And The Winners at The Oliver Awards Are………..

Dame Judi Dench who at 81-year-old won her eighth Olivier for her supporting role in The Winter’s Tale. She has won more Oliver Awards than any other theatre performer. New York’s Kinky Boots and In the Heights also took home some major awards.

2016 Olivier Awards Go To:

Best Actor: Kenneth Cranham for The Father, Wyndham’s Theatre

Best Actress: Denise Gough for People, Places and Things, National Theatre, Dorfman

Best Actor in a Supporting Role: Mark Gatiss for Three Days In The Country, National Theatre, Lyttelton

Best Actress in a Supporting Role: Judi Dench for The Winter’s Tale, Garrick Theatre

Best Director: Robert Icke for Oresteia, Almeida Theatre

Best Revival: Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, National Theatre, Lyttelton

Best Costume Design: Gregg Barnes for Kinky Boots, Adelphi Theatre

Blue-i Theatre Technology Award for Best Set Design: Anna Fleischle for Hangmen, Jerwood Theatre Downstairs at the Royal Court Theatre and Wyndham’s Theatre

White Light Award For Best Lighting Design: Mark Henderson for Gypsy, Savoy Theatre

Best Sound Design: Tom Gibbons for People, Places and Things, National Theatre, Dorfman

Best New Opera Production: Cavalleria Rusticana/Pagliacci, Royal Opera House

Outstanding Achievement in Opera: English National Opera Chorus and Orchestra for The Force Of Destiny, Lady Macbeth Of Mtsensk and The Queen Of Spades, London Coliseum

Outstanding Achievement in an Affiliate Theatre: Pat Kinevane and Fishamble for Silent, Soho Theatre

Virgin Atlantic Best New Play: Hangmen at Jerwood Theatre Downstairs, Royal Court Theatre and Wyndham’s Theatre

Magic Radio Audience Award: The Phantom Of The Opera, Her Majesty’s Theatre

Best New Comedy: Nell Gwynn, Apollo Theatre

Best New Dance Production: Woolf Works by Wayne McGregor, Royal Opera House

Outstanding Achievement in Dance: Alessandra Ferri for her performances in Chéri and Woolf Works, Royal Opera House

Autograph Sound Award for Outstanding Achievement in Music: In The Heights – Music and Lyrics by Lin-Manuel Miranda, Orchestrated and Arranged by Alex Lacamoire and Bill Sherman, King’s Cross Theatre

Best Theatre Choreographer: Drew McOnie for In The Heights, King’s Cross Theatre

Best Actor in a Musical: Matt Henry for Kinky Boots, Adelphi Theatre

Imelda Staunton

Best Actress in a Musical: Imelda Staunton for Gypsy, Savoy Theatre

Best Actor in a Supporting Role in a Musical: David Bedella for In The Heights, King’s Cross Theatre

Best Actress in a Supporting Role in a Musical: Lara Pulver for Gypsy, Savoy Theatre

Best Musical Revival: Gypsy, Savoy Theatre

Cindi Lauper

MasterCard Best New Musical: Kinky Boots, Adelphi Theatre