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Hilarious moment Maimuna Memon's Olivier Awards win is interrupted by an awkward kiss encounter with presenter Corbin Bleu Have YOU got a story? Email [email protected] By HANNAH MCDONALD Published: 01:01 BST, 7 April 2025 | Updated: 01:02 BST, 7 April 2025 e-mail View comments The Olivier Awards 2025 was h osted by Beverley Knight and Billy Porter at the Royal Albert Hall on Sunday, celebrating the best of London's West End. And among the winners on the night was actress Maimuna Memon, 33, who accepted the gong for Best Supporting Actress in a Musical for her role in Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet Of 1812.
But he acceptance speech was interrupted as she suffered an awkward kiss encounter with presenter Corbin Bleu. Stunned Maimuna headed on stage to accept her award and kissed presenter Samantha Barks on the cheek, before heading over to High School Musical star Corbin to do the same. But as Maimuna made her way over to Corbin, the High School Musical star went to give her a handshake at the same time as she leaned in for a kiss on the cheek.
A hilarious back and forth saw the pair take several attempts to successfully land a kiss on the cheek before Maimuna said: 'Trust me to make it awkward with a kiss...
but that's alright.' Actress Maimuna Memon's Olivier Awards acceptance speech was interrupted as she suffered an awkward kiss encounter with presenter Corbin Ble A hilarious back and forth saw the pair take several attempts to successfully land a kiss on the cheek before Maimuna said: 'Trust me to make it awkward with a kiss..
. but that's alright' The Olivier Awards were a particularly star-studded occasion this year, after a number of Hollywood veterans received nominations. Lesley Manville and John Lithgow proudly accepted the award for Best Actor and Actress at the 2025 Olivier Awards on Sunday night.
English actress Lesley, 69, received the coveted gong for her part in Oedipus at Wyndham's Theatre. Hollywood legend John Lithgow, 79, was handed the Best Actor award for his role in Giant. Conclave star John plays Roald Dahl in Giant, a play which puts the author in the dock for his uncomfortable views.
Tearing up as he accepted the award, John said: 'I'm going to faint. I can't tell you how much this means to me. Giant is one of the best experiences I have ever had on stage.
' Mark Rosenblatt's West End show Giant came out on top, sweeping the board with three impressive gongs including Best New Play. Giant received another win as Elliot Levey, 51, was awarded the Best Actor In A Supporting Role. Stunned Maimuna headed on stage to accept her award and kissed presenter Samantha Barks on the cheek, before heading over to High School Musical star Corbin to do the same Lesley Manville, 69, and John Lithgow, 79, proudly accepted the award for Best Actor and Actress at the 2025 Olivier Awards on Sunday night Meanwhile Romola Garai, 42, beamed as she posed with her Best Actress In A Supporting Role gong for her role in The Years.
Idris Elba proudly smiled alongside winner Sam Grabiner after presenting him with a gong for Best New Production in an Affiliate Theatre for Boys On The Verge Of Tears. Cate Blanchett and Tom Burke were seen with Robert Icke after he accepted the award for Best Revival for Oedipus. Imelda Staunton won Best Actress in a musical for her role in Hello, Dolly!, while Best Actress in a Supporting Role in a Musical went to Maimuna Memon for Natasha, Pierre and The Great Comet of 1812 at Donmar Warehouse.
The Olivier Awards was a particularly star-studded occasion this year, after a number of Hollywood veterans received nominations. Hosted by Beverley Knight and Billy Porter at the Royal Albert Hall on April 6, the glitzy awards celebrate the best of London's West End. Adrien Brody , John Lithgow and Billy Crudup battled it out in the Best Actor category against English stars Paapa Essiedu and Mark Strong, with Lithgow clinching the gong.
Other British stars up for stage gongs included Strictly's Layton Williams , comedian Meera Syal and three-time Olivier Award winner Sharon D. Clarke. Romola Garai, 42, who also stars in Giant, beamed as she posed with her Best Actress In A Supporting Role gong for her role in The Years Imelda Staunton won Best Actress in a musical for her role in Hello, Dolly! (Seen on stage in July) Meanwhile the revival of Joseph Stein's musical Fiddler On The Roof garnered the most nods with 13 total nominations.
New productions Giant and The Years also tied for most nominated play with five nods each. Manville and Strong were both nominated for the top gongs for their roles in a retelling of the father- killing , mother-loving king of Thebes, Oedipus. Conclave star Lithgow received his nod for his portrayal of Roald Dahl in Giant, a play which puts the author in the dock for his uncomfortable views.
The play examines the fallout from revolting anti-Semitic insinuations he made in 1983 in a review of a book – God Cried – by Tony Clifton and Catherine Leroy, about the bombing of Lebanon the previous year. Meanwhile Brody's nomination was for his role in The Fear Of 13, which ran at the Donmar Warehouse last year and is based on Nick Yarrow's memoir about being incarcerated on death row in America for 22 years. Olivier awards 2025: Full list of winners Best Actress Heather Agyepong - Shifters Lesley Manville for Oedipus - WINNER Rosie Sheehy for Machinal Meera Syal for A Tupperware Of Ashes Indira Varma for Oedipus Best Actress in a Musical Chumisa Dornford-May for Natasha, Pierre & The great Comet Of 1812 Lauren Drew for Titanique Clare Foster for The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button Lara Pulver for Fiddler On The Roof Imelda Staunton for Hello, Dolly! - WINNER Best Actress in a Supporting Role Sharon D.
