The 2013 Laurence Olivier Awards, the UK’s more prestigious theatre ceremony, will return to the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, on the 28th April 2013.
Marking its 37th year, the Olivier Awards present the best of British theatre both on-stage and off live at the Royal Opera House in London’s Covent Garden. The evening will feature performances from many nominated West End shows, solo performances and special guests as well as tributes to the nominated and successful award winners.
The ceremony will be broadcasted on ITV from 10:15pm and live on BBC Radio 2 from 6pm. Following on from the great success last year, large telivision screens will display the ceremony to city’s theatre loving audience.
Criticism from last years ceremony, avalaible by the BBC red button, has resulted in the production being moved over to ITV in an hour-long highlights section.
But… who will win?
Predicting award winners can always be difficult. Going on last year, I think there will be a few surprises. Sweeney Todd and The Bodyguard at the Adelpi, Loserville at the Garrick and Top Hat at the Aldwych I think will do very well as revivals and new pieces respectivly.
Picking out individual performances that will recieive praise is difficult this year. Like with productions themselves, I think any lead from all the above shows mentioned will succeed in one manor or another. Sheridan Smith‘s move into plays may get a special mention and potentially even War Horse aswell; still taking the West End by storm.
Heather Headley, currently recreating the role of Rachel Marron, made famous by Whitney Houston in the original film, has prooved a popular performer amongst new attendees, bringing a new warmth of life to the stage. The Bodyguard marks her West End debut as a leading lady.
Tom Chambers in Tophat could provide a popular choice amongst theatre attendee’s this year.
A list of full nominations can be found at www.olivierawards.com/nominations
No doubt my predictions will be far-off and the Oliviers will surprise us all but that’s part of the mystery of theatre.
I look forward to listening to the show tonight from 6pm will full details of the ceremony and the award winners too.
Good luck to all invovled!
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