Final details have been released for this weekend’s Olivier Awards with Mastercard ceremony at London’s Royal Albert Hall.
Hosted for the first time by Olivier and MOBO Award-winner Beverley Knight and Tony, Emmy and Grammy Award-winner Billy Porter, the star-packed event on 6 April will feature high-profile presenters including: Hayley Atwell (recently Much Ado About Nothing at Theatre Royal, Drury Lane), Rose Ayling-Ellis (2023 Olivier Award nominee), Samantha Barks (fresh from her London Palladium concert), Cate Blanchett (The Seagull at the Barbican Theatre), Corbin Bleu (set to appear in The Great Gatsby at London Coliseum), Tom Burke (The Seagull), Naomi Campbell (model and actress), Elizabeth Debicki (My Master Builder at Wyndham’s Theatre), Idris Elba (recently produced Shifters), Marianne Elliot (set to direct The Unbelievers at the Royal Court Theatre), Jesse Tyler Ferguson (Here We Are at the National Theatre – Lyttelton), Martin Freeman (The Fifth Step at @sohoplace), Tom Hiddleston (Much Ado About Nothing), Celia Imrie (Backstroke at the Donmar Warehouse), Shobana Jeyasingh (choreographer), Jane Krakowski (Here We Are), Ewan McGregor (My Master Builder), Chris O’Dowd (The Brightening Air at The Old Vic), Elaine Paige (actress and BBC Radio 2 presenter), Harriet Scott and Gok Wan (Magic Radio presenters), Bryn Terfel (opera singer) and Jacqueline Wilson (children’s author).
The ceremony will also include performances from Mastercard Best New Musical nominees The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, MJ The Musical, Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet Of 1812 and Why Am I So Single?, and Piper-Heidsieck Award for Best Musical Revival nominees Fiddler on the Roof, Oliver! and Starlight Express.
Highlights from the ceremony will be broadcast on ITV1 and STV at 10.15pm on Sunday, and will be available on catch-up on ITVX and STV Player. Magic Radio is set to broadcast highlights on the same evening, with the build up from 8pm and highlights starting at 9pm.
Choreographer Anthony Van Laast will lead the event’s high-powered creative team for a third year as creative show director alongside conductor and arranger Gareth Valentine for the second year, with orchestrator Mark Cumberland and lighting designer Ben Cracknell.
Angela Thomas
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