Olivier Awards 2012 - The winners that you'd like to see

[ClapYo'Hands]

This thread is about the winners that you'd like to see tonight, NOT who you think will win! So, mine (I missed out some categories as I hadn't seen enough of the shows to jude):

BEST ACTRESS IN A MUSICAL

Sarah Lancashire for Betty Blue Eyes at the Novello

Kate Fleetwood for London Road at the Cottesloe
The Matilda's for Matilda The Musical at the Cambridge
Scarlett Strallen for Singin' In The Rain at the Palace

BEST ACTOR IN A MUSICAL

Paulo Szot for South Pacific at the Barbican

Bertie Carvel for Matilda The Musical at the Cambridge
Nigel Linsay or Shrek The Musical at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane
Reece Shearsmith for Betty Blue Eyes at the Novello


BEST PERFORMANCE IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A MUSICAL

Sharon D Clarke for Ghost The Musical at the Piccadilly

Sophie-Louise Dann for Lend Me A Tenor The Musical at the Gielgud
Nigel Harman for Shrek The Musical at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane
Paul Kaye for Matilda The Musical at the Cambridge
Katherine Kingsley for Singin' In The Rain at the Palace

BEST NEW MUSICAL

Betty Blue Eyes at the Novello

Ghost the Musical at the Piccadilly
London Road at the Cottesloe
Matilda the Musical at the Cambridge
Shrek the Musical at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane

BEST MUSICAL REVIVAL

South Pacific at the Barbican

Crazy for You at the Regent's Park Open Air Theatre
Singin' in the Rain at the Palace
The Wizard Of Oz at the London Palladium

BEST DIRECTOR

Matthew Warchus for Matilda The Musical at the Cambridge

Sean Foley for The Ladykillers at the Gielgud
Nicholas Hynter for One Man, Two Guvnors at the Lyttelton
Rufus Norris for London Road at the Cottesloe


BEST THEATRE CHOREOGRAPHER

Andrew Wright for Singin' In The Rain at the Palace

Peter Darling for Matilda The Musical at the Cambridge
Javier de Frutos for London Road at the Cottesloe
Stephen Mear for Crazy For You at the Regent's Park Open Air Theatre

BEST LIGHTING DESIGN

Ghost the Musical designed by Hugh Vanstone at the Piccadilly

Anna Christie designed by Howard Harrison at the Donmar Warehouse
Frankenstein designed by Bruno Poet at the Olivier
Matilda the Musical designed by Hugh Vanstone at the Cambridge

BEST SET DESIGN

Ghost the Musical designed by Rob Howell at the Piccadilly

The Ladykillers designed by Michael Taylor at the Gielgud
Matilda the Musical designed Rob Howell at the Cambridge
One Man, Two Guvnors designed by Mark Thompson at the Lyttelton

BEST COSTUME DESIGN

South Pacific designed by Catherine Zuber at the Barbican

Crazy for You designed by Peter McKintosh at the Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre
Matilda the Musical designed by Rob Howell at the Cambridge
Shrek the Musical designed by Tim Hately at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane


BEST SOUND DESIGN

Ghost the Musical designed by Bobby Aitken at the Piccadilly

Frankenstein designed by Underworld and Ed Clarke at the Olivier
The Ladykillers designed by Ben and Max Ringham at the Gielgud
Matilda the Musical designed by Simon Baker at the Cambridge

[MamasDoin'Fine]

Little girls! Little Girls!

[CONAries]

This is very much who I want to win, definitely not who I think will!

