Download olivier awards 2014 with mastercard winners announced

PRESS EMBARGO: Sunday 13 April 2014 21:30 BST
OLIVIER AWARDS 2014 WITH MASTERCARD
WINNERS ANNOUNCED
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The Almeida Theatre is the big winner on the night as West End transfers Chimerica
and Ghosts scoop eight Awards for the Islington theatre
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Lucy Kirkwood’s Chimerica has most wins for a single production with five Awards
including American Airlines Best New Play and Best Director for Lyndsey Turner
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Lesley Manville is named Best Actress for her role in Ghosts, which also wins Best
Revival and Best Actor in a Supporting Role for Jack Lowden
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The Book Of Mormon dominates the musical categories winning four Awards
including MasterCard Best New Musical and Best Actor in a Musical for Gavin Creel
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The National Theatre is prominent with Rory Kinnear named Best Actor for his
performance as Iago in Othello, Sharon D Clarke winning Best Actress in a
Supporting Role for The Amen Corner and Sir Nicholas Hytner and Nick Starr jointly
receiving a Special Award for outstanding achievement
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Legendary theatre impresario Michael White also receives a Special Award from
supermodel Kate Moss and Nigel Planer
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Les Misérables wins BBC Radio 2 Audience Award voted by the public
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The ceremony features fourteen live performances including ABBA's Benny
Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus reuniting as part of a rousing show finale to celebrate
15 years of the hit show MAMMA MIA!
The winners of the 38th Olivier Awards with MasterCard, the most prestigious event in the UK
theatrical calendar, were announced tonight (Sunday 13 April 2014) in front of a packed
audience at a glamorous ceremony at London’s Royal Opera House hosted by Stephen Mangan
and Gemma Arterton. The full list is available below and online at www.olivierawards.com.
The ceremony featured a showstopping finale from ABBA's Benny Andersson and Björn
Ulvaeus to celebrate 15 years of the hit show MAMMA MIA!, as well as special performances
from Broadway star and two-time Tony Award©-winning actress Bernadette Peters and
international opera sensation Joseph Calleja, and live performances from all the nominated
productions in both the MasterCard Best New Musical and BBC Radio 2 Audience Award
categories.
Lucy Kirkwood’s Chimerica, which enjoyed sell out runs at the Almeida Theatre and Harold
Pinter Theatre, was the evening’s biggest winner with five Awards including American
Airlines Best New Play, Best Director for Lyndsey Turner and the XL Video Award for Best
Set Design for Es Devlin.
Chimerica’s Tim Lutkin and Finn Ross also shared the White Light Award for Best Lighting
Design with Paul Pyant and Jon Driscoll for Charlie And The Chocolate Factory, and Carolyn
Downing jointly won Best Sound for Chimerica with Gareth Owen for Merrily We Roll Along.
Lesley Manville was crowned Best Actress for her performance in Ghosts, another Almeida
Theatre transfer, this time to Trafalgar Studios, which also won Best Revival and Best Actor in
a Supporting Role for Jack Lowden.
Rory Kinnear won Best Actor for his portrayal of Iago in Othello and Sharon D Clarke was
named Best Actress in a Supporting Role for The Amen Corner, both National Theatre
productions.
The Book Of Mormon dominated the musical categories winning four Awards including
MasterCard Best New Musical, Best Actor in a Musical for Gavin Creel, Best Performance in
a Supporting Role in a Musical for Stephen Ashfield and Best Theatre Choreographer for
Casey Nicholaw.
Zrinka Cvitešić won Best Actress in a Musical for Once at the Phoenix Theatre, which was
also awarded the Autograph Sound Award for Outstanding Achievement in Music won by
Martin Lowe for composition and arrangements and Glenn Hansard and Markéta Irglová
for music and lyrics.
Merrily We Roll Along was named Best Musical Revival for its critically acclaimed run at the
Harold Pinter Theatre, Jeeves & Wooster In Perfect Nonsense at the Duke of York’s Theatre
was awarded Best New Comedy and the Royal Opera House’s first West End transfer The
Wind In The Willows at the Duchess Theatre won Best Entertainment and Family.
Mark Thompson was awarded Best Costume Design for Charlie And The Chocolate Factory
at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane and Outstanding Achievement in an Affiliate Theatre was
presented to Handbagged at the Tricycle Theatre, which has now begun a West End run.
In the dance categories, Best New Dance Production was won by Eastman - Sidi Larbi
Cherkaoui & Sadler’s Wells for Puz/zle at Sadler’s Wells and Oustanding Achievement in
Dance went to Michael Hulls for his body of lighting work including Ballet Boyz – The Talent
also at Sadler’s Wells.
