Cabaret and Life of Pi dominate Olivier Awards 2022

Cabaret and Life of Pi were the big winners on the biggest night in Theatreland – the Olivier Awards.

The Royal Albert Hall last night hosted the star-studded annual event, which culminated in a special musical tribute to legendary theatre composer and lyricist Stephen Sondheim, who died last year aged 91.

Check out the full list of winners here:

Pride And Prejudice* (*sort of)

Best Entertainment or Comedy Play: Pride and Predjudice* (*sort of), Criterion Theatre

Best New Dance Production: Revisor, by Crystal Pite and Jonathon Young/Kidd Pivot, Sadler’s Wells

Outstanding Achievement in Dance: Arielle Smith, for her choreography of Jolly Folly in Reunion by English National Ballet, Sadler’s Wells

Best Director: Rebecca Frecknall, Cabaret, The Kit Kat Club at the Playhouse Theatre

Best Family Show: Wolf Witch Giant Fairy, Royal Opera House – Linbury Theatre

Best Set Design: Tim Hatley for design and Nick Barnes & Finn Hadley for puppets, Life of Pi, Wyndham’s Theatre

Best Costume Design: Catherine Zuber, Moulin Rouge! The Musical, Piccadilly Theatre

Constellations

Best Revival: Constellations, Donmar Warehouse at Vaudeville Theatre

Best Actor in a Supporting Role: The actors who play the Tiger, Fred Davis, Daisy Franks, Romina Hytten, Tom Larkin, Habib Nasib Nader, Tom Stacy and Scarlet Wilderink, Life of Pi, Wyndham’s Theatre

Best Actress in a Supporting Role: Liz Carr, The Normal Heart, National Theatre – Olivier

Best Actress: Sheila Atim, Constellations, Donmar Warehouse at Vaudeville Theatre

Best Actor: Hiban Abeysekera, Life of Pi, Wyndham’s Theatre

Life of Pi

Best New Play: Life of Pi, Wyndham’s Theatre

Outstanding Achievement in Affiliate Theatre: Old Bridge, Bush Theatre

Best New Opera Production: Jenufa, by Royal Opera, Royal Opera House

Outstanding Achievement in Opera: Peter Whelan and the Irish Baroque Orchestra, for Bajazet Irish National Opera and Royal Opera, Royal Opera House – Linbury Theatre

Best Lighting Design: Tim Lutkin and Andrzej Goulding, Life of Pi, Wyndham’s Theatre

Best Sound Design: Nick Lidster, Cabaret, The Kit Kat Club at the Playhouse Theatre

Best Original Score or New Orchestrations: Get Up Stand Up! The Bob Marley Musical, Orchestrator: Simon Hale, Lyric Theatre

Best Theatre Choreographer: Kathleen Marshall, Anything Goes, Barbican Theatre

Cabaret

Best Musical Revival: Cabaret, The Kit Kat Club at the Playhouse Theatre

Best Actor in a Supporting Role in a Musical: Elliot Levey, Cabaret, The Kit Kat Club at the Playhouse Theatre

Best Actress in a Supporting Role in a Musical: Liza Sadovy, Cabaret, The Kit Kat Club at the Playhouse Theatre

Best Actress in a Musical: Jessie Buckley, Cabaret, The Kit Kat Club at the Playhouse Theatre

Best Actor in a Musical: Eddie Redmayne, Cabaret, The Kit Kat Club at the Playhouse Theatre

Back to the Future – The Musical

Best New Musical: Back to the Future – The Musical, Adelphi Theatre