\u2018Harry Potter and the Cursed Child\u2019 dominated the 2017 Olivier Awards, with wins in nine categories.<\/p>\n
The two-part play \u2013 a follow-up to J.K. Rowling\u2019s \u2018Harry Potter\u2019 series of books \u2013 won in nine of the 11 categories it was nominated in at the ceremony at London\u2019s Royal Albert Hall.<\/p>\n
\u2018Cursed Child\u2019 won Best New Play, Best Actor (Jamie Parker), Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Anthony Boyle), Best Actress in a Supporting Role (Noma Dumezweni) and Best Director (John Tiffany).<\/p>\n
It also won in the Best Lighting Design, Best Costume Design, Best Sound Design and Best Set Design categories.<\/p>\n
Kenneth Branagh won the Special Award, for his outstanding contribution to British theatre and gave an inspiring speech in which he encouraged people to \u201ckeep dreaming\u201d.<\/p>\n
He said: \u201cPeople sometimes ask me how I do it, and here\u2019s the answer \u2013 we do it. I was inspired to dream and my advice to everyone is: dream big. There are no mistakes only lessons.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe can help to change the world just a little bit. I\u2019ve seen the evidence. Shakespeare was right: we are such stuff that dreams are made of. Keep making stuff keep dreaming.\u201d<\/p>\n
Dame Judi Dench praised Kenneth saying: \u201cI am so glad you are getting this award. And please employ me again\u201d, while Mark Rylance introduced the actor and director with the words: \u201cHe makes it seem as easy. I know he has grave doubts, full of fears like any of us, and yet he turns up.\u201d<\/p>\n
Other winners included Billie Piper for Best Actress for her role in \u2018Yerma\u2019, which also won Best Revival.<\/p>\n
\u2018Groundhog Day\u2019 won Best New Musical and Best Actor in a Musical for Andy Karl while Glee\u2019 actress Amber Riley won Best Actress in a Musical for \u2018Dreamgirls\u2019.<\/p>\n
Presenters at the ceremony included Lin-Manuel Miranda, John Boyega, Nathan Lane, Denise Gough, Andrew Garfield and Maureen Lipman.<\/p>\n
Olivier Awards Winners 2017<\/strong><\/p>\n Best Actor in a Supporting Role in a Musical: Adam J Bernard \u2018Dreamgirls\u2019<\/p>\n Best Actress in a Supporting Role in a Musical: Rebecca Trehearn for \u2018Show Boat\u2019<\/p>\n Outstanding Achievement in Music: \u2018School Of Rock The Musical\u2019<\/p>\n Best New Dance Production: \u2018Betroffenheit\u2019 by Crystal Pite and Jonathon Young<\/p>\n Outstanding Achievement in Dance: English National Ballet<\/p>\n Best Entertainment and Family: \u2018The Red Shoes\u2019<\/p>\n Best Theatre Choreographer: Matthew Bourne for \u2018The Red Shoes\u2019<\/p>\n Magic Radio Best Musical Revival: \u2018Jesus Christ Superstar\u2019<\/p>\n Best Actor in a Musical: Andy Karl \u2018Groundhog Day\u2019<\/p>\n Best Actress in a Musical: Amber Riley for \u2018Dreamgirls\u2019<\/p>\n Best Revival: \u2018Yerma\u2019<\/p>\n Best New Comedy: \u2018Our Ladies Of Perpetual Succour\u2019<\/p>\n Outstanding Achievement in an Affiliate Theatre: \u2018Rotterdam\u2019<\/p>\n White Light Award for Best Lighting Design: Neil Austin \u2018Harry Potter And The Cursed Child\u2019<\/p>\n Best Sound Design: Gareth Fry \u2018Harry Potter And The Cursed Child\u2019<\/p>\n Best Costume Design: Katrina Lindsay \u2018Harry Potter And The Cursed Child\u2019<\/p>\n Blue-i Theatre Technology Award for Best Set Design: Christine Jones \u2018Harry Potter And The Cursed Child\u2019<\/p>\n Best Actor in a Supporting Role: Anthony Boyle \u2018Harry Potter And The Cursed Child\u2019<\/p>\n Best Actress in a Supporting Role: Noma Dumezweni \u2018Harry Potter And The Cursed Child\u2019<\/p>\n Best New Opera Production: \u2018Akhnaten\u2019<\/p>\n Outstanding Achievement in Opera: Mark Wigglesworth for his conducting of \u2018Don Giovanni and Lulu\u2019<\/p>\n Best Actor: Jamie Parker \u2018Harry Potter And The Cursed Child\u2019<\/p>\n Best Actress: Billie Piper \u2018Yerma\u2019<\/p>\n Best Director: John Tiffany \u2018Harry Potter And The Cursed Child\u2019<\/p>\n Virgin Atlantic Best New Play: \u2018Harry Potter And The Cursed Child\u2019<\/p>\n Mastercard Best New Musical: \u2018Groundhog Day\u2019<\/p>\n Special Award: Kenneth Branagh<\/p>\n –<\/p>\n By: Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" \u2018Harry Potter and the Cursed Child\u2019 dominated the 2017 Olivier Awards, with wins in nine categories. The two-part play \u2013 a follow-up to J.K. Rowling\u2019s \u2018Harry Potter\u2019 series of books \u2013 won in nine of the 11 categories it was nominated in at the ceremony at London\u2019s Royal Albert Hall. \u2018Cursed Child\u2019 won Best New […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":309800,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"jnews_override_counter":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[137],"tags":[6080,4765,6081],"class_list":["post-309795","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-showbiz","tag-cursed-child","tag-harry-potter","tag-olivier-awards"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/309795","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=309795"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/309795\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=309795"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=309795"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=309795"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}