Paddington: The Musical dominated the Olivier Awards on Sunday, winning seven prizes including best new musical. The West End spectacular, based on Michael Bond's beloved bear, also took home awards for best actor in a musical (shared by James Hameed and Arti Shah), best supporting actor (Tom Edden), best supporting actress (Victoria Hamilton-Barritt), best director (Luke Sheppard), costume design, and set design.
The show, with music and lyrics by McFly's Tom Fletcher, shared the highest number of nominations (11) with Into the Woods, which won best musical revival and best lighting design. Rachel Zegler won best actress in a musical for Evita, while Fabian Aloise took best theatre choreographer for the same production. Elaine Paige received the Special award for her stage career.
Rosamund Pike won best actress for her role in Inter Alia, a play about a karaoke-loving judge. The play lost to James Graham's Punch in the best new play category. Julie Hesmondhalgh won best supporting actress for her role in Punch, while Paapa Essiedu won best supporting actor for All My Sons, which also won best revival.
The ceremony, hosted by Nick Mohammed, featured performances and appearances by stars including Tom Hiddleston and Helen Mirren.
