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Time Out
4 days ago
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- Time Out
The top London theatre shows according to our critics
What is it? Transferring from the Open Air Theatre after an acclaimed run last summer, rising star US director Jordan Fein's take on the classic shtetl-set musical transfers to the Barbican ahead of a UK tour. Where is it? Barbican Centre. How much is it? £25-£165. Why go? Fein masterfully balances the musical's two sides – the stand-up-style humour and the dark forshadowing of the Holocaust – by playing it as a sort of absurdist clown show. US star Adam Dannheisser is excellent as a restrained, dignifiede take on milkman protagonist Teyve.
Daily Mail
7 days ago
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
PATRICK MARMION reviews Fiddler On The Roof's first night at the Barbican Theatre: Topol made the film sing, but this Fiddler dances to its own tune
Fiddler On The Roof (Barbican Theatre, London) Rating: The big musical in London's Barbican Theatre this summer is a joyous, but finally sombre, revival of the sixties classic about life in an East European shtetl in the early 20th century. The show is surely still best known from the 1971 film starring Chaim Topol as the hard-working, God-fearing milkman Tevye with five feisty daughters to marry off. But the great achievement of this Olivier Award-winning production (first seen in Regent's Park last year) is to stand squarely on its own feet – thanks largely to the terrific Adam Dannheisser as Tevye (alongside Lara Pulver as his wife Golde). He is a proper put-upon mensch, who dutifully drags the weight of his Jewish heritage behind him like the cart normally hauled by his lame horse. With a twinkle in his eye, Dannheisser is a big softy who brings heartiness, pathos and mischief to the part. Accompanied by a gangly violinist (Raphael Papo) who mirrors his inner pain, Tevye – and the show – are buoyed by Jerry Bock and Sheldon Harnick's music and lyrics, most famously in the stomp of Tradition, but also in the comic plea for God to smite him with a just small fortune in If I Were A Rich Man. American director Jordan Fein's production includes a glorious dream sequence resurrecting Golde's long-dead grandma. And Julia Cheng's reeling choreography is a riot –whether it's toasting Tevye's eldest daughter's betrothal in the tavern (ominously interrupted by menacing Cossacks), or at the actual wedding, which has celebrants spinning like huge black spiders with bottles balanced on their heads. Surrounded by grassland torched in a violent pogrom authorised by the Tsar, the second half takes a darker turn. And we are kept mindful of global events today – as Perchik, a suitor from Kyiv, warns Tevye: 'You can't close your eyes to what's happening in the world.' Fiddler On The Roof runs until July 19.
Telegraph
7 days ago
- Entertainment
- Telegraph
Fiddler on the Roof: The glorious revival moves indoors, and loses the wow factor
Fresh from winning three Olivier awards, Jordan Fein's superb Regent's Park revival of Fiddler on the Roof has been transplanted to form the big summer musical offering at the Barbican. Jerry Bock, Sheldon Harnick and Joseph Stein's instant 1964 Broadway classic about a toiling shtetl milkman contending with five daughters and a world in transition at the turn of the 20th century always does a roaring trade, but this loving iteration merits packed houses. Even so, I was also left wishing I'd caught the production at Regent's Park Open Air theatre last August. The alfresco setting clearly augmented the portrait of a Jewish community not snugly self-contained but vulnerable to the elements as well as brutish Russians. The dominant image of Tom Scutt's design is of wheat fields; indeed the evening memorably opens not with a fiddler on a roof but a fiddler (the talented, spectral Raphael Papo) atop a rising cross-section of burgeoning wheat field that forms an ominous canopy. That exquisite number late in Act One – Sunrise, Sunset – in which the locals gather to celebrate the marriage of Tzeitel (the milkman Tevye's eldest daughter) to the diffident tailor Motel, last year magically coincided with nightfall itself. Presented here amid candlelit gloom, the song still carries a spine-tingling charge. The pair have broken with tradition in seeking a love match (the days are hence numbered for Beverley Klein's tireless matchmaker Yente). The wistful ritualistic mood around them affirms vast cycles of nature. So even if the earthiness for which this incarnation was celebrated is less in evidence now, that's no reason to kvetch about the experience overall. Compared with his co-directing work on the recent stripped-back Oklahoma!, Fein privileges emotional truth over experimentation, the imperishable score rendered with musical heft and folksy simplicity, the lighting beautiful without being self-advertising. Julia Cheng's choreography, particularly in the famous bottle-balancing dance sequence, replete with precise, angular, sweeping leg moves, is a joy. Adam Dannheisser's commanding performance as Tevye is of a piece with this confident restraint. No actor can eclipse the ebullient memory of Zero Mostel or Topol and this American actor gives us instead a figure of grounded ordinariness and even surprising level-headedness. He has comic value, but he doesn't aim it at the gallery; when he sings If I Were a Rich Man, the village looks on, half amused, half sharing the dream too. He's an everyday father repeatedly tested by demands for independence by his daughters. (Natasha Jules Bernard, Hannah Bristow and Georgia Bruce are contrastingly spirited as the main three, Tzeitel, Chava and Hodel). Of course, there is a grim frisson – and a topical one – to the vision of collective displacement in the second half, but what resonates most is Tevye's agonised attempt to reconcile his paternal care with his devotion to his people, and his stern God. At a time of cultural upheaval, of daily concerns about what we must fight for, and discard, that hits home.
