Olivier Awards 2023

Cunard Best Revival

The Crucible

National Theatre - Olivier

Good

Harold Pinter Theatre

Jerusalem

Apollo Theatre
Winner

A Streetcar Named Desire

Almeida Theatre

Best Actor in a Supporting Role

Mark Akintimehin, Emmanuel Akwafo, Nnabiko Ejimofor, Darragh Hand, Aruna Jalloh & Kaine Lawrence

For Black Boys Who Have Considered Suicide When The Hue Gets Too Heavy
Jerwood Theatre Downstairs at Royal Court Theatre
Winner

Will Keen

Patriots
Almeida Theatre

Elliot Levey

Good
Harold Pinter Theatre

David Moorst

To Kill A Mockingbird
Gielgud Theatre

Sule Rimi

Blues For An Alabama Sky
National Theatre - Lyttelton

Best Actress in a Supporting Role

Rose Ayling-Ellis

As You Like It
@sohoplace

Pamela Nomvete

To Kill A Mockingbird
Gielgud Theatre

Caroline Quentin

Jack Absolute Flies Again
National Theatre - Olivier

Sharon Small

Good
Harold Pinter Theatre
Winner

Anjana Vasan

A Streetcar Named Desire
Almeida Theatre

Blue-I Theatre Technology Award for Best Set Design

Miriam Buether

To Kill A Mockingbird
Gielgud Theatre
Winner

Tom Pye

RSC's My Neighbour Totoro
Barbican Theatre

Ben Stones

Standing At The Sky’s Edge
National Theatre - Olivier

Mark Walters

Jack And The Beanstalk
The London Palladium

Best Costume Design

Frankie Bradshaw

Blues For An Alabama Sky
National Theatre - Lyttelton

Hugh Durrant

Jack And The Beanstalk
The London Palladium

Jean Paul Gaultier

Jean Paul Gaultier Fashion Freak Show
Roundhouse
Winner

Kimie Nakano

RSC's My Neighbour Totoro
Barbican Theatre

Best Actress

Winner

Jodie Comer

Prima Facie
Harold Pinter Theatre

Patsy Ferran

A Streetcar Named Desire
Almeida Theatre

Mei Mac

RSC's My Neighbour Totoro
Barbican Theatre

Janet McTeer

Phaedra
National Theatre - Lyttelton

Nicola Walker

The Corn Is Green
National Theatre - Lyttelton

Best Actor

Tom Hollander

Patriots
Almeida Theatre
Winner

Paul Mescal

A Streetcar Named Desire
Almeida Theatre

Rafe Spall

To Kill A Mockingbird
Gielgud Theatre

David Tennant

Good
Harold Pinter Theatre

Giles Terera

Blues For An Alabama Sky
National Theatre – Lyttelton

Outstanding Achievement in Opera

Sinéad Campbell-Wallace

for her performance in Tosca by English National Opera
London Coliseum
Winner

William Kentridge

for his conception and direction of Sibyl
Barbican Theatre

Antony McDonald

for his design of Alcina
Royal Opera House

TAIT Award for Best New Opera Production

Winner

Alcina

by The Royal Opera
Royal Opera House

Least Like The Other

by Irish National Opera and The Royal Opera
Royal Opera House - Linbury Theatre

Peter Grimes

by The Royal Opera
Royal Opera House

Sibyl

by William Kentridge
Barbican Theatre

Delta Air Lines Best New Play

For Black Boys Who Have Considered Suicide When The Hue Gets Too Heavy

Jerwood Theatre Downstairs at Royal Court Theatre

Patriots

Almeida Theatre
Winner

Prima Facie

Harold Pinter Theatre

To Kill A Mockingbird

Gielgud Theatre

Sir Peter Hall Award for Best Director

Rebecca Frecknall

A Streetcar Named Desire
Almeida Theatre

Robert Hastie

Standing At The Sky’s Edge
National Theatre - Olivier

Justin Martin

Prima Facie
Harold Pinter Theatre
Winner

Phelim McDermott

RSC's My Neighbour Totoro
Barbican Theatre

Bartlett Sher

To Kill A Mockingbird
Gielgud Theatre

Unusual Rigging Award for Outstanding Achievement in Affiliate Theatre

Age Is A Feeling

Soho Theatre

Blackout Songs

Hampstead Theatre Downstairs
Winner

The P Word

Bush Theatre

Paradise Now!

Bush Theatre

Two Palestinians Go Dogging

Jerwood Theatre Upstairs at Royal Court Theatre

Noël Coward Award for Best Entertainment or Comedy Play

Jack And The Beanstalk

The London Palladium
Winner

RSC's My Neighbour Totoro

Barbican Theatre

My Son’s A Queer, (But What Can You Do?)

