Olivier Awards 2025

Cunard Best Revival

The Importance Of Being Earnest

by Oscar Wilde
National Theatre – Lyttelton

Machinal

by Sophie Treadwell
The Old Vic
Winner

Oedipus

by Robert Icke
Wyndham's Theatre

Waiting For Godot

by Samuel Beckett
Theatre Royal Haymarket

Best Actor in a Supporting Role

Jorge Bosch

Kyoto
@sohoplace

Tom Edden

Waiting For Godot
Theatre Royal Haymarket
Winner

Elliot Levey

Giant
Jerwood Theatre Downstairs at Royal Court Theatre

Ben Whishaw

Bluets
Jerwood Theatre Downstairs at Royal Court Theatre

Best Actress in a Supporting Role

Sharon D. Clarke

The Importance Of Being Earnest
National Theatre – Lyttelton

Romola Garai

Giant
Jerwood Theatre Downstairs at Royal Court Theatre
Winner

Romola Garai

The Years
Almeida Theatre & Harold Pinter Theatre

Gina McKee

The Years
Almeida Theatre & Harold Pinter Theatre

Best Costume Design

Hugh Durrant

Robin Hood
The London Palladium

Sachiko Nakahara

Spirited Away
London Coliseum

Tom Scutt

Fiddler On The Roof
Regent's Park Open Air Theatre
Winner

Gabriella Slade

Starlight Express
Troubadour Wembley Park Theatre

Blue-I Theatre Technology Award for Best Set Design

Jon Bausor for Set Design, Toby Olié & Daisy Beattie for Puppetry Design and Satoshi Kuriyama for Projection Design

Spirited Away
London Coliseum

Frankie Bradshaw for Set Design

Ballet Shoes
National Theatre - Olivier

Es Devlin for Set Design

Coriolanus
National Theatre – Olivier
Winner

Tom Scutt for Set Design

Fiddler On The Roof
Regent's Park Open Air Theatre

Best Actress

Heather Agyepong

Shifters
Duke of York's Theatre
Winner

Lesley Manville

Oedipus
Wyndham's Theatre

Rosie Sheehy

Machinal
The Old Vic

Meera Syal

A Tupperware Of Ashes
National Theatre – Dorfman

Indira Varma

Oedipus
The Old Vic

Best Actor

Adrien Brody

The Fear Of 13
Donmar Warehouse

Billy Crudup

Harry Clarke
Ambassadors Theatre

Paapa Essiedu

Death Of England: Delroy
@sohoplace
Winner

John Lithgow

Giant
Jerwood Theatre Downstairs at Royal Court Theatre

Mark Strong

Oedipus
Wyndham's Theatre

Outstanding Achievement in Opera

Aigul Akhmetshina

for her performance in Carmen
Royal Opera House
Winner

Allan Clayton

for his performance in Festen
Royal Opera House

Jung Young-doo

for his direction of Lear
Barbican Theatre

TAIT Award for Best New Opera Production

Duke Bluebeard’s Castle

by English National Opera
London Coliseum
Winner

Festen

by The Royal Opera
Royal Opera House

L’Olimpiade

by Irish National Opera, The Royal Opera & Nouvel Opéra Fribourg
Royal Opera House

The Tales Of Hoffmann

by The Royal Opera
Royal Opera House

Sir Peter Hall Award for Best Director

Winner

Eline Arbo

The Years
Almeida Theatre & Harold Pinter Theatre

Jordan Fein

Fiddler On The Roof
Regent's Park Open Air Theatre

Nicholas Hytner

Giant
Jerwood Theatre Downstairs at Royal Court Theatre

Robert Icke

Oedipus
Wyndham's Theatre

Best New Production in Affiliate Theatre

Animal Farm

adapted by Tatty Hennessy
Theatre Royal Stratford East
Winner

Boys On The Verge Of Tears

by Sam Grabiner
Soho Theatre

English

by Sanaz Toossi
Kiln Theatre

Now, I See

by Lanre Malaolu
Theatre Royal Stratford East

What We Talk About When We Talk About Anne Frank

by Nathan Englander
Marylebone Theatre

The Londoner Award for Best New Play

The Fear Of 13

by Lindsey Ferrentino
Donmar Warehouse
Winner

Giant

by Mark Rosenblatt
Jerwood Theatre Downstairs at Royal Court Theatre

Kyoto

by Joe Murphy & Joe Robertson
@sohoplace

Shifters

by Benedict Lombe
Duke of York's Theatre

The Years

adapted by Eline Arbo, in an English version by Stephanie Bain
Almeida Theatre & Harold Pinter Theatre

