# 2025 Laurence Olivier Awards

The 2025 Laurence Olivier Awards are scheduled to be held on 6 April 2025 at the Royal Albert Hall.

## Event calendar

* 23 June 2024: Ceremony date set for 6 April 2025 and venue confirmed as Royal Albert Hall.
* 10 February 2025: Beverley Knight and Billy Porter announced as hosts.
* 14 February 2025: Eligibility cut-off.
* 27 February 2025: Industry Recognition Award recipients announced.
* 5 March 2025: Nominations announced by Tom Francis and Nicole Scherzinger.
* 6 April 2025: Award ceremony scheduled.

## Eligibility

The Olivier Awards eligibility cut-off date for the 2024–25 season was 14 February 2025 for all London productions which meet all other eligibility requirements.

## Nominees

The nominations were announced in 26 categories on 4 March 2025.
| Best New Play | Best New Musical |
| The Fear of 13 by Lindsey Ferrentino (based on original text by David Sington) – Donmar Warehouse Giant by Mark Rosenblatt – Jerwood Downstairs, Royal Court 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 |
| The Importance of Being Earnest – National Theatre Lyttelton Machinal – The Old Vic Oedipus – Wyndham's Theatre 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 |
| 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 Titanique by Tye Blue, Marla Mindelle and Constantine Rousouli (based on original text by James Cameron) – Criterion Theatre | 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 |
| 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 John Lithgow as Roald Dahl in Giant – Jerwood Downstairs, Royal Court Mark Strong as Oedipus in Oedipus – Wyndham's Theatre | Heather Agyepong as Des in Shifters – Duke of York's Theatre Lesley Manville as Jocasta in Oedipus – Wyndham'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 | 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 Imelda Staunton as Dolly Gallagher Levi in Hello, Dolly! – London Palladium |
| Best Actor in a Supporting Role | Best Actress in a Supporting Role |
| Jorge Bosch as Raúl Estrada-Oyuela in Kyoto – @sohoplace Tom Edden as Lucky in Waiting for Godot – Theatre Royal Haymarket Elliot Levey as Tom Maschler in Giant – Jerwood Downstairs, Royal Court Ben Whishaw as Actor in Bluets – Jerwood Downstairs, Royal Court | 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 Romola Garai as Woman in The Years – Almeida Theatre and Harold Pinter Theatre Gina McKee as Woman 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 |
| Andy Nyman as Horace Vandergelder in Hello, Dolly! – London Palldium Raphael Papo as The Fiddler in Fiddler on the Roof – Regent's Park Open Air Theatre Layton Williams as The Iceberg in Titanique – Criterion Theatre Tom Xander as Damian Hubbard in Mean Girls – Savoy Theatre | 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 Maimuna Memon as Sonya Rostova in Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812 – Donmar Warehouse |
| 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 | 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 Christopher Wheeldon for MJ the Musical – Prince Edward Theatre |
| Best Set Design | Best Costume Design |
| 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 Tom Scutt for scenic designing Fiddler on the Roof – Regent's Park Open Air 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 Gabriella Slade for Starlight Express – Troubadour Wembley Park 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 for music supervising and additional orchestrations for Fiddler on the Roof – Regent's Park Open Air Theatre Mark Aspinall for music directing, music supervising, orchestrating and arranging and Darren Clark for music supervising and orchestrating The Curious Case of Benjamin Button – Ambassadors 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 | 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 Eva Yerbabuena for performing in Yerbagüena – Sadler's Wells |
| Best New Opera Production | Outstanding Achievement in Opera |
| Duke Bluebeard's Castle, English National Opera – London Coliseum Festen, Royal Opera House – Royal Opera House L'Olimpiade, Irish National Opera and Royal Opera – Royal Opera House The Tales of Hoffmann, Royal Opera – Royal Opera House | Aigul Akhmetshina for performing in Carmen – Royal Opera House Allan Clayton for performing in Festen – Royal Opera House Jung Young-doo for directing Lear – Barbican Theatre |
| Outstanding Achievement in an Affiliate Theatre ||
| Animal Farm – Theatre Royal Stratford East Boys on the Verge of Tears – Soho Theatre English – Kiln Theatre Now, I See – Theatre Royal Stratford East What We Talk about When We Talk about Anne Frank – Marylebone Theatre ||
| Industry Recognition Award ||
| Rupert Bielby Bryan Raven Sue Uings ||

## Productions with multiple nominations
### Multiple nominