Olivier Awards nominations 2018....Hamilton makes history with 13 nominations

Olivier Awards nominations 2018....Hamilton makes history with 13 nominations

Courtesy of https://officiallondontheatre.com/news/hamilton-rewrites-records-2018s-olivier-nominations-111408120/

Lin-Manuel Miranda musical Hamilton has become the most nominated production in the history of the Olivier Awards with Mastercard, receiving 13 nominations for theatre’s biggest accolades this year.

Mirroring its achievements on Broadway, where the musical also made history in garnering 16 Tony Award nominations, Hamilton surpasses previous record-holders Harry Potter And The Cursed Child (2017) and Hairspray (2008)’s total of 11 Olivier nominations. Having reopened London’s Victoria Palace Theatre in December, the show’s remarkable impact in the West End was confirmed today in today’s live nominations announcement, hosted by musical theatre stars Elaine Paige and Alexandra Burke.

The eyes of the theatregoing community will now fall on the Royal Albert Hall on Sunday 8 April, where Catherine Tate will host the Olivier Awards with Mastercard ceremony, set to once again be broadcast to the UK and worldwide. 

Tickets to theatre’s biggest night are available exclusively for Mastercard cardholders via Priceless.com.

Full list of nominees:

https://officiallondontheatre.com/olivier-awards/

Best Actor in a Supporting Role in a Musical

Michael Jibson for Hamilton at Victoria Palace Theatre

Ross Noble for Young Frankenstein at Garrick Theatre

Jason Pennycooke for Hamilton at Victoria Palace Theatre

Cleve September for Hamilton at Victoria Palace Theatre

Best Actress in a Supporting Role in a Musical

Sheila Atim for Girl From The North Country at The Old Vic

Tracie Bennett for Follies at National Theatre – Olivier

Rachel John for Hamilton at Victoria Palace Theatre

Lesley Joseph for Young Frankenstein at Garrick Theatre

Outstanding Achievement in Music

Everybody’s Talking About Jamie – Music and Orchestrations by Dan Gillespie Sells, his debut as a musical theatre composer and orchestrator at Apollo Theatre

Follies – The Orchestra, under the Music Supervision of Nicholas Skilbeck and Music Director Nigel Lilley at National Theatre – Olivier

Girl From The North Country – Music & Lyrics by Bob Dylan, Original Orchestrations & Arrangements by Simon Hale at The Old Vic

Hamilton – Composer-Lyricist Lin-Manuel Miranda at Victoria Palace Theatre

Best New Dance Production

Flight Pattern by Crystal Pite at Royal Opera House

Goat by Ben Duke for Rambert Dance Company at Sadler’s Wells

Grand Finale by Hofesh Shechter at Sadler’s Wells

Tree Of Codes by Wayne McGregor and The Paris Opera Ballet at Sadler’s Wells

Outstanding Achievement in Dance

Rocío Molina for pushing the boundary of flamenco in Fallen From Heaven (Caída Del Cielo) at Barbican Theatre

Francesca Velicu for her performance in English National Ballet’s production of Pina Bausch’s Le Sacre Du Printemps at Sadler’s Wells

Zenaida Yanowsky for her performance in Liam Scarlett’s Symphonic Dances at Royal Opera House

