Sono stati consegnati al Drury Lane Theatre di Londra gli Olivier Awards 2011, i più ambti premi del teatro inglese. Per la categoria "miglior musical" la statuetta è andata a "Legally Blonde" , la cui interprete Sheridan Smith ha vinto anche il premio come miglior attrice di musical. Grande sconfitto della serata il musical sequel di "The Phantom of the Opera", "Love Never Dies" di Andrew Lloyd Webber, cui non è stato assegnato alcun premio. Ma ecco l’elenco completo dei vincitori:
Best Actress: Nancy Carroll for After the Dance
Best Actor: Roger Allam for Henry IV Parts 1 & 2
Best New Musical: Legally Blonde – The Musical
Best Director: Howard Davies for The White Guard
Mastercard Best New Play: Clybourne Park by Bruce Norris
Best Actress in a Musical: Sheridan Smith for Legally Blonde – The Musical
Best Actor in a Musical: David Thaxton – Passion
Best New Opera Production: OperaUpClose and Soho Theatre’s La Bohème at Soho Theatre
Best New Dance Production: Babel (Words) by Eastman vzw and Royal Opera House La Monnaie at Sadler’s Wells, choreographed by Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui and Damien Jalet
Best Actress In A Supporting Role: Michelle Terry for Tribes at the Jerwood Theatre Downstairs at the Royal Court
Best Actor In A Supporting Role: Adrian Scarborough for After The Dance at the Lyttelton
Best Musical Revival: Into The Woods at the Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre
Best Entertainment: The Railway Children By E Nesbit, Adapted By Mike Kenny at the Waterloo Station Theatre
Best Performance In A Supporting Role In A Musical: Jill Halfpenny for Legally Blonde- The Musical at the Savoy
Best Revival: After The Dance Directed By Thea Sharrock at the Lyttelton
Best Theatre Choreographer: Leon Baugh for Sucker Punch at the Jerwood Theatre Downstairs at the Royal Court
Best Lighting Design: The White Guard designed by Neil Austin at the Lyttelton
Xl Video Award for Best Set Design: The White Guard designed by Bunny Christie at the Lyttelton
Best Costume Design: After The Dance designed by Hildegard Bechtler at the Lyttelton
Best Sound Design: King Lear designed by Adam Cork at the Donmar Warehouse
Outstanding Achievement In An Affiliate Theatre: Lyric Hammersmith for Blasted
Outstanding Achievement In Opera: Christian Gerhaher for his performance in The Royal Opera’s TannhaUser at the Royal Opera House
Outstanding Achievement In Dance: Antony Gormley for his Set Design of Babel (Words) by Eastman Vzw And Theatre Royal De La Monnaie at Sadler’s Wells
Audience Award for Most Popular Show: We Will Rock You
