| Performance Title | The Olivier Awards with Mastercard 2018 |
| Performance Date | 8 April 2018 |
| Performance Day | Sunday |
| Performance Time | 18:06 |
| Main Performers | Sir Andrew Lloyd-Webber,
Sergei Polunin,
Joe McFadden,
Alexandra Burke,
Beverley Knight,
Juliet Stevenson,
Michael Sheen,
John Benjamin Hickey,
Indira Varma,
Alfred Enoch,
Sharon D Clarke,
Anne-Marie Duff,
Hannah Arterton,
Ophelia Lovibond,
Cuba Gooding Jr,
Patti LuPone,
Mel Giedroyc,
Pearl Mackie,
Moya Angela, Marisha Wallace, Karen May (Dreamgirls),
Ronan Keating,
Harriet Scott,
Tom Fletcher,
Alfred Molina - award presenters
Dan Gillespie Sells - speaker
John McCrea,
Tracie Bennett,
Clare Halse,
Ashley Day - vocal, dancers
Lesley Joseph,
Sheila Atim,
Lee Mead,
Joe McElderry,
Danielle Hope,
Preeya Kalidas
Jason Donovan,
Linzi Hateley
Andy Karl,
Chita Rivera,
Adam J Bernard - vocal
Cast of 42nd Street,
Cast of Follies,
Cast of Hamilton,
Cast of Everybody's Talking About Jamie,
Cast of Girl from the North Country,
Cast of Young Frankenstein |
| Secondary Performers | Dancers from Chicago |
| Orchestra or Band | Orchestra |
| Choirs | Arts Educational Choir |
| Set List | Setlist as televised:
'Alexander Hamilton' from Hamilton (Cast of Hamilton),
Welcome (Catherine Tate),
Best Entertainment and Family Award - Dick Whittington,
Best New Play Award - The Ferryman,
'Puttin' On the Ritz' from Young Frankenstein (Lesley Jospeh, Cast of Young Frankenstein)
Best Actor Award - Bryan Cranston, Network,
Best Actress Award - Laura Donnelly, The Ferryman,
'I'm Still Here' from Follies (Tracie Bennett, Cast of Follies)
'42nd Street' from 42nd Street (Clare Halse, Ashley Day, Cast of 42nd Street),
Best Director Award - Sam Mendes, The Ferryman,
Magic Radio Best Musical Revival Award - Follies
'And You Don't Even Know It' from Everybody's Talking About Jamie (John McCrea, Cast of Talking About Jamie),
Best Revival Award - Angels in America,
Best Actor in a Supporting Role in a Musical Award - Michael Jibson, Hamilton,
Best Actress in a Supporting Role in a Musical Award - Sheila Atim, Girl from the North Country
INTERVAL
In Memoriam Introduction (Michael Sheen)
In Memoriam - 'Somewhere' from West Side Story, L Bernstein, S Sondheim (Chita Rivera, Andy Karl, Adam J Bernard, Arts Educational Choir (women only)),
Best Actress in a Musical Award - Shirley Henderson, Girl from the North Country,
'Tight Connection To My Heart' from Girl from the North Country (Sheila Atim, Cast of North Country Girl),
Best New Comedy Award - Labour of Love,
Best New Dance Production Award - Flight Pattern,
Outstanding Achievement in Dance Award - Francesca Velicu, Le Sacre du Printemps,
Best Costume Design Award - Vicki Mortimer, Follies,
The Delta Live Best Sound Design Award - Nevin Steinberg, Hamilton,
Best Actress in a Supporting Role Award - Denise Gough for Angels in America,
Best Actor in a Supporting Role Award - Bertie Carvel, Ink,
INTERVAL
Best Actor in a Musical Award - Giles Terera, Hamilton,
Mastercard Best New Musical Award - Hamilton,
Olivier Special Award - David Lan,
Thank you and Goodnight (Catherine Tate)
Finale - 50 Years of Joseph and the Technicolour Dreamcoat - 'Prologue' and 'Any Dream Will Do' from Joseph and the Technicolour Dreamcoat (with confetti drop) (Jason Donovan, Lee Mead, Joe McElderry, Linzi Hateley, Danielle Hope, Preeya Kalidas, Arts Education Choir)
Outstanding Achievement in Affiliate Theatre Award - Killology,
Blue-I Theatre Technology Best Set Design Award - Bob Crowley, An American in Paris,
White Light Best Lighting Design Award - Howell Binkley, Hamilton,
Best New Opera Production Award - Semiramide,
Outstanding Achievement in Opera Award - Joyce DiDonato and Daniela Barcellona, Sermiramide
Additional Awards (not televised):
Outstanding Achievement in Music Award - Hamilton,
Best Theatre Choreographer Award - Andy Blankenbuehler, Hamilton |
| Performance Notes | British theatres most sought-after awards have been a mark of theatrical greatness since they were inaugurated in 1976 as the Society of West End Theatre Awards. The society is now known as Society of London Theatre (SOLT) and its glittering awards are now the Olivier Awards in honour of a theatrical legend.
