Director 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!
John Lithgow has an extreme reaction akin to audiences at Romola Garai’s The Years as he collects the best actor award:
Romola, I think I’m going to faint!
Layton Williams acknowledges the, er, unusual nature of his Titanique role:
I just won an Olivier for playing an iceberg!
Director Eline Arbo explains why Annie Ernaux’s The Years is a book for the ages:
I would like to thank Annie Ernaux for reminding us all that the story of a normal woman’s life can be extraordinary
Presenter Celia Imrie admires the shortlist for best supporting actor:
There are four nominees and I don’t understand how you can choose between these four handsome hunks
And the winner of that award is Elliot Levey for Giant, who praises the playwright and director:
Thank 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!
Maimuna Memon, who won best supporting actress in a musical, reflects on her stop-start embrace with presenter Corbin Bleu:
Trust me to make it awkward with a kiss!
Worse for wear or bodyguards? Tom Burke gives two reasons why he and co-presenter Cate Blanchett are in dark shades:
Cate and I moonlight as each other’s personal security – it makes a public event such as this quite complicated … The other reason is we finished doing The Seagull last night
Mark Rosenblatt was among many to recognise the vital backstage role played by partners:
To my wondrous wife, Amy, for managing my vast collection of neuroses
Rufus Norris lists what he holds dear as he says goodbye to the National Theatre, after receiving a special award for his tenure as artistic director:
Empathy, collaboration, craft, rigour, equality of opportunity and love – in all its complexity
