterminating Angel at Royal Opera House
- Semiramide at Royal Opera House – WINNER
- OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN OPERA
- Paul Brown for his set and costume designs for Iolanthe at London Coliseum
- Joyce DiDonato and Daniela Barcellona for their performances in Semiramide at Royal Opera House – WINNER
- Roderick Williams for his performance in The Royal Opera’s The Return Of Ulysses at the Roundhouse
- BEST ACTOR
- Paddy Considine for The Ferryman at Gielgud Theatre and Jerwood Theatre Downstairs at the Royal Court Theatre
- Bryan Cranston for Network at National Theatre – Lyttelton – WINNER
- Andrew Garfield for Angels In America at National Theatre – Lyttelton
- Andrew Scott for Hamlet at Almeida Theatre
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- BEST ACTRESS
- Laura Donnelly for The Ferryman at Gielgud Theatre and Jerwood Theatre Downstairs at the Royal Court Theatre – WINNER
- Lesley Manville for Long Day’s Journey Into Night at Wyndham’s Theatre
- Audra McDonald for Lady Day At Emerson’s Bar & Grill at Wyndham’s Theatre
- Imelda Staunton for Who’s Afraid Of Virginia Woolf? at Harold Pinter Theatre
- BEST DIRECTOR
- Dominic Cooke for Follies at National Theatre – Olivier
- Marianne Elliott for Angels In America at National Theatre – Lyttelton
- Rupert Goold for Ink at Almeida Theatre and Duke of York’s Theatre
- Thomas Kail for Hamilton at Victoria Palace Theatre
- Sam Mendes for The Ferryman at Gielgud Theatre and Jerwood Theatre Downstairs at the Royal Court Theatre – WINNER
- AMERICAN AIRLINES BEST NEW PLAY
- The Ferryman at Gielgud Theatre and Jerwood Theatre Downstairs at the Royal Court Theatre – WINNER
- Ink at Almeida Theatre and Duke of York’s Theatre
- Network at National Theatre – Lyttelton
- Oslo at Harold Pinter Theatre
- MASTERCARD BEST NEW MUSICAL
- An American In Paris at Dominion Theatre
- Everybody’s Talking About Jamie at Apollo Theatre
- Girl From The North Country at The Old Vic
- Hamilton at Victoria Palace Theatre – WINNER
- Young Frankenstein at Garrick Theatre
Who hosted the 2018 Olivier Awards?
Catherine Tate hosted this year’s Olivier Awards.
Catherine, 49, was born Catherine Ford on May 12, 1968 and is an English comedian, actress, and writer.
She has won numerous awards for her work on the sketch comedy series The Catherine Tate Show – which saw her become famous as Lauren the teenager with the catchphrase “Am I bothered?”.
Catherine is also well known for playing the Doctor’s assistant in Doctor Who from 2006 to 2010.