Nominations are out for the 2022 Olivier Awards, to be held April 10 at London's Royal Albert Hall. The Oliviers are the highest honors for West End theatre.
With 11 nominations, the revival of Cabaret leads the pack, with star Eddie Redmayne getting a nod for his performance as the Emcee and the production amongst Best Musical Revival nominations. The production is nominated for its costume and scenic design (both Tom Scutt), sound design (Nick Lidster), choreography (Julia Cheng), and lighting (Isabella Byrd). Also nominated from the production's cast are Liza Sadovy and Elliot Levey in the supporting categories, and Jessie Buckley in the leading category. Read the production's reviews here.
Two-time Tony winner Sutton Foster will get a chance to add "Olivier winner" to her list of accolades, with a nomination for Best Actress in a Musical for her performance as Reno Sweeney in Anything Goes. Foster reprised her Tony-winning performance in the production last summer. A live-on-stage film of the revival will debut on PBS later this year. The production also picked up nominations for its costume design (Jon Morrell), orchestrations (Bill Elliott, David Chase, and Rob Fisher), and direction and choreography (both Kathleen Marshall), along with performers Carly Mercedes Dyer and Gary Wilmot in the musical supporting categories and Robert Lindsay, for Best Actor in a Musical. Read the production's reviews here.
Nominated for Best Musical are Broadway favorites Frozen and Moulin Rouge!, along with Back to the Future, The Drifters Girl, and Get Up, Stand Up! The Bob Marley Musical.
Take a look at the full list of nominations:
Best Actor in a Supporting Role
7 actors who play the Tiger, for Life of Pi
Dino Fetscher, for The Normal Heart
Nathaniel Parker, for The Mirror and the Light
Danny Lee Wynter, for The Normal Heart
Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Tori Burgess, for Pride and Prejudice* (*Sort Of)
Liz Carr, for The Normal Heart
Christina Gordon, for Pride and Prejudice* (*Sort Of)
Akiya Henry, for The Tragedy of Macbeth
Best Actress
Lily Allen, for 2:22 A Ghost Story
Sheila Atim, for Constellations
Emma Corrin, for Anna X
Cush Jumbo, for Hamlet
Best Actor
Hiran Abeysekera, for Life of Pi
Ben Daniels, for The Normal Heart
Omari Douglas, for Constellations
Charles Edwards, for Best of Enemies
Best Actress in a Supporting Role in a Musical
Gabrielle Brooks, for Get Up, Stand Up! The Bob Marley Musical
Victoria Hamilton-Barritt, for Cinderella
Carly Mercedes Dyer, for Anything Goes
Liza Sadovy, for Cabaret
Best Actor in a Supporting Role in a Musical
Clive Carter, for Moulin Rouge! The Musical
Hugh Coles, for Back to the Future the Musical
Elliot Levey, for Cabaret
Gary Wilmot, for Anything Goes
Best Actor in a Musical
Olly Dobson, for Back to the Future the Musical
Arinzé Kene, for Get Up, Stand Up! The Bob Marley Musical
Robert Lindsay, for Anything Goes
Eddie Redmayne, for Cabaret
Best Actress in a Musical
Jessie Buckley, for Cabaret
Sutton Foster, for Anything Goes
Beverley Knight, for The Drifters Girl
Stephanie McKeon, for Frozen
Best Costume Design
Jon Morrell, for Anything Goes
Christopher Oram, for Frozen
Tom Scutt, for Cabaret
Catherine Zuber, for Moulin Rouge! The Musical
Best Sound Design
Ian Dickinson, for 2:22 A Ghost Story
Carolyn Downing, for Life of Pi
Nick Lidster, for Cabaret
Gareth Owen, for Back to the Future the Musical
Best Original Score or New Orchestrations
Bill Elliott, David Chase and Rob Fisher (Orchestrations), for Anything Goes
Alan Silvestri and Glen Ballard (Score), and Ethan Popp and Bryan Crook (Orchestrations) for Back to the Future the Musical
Simon Hale (Orchestrations), for Get Up, Stand Up! The Bob Marley Musical
Andrew T Mackay (Score), for Life of Pi
Best Theatre Choreographer
Finn Caldwell, for Life of Pi
Julia Cheng, for Cabaret
Kathleen Marshall, for Anything Goes
Sonya Tayeh, for Moulin Rouge! The Musical
Best Set Design
Tim Hatley (Design) and Nick Barnes and Finn Caldwell (Puppets), for Life of Pi
Tim Hatley (Design) and Finn Ross (Video Design), for Back to the Future the Musical
Derek McLane, for Moulin Rouge! The Musical
Tom Scutt, for Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club
Best Lighting Design
Neil Austin, for Frozen
Isabella Byrd, for Cabaret
Tim Lutkin, for Back to the Future the Musical
Tim Lutkin and Andrzej Goulding, for Life of Pi
Best Director
Rebecca Frecknall, for Cabaret
Michael Longhurst, for Constellations
Kathleen Marshall, for Anything Goes
Max Webster, for Life of Pi
Best Entertainment or Comedy Play
The Choir of Man
Pantoland
Pride and Prejudice* (*Sort Of)
The Shark Is Broken
Best Revival
A Number
Constellations
The Normal Heart
The Tragedy of Macbeth
Best Musical Revival
Anything Goes
Cabaret
Spring Awakening
Best New Play
2:22 A Ghost Story
Best of Enemies
Cruise
Life of Pi
Best New Musical
Back to the Future the Musical
The Drifters Girl
Frozen
Get Up, Stand Up! The Bob Marley Musical
Moulin Rouge! The Musical
Outstanding Achievement in Opera
Christine Rice, for her performance in 4/4 at Royal Opera House
takis, for set and costume design of English National Opera's HMS Pinafore
Peter Whelan and the Irish Baroque Orchestra, for Bajazet at Royal Opera House
Best New Opera Production
Bajazet at the Linbury Theatre, Royal Opera House
The Cunning Little Vixen, English National Opera
Jenůfa, Royal Opera House
Theodora, Royal Opera House
Outstanding Achievement in Dance
Acosta Danza, for De Punta a Cabo in 100% Cuban at Sadler’s Wells
Dancers, for NDT2 Tour at Sadler’s Wells
Arielle Smith, for her choreography of Jolly Folly in Reunion by English National Ballet
Edward Watson, for his performance in The Dante Project at Royal Opera House
Best New Dance Production
Draw From Within, Rambert Dance Company at Sadler’s Wells
Revisor, Crystal Pite and Jonathon Young / Kidd Pivot at Sadler’s Wells
Transverse Orientation, Dance Umbrella and Sadler’s Wells at Sadler’s Wells
Outstanding Achievement in Affiliate Theatre
10 Nights at Bush Theatre
Folk at Hampstead Theatre Downstairs
The Invisible Hand at Kiln Theatre
Old Bridge at Bush Theatre
A Place For We at Park Theatre
Best Family Show
Billionaire Boy
Dragons and Mythical Beasts
What the Ladybird Heard
Wolf Witch Giant Fairy