Be inspired by theatres biggest night as the Olivier Awards with Mastercard returns to the Royal Albert Hall in 2018! The Oliviers are a mark of theatrical greatness with live performances from the West Ends biggest shows, famous faces, and extraordinary talent; this is a night you wont want to miss.
Tickets for the Olivier Awards 2018 with Mastercard are available to Mastercard cardholders only.
West End musical Hamilton had 13 nominations in total, the most a production has ever received in the ceremonys history.
The red carpet arrivals were screened live on Facebook from 16:00 with interviews hosted by Anita Rani. The event was broadcast live on Magic Radio at 18:00 and later in the evening on ITV television at 22:20.
A red carpet was laid on the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Steps with Press pen for red carpet arrivals.
Guests at the event included: Kara Tointon (actress), Imogen Poots (actress), Lesley Manville (actress), Christine Allado (actress), Summer Strallen (actress), Michelle Collins (actress), Tracie Bennett (actress), Ronnie Wood (musician) and Sally Humphreys (actress), Brian May (musician) and Anita Dobson (actress), Carrie Hope Fletcher (actress), Bertie Carvel (actor), Laura Wade (playwright), Derren Brown (illusionist), Gary Lineker (presenter), Jamie Campbell (drag queen), Imelda Staunton (actress) and Jim Carter (actor), Bessie Carter (actress), Cassidy Janson (singer, actress), Francesca Velicu (dancer), Bryan Cranston (actor), Laura Donnelly (actress), Meera Syal (actress, writer), Marianne Elliott (director), Shirley Henderson (actress), Nevin Steinberg (sound designer), Marcelino Sambe (dancer), Kristen McNally (dancer, choreographer), Daniela Barcellona (singer), Jez Butterworth (playwright), Marchu Girma (campaigner), Natalia Osipova (dancer), Leanne Cope (dancer, actress), Marai Larasi (campaigner), David Lan (playwright), Jeffrey Dean Morgan (actor), Andrew Scott (actor), Clarke Peters (actor), Caroline O'Connor (actress), Andrea Simon (director), Kim Maresca (actress, model), Janie Dee (actress, singer), Tanya Ronder (actress), Rufus Norris (director), Jennifer Joseph (actress), Marianne Elliott (director), Isaac Hernandez (dancer), Tamara Rojo (artistic director), Erik Woolhouse (dancer), Jessica Swale, Arinze Kene (playwright), Andy Blankenbuehler (dancer, choreographer), Aisling Bea (comedian, actress), Chita Rivera (actress, dancer, singer), Arlene Phillips (choreographer, presenter), Adrienne Warren (actress, singer, dancer), Layton Williams (actor), Sam Mendes (director), Gary Owen (actor), Rachel O'Riordan (director), Joshua Kane (menswear designer), Laura Pradelska (actress), Stephen Tompkinson (actor), Madelaine Brennan (actress), Peter Polycarpou (actor), Ollie Proudlock (reality TV personality), Patrick Myles (actor), Amy Noble (actress), Mina Anwar (actress), Joshua Andrews (producer), Alfie Oldman (actor), Eileen Walsh (actress), Helene Patarot (actress), Ciaran Hinds (actor), Justine Simons (Deputy Mayor for Culture and the Creative Industries), Joe Murphy (director), Sonia Friedman (producer), Robin Dearden (actress), Sir Matthew Bourne (choreographer), Lucy Moss (actress), Toby Marlow (actor), Drew McOnie (choreographer), Dominic Cooke (director), Alex Lacamoire (musical director), Nina Sosanya (actress).
Several of the guests wore TimesUp pin badges.
An apology was later issued by The Oliviers for the oversight of having left our Sir Peter Hall during the In Memoriam section of the event.
An aftershow party was held at the Natural History Museum. |
| Related Archival Material | Programme (RAHE/1/2018/14A),
Digital Photographs |
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