Best Entertainment and Family

David Walliams’ Gangsta Granny at Garrick Theatre

Derren Brown: Underground at Playhouse Theatre

Dick Whittington at London Palladium

Five Guys Named Moe at Marble Arch Theatre

Best Theatre Choreographer

Andy Blankenbuehler for Hamilton at Victoria Palace Theatre

Bill Deamer for Follies at National Theatre – Olivier

Kate Prince for Everybody’s Talking About Jamie at Apollo Theatre

Randy Skinner for 42nd Street at Theatre Royal Drury Lane

Christopher Wheeldon for An American In Paris at Dominion Theatre

Magic Radio Best Musical Revival

42nd Street at Theatre Royal Drury Lane

Follies at National Theatre – Olivier

On The Town at Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre

Best Actor in a Musical

Ciarán Hinds for Girl From The North Country at The Old Vic

John McCrea for Everybody’s Talking About Jamie at Apollo Theatre

Giles Terera for Hamilton at Victoria Palace Theatre

Jamael Westman for Hamilton at Victoria Palace Theatre

Best Actress in a Musical

Janie Dee for Follies at National Theatre – Olivier

Shirley Henderson for Girl From The North Country at The Old Vic

Imelda Staunton for Follies at National Theatre – Olivier

Josie Walker for Everybody’s Talking About Jamie at Apollo Theatre

Best Revival

Angels In America at National Theatre – Lyttelton

Hamlet at Almeida Theatre

Who’s Afraid Of Virginia Woolf? at Harold Pinter Theatre

Witness For The Prosecution at London County Hall

Best New Comedy

Dry Powder at Hampstead Theatre

Labour Of Love at Noël Coward Theatre

Mischief Movie Night at Arts Theatre

The Miser at Garrick Theatre

Outstanding Achievement in Affiliate Theatre

The B*easts at Bush Theatre

Killology at Jerwood Theatre Upstairs at the Royal Court Theatre

The Red Lion at Trafalgar Studios 2

The Revlon Girl at Park Theatre

White Light Award for Best Lighting Design

Howell Binkley for Hamilton at Victoria Palace Theatre

Paule Constable for Angels In America at National Theatre – Lyttelton

Paule Constable for Follies at National Theatre – Olivier

Jan Versweyveld for Network at National Theatre – Lyttelton

Best Sound Design

Tom Gibbons for Hamlet at Almeida Theatre

Gareth Owen for Bat Out Of Hell The Musical at London Coliseum

Eric Sleichim for Network at National Theatre – Lyttelton

Nevin Steinberg for Hamilton at Victoria Palace Theatre

Best Costume Design

Hugh Durrant for Dick Whittington at London Palladium

Roger Kirk for 42nd Street at Theatre Royal Drury Lane

Vicki Mortimer for Follies at National Theatre – Olivier

Paul Tazewell for Hamilton at Victoria Palace Theatre

Blue-I Theatre Technology Award for Best Set Design

Bunny Christie for Ink at Almeida Theatre and Duke of York’s Theatre

Bob Crowley and 59 Productions for An American In Paris at Dominion Theatre

Rob Howell for The Ferryman at Gielgud Theatre and Jerwood Theatre Downstairs at the Royal Court Theatre

Vicki Mortimer for Follies at National Theatre – Olivier

Best Actor in a Supporting Role

Bertie Carvel for Ink at Almeida Theatre and Duke of York’s Theatre

John Hodgkinson for The Ferryman at Gielgud Theatre and Jerwood Theatre Downstairs at the Royal Court Theatre

James McArdle for Angels In America at National Theatre – Lyttelton

Peter Polycarpou for Oslo at Harold Pinter Theatre

Best Actress in a Supporting Role

Bríd Brennan for The Ferryman at Gielgud Theatre and Jerwood Theatre Downstairs at the Royal Court Theatre

Denise Gough for Angels In America at National Theatre – Lyttelton

Dearbhla Molloy for The Ferryman at Gielgud Theatre and Jerwood Theatre Downstairs at the Royal Court Theatre

Imogen Poots for Who’s Afraid Of Virginia Woolf? at Harold Pinter Theatre

Best New Opera Production

La Bohème at Trafalgar Studios 2

The Exterminating Angel at Royal Opera House

Semiramide at Royal Opera House

Outstanding Achievement in Opera

Paul Brown for his set and costume designs for Iolanthe at London Coliseum

Joyce DiDonato and Daniela Barcellona for their performances in Semiramide at Royal Opera House

Roderick Williams for his performance in The Royal Opera’s The Return Of Ulysses at the Roundhouse

Best Actor

Paddy Considine for The Ferryman at Gielgud Theatre and Jerwood Theatre Downstairs at the Royal Court Theatre

Bryan Cranston for Network at National Theatre – Lyttelton

Andrew Garfield for Angels In America at National Theatre – Lyttelton

Andrew Scott for Hamlet at Almeida Theatre

Best Actress

Laura Donnelly for The Ferryman at Gielgud Theatre and Jerwood Theatre Downstairs at the Royal Court Theatre