Clarke for The Importance Of Being Earnest Romola Garai for Giant Romola Garai for The Years - WINNER Gina McKee for The Years Best Actress in a Supporting Role in a Musical Liv Andrusier for Fiddler On The Roof Amy Di Bartolomeo for The Devil Wears Prada Beverley Klein for Fiddler On The Roof Maimuna Memon for Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet Of 1812 - WINNER Best New Musical The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button - WINNER MJ The Musical Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet Of 1812 Why Am I So Single? Best Revival The Importance of Being Earnest Machinal Oedipus - WINNER Waiting For Godot Sir Peter Hall Award For Best Director Eline Arbo for The Years - WINNER Jordan Fein for Fiddler On The Roof Nicholas Hytner for Giant Robert Icke for Oedipus Best Lighting Design Paule Constable & Ben Jacobs for Oliver! - WINNER Howard Hudson for Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet Of 1812 Howard Hudson for Starlight Express Aideen Malone for Fiddler On The Roof Outstanding Achievement in Opera Aigul Akhmetshina for her performance in Carmen Allan Clayton for his performance in Festen - WINNER Jung Young-doo for his direction of Lear Best New Production in Affiliate Theatre Animal Farm at Theatre Royal Stratford East by George Orwell, adapted by Tatty Hennessy Boys On The Verge Of Tears by Sam Grabiner at Soho Theatre - WINNER English by Sanaz Toossi at Kiln Theatre Now, I See by Lanre Malaolu at Theatre Royal Stratford East What We Talk About When We Talk About Anne Frank by Nathan Englander at Marylebone Theatre Oustanding Achievement In Dance Sarah Chun for her performance in Three Short Ballets Tom Visser for his lighting design of Angels' Atlas as part of Frontiers: Choreographers Of Canada – Pite/Kudelka/Portner Eva Yerbabuena for her performance in Yerbagüena - WINNER Best Costume Design Hugh Durrant for Robin Hood Sachiko Nakahara for Spirited Away Tom Scutt for Fiddler On The Roof Gabriella Slade for Starlight Express - WINNER Noël Coward Award for Best New Entertainment or Comedy Play Ballet Shoes adapted by Kendall Feaver Inside No. 9 Stage/Fright by Steve Pemberton & Reece Shearsmith Spirited Away adapted by John Caird & co-adapted by Maoko Imai Titanique by Tye Blue, Marla Mindelle & Constantine Rousouli - WINNER Best Actor Adrien Brody for The Fear Of 13 Billy Crudup for Harry Clarke Paapa Essiedu for Death Of England: Delroy John Lithgow for Giant - WINNER Mark Strong for Oedipus Best Actor in a Musical John Dagleish for The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button - WINNER Adam Dannheisser for Fiddler On The Roof Myles Frost for MJ The Musical Simon Lipkin for Oliver! Jamie Muscato for Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet Of 1812 Best Actor in a Supporting Role Jorge Bosch for Kyoto Tom Edden for Waiting For Godot Elliot Levey for Giant - WINNER Ben Whishaw for Bluets Best Actor in a Supporting Role in a Musical Andy Nyman for Holly, Dolly! Raphael Papo for Fiddler On The Roof Layton Williams for Titanique - WINNER Tom Xander for Mean Girls Best New Play The Fear Of 13 Giant - WINNER Kyoto Shifters The Years Best Musical Revival Fiddler On The Roof - WINNER Hello, Dolly! Oliver! Starlight Express Best Set Design Jon Bausor for Set, Toby Olié & Daisy Beattie for Puppetry and Satoshi Kuriyama for Projection for Spirited Away at London Coliseum Frankie Bradshaw for Ballet Shoes at National Theatre – Olivier Es Devlin for Coriolanus at National Theatre – Olivier Tom Scutt for Fiddler On The Roof at Regent's Park Open Air Theatre - WINNER Best New Opera Production Duke Bluebeard's Castle by English National Opera Festen by The Royal Opera - WINNER L'Olimpiade by Irish National Opera & The Royal Opera The Tales Of Hoffmann by The Royal Opera Best Family Show Brainiac Live - WINNER Maddie Moate's Very Curious Christmas The Nutcracker Rough Magic Best New Dance Production Assembly Hall by Kidd Pivot, Crystal Pite & Jonathon Young - WINNER Frontiers: Choreographers Of Canada – Pite/Kudelka/Portner by The National Ballet Of Canada Theatre Of Dreams by Hofesh Shechter Company An Untitled Love by A.I.
M by Kyle Abraham Best Theatre Choreographer Matthew Bourne for Oliver! Julia Cheng for Fiddler On The Roof Hofesh Shechter for Oedipus Christopher Wheeldon for MJ The Musical - WINNER Best Sound Design Nick Lidster for Fiddler On The Roof - WINNER Christopher Shutt for Oedipus Thijs van Vuure for The Years Koichi Yamamoto for Spirited Away Outstanding Musical Contribution Mark Aspinall for Musical Supervision & Additional Orchestrations for Fiddler On The Roof Darren Clark for Music Supervision, Orchestrations & Arrangements and Mark Aspinall for Musical Direction, Music Supervision, Orchestrations & Arrangements for The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button - WINNER Dave Malloy for Orchestrations and Nicholas Skilbeck for Musical Supervision for Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet Of 1812 Asaf Zohar for Compositions and Gavin Sutherland for Dance Arrangements & Orchestration for Ballet Shoes Share or comment on this article: Hilarious moment Maimuna Memon's Olivier Awards win is interrupted by an awkward kiss encounter with presenter Corbin Bleu e-mail Add comment Comments 0 Share what you think No comments have so far been submitted. Why not be the first to send us your thoughts, or debate this issue live on our message boards. Add your comment Enter your comment By posting your comment you agree to our house rules .
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