Telegraph
12-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Telegraph
The best films to watch on TV this week, from Tombstone to Twisters
Saturday 12 April Fiddler on the Roof (1971) ★★★★★ BBC Two, 1.30pm Its sweep at last week's Olivier Awards (for Jordan Fein's revival at Regent's Park) proved that Fiddler on the Roof ranks among the all-time great musicals. Norman Jewison teases a wonderful performance from Chaim Topol as Tevye, a milkman who must juggle the toils of life with the harsh realities of being poor and Jewish in Tsarist Russia in 1905. Despite its jolly songs, it has a tragic core. Also on Thursday (BBC Four, 9.30pm). Black Box (2021) ★★★★ BBC Four, 9.40pm Yann Gozlan's thrilling French-Belgian mystery has echoes of Michael Mann's The Outsider (1999) and Brian De Palma's Blow Out (1981); it's fast and frantic, but human too. Pierre Niney stars as a talented young black-box analyst at the Bureau of Enquiry and Analysis for Civil Aviation Safety who is tasked with investigating a mysterious fatal plane crash. Lou de Laâge and André Dussollier co-star. Gangs of New York (2002) ★★★★ Channel 4, 10pm Martin Scorsese's 19th-century epic tempted Daniel Day-Lewis out of retirement and introduced Leonardo DiCaprio as the new post-De Niro fixture in his films. He plays the son who returns to New York to avenge the death of his Irish immigrant father at the hands of Day-Lewis's Bill the Butcher, only to be sucked into the city's gang culture. Cameron Diaz, Liam Neeson and Stephen Graham are along for the ride. Sunday 13 April Easter Parade (1948) ★★★★★ BBC Two, 12.55pm With charming lead performances from Judy Garland and Fred Astaire, terrific dance routines, and 17 original songs by Irving Berlin, it's no wonder this springtime classic was trumpeted as 'the happiest musical ever made'. It's a gorgeous vision of a world in which no man leaves the house without a top hat and tails; all the women, meanwhile, swan around in fabulous gowns and Easter bonnets. Also on Thursday (BBC Four, 7.50pm). The Bad Guys (2022) ★★★ ITV1, 1.40pm DreamWorks have perfected the formula for crafting intelligent, fun and modern children's animations – just look at the success of Shrek, Despicable Me and Kung Fu Panda. This is similarly hilarious: a vivid heist comedy about a group of anthropomorphic criminal animals who, upon being caught by the police, pretend to attempt to reform themselves as model citizens. Sam Rockwell and Richard Ayoade are among the stellar voice cast. Scent of a Woman (1992) ★★★★ BBC Two, 10pm The film that finally got Al Pacino his Oscar is a stirring tale of a student (Chris O'Donnell) who's hired to look after a grumpy, blind ex-army officer (Pacino) over a weekend around Thanksgiving. Its ending may be a little mawkish, but thanks to some wonderfully uplifting scenes – ie Pacino's impromptu tango – Martin Brest's drama is definitely worth a watch. Philip Seymour Hoffman is excellent in support. Monday 14 April Greedy People (2024) ★★★ Sky Cinema Premiere, 8pm Potsy Ponciroli's crime comedy owes an obvious debt to the films of Quentin Tarantino and the Coen brothers. Greedy People follows a rookie cop who, while trying to prove that he's got what it takes to one day upstage his established partner, winds up involved in an accidental murder – and the owner of a large bag of criminal cash. Himesh Patel, Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Lily James star. Streaming from Saturday. Greta (2018) ★★★ BBC Three, 9.55pm Not a profile of the climate activist, instead Greta is a greasily watchable stalking thriller from director Neil Jordan. Isabelle Huppert does her best Isabelle Huppert as an unsettling, widowed piano teacher who ensnares Chloë Grace Moretz's needy waitress. There's promising shades of lesbian drama Carol in the set-up, but Huppert threatens to unspool into self-parody. You can also catch it on Sunday (BBC One, 12.10am). Hi Mom! (1970) ★★★★ Talking Pictures TV, 11.05pm After serving in Vietnam, Jon Rubin (Robert De Niro) arrives in NYC and asks sleazy producer Joe Banner (Allen Garfield) how he can direct a porn film. After becoming obsessed with his beautiful neighbour (Jennifer Salt), Rubin has the idea to start shooting