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Post by Deleted on Mar 30, 2017 16:16:03 GMT
In accordance to this article on LondonTheatre.co.uk, as history has shown us, the general way to win is to be: Young, Fictional, British, Aristocrat, Recent Past, A Love Interest and Surviving. Charlie Stemp anyone? He ticks most boxes. 
In seriousness, thoughts and feelings? I didn't want to put this in any Olivier threads as it is not specific to any particular award years. 
www.londontheatre.co.uk/theatre-news/news/how-to-win-an-olivier-award-history-shows-a-winning-formula
If you click onto a further link in the article, you can find a graph of all winners of the history and how they match up to the Olivier Awards theory. |
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Post by Jan on Mar 30, 2017 16:25:43 GMT
Surely the best way to win is to be already massively famous from TV or (better) film or to have won an Olivier before. Ideally all three.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 30, 2017 16:40:01 GMT
Surely the best way to win is to be already massively famous from TV or (better) film or to have won an Olivier before. Ideally all three. I wouldn't say so, looking at the past 10 years, in the play and musical catagories:
Actor (Play): Rufus Sewell, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Derek Jacobi, Mark Rylance, Roger Allam, Benedict Cumberbatch/John Lee Miller, Luke Treadaway, Rory Kinnear, Mark Strong & Kenneth Cranham.
Actress (Play): Tamsin Greig, Kristin Scott Thomas, Margaret Tyzack, Rachel Weisz, Nancy Carroll, Ruth Wilson, Helen Mirren, Lesley Manville, Penelope Wilton & Denise Gough.
Actor (Musical): Daniel Evans, Michael Ball, Douglas Hodge, Aneurin Barnard, David Thaxton, Bertie Carvel, Michael Ball, Gavin Creel, John Dagleish
& Matt Henry.
Actress (Musical): Jenna Russell, Leanne Jones, Elena Roger, Samantha Spiro, Sheridan Smith, The Matilda's, Imelda Staunton, Zrinka Cvitešić, Katie Brayben & Imelda Staunton.
For the most part, these winners are strictly theatre actors, or at the time were not well known to the general public at their time of winning. Obviously people like Imelda or Sheridan being the exceptions, but generally speaking, these are theatre actors who win.
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Post by Jan on Mar 31, 2017 17:40:02 GMT
Surely the best way to win is to be already massively famous from TV or (better) film or to have won an Olivier before. Ideally all three. I wouldn't say so, looking at the past 10 years, in the play and musical catagories:
Actor (Play): Rufus Sewell, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Derek Jacobi, Mark Rylance, Roger Allam, Benedict Cumberbatch/John Lee Miller, Luke Treadaway, Rory Kinnear, Mark Strong & Kenneth Cranham.
Actress (Play): Tamsin Greig, Kristin Scott Thomas, Margaret Tyzack, Rachel Weisz, Nancy Carroll, Ruth Wilson, Helen Mirren, Lesley Manville, Penelope Wilton & Denise Gough.
Actor (Musical): Daniel Evans, Michael Ball, Douglas Hodge, Aneurin Barnard, David Thaxton, Bertie Carvel, Michael Ball, Gavin Creel, John Dagleish
& Matt Henry.
Actress (Musical): Jenna Russell, Leanne Jones, Elena Roger, Samantha Spiro, Sheridan Smith, The Matilda's, Imelda Staunton, Zrinka Cvitešić, Katie Brayben & Imelda Staunton.
For the most part, these winners are strictly theatre actors, or at the time were not well known to the general public at their time of winning. Obviously people like Imelda or Sheridan being the exceptions, but generally speaking, these are theatre actors who win.
Actually you prove my point. A large percentage fall into my three categories - I mean seriously, Cumberbatch, John Lee Miller, Mirren, Jacobi, Rylance, Mark Strong, Tasmin Greig, and on and on. I must admit I have no knowledge or interest in the musical categories but in the drama section it is notable. |
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