Addicted to Eddie: Best Actor in a Musical!!! Olivier Awards 2022

Monday, April 11, 2022

Eddie Won!!!!

Congratulations!!!

The winner of the award for Best Actor in a Musical is:

Eddie Redmayne for Cabaret

Cabaret in the Kit Kat Club was up for 11 awards and won 7.

“The revival of Kander and Ebb musical Cabaret won the most of the night, scooping

an impressive seven awards. The production won Magic Radio Best Musical Revival

as well as picking up awards for Nick Lidster’s sound design, Rebecca Frecknall’s

direction, and all four musical acting categories, with wins for Jessie Buckley,

Elliot Levey, Liza Sadovy, and Eddie Redmayne. “ (officiallondontheatre.com)

Accepting his award, Redmayne said: “This is the dream. For me, this is the one.

“This was the part that I played when I was a kid in school. It was the thing that

got my passion for theatre really fuelled.”

The actor also paid tribute to his co-star Buckley, noting he would never have

“gotten on this ride” if she had not agreed to do it with him.

He told PA: “Every night, getting to introduce her singing Cabaret, and then getting

to peek through the curtain and watch her roar that track was the stuff that dreams

are made of. You are one of the greats and thank you for that privilege.” (source)

Redmayne spoke of his “confidence crisis” during rehearsals, before acknowledging

how the show had long fueled his passion, noting that “this is the dream, this is the one,”

and the part he had played as a kid at school. (THR)

Eddie’s speech focused on a pep talk Cabaret swing Emily Benjamin gave to him

while he was having a crisis of confidence during rehearsals - up the swings! (x)

Eddie and Jessie Buckley after winning their award

"Eddie Redmayne and Jessie Buckley are very excitable

with their Oliviers…" - Alex Woodon Twitter

Jessie Buckley, winner of Best Actress in a Musical, and Eddie Redmayne,

winner of Best Actor in a Musical, both for "Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club,"

at The Olivier Awards 2022 with MasterCard at Royal Albert Hall in London.

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