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"It will be very nice to win, don’t get me wrong, but it’s about going there, it’s about the event, it's about celebrating theatre"
"I never actually thought I would make it on the stage and then my debut, to then get a nomination, it’s extraordinary. "
"It’s great, I don’t know what it means exactly except Laurence Olivier’s name is attached to it and that’s a great honour. "
"Working with Rachel (Weisz) and Eliott (Cowan) and the whole cast, and with such fantastic words, it's quite hard to do it badly. Tennessee (Williams) is a bit of a genius"
"Desiree is absolutely the role of my life so far"
"In a sense we’ve been the naughty child of the theatre and not very accepted in these circles so it’s nice to be around."
"To have seven nominations for a show that only lasted six months, nine weeks in the West End, is just phenomenal."
"It was an ensemble piece so I’m here but I sort of represent everybody else who was there on stage with me. I'm very aware of that."
"It’s the greatest thrill of my life. I’m not usually big on awards, but coming from Australia and being nominated, it’s a real honour"
"I think hosting something like this is one of those big grown up steps. You suddenly look at yourself and go, ok I must be grown up then, because in my head I'm still six years old"
"I think it’s been quite an eye opener for a lot of people who only know me as being part of the Spice Girls, so lots of theatregoers have actually been quite surprised that there’s more to me than that"
And the winners are:
Best Lighting Design: The Chalk Garden designed by Paule Constable at the Donmar Warehouse
Best Sound Design: Black Watch designed by Gareth Fry at the Barbican
Best Costume Design: The Histories designed by Tom Piper and Emma Williams at the Roundhouse
Best New Dance Production: Pina Bausch Tanztheater Wuppertal’s Café Muller/ The Rite Of Spring at Sadler’s Wells
Outstanding Achievement in Dance: The company of the Royal Ballet of Flanders for their performances in Impressing The Czar at Sadler’s Wells
Best New Comedy: God Of Carnage by Yasmina Reza, translated by Christopher Hampton at the Gielgud theatre
Best Set Design: August: Osage County designed by Todd Rosenthal at the National Theatre, Lyttelton
Best Performance in a Supporting Role in a Musical: Lesli Margherita for Zorro at the Garrick theatre
Outstanding Achievement in an Affiliate Theatre: The Royal Court theatre’s production of The Pride, Jerwood Theatre Upstairs
Best Performance in a Supporting Role: Patrick Stewart for Hamlet at the Novello theatre
Best Actress: Margaret Tyzack for The Chalk Garden at the Donmar Warehouse
Best Actor: Derek Jacobi for Twelfth Night, Donmar West End at the Wyndham’s theatre
Best Company Performance: The Histories directed by Michael Boyd at the Roundhouse
Best Theatre Choreographer: Steven Hoggett for Black Watch at the Barbican
Best Revival: The Histories directed by Michael Boyd at the Roundhouse
Best New Opera Production: English National Opera’s Partenope at the London Coliseum
Outstanding Achievement in Opera: Edward Gardner for conducting English National Opera’s Boris Goduinov, Cavalliera Rusticana, Der Rosenkavalier, I Pagliacci, Riders To The Sea at the London Coliseum and Punch And Judy at the Young Vic
Best Actress in a Musical: Elena Roger for Piaf at the Donmar Warehouse and Vaudeville theatre
Best Actor in a Musical: Douglas Hodge for La Cage Aux Folles at the Playhouse theatre
Best Entertainment: La Clique at the Hippodrome
Best Musical Revival: La Cage Aux Folles, music and lyrics by Jerry Herman, book by Harvey Fierstein, based on the play "La Cage Aux Folles" by Jean Poiret, at the Playhouse theatre
Best New Play: National Theatre of Scotland’s Black Watch by Gregory Burke at the Barbican
Best Director: John Tiffany for Black Watch at the Barbican
Best New Musical: Jersey Boys The Story Of Frankie Valli And The Four Seasons book by Marshall Brickman & Rick Elice, music by Bob Gaudio, lyrics by Bob Crewe at the Prince Edward theatre
The Society’s Special Award: Sir Alan Ayckbourn