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Mar 14, 2011 · Roger Allam won best actor for his performance as Falstaff in Shakespeare’s Globe’s production of Henry IV Parts 1 & 2, beating stiff competition from Rory Kinnear, Derek Jacobi, David Suchet and Mark Rylance. The Olivier Awards were held at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane.
The most Olivier Awards ever received in the history of the ceremony were given to the play Harry Potter and the Cursed Child in 2017, when it won nine awards including Best New Play.
Apr 15, 2012 · The youngest ever winners of an Olivier Award were just 10 years old! Eleanor Worthington Cox and Cleo Demetriou won for their shared role as Matilda in Matilda The Musical, alongside Sophia...
- They Weren’T Always Known as The Olivier Awards
- The Blue Period
- The Bronze Age
- An Award by Any Other Name
- Location, Location, Location
- Start ‘Em Young
- Sometimes One Just Isn’T Enough
- Judi Is The One to Beat
- The Boy Who Lived Wins Again
- Where There’S A Will…
When they first launched in 1976, the awards were named after the company that started them. For the first eight years, they were called the Society of West End Theatre Awards. Now, even the organisation has changed its name and is known as Society of London Theatre (SOLT).
The awards used to have a playful nickname – the Urnies. The name came from the physical award winners were given – a specially commissioned blue Wedgewood urn.
The Olivier Awards Statuette (Photo: David Levene) Eventually, the blue urns were replaced by the bronze statuettes we know and love today. They depict a young Laurence Olivier as Henry V at the Old Vc in 1937 and weigh a hefty 1.6kg.
Lord Laurence Olivier won the Society’s Special Award in celebration of his contributions to London theatre in 1979. But it wasn’t until 1984 that the hugely acclaimed actor and director agreed to be the namesake of the awards.
Though the first ever ceremony was held at the Cafe Royal, the venue most closely associate with the Awards is Grosvenor House Hotel. The hotel has hosted the after-show reception nine times and the ceremony itself four times.
The Matildas at the Olivier Awards 2012 with Mastercard (Photo: Alastair Muir) Thus far, the youngest winners are the quartet of young actresses who led the cast of Matilda The Musical. Eleanor Worthington Cox, Cleo Demetriou (both 10), Sophia Kiely and Kerry Ingram (both 12) shared the Best Actress in a Musical Award in 2012.
Among those who have had to dust off their acceptance speech for two consecutive years in a row include: director Stephen Daldry who won Best Director awards in 1993 and 1994, Sheridan Smith who won awards for Best Actress in a Musical (Legally Blonde) in 2011 and Best Performance in a Supporting Role (Flare Path) in 2012, and choreographers Dein P...
We have seen some multi-talented performers win in both dramatic and musical categories including Simon Russell Beale, Jonathan Pryce, and Imelda Staunton. However, Dame Judi Dench not only won in both categories, but in 1996 she won Best Actress for Absolute Hell and Best Actress in a Musical for A Little Night Music. With eight Olivier wins so fa...
Jamie Parker (who portrayed Harry Potter) accepts the Best Actor Award at the Olivier Awards 2017 with Mastercard ceremony (Photo: Getty Images) Though Judi may hold the record for the most awards won by an individual, Harry Potter And The Cursed Child holds the coveted title for most awards won at one Oliviers Ceremony. In 2017, the magical show w...
If Shakespeare was alive today, he would have seen his plays receive a total of 66 awards (as of 2017) across performances and creative categories – and we’re sure that number will increase over time.
The Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor in a Play is an annual award presented by the Society of London Theatre in recognition of achievements in commercial London theatre.
For his work in films, Olivier received four Academy Awards: an honorary award for Henry V (1947), a Best Actor award and one as producer for Hamlet (1948), and a second honorary award in 1979 to recognise his lifetime of contribution to the art of film.
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