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2022 Laurence Olivier Awards
The 2022 Laurence Olivier Awards were held on 10 April 2022 at the Royal Albert Hall and hosted by Jason Manford. They were the first Oliviers to be held since 2020 due to the complete shutdown of UK theatres in 2020/2021 as a result of lockdowns caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. Due to this, the eligibility period was expanded from 19 February 2020 to 22 February 2022. The green carpet, hosted by Emma B, Angellica Bell, Frank DiLella and Anita Rani, was livestreamed on YouTube and the Olivier ceremony itself was broadcast in full on Magic with hosts Alice Arnold and Ruthie Henshall. Highlights from the show were broadcast on ITV. Event calendar *2 February: In-person event hosted by Jason Manford and venue confirmed at the Royal Albert Hall announcement *8 March: Nominations announcement by Miriam-Teak Lee and Sam Tutty *24 March: Special Recognition Award recipients announced *10 April: Award ceremony held Presenters *Jade Anouka *Floella Benjamin * Don Black *Anne-Marie Duff * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Royal Albert Hall
The Royal Albert Hall is a concert hall on the northern edge of South Kensington, London. One of the UK's most treasured and distinctive buildings, it is held in trust for the nation and managed by a registered charity which receives no government funding. It can seat 5,272. Since the hall's opening by Queen Victoria in 1871, the world's leading artists from many performance genres have appeared on its stage. It is the venue for the BBC Proms concerts, which have been held there every summer since 1941. It is host to more than 390 shows in the main auditorium annually, including classical, rock and pop concerts, ballet, opera, film screenings with live orchestral accompaniment, sports, awards ceremonies, school and community events, and charity performances and banquets. A further 400 events are held each year in the non-auditorium spaces. Over its 151 year history the hall has hosted people from various fields, including meetings by Suffragettes, speeches from Winston Churchi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alice Arnold (broadcaster)
Alice Arnold (born 1962) is a British broadcaster and journalist. She was a newsreader and continuity announcer on BBC Radio 4 BBC Radio 4 is a British national radio station owned and operated by the BBC that replaced the BBC Home Service in 1967. It broadcasts a wide variety of spoken-word programmes, including news, drama, comedy, science and history from the BBC' ... for more than twenty years until the end of December 2012. Early life She attended the independent Claremont Fan Court School in Esher, Surrey, where Michaela Strachan was three years below her. After gaining a degree in politics from the University of Sussex, she trained as an actress at the Drama Studio London, Drama Studio in Ealing and was in the musical ''Evita (musical), Evita'' for a year.Alison Robert"Alice Arnold: You look at men of a certain age on TV and think: 'If you were a woman, you wouldn’t be there' " ''Evening Standard'', 8 January 2013 She was a Magistrates of England and Wales, ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cassidy Janson
Cassidy Janson (born 30 July 1980) is a British actress, known for her work in musical theatre. She won the 2020 Olivier Award for Best Supporting Performance in a Musical for ''& Juliet''. Stage career In 2005 Janson appeared in '' Tick, Tick... Boom!'' at the Menier Chocolate Factory. She played Susan, alongside Neil Patrick Harris as Jonathan and Tee Jaye Susan as Michael. In 2006 she joined the original West End cast of ''Wicked'' as part of the ensemble, later moving to be standby for the role of Elphaba. Following this, she joined the final West End cast of ''Avenue Q'' as Kate Monster/Lucy the Slut. In 2011 she originated the role of Maggie Saunders in the musical version of Lend me a Tenor. She appears on the original cast recording. Janson has appeared in several shows Off-West End, including ''Company'' at the Southwark Playhouse (as Amy), ''Rooms: A Rock Romance'' at the Finborough Theatre (as Monica), and ''Blood Wedding'' at the Courtyard Theatre In 2013 she ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Max Harwood
