Amid awkward kisses and fears of fainting, winners at the Royal Albert Hall thanked their collaborators, spouses … and chartered accountants• Olivier awards 2025: Giant, Benjamin Button and Fiddler on the Roof triumph• Full list of winnersDirector Robert Icke on the unexpected effect of staging the tragedy Oedipus:We’ve had such a nice time – it turns out incest really brings people together!Romola, I think I’m going to faint!I just won an Olivier for playing an iceberg!I would like to thank Annie Ernaux for reminding us all that the story of a normal woman’s life can be extraordinaryThere are four nominees and I don’t understand how you can choose between these four handsome hunksThank you to Rosenblatt and Hytner. Which sounds like three people doesn’t it? Like a firm of chartered accountants. Rosen, Blatt and Hytner. I’d use them. Thanks to all three of you!Trust me to make it awkward with a kiss! Continue reading...