Olivier Awards: Company, Come From Away and The Inheritance among the big winners

A gender-swapping revival of Company, a musical about 9/11 and a seven-hour play about gay men in New York were the biggest winners at the Olivier Awards.

A couple whose romance forms one of the strands of musical Come From Away speak to Sky News about their incredible story Writer Matthew Lopez said after the ceremony that the play marked the end of a long journey from fear to acceptance over his sexuality. "It took years to accept who I was and claim my place in the world. This play feels like a culmination of that very long journey."

Other winners included Kobna Holdbrook-Smith, who was named best actor in a musical for his portrayal of Ike Turner in Tina, the Tina Turner musical.

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