Jodie Comer and Paul Mescal were among the big winners at the 2023 Olivier Awards, which were revealed this evening at the Royal Albert Hall in London. Scroll down for the full list of winners.
Comer picked up the Best Actress gong for her West End debut in the well-received legal thriller Prima Facie, which had five nominations overall, including Best New Play and Best Director. The play was penned by Australian-British writer Suzie Miller. On the night, the play took two awards, Comer’s win and Best New Play.
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 picked up a total 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,...
Comer picked up the Best Actress gong for her West End debut in the well-received legal thriller Prima Facie, which had five nominations overall, including Best New Play and Best Director. The play was penned by Australian-British writer Suzie Miller. On the night, the play took two awards, Comer’s win and Best New Play.
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 picked up a total 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,...
- 4/2/2023
- by Zac Ntim
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Oscar winner Mahershala Ali is to narrate a natural history series about chimpanzees for Netflix.
Ali, who won two Academy Awards for Best Supporting Actor for Moonlight and Green Book, is narrating Chimp Empire, a four-part series for the streamer.
The series comes from director James Reed, who won an Oscar for co-directing Netflix’s My Octopus Teacher. It is his latest chimp doc, having been responsible for Rise of the Warrior Apes for Discovery.
Chimp Empire explores the world of the largest chimpanzee society ever discovered.
Set under the lush canopies of Uganda’s Ngogo Forest, scientists and field trackers have lived alongside this tribe for the last 25 years, watching as they built a sophisticated political and familial structure: forming alliances, building trust, caring for one another, and often going head to head in a never ending fight for power.
Reed and his team embedded a camera crew...
Ali, who won two Academy Awards for Best Supporting Actor for Moonlight and Green Book, is narrating Chimp Empire, a four-part series for the streamer.
The series comes from director James Reed, who won an Oscar for co-directing Netflix’s My Octopus Teacher. It is his latest chimp doc, having been responsible for Rise of the Warrior Apes for Discovery.
Chimp Empire explores the world of the largest chimpanzee society ever discovered.
Set under the lush canopies of Uganda’s Ngogo Forest, scientists and field trackers have lived alongside this tribe for the last 25 years, watching as they built a sophisticated political and familial structure: forming alliances, building trust, caring for one another, and often going head to head in a never ending fight for power.
Reed and his team embedded a camera crew...
- 3/22/2023
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Paul Mescal has clocked his first Olivier Award nomination for his leading performance in Rebecca Frecknall’s buzzy stage adaptation of A Streetcar Named Desire. Scroll down for the full list of nominees.
A Streetcar Named Desire netted six nominations overall, which also included first-time nods for Mescal’s co-stars Anjana Vasan and Patsy Ferran.
In other high-profile nods, Jodie Comer is nominated for Best Actress for her West End debut in the well-received Prima Facie, which has five nominations overall, including Best New Play and Best Director.
David Tennant is in Best Actor for his updated production of C.P. Taylor’s 1989 play Good, and Tom Hollander landed a nom for Patriots, Peter Morgan’s new play set during the fall of the Soviet Union, which is nominated in three categories.
This year’s most nominated production is My Neighbour Totoro, the stage adaptation of Studio Ghibli’s cult 1988 animated film.
A Streetcar Named Desire netted six nominations overall, which also included first-time nods for Mescal’s co-stars Anjana Vasan and Patsy Ferran.
In other high-profile nods, Jodie Comer is nominated for Best Actress for her West End debut in the well-received Prima Facie, which has five nominations overall, including Best New Play and Best Director.
David Tennant is in Best Actor for his updated production of C.P. Taylor’s 1989 play Good, and Tom Hollander landed a nom for Patriots, Peter Morgan’s new play set during the fall of the Soviet Union, which is nominated in three categories.
This year’s most nominated production is My Neighbour Totoro, the stage adaptation of Studio Ghibli’s cult 1988 animated film.
- 2/28/2023
- by Zac Ntim
- Deadline Film + TV
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- 5/17/2011
- by Matthew Cole
- Nerve
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