Olivier awards 2025: full list of winners
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, music and lyrics by Darren Clark, book and lyrics by Jethro Compton at Ambassadors theatre – WINNER!
MJ the Musical, book by Lynn Nottage at Prince Edward theatre
Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812, music, lyrics and book by Dave Malloy at Donmar Warehouse
Why Am I So Single?, music, lyrics and book by Toby Marlow and Lucy Moss at Garrick theatre
Best set designJon Bausor for set design, Toby Olié and Daisy Beattie for puppetry design and Satoshi Kuriyama for projection design for Spirited Away at London Coliseum
Frankie Bradshaw for set design for Ballet Shoes at National Theatre – Olivier
Es Devlin for set design for Coriolanus at National Theatre – OlivierTom Scutt for set design for Fiddler on the Roof at Regent's Park Open Air theatre – WINNER!
Best lighting design
Paule Constable and Ben Jacobs for Oliver! at Gielgud theatre – WINNER!
Howard Hudson for Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812 at Donmar Warehouse
Howard Hudson for Starlight Express at Troubadour Wembley Park theatre
Aideen Malone for Fiddler on the Roof at Regent's Park Open Air theatre
Best new opera productionDuke Bluebeard's Castle by English National Opera at London ColiseumFesten by the Royal Opera at Royal Opera House – WINNER!
L'Olimpiade by Irish National Opera and the Royal Opera at Royal Opera House
The Tales of Hoffmann by the Royal Opera at Royal Opera House
Outstanding achievement in operaAigul Akhmetshina for her performance in Carmen at Royal Opera HouseAllan Clayton for his performance in Festen at Royal Opera House – WINNER!
Jung Young-doo for his direction of Lear at Barbican theatre
Best family show
Brainiac Live at Marylebone theatre – WINNER!
Maddie Moate's Very Curious Christmas at Apollo theatre
The Nutcracker at Polka theatre
Rough Magic at Shakespeare's Globe – Sam Wanamaker Playhouse
Best new production in affiliate theatreAnimal Farm at Theatre Royal Stratford East by George Orwell, adapted by Tatty HennessyBoys on the Verge of Tears by Sam Grabiner at Soho theatre – WINNER!
English by Sanaz Toossi at Kiln theatre
Now, I See by Lanre 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 and Jonathon Young at Sadler's Wells – WINNER!
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 danceSarah Chun for her performance in Three Short Ballets at 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 WellsEva Yerbabuena for her performance in Yerbagüena at Sadler's Wells – WINNER!
Best actor in a supporting roleJorge Bosch for Kyoto at @sohoplace
Tom Edden for Waiting for Godot at Theatre Royal HaymarketElliot Levey for Giant at Jerwood theatre Downstairs at Royal Court theatre – WINNER!
Ben Whishaw for Bluets at Jerwood theatre Downstairs at Royal Court theatre
Best actress in a supporting roleSharon D Clarke for The Importance of Being Earnest at National Theatre – Lyttelton
Romola Garai for Giant at Jerwood theatre Downstairs at Royal Court theatreRomola Garai for The Years at Almeida theatre and Harold Pinter theatre – WINNER!
Gina McKee for The Years at Almeida Theatre and Harold Pinter theatre
Best theatre choreographerMatthew 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 VicChristopher Wheeldon for MJ the Musical at Prince Edward theatre – WINNER!
Best costume designHugh 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 theatreGabriella Slade for Starlight Express at Troubadour Wembley Park theatre – WINNER!
Best sound design
Nick Lidster for Fiddler on the Roof at Regent's Park Open Air theatre – WINNER!
Christopher Shutt for Oedipus at the Old Vic
Thijs van Vuure for The Years at Almeida theatre and Harold Pinter theatre
Koichi Yamamoto for Spirited Away at London Coliseum
Outstanding musical contributionMark Aspinall for musical supervision and additional orchestrations for Fiddler on the Roof at Regent's Park Open Air theatreDarren Clark for music supervision, orchestrations and arrangements and Mark Aspinall for musical direction, music supervision, orchestrations and arrangements for The Curious Case of Benjamin Button at Ambassadors theatre – WINNER!
Dave Malloy for orchestrations and Nicholas Skilbeck for musical supervision for Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812 at Donmar Warehouse
Asaf Zohar for compositions and Gavin Sutherland for dance arrangements and orchestration for Ballet Shoes at National Theatre – Olivier
Best actress in a supporting role in a musicalLiv Andrusier for Fiddler on the Roof at Regent's Park Open Air theatre
Amy Di Bartolomeo for The Devil Wears Prada at Dominion theatre
Beverley Klein for Fiddler on the Roof at Regent's Park Open Air theatreMaimuna Memon for Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812 at Donmar Warehouse – WINNER!
Best actor in a supporting role in a musicalAndy Nyman for Hello, Dolly! at the London Palladium
Raphael Papo for Fiddler on the Roof at Regent's Park Open Air theatreLayton Williams for Titanique at Criterion theatre – WINNER!
Tom Xander for Mean Girls at Savoy theatre
Best new entertainment or comedy playBallet Shoes adapted by Kendall Feaver at National Theatre – Olivier
Inside No 9 Stage/Fright by Steve Pemberton and Reece Shearsmith at Wyndham's theatre
Spirited Away adapted by John Caird and co-adapted by Maoko Imai at London ColiseumTitanique by Tye Blue, Marla Mindelle and Constantine Rousouli at Criterion theatre – WINNER!
Best director
Eline Arbo for The Years at Almeida theatre and Harold Pinter theatre – WINNER!
Jordan Fein for Fiddler on the Roof at Regent's Park Open Air theatre
Nicholas Hytner for Giant at Jerwood theatre Downstairs at Royal Court theatre
Robert Icke for Oedipus at Wyndham's theatre
Best actressHeather Agyepong for Shifters at Duke of York's theatreLesley Manville for Oedipus at Wyndham's theatre – WINNER!
Rosie Sheehy for Machinal at the Old Vic
Meera Syal for A Tupperware of Ashes at National Theatre – Dorfman
Indira Varma for Oedipus at the Old Vic
Best actorAdrien Brody for The Fear of 13 at Donmar Warehouse
Billy Crudup for Harry Clarke at Ambassadors theatre
Paapa Essiedu for Death of England: Delroy at @sohoplaceJohn Lithgow for Giant at Jerwood theatre Downstairs at Royal Court theatre – WINNER!
Mark Strong for Oedipus at Wyndham's theatre
Best revivalThe Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde at National Theatre – Lyttelton
Machinal by Sophie Treadwell at the Old VicOedipus by Robert Icke at Wyndham's theatre – WINNER!
Waiting for Godot by Samuel Beckett at Theatre Royal Haymarket
Best musical revival
Fiddler on the Roof, music by Jerry Bock, lyrics by Sheldon Harnick, book by Joseph Stein at Regent's Park Open Air theatre – WINNER!
Hello, Dolly!, music and lyrics by Jerry Herman, book by Michael Stewart at the London Palladium
Oliver!, book, music and lyrics by Lionel Bart, new material and revisions by Cameron Mackintosh at Gielgud theatre
Starlight Express, music by Andrew Lloyd Webber, lyrics by Richard Stilgoe at Troubadour Wembley Park theatre
Best actor in a musical
John Dagleish for The Curious Case of Benjamin Button at Ambassadors theatre – WINNER!
Adam Dannheisser for Fiddler on the Roof at Regent's Park Open Air theatre
Myles Frost for MJ the Musical at Prince Edward theatre
Simon Lipkin for Oliver! at Gielgud theatre
Jamie Muscato for Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812 at Donmar Warehouse
Best actress in a musicalChumisa Dornford-May for Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812 at Donmar Warehouse
Lauren Drew for Titanique at Criterion theatre
Clare Foster for The Curious Case of Benjamin Button at Ambassadors theatre
Lara Pulver for Fiddler on the Roof at Regent's Park Open Air theatreImelda Staunton for Hello, Dolly! at the London Palladium – WINNER!
Best new playThe Fear of 13 by Lindsey Ferrentino at Donmar WarehouseGiant by Mark Rosenblatt at Jerwood theatre Downstairs at Royal Court theatre – WINNER!
Kyoto by Joe Murphy and Joe Robertson at @sohoplace
Shifters by Benedict Lombe at Duke of York's theatre
The Years adapted by Eline Arbo, in an English version by Stephanie Bain at Almeida theatre and Harold Pinter theatre
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