The 2013

Laurence Olivier Award The Laurence Olivier Awards, or simply the Olivier Awards, are presented annually by the Society of London Theatre to recognise excellence in professional theatre in London at an annual ceremony in the capital. The awards were originally known as ...

s were held on Sunday 28 April 2013 at the

Royal Opera House The Royal Opera House (ROH) is an opera house and major performing arts venue in Covent Garden, central London. The large building is often referred to as simply Covent Garden, after a previous use of the site. It is the home of The Royal Op ...

, London. The awards were sponsored by MasterCard for the third consecutive year and presented by

Hugh Bonneville Hugh Richard Bonneville Williams (born 10 November 1963) is an English actor. He is best known for portraying Robert Crawley, Earl of Grantham, in the ITV historical drama series ''Downton Abbey''. His performance on the show earned him a nom ...

and

Sheridan Smith Sheridan Caroline Sian Smith OBE (born 25 June 1981) is an English actress, singer and television personality. Smith came to prominence after playing a variety of characters on sitcoms such as ''The Royle Family'' (1999–2000), ''Two Pints o ...

, with music from the

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. Live coverage of the awards was provided by

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, presented by

Ken Bruce Kenneth Robertson Bruce (born 2 February 1951) is a British broadcaster who is best known for hosting his long-running weekday mid-morning show on BBC Radio 2 from 1986 to 1990, and then again since 1992. Early life and career Bruce was born a ...

and for the first time in over a decade, the awards were televised, with a highlights programme on

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Winners and nominees

The nominations were announced on 26 March 2013 in 24 categories.

Guest performers

Michael Ball Michael Ashley Ball (born 27 June 1962) is an English singer, presenter and actor. He made his West End debut in 1985 playing Marius Pontmercy in the original London production of ''Les Misérables'', and went on to star in 1987 as Raoul in ...

, performing " Love Changes Everything" from ''

Aspects of Love ''Aspects of Love'' is a musical with music and book by Andrew Lloyd Webber, and lyrics by Don Black and Charles Hart. It is based on the 1955 novella of the same name by David Garnett. The piece focuses on the romantic entanglements of actr ...

'' *Tade Biesinger, performing "Electricity" from the musical ''

Billy Elliot ''Billy Elliot'' is a 2000 British coming-of-age comedy-drama film directed by Stephen Daldry and written by Lee Hall. Set in County Durham in North East England during the 1984–1985 miners' strike, the film is about a working-class boy wh ...

'' *

Petula Clarke Petula Sally Olwen Clark, CBE (born 15 November 1932) is an English singer, actress, and composer. She has one of the longest serving careers of a British singer, spanning more than seven decades. Clark's professional career began during the ...

, performing "With One Look" from the musical ''Sunset Boulevard (musical), Sunset Boulevard'' *Heather Headley, performing "I Will Always Love You" from the musical ''The Bodyguard (musical), The Bodyguard'' *Idina Menzel, performing "That's How I Say Goodbye" and "Don't Rain on My Parade" *Tim Minchin, performing "My House" from Matilda the Musical (not televised) *Matthew Morrison, performing a medley from ''West Side Story'' *

, performing "Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend" *Cast of ''Top Hat (musical), Top Hat'' *Cast of ''Cabaret (musical), Cabaret'' *Cast of ''A Chorus Line'' *Cast of the UK tour of ''Cats (musical), Cats''

Productions with multiple nominations and awards

The following 18 productions, including three operas, received multiple nominations: * 8: ''The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (play), The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time'' * 7: ''Top Hat (musical), Top Hat'' * 6: ''Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, Sweeney Todd'' * 5: ''The Audience (2013 play), The Audience'' and ''Kiss Me, Kate'' * 4: ''The Bodyguard (musical), The Bodyguard'', ''Constellations (play), Constellations'' and ''Twelfth Night'' * 3: ''Cabaret (musical), Cabaret'' * 2: ''Apollo/Aeternum/24 Preludes'', ''Billy Budd (opera), Billy Budd'', ''A Chorus Line'', ''The Effect'', ''Long Day's Journey into Night'', ''Macbeth'', ''The Master and Margarita'', ''Old Times'' and ''This House (play), This House'' The following five productions received multiple awards: * 7: ''The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (play), The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time'' * 3: ''Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, Sweeney Todd'' and ''Top Hat (musical), Top Hat'' * 2: ''Apollo/Aeternum/24 Preludes'' and ''The Audience (2013 play), The Audience''

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Winners and nominees

Guest performers

Productions with multiple nominations and awards

See also

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