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PRESS EMBARGO: Sunday 13 April 2014 21:30 BST OLIVIER AWARDS 2014 WITH MASTERCARD WINNERS ANNOUNCED • The Almeida Theatre is the big winner on the night as West End transfers Chimerica and Ghosts scoop eight Awards for the Islington theatre • 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 • 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 • 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 • 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 • Legendary theatre impresario Michael White also receives a Special Award from supermodel Kate Moss and Nigel Planer • Les Misérables wins BBC Radio 2 Audience Award voted by the public • 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: Established in 1976, the Olivier Awards celebrate the world-class status of London theatre and are Britain's most prestigious stage honours. For further information, including 2013 winners, visit www.olivierawards.com. MasterCard (NYSE: MA), www.mastercard.com, is a global payments and technology company. It operates the world's fastest payments processing network, connecting consumers, financial institutions, merchants, governments and businesses in more than 210 countries and territories. MasterCard’s products and solutions make everyday commerce activities – such as shopping, traveling, running a business and managing finances – easier, more secure and more efficient for everyone. Follow on Twitter @MasterCardNews, join the discussion on the Cashless Conservations Blog and subscribe for the latest news. The Society of London Theatre welcomes the following partners for the Olivier Awards 2014 with MasterCard (as at 21 March 2014): MasterCard, headline sponsor Rosewood London, hotel partner American Airlines, airline partner MAC cosmetics, make-up partner Laurent Perrier, champagne partner Chester Barrie, menswear partner Audi, car partner Exterion Media, advertising partner Fenwick of Bond Street, fashion partner Acting for Others, official charity With additional support from Bumble & Bumble, Divine Chocolate, Harpers, Hildon and Newmans Displays Ltd. The Society of London Theatre (SOLT) is the association which represents the producers, theatre owners and managers of the 64 major commercial and grant-assisted theatres in central London. The organisation exists in order to promote theatregoing, develop audiences, and to serve, protect and promote the interests of those engaged in theatre across London, through activities including The Olivier Awards with MasterCard, the TKTS ticket booth, the Official London Theatre guide, Theatre Tokens and the annual promotions Kids Week and Get Into London Theatre.