Max William James Harwood (born 12 September 1997) is an English actor. He debuted in the titular role of the film ''Everybody's Talking About Jamie'' (2021), an adaptation of the stage musical based on a true story. He was named a 2021 Brit to Watch by ''Variety''. Early life Harwood was born and raised in Basingstoke. He attended Bishop Challoner Catholic Secondary School and then Queen Mary's College for sixth form where he took A Levels in theatre studies, art photography, music technology and history. He took a year-long foundation course at the Guildford School of Acting on a scholarship before going on to graduate from the Urdang Academy in London. Career Harwood began his acting career in 2021, when he was cast to play the lead role of Jamie New / Mimi Me in the biographical coming-of-age musical comedy-drama film ''Everybody's Talking About Jamie'', which was released in select theatres in the United States on 10 September 2021, followed by a worldwide streaming ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kit Harrington
Christopher Catesby Harington (born 26 December 1986) is an English actor who is widely known for his role as Jon Snow in the HBO epic fantasy television series ''Game of Thrones'' (2011–2019). After studying at the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, Harington made his professional acting debut with the lead role of Albert Narracott in the West End play ''War Horse'' in 2009. He has received several awards, including a Golden Globe Award nomination and two Primetime Emmy Awards nominations. Harington developed, produced, and starred in the 2017 BBC drama series ''Gunpowder'', based around the leading role of his ancestor Robert Catesby in the Gunpowder plot. His film roles include the historical romance film ''Pompeii'' (2014), the British period drama ''Testament of Youth'' (2014), and the Marvel Cinematic Universe film '' Eternals'' (2021). He also voiced Eret in the second and third films of the ''How to Train Your Dragon'' film series (2014–19). Early life and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tom Felton
Thomas Andrew Felton (born 22 September 1987) is an English actor best known for playing Draco Malfoy in the film adaptations of the ''Harry Potter'' fantasy novels by J. K. Rowling. Born in Surrey, Felton began appearing in commercials and made his screen debut in the role of Peagreen Clock in ''The Borrowers'' (1997). He portrayed Louis T. Leonowens in ''Anna and the King'' (1999) before being cast in ''Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone'' (2001). Felton appeared in seven sequels until the final film, ''Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2'' (2011). Felton appeared in the sci-fi film ''Rise of the Planet of the Apes'' (2011). He was subsequently cast in indie films '' From the Rough'' (2011) and '' The Apparition'' (2012). Felton starred as Viscount Trencavel in the historical miniseries ''Labyrinth'' and as James Ashford in the period drama ''Belle'' (2013), which released to critical acclaim. In 2015, he reoccured as a murder suspect in TNT's '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Noma Dumezweni
Noma Dumezweni (born 28 July 1969) is a British actress. In 2006, she won the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Performance in a Supporting Role for her performance as Ruth Younger in ''A Raisin in the Sun'' at the Lyric Hammersmith Theatre. In 2017, she won the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role for her performance as Hermione Granger in the original West End run of ''Harry Potter and the Cursed Child''; she reprised the role for the show's original Broadway run and, in 2018, was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play. Personal life Born in Swaziland to South African parents, Dumezweni lived in Botswana, Kenya and Uganda. She arrived in England as a refugee on 17 May 1977 with her sister and mother. She first lived in Felixstowe, Suffolk, where she was educated, before moving to London. She has a daughter, Qeiva, born in 2007. Theatre Early work Dumezweni's work in theatre includes: ''President of an Empty Room'' and ''The Ho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anne-Marie Duff