BEST ACTRESS IN A MUSICAL

Scarlett Strallen for Singin' In The Rain at the Palace

Sarah Lancashire for Betty Blue Eyes at the Novello
Kate Fleetwood for London Road at the Cottesloe
The Matilda's for Matilda The Musical at the Cambridge

BEST ACTOR IN A MUSICAL

Paulo Szot for South Pacific at the Barbican

Bertie Carvel for Matilda The Musical at the Cambridge
Nigel Linsay or Shrek The Musical at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane
Reece Shearsmith for Betty Blue Eyes at the Novello


BEST PERFORMANCE IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A MUSICAL

Nigel Harman for Shrek The Musical at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane

Sharon D Clarke for Ghost The Musical at the Piccadilly
Sophie-Louise Dann for Lend Me A Tenor The Musical at the Gielgud
Paul Kaye for Matilda The Musical at the Cambridge
Katherine Kingsley for Singin' In The Rain at the Palace

BEST NEW MUSICAL

London Road at the Cottesloe

Betty Blue Eyes at the Novello
Ghost the Musical at the Piccadilly
Matilda the Musical at the Cambridge
Shrek the Musical at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane

BEST MUSICAL REVIVAL

Singin' in the Rain at the Palace

South Pacific at the Barbican
Crazy for You at the Regent's Park Open Air Theatre
The Wizard Of Oz at the London Palladium

BEST DIRECTOR

Matthew Warchus for Matilda The Musical at the Cambridge

Sean Foley for The Ladykillers at the Gielgud
Nicholas Hynter for One Man, Two Guvnors at the Lyttelton
Rufus Norris for London Road at the Cottesloe


BEST THEATRE CHOREOGRAPHER

Andrew Wright for Singin' In The Rain at the Palace

Peter Darling for Matilda The Musical at the Cambridge
Javier de Frutos for London Road at the Cottesloe
Stephen Mear for Crazy For You at the Regent's Park Open Air Theatre

BEST LIGHTING DESIGN

Matilda the Musical designed by Hugh Vanstone at the Cambridge

Ghost the Musical designed by Hugh Vanstone at the Piccadilly
Anna Christie designed by Howard Harrison at the Donmar Warehouse
Frankenstein designed by Bruno Poet at the Olivier

BEST SET DESIGN

Matilda the Musical designed Rob Howell at the Cambridge

Ghost the Musical designed by Rob Howell at the Piccadilly
The Ladykillers designed by Michael Taylor at the Gielgud
One Man, Two Guvnors designed by Mark Thompson at the Lyttelton

BEST COSTUME DESIGN

South Pacific designed by Catherine Zuber at the Barbican

Crazy for You designed by Peter McKintosh at the Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre
Matilda the Musical designed by Rob Howell at the Cambridge
Shrek the Musical designed by Tim Hately at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane


BEST SOUND DESIGN

Matilda the Musical designed by Simon Baker at the Cambridge

Ghost the Musical designed by Bobby Aitken at the Piccadilly
Frankenstein designed by Underworld and Ed Clarke at the Olivier
The Ladykillers designed by Ben and Max Ringham at the Gielgud

[DeNada]

I would like the following to win (very few of them will, and I don't always want these to win for quality purposes!)

BEST NEW PLAY - Jumpy
BEST REVIVAL - Anna Christie
BEST ENTERTAINMENT - Derren Brown
BEST ACTRESS - Ruth Wilson
BEST ACTOR - James Corden
BEST SUPPORTING PERFORMANCE - Oliver Chris
BEST ACTRESS IN A MUSICAL - Sarah Lancashire
BEST ACTOR IN A MUSICAL - Bertie Carvel
BEST SUPPORTING MUSICAL PERFORMANCE - Nigel Harman
BEST NEW MUSICAL - London Road
BEST REVIVAL - Singin' In The Rain
BEST DIRECTOR - Rufus Norris
BEST CHOREOGRAPHER - I'm going to be honest - Javier de Frutos.
BEST LIGHTING - Bruno Poet
BEST SET - Rob Howell for Matilda
BEST COSTUMES - Tim Hatley for Shrek
BEST SOUND - Underworld/Ed Clarke
AFFILIATE - no comment
OPERA PRODUCTION - no comment
OPERA ACHIEVEMENT - I only saw Anna Nicole but I'll go with ENO because they staged Death of Klinghoffer
DANCE PRODUCTION - Metamorphosis
DANCE ACHIEVEMENT - Ed Watson in Metamorphosis
AUDIENCE AWARD - who cares? I'll say Les Mis.

