Olivier winners announced!

On 13 April the Royal Opera House welcomed the winners of the Olivier Awards, and presented them to an audience full of stars from the worlds of film, television and music. This celebration of a year of exceptional London theatre is one of the most glamorous, and went on to crown this year's Olivier Award winners. There were a multitude of winners across the board, with a selection presented here: BEST ACTRESS Lesley Manville for Ghosts Almeida Theatre and Trafalgar Studios BEST ACTOR Rory Kinnear for Othello National Theatre, Olivier BEST NEW COMEDY Jeeves & Wooster In Perfect Nonsense Duke of York’s Theatre BBC RADIO 2 AUDIENCE AWARD Les Misérables Queen's Theatre BEST MUSICAL REVIVAL Merrily We Roll Along Harold Pinter Theatre BEST ACTRESS IN A MUSICAL Zrinka Cvitešić for Once Phoenix Theatre BEST ACTOR IN A MUSICAL Gavin Creel for The Book Of Mormon Prince of Wales Theatre BEST PERFORMANCE IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A MUSICAL Stephen Ashfield for The Book Of Mormon Prince of Wales Theatre MASTERCARD BEST NEW MUSICAL The Book Of Mormon Prince of Wales Theatre WHITE LIGHT AWARD FOR BEST LIGHTING DESIGN Paul Pyant and Jon Driscoll for Charlie And The Chocolate Factory Theatre Royal Drury Lane BEST COSTUME DESIGN Mark Thompson for Charlie And The Chocolate Factory Theatre Royal Drury Lane BEST THEATRE CHOREOGRAPHER Casey Nicholaw for The Book Of Mormon Prince of Wales Theatre OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN AN AFFILIATE THEATRE Handbagged Tricycle Theatre BEST NEW DANCE PRODUCTION Eastman - Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui & Sadler’s Wells for Puz/zle Sadler’s Wells OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN DANCE Michael Hulls for his body of lighting work including Ballet Boyz – The Talent Sadler’s Wells BEST ENTERTAINMENT AND FAMILY The Wind In The Willows Duchess Theatre SPECIAL AWARDS Michael White Nicholas Hytner & Nick Starr The current Olivier awards are a far cry from the first ceremony held on a cold wintry Sunday back in December 1976 and featured just 12 awards. Since 2012, the ceremony has been held at the wonderful Royal Opera House in Covent Garden. There are now 27 categories, 21 for theatre, two for opera, two for dance, one for productions presented by Society Of London Theatre Affiliate members and the BBC Radio 2 Audience Award. The Society of London Theatre also present the Special Award.