her – and others – through his window. Brian De Palma's black comedy hasn't aged well feminism-wise, but it's worth a watch as one of De Niro's early films. Tuesday 15 April Tombstone (1993) ★★★★ Film4, 9pm There's few line deliveries as memorable as 'I'm your huckleberry'. George Pan Cosmatos's Western is rollicking good fun, mainly thanks to the late Val Kilmer's scene-stealing turn as gunfighter Doc Holliday. There's so much facial hair on display it's sometimes hard to tell who's who, but Kurt Russell, sporting a moustache as big as an albatross, is also great as Earp. For more Kilmer, Top Gun is on Great! Movies on Sunday at 6.40pm. Smile 2 (2024) ★★★ Sky Cinema Premiere, 9pm Part of the new world order of blockbuster horror films made on a shoestring budget, Parker Finn's bloody, relentlessly gory sequel will test even the most strident of fright-lovers. Naomi Scott plays Skye Riley, a pop star whose life is turned upside down by a series of disturbing events. Expect blood, murder and plenty of screaming. Peter Jacobson, Kyle Gallner and Rosemarie DeWitt also star. Also streaming on Paramount+. The Australian Dream (2019) ★★★★ BBC Four, 10.50pm Written by award-winning Australian journalist Stan Grant and directed by Brit Daniel Gordon, this thought-provoking sports documentary offers a window into the world of Australian professional football. It focuses on Australian Football League (AFL) player Adam Goodes, and his battle against racism in the sport as an Aboriginal player, as well as exploring his activism and early life and upbringing. Wednesday 16 April Inglourious Basterds (2009) ★★★★ Film4, 9pm Quentin Tarantino's homage to classic war films offers all the hallmarks of the director's audacious style. It's bloody, darkly comic and anchored by actors playing thrillingly against type. Christoph Waltz won an Oscar for his incendiary turn as a fearsome SS colonel known as the 'Jew Hunter'; Brad Pitt is almost as memorable as the chief Nazi-killer, Aldo 'the Apache' Raine. Eli Roth and Mélanie Laurent also star. Surrogates (2009) ★★★★ Great! Movies, 9pm Real people stay at home and live vicariously through their good-looking robot facsimiles in Jonathan Mostow's sci-fi thriller. Hence we get to see Bruce Willis as an FBI agent with hair and smooth skin before his surrogate is destroyed and he has to revert to his paunchy, wrinkled self in order to solve a series of murders in which people's brains are 'liquified in their skulls'. Ving Rhames and Rosamund Pike co-star. Hideous Kinky (1998) ★★★★ BBC Two, 11.30pm Based on Esther Freud's novel of the same name, this moving drama, directed by Gillies MacKinnon, gave Kate Winslet a meaty role to sink her teeth into following the blockbuster success of Titanic the year previously. Winslet plays a young mother who moves from London to Morocco with her two daughters in the early 1970s, keen to find new friendships, community and, eventually, romances. Thursday 17 April Touch (2024) ★★★★ Sky Cinema Premiere, 4.30pm Baltasar Kormákur's sweeping romantic drama centres on Kristófer (Palmi Kormákur) and Miko (Kōki), whose illicit love affair in 1960s London is cut short by their respective families. Decades later, the story is interlaced with scenes of Kristófer as an old man, tirelessly in pursuit of Miko and set on rekindling their love. Fans of Past Lives or Before Sunrise will find much to love. The Client (1994) ★★★★ ITV4, 11.30pm One of countless John Grisham film adaptations (along with The Rainmaker, A Time to Kill, and many others), this legal drama, directed by Joel Schumacher, stars Susan Sarandon and Tommy Lee Jones. When 11-year-old Mark (Brad Renfro) witnesses the suicide of a mob lawyer, the police try to get him to testify in court. But Mark isn't keen, and instead hires a feisty attorney (Sarandon, deservedly Oscar-nominated) to protect him. Denmark (2019) ★★★ BBC Two, 11.50pm Welshman Herb's (Rafe Spall) life is a right old mess. His welfare payments have stopped, he can't find a job, his son hates him, and his diet consists of cheap beer and tinned mush. So when he watches a documentary about Danish prisoners' high quality of life – and how they're treated to great healthcare, TV, and a countryside location – he travels across Europe on a mission: to get arrested in Denmark and sent down. Wickedly funny. Friday 18 April Twisters (2024) ★★★★★ Sky Cinema Premiere, 8pm Glen Powell staked his claim to be the new King of Hollywood (he was mentored by Tom Cruise, after all) in Lee Isaac Chung's terrific follow-up to Twister (1996). Powell is a cocky storm-chaser who teams up with Daisy Edgar-Jones's gifted scientist to investigate an outbreak of devastating tornadoes in Oklahoma. It's silly in the sort of way the best action movies are, and the climactic scene is a corker. The King's Speech (2010) ★★★★★ BBC Two, 10pm Tom Hooper's stirring film about the future King George VI's struggle to overcome his stammer won multiple Oscars, including Best Actor for Colin Firth and Best Picture (beating the dazzling likes of Black Swan, The Social Network and True Grit). But it's his double-act with Geoffrey Rush, as the King's speech therapist Lionel Logue, and their doubleheaders, courtesy of screenwriter David Seidler, that give the film its heart. Fall (2022) ★★★ BBC One, 10.30pm It's perhaps wise to avoid Scott Mann's survival thriller if you have a fear of heights: its protagonists spend the majority of the film stuck atop a 2,000-foot-tall broadcasting tower. Becky and Hunter (Grace Caroline Currey and Virginia Gardner) find themselves stranded after climbing to the top to scatter a partner's ashes; what ensues is their descent into psychosis, as the heat, starvation and sheer terror pushes them to the brink.
The Independent
06-04-2025
- Entertainment
- The Independent
John Lithgow and Lesley Manville take home acting gongs at starry Olivier Awards
All eyes were on Fiddler on the Roof at this year's Olivier Awards, the musical having equalled a record set in 2018 by Hamilton for the most nominated show in its history. Jordan Fein's acclaimed revival of the 1964 musical at Regent's Park Open Air theatre won three of its 13 nominations, losing out in the acting categories. Hosted by Beverly Knight and Billy Porter at the Royal Albert Hall in London on Sunday (6 April), the ceremony was particularly starry this year with several A-listers, including Paapa Essiedu, Imelda Staunton and Adrien Brody, receiving nominations for their contributions to the West End. Other high-profile names, including Tom Hiddleston, Ewan McGregor, and The Crown 's Elizabeth Debicki, presented awards, with Cate Blanchett, Mark Strong, Martin Freeman and Naomi Campbell also in attendance. Fresh from his Oscar win for The Brutalist, Brody – nominated for Best Actor for his role in the Donmar Theatre's The Fear of 13 – missed out on the gong, which went to John Lithgow instead for his towering turn as Roald Dahl in Giant. Garlanded with five-star reviews last year, Mark Rosenblatt's simmering debut play explores the truculent author's antisemitism. Giant also won Best New Play and Best Actor in a Supporting Role. Accepting the award, Lithgow, 79, told the audience he might 'faint'. Referring to US President Donald Trump's administration, the New York-born actor said: 'It's not always easy to welcome an American into your midst, and at this particular moment, it's probably a little more complicated than usual.' Best Actress, meanwhile, went to Lesley Manville for her performance in Robert Icke 's thrilling production of Oedipus at The Old Vic. His reimagining of the Greek tragedy as a political thriller won the prize for Best Revival. First-time nominee Romola Garai triumphed in the Best Actress in a Supporting Role category, in which she was nominated twice for her roles in both Giant and The Years. She won for the latter – an adaptation of French author Annie Ernaux's 2008 masterpiece, for which Eline Arbo won the directing prize. Imelda Staunton took home the award for Best Actress in a Musical thanks to her performance as a meddling matchmaker in Hello, Dolly!, which premiered on Broadway in 1964. See below for the full list of winners… Best director Eline Arbo for The Years at Almeida theatre and Harold Pinter theatre – WINNER Jordan Fein for Fiddler on the Roof at Regent's Park Open Air theatre Nicholas Hytner for Giant at Jerwood theatre Downstairs at Royal Court theatre Robert Icke for Oedipus at