Noël Coward Award for Best New Entertainment or Comedy Play

Ballet Shoes

adapted by Kendall Feaver
National Theatre – Olivier

Inside No. 9 Stage/Fright

by Steve Pemberton & Reece Shearsmith
Wyndham's Theatre

Spirited Away

adapted by John Caird & co-adapted by Maoko Imai
London Coliseum
Winner

Titanique

by Tye Blue, Marla Mindelle & Constantine Rousouli
Criterion Theatre

Gillian Lynne Award for Best Theatre Choreographer

Matthew Bourne

Oliver!
Gielgud Theatre

Julia Cheng

Fiddler On The Roof
Regent's Park Open Air Theatre

Hofesh Shechter

Oedipus
The Old Vic
Winner

Christopher Wheeldon

MJ The Musical
Prince Edward Theatre

Best Family Show

Winner

Brainiac Live

Marylebone Theatre

Maddie Moate’s Very Curious Christmas

Apollo Theatre

The Nutcracker

Polka Theatre

Rough Magic

Shakespeare’s Globe - Sam Wanamaker Playhouse

Outstanding Achievement in Dance

Sarah Chun

for her performance in Three Short Ballets
Royal Opera House – Linbury Theatre

Tom Visser & Jay Gower Taylor

for lighting concept and design of Angels’ Atlas as part of Frontiers: Choreographers Of Canada – Pite/Kudelka/Portner
Sadler’s Wells
Winner

Eva Yerbabuena

for her performance in Yerbagüena
Sadler’s Wells

Best New Dance Production

Winner

Assembly Hall

by Kidd Pivot, Crystal Pite & Jonathon Young
Sadler's Wells

Frontiers: Choreographers Of Canada – Pite/Kudelka/Portner

by The National Ballet Of Canada
Sadler's Wells

Theatre Of Dreams

by Hofesh Shechter Company
Sadler's Wells

An Untitled Love

by A.I.M by Kyle Abraham
Sadler's Wells

Outstanding Musical Contribution

Mark Aspinall for Musical Supervision & Additional Orchestrations

Fiddler On The Roof
Regent's Park Open Air Theatre
Winner

Darren Clark for Music Supervision, Orchestrations & Arrangements and Mark Aspinall for Musical Direction, Music Supervision, Orchestrations & Arrangements

The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button
Ambassadors Theatre

Dave Malloy for Orchestrations and Nicholas Skilbeck for Musical Supervision

Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet Of 1812
Donmar Warehouse

Asaf Zohar for Compositions and Gavin Sutherland for Dance Arrangements & Orchestration

Ballet Shoes
National Theatre – Olivier

Piper-Heidsieck Award for Best Musical Revival

Winner

Fiddler On The Roof

music by Jerry Bock, lyrics by Sheldon Harnick, book by Joseph Stein
Regent's Park Open Air Theatre

Hello, Dolly!

music & lyrics by Jerry Herman, book by Michael Stewart
The London Palladium

Oliver!

book, music & lyrics by Lionel Bart, new material & revisions by Cameron Mackintosh
Gielgud Theatre

Starlight Express

music by Andrew Lloyd Webber, lyrics by Richard Stilgoe
Troubadour Wembley Park Theatre

White Light Award for Best Lighting Design

Winner

Paule Constable & Ben Jacobs

Oliver!
Gielgud Theatre

Howard Hudson

Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet Of 1812
Donmar Warehouse

Howard Hudson

Starlight Express
Troubadour Wembley Park Theatre

Aideen Malone

Fiddler On The Roof
Regent's Park Open Air Theatre

d&b audiotechnik Award for Best Sound Design

Winner

Nick Lidster

Fiddler On The Roof
Regent's Park Open Air Theatre

Christopher Shutt

Oedipus
The Old Vic

Thijs van Vuure

The Years
Almeida Theatre & Harold Pinter Theatre

Koichi Yamamoto

Spirited Away
London Coliseum

Best Actress in a Supporting Role in a Musical

Liv Andrusier

Fiddler On The Roof
Regent's Park Open Air Theatre

Amy Di Bartolomeo

The Devil Wears Prada
Dominion Theatre

Beverley Klein

Fiddler On The Roof
Regent's Park Open Air Theatre
Winner

Maimuna Memon

Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet Of 1812
Donmar Warehouse

Best Actor in a Supporting Role in a Musical

Andy Nyman

Hello, Dolly!
The London Palladium

Raphael Papo

Fiddler On The Roof
Regent's Park Open Air Theatre
Winner

Layton Williams

Titanique
Criterion Theatre

Tom Xander

Mean Girls
Savoy Theatre

Best Actor in a Musical

Winner

John Dagleish

The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button
Ambassadors Theatre

Adam Dannheisser

Fiddler On The Roof
Regent's Park Open Air Theatre

Myles Frost

MJ The Musical
Prince Edward Theatre

Simon Lipkin

Oliver!
Gielgud Theatre

Jamie Muscato

Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet Of 1812
Donmar Warehouse

Best Actress in a Musical

Chumisa Dornford-May

Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet Of 1812
Donmar Warehouse

Lauren Drew

Titanique
Criterion Theatre

Clare Foster

The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button
Ambassadors Theatre

Lara Pulver

Fiddler On The Roof
Regent's Park Open Air Theatre
Winner

Imelda Staunton

Hello, Dolly!
The London Palladium

Mastercard Best New Musical

Winner

The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button

music & lyrics by Darren Clark, book & lyrics by Jethro Compton
Ambassadors Theatre

MJ The Musical

book by Lynn Nottage
Prince Edward Theatre

Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet Of 1812

music, lyrics & book by Dave Malloy
Donmar Warehouse

Why Am I So Single?

music, lyrics & book by Toby Marlow & Lucy Moss
Garrick Theatre