Anne-Marie Duff (born 8 October 1970) is an Irish actress and narrator. She is an accomplished theatre actress and has been nominated for a Laurence Olivier Award. She has also received acclaim and awards for her television and film work. After graduating from Drama Centre London, Duff made television appearances in ''Trial & Retribution'', ''Amongst Women'' and ''Aristocrats'' in the late 1990s. She made her breakthrough as Fiona Gallagher on the Channel 4 drama series '' Shameless'' and as Queen Elizabeth I in '' The Virgin Queen''; both earned her BAFTA nominations for Best Actress. She was awarded the BAFTA Cymru Award for Best Actress for her work in the 2007 television film ''The History of Mr Polly''. Further television roles include Claire Church in ''From Darkness'' (2015), Ma Costa in the BBC and HBO series ''His Dark Materials'' (2019), Erin Wiley in ''Sex Education'' (2020–2021) and as Tracy Daszkiewicz in ''The Salisbury Poisonings'' (2020). In film, Duff has had ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Don Black (lyricist)
Donald Blackstone (born 21 June 1938) known by pen name Don Black is an English lyricist. His works have included numerous musicals, movie, television themes and hit songs. He has provided lyrics for John Barry, Charles Strouse, Matt Monro, Andrew Lloyd Webber, Quincy Jones, Hoyt Curtin, Lulu, Jule Styne, Henry Mancini, Meat Loaf, Michael Jackson, Elmer Bernstein, Michel Legrand, Hayley Westenra, A. R. Rahman, Marvin Hamlisch and Debbie Wiseman. AllMusic stated that "Black is perhaps best-known for his collaborations with Andrew Lloyd Webber, and for the James Bond theme songs he co-wrote with composer John Barry: ' Thunderball', ' Diamonds Are Forever' and ' The Man with the Golden Gun'." Early life He was born Donald Blackstone in London, the youngest of five children of Russian Jewish immigrants from Ukraine, Morris and Betsy (née Kersh) Blackstone. His father worked as a garment presser and his mother in a clothes shop and during his childhood the family lived in a cou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Floella Benjamin
Floella Karen Yunies Benjamin, Baroness Benjamin, (born 23 September 1949GRO Register of Marriages: SEP 1980 14 0207 LAMBETH – Keith D. Taylor=Floella K.Y. Benjamin) is a Trinidadian-British actress, singer, presenter, author, businesswoman, and politician. She is known as presenter of children's programmes such as '' Play School'', ''Play Away'', ''Jamboree'' and ''Fast Forward''. On 28 June 2010, Lady Benjamin was introduced to the House of Lords as a life peer nominated by the Liberal Democrats. Early life Benjamin was born on 23 September 1949 in Pointe-à-Pierre, Trinidad and Tobago, one of six siblings, with three brothers and two sisters.Floella Benjamin profile Historical Geographies; 3 September 2011; accessed 21 March 2014. When her father, "a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jade Anouka
Jade Anouka (born 12 June 1989) is an English actress. She is known for her various stage roles and for her appearances in ''His Dark Materials'' on BBC One and the ITV dramas ''Trauma'' and '' Cleaning Up''. Early life and education Anouka was born in London, the second of three children born to a maths teacher mother from Trinidad and a mortgage advisor father from Jamaica. She has a brother and a sister who pursued careers in science. She grew up in Slade Green and attended school in Bexley, London, but transferred to a school in Lewisham for sixth form. She ran track prior to transferring to Lewisham, as she did not want to compete against her old teammates. Anouka took her first steps into acting while attending a Saturday morning drama club in Dartford, Kent. While at sixth form, Anouka received a scholarship to the National Youth Theatre and then attended the Guildford School of Acting. She was hired immediately after graduation by the Royal Shakespeare Company in Stratf ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sam Tutty
Sam Tutty (born 9 April 1998) is an English actor. He is most known for his title role in the West End production of the musical ''Dear Evan Hansen'' for which a then 22-year-old Tutty won a 2020 Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical, becoming one of the youngest winners of the award. In 2021, he joined the cast of the Channel 4 soap opera ''Hollyoaks'' as Timmy Simons. Early life and education Sam Tutty was born on 9 April 1998 in Crawley, West Sussex. His father left when he was ten years old and he, his mother, and younger brother soon moved to Hull. After returning to West Sussex, Tutty attended Imberhorne Secondary School, notably appearing in many school productions such as ''The Wizard of Oz''. Tutty attended the Italia Conti Academy of Theatre Arts, where he learned to dance, amassed his repertoire of songs, and gained his foundation in theatre etiquette. Acting career Tutty made his off-West End debut as Daniel in the British Theat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