Wyndham's theatre Best actress Heather Agyepong for Shifters at Duke of York's theatre Lesley Manville for Oedipus at Wyndham's theatre – WINNER Rosie Sheehy for Machinal at the Old Vic Meera Syal for A Tupperware of Ashes at National Theatre – Dorfman Indira Varma for Oedipus at the Old Vic Best actor Adrien Brody for The Fear of 13 at Donmar Warehouse Billy Crudup for Harry Clarke at Ambassadors theatre Paapa Essiedu for Death of England: Delroy at @sohoplace John Lithgow for Giant at Jerwood theatre Downstairs at Royal Court theatre – WINNER Mark Strong for Oedipus at Wyndham's theatre Best actor in a supporting role Jorge Bosch for Kyoto at @sohoplace Tom Edden for Waiting for Godot at Theatre Royal Haymarket Elliot Levey for Giant at Jerwood theatre Downstairs at Royal Court theatre – WINNER Ben Whishaw for Bluets at Jerwood Theatre Downstairs at Royal Court theatre Best actress in a supporting role Sharon D Clarke for The Importance of Being Earnest at National Theatre – Lyttelton Romola Garai for Giant at Jerwood theatre Downstairs at Royal Court theatre Romola Garai for The Years at Almeida theatre and Harold Pinter theatre – WINNER Gina McKee for The Years at Almeida Theatre and Harold Pinter theatre Best new play The Fear of 13 by Lindsey Ferrentino at Donmar Warehouse Giant by Mark Rosenblatt at Jerwood theatre Downstairs at Royal Court theatre – WINNER Kyoto by Joe Murphy and Joe Robertson at @sohoplace Shifters by Benedict Lombe at Duke of York's theatre The Years adapted by Eline Arbo, in an English version by Stephanie Bain at Almeida theatre and Harold Pinter theatre Best new musical The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, music and lyrics by Darren Clark, book and lyrics by Jethro Compton at Ambassadors theatre – WINNER MJ the Musical, book by Lynn Nottage at Prince Edward theatre Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812, music, lyrics and book by Dave Malloy at Donmar Warehouse Why Am I So Single?, music, lyrics and book by Toby Marlow and Lucy Moss at Garrick theatre Best actor in a musical John Dagleish for The Curious Case of Benjamin Button at Ambassadors theatre – WINNER Adam Dannheisser for Fiddler on the Roof at Regent's Park Open Air theatre Myles Frost for MJ the Musical at Prince Edward theatre Simon Lipkin for Oliver! at Gielgud theatre Jamie Muscato for Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812 at Donmar Warehouse Best actress in a musical Chumisa Dornford-May for Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812 at Donmar Warehouse Lauren Drew for Titanique at Criterion theatre Clare Foster for The Curious Case of Benjamin Button at Ambassadors theatre Lara Pulver for Fiddler on the Roof at Regent's Park Open Air theatre Imelda Staunton for Hello, Dolly! at the London Palladium – WINNER Best set design Jon Bausor for set design, Toby Olié and Daisy Beattie for puppetry design and Satoshi Kuriyama for projection design for Spirited Away at London Coliseum Frankie Bradshaw for set design for Ballet Shoes at National Theatre – Olivier Es Devlin for set design for Coriolanus at National Theatre – Olivier Tom Scutt for set design for Fiddler on the Roof at Regent's Park Open Air theatre – WINNER Best lighting design Paule Constable and Ben Jacobs for Oliver! at Gielgud theatre – WINNER Howard Hudson for Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812 at Donmar Warehouse Howard Hudson for Starlight Express at Troubadour Wembley Park theatre Aideen Malone for Fiddler on the Roof at Regent's Park Open Air theatre Best new opera production Duke Bluebeard's Castle by English National Opera at London Coliseum Festen by the Royal Opera at Royal Opera House – WINNER L'Olimpiade by Irish National Opera and the Royal Opera at Royal Opera House The Tales of Hoffmann by the Royal Opera at Royal Opera House Outstanding achievement in opera Aigul Akhmetshina for her performance in Carmen at Royal Opera House Allan Clayton for his performance in Festen at Royal Opera House – WINNER Jung Young-doo for his direction of Lear at Barbican theatre Best family show Brainiac Live at Marylebone theatre – WINNER Maddie Moate's Very Curious Christmas at Apollo theatre The Nutcracker at Polka theatre Rough