Everything you need to know about the Olivier Awards 2022
With less than a week to go until UK's theatre's most prestigious night at the Olivier Awards, we have all details you need to know.
From who's in the line-up, awarded presenters, performances, and how you could bag some tickets to the coveted night.
Taking place on Sunday, April 10 at the Royal Albert Hall, the awards return after a two-year pandemic hiatus, all hosted by comedian and presenter Jason Manford.
And after the long hiatus, this year's ceremony promises to be bigger than ever with incredible performances and iconic moments.
Six performing at the 2019 Olivier Awards (c) Pamela Raith photography
Who's performing at the Olivier Awards 2022:
All five of the Mastercards Best New Musical nominees will take to the stage which are:
Back To The Future-The Musical
The Drifters Girl
Frozen
Get Up Stand Up! The Bob Marley Musical
Moulin Rouge! The Musical
There will also be performances from the three Magic Radio Best Musical Revival nominees which are Anything Goes, Cabaret, and Spring Awakening.
Plus, nine times nominated play Life Of Pi will also perform at the Olivier Awards.
The show will end with a special musical tribute to the legendary theater composer and lyricist Stephen Sondheim who died last year aged 91.
Who is presenting at the Olivier Awards?
The night will be filled with star-studded names of both stage and screen including Tom Felton, Kit Harington, Oti Mabuse, Dame Arelene Phillps, and more.
The full list of Olivier Presenters:
Jade Anouka
Baroness Dame Floella Benjamin
Don Black
Anne-Marie Duff
Noma Dumezweni
Tom Felton
Kit Harington
Max Harwood
Ruthie Henshall
Cassidy Janson
Beverley Knight
Bonnie Langford
Miriam-Teak Lee
Oti Mabuse
Dame Arlene Phillips
Jonathan Pryce
Keala Settle
Dr Ranj Singh
Giles Terera
Sam Tutty
Eric Underwood
Layton Williams
Frozen (c) Johan Persson / Disney
How to get tickets to the Olivier Awards:
If you fancy your chance of seeing the prestigious awards in person then you may be in luck.
Mastercard cardholders can exclusively get the last few available tickets via priceless.
How to watch the Olivier Awards:
If you can't make it to the awards then do not worry as there is still a chance to see all the musical theatre action.
The ceremony will be aired on ITV on Sunday, April 10 at 10:15pm.
You can also listen to the broadcast live on Magic Radio hosted by Alice Arnold and Ruthie Henshall from 5.30pm.
Full list of Olivier Awards 2022 nominations:
Mastercard Best New Musical
Back To The Future - The Musical at Adelphi Theatre
The Drifters Girl at Garrick Theatre
Disney’s Frozen at Theatre Royal Drury Lane
Get Up, Stand Up! The Bob Marley Musical at Lyric Theatre
Moulin Rouge! The Musical at Piccadilly Theatre
Best New Play
2:22 A Ghost Story at Noël Coward Theatre
Best Of Enemies at Young Vic
Cruise at Duchess Theatre
Life Of Pi at Wyndham's Theatre
Cabaret (c) Marc Brenner
Best Family Show
Billionaire Boy at Garrick Theatre
Dragons And Mythical Beasts at Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre
What The Ladybird Heard at Palace Theatre
Wolf Witch Giant Fairy at Royal Opera House, Linbury Theatre
Best Actor
Hiran Abeysekera for Life Of Pi at Wyndham's Theatre
Ben Daniels for The Normal Heart at National Theatre, Olivier
Omari Douglas for Constellations - Donmar Warehouse at Vaudeville Theatre
Charles Edwards for Best Of Enemies at Young Vic
Best Actress
Lily Allen for 2:22 A Ghost Story at Noël Coward Theatre
Sheila Atim for Constellations - Donmar Warehouse at Vaudeville Theatre
Emma Corrin for Anna X at Harold Pinter Theatre
Cush Jumbo for Hamlet at Young Vic
Best Actress In A Musical
Jessie Buckley for Cabaret at The Kit Kat Club, Playhouse Theatre
Sutton Foster for Anything Goes at Barbican
Beverley Knight for The Drifters Girl at Garrick Theatre
Stephanie McKeon for Disney’s Frozen at Theatre Royal Drury Lane
Best Actor In A Musical
Olly Dobson for Back To The Future - The Musical at Adelphi Theatre
Arinzé Kene for Get Up, Stand Up! The Bob Marley Musical at Lyric Theatre
Robert Lindsay for Anything Goes at London’s Barbican
Eddie Redmayne for Cabaret at The Kit Kat Club, Playhouse Theatre
Moulin Rouge! The Musical (c) Johan Persson
Best Actor In A Supporting Role In A Musical
Clive Carter for Moulin Rouge! The Musical at Piccadilly Theatre
Hugh Coles for Back To The Future - The Musical at Adelphi Theatre
Elliot Levey for Cabaret at The Kit Kat Club, Playhouse Theatre
Gary Wilmot for Anything Goes at Barbican
Best Actress In A Supporting Role In A Musical
Gabrielle Brooks for Get Up, Stand Up! The Bob Marley Musical at Lyric Theatre
Victoria Hamilton-Barritt for Cinderella at Gillian Lynne Theatre
Carly Mercedes Dyer for Anything Goes at Barbican
Liza Sadovy for Cabaret at The Kit Kat Club, Playhouse Theatre
Best Actor in a Supporting Role
7 actors who play the Tiger for Life Of Pi at Wyndham's Theatre
Dino Fetscher for The Normal Heart at National Theatre, Olivier
Nathaniel Parker for The Mirror And The Light at Gielgud Theatre
Danny Lee Wynter for The Normal Heart at National Theatre, Olivier
Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Tori Burgess for Pride And Prejudice* (*Sort Of) at Criterion Theatre
Liz Carr for The Normal Heart at National Theatre, Olivier
Christina Gordon for Pride And Prejudice* (*Sort Of) at Criterion Theatre
Akiya Henry for The Tragedy Of Macbeth at Almeida Theatre
Magic Radio Best Musical Revival
Anything Goes at Barbican
Cabaret at The Kit Kat Club, Playhouse Theatre
Spring Awakening at Almeida Theatre
The Shark is Broken (c) Helen Maybanks
Noël Coward/Geoffrey Johnson Award for Best Entertainment or Comedy Play
The Choir Of Man at Arts Theatre
Pantoland At The Palladium at London Palladium
Pride And Prejudice* (*Sort Of) at Criterion Theatre
The Shark Is Broken at Ambassadors Theatre
Cunard Best Revival
A Number at The Old Vic
Constellations (Donmar Warehouse) at Vaudeville Theatre
The Normal Heart at National Theatre
The Tragedy Of Macbeth at Almeida Theatre
Best Costume Design
Jon Morrell for Anything Goes at Barbican
Christopher Oram for Disney’s Frozen at Theatre Royal Drury Lane
Tom Scutt for Cabaret at The Kit Kat Club, Playhouse Theatre
Catherine Zuber for Moulin Rouge! The Musical at Piccadilly Theatre