Lesley Manville for Long Day’s Journey Into Night at Wyndham’s Theatre

Audra McDonald for Lady Day At Emerson’s Bar & Grill at Wyndham’s Theatre

Imelda Staunton for Who’s Afraid Of Virginia Woolf? at Harold Pinter Theatre

Best Director

Dominic Cooke for Follies at National Theatre – Olivier

Marianne Elliott for Angels In America at National Theatre – Lyttelton

Rupert Goold for Ink at Almeida Theatre and Duke of York’s Theatre

Thomas Kail for Hamilton at Victoria Palace Theatre

Sam Mendes for The Ferryman at Gielgud Theatre and Jerwood Theatre Downstairs at the Royal Court Theatre

American Airlines Best New Play

The Ferryman at Gielgud Theatre and Jerwood Theatre Downstairs at the Royal Court Theatre

Ink at Almeida Theatre and Duke of York’s Theatre

Network at National Theatre – Lyttelton

Oslo at Harold Pinter Theatre

Mastercard Best New Musical

An American In Paris at Dominion Theatre

Everybody’s Talking About Jamie at Apollo Theatre

Girl From The North Country at The Old Vic

Hamilton at Victoria Palace Theatre

Young Frankenstein at Garrick Theatre

BRITAIN'S GOT TALENT IS BACK!

And, we're back! Here's a sneak peek at tonight's acts on Britain's Got Talent 2016

Courtesy of http://www.itv.com/britainsgottalent/audition/and-were-back-heres-a-sneak-peek-at-tonights-acts 

Make sure you tune into Britain's Got Talent tonight at 7pm on ITV where all will be revealed!

The wait is almost over!

Ahead of tonight's awesome Britain's Got Talent, here's the acts who'll be hoping to impress the Judges and edge one step closer to the Royal Variety Performance...

Stephen Mulhern channels 1D in first look BGMT clip | Britain’s Got Talent 2016

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CGqCuGbKF_U

The Judges suffer epic buzzer fail | Britain's Got Talent 2016
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Of6buxlzQGM

The Judges flip out over The Togni Brothers | Britain's Got Talent 2016
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sz9zCNePwvc

Darren Altman takes on Ant and Dec | Britain's Got Talent 2016
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5_4tPVm4I_o&spfreload=5

TAGS
Britains Got Talent 2016, Simon Cowell, David Walliams, Amanda Holden, Alesha Dixon, Alexandr Magala, Beau Dermott, Darren Altman, Elite Squad, George Kavanagh, Lucy and Trip Hazard, Madame Zucchini, Nicholas Bryant, Paisley Kerswell, Peter K Rollings, Rainbow Elvis, Shani Belly Dancers, The Tonghi Brothers, Tony Baloney, Vitaly Voronko

Britain's Got Talent 2015 launch, Saturday 11 April

Britain's Got Talent  (BGT) 2015 the presenters and judges joke around and prank each other. Simon Cowell, David Walliams, Amanda Holden and Alesha Dixon are back. As well as presenters Ant and Dec and Stephen Mulhern who presents Britain's Got More Talent (BGMT)

First look! Ant is tackled by a Terrier
https://youtu.be/5pJrO0H9Qmc

Ant and Dec get in on the act
https://youtu.be/00WyJaRz38s

Billy & Emily get the Judges in a spin
https://youtu.be/f6B95KzvKY8

Stephen Mulhern's Britain's Got More Talent Rap with Ant and Dec
https://youtu.be/drCjxg6Drys

David beeps Simon's horn
https://youtu.be/QcYhewmf2Bs

 

BRITAIN'S GOT TALENT 2014 - WEEK 4 AUDITIONS

Britain's Got Talent 2014 Week 4 Auditions

Kieran Lai throws some shapes. Street dancer Kieran Lai showcases some serious moves in his audition.Will the Judges put the body popper through?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q7APSs2UR-c&list=UUUtZaxDF3hD5VK4xRYFBePQ&feature=share


Can Jack Pack swing the Judges? Swing group Jack Pack sing Frank Sinatra's That's Life in their audition. Will it be enough to secure them a place in the next round?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=komd0fbdwD0&feature=share&list=UUUtZaxDF3hD5VK4xRYFBePQ&index=1


