Olivier Awards: West End Frame's Coverage of The Olivier Awards

So, as all of you beautiful West End fans will know, this Sunday is a very important day for the West End as it is the Olivier Awards! Obviously the most important result announced on the day will be the result of our 'Who Would You Like To See Return To The West End' poll though...

Anyway, for anyone who wants to follow the awards, there are many different ways you can! You can watch via the red button, listen on radio 2 or follow the action on twitter (@OlivierAwards and @Whatsonstage will be tweeting during the event, as many others will). I will post a winners list on the blog on Sunday Evening after the awards. I will be watching on the Red Button with my notepad and will post my review of the Olivier Awards 2012 by Monday evening!

The Nominations:

In the meantime, here is the full list of nominees for the 2012 Olivier Awards, direct from the amazing What's On Stage

Matilda The Musical nominated  in  the maximum possible categories for a musical. Comedies  One Man, Two Guvnors and  The Ladykillers lead the way for plays with 5 nominations each

One Man, Two Guvnors. Photo: Johan Persson		Anna Christie. Photo: Johan Persson
Best New Play		Best Revival
Collaborators at the NT Cottesloe Jumpy at the Jerwood Theatre Downstairs at the Royal Court The Ladykillers at the Gielgud One Man, Two Guvnors at the NT Lyttelton		Anna Christie at the Donmar Warehouse Flare Path at the Theatre Royal Haymarket Much Ado About Nothing at the Wyndham’s Noises Off at the Old Vic
Potted Potter		Betrayal. Photo: Johan Persson
Best Entertainment & Family		Best Actress
Derren Brown – Svengali at the Shaftesbury Midnight Tango at the Aldwych Potted Potter at the Garrick The Tiger Who Came To Tea at the Vaudeville		Celia Imrie for Noises Off at the Old Vic Lesley Manville for Grief at the Cottesloe Kristin Scott Thomas for Betrayal at the Harold Pinter Marcia Warren for The Ladykillers at the Gielgud Ruth Wilson for Anna Christie at the Donmar Warehouse
Frankenstein. Photo: Catherine Ashmore		Flare Path. Photo: Johan Persson
Best Actor		Best Performance in a Supporting Role
James Corden for One Man, Two Guvnors at the NT Lyttelton Benedict Cumberbatch & Jonny Lee Miller forFrankenstein at the NT Olivier David Haig for The Madness of George III at the Apollo Douglas Hodge for Inadmissable Evidence at the Donmar Warehouse Jude Law for Anna Christie at the Donmar Warehouse		Mark Addy for Collaborators at the NT Cottesloe Oliver Chris for One Man, Two Guvnors at the NT Lyttelton Johnny Flynn for Jerusalem at the Apollo Bryony Hannah for The Children’s Hour at the Harold Pinter Sheridan Smith for Flare Path at the Theatre Royal, Haymarket
Betty Blue Eyes. Photo: Michael Le Poer Trench		Shrek the Musical. Photo: Brinkhoff Mögenburg
Best Actress in a Musical		Best Actor in a Musical
Kate Fleetwood for London Road at the NT Cottesloe Sarah Lancashire for Betty Blue Eyes at the Novello The Matildas for Matilda the Musical at the Cambridge Scarlett Strallen for Singin’ In The Rain at the Palace		Bertie Carvel for Matilda the Musical at the Cambridge Nigel Lindsay for Shrek the Musical at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane Reece Shearsmith for Betty Blue Eyes at the Novello Paulo Szot for South Pacific at the Barbican
Singin' In The Rain. Photo: Manuel Harlan		London Road. Photo: Helen Warner
Best Performance in a Supporting Role in a Musical		Best New Musical
Sharon D Clarke for Ghost the Musical at the Piccadilly Sophie-Louise Dann for Lend Me A Tenor the Musical at the Gielgud Nigel Harman for Shrek the Musical at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane Paul Kaye for Matilda the Musical at the Cambridge Katherine Kingsley for Singin’ In The Rain at the Palace		Betty Blue Eyes at the Novello Ghost the Musical at the Piccadilly London Road at the NT Cottesloe Matilda the Musical at the Cambridge Shrek the Musical at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane
South Pacific. Photo: Simon Annand		The Ladykillers. Photo: Manuel Harlan
Best Musical Revival		Best Director
Crazy for You at the Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre Singin' In The Rain at the Palace South Pacific at the Barbican The Wizard of Oz at the London Palladium		Sean Foley for The Ladykillers at the Gielgud Nicholas Hytner for One Man, Two Guvnors at the NT Lyttelton Rufus Norris for London Road at the NT Cottesloe Matthew Warchus for Matilda the Musical at the Cambridge
Crazy for You. Photo: Tristram Kenton		Frankenstein. Photo: Catherine Ashmore
Best Theatre Choreography		Best Lighting Design
Peter Darling for Matilda the Musical at the Cambridge Javier De Frutos for London Road at the NT Cottesloe Stephen Mear for Crazy For You at the Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre Andrew Wright for Singin’ In The Rain at the Palace		Anna Christie designed by Howard Harrison at the Donmar Warehouse Frankenstein designed by Bruno Poet at the NT Olivier Ghost the Musical designed by Hugh Vanstone at the Piccadilly Matilda the Musical designed by Hugh Vanstone at the Cambridge
One Man, Two Guvnors. Photo: Johan Persson		Shrek. Photo: Sean Ebsworth Barnes
Best Set Design		Best Costume Design
Ghost the Musical designed by Rob Howell at the Piccadilly The Ladykillers designed by Michael Taylor at the Gielgud Matilda the Musical designed Rob Howell at the Cambridge One Man, Two Guvnors designed by Mark Thompsonat the NT Lyttelton		Crazy for You designed by Peter McKintosh at the Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre Matilda the Musical designed by Rob Howell at the Cambridge Shrek the Musical designed by Tim Hatley at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane South Pacific designed by Catherine Zuber at the Barbican
The Ladykillers. Photo: Manuel Harlan		Salt, Root & Roe. Photo: Bronwen Sharp
Best Sound Designer		Outstanding Achievement in an Affiliate Theatre
Ghost the Musical designed by Bobby Aitken at the Piccadilly Frankenstein designed by Underworld and Ed Clarkeat the NT Olivier The Ladykillers designed by Ben Ringham and Max Ringham at the Gielgud Matilda the Musical designed by Simon Baker at the Cambridge		The Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester forMogadishu at the Lyric Hammersmith Royal, Stratford East in association with the Barbican and Traverse Theatre for Roadkill The Donmar Warehouse for Salt, Root and Roe at the Trafalgar Studios 2 The Royal Court for The Village Bike at the Jerwood Theatre Upstairs
Castor & Pollux. Photo: Alastiar Muir		Suor Angelica. Photo: Bill Cooper
Best New Opera Production		Outstanding Achievement in Opera
English National Opera’s Castor and Pollux at the London Coliseum English National Opera’s A Midsummer Night's Dream at the London Coliseum English National Opera’s The Passenger at the London Coliseum ROH2’s Clemency (in association with Scottish Opera) at the Linbury Studio, Royal Opera House, Covent Garden		ENO for the breadth and diversity of its artistic programme Amanda Holden for her translation of Castor and Pollux at the London Coliseum Richard Jones his direction of Anna Nicole and Il Trittico at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden and The Tales of Hoffman at the London Coliseum Mark-Anthony Turnage for his composition of Anna Nicole at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden and Twice Through the Heart at Sadler’s Wells
6000 Miles Away. Photo: Lesley Leslie-Spinks		Some Like It Hip Hop. Photo: Ed Miller
Outstanding Achievement in Dance		Best New Dance Production
The Deign Team for their work on the Royal Ballet’sAlice's Adventures in Wonderland at the Royal Opera House Edward Watson for his performance in The Metamorphosis at the Linbury Studio at the Royal Opera House Sylvie Guillem for her performance in her production of 6000 Miles Away at Sadler’s Wells Tommy Franzen for his performance in ZooNation’sSome Like It Hip Hop at the Peacock		Desh by Akram Khan Company at Sadler’s Wells, choreographed by Akram Khan Gardenia by Les Ballets C de la B at Sadler’s Wells, directed by Alain Platel and Frank van Laecke The Metamorphosis by ROH2 at the Linbury Studio, choreographed by Arthur Pita Some Like It Hip Hop by ZooNation at the Peacock, choreographed by Kate Prince, Tommy Franzen and Carrie-Anne Ingrouille