2022 Laurence Olivier Awards

Award ceremony

The 2022 Laurence Olivier Awards were held on 10 April 2022 at the Royal Albert Hall and hosted by Jason Manford. They were the first Oliviers to be held since 2020 due to the complete shutdown of UK theatres in 2020/2021 as a result of lockdowns caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.^[1] Due to this, the eligibility period was expanded from 19 February 2020 to 22 February 2022.^[2] The green carpet, hosted by Emma B, Angellica Bell, Frank DiLella and Anita Rani, was livestreamed on YouTube and the Olivier ceremony itself was broadcast in full on Magic with hosts Alice Arnold and Ruthie Henshall. Highlights from the show were broadcast on ITV.^[3]

Event calendar

• 2 February: In-person event hosted by Jason Manford and venue confirmed at the Royal Albert Hall announcement^[4]
• 8 March: Nominations announcement by Miriam-Teak Lee and Sam Tutty^[5]
• 24 March: Special Recognition Award recipients announced^[6]
• 10 April: Award ceremony held^[4]

Presenters

• Jade Anouka
• 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
• Arlene Phillips
• Jonathan Pryce
• Keala Settle
• Ranj Singh
• Giles Terera
• Sam Tutty
• Eric Underwood
• Layton Williams

Performances

• Samantha Barks, Stephanie McKeon and the cast of Frozen – "For the First Time in Forever/Let It Go"
• Beverley Knight and the cast of The Drifters Girl – "Kissin' in the Back Row of the Movies/Harlem Child/You're More than a Number in my Little Red Book"
• Hiran Abeysekera and the cast of Life of Pi
• Kerry Ellis and the cast of Anything Goes – "Anything Goes"
• Olly Dobson, Cedric Neal and the cast of Back to the Future
• Arinzé Kene and the cast of Get Up, Stand Up – "Get Up, Stand Up"
• "State Anthem of Ukraine"
• Amy Lennox from Cabaret – "Cabaret"
• The cast of Dear Evan Hansen – "For Forever/You Will Be Found" (in memoriam)
• Clive Carter and the cast of Moulin Rouge – "Welcome to the Moulin Rouge"
• The cast of Spring Awakening – "The Song of Purple Summer"
• Tanisha Spring, Jon Tsouras and the covers & swings of the West End "Our Time"

Winners and nominees

The nominations were announced on 8 March 2022 in 26 categories.^[5]

Productions with multiple wins and nominations

Multiple wins

The following 3 productions received multiple awards:

• 7: Cabaret
• 5: Life of Pi
• 2: Constellations

Multiple nominations

The following 14 productions and 1 opera received multiple nominations:

• 11: Cabaret
• 9: Anything Goes, Life of Pi
• 7: Back to the Future
• 5: Moulin Rouge, The Normal Heart
• 4: Constellations, Frozen, Get Up, Stand Up
• 3: 2:22 A Ghost Story, Pride and Prejudice* (*sort of)
• 2: Bajazet, Best of Enemies, The Drifters Girl, The Tragedy of Macbeth

See also

• 75th Tony Awards

References

1. Underwood, Kitty (8 March 2022). "Nominations Announced for the Olivier Awards 2022 with Mastercard". Society of London Theatre. Retrieved 8 March 2022.
2. Thomas, Sophie (8 March 2022). "Everything You Need to Know about the Olivier Awards". London Theatre Guide. Retrieved 20 March 2022.
3. Freeman, Rhys (3 April 2022). "Olivier Awards 2022: Everything You Need to Know". Planet Radio. Retrieved 7 April 2022.
4. Wood, Alex (2 February 2022). "2022 Olivier Awards Set Date and Venue for In-Person Ceremony". Whats on Stage. Retrieved 20 March 2022.
5. "Olivier Awards 2022". Society of London Theatre. Retrieved 8 March 2022.
6. Underwood, Kitty (24 March 2022). "Meet the 2022 Olivier Awards Special Recognition Recipients". Society of London Theatre. Retrieved 3 April 2022.

External links

• Olivier Awards official website