Patsy gets Ant and Dec in on her act Sweet talking British born New Yorker Patsy has Ant and Dec smitten in this week's show.Will she be able to woo the Judges?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2c3Lu1Njs7Q&list=UUUtZaxDF3hD5VK4xRYFBePQ&feature=share&index=2


Stephen Mulhern learns a doggy trick. BGMT's Stephen Mulhern finds out how hard it is to master a canine trick.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8n9KRtmSM5E&list=UUUtZaxDF3hD5VK4xRYFBePQ&feature=share&index=5


See more from Britain's Got Talent at http://itv.com/talent

SUBSCRIBE: http://bit.ly/BGTsub
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/BritainsGotTa...
Twitter: http://twitter.com/GotTalent
 

BRITAIN'S GOT TALENT 2014 : WEEK 2 - SIMON COWELL TURNS DARE DEVIL IN KNIFE THROWING ACT

Simon Cowell turns dare devil as he takes part in knife throwing stunt with 11-year-old Britain's Got Talent hopeful

Courtesy of: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-2608093/Simon-Cowell-takes-knife-throwing-stunt-Britains-Got-Talent.html#ixzz2zLXfDYUd


Britain's Got Talent Week 2: http://youtu.be/TrQZkkukDQk

Simon Cowell is usually keen for acts to get off the stage as soon as possible on Britain's Got Talent.

But the TV mogul was so impressed by one act that he soon volunteered his services for a rather dangerous stunt in scenes from Saturday night's episode of the ITV1 show.

Knife thrower Edward Pinder, an 11-year-old circus performer, took to the stage for an act which saw him throwing sharp objects at his assistant/mother, Erika Pinder.

Dressed up on a cowboy costume, the school boy teamed a a checked shirt with cowboy boots and brown chaps.

He also sported the classic red bandana scarf and cowboy hat, as he wowed the crowds with his hair-raising audition.

As the judges watched on, Simon admitted he was tempted to join in on the fun.

Fellow judge Alesha Dixon was surprised by the 54-year-old's claim and was even more shocked when Simon went up onto the stage.

Simon said: ‘Can I just see if they’re real knives? Oh my god! Let’s just do two Edward okay?’

When David Walliams jokingly offered to take Edward's place as the knife thrower, Edward replied: 'No'.

As he began to regret his decision, Simon asked the young boy: ‘Edward, you’ve never auditioned for me have you?’

Edward get the show supremo a close shave with a flying blade which left the judges open-mouthed.

Simon admitted: 'I kind of felt my life going in front of me then', before Amanda Holden told Edward: 'You nearly killed Simon Cowell.'

David once again attempted to charm Edward as he said: ‘How much would we have to pay you to throw the knife just a little bit nearer to him?’

 

 

Lettice Rowbotham also impressed the judges - and the audience - with her electric violin and David Walliams told her: 'I think you might be the poshest contestant we've had on the show.'

The 24-year-old from Surrey's audition was just the tip of the iceberg with other impressive turns including a magic act and a singer.

Less impressive were a duo - Operadoo - who attempt to combine opera with didgeridoo playing.

The couple, from Kent, fall foul of Cowell who tells them: 'There are certain things that don't go well together. It's like sticking a bowl of strawberry ice cream with a sausage.'

 

Britain's Got Talent returns to ITV1 on Saturday night 19 April at 7pm.

Lettice Rowbotham

Operadoo
 

James Smith

 

BRITAINS GOT TALENT 2014: THE DADDY OF ALL TALENT SHOWS IS BACK!

BRITAIN'S GOT TALENT: Simon Cowell, David Walliams, Alesha Dixon, Amanda Holden and the buzzers are back including a Golden Buzzer that can see a contestant go through immediately.


WHO WE LIKED SO FAR!

COLLABRO singing Les Mis on #BritiansGotTalent just now were brilliant! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ob5UJS2WwQ8 

 

THE ROYAL VARIETY PERFORMANCE...100TH ANNIVERSARY

 

 

The Royal Variety Performance 2012...Ashleigh and Pudsey steal the show

The first performance, on 1 July 1912 was called the Royal Command Performance, and this name has persisted informally for the event. This was held in the Palace Theatre, Shaftesbury Avenue, London, in the presence of King George V and Queen Mary. After correspondence with Sir Edward Moss the King said he would command a Royal Variety show in his Coronation Year 1911, provided the profits went to the Variety Artistes' Benevolent Fund, as the EABF was then known. It was planned to be in the Empire Theatre, Edinburgh, part of the vast Moss Empires group, but the building went on fire a month before the show. After the death of Sir Edward Moss, Alfred Butt was chosen as the impresario and it was staged in 1912.[2] This was a lavish occasion, and his London Palace theatre was lavishly decorated, complete with some 3 million rose petals.

