This afternoon, Olivier winners Miriam-Teak Lee (& Juliet) and Sam Tutty (Dear Evan Hansen) announced the nominees in the 26 categories for the Society of London Theatre’s 2022 Olivier Awards. The West End revival of Cabaret led the pack with 11 nominations, followed by the play Life of Pi and the revival of Anything Goes, which both earned nine nominations. The winners in the competitive categories will be announced during a live ceremony on April 10 at the Royal Albert Hall. You can watch the nominations announcement below.
Among premieres, Back to the Future landed seven nominations, including new musical, actor (Olly Dobson), supporting actor (Hugh Coles), lighting (Tim Lutkin), sets (Tim Hatley, Finn Ross), score/orchestrations (Alan Silvestri, Glen Ballard, Ethan Popp, Bryan Crook), and sound (Gareth Owen). The Broadway transfer of Moulin Rouge! earned five nods, including new musical, supporting actor (Clive Carter), sets (Derek McLane), choreography (Sonya Tayeh), and costumes (Catherine Zuber).
Frozen has four nominations, including new musical, actress (Stephanie McKeon), lighting (Neil Austin), and costumes (Christopher Oram). Also earning four nods is Get Up, Stand Up!, including new musical, actor (Arinzé Kene), supporting actress (Gabrielle Brooks), and score/orchestrations (Simon Hale). The remaining new musical nominee is The Drifters Girl, which is also up for actress (Beverley Knight).
Among returning shows, Cabaret is up for musical revival, actor (Eddie Redmayne), actress (Jessie Buckley), director (Rebecca Frecknall), supporting actor (Elliot Levey), supporting actress (Liza Sadovy), lighting (Isabella Byrd), sets (Tom Scutt), choreography (Julia Cheng), sound (Nick Lidster), and costumes (Tom Scutt). The nominations for Anything Goes include musical revival, actor (Robert Lindsay), actress (Sutton Foster), director (Kathleen Marshall), supporting actor (Gary Wilmot), supporting actress (Carly Mercedes Dyer), choreography (Kathleen Marshall), score/orchestrations (Bill Elliott, David Chase, Rob Fisher), and costumes (Jon Morrell).
Spring Awakening received its lone nomination for musical revival, and the new musical Cinderella its sole nod for supporting actress (Victoria Hamilton-Barritt). Among the nominations for the new play Life of Pi are choreography (Finn Caldwell) and score/orchestrations (Andrew T. Mackay), while the family show nominees include the musicals Billionaire Boy, What the Ladybird Heard, and Wolf Witch Giant Fairy.
Nominees for entertainment/comedy play include the plays with music The Choir of Man, Pantoland, and Pride and Prejudice* (*Sort Of), which also earned two nominations for supporting actress in a play (Tori Burgess and Christina Gordon). Additionally, the play with music Folk is up for achievement in affiliate theatre.
The new dance nominees are Draw from Within (Rambert Dance), Revisor (Kidd Pivot), and Transverse Orientation (Dance Umbrella and Sadler’s Wells). Among those up for Outstanding Achievement in Dance are Acosta Danza (“De Punta a Cabo” in 100% Cuban), the dancers of the NDT2 Tour, choreographer Arielle Smith (“Jolly Folly” in Reunion), and dancer Edward Watson (The Dante Project)
New opera production nominees include Bajazet (Royal Opera House), The Cunning Little Vixen (English National Opera), Jenufa (Royal Opera House), and Theodora (Royal Opera House). Outstanding Achievement in Opera nominations went to singer Christine Rice (4/4), designer takis (HMS Pinafore), and conductor Peter Whelan and Irish Baroque Orchestra (Bajazet).