theatre awards

Douglas Hodge as drag queen Albin in La Cage Aux Folles

Olivier Awards: Last Night’s Winners and Losers

Douglas Hodge as drag queen Albin in La Cage Aux Folles The highlight of the theatre awards season took place last night: The Laurence Olivier Awards. And oddly, it turned out to be a triumphant night for a play which seems to have been around …

Douglas Hodge as drag queen Albin in La Cage Aux Folles

Swordfights, Sequins and Shakespeare: This Year’s Olivier Award Nominations

Douglas Hodge as drag queen Albin in La Cage Aux Folles Zorro, La Cage Aux Folles and lots of Shakespeare productions are on this year’s shortlist for theatreland’s Laurence Olivier Awards. Fantastic, feelgood campfest La Cage Aux Folles is a clear frontrunner, despite the oversized …

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Have Your Say in the Theatregoers’ Choice Awards

Hairspray won seven Theatregoers’ Choice Awards We’re in the midst of Theatreland’s awards season. The Evening Standard have given out theirs, we’re still waiting to be told what the critics think, and we’re saving the best til last with the Oliviers. The Theatregoers’ Choice Awards, …

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Evening Standard Theatre Award Winners Announced

The dominant Donmar picked up four of the Evening Standard Theatre Awards this year, proving that small can also be powerful when it comes to theatre. Eight years after winning Most Promising Newcomer in the same awards, the gorgeous Chiwetel Ejiofor takes the Best Actor …