[MariusPontmercy]

Best New Play
My choice: Jumpy
My guess: One Man, Two Guvnors (ugh)

Best Revival
My choice: Anna Christie
My guess: Flare Path

Best Actress
My choice and guess: Ruth Wilson, Anna Christie

Best Actor
My choice: not on the list, would consider Cumberbatch but not JLM
My guess: Cumberbatch and JLM, Frankenstein

Best Supporting Performance
My choice and guess: Sheridan Smith, Flare Path

Best Actress in a Musical
My choice: couldn't possibly, I love them all
My guess: ...probably the Matildas

Best Actor in a Musical
My choice: Bertie Carvel, Matilda
My guess: suffice to say that someone at the Oliviers will lose their head if I don't get my way

Best Supporting Performance in a Musical
My choice: Paul Kaye, Matilda
My guess: no idea, really, but I hope it's Paul

Best New Musical
My choice: tied between the incomparable Matilda and London Road
My guess: one of those two, and I think London Road might take it

Best Musical Revival
My choice: Crazy for You, though hardly an inspiring selection to choose from
My guess: this could be the weird one of the night, so I'll say The Wizard of Oz!

Best Director
My choice and guess: Matthew Warchus, Matilda (would be slightly surprised but not at all disappointed to see Rufus Norris take it for London Road)

Best Theatre Director
My choice: Javier de Frutos, London Road
My guess: since the Oliviers seem to love trolling musical fans by giving this to the least dance-y show on the list, I think they might agree with me on this one

Best Lighting
My choice: Howard Harrison, Anna Christie
My guess: is that they'll give it to the flashiest (literally!) option, so probably Frankenstein

Best Set Design
My choice: Rob Howell, Matilda
My guess: Michael Taylor, The Ladykillers (I thought it was a dreadful type of design for the play, but an impressive bit of work nonetheless, and everyone else seemed to love it)

Best Costume Design
My choice and guess: Rob Howell, Matilda

Best Sound Design
My choice and guess: Underworld and Ed Clarke, Frankenstein

Affiliate Theatre
My choice and guess: Mogadishu

Audience Award
My choice: didn't vote
My guess: don't care

I'll admit though that I've consistently underestimated the popularity and alleged brilliance of One Man, Two Guvnors so for all I know that could sweep the awards the tonight.

[wealllovechicken]

Bertie Carvel for Best Actor in a Musical, incredible performance.

[ClapYo'Hands]

I seem to be the only one who thinks that Bertie Carvel was dreadful!

[Princeton Returns]

I've not seen enough this year to comment on all of them

Best actress in a musical
My choice - Sarah Lancashire
Will win - the matildas

Best Revival
My choice - Singin in the Rain
Will win - Singin in the Rain

Best Supporting Actor in a musical
My choice - Nigel Harman
Will win - no idea, could go either way

Best New Musical
I don't think it's fair to judge based on CDs alone, but I would t say it's been a great year for new musicals. I think it will be between London Road and Matilda

[DeNada]

I thought Paulo Szot was a bored-looking plank of wood when I saw South Pacific (although he sang it gloriously). Reece Shearsmith and Nigel Lindsey aren't the strongest of singers although both gave very good acting performances (and I may be doing Lindsey a disservice listening to Youtube clips - I only saw a preview of Shrek where the sound balance was dreadful, although it doesn't sound like Richard Blackwood improved much!).

Bertie gave a skilled singing, acting and even dancing performance. Yes, Trunchbull is a panto villain in the show, and part of the attention is because he's doing drag in a mainstream way, but I do think he deserves to win today.

[MariusPontmercy]

I seem to be the only one who thinks that Bertie Carvel was dreadful!

I think you actually are. Certainly the first I've ever heard say so, even from people that didn't like the show generally.

