2022 Laurence Olivier Awards

The 2022 Laurence Olivier Awards were held on 10 April 2022 at the Royal Albert Hall and hosted by Jason Manford. They were the first Oliviers to be held since 2020 due to the complete shutdown of UK theatres in 2020/2021 as a result of lockdowns caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. Due to this, the eligibility period was expanded from 19 February 2020 to 22 February 2022. The green carpet, hosted by Emma B, Angellica Bell, Frank DiLella and Anita Rani, was livestreamed on YouTube and the Olivier ceremony itself was broadcast in full on Magic with hosts Alice Arnold and Ruthie Henshall. Highlights from the show were broadcast on ITV.

Event calendar

 * 2 February: In-person event hosted by Jason Manford and venue confirmed at the Royal Albert Hall announcement
 * 8 March: Nominations announcement by Miriam-Teak Lee and Sam Tutty
 * 24 March: Special Recognition Award recipients announced
 * 10 April: Award ceremony held

Presenters

 * Jade Anouka
 * Floella Benjamin
 * Don Black
 * Anne-Marie Duff
 * Noma Dumezweni
 * Tom Felton
 * Kit Harington
 * Max Harwood
 * Ruthie Henshall
 * Cassidy Janson
 * Beverley Knight
 * Bonnie Langford
 * Miriam-Teak Lee
 * Oti Mabuse
 * Arlene Phillips
 * Jonathan Pryce
 * Keala Settle
 * Ranj Singh
 * Giles Terera
 * Sam Tutty
 * Eric Underwood
 * Layton Williams

Performances

 * Samantha Barks, Stephanie McKeon and the cast of Frozen – "For the First Time in Forever/Let It Go"
 * Beverley Knight and the cast of The Drifters Girl – "Kissin' in the Back Row of the Movies/Harlem Child/You're More than a Number in my Little Red Book"
 * Hiran Abeysekera and the cast of Life of Pi
 * Kerry Ellis and the cast of Anything Goes – "Anything Goes"
 * Olly Dobson, Cedric Neal and the cast of Back to the Future
 * Arinzé Kene and the cast of Get Up, Stand Up – "Get Up, Stand Up"
 * "State Anthem of Ukraine"
 * Amy Lennox from Cabaret – "Cabaret"
 * The cast of Dear Evan Hansen – "For Forever/You Will Be Found" (in memoriam)
 * Clive Carter and the cast of Moulin Rouge – "Welcome to the Moulin Rouge"
 * The cast of Spring Awakening – "The Song of Purple Summer"
 * Tanisha Spring, Jon Tsouras and the covers & swings of the West End "Our Time"

Winners and nominees
The nominations were announced on 8 March 2022 in 26 categories.

Multiple wins
The following 3 productions received multiple awards:


 * 7: Cabaret
 * 5: Life of Pi
 * 2: Constellations

Multiple nominations
The following 14 productions and 1 opera received multiple nominations:


 * 11: Cabaret
 * 9: Anything Goes, Life of Pi
 * 7: Back to the Future
 * 5: Moulin Rouge, The Normal Heart
 * 4: Constellations, Frozen, Get Up, Stand Up
 * 3: 2:22 A Ghost Story, Pride and Prejudice* (*sort of)
 * 2: Bajazet, Best of Enemies, The Drifters Girl, The Tragedy of Macbeth