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'Cabaret', 'Life of Pi' triumph at London's Olivier Awards
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From page to stage: British actor and writer Lolita Chakrabarti (fourth left) poses with the crew and the puppet tiger of Life of Pi on Sunday to attend the Olivier Awards at Royal Albert Hall in central London. (AFP/Justin Tallis)
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critically acclaimed revival of the musical Cabaret and a stage adaptation of the hit novel Life of Pi were the big winners at the Olivier Awards on Sunday, scooping the top prizes in Britain's biggest night for theater.
After a two-year hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the London theater community reunited for a glitzy ceremony at Royal Albert Hall.
Cabaret led the nominations with 11 nods and won seven awards, including best musical revival and prizes for actors Eddie Redmayne and Jessie Buckley.
"This is the dream. [...] This was the part that I played when I was a kid at school, it was the thing that got my passion for theater really fueled," said Redmayne. "And getting to do it every night with that extraordinary group of people was dumbfounding."
Cabaret also won best supporting acting awards for Elliot Levey and Liza Sadovy, and best director for Rebecca Frecknall.
Originally produced on Broadway in 1966 with music by John Kander and lyrics by Fred Ebb, Cabaret follows the lives of characters linked to a seedy Berlin nightclub during the rise of the Nazis.
Oscar-winner Redmayne played the Kit Kat Klub's master of ceremonies and Buckley portrayed Sally Bowles, the English singer with more ambition than talent.
