Olivier Awards 2022: Eddie Redmayne and Liz Carr among winners at star-studded ceremony
Posted by  badge Boss on Apr 11, 2022 - 07:24AM
The Olivier Awards 2022 took place on Sunday evening at the Royal Albert Hall (Picture: Getty)

Eddie Redmayne and Liz Carr were among the winners at this year’s Olivier Awards.

The star-studded ceremony was held at the Royal Albert Hall in and saw ’s slay the green carpet in.

Oscar-winning actor Redmayne was named best actor in a musical for his take on the role of Emcee in Cabaret.

The revival of the hit show, which transformed the West End’s Playhouse Theatre into the Kit Kat Club, proved to be the hot ticket of the night as it scooped seven of the 11 prizes it was nominated for.

It took home the coveted best musical revival award, while Jessie Buckley won best actress in a musical for her turn as Sally Bowles in the show.

Accepting his award, Redmayne admitted: ‘This is the dream. For me, this is the one.

Eddie Redmayne was named best actor in a musical (Picture: Getty)
Emma Corrin served high camp in a balloon print dress (Picture: Getty)

‘This was the part that I played when I was a kid in school. It was the thing that got my passion for theatre really fuelled.’

Elsewhere, 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.

Life Of Pi took home the gong for best play, with Hiran Abeysekera named best actor for his role in the production.

He played Pi Patel in Lolita Chakrabarti’s adaption of the Booker Prize-winning novel of the same name by Yann Martel.

Olivier Awards 2022 Winners List

Cunard Best Revival

Constellations – Donmar Warehouse at Vaudeville Theatre

Noël Coward/Geoffrey Johnson Award for Best Entertainment or Comedy Play

Pride And Prejudice* (*sort of) at Criterion Theatre

Magic Radio Best Musical Revival

Cabaret at The Kit Kat Club at the Playhouse Theatre

Best Costume Design

Catherine Zuber for Moulin Rouge! The Musical at Piccadilly Theatre

d&b audiotechnik Award for Best Sound Design

Nick Lidster for Cabaret at The Kit Kat Club at the Playhouse Theatre

Best Original Score or New Orchestrations

Get Up Stand Up! The Bob Marley Musical – Orchestrator: Simon Hale at Lyric Theatre

Best Theatre Choreographer

Kathleen Marshall for Anything Goes at Barbican Theatre

Best Actor in a Supporting Role

Fred Davis, Daisy Franks, Romina Hytten, Tom Larkin, Habib Nasib Nader, Tom Stacy and Scarlet Wilderink – the seven actors who play the Tiger for Life Of Pi at Wyndham’s Theatre

Best Actress in a Supporting Role

Liz Carr for The Normal Heart at National Theatre – Olivier

Blue-I Theatre Technology Award for Best Set Design

Tim Hatley for Design and Nick Barnes & Finn Caldwell for Puppets for Life Of Pi at Wyndham’s Theatre

White Light Award for Best Lighting Design

Tim Lutkin and Andrzej Goulding for Life Of Pi at Wyndham’s Theatre

Best Actress in a Supporting Role in a Musical

Liza Sadovy for Cabaret at The Kit Kat Club at the Playhouse TheatreBest Actor in a Supporting Role in a Musical

Elliot Levey for Cabaret at The Kit Kat Club at the Playhouse Theatre

Outstanding Achievement in Opera

Peter Whelan and the Irish Baroque Orchestra for Bajazet at Royal Opera House – Linbury Theatre

Best New Opera Production

Jenůfa by Royal Opera at Royal Opera House

Best Actor in a Musical

Eddie Redmayne for Cabaret at The Kit Kat Club at the Playhouse Theatre

Best Actress in a Musical

Jessie Buckley for Cabaret at The Kit Kat Club at the Playhouse Theatre

Outstanding Achievement in Dance

Arielle Smith for her choreography of Jolly Folly in Reunion by English National Ballet at Sadler’s Wells

Best New Dance Production

Revisor by Crystal Pite and Jonathon Young / Kidd Pivot at Sadler’s Wells

Best Actress

Sheila Atim for Constellations – Donmar Warehouse at Vaudeville Theatre

Best Actor

Hiran Abeysekera for Life Of Pi at Wyndham’s Theatre

Sir Peter Hall Award for Best Director

Rebecca Frecknall for Cabaret at The Kit Kat Club at the Playhouse Theatre

Outstanding Achievement in Affiliate Theatre

Old Bridge at Bush Theatre

Best Family Show

Wolf Witch Giant Fairy at Royal Opera House – Linbury Theatre

Best New Play

Life Of Pi at Wyndham’s Theatre

Mastercard Best New Musical

Back To The Future – The Musical at Adelphi Theatre