Olivier Awards 2018 - The Winners

The Olivier Awards 2018 were held last night at the Royal Albert Hall with Hamilton and The Ferryman amongst the nights biggest winners.

Jamael Westman as Alexander Hamilton with the West End cast of Hamilton

Lin-Manuel Miranda's Hamilton was the big winner at last night's Olivier Awards picking up not only the coveted award for Best New Musical, but also Best Actor in a Musical (Giles Terera), Best Supporting Actor In A Musical (Michael Jibson), Best Lighting Design, Best Sound Design, Best New Musical, Best Choreography and Outstanding Achievement in Music.

Jez Butterworth's play The Ferryman won Best New Play, Best Director for Sam Mendes alongside the award for Best Actress in a Play (Laura Donnelly).

Bryan Cranston was awarded Best Actor in a Play for his role on Network at the National Theatre. Bertie Carvel won Best Supporting Actor in a Play for James Graham's Ink, which is now playing at the Gielgud Theatre before transferring to Broadway. James Graham's Labour Of Love picked up the award for Best New Comedy.

Alongside Bryan Cranston's win, The National Theatre's productions won five awards including Best Supporting Actress (Denise Gough), Best Costume Design (Follies - Vicki Mortimer), Best Musical Revival - Follies, and best Play Revival - Angels in America.

The Girl From The North Country's Sheila Atim and Shirley Henderson both won awards for their performances. The musical which opened at the Old Vic is now playing at the Noel Coward Theatre.

The full list of last night's winners included:-

BEST ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A MUSICAL WINNER: Michael Jibson for Hamilton at Victoria Palace Theatre Ross Noble for Young Frankenstein at Garrick Theatre Jason Pennycooke for Hamilton at Victoria Palace Theatre Cleve September for Hamilton at Victoria Palace Theatre BEST ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A MUSICAL WINNER: Sheila Atim for Girl From The North Country at The Old Vic Tracie Bennett for Follies at National Theatre – Olivier Rachel John for Hamilton at Victoria Palace Theatre Lesley Joseph for Young Frankenstein at Garrick Theatre OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN MUSIC Everybody’s Talking About Jamie – Music and Orchestrations by Dan Gillespie Sells, his debut as a musical theatre composer and orchestrator at Apollo Theatre Follies – The Orchestra, under the Music Supervision of Nicholas Skilbeck and Music Director Nigel Lilley at National Theatre – Olivier Girl From The North Country – Music & Lyrics by Bob Dylan, Original Orchestrations & Arrangements by Simon Hale at The Old Vic WINNER: Hamilton – Composer-lyricist Lin-Manuel Miranda at Victoria Palace Theatre BEST NEW DANCE PRODUCTION WINNER: Flight Pattern by Crystal Pite at Royal Opera House Goat by Ben Duke for Rambert Dance Company at Sadler’s Wells Grand Finale by Hofesh Shechter at Sadler’s Wells Tree Of Codes by Wayne McGregor and The Paris Opera Ballet at Sadler’s Wells

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ibDgUDrKIok

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN DANCE Rocío Molina for pushing the boundary of flamenco in Fallen From Heaven (Caída Del Cielo) at Barbican Theatre WINNER: Francesca Velicu for her performance in English National Ballet’s production of Pina Bausch’s Le Sacre Du Printemps at Sadler’s Wells Zenaida Yanowsky for her performance in Liam Scarlett’s Symphonic Dances at

Royal Opera House

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V6R_pCAhW7E

BEST ENTERTAINMENT AND FAMILY David Walliams’ Gangsta Granny at Garrick Theatre Derren Brown: Underground at Playhouse Theatre WINNER: Dick Whittington at London Palladium Five Guys Named Moe at Marble Arch Theatre BEST THEATRE CHOREOGRAPHER WINNER: Andy Blankenbuehler for Hamilton at Victoria Palace Theatre Bill Deamer for Follies at National Theatre – Olivier Kate Prince for Everybody’s Talking About Jamie at Apollo Theatre Randy Skinner for 42nd Street at Theatre Royal Drury Lane Christopher Wheeldon for An American In Paris at Dominion Theatre

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gDJWZ7UH8KY

MAGIC RADIO BEST MUSICAL REVIVAL 42nd Street at Theatre Royal Drury Lane WINNER: Follies at National Theatre – Olivier On The Town at Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre BEST ACTOR IN A MUSICAL Ciarán Hinds for Girl From The North Country at The Old Vic John McCrea for Everybody’s Talking About Jamie at Apollo Theatre WINNER: Giles Terera for Hamilton  at Victoria Palace Theatre Jamael Westman for Hamilton at Victoria Palace Theatre BEST ACTRESS IN A MUSICAL Janie Dee for Follies at National Theatre – Olivier WINNER: Shirley Henderson for Girl From The North Country at The Old Vic Imelda Staunton for Follies at National Theatre – Olivier Josie Walker for Everybody’s Talking About Jamie at Apollo Theatre BEST REVIVAL WINNER: Angels In America at National Theatre – Lyttelton Hamlet at Almeida Theatre Who’s Afraid Of Virginia Woolf? at Harold Pinter Theatre Witness For The Prosecution at London County Hall BEST NEW COMEDY Dry Powder at Hampstead Theatre WINNER: Labour Of Love at Noël Coward Theatre Mischief Movie Night at Arts Theatre The Miser at Garrick Theatre

