# John Lithgow and Lesley Manville were some of the big winners of the Olivier Awards at London’s Royal Albert Hall. The event is the biggest night in UK theatre, celebrating the best stage productions of the last 12 months. Lithgow won best actor for Giant while Manville won best actress award for Oedipus. The Sir Peter Hall Award for best director went to Eline Arbo for The Years. The musicals, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button and Fiddler on the Roof, also bagged three awards.
John Lithgow and Lesley Manville bag top honours at the Olivier Awards