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Winners of the 2026 Olivier Awards celebrating work on the London stage

LONDON (AP) — The winners of the 2026 Olivier Awards handed out Sunday for achievement in London theater, opera and dance:

New Musical: “Paddington The Musical”

New Play: “Punch”

New Entertainment or Comedy: “Oh, Mary!”

Family Show: “The Boy at the Back of the Class”

Revival: “All My Sons”

Musical Revival: “Into The Woods”

Actress-Play: Rosamund Pike, “Inter Alia”

Actor-Play: Jack Holden, “Kenrex”

Actress-Musical: Rachel Zegler, “Evita”

Actor-Musical: James Hameed and Arti Shah, “Paddington The Musical”

Supporting Actor-Play: Paapa Essiedu, “All My Sons”

Supporting Actress-Play: Julie Hesmondhalgh, “Punch”

Supporting Actress-Musical: Victoria Hamilton-Barritt, “Paddington The Musical”

Supporting Actor-Musical: Tom Edden, “Paddington The Musical”

Director: Luke Sheppard, “Paddington the Musical”

Outstanding Musical Contribution: Chris Fenwick and Sean Hayes, “Goodnight Oscar”

Theater Choreography: “Evita”

New Opera Production: “Dead Man Walking”

New Dance Production: “Into the Hairy”

Set Design: “Paddington The Musical”

Lighting Design: “Into The Woods”

Sound Design: “Kenrex”

Costume Design: “Paddington The Musical”

Outstanding Achievement in an Affiliate Theater: “The Glass Menagerie” at the Yard Theatre

Special Award: Elaine Paige

Iran attacks Bahrain and Kuwait following US strikes, threatens to end talks to end the war

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran's paramilitary Revolutionary Guard launched drone and missile attacks Sunday targeting Bahrain and Kuwait in response to U.S. airstrikes that hit the Islamic Republic, and threatened a “complete halt” could come to negotiations to end the war if Washington continues its attacks. Efforts to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, the narrow mouth of the Persian Gulf that once carried a fifth of the world's oil and natural gas, without Iran's direct oversight sparked the crossfire now gripping the region. A multinational maritime body overseen by the U.S. Navy said Saturday that it would expand a route near Oman in the Strait of Hormuz to allow for both inbound and outbound traffic — setting up a new flashpoint with Tehran. Iran insists it alone must govern the strait after the war, upending decades of the world considering that the strait was international waters free for all, despite its sitting in Iran and Oman's territorial waters. Tehran has twice attacked vessels going through the Oman route, backed by a United Nations agency, in recent days. Early Sunday, the U.S. military’s Central Command said it struck Iranian military “surveillance infrastructure, communication systems, air defense sites, drone storage facilities and minelayer capabilities” following an attack on a ship at sea early Saturday morning. That ship, the Panamanian-flagged tanker Kiku, carried crude oil for the state-run energy company of Qatar, a key negotiator between Iran and the United States.
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