Olivier Awards 2013: Winner's and Nominees

The Results for the 2013 Olivier Awards have been Announced.

The winners of each category are highlighted, with the nominations below:

Best Actor
Luke Treadaway for The Curious Incident Of The Dog In The Night-Time
Rupert Everett for The Judas Kiss (Apollo Theatre)
James McAvoy for Macbeth
Mark Rylance for Twelfth Night
Rafe Spall for Constellations

Best Actress
Helen Mirren for The Audience
Hattie Morahan for A Doll’s House
Billie Piper for The Effect
Kristin Scott Thomas for Old Times

Best Actor in a Supporting Role
Richard McCabe for The Audience
Paul Chahidi for Twelfth Night (Apollo Theatre)
Adrian Scarborough for Hedda Gabler
Kyle Soller for Long Day’s Journey Into Night

Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Nicola Walker for The Curious Incident Of The Dog In The Night-Time
Janie Dee for NSFW
Anastasia Hille for The Effect
Cush Jumbo for Julius Caesar (Donmar Warehouse)
Helen McCrory for The Last Of The Haussmans

Mastercard Best New Play
The Curious Incident Of The Dog In The Night-Time
Constellations
The Audience
This House

Beautiful Thing #BeautDress - Arts Theatre, London (12/04/2013)

Last night I was a part of History. I attended the private dress rehearsal of the 20th Anniversary Production of Jonathan Harvey's 'Beautiful Thing' at the Arts Theatre, London. At the start of the show, producer Tom O'Connell came on stage to welcome us to this special event. He asked us to keep in mind that this was a Dress Rehearsal, a fact that I had completely forgot by the interval.

For those of you who may not know the play, “Beautiful Thing is a glorious urban love story between two young men coming to grips with their sexuality and the effect it has on the people in their lives. It tells the story of teenager Jamie's relationship with classmate and neighbour Ste. Together the two boys find comedy, warmth and the music of Mama Cass through their loud-mouthed next door neighbour Leah. The play exquisitely depicts what it is to be sixteen, in the first flush of love, and full of optimism.”

As a fan of the play anyway, I was extremely excited and intrigued to see this production. It's safe to say, in no way was I disappointed. Every aspect of the show came together beautifully, making the whole thing so believable. Colin Richmond has done a fantastic job with the design. Although fairly simple, he did a great job creating a set, that was pleasing to the eye.

The cast on a whole, came together perfectly. Suranne Jones plays Jamie's mum, Sandra. Her portrayal of this loud-mouthed, single mother who is more pre-occupied with ambitious plans to run her own pub and an ever-changing string of lovers, is very well executed and believable. Her comedic timing is superb. The first scene in Act 2, between her and Jake Davies, who plays Jamie, was simply stunning. The acting between both of them was so true, and made the relationship between them seem so real. In fact, they reduced me to tears.