Here we have the winners of the 2022 Olivier Awards, celebrating the best of West End theatre. Have to admit that considering I had a ticket for Cabaret before Christmas and it was when the performances were being cancelled, makes me even more sad that it has won so many awards.

Best revival
Constellations – Donmar Warehouse at Vaudeville theatre

Best entertainment or comedy play
Pride and Prejudice* (*Sort Of) – Criterion theatre

Best musical revival
Cabaret – The Kit Kat Club at the Playhouse theatre

Best costume design
Catherine Zuber for Moulin Rouge! The Musical – Piccadilly theatre

Best sound design
Nick Lidster for Cabaret – The Kit Kat Club at the Playhouse theatre

Best original score or new orchestrations
Get Up, Stand Up! The Bob Marley Musical – Orchestrator: Simon Hale

Best theatre choreographer
Kathleen Marshall for Anything Goes – Barbican

Best actor in a supporting role
Seven actors who play the Tiger for Life of Pi – Wyndham’s theatre

Best actress in a supporting role
Liz Carr for The Normal Heart – National Theatre 

Best set design
Tim Hatley for Design and Nick Barnes & Finn Caldwell for Puppets for Life of Pi – Wyndham’s theatre

Best lighting design
Tim Lutkin and Andrzej Goulding for Life of Pi – Wyndham’s theatre

Best actress in a supporting role in a musical
Liza Sadovy for Cabaret – The Kit Kat Club at the Playhouse theatre

Best actor in a supporting role in a musical
Elliot Levey for Cabaret – The Kit Kat Club at the Playhouse theatre

Outstanding achievement in opera
Peter Whelan and the Irish Baroque Orchestra for Bajazet – Royal Opera House, Linbury theatre

Best new opera production
Jenůfa – Royal Opera House

Best actor in a musical
Eddie Redmayne for Cabaret – The Kit Kat Club at the Playhouse theatre

Best actress in a musical
Jessie Buckley for Cabaret – The Kit Kat Club at the Playhouse theatre

Outstanding achievement in dance
Arielle Smith for her choreography of Jolly Folly in Reunion by English National Ballet – Sadler’s Wells

Best new dance production
Revisor by Crystal Pite and Jonathon Young / Kidd Pivot – Sadler’s Wells

Best actress
Sheila Atim for Constellations – Donmar Warehouse at Vaudeville theatre

Best actor
Hiran Abeysekera for Life of Pi – Wyndham’s theatre

Best director
Rebecca Frecknall for Cabaret – The Kit Kat Club at the Playhouse theatre

Outstanding achievement in affiliate theatre
Old Bridge – Bush theatre

Best family show
Wolf Witch Giant Fairy – Royal Opera House, Linbury theatre

Best new play
Life of Pi – Wyndham’s theatre

Best new musical
Back to the Future: The Musical – Adelphi theatre

Five special recognition award winners

Lisa Burger
Bob King
Gloria Louis
Susie Sainsbury
Sylvia Young