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Olivier Audience Award voting opens

Voting is now open for the 2012 BBC Radio 2 Olivier Audience Award which gives theatre fans the chance to decide their favourite long-running show.

Olivier Awards go global

The Olivier Awards 2012 with MasterCard is set to be the biggest celebration London theatre has ever staged, with events taking place at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden piazza and in New York.

SOLT and Radio Times search for awards panellists

The Society of London Theatre (SOLT) is joining up with Radio Times in its search for public panellists to judge the 2013 Olivier Awards with Mastercard.

Oliviers transfer to Royal Opera House

London theatre’s most prestigious awards ceremony, the Olivier Awards with MasterCard, will be staged at the Royal Opera House in 2012.

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Olivier Winners 2011

A full list of Laurence Olivier Award Nominees and Winners for 2011

The Big Question: where will you put your Olivier Award?

With the Olivier Awards with Mastercard over for another year, the happy winners have to decide where to display their brand new statuette.

Clybourne Park wins MasterCard Best New Play

Bruce Norris’s provocative satire Clybourne Park has won the much coveted accolade for MasterCard Best New Play at this year’s Olivier Awards with MasterCard.

Legally Blonde wins Best New Musical

Broadway import Legally Blonde The Musical has picked up this year’s Olivier Award for Best New Musical.

Into The Woods wins Best Musical Revival

The Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre production of Into The Woods has been named Best Musical Revival at the 2011 Olivier Awards with MasterCard.

Blasted named Outstanding Achievement in an Affiliate Theatre

The Lyric Hammersmith’s production of Sarah Kane’s Blasted has been crowned 2011’s Outstanding Achievement in an Affiliate Theatre.

David Thaxton wins Best Actor in a Musical

David Thaxton has been awarded Best Actor in a Musical for his performance as Captain Giorgio in the Donmar Warehouse revival of Stephen Sondheim’s Passion.

Sheridan Smith wins Best Actress in a Musical

Sheridan Smith has triumphed in the Best Actress in a Musical category at the 2011 Olivier Awards with Mastercard.

Jill Halfpenny wins Best Performance in a Supporting Role in a Musical

Jill Halfpenny has won an Olivier Award for her performance as beautician Paulette in Legally Blonde The Musical.

The Railway Children wins Best Entertainment

The Best Entertainment Olivier Award has gone to the stage adaptation of children’s classic The Railway Children.

La Bohème wins Best New Opera Production

OperaUpClose and Soho Theatre’s La Bohème has made its way from humble pub theatre beginnings to win the most prestigious of theatre awards.

Roger Allam wins the 2011 Best Actor Award