2025 Laurence Olivier Awards
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The 2025 Laurence Olivier Awards were held on 6 April 2025 at the Royal Albert Hall. It recognized excellence in professional theatre in London, as determined by the Society of London Theatre. American actor Billy Porter and Olivier award-winning British singer and actress Beverley Knight hosted the ceremony for the first time, with Meera Syal providing voice over. The nominations were announced on 5 March 2025, with the Regent's Park Open Air Theatre production of Fiddler on the Roof receiving the most nominations with thirteen, equalling Hamilton from the 2018 awards. Fiddler on the Roof, Giant, and The Curious Case of Benjamin Button won the most awards at the ceremony, with three each respectively.
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| Best New Play | Best New Musical |
| Giant by Mark Rosenblatt – Jerwood Downstairs, Royal Court The Fear of 13 by Lindsey Ferrentino (based on original film by David Sington) – Donmar Warehouse Kyoto by Joe Murphy and Joe Robertson – @sohoplace Shifters by Benedict Lombe – Duke of York's Theatre The Years adapted by Eline Arbo and translated by Stephanie Bain (based on original text by Annie Ernaux) – Almeida Theatre and Harold Pinter Theatre | The Curious Case of Benjamin Button – Ambassadors Theatre MJ the Musical – Prince Edward Theatre Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812 – Donmar Warehouse Why Am I So Single? – Garrick Theatre |
| Best Revival | Best Musical Revival |
| Oedipus – Wyndham's Theatre The Importance of Being Earnest – National Theatre Lyttelton Machinal – The Old Vic Waiting for Godot – Theatre Royal Haymarket | Fiddler on the Roof – Regent's Park Open Air Theatre Hello, Dolly! – London Palladium Oliver! – Gielgud Theatre Starlight Express – Troubadour Wembley Park Theatre |
| Best Entertainment or Comedy Play | Best Family Show |
| Titanique by Tye Blue, Marla Mindelle and Constantine Rousouli (based on original text by James Cameron) – Criterion Theatre Ballet Shoes adapted by Kendall Feaver (based on original text by Noel Streatfeild) – National Theatre Olivier Inside No. 9 Stage/Fright by Steve Pemberton and Reece Shearsmith – Wyndham's Theatre Spirited Away adapted by John Caird and co-adapted by Maoko Imai (based on original text by Hayao Miyazaki) – London Coliseum | Brainiac Live – Marylebone Theatre Maddie Moate's Very Curious Christmas – Apollo Theatre The Nutcracker – Polka Theatre Rough Magic – Sam Wanamaker Playhouse at Globe Theatre |
| Best Actor | Best Actress |
| John Lithgow as Roald Dahl in Giant – Jerwood Downstairs, Royal Court Adrien Brody as Nick Yarris in The Fear of 13 – Donmar Warehouse Billy Crudup as Harry Clarke in Harry Clarke – Ambassadors Theatre Paapa Essiedu as Delroy in Death of England: Delroy – @sohoplace Mark Strong as Oedipus in Oedipus – Wyndham's Theatre | Lesley Manville as Jocasta in Oedipus – Wyndham's Theatre Heather Agyepong as Des in Shifters – Duke of York's Theatre Rosie Sheehy as Young Woman in Machinal – The Old Vic Meera Syal as Queenie in A Tupperware of Ashes – National Theatre Dorfman Indira Varma as Jocasta in Oedipus – The Old Vic |
| Best Actor in a Musical | Best Actress in a Musical |
| John Dagleish as Benjamin Button in The Curious Case of Benjamin Button – Ambassadors Theatre Adam Dannheisser as Tevye in Fiddler on the Roof – Regent's Park Open Air Theatre Myles Frost as Michael Jackson in MJ the Musical – Prince Edward Theatre Simon Lipkin as Fagin in Oliver! – Gielgud Theatre Jamie Muscato as Anatole Kuragin in Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812 – Donmar Warehouse | Imelda Staunton as Dolly Gallagher Levi in Hello, Dolly! – London Palladium Chumisa Dornford-May as Natasha Rostova in Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812 – Donmar Warehouse Lauren Drew as Céline Dion in Titanique – Criterion Theatre Clare Foster as Elowen Keene in The Curious Case of Benjamin Button – Ambassadors Theatre Lara Pulver as Golde in Fiddler on the Roof – Regent's Park Open Air Theatre |