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w7_pQQ-fwqE&feature=share

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN AFFILIATE THEATRE The B*easts at Bush Theatre WINNER: Killology at Jerwood Theatre Upstairs at the Royal Court Theatre The Red Lion at Trafalgar Studios 2 The Revlon Girl at Park Theatre

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sjIVjU_dEF0

WHITE LIGHT AWARD FOR BEST LIGHTING DESIGN WINNER: Howell Binkley for Hamilton at Victoria Palace Theatre Paule Constable for Angels In America at National Theatre – Lyttelton Paule Constable for Follies at National Theatre – Olivier Jan Versweyveld for Network at National Theatre – Lyttelton BEST SOUND DESIGN Tom Gibbons for Hamlet at Almeida Theatre Gareth Owen for Bat Out Of Hell The Musical at London Coliseum Eric Sleichim for Network at National Theatre – Lyttelton WINNER: Nevin Steinberg for Hamilton at Victoria Palace Theatre

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LZgt-YyV3K4

BEST COSTUME DESIGN Hugh Durrant for Dick Whittington at London Palladium Roger Kirk for 42nd Street at Theatre Royal Drury Lane WINNER: Vicki Mortimer for Follies at National Theatre – Olivier Paul Tazewell for Hamilton at Victoria Palace Theatre

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8mTjMtMimsc

BLUE-I THEATRE TECHNOLOGY AWARD FOR BEST SET DESIGN Bunny Christie for Ink at Almeida Theatre and Duke of York’s Theatre WINNER: Bob Crowley and 59 Productions for An American In Paris at Dominion Theatre Rob Howell for The Ferryman at Gielgud Theatre and Jerwood Theatre Downstairs at the Royal Court Theatre Vicki Mortimer for Follies at National Theatre – Olivier

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pAVvn2SpUm8

BEST ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE WINNER: Bertie Carvel for Ink at Almeida Theatre and Duke of York’s Theatre John Hodgkinson for The Ferryman at Gielgud Theatre and Jerwood Theatre Downstairs at the Royal Court Theatre James McArdle for Angels In America at National Theatre – Lyttelton Peter Polycarpou for Oslo at Harold Pinter Theatre

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4o91ISVkyQ4

BEST ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE Bríd Brennan for The Ferryman at Gielgud Theatre and Jerwood Theatre Downstairs at the Royal Court Theatre WINNER: Denise Gough for Angels In America at National Theatre – Lyttelton Dearbhla Molloy for The Ferryman at Gielgud Theatre and Jerwood Theatre Downstairs at the Royal Court Theatre Imogen Poots for Who’s Afraid Of Virginia Woolf? at Harold Pinter Theatre

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q83qEPXsvco

BEST NEW OPERA PRODUCTION La Bohème at Trafalgar Studios 2 The Exterminating Angel at Royal Opera House WINNER: Semiramide at Royal Opera House OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN OPERA Paul Brown for his set and costume designs for Iolanthe at London Coliseum WINNER: Joyce DiDonato and Daniela Barcellona for their performances in Semiramide at Royal Opera House Roderick Williams for his performance in The Royal Opera’s The Return Of Ulysses at the Roundhouse

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HR6ZrByRbeU

BEST ACTOR Paddy Considine for The Ferryman  at Gielgud Theatre and Jerwood Theatre Downstairs at the Royal Court Theatre WINNER: Bryan Cranston for Network at National Theatre – Lyttelton Andrew Garfield for Angels In America at National Theatre – Lyttelton Andrew Scott for Hamlet at Almeida Theatre BEST ACTRESS WINNER: Laura Donnelly for The Ferryman at Gielgud Theatre and Jerwood Theatre Downstairs at the Royal Court Theatre Lesley Manville for Long Day’s Journey Into Night at Wyndham’s Theatre Audra McDonald for Lady Day At Emerson’s Bar & Grill at Wyndham’s Theatre Imelda Staunton for Who’s Afraid Of Virginia Woolf? at Harold Pinter Theatre BEST DIRECTOR Dominic Cooke for Follies at National Theatre – Olivier Marianne Elliott for Angels In America  at National Theatre – Lyttelton Rupert Goold for Ink at Almeida Theatre and Duke of York’s Theatre Thomas Kail for Hamilton at Victoria Palace Theatre WINNER: Sam Mendes for The Ferryman at Gielgud Theatre and Jerwood Theatre Downstairs at the Royal Court Theatre AMERICAN AIRLINES BEST NEW PLAY WINNER: The Ferryman at Gielgud Theatre and Jerwood Theatre Downstairs at the Royal Court Theatre Ink at Almeida Theatre and Duke of York’s Theatre Network at National Theatre – Lyttelton Oslo at Harold Pinter Theatre MASTERCARD BEST NEW MUSICAL An American In Paris at Dominion Theatre Everybody’s Talking About Jamie at Apollo Theatre Girl From The North Country at The Old Vic WINNER: Hamilton at Victoria Palace Theatre Young Frankenstein at Garrick Theatre