Garrick Theatre & Ambassadors Theatre

One Woman Show

Ambassadors Theatre

Best Family Show

Blippi The Musical

Apollo Theatre
Winner

Hey Duggee The Live Theatre Show

Southbank Centre’s Royal Festival Hall

Midsummer Mechanicals

Shakespeare’s Globe - Sam Wanamaker Playhouse

The Smartest Giant In Town

St Martin’s Theatre

Outstanding Achievement in Dance

Manuel Liñán

for his choreography of ¡VIVA!
Sadler’s Wells
Winner

Dickson Mbi

for his choreography of Enowate
Sadler’s Wells

Raquel Meseguer Zafe

for her dramaturgy of Ruination by Lost Dog
Royal Opera House - Linbury Theatre

Catrina Nisbett

for her performance in Family Honour by Spoken Movement
Sadler’s Wells

Best New Dance Production

Light Of Passage

by Crystal Pite for The Royal Ballet
Royal Opera House

Pasionaria

by La Veronal
Sadler’s Wells
Winner

Traplord

by Ivan Michael Blackstock
180 Studios

Triptych (The Missing Door, The Lost Room, And The Hidden Floor)

by Peeping Tom
Barbican Theatre

Magic Radio Best Musical Revival

My Fair Lady

London Coliseum
Winner

Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Oklahoma!

Young Vic

Sister Act

Eventim Apollo

Rodgers & Hammerstein’s South Pacific

Sadler’s Wells

Best Original Score or New Orchestrations

David Yazbek for Music & Lyrics, Jamshied Sharifi for Orchestrations and Andrea Grody for Additional Arrangements

The Band’s Visit
Donmar Warehouse

Joe Hisaishi for Music and Will Stuart for Orchestrations & Arrangements

RSC's My Neighbour Totoro
Barbican Theatre

Daniel Kluger for Orchestrations & Arrangements and Nathan Koci for Additional Vocal Arrangements

Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Oklahoma!
Young Vic
Winner

Richard Hawley for Music & Lyrics and Tom Deering for Orchestrations

Standing At The Sky’s Edge
National Theatre - Olivier

Gillian Lynne Award for Best Theatre Choreographer

Winner

Matt Cole

Disney's Newsies
Troubadour Wembley Park Theatre

Lynne Page

Standing At The Sky’s Edge
National Theatre - Olivier

Kate Prince

Sylvia
The Old Vic

Basil Twist for Puppetry Direction

My Neighbour Totoro
Barbican Theatre

White Light Award for Best Lighting Design

Natasha Chivers

Prima Facie
Harold Pinter Theatre

Lee Curran

A Streetcar Named Desire
Almeida Theatre
Winner

Jessica Hung Han Yun

RSC's My Neighbour Totoro
Barbican Theatre

Tim Lutkin

The Crucible
National Theatre - Olivier

d&b audiotechnik Award for Best Sound Design

Bobby Aitken

Standing At The Sky’s Edge
National Theatre - Olivier
Winner

Tony Gayle

RSC's My Neighbour Totoro
Barbican Theatre

Drew Levy

Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Oklahoma!
Young Vic

Ben & Max Ringham

Prima Facie
Harold Pinter Theatre

Best Actress in a Supporting Role in a Musical

Winner

Beverley Knight

Sylvia
The Old Vic

Maimuna Memon

Standing At The Sky’s Edge
National Theatre - Olivier

Liza Sadovy

Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Oklahoma!
Young Vic

Marisha Wallace

Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Oklahoma!
Young Vic

Best Actor in a Supporting Role in a Musical

Sharif Afifi

The Band’s Visit
Donmar Warehouse

Peter Polycarpou

The Band’s Visit
Donmar Warehouse

Clive Rowe

Sister Act
Eventim Apollo
Winner

Zubin Varla

Tammy Faye
Almeida Theatre

Best Actor in a Musical

Alon Moni Aboutboul

The Band’s Visit
Donmar Warehouse
Winner

Arthur Darvill

Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Oklahoma!
Young Vic

Julian Ovenden

Rodgers & Hammerstein’s South Pacific
Sadler’s Wells

Andrew Rannells

Tammy Faye
Almeida Theatre

Best Actress in a Musical

Winner

Katie Brayben

Tammy Faye
Almeida Theatre

Anoushka Lucas

Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Oklahoma!
Young Vic

Miri Mesika

The Band’s Visit
Donmar Warehouse

Faith Omole

Standing At The Sky’s Edge
National Theatre - Olivier

Mastercard Best New Musical

The Band’s Visit

Donmar Warehouse
Winner

Standing At The Sky’s Edge

National Theatre - Olivier

Sylvia

The Old Vic

Tammy Faye

Almeida Theatre