Tonight saw the return of the Olivier Awards to a live audience for the first time since before the pandemic.
The night saw Cabaret triumph - winning 7 awards, including all four of the acting wins, with The Life of Pi winning 5 awards.
The night featured performances from from all nine nominated musicals; Anything Goes, Back To The Future - The Musical, Cabaret, The Drifters Girl, Frozen, Get Up Stand Up! The Bob Marley Musical, Moulin Rouge! The Musical and Spring Awakening - plus a performance from Life Of Pi.
The show culminated in a special musical tribute to legendary theatre composer and lyricist Stephen Sondheim, who died last year aged 91. This was performed by a group of swings and understudies from tonight’s performing companies (in recognition of all that the swings, understudies, standbys, and alternates of the West End have done to keep our theatres open) along with the next generation in the form of a choir from performing arts school ArtsEd.
Here are the full list of winners:
Cunard Best Revival
Constellations - Donmar Warehouse at Vaudeville Theatre

Noël Coward/Geoffrey Johnson Award for Best Entertainment or Comedy Play
Pride And Prejudice* (*sort of) at Criterion Theatre

Magic Radio Best Musical Revival
Cabaret at The Kit Kat Club at the Playhouse Theatre

Best Costume Design
Catherine Zuber for Moulin Rouge! The Musical at Piccadilly Theatre
d&b audiotechnik Award for Best Sound Design
Nick Lidster for Cabaret at The Kit Kat Club at the Playhouse Theatre
Best Original Score or New Orchestrations
Get Up Stand Up! The Bob Marley Musical - Orchestrator: Simon Hale at Lyric Theatre

Best Theatre Choreographer
Kathleen Marshall for Anything Goes at Barbican Theatre
Best Actor in a Supporting Role
Fred Davis, Daisy Franks, Romina Hytten, Tom Larkin, Habib Nasib Nader, Tom Stacy and Scarlet Wilderink – the 7 actors who play the Tiger for Life Of Pi at Wyndham's Theatre

Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Liz Carr for The Normal Heart at National Theatre - Olivier

Blue-I Theatre Technology Award for Best Set Design
Tim Hatley for Design and Nick Barnes & Finn Caldwell for Puppets for Life Of Pi at Wyndham's Theatre
White Light Award for Best Lighting Design
Tim Lutkin and Andrzej Goulding for Life Of Pi at Wyndham's Theatre
Best Actress In A Supporting Role In A Musical
Liza Sadovy for Cabaret at The Kit Kat Club at the Playhouse Theatre

Best Actor In A Supporting Role In A Musical
Elliot Levey for Cabaret at The Kit Kat Club at the Playhouse Theatre

Outstanding Achievement In Opera
Peter Whelan and the Irish Baroque Orchestra for Bajazet at Royal Opera House - Linbury Theatre
Best New Opera Production
Jenůfa by Royal Opera at Royal Opera House
Best Actor In A Musical
Eddie Redmayne for Cabaret at The Kit Kat Club at the Playhouse Theatre

Best Actress In A Musical
Jessie Buckley for Cabaret at The Kit Kat Club at the Playhouse Theatre

Outstanding Achievement In Dance
Arielle Smith for her choreography of Jolly Folly in Reunion by English National Ballet at Sadler’s Wells
Best New Dance Production
Revisor by Crystal Pite and Jonathon Young / Kidd Pivot at Sadler’s Wells
Best Actress
Sheila Atim for Constellations - Donmar Warehouse at Vaudeville Theatre

Best Actor
Hiran Abeysekera for Life Of Pi at Wyndham's Theatre

Sir Peter Hall Award for Best Director
Rebecca Frecknall for Cabaret at The Kit Kat Club at the Playhouse Theatre
Outstanding Achievement in Affiliate Theatre
Old Bridge at Bush Theatre
Best Family Show
Wolf Witch Giant Fairy at Royal Opera House - Linbury Theatre
Best New Play
Life Of Pi at Wyndham's Theatre

Mastercard Best New Musical
Back To The Future - The Musical at Adelphi Theatre

Congratulations to all the winners.
To all the other nominees and those who missed out on nominations this year, if you made or comntributed to theatre in any way over the last two years, you are all winners in my eyes.