John Lithgow’s doorstop and different moments

Lesley Manville, John Lithgow and Imelda Staunton have been among the many winners on the Olivier Awards 2025.

Listed below are 5 issues we discovered at UK theatre’s most prestigious evening.

Lithgow was one of many huge winners of the evening, taking house the coveted finest actor trophy for his portrayal of Roald Dahl in Big.

The actor, who has starred in Conclave, The Crown and third Rock from the Solar, tells us “he by no means thought” he would win an Olivier.

Lithgow studied at drama faculty in London within the Nineteen Sixties and noticed Sir Laurence Olivier carry out when he was a pupil within the capital.

He has gained a number of awards already, so the place will Lithgow show his first Olivier?

“I am not a really useless individual, I am most likely not useless sufficient. I principally use awards for doorstops.

“I’ve precisely six doorways, for instance, on the second flooring of my Los Angeles house and I’ve additionally gained six Emmys. So I must search for one other door!”

Porter is the king of Broadway who’s presently starring because the Emcee within the critically acclaimed Cabaret within the West Finish.

He tells us he loves UK audiences and says despite the fact that they’re “a bit of extra reserved” than US crowds, they’ve actually “loosened up”.

Porter, who hosted the Olivier Awards with West Finish star Beverly Knight, does have just a few phrases of recommendation for British cooks although.

The actor says “whereas the meals higher than it was once”, it nonetheless wants extra “salt and pepper, earlier than you prepare dinner it, not after”.

We have now provided to have him spherical for dinner on the BBC canteen, let’s examine if he accepts.

Garai beat off stiff competitors – together with from herself – to take house the Olivier for finest supporting actress for her function in The Years.

She was additionally nominated in the identical class for Big.

It’s Garai’s first Olivier win and he or she already has an thought the place the prized trophy can be displayed.

“My little boy did ask that if I gained, may he preserve it in his room and I used to be like, ‘I suppose you may!’ So it is going to be with all his motion figures.

“I really feel that I am accepting this on behalf of my children, my husband. All people needed me to do one thing I felt so passionately about.”

Titanique is a kind of exhibits the place seeing actually is believing.

It’s a jukebox musical of Celine Dion hits, the place Celine herself hijacks a museum tour in regards to the Titanic so as to narrate her model of what occurred the evening the vessel sank.

Obtained it?

The present gained two Oliviers – finest supporting actor in a musical for Layton Williams for his portrayal of the notorious iceberg, and finest leisure or comedy play.

Titanique is a tribute to Celine’s powerhouse vocals, so has the Canadian diva seen it but?

The reply will not be but, however creators Tye Blue, Marla Mindelle and Constantine Rousouli say her set designer, backing singer and even Celine’s sister have watched it.

Rousouli says he “would explode into one million items of mud” if Celine was within the viewers.

However Mindelle, who originated the function of Celine in Titanique, says she “would faint… then (the true) Celine Dion would stroll on stage and someway take over the half and it will be precisely the identical.

“The present would go on with no hitch.”

Meera Syal’s efficiency in A Tupperware of Ashes was greeted with rave opinions, so it’s no shock she was nominated for finest actress at this yr’s awards.

Syal performed a mom identified with early onset Alzheimer’s illness.

The actress says she came upon she had been nominated for the distinguished appearing prize after leaving a Zumba class.

“I noticed about 10 missed calls from my agent and fairly just a few from my daughter and thought, what’s going on?

“So, sweaty and in my leggings, I rang up and obtained the information, and it was such a beautiful shock for a Tuesday morning!”