The musical Sunny Afternoon, inspired by the music of the Kinks, has won big at the recent Olivier Awards.

The show took home four honors in all, including Best New Musical, Best Actor and Best Supporting Actor and Outstanding Achievement in Music for its score.

Ray Davies was on hand at the event to accept the awards and said, "Without people we have no plays we have no films.

People are the source of my material. The next time you are sitting in a park somewhere and you see someone like me looking at you, don't phone the police. I'm just writing about you."

The musical, which was penned by Joe Penhall, stars John Dagleish andGeorge Macguire. who both took home the acting awards.