Olivier Awards Winners: Jodie Comer And Paul Mescal Take Home Top Prizes — Updating List
02.04.2023 - 19:51
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Jodie Comer and Paul Mescal are among the big winners at the 2023 Olivier Awards, which are being revealed this evening at the Royal Albert Hall in London. Scroll down for a list of the winners that will be updated as the names come in.
Comer picked up the Best Actress gong for her West End debut in the well-received legal thriller Prima Facie, which nabbed five nominations overall, including Best New Play and Best Director. The play was penned by Australian-British writer Suzie Miller.
Mescal landed the Best Actor award for his reincarnation of Stanley Kowalski in Rebecca Frecknall’s buzzy adaptation of the classic Tennessee Williams play A Streetcar Named Desire. The play, which has a current tally of three awards this evening, opened at the Almeida Theatre in North London but has since transferred to the West End.
Accepting the award, Mescal paid tribute to Frecknall, describing the British director as his “favorite director.”
“You led us from the start and provoked us to make this play our own,” Mescal said, “but it is entirely yours. It’s born out of your extreme talent.”
Mescal and Comer are both first-time Olivier Award winners. Elsewhere, Mescal’s Streetcar co-star Anjana Vasan picked up the Best Actress in a Supporting Role award, while the play also nabbed the gong for Best Revival.
The Best Director award went to Phelim McDermott for his work on My Neighbour Totoro, the Royal Shakespeare Company’s stage adaptation of Studio Ghibli’s cult 1988 animated film. Totoro was this year’s most nominated production, with nine nods, including Best Entertainment or Comedy Play, Best Director, Best Theatre Choreographer, Best Original Score, and a Best Actress nod for Mei Mac.
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