Girls Aloud meet the Queen

Top performers included Vesta Tilley, George Robey, David Devant, Anna Pavlova (ballerina), Harry Lauder and Cecilia Loftus. The organisers did not invite Marie Lloyd, because of a professional dispute. Her act was deemed too risqué and her three public, unsuccessful marriages made her unfit to perform in front of royalty. She held a rival performance in a nearby theatre, which she advertised was "by command of the British public". The name of the event was changed to prevent possible royal embarrassment. The Royal Variety became an annual event at the suggestion of King George V from 1921 and the British Broadcasting Corporation began to broadcast it on radio.

From 1960 to 1975, ITV broadcast a recorded version of the show, switching to live broadcasts in 1976. From 1986 until 2010, production and broadcast of the show alternated each year between the BBC and ITV, with the BBC usually staging the show in a West End theatre, and ITV in regional theatres outside London. From 2011, ITV have exclusive rights to televise the show.[1] The show has been frequently staged in the London Palladium theatre, and in the 1950s and 1960s a television show based on the same idea, called Sunday Night at the London Palladium and hosted by many entertainers, including Bruce Forsyth, ran for over 20 years.

Almost every conceivable sort of act has at one time or another been presented to the monarch at the Royal Command Performance, including The Beatles in 1963, The Supremes in 1968 and The Blue Man Group in 2005. At the Beatles' show on 4 November 1963, John Lennon delivered a line to the well-heeled audience which has passed into legend: "For our last number I'd like to ask your help: Will the people in the cheaper seats clap your hands? And the rest of you, if you'll just rattle your jewellery ..."

The money raised by the Royal Variety Performance provides most of the funding for the Entertainment Artiste’s Benevolent Fund and it’s home Brinsworth House.

Kylie Minogue meets the Queen

 

The Performances

After the first Royal Variety Performance on 1 July 1912 presented by Sir Alfred Butt, it was seven years before the next show, on 28 July 1919 held at the Coliseum Theatre presented this time by Sir Oswald Stoll. The orchestra was conducted by Edward Elgar. In 1921 it moved to The Hippodrome, and was held in November. It was the first time that the Royal Variety Performance became an annual event. In 1923 it moved to the Coliseum Theatre. Then after a gap in 1924, moved to the Alhambra Theatre in February 1925, where it remained in 1926, held on 27 May. It was the first Royal Variety Performance to broadcast, with the BBC providing live radio coverage.

In 1927 there was another move, this time to the Victoria Palace Theatre, with J. A. Webb the compère. Then 1928 show, on 13 December, was held at the Coliseum Theatre. The next show, on 22 May 1930, moved to the London Palladium with George Black and Val Parnell compèring. It was a start of seven successive years at the venue.

In 1935 the Royal Variety Performance was held in the Silver Jubilee year of King George V and Queen Mary. This was the last time King George V attended – he died three months later in January 1936.

There have been two Royal Scottish Variety Performances, both attended by Queen Elizabeth, and presented by Howard & Wyndham Ltd in Glasgow`s Alhambra Theatre, which Sir Alfred Butt had opened, in 1958 and 1963.

Ashleigh & Pudsey BGT Winners 2012

Britain’s Got Talent Acts

Since 2007, one act of the Royal Variety show has been selected by the British public through the ITV1 television talent show Britain's Got Talent.

A public telephone vote decides the most popular act in each semi-final, which then progresses to the final, along with a second act chosen by the judges. The grand final is then broadcast live and all the acts perform again for the public vote.

Winners

• 2007: Paul Potts – pop opera tenor
• 2008: George Sampson – street dancer
• 2009: Diversity – street dance group
• 2010: Spelbound - gymnastics squad
• 2011: Jai McDowall - singer
• 2012: Ashleigh and Pudsey - musical canine freestyle