Road To The Oliviers 2018 was an unprecedented four-part series celebrating the Olivier Awards 2018 with Mastercard nominations, with live performances, exclusive footage and interviews.
The fourth and final episode took place on Friday 6 April 2018. You can watch it above – the show featured:
- Interviews with theatre critic Lyn Gardner and playwright Jessica Swale
- An exclusive chat with Special Award winner David Lan
The episode was hosted by Chief Executive of the Society of London Theatre (SOLT) & UK Theatre, and Executive Producer of the Olivier Awards, Julian Bird.
Episode 1 (Friday 16 March 2018)
🎬 Noms Derren Brown, JamieMusical’s Josie Walker & more chat with Jamie Lambert on our first Road To The Oliviers show LIVE! 🎬 #OlivierAwards
Posted by Olivier Awards on Friday, March 16, 2018
You can view the first episode above, hosted by Jamie Lambert. Studio guests included:
- Derren Brown, whose show Underground was nominated for Best Entertainment and Family show
- Josie Walker from Everybody’s Talking About Jamie who was nominated for Best Actress in a Musical
- The Stage Editor, Alistair Smith
- Be Inspired Champion, Willy Mukendi
as well as exclusive backstage films with The Ferryman company and Long Day’s Journey Into Night nominee, Lesley Manville!
Episode 2 (Friday 23 March 2018)
🎥 Carrie Hope Fletcher hosts our second Road To The Oliviers show LIVE with Young Frankenstein The Musical's Lesley Joseph, JamieMusical's John McCrea, Monica Dolan, and an INCREDIBLE Five Guys Named Moe performance!! 🎥
Posted by Olivier Awards on Friday, March 23, 2018
The second episode, which took place on Friday 23 March 2018, can be seen above. Studio guests included:
- Everybody’s Talking About Jamie‘s John McCrea, nominated for Best Actor in a Musical
- Young Frankenstein‘s Lesley Joseph, who was nominated for Best Actress in a Supporting Role in a Musical
- Writer and star of The B*easts, nominated for Outstanding Achievement in Affiliate Theatre, Monica Dolan
- The cast of Five Guys Named Moe, nominated for Best Entertainment & Family
all hosted by West End star Carrie Hope Fletcher!
Episode 3 (Thursday 29 March 2018)
Catch up with Road to the Oliviers with exclusive footage from Hamilton West End and chats with Clare Halse, playing Peggy, and Simon Adkins, the choreographer, from 42nd Street and Olivier nominated playwright James Graham! Hosted by Jamie Lambert !
Posted by Olivier Awards on Thursday, March 29, 2018
The third episode, which took place on Thursday 29 March 2018, can be seen above. Features included:
- Interviews with Clare Halse and Simon Adkins from 42nd Street, nominated for Magic Radio Best Musical Revival
- A chat with James Graham, writer of the Best New Play-nominated show, Ink
- A world exclusive tour backstage at Hamilton
- A look at the English National Opera’s incredible Iolanthe, for which Paul Brown’s designs were nominated for Outstanding Achievement in Opera
all hosted by the brilliant Jamie Lambert!