Magic at Shakespeare's Globe – Sam Wanamaker Playhouse Best new production in affiliate theatre Animal Farm at Theatre Royal Stratford East by George Orwell, adapted by Tatty Hennessy Boys on the Verge of Tears by Sam Grabiner at Soho theatre – WINNER English by Sanaz Toossi at Kiln theatre Now, I See by Lanre Malaolu at Theatre Royal Stratford East What We Talk About When We Talk About Anne Frank by Nathan Englander at Marylebone theatre Best new dance production Assembly Hall by Kidd Pivot, Crystal Pite and Jonathon Young at Sadler's Wells – WINNER Frontiers: Choreographers of Canada – Pite/Kudelka/Portner by the National Ballet of Canada at Sadler's Wells Theatre of Dreams by Hofesh Shechter Company at Sadler's Wells An Untitled Love by A.I.M by Kyle Abraham at Sadler's Wells Outstanding achievement in dance Sarah Chun for her performance in Three Short Ballets at Royal Opera House – Linbury theatre Tom Visser for his lighting design of Angels' Atlas as part of F rontiers: Choreographers of Canada – Pite/Kudelka/Portner at Sadler's Wells Eva Yerbabuena for her performance in Yerbagüena at Sadler's Wells – WINNER Best theatre choreographer Matthew Bourne for Oliver! at Gielgud theatre Julia Cheng for Fiddler on the Roof at Regent's Park Open Air theatre Hofesh Shechter for Oedipus at the Old Vic Christopher Wheeldon for MJ the Musical at Prince Edward theatre – WINNER Best costume design Hugh Durrant for Robin Hood at the London Palladium Sachiko Nakahara for Spirited Away at London Coliseum Tom Scutt for Fiddler on the Roof at Regent's Park Open Air theatre Gabriella Slade for Starlight Express at Troubadour Wembley Park theatre – WINNER Best sound design Nick Lidster for Fiddler on the Roof at Regent's Park Open Air theatre – WINNER Christopher Shutt for Oedipus at the Old Vic Thijs van Vuure for The Years at Almeida theatre and Harold Pinter theatre Koichi Yamamoto for Spirited Away at London Coliseum Outstanding musical contribution Mark Aspinall for musical supervision and additional orchestrations for Fiddler on the Roof at Regent's Park Open Air theatre Darren Clark for music supervision, orchestrations and arrangements and Mark Aspinall for musical direction, music supervision, orchestrations and arrangements for The Curious Case of Benjamin Button at Ambassadors theatre – WINNER Dave Malloy for orchestrations and Nicholas Skilbeck for musical supervision for Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812 at Donmar Warehouse Asaf Zohar for compositions and Gavin Sutherland for dance arrangements and orchestration for Ballet Shoes at National Theatre – Olivier Best actress in a supporting role in a musical Liv Andrusier for Fiddler on the Roof at Regent's Park Open Air theatre Amy Di Bartolomeo for The Devil Wears Prada at Dominion theatre Beverley Klein for Fiddler on the Roof at Regent's Park Open Air theatre Maimuna Memon for Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812 at Donmar Warehouse – WINNER Best musical revival Fiddler on the Roof, music by Jerry Bock, lyrics by Sheldon Harnick, book by Joseph Stein at Regent's Park Open Air theatre – WINNER Hello, Dolly!, music and lyrics by Jerry Herman, book by Michael Stewart at the London Palladium Oliver!, book, music and lyrics by Lionel Bart, new material and revisions by Cameron Mackintosh at Gielgud theatre Starlight Express, music by Andrew Lloyd Webber, lyrics by Richard Stilgoe at Troubadour Wembley Park theatre Best actor in a supporting role in a musical Andy Nyman for Hello, Dolly! at the London Palladium Raphael Papo for Fiddler on the Roof at Regent's Park Open Air theatre Layton Williams for Titanique at Criterion theatre – WINNER Tom Xander for Mean Girls at Savoy theatre Best new entertainment or comedy play Ballet Shoes adapted by Kendall Feaver at National Theatre – Olivier Inside No 9 Stage/Fright by Steve Pemberton and Reece Shearsmith at Wyndham's theatre Spirited Away adapted by John Caird and co-adapted by Maoko Imai at London Coliseum Titanique by Tye Blue, Marla Mindelle and Constantine Rousouli at Criterion theatre Best revival The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde at National Theatre – Lyttelton Machinal by Sophie Treadwell at the Old Vic