| Best Actor in a Supporting Role | Best Actress in a Supporting Role |
| Elliot Levey as Tom Maschler in Giant – Jerwood Downstairs, Royal Court Jorge Bosch as Raúl Estrada-Oyuela in Kyoto – @sohoplace Tom Edden as Lucky in Waiting for Godot – Theatre Royal Haymarket Ben Whishaw as Actor in Bluets – Jerwood Downstairs, Royal Court | Romola Garai as Annie in The Years – Almeida Theatre and Harold Pinter Theatre Sharon D. Clarke as Lady Bracknell in The Importance of Being Earnest – National Theatre Lyttelton Romola Garai as Jessie Stone in Giant – Jerwood Downstairs, Royal Court Gina McKee as Annie in The Years – Almeida Theatre and Harold Pinter Theatre |
| Best Actor in a Supporting Role in a Musical | Best Actress in a Supporting Role in a Musical |
| Layton Williams as The Iceberg in Titanique – Criterion Theatre Andy Nyman as Horace Vandergelder in Hello, Dolly! – London Palladium Raphael Papo as The Fiddler in Fiddler on the Roof – Regent's Park Open Air Theatre Tom Xander as Damian Hubbard in Mean Girls – Savoy Theatre | Maimuna Memon as Sonya Rostova in Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812 – Donmar Warehouse Liv Andrusier as Tzeitel in Fiddler on the Roof – Regent's Park Open Air Theatre Amy Di Bartolomeo as Emily Charlton in The Devil Wears Prada – Dominion Theatre Beverley Klein as Yente in Fiddler on the Roof – Regent's Park Open Air Theatre |
| Best Director | Best Theatre Choreographer |
| Eline Arbo for The Years – Almeida Theatre and Harold Pinter Theatre Jordan Fein for Fiddler on the Roof – Regent's Park Open Air Theatre Nicholas Hytner for Giant – Jerwood Downstairs, Royal Court Robert Icke for Oedipus – Wyndham's Theatre | Christopher Wheeldon for MJ the Musical – Prince Edward Theatre Matthew Bourne for Oliver! – Gielgud Theatre Julia Cheng for Fiddler on the Roof – Regent's Park Open Air Theatre Hofesh Shechter for Oedipus – The Old Vic |
| Best Set Design | Best Costume Design |
| Tom Scutt for scenic designing Fiddler on the Roof – Regent's Park Open Air Theatre Daisy Beattie and Toby Olié for puppetry designing, Jon Bausor for scenic designing and Satoshi Kuriyama for production designing Spirited Away – London Coliseum Frankie Bradshaw for scenic designing Ballet Shoes – National Theatre Olivier Es Devlin for scenic designing Coriolanus – National Theatre Olivier | Gabriella Slade for Starlight Express – Troubadour Wembley Park Theatre Hugh Durrant for Robin Hood – London Palladium Sachiko Nakahara for Spirited Away – London Coliseum Tom Scutt for Fiddler on the Roof – Regent's Park Open Air Theatre |
| Best Lighting Design | Best Sound Design |
| Paule Constable and Ben Jacobs for Oliver! – Gielgud Theatre Howard Hudson for Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812 – Donmar Warehouse Howard Hudson for Starlight Express – Troubadour Wembley Park Theatre Aideen Malone for Fiddler on the Roof – Regent's Park Open Air Theatre | Nick Lidster for Fiddler on the Roof – Regent's Park Open Air Theatre Christopher Shutt for Oedipus – The Old Vic Thijs van Vuure for The Years – Almeida Theatre and Harold Pinter Theatre Koichi Yamamoto for Spirited Away – London Coliseum |
| Outstanding Musical Contribution | |
| Mark Aspinall and Darren Clark for music directing, music supervising, orchestrating and arranging The Curious Case of Benjamin Button – Ambassadors Theatre Mark Aspinall for music supervising and additional orchestrations for Fiddler on the Roof – Regent's Park Open Air Theatre Dave Malloy for orchestrating and Nicholas Skilbeck for music supervising Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812 – Donmar Warehouse Gavin Sutherland for dance arranging and orchestrating and Asaf Zohar for composing Ballet Shoes – National Theatre Olivier | |
| Best New Dance Production | Outstanding Achievement in Dance |
| Assembly Hall by Kidd Pivot, Crystal Pite and Jonathon Young – Sadler's Wells Frontiers: Choreographers of Canada by James Kudelka, Crystal Pite and Emma Portner, National Ballet of Canada – Sadler's Wells Theatre of Dreams, Hofesh Shechter Company – Sadler's Wells An Untitled Love, A.I.M by Kyle Abraham – Sadler's Wells | Eva Yerbabuena for performing in Yerbagüena – Sadler's Wells Sarah Chun for performing in Three Short Ballets – Royal Opera House, Linbury Theatre Tom Visser for lighting designing Angels' Atlas as part of Frontiers: Choreographers of Canada – Sadler's Wells |
| Best New Opera Production | Outstanding Achievement in Opera |
| Festen, Royal Opera – Royal Opera House Duke Bluebeard's Castle, English National Opera – London Coliseum L'Olimpiade, Irish National Opera and Royal Opera – Royal Opera House The Tales of Hoffmann, Royal Opera – Royal Opera House | Allan Clayton for performing in Festen – Royal Opera House Aigul Akhmetshina for performing in Carmen – Royal Opera House Jung Young-doo for directing Lear – Barbican Theatre |
| Outstanding Achievement in an Affiliate Theatre | |
| Boys on the Verge of Tears – Soho Theatre Animal Farm – Theatre Royal Stratford East English – Kiln Theatre Now, I See – Theatre Royal Stratford East What We Talk about When We Talk about Anne Frank – Marylebone Theatre | |
| Special Award | |
| Rufus Norris | |
| Industry Recognition Award | |
| Rupert Bielby Bryan Raven Sue Uings | |
| Name(s) | Role |
| Cate Blanchett and Tom Burke | Best Revival |
| Martin Freeman and Celia Imrie | Best Actor in a Supporting Role and Best Actress in a Supporting Role |
| Naomi Campbell | Best Costume Design and Best Set Design |
| Hayley Atwell and Tom Hiddleston | Best Actress and Best Actor |
| Bryn Terfel | Outstanding Achievement in Opera and Best New Opera Production |
| Idris Elba | Best Director and Best New Production in an Affiliate Theatre |
| Elizabeth Debicki and Ewan McGregor | Best New Play |
| Rose Ayling-Ellis and Chris O'Dowd | Best New Entertainment or Comedy Play |
| Elaine Paige | Best Theatre Choreographer |
| Jacqueline Wilson | Best Family Show |
| Shobana Jeyasingh | Outstanding Achievement in Dance and Best Dance Production |
| Harriet Scott and Gok Wan | Outstanding Musical Supervision |
| Twiggy | Best Musical Revival |
| Marianne Elliott | Best Lighting Design and Best Sound Design |
| Corbin Bleu and Samantha Barks | Best Actor in a Supporting Role in a Musical and Best Actress in a Supporting Role in a Musical |
| Jesse Tyler Ferguson and Jane Krakowski | Best Actor in a Musical and Best Actress in a Musical |
| Jonathan Bailey | Best New Musical |
| Performer(s) | Number(s) |
| Beverley Knight and Billy Porter | "Luck Be a Lady" |
| Myles Frost and the cast of MJ the Musical | "Beat It" |
| Jo Foster and the cast of Why Am I So Single? | "8 Dates" |
| Simon Lipkin from Oliver! | "Reviewing the Situation" |
| The cast of Fiddler on the Roof | "Bottle Dance" |
| John Dagleish, Clare Foster and the cast of The Curious Case of Benjamin Button | "Shippin' Out Tomorrow" |
| Jeevan Braich and Jade Marvin from Starlight Express | "I Am the Starlight" |
| Jamie Muscato, Cedric Neal and the cast of Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812Maimuna Memon | "Balaga Sonya Alone" |
| BBC Concert Orchestra (In Memoriam) | "Symphony No. 3" |
| Les Misérables 40th anniversary celebration:Shan Ako, Rachelle Ann Go, Lucie Jones and Nathania OngBradley Jaden | "I Dreamed a Dream" / "On My Own Stars" |
References
- "Olivier Awards 2025 Winners Announced"https://www.londontheatrenews.co.uk/news/olivier-awards-2025-winners-announced
- "Olivier Awards Sets 2025 Date and Venue"https://www.whatsonstage.com/news/olivier-awards-sets-2025-date-and-venue_1616798
- "This Year's Olivier Awards Industry Recognition Award Recipients"https://officiallondontheatre.com/news/olivier-awards-industry-recognition-award-recipients-2025
- "Rufus Norris to Receive Special Award at Olivier Awards 2025 with Mastercard"https://solt.co.uk/rufus-norris-to-receive-special-award-at-olivier-awards-2025-with-mastercard
- The Guardianhttps://www.theguardian.com/stage/2025/mar/04/olivier-awards-fiddler-on-the-roof-romola-garai-adrien-brody-imelda-staunton
- The New York Timeshttps://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/04/theater/olivier-award-nominations.html