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Curtain Rises On Oliver Award Nominations

(EMAILWIRE.COM, April 19, 2012 ) London, UK -- The curtain rose on the Olivier Award nominations for 2012 when actress Barbara Windsor announced the BBC Radio 2 Olivier Audience Award nominations on February 5 while sitting in to present Elaine Paige’s show.

Events will include a star-studded ceremony at the Royal Opera House attended by a host of theatrical royalty, a celebration in New York and a free public event in London’s Covent Garden, which will include a live stream of the fabulous night on screen.

As part of the Olivier Award Nominations, the BBC Radio 2 Olivier Audience Award gives theatre-goers the chance to vote for their favourite long-running show and offers performers - old and new - the opportunity to achieve global recognition which will put their names in lights for the rest of their careers.

The fabulous event, sponsored by MasterCard and organised by the Society of London Theatre (SOLT), is the most prestigious event of the year for theatre lovers, and this year’s ceremony in the heart of London promises to be a show-stopping extravaganza celebrating a dazzling array of talent.

With awards being presented in many categories, from Best Actor to Best Costume Design, the competition will be fierce and the standard impossibly high - a perfect tribute to the great man himself, Sir Laurence Olivier.

London’s Theatreland enjoyed record-breaking box office sales in 2011, generating a massive £528million, and with productions of the calibre of those expected to appear in the Olivier Award Nominations, it really is little wonder.

The shortlist for the BBC Radio 2 Olivier Audience Award will be announced on the Elaine Paige show on March 11, and all other nominations will be announced on March 15. It will be a tense time for everyone who has been involved in a production over the past year and who is currently speculating about who will be announced as winners at the glitzy event on Sunday April 15.

One thing is for sure: it will be a starry, starry night in London and across the pond as the glittering prizes are awarded.

About the Oliver Awards:

British theatre’s most sought-after awards have been a mark of theatrical greatness since they were inaugurated in 1976 as the Society of West End Theatre Awards. The society is now known as the Society of London Theatre (SOLT) and its glittering awards are now the Laurence Olivier Awards in honour of the theatrical legend.

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Philippa Polskin
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