‘Cabaret,’ ‘Life of Pi’ win big at UK’s stage Olivier Awards

By JILL LAWLESS
Associated Press

LONDON (AP) — An intimate, sold-out production of “Cabaret” was the big winner at British theater’s Olivier Awards. It won seven prizes including acting honors for Eddie Redmayne and Jessie Buckley. “Cabaret” was named best musical revival at Sunday’s ceremony. Britain’s equivalent of Broadway’s Tony Awards returned to live collective prizegiving after a three-year break imposed by the coronavirus pandemic. Literary adaptation “Life of Pi”  won five prizes, including best new play. Hiran Abeysekera was named best actor in a play as title character Pi, and the supporting actor prize went to seven performers who collectively play a puppet tiger in the show.