Eddie Redmayne, Lily Allen, Emma Corrin, Jessie Buckley and Beverly Knight are among the stars nominated for the West End’s top theater awards.
A new production of the musical Cabaret starring Redmayne and Buckley leads the Olivier Award nominations with 11.
It is followed by an adaptation of the best-selling novel Life of Pi and a revival of Anything Goes, each with nine.
Allen and Corrin compete for best actress in a play, while Knight competes for best actress in a musical.
Allen, who has made her name as a singer, also recently won an acting award from the WhatsOnStage website for her theatrical debut in the thriller 2:22 – A Ghost Story.
Corrin, best known for portraying Princess Diana on Netflix’s The Crown, is nominated for Anna X, a play inspired by the story of “false heiress” Anna Sorokin.
The pair will face off against Cush Jumbo, who is nominated for his role as Hamlet, and Sheila Atim for the parallel universe romantic comedy Constellations.
Other nominees include the seven cast members who operate the puppet tiger in Life of Pi, who share a Best Supporting Actor nomination.
A musical based on the 1985 film Back To The Future has seven nominations, while Moulin Rouge! The musical and the National Theater production of Larry Kramer’s play The Normal Heart, set during the 1980s AIDS crisis, have five each.
The awards will be presented on April 10th at the Royal Albert Hall in London.
Read more about the nominees:
- Critics sing and dance about five-star cabaret
- Lily Allen on being the “village idiot” of theater
- “Olympic” effort was required to launch Anything Goes
- How Life of Pi came to life
- Why Back To The Future is rebooting on stage
Best Actress
- Lily Allen – 2:22 A Ghost Story, Noel Coward Theater
- Sheila Atim – Constellations, Donmar Warehouse at the Vaudeville Theatre
- Emma Corrin – Anna X, Harold Pinter Theater
- Cush Jumbo – Hamlet, Young Vic
Best actor
- Hiran Abeysekera – The Life of Pi, Wyndham’s Theatre
- Ben Daniels – The Normal Heart, National Theatre
- Omari Douglas – Constellations
- Charles Edwards – Best Enemies, Young Vic
Best Actor in a Musical
- Olly Dobson – Back To The Future The Musical, Adelphi Theatre
- Arinzé Kene – Get up, get up! The Bob Marley Musical, Lyric Theatre
- Robert Lindsay – Anything Goes, Barbican Theatre
- Eddie Redmayne – Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club, the Playhouse Theatre
Best Actress in a Musical
- Jessie Buckley – Cabaret
- Sutton Foster – Anything goes
- Beverly Knight – The Drifters Girl, Garrick Theater
- Stephanie McKeon – Frozen, Theater Royal Drury Lane
Best Actor in a Supporting Role
- Seven Actors Playing the Tiger – Life of Pi
- Dino Fetscher – The normal heart
- Nathaniel Parker – The Mirror and the Light, Gielgud Theater
- Danny Lee Wynter – The Normal Heart
Best Lead Actress in a Supporting Role
- Tori Burgess – Pride and Prejudice* (*Art Of), Criterion Theatre
- Liz Carr – The normal heart
- Christina Gordon – Pride and Prejudice* (*sort of)
- Akiya Henry – The Tragedy of Macbeth, Almeida Theater
Best Actress in a Supporting Role in a Musical
- Gabrielle Brooks – Get up, get up! The Bob Marley Musical
- Victoria Hamilton-Barritt – Cinderella, Gillian Lynne Theatre
- Carly Mercedes Dyer – Anything goes
- Liza Sadovy – cabaret
Best Actor in a Supporting Role in a Musical
- Clive CarterMoulin Rouge! The Musical, Piccadilly Theatre
- Hugh Coles – Back to the Future The Musical
- Elliot Levey – Cabaret
- Gary Wilmot – Anything goes
Best New Game
- 2:22 A ghost story
- Best Enemies
- Cruise, Duchess Theater
- Life of Pi: Shipwreck with Tiger
Best New Musical
- Back to the Future The Musical
- The drifter girl
- Frozen
- Stand up! The Bob Marley Musical
- Moulin Rouge! The musical
Best revival
- One number, The Old Vic
- constellations
- The normal heart
- The Tragedy of Macbeth
Best Musical Revival
- Everything goes
- cabaret
- Spring Awakening, Almeida Theater
Best Entertainment or Comedy Piece
- The Chorus of Man, Art Theater
- Pantoland at the Palladium, The London Palladium
- Pride and Prejudice *(*kind of)
- The Shark is Broken, Ambassadors Theatre
Best Director
- Rebecca Frecknall – Cabaret
- Michael Longhurst – Constellations
- Kathleen Marshall – Anything goes
- Max Webster – The Life of Pi
Best New Opera Production
- Bajazet, Royal Opera House
- The Cunning Little Vixen, English National Opera at the London Coliseum
- Jenufa, Royal Opera House
- Theodora, Royal Opera House
Outstanding Achievement in Opera
- Christine Rice for her performance in 4/4, Royal Opera House
- Takis for stage and costume design for HMS Pinafore, English National Opera at the London Coliseum
- Peter Whelan and the Irish Baroque Orchestra for Bajazet
Best New Dance Production
- Draw From Within, Rambert Dance Company at Sadler’s Wells
- Auditor, Crystal Pite and Jonathon Young/Kidd Pivot at Sadler’s Wells
- Cross orientation, dance screen and Sadler’s Wells at Sadler’s Wells
Outstanding Achievements in Dance
- Acosta Danza for De Punta A Cabo in 100% Cuban at Sadler’s Wells
- Dancers for the NDT2 tour at Sadler’s Wells
- Arielle Smith for her choreography of Jolly Folly in Reunion by English National Ballet at Sadler’s Wells
- Edward Watson for his performance in The Dante Project at the Royal Opera House
Check out the full list of nominees.
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