I thought it was a stunning performance: far more depth to the character than I remember from either the book or the film, and yet still the insanely evil comedy baddie. His speaking voice is incredible, the clipped feminine RP contrasting brilliantly with his appearance. And physically marvellous: eerily still and calm for most of the time, and then suddenly lunging out with a surprisingly athletic movement, whether throwing the girl by her pigtails or somersaulting over the gym horse. He brought the Dahl/Blake character to life exactly how I imagined it from the book and the illustrations, while at the same time - like all the very best actors - completely confounding my expectations every step of the way.

Why/how did you think he was dreadful?

[tytonius]

I really hope Paulo Szot wins!
He was perfect as Emile de Becque. Elegant, charming and he made me cry both times I've seen it.
He really deserves it and he was the best "actor in a musical" in my opinion.

[jaqs]

As long as flare path and Anna Christie pick up something each I'll be happy.
Would love Sarah Lancashire to get best actress too, as she gave a proper old fashioned star turn, not seen Matilda though.

[theatrepaul]

I hope and expect Matilda to pick up the majority of the musical awards. The winners I'd like are:

Best New Play - One Man, Two Guvnors

Best Revival -Flare Path

Best Actress - Ruth Wilson, Anna Christie

Best Actor -James Corden, One Man Two Guvnors

Best Supporting Performance -Sheridan Smith, Flare Path

Best Actress in a Musical - the Matildas

Best Actor in a Musical -Bertie Carvel, Matilda

Best Supporting Performance in a Musical - Paul Kaye, Matilda

Best New Musical - Matilda

Best Musical Revival - Crazy for You

Best Director - Nicholas Hynter for One Man, Two Guvnors at the Lyttelton

Best Lighting - Frankenstein designed by Bruno Poet at the Olivier

Best Set Design - Rob Howell, Matilda

Best Costume Design - Rob Howell, Matilda

[Scripps2]

Is this, like, the party thread as well?

[DeNada]

We don't seem to be having one of those this year. How odd.

Anyway, a few awards have been announced thus far. Is the broadcast any good? I just can't seem to muster up the enthusiasm to watch it this year.

[philitalia]

So far I really like the broadcast

[Phantom of London]

Anyone going to keep me up to date with who has won what? I cannot get to watch the awards for another 45 minutes.

[theatrepaul]

Well among others, the fabulous Sheridan Smith has deservedly won, so too has the wonderful Ruth Wilson, the Frankenstein boys, a few awards already for Matilda too including best director for Matthew Warchus. More to come soon.....

[Princeton Returns]

Sound is shocking, I've given up watching it.

[theatrepaul]

The production for TV once again leaves a lot to be desired, its shockingly bad. The theatre world deserves much better.

[Jonwo]

I think the Oliviers broadcast is good but it's nothing like the Tonys which is always entertaining and has plenty of gags and live performances. They need to revamp the Oliviers so that that coverage can be on BBC Two or even BBC One.

[theatrepaul]

Getting the sound right would be a good stsrt

[philitalia]

I'm watching online and my sound is OK

[Phantom of London]

Thanks for that, all those updates. Great that Sheridan has won a double, much deserved, I thought her performance was outstanding.

[Princeton Returns]

The bbc do the baftas excellently, do they have the interns doing the oliviers?! Until they get this on at least bbc4 it can't be taken seriously. It's still too stuffy for the public overall. It needs to be more like the Tony's or wos awards. Maybe they should har a best touring show award to help include the rest of the country and get them to perform to. Make it more about a celebration of uk theatre and not just a luvvy fest.

Better than last year, but as I couldn't hear much of it they undid the good they started in act 1

[Jonwo]

I agree Princeton with the stuffy remark, The WoS at least has a sense of fun as does the Tonys and the Tonys is very entertaining even if you're not a regular theatregoer.

If it were me, I'd focus on the musical performances and have someone like Graham Norton host it.