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The ceremony took place at the Royal Albert Hall in London, hosted by Jason Manford, and featured performances from all nine nominated musicals “Anything Goes,” “Back To The Future – The Musical,” “Cabaret,” “The Drifters Girl,” “Frozen,” “Get Up Stand Up! The Bob Marley Musical,” “Moulin Rouge! The Musical” and “Spring Awakening” – plus a performance from “Life Of Pi.” Sheila Atim won best actress for her role in Nick Payne’s “Constellations,” while the best new musical award was given to “Back To The Future – The Musical,” a stage adaptation of the hit 1985 sci-fi film. Wins for “Life Of Pi,” Lolita Chakrabarti’s stage adaptation of the bestselling novel, included Hiran Abeysekera as best actor for his performance as Pi, and - in a first for the Olivier Awards - the seven performers who play Richard Parker, the puppet tiger, Fred Davis, Daisy Franks, Romina Hytten, Tom Larkin, Habib Nasib Nader, Tom Stacy and Scarlet Wilderink, were collectively awarded best Actor in a supporting Role. Eddie Redmayne won best actor in a musical for his performance as the Emcee and Jessie Buckley as Sally Bowles won best actress in a musical, with Liza Sadovy and Elliot Levey awarded in the supporting categories for their roles as Fraulein Schneider and Herr Schultz. Revival of 'Cabaret' starring Eddie Redmayne wins best musical at UK's Olivier Awards, 'Life of Pi' wins best play Biographies and Sources. “Cabaret,” a revival of the 1966 Kander and Ebb musical which has transformed the West End’s Playhouse Theatre into the ‘Kit Kat Club,’ won seven of the 11 categories it was nominated in. “ Cabaret” was the big winner at the annual Olivier Awards on Sunday with seven wins, with “ Life of Pi” following with five.
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