In the opera section, Les Vêpres Siciliennes at the Royal Opera House was named Best New
Opera Production and Outstanding Achievement in Opera was won by English Touring
Opera for its brave and challenging touring productions at the Linbury Studio Theatre, Royal
Opera House.
This year’s Special Award winners for outstanding achievement were legendary theatre
impresario Michael White, who was presented his Award by Kate Moss and Nigel Planer, and
the National Theatre’s Sir Nicholas Hytner and Nick Starr, who received their joint Award
from James Corden and Rory Kinnear in recognition of their decade in charge of the Southbank
venue.
The publicly voted BBC Radio 2 Audience Award was presented to Les Misérables for a
second time.
On the night the live BBC Concert Orchestra was conducted by David Charles Abell, with
orchestrations and original music by Larry Blank, and further orchestrations by Mark
Cumberland.
The evening’s show also included a live link to a free public Olivier Awards celebration on the
ITV stage in Covent Garden Piazza hosted by Mylene Klass and West End leading man
Michael Xavier where hundreds of theatre-lovers enjoyed West End performances and a live
big screen relay of the ceremony.
The Awards are broadcast via extensive highlights on ITV1 from 22:15 and then available on
ITV Player. The Olivier Awards 2014 voiceover is by Julie Walters.
To keep up with the latest Olivier Awards news and engage with the Awards online visit
Facebook.com/olivierawards, Twitter and Instagram @OlivierAwards #oliviers.
FULL WINNERS LIST FOR THE OLIVIER AWARDS 2014 WITH MASTERCARD
BEST ACTOR
Rory Kinnear for Othello at the National Theatre, Olivier
BEST ACTRESS
Lesley Manville for Ghosts at the Almeida Theatre & Trafalgar Studios
BEST ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Jack Lowden for Ghosts at the Almeida Theatre & Trafalgar Studios
BEST ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Sharon D Clarke for The Amen Corner at the National Theatre, Olivier
AMERICAN AIRLINES BEST NEW PLAY
Chimerica at the Almeida Theatre & Harold Pinter Theatre
BEST NEW COMEDY
Jeeves & Wooster In Perfect Nonsense at the Duke of York’s Theatre
BEST DIRECTOR
Lyndsey Turner for Chimerica at the Almeida Theatre & Harold Pinter Theatre
BEST ACTOR IN A MUSICAL
Gavin Creel for The Book Of Mormon at the Prince of Wales Theatre
BEST ACTRESS IN A MUSICAL
Zrinka Cvitešić for Once at the Phoenix Theatre
BEST PERFORMANCE IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A MUSICAL
Stephen Ashfield for The Book Of Mormon at the Prince of Wales Theatre
MASTERCARD BEST NEW MUSICAL
The Book Of Mormon at the Prince of Wales Theatre
BEST REVIVAL
Ghosts at the Almeida Theatre & Trafalgar Studios
BEST MUSICAL REVIVAL
Merrily We Roll Along at the Harold Pinter Theatre
BEST THEATRE CHOREOGRAPHER
Casey Nicholaw for The Book Of Mormon at the Prince of Wales Theatre
BEST ENTERTAINMENT AND FAMILY
The Wind In The Willows at the Duchess Theatre
AUTOGRAPH SOUND AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN MUSIC
Once – Martin Lowe for composition & arrangements, Glen Hansard and Markéta Irglová for
music and lyrics
WHITE LIGHT AWARD FOR BEST LIGHTING DESIGN
Tim Lutkin & Finn Ross for Chimerica at the Almeida Theatre & Harold Pinter Theatre
Paul Pyant and Jon Driscoll for Charlie And The Chocolate Factory at Theatre Royal Drury Lane
BEST SOUND DESIGN
Carolyn Downing for Chimerica at the Almeida Theatre & Harold Pinter Theatre
Gareth Owen for Merrily We Roll Along at the Harold Pinter Theatre
BEST COSTUME DESIGN
Mark Thompson for Charlie And The Chocolate Factory at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane
XL VIDEO AWARD FOR BEST SET DESIGN
Es Devlin for Chimerica at the Almeida Theatre & Harold Pinter Theatre
OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN AN AFFILIATE THEATRE
Handbagged at the Tricycle Theatre
BEST NEW DANCE PRODUCTION
Eastman - Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui & Sadler’s Wells for Puz/zle at Sadler’s Wells
OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN DANCE
Michael Hulls for his body of lighting work including Ballet Boyz – The Talent at Sadler’s Wells
BEST NEW OPERA PRODUCTION
Les Vêpres Siciliennes at the Royal Opera House
OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN OPERA
English Touring Opera for its brave and challenging touring productions at the Linbury
Studio Theatre, Royal Opera House
BBC RADIO 2 AUDIENCE AWARD
Les Misérables at the Queen’s Theatre
-ENDSNotes to Editors:
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