Olivier Awards 2022: Cabaret nabs SEVEN gongs and leads the winners at this year’s ceremony
Olivier Awards 2022: Eddie Redmayne and Jessie Buckley are on cloud nine after their musical Cabaret nabs SEVEN gongs and leads the winners at this year’s ceremony
The revival of the hit show, which transformed the West End’s Playhouse Theatre into the Kit Kat Club, picked up seven of the 11 prizes it was nominated for It was named Best Musical revival while Eddie won Best Actor in a Musical for his portrayal of Emcee, the flamboyant master of ceremonies Jessie won Best Actress in a Musical for her turn as Sally Bowles Liza Sadovy won Best Supporting Actress in a musical for her role in the show while Elliot Levey won Best Supporting Actor in a musical Rebecca Frecknall was named Best Director for her helming of the production, which also won the best sound gongLife Of Pi, based on Yann Martel’s Booker Prize-winning novel of the same name, picked up five prizes at the ceremony, including Best New Play
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West End musical Cabaret proved to be the hot ticket at the Olivier Awards as the show scooped seven gongs, including plaudits for stars Eddie Redmayne and Jessie Buckley.
The revival of the hit show, which transformed the West End’s Playhouse Theatre into the Kit Kat Club, picked up seven of the 11 prizes it was nominated for.
It was named Best Musical revival while Eddie won Best Actor in a Musical for his portrayal of Emcee, the flamboyant master of ceremonies, and Jessie won Best Actress in a Musical for her turn as Sally Bowles.
Success: West End musical Cabaret proved to be the hot ticket at the Olivier Awards as the show scooped seven gongs, including plaudits for stars Eddie Redmayne and Jessie Buckley
The pair grinned from ear to ear after their wins as they proudly hoisted their awards for the cameras.
Liza Sadovy won Best Supporting Actress in a musical for her role in the show while Elliot Levey won Best Supporting Actor in a musical.
Rebecca Frecknall was named Best Director for her helming of the production, which also won the best sound gong.
Life Of Pi, based on Yann Martel’s Booker Prize-winning novel of the same name, picked up five prizes at the ceremony, including Best New Play.
Winners: Jessie took home the award for best actress in a musical while Eddie won for best actor in a musical
We did it: Eddie and Jessie couldn’t contain their emotions as they picked up gongs
Hug: The stars shared a hug as they celebrated on the glittering night
Success: Eddie and Jessie were both lauded for their performances in the musical
Star Hiran Abeysekera was named Best Actor while the seven actors who play the Tiger shared the Best Supporting Actor prize.
Sheila Atim was named Best Actress for Constellations, beating out both Lily Allen and Emma Corrin who are also up for the award.
Constellations which was named Best Revival, while Back To The Future won the Best New Musical Prize.
Liz Carr won the Best Supporting Actress prize for her role in A Normal Heart while Pride And Prejudice (Sort Of) was named Best Entertainment or Comedy Play.
Award: Sheila Atim was named best actress for Constellations, beating out both Lily Allen and Emma Corrin who are also up for the award
Congratulations: Life Of Pi star Hiran Abeysekera was named best actor (pictured with presenter Anne-Marie Duff)
Radiant: Sheila cut a glamorous figure as she posed for snaps backstage with Felicity Kendal following her win
Style: The actress wore a pink gown with a matching jacket and silver earrings for the ceremony
The prizes were handed out in a star-studded ceremony at the Royal Albert Hall.
Eddie previously spoke about joining the cast of Cabaret, telling British Vogue: ‘If I don’t do it, then perhaps I’ll just live with regret’.
Speaking about how the new version is different from the original, he said: ‘The only point in us doing it would be if we could do something different from those other productions, something new.’
