The ceremony also paid tribute to those within the industry who have died in the past two years, including actors Christopher Plummer, Dame Barbara Windsor, Paul Ritter, Geoffrey Palmer, Sir Antony Sher, Una Stubbs, Des O'Connor and composer Stephen Sondheim. There were live performances throughout the night from the casts of shows including Moulin Rouge, Back To The Future, Drifters Girl, Frozen, Life of Pi, Anything Goes and Get Up Stand Up. 'This play is about facing adversity together, and we all did that.' 'I'm so proud to be part of the theatre community, I'm so proud of all you guys for still being here,' she said. Sheila Atim won best actress for her performance in a revival of Constellations, a production which saw four different two-person casts alternating throughout its run. To all the nominees, congratulations, it's been a hell of a year.' 'This has been eight years of development. 'Oh my goodness, I was not expecting this,' said producer Colin Ingram as he accepted the prize. The DeLorean from Back to the Future was seen outside the Royal Albert Hall ahead of the musical's winsīack To The Future was named best new musical - one of the night's most competitive categories. Rebecca Frecknall was also named best director, and she dedicated the prize to her late father, who she explained had played Emcee as a student in 1975. Thank you for welcoming me in all those years ago. It was the thing that got my passion for theatre really fuelled.'īuckley, who played Sally Bowles, said in her acceptance speech: 'It's such a huge privilege to be part of this community which I consider my family. 'This was the part that I played when I was a kid in school. The production scooped seven of the 11 prizes it was nominated for, including all four of the musical acting prizes for Redmayne, Buckley, Elliot Levey and Liza Sadovy.Īccepting his prize for his performance as the famous Emcee in the show, Redmayne said: 'This is the dream. Hiran Abeysekera said he was 'overwhelemed' to be named best actor for Life of PiĬabaret's success at the first Olivier ceremony since 2020 follows a critically-acclaimed sell-out run for the show which saw London's Playhouse Theatre transformed into the Kit Kat Club.

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