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2012 Olivier winners announced this Sunday, join our Tweet team

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13 April 2012

Winners of the 36th annual Olivier Awards (formerly the Laurence Olivier Awards), London’s equivalent of the Tonys and the UK’s most prestigious stage awards, are announced this Sunday evening, 15 April 2012, in a star-studded ceremony, at the Royal Opera House, hosted for a second year by Sweeney Todd stars Michael Ball and Imelda Staunton.

Click here for the list of nominees with photos and full analysis of the 2012 Oliver Awards nominations.

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From 5pm on the night, Whatsonstage.com will be reporting and tweeting live from the event, with details of winners across all 26 categories – the 25 shortlisted and the annual Special Award given for overall career achievement, which this year is being presented to British lyricist Tim Rice – as well as photo galleries, gossip, interactive discussion and in-depth analysis, capturing the event’s glitz, glamour and overall buzz.

This year, our team of reporters will be covering the event from multiple locations: from the auditorium with the VIP guests, from the press room with the winners and world media, from the Covent Garden Piazza where the ceremony is being screened, from the armchair at home following via the BBC Red Button and the Twittersphere.

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