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[Freddie]

Best new dance production
Assembly Hall by Kidd Pivot, Crystal Pite and Jonathon Young at Sadler’s Wells
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

[Freddie]

Best family show
Brainiac Live at Marylebone theatre
Maddie Moate’s Very Curious Christmas at Apollo theatre
The Nutcracker at Polka theatre
Rough Magic at Shakespeare’s Globe – Sam Wanamaker Playhouse

[Freddie]

Best new opera production
Duke Bluebeard’s Castle by English National Opera at London Coliseum
Festen by the Royal Opera at Royal Opera House
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

[Freddie]

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
Jung Young-doo for his direction of Lear at Barbican theatre

[Freddie]

Best new musical
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, music and lyrics by Darren Clark, book and lyrics by Jethro Compton at Ambassadors theatre
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

[Freddie]

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

[Freddie]

Best lighting design
Paule Constable and Ben Jacobs for Oliver! at Gielgud theatre
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

[Freddie]

The complete list is here
https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2025/mar/04/olivier-awards-2025-complete-list-of-nominations

[George]

Vegas Can Be Murder eBook is live on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DZBZQBQ4/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1GC2TAAQ5ZFBD&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.oIJXlWaLndNb6CB9Dw4nSA.pBnekyivlKIcpViGd3NZk5THFNzFXmrT3dc5Tz8T9iw&dib_tag=se&keywords=vegas+can+be+murder+bruce+kimmel&qid=1741168431&s=books&sprefix=vegas+can+be+murder+bruce+kimmel%2Cstripbooks%2C157&sr=1-1

Vegas has been ordered!

[George]

And here it is:

[George]

[George]

Waiting for Mr. Rushdie. Security is mixed. We ushers were not screened. The guests will be. Tickets were apparently from $10,000 to $25,000 a table.

Wow!  I've never volunteered for a gig that was that expensive to attend! Hope everyone enjoys the event!

[Freddie]

And here it is:

Got mine, too!

[KevinH]

Good afternoon!

[KevinH]

Wordle:  4/6

[George]

Waiting for Mr. Rushdie. Security is mixed. We ushers were not screened. The guests will be. Tickets were apparently from $10,000 to $25,000 a table.

Very surprised that the ushers were not screened.

He has every reason to be extremely paranoid.

I'm surprised, too.  When I volunteered for the (now former) governor's ball, we had to go through a police background check.

[KevinH]

Kindle book ordered!

[Freddie]

Waiting for Mr. Rushdie. Security is mixed. We ushers were not screened. The guests will be. Tickets were apparently from $10,000 to $25,000 a table.

Wow!  I've never volunteered for a gig that was that expensive to attend! Hope everyone enjoys the event!

But in the New York City of 2025, there's a whole mess of people who are willing to pay $1,000 and up per theater ticket, when the demand for the show is high - and that's even without food.  I guess big-name concerts are getting those prices, too. 

[George]

DR George I hope you get the help you need for the Projected expenses and income section.

Thanks, Jane.  I did.  I filled out what I could, then uploaded it to Google Sheets and sent that to everyone else on the board who all started working on it...and got me off the hook for the rest of it.  It really did need to be a group effort.

[Jane]

And here it is:

Nice.  Thanks for the photo.

[Jane]

Waiting for Mr. Rushdie. Security is mixed. We ushers were not screened. The guests will be. Tickets were apparently from $10,000 to $25,000 a table.

Very surprised that the ushers were not screened.

He has every reason to be extremely paranoid.

I'm surprised, too.  When I volunteered for the (now former) governor's ball, we had to go through a police background check.

It makes sense. 

[Jane]

DR George I hope you get the help you need for the Projected expenses and income section.

Thanks, Jane.  I did.  I filled out what I could, then uploaded it to Google Sheets and sent that to everyone else on the board who all started working on it...and got me off the hook for the rest of it.  It really did need to be a group effort.

Great!

[George]

Waiting for Mr. Rushdie. Security is mixed. We ushers were not screened. The guests will be. Tickets were apparently from $10,000 to $25,000 a table.

Wow!  I've never volunteered for a gig that was that expensive to attend! Hope everyone enjoys the event!

But in the New York City of 2025, there's a whole mess of people who are willing to pay $1,000 and up per theater ticket, when the demand for the show is high - and that's even without food.  I guess big-name concerts are getting those prices, too. 

And I'm just in little ol' Olympia.

[Freddie]

DR George I hope you get the help you need for the Projected expenses and income section.

Thanks, Jane.  I did.  I filled out what I could, then uploaded it to Google Sheets and sent that to everyone else on the board who all started working on it...and got me off the hook for the rest of it.  It really did need to be a group effort.

Great idea!

[John G.]

Sir Salman

[John G.]

Ushers are not supposed to take pix. I couldn’t resist.

[John G.]

He was erudite, eloquent and definitely not a fan of the current political regime.

[Freddie]

Waiting for Mr. Rushdie. Security is mixed. We ushers were not screened. The guests will be. Tickets were apparently from $10,000 to $25,000 a table.

Wow!  I've never volunteered for a gig that was that expensive to attend! Hope everyone enjoys the event!

But in the New York City of 2025, there's a whole mess of people who are willing to pay $1,000 and up per theater ticket, when the demand for the show is high - and that's even without food.  I guess big-name concerts are getting those prices, too. 

And I'm just in little ol' Olympia.

Fun trivia fact:  Olympia is the name of one of the main characters on the Kathy Bates MATLOCK

[Freddie]

"Olympia Isn’t Taking Anyone’s Flack in New ‘Matlock’ Sneak Peek"
https://collider.com/matlock-episode-14-sneak-peek/

[Freddie]

Sir Salman

That's great.  Thanks for that post, John G!