Olivier Awards 2025 Nominations Announced

The Olivier Awards 2025 nominations have been announced, by Nicole Scherzinger & Tom Francis live from Broadway.

Fiddler on the Roof received 13 nominations, Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet Of 1812 at the Donmar Warehouse received 6 nominations, as well as best actor nomination for 2025 Oscar winner Adrien Brody for The Fear Of 13 at Donmar Warehouse.

Here’s everything you need to know about the Olivier Awards 2025, including the full nomination list, ceremony date, location and how to watch the event.

Olivier Awards 2025 Nominations Full List

Best New Musical

• The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button, music & lyrics by Darren Clark, book & lyrics by Jethro Compton at the Ambassadors Theatre

• MJ The Musical, book by Lynn Nottage at the Prince Edward Theatre

• Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet Of 1812, music, lyrics & book by Dave Malloy at the Donmar Warehouse

• Why Am I So Single? music, lyrics & book by Toby Marlow & Lucy Moss at the Garrick Theatre

Best New Play

• The Fear Of 13 by Lindsey Ferrentino at the Donmar Warehouse

• Giant by Mark Rosenblatt at the Jerwood Theatre Downstairs at Royal Court Theatre

• Kyoto by Joe Murphy & Joe Robertson at @sohoplace

• Shifters by Benedict Lombe at the Duke of York's Theatre

• The Years adapted by Eline Arbo, in an English version by Stephanie Bain at the Almeida Theatre & Harold Pinter Theatre

Best Actress in a Musical

• Chumisa Dornford-May in Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet Of 1812 at Donmar Warehouse

• Lauren Drew in Titanique at Criterion Theatre

• Clare Foster in The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button at Ambassadors Theatre

• Lara Pulver in Fiddler On The Roof at Regent's Park Open Air Theatre

• Imelda Staunton in Hello, Dolly! at The London Palladium

Best Actor in a Musical

• John Dagleish in The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button at Ambassadors Theatre

• Adam Dannheisser in Fiddler On The Roof at Regent's Park Open Air Theatre

• Myles Frost in MJ The Musical at the Prince Edward Theatre

• Simon Lipkin in Oliver! at the Gielgud Theatre

• Jamie Muscato in Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet Of 1812 at Donmar Warehouse

Best Musical Revival

• Fiddler On The Roof music by Jerry Bock, lyrics by Sheldon Harnick at Regent's Park Open Air Theatre

• Hello, Dolly! music & lyrics by Jerry Herman, book by Michael Stewart atThe London Palladium

• Oliver! book, music & lyrics by Lionel Bart, new material & revisions by Cameron Mackintosh at the Gielgud Theatre

• Starlight Express music by Andrew Lloyd Webber, lyrics by Richard Stilgoe at Troubadour Wembley Park Theatre

Best Play Revival

• The Importance Of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde at National Theatre - Lyttelton

• Machinal by Sophie Treadwell at The Old Vic

• Oedipus by Robert Icke at the Wyndham's Theatre

• Waiting For Godot by Samuel Beckett at theTheatre Royal Haymarket

Best Actor

• Adrien Brody in The Fear Of 13 at Donmar Warehouse

• Billy Crudup in Harry Clarke at Ambassadors Theatre

• Papa Essiedu in Death Of England: Delroy at @sohoplace

• John Lithgow in Giant at Jerwood Theatre Downstairs at Royal Court Theatre

• Mark Strong in Oedipus at Wyndham's Theatre

Best Actress

• Heather Agyepong in Shifters at the Duke of York's Theatre

• Lesley Manville in Oedipus at Wyndham's Theatre

• Rosie Sheehy in Machinal at The Old Vic

• Meera Syal in A Tupperware Of Ashes at National Theatre - Dorfman

• Indira Varma in Oedipus at The Old Vic

Best Director

• Eline Arbo for The Years at the Almeida Theatre & Harold Pinter Theatre

• Jordan Fein for Fiddler On The Roof at Regent's Park Open Air Theatre

• Nicholas Hytner for Giant in Jerwood Theatre Downstairs at Royal Court Theatre

• Robert Icke for Oedipus at Wyndham's Theatre

Best New Entertainment or Comedy Play

• Ballet Shoes adapted by Kendall Feaver at the National Theatre - Olivier

• Inside No. 9 Stage/Fright by Steve Pemberton & Reece Shearsmith at Wyndham's Theatre

• Spirited Away adapted by John Caird & co-adapted by Maoko Imai at the London Coliseum

• Titanique by Tye Blue, Marla Mindelle & Constantine Rousouli at the Criterion Theatre

Best Actor in a Supporting Role in a Musical

• Andy Nyman in Hello, Dolly! at The London Palladium

• Raphael Papo in Fiddler On The Roof at Regent's Park Open Air Theatre

• Layton Williams in Titanique at the Criterion Theatre

• Tom Xander in Mean Girls at the Savoy Theatre

Best Actress in a Supporting Role in a Musical

• Liv Andrusier in Fiddler On The Roof at Regent's Park Open Air Theatre

• Amy Di Bartolomeo in The Devil Wears Prada at Dominion Theatre

• Beverley Klein in Fiddler On The Roof at Regent's Park Open Air Theatre

• Maimuna Memon in Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet Of 1812 at Donmar Warehouse

Outstanding Musical Contribution

• Mark Aspinall for Musical Supervision & Additional Orchestrations for Fiddler On The Roof at Regent's Park Open Air Theatre

• Darren Clark for Music Supervision, Orchestrations & Arrangements and Mark Aspinall for Musical Direction, Music Supervision, Orchestrations & Arrangements for The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button at the Ambassadors Theatre

• Dave Malloy for Orchestrations and Nicholas Skilbeck for Musical Supervision for Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet Of 1812 at the Donmar Warehouse

• Asaf Zohar for Compositions and Gavin Sutherland for Dance Arrangements & Orchestration for Ballet Shoes at the National Theatre

Best Sound Design

• Nick Lidster for Fiddler On The Roof at Regent's Park Open Air Theatre

• Christopher Shutt for Oedipus at The Old Vic

• Thijs van Vuure for The Years at Almeida Theatre & Harold Pinter Theatre

• Koichi Yamamoto for Spirited Away at the London Coliseum

Best Costume Design

• Hugh Durrant for Robin Hood at The London Palladium

• Sachiko Nakahara for Spirited Away at London Coliseum

• Tom Scutt for Fiddler On The Roof at Regent's Park Open Air Theatre

• Gabriella Slade for Starlight Express at Troubadour Wembley Park Theatre

Best Theatre Choreographer

• Matthew Bourne for Oliver! at Gielgud Theatre

• Julia Cheng for Fiddler On The Roof at Regent's Park Open Air Theatre

• Hofesh Shechter for Oedipus at The Old Vic

• Christopher Wheeldon for MJ The Musical at Prince Edward Theatre

Best Actress in a Supporting Role

• Sharon D. Clarke in The Importance Of Being Earnest at the National Theatre - Lyttelton

• Romola Garai in Giant at the Jerwood Theatre Downstairs at Royal Court Theatre

• Romola Garai in The Years at Almeida Theatre & Harold Pinter Theatre

• Gina McKee in The Years at Almeida Theatre & Harold Pinter Theatre

Best Actor in a Supporting Role

• Jorge Bosch in Kyoto at @sohoplace

• Tom Edden in Waiting For Godot at Theatre Royal Haymarket

• Elliot Levey in Giant at Jerwood Theatre Downstairs at Royal Court Theatre

• Ben Whishaw in Bluets at Jerwood Theatre Downstairs at Royal Court Theatre

Best Set Design

• Spirited Away at the London Coliseum (Jon Bausor for Set Design, Toby Olié & Daisy Beattie for Puppetry Design and Satoshi Kuriyama for Projection Design)

• Ballet Shoes at the National theatre (Frankie Bradshaw)

• Coriolanus at the National Theatre (Es Devlin)

• Fiddler On The Roof at Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre (Tom Scutt)

Best Lighting Design

• Oliver! at the Gielgud Theatre (Paule Constable & Ben Jacobs)

• Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet Of 1812 at the Donmar Warehouse (Howard Hudson)

• Starlight Express at the Troubadour Wembley Park Theatre (Howard Hudson)

• Fiddler On The Roof at the Regent's Park Open Air Theatre (Aiden Malone)

Best New Opera Production

• Duke Bluebeard's Castle by English National Opera at the London Coliseum

• Festen by The Royal Opera at the Royal Opera House

• L'Olimpiade by Irish National Opera & The Royal Opera at the Royal Opera House

• The Tales Of Hoffmann by The Royal Opera at the Royal Opera House

Outstanding Achievement in Opera

• Aigul Akhmetshina in Carmen at the Royal Opera House

• Allan Clayton in Festen at the Royal Opera House

• Jung Young-doo for direction of Lear at the Barbican Theatre

Best Family Show

• Brainiac Live at the Marylebone Theatre

• Maddie Moate's Very Curious Christmas at the Apollo Theatre

• The Nutcracker at Polka Theatre

• Rough Magic at Shakespeare's Globe - Sam Wanamaker Playhouse

Best New Production in Affiliate Theatre

• Animal Farm adapted by Tatty Hennessy at Theatre Royal Stratford East

• Boys On The Verge Of Tears by Sam Grabiner at the Soho Theatre

• English by Sanaz Toossi at Kiln Theatre

• Now, I See by Lane Malaolu at Theatre Royal Stratford East

• What We Talk About When We Talk About Anne Frank by Nathan Englander at Marylebone Theatre

Best New Dance Production

• Assembly Hall by Kidd Pivot, Crystal Pite & Jonathon Young at Sadler's Wells

• Frontiers: Choreographers Of Canada - Pite/Kudelka/Portner by The National Ballet Of Canada at Sadler's Wells

• Theatre Of Dreams by Hofesh Shechter Company at Sadler's Wells

• An Untitled Love by A.I.M by Kyle Abraham at Sadler's Wells

Outstanding Achievement in Dance

• Sarah Chun for her performance in Three Short Ballets at the Royal Opera House - Linbury Theatre

• Tom Visser for his lighting design of Angels' Atlas as part of Frontiers: Choreographers Of Canada - Pite/Kudelka/Portner at Sadler's Wells

• Eva Yerbabuena for her performance in Yerbagüena at Sadler's Wells

When Are the Olivier Awards 2025?

The Olivier Awards 2025 will take place on Sunday 06 April 2025 at the Royal Albert Hall in London.

Where Are the Olivier Awards 2025 Being Held?

The Royal Albert Hall, one of London’s most iconic venues, will host the Olivier Awards once again. Located in South Kensington, the historic venue provides a grand setting for this prestigious event, which will see theatre stars, creatives, and industry professionals come together to celebrate the best of live performance.

Venue: Royal Albert Hall

When Are the Olivier Awards 2025 Nominations Announced?

The nominations for the Olivier Awards 2025 were announced on Tuesday 04 March 2025 by Nicole Scherzinger & Tom Francis.

Tom Francis and Nicole Scherzinger announcing the 2025 Olivier Award nominations live from Broadway

Expect top West End productions from the past year, including hit musicals, critically acclaimed plays, and standout performances, to feature in this year’s highly competitive list of nominees.

How to Watch the Olivier Awards 2025

The Olivier Awards 2025 will be broadcast live on TV and radio, allowing theatre fans to watch the ceremony and see their favourite actors, writers, and directors win.

TV Broadcast – The awards are expected to air on ITV in the UK, with highlights available on ITVX.
Radio Coverage – BBC Radio 2 has traditionally provided live coverage, including interviews and behind-the-scenes content.
International Viewing – Some segments may be available online via YouTube and official Olivier Awards social media channels.

The Olivier Award trophies are bronze statues portraying a young Laurence Olivier as Henry V at the Old Vic in 1937

What Are the Olivier Awards?

First established in 1976, the Olivier Awards are the highest honour in British theatre, recognising the best in London’s West End and beyond. They are presented annually by the Society of London Theatre (SOLT) and have a long history of rewarding outstanding performances, productions, and creative achievements.

Previous winners include Andrew Scott, Jodie Comer, Mark Rylance, Imelda Staunton, and Beverley Knight, along with productions such as Cabaret, Life of Pi, Hamilton, The Inheritance, and Matilda The Musical.

Who Will Host the Olivier Awards 2025?

The host for the Olivier Awards 2025 have been confirmed as Beverley Knight and Billy Porter.

Olivier Awards 2025: What to Expect

• Star-studded red carpet arrivals featuring actors, directors, and creatives from the world of theatre.

• Live performances from nominated musicals – past years have included performances from Hamilton, Cabaret, Six, and Les Misérables.

• Emotional acceptance speeches from some of the biggest names in British theatre.

• Exciting surprises and exclusive announcements about upcoming productions and future theatre seasons.