The Olivier Awards 2025 took place on April 6 at the majestic Royal Albert Hall, featuring stunning performances from the best new shows in theatre. Unforgettable moments filled the air, and the winners were revealed. Here’s the full list of this year’s honorees, celebrating excellence in theatre and performance.
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
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