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Fiddler on the Roof: Adam Dannheisser.
Titanique.
OLIVIER AWARDS 2025 WITH
MASTERCARD
The Olivier Awards 2025 with
Mastercard, British theatre’s most
prestigious honours, will take place on
Sunday 6 April at the iconic Royal Albert
Hall, hosted by Beverley Knight and Billy
Porter. The competition for nominations
has been intense in what has proven to
be a transformative year for London
theatre, marked by a rich blend of
dynamic new works, innovative
interpretations of classics, and a
commitment to championing diverse
voices and stories. A stunning array of
stars have trod the boards, and nominees
in the craft awards have showcased
extraordinary innovation and artistry.
The Mastercard Best New Musical
nominees are the actor-musician led
The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button,
currently playing at the Ambassadors
Theatre, MJ The Musical at the Prince
Edward Theatre, Donmar Warehouse’s
Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet Of
1812, and Marlow and Moss’ Why Am I
So Single?. For the Piper-Heidsieck
Award for Best Musical Revival, the
Regent's Park Open Air Theatre
production of Fiddler On The Roof,
which returns later this year to the
Barbican Theatre, is up against the
dazzling London Palladium production
of Hello, Dolly!, Cameron Mackintosh’s
re-conceived Oliver!, and the new
production of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s
Starlight Express.
In a strong year for plays, there are
5 nominations for The Londoner Award
for Best New Play, with nods for The
Fear Of 13 at Donmar Warehouse, the
Royal Court’s Giant, which returns to
play at the Harold Pinter Theatre in April,
the RSC’s Kyoto, playing at @sohoplace
until May, Bush Theatre’s Shifters, which
transferred to the Duke of York’s Theatre
last summer, and The Years, created at
the Almeida Theatre and currently
playing at the Harold Pinter Theatre.
A diverse array of productions make
up the nominations for the Noël Coward
Award for Best New Entertainment or
Comedy Play, including the National
Theatre’s Ballet Shoes, Steve Pemberton
and Reece Shearsmith’s Inside No. 9
Stage/ Fright, Spirited Away at the
London Coliseum and Titanique, playing
at the Criterion Theatre.
Public tickets for the Olivier Awards
2025 are on sale exclusively to
Mastercard cardholders at priceless.com
Photo: Chad David Kraus
FAULTY TOWERS THE DINING
EXPERIENCE
Faulty Towers The Dining Experience
– the multi award-winning global
phenomenon that offers an experience
like no other, set in the iconic Fawlty
Towers hotel – has released thousands
of new tickets for 2025, as it heads into
its 13th year in London. Audiences can
enjoy a quintessentially British
experience as Basil, Sybil and Manuel
serve up theatre and chaos alongside a
70s-style 3-course meal at the President
Hotel, right in the heart of Bloomsbury,
London, where the trio have spent over a
decade setting West End records for
longest running immersive experience,
longest running show based on a TV
series, and the longest running Fawlty
Towers show of any kind worldwide.
Producer Jared Harford said, ‘We
continue to be thrilled and humbled by
the global success of Faulty Towers The
Dining Experience. With such renewed
interest and demand out there for Fawlty
Towers, we’re so pleased to be extending
our London season into our 13th year,
and once again have an extensive UK
tour planned. 13 has always been my
lucky number, and I’m so grateful for the
opportunity to continue bringing
Britain’s most loved hoteliers to life in
our largest season yet!’
The President Hotel is a short walk
from Russell Square underground
station, which is on the Piccadilly Line.
Tickets can be booked in advance
through the website at
www.faultytowersdining.com
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Photo: Rosie Powell
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