Dame Arlene Phillips, 80, gets standing ovation for first Olivier win

Dame Arlene Phillips received a standing ovation as she won her first ever Olivier Award for Best Theatre Choreographer for Guys and Dolls.

'And the Olivier goes to,' Michael began, before chuckling and adding: 'Proof there is nothing like a dame - Arlene Phillips.' They wrote: 'The legendary @arlenephillips wins her first Olivier aged 80 for best theatre choreographer for Guys and Dolls and the room leaps to its feet! Go Arlene! Iconic!';

Arlene beat out Fabian Aloise for Sunset Boulevard, Ellen Kane and Hannes Langolf for Dear England, Mark Smith for The Little Big Things and Susan Stroman for Crazy for You for the choreography gong'Dame Arlene Phillips achieves a FULL standing ovation for her *first ever* Olivier Award win . Phenomenal. And so well deserved,' one person wrote on X

Jamie Lloyd won the Sir Peter Hall Award for Best Director and the show also won Best Musical Revival. She said 'thank God for saving me from that trip right there', before adding that she was 'nothing without him'. Pop star Nicole joked that she first wanted to thank God for stopping her from tripping on the way to accept her Best Actress in a Musical gong

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