Olivier awards: Roger Allam reigns, Sheridan Smith shines ... but is it the end of an era?
Allam stole the best actor crown and Smith was queen of musicals, but new plays were thin on the ground. And funding cuts were the ghost at the feastIn pictures: The Laurence Olivier awardsOne incentive behind the creation of the Olivier awards " then known as the Society of West End Theatre awards " in 1976 was to celebrate commercial theatre. It was felt in the industry that the prime prizes, the Evening Standard a…