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Winners of the 36th Olivier Awards were awarded on Sunday 15th April, with Matilda The Musical dominating by taking a record 7 awards for Best Musical, Best Actor in a Musical, Best Director, the 4 Matildas sharing Best Actress in a Musical, Best Choreography, Best Set Design and Best Sound Design. A record number of wins by a single show gathering 7 awards. The prevous show with the most gongs was Nicholas Nickleby, which won in six categories in 1980.  Astonishingly, massive National Theatre hit "One Man Two Guvnors" walked away with no awads as did "Ghost" and "Singin' in the Rain"

The 2012 Ceremony was held at the Royal Opera House on Sunday 15 April 2012 hosted by Michael Ball and Imelda Staunton.

Winners for 2012 are...
Best Actress RUTH WILSON for Anna Christie at the Donmar Warehouse

Best Actor BENEDICT CUMBERBATCH AND JONNY LEE MILLER for Frankenstein at the Olivier

Best Performance in a Supporting Role SHERIDAN SMITH Flare Path Theatre Royal, Haymarket

Best New Play COLLABORATORS at the Cottesloe

Best Revival ANNA CHRISTIE at the Donmar Warehouse

Best New Musical MATILDA THE MUSICAL at the Cambridge 

Best Musical Revival CRAZY FOR YOU at the Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre

Best Entertainment & Family DERREN BROWN – SVENGALI at the Shaftesbury

Best Actress in a Musical THE MATILDAS - Cleo Demetriou, Kerry Ingram, Sophia Kiely, Eleanor Worthington Cox for Matilda The Musical at the Cambridge

Best Actor in a Musical BERTIE CARVEL for Matilda The Musical at the Cambridge

Best Performance in A Supporting Role in a Musical NIGEL HARMAN Shrek - Theatre Royal, Drury Lane

Best Director MATTHEW WARCHUS Matilda The Musical - Cambridge

Best Theatre Choreographer PETER DARLING for Matilda The Musical at the Cambridge

Best Lighting Design FRANKENSTEIN Bruno Poet at the Olivier

Best Set Design MATILDA THE MUSICAL Rob Howell - Cambridge 

Best Costume Design CRAZY FOR YOU Peter McKintosh - Regent’s Park Open Air 

Best Sound Design MATILDA THE MUSICAL Simon Baker - Cambridge

Audience Award for Most Popular Show LES MISERABLES

Outstanding Achievement In An Affiliate Theatre Theatre Royal, Stratford East in association with the Barbican and Traverse Theatre for ROADKILL

Best new Opera Production English National Opera’s CASTOR AND POLLUX at the London Coliseum

Outstanding Achievent in Opera ENO for the breadth and diversity of its artistic programme

Best New Dance Production DESH by Akram Khan Company at Sadler’s Wells, choreographed by Akram Khan

Outstanding Achievement in Dance EDWARD WATSON for his performance in THE METAMORPHOSIS at the Linbury Studio at the Royal Opera House

Special Award TIM RICE contribution to musical theatre.

Special Award MONICA MASON contribution to dance.