“Here I am creeping up to 90 and I feel a million dollars,” said Angela Lansbury as she accepted her Olivier Award on Sunday night for Best Actress in a Supporting Role, for her performance in Blithe Spirit at the Gielgud Theatre.
The role was the veteran actor’s first London theatre performance for 40 years and she was given a standing ovation at the Royal Opera House in Covent Garden as she declared, “I can’t remember a lot of things these days but I can remember my lines.”
Also stepping onto the stage to receive awards were Mark Strong for A View From The Bridge (Best Actor) and Penelope Wilton for Taken At Midnight (Best Actress). Nathaniel Parker (Best Actor in a Supporting Role) for Wolf Hall and Bring Up the Bodies could not collect his award in person as he is reprising the role on Broadway.
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Olivier Awards 2015 winners in full
BEST ACTOR
Mark Strong for A View From The Bridge at Young Vic and Wyndham’s Theatre
BEST ACTRESS
Penelope Wilton for Taken At Midnight at Theatre Royal Haymarket
BEST ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Nathaniel Parker for Wolf Hall and Bring Up the Bodies at Aldwych Theatre
BEST ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Angela Lansbury for Blithe Spirit at Gielgud Theatre
BEST ACTOR IN A MUSICAL
John Dagleish for Sunny Afternoon at Hampstead Theatre and Harold Pinter Theatre
BEST ACTRESS IN A MUSICAL
Katie Brayben for Beautiful: The Carole King Musical at Aldwych Theatre
BEST ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A MUSICAL
George Maguire for Sunny Afternoon at Hampstead Theatre and Harold Pinter Theatre
BEST ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A MUSICAL
Lorna Want for Beautiful: The Carole King Musical at Aldwych Theatre
BEST NEW OPERA PRODUCTION
The Mastersingers of Nuremberg at London Coliseum
OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN OPERA
Richard Jones for his direction of The Girl of The Golden West,The Mastersingers of Nuremberg and Rodelinda at London Coliseum
VIRGIN ATLANTIC BEST NEW PLAY
King Charles III at Almeida Theatre and Wyndham’s Theatre
BEST ENTERTAINMENT AND FAMILY
La Soirée at La Soirée Spiegeltent
BEST THEATRE CHOREOGRAPHER
Sergio Trujillo for Memphis The Musical at Shaftesbury Theatre
BEST DIRECTOR
Ivo Van Hove for A View From The Bridge at the Young Vic and Wyndham’s Theatre
BEST REVIVAL
A View From The Bridge at Young Vic and Wyndham’s Theatre
BEST NEW COMEDY
The Play That Goes Wrong at Duchess Theatre
OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN AN AFFILIATE THEATRE
Bull at The Maria, Young Vic
WHITE LIGHT AWARD FOR BEST LIGHTING DESIGN
Howard Harrison for City Of Angels at Donmar Warehouse
BEST SOUND DESIGN
Gareth Owen for Memphis The Musical at Shaftesbury Theatre
BEST COSTUME DESIGN
Christopher Oram for Wolf Hall and Bring Up the Bodies at Aldwych Theatre
XL VIDEO AWARD FOR BEST SET DESIGN
Es Devlin for The Nether at Duke of York’s Theatre
THIS MORNING AUDIENCE AWARD
Wicked at Apollo Victoria Theatre
BEST NEW DANCE PRODUCTION (awarded jointly)
32 rue Vandenbranden by Peeping Tom at Barbican
Mats Ek’s Juliet & Romeo by Royal Swedish Ballet at Sadler’s Wells
OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN DANCE
Crystal Pite for her choreography in the productions of The Associates: A Picture Of You Falling, The Tempest Replica and Polaris at Sadler’s Wells
AUTOGRAPH SOUND AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN MUSIC
Ray Davies for Sunny Afternoon at Hampstead Theatre and Harold Pinter Theatre
MAGIC RADIO BEST MUSICAL REVIVAL
City Of Angels at Donmar Warehouse
MASTERCARD BEST NEW MUSICAL
Sunny Afternoon at Hampstead Theatre and Harold Pinter Theatre
SPECIAL AWARDS
Sylvie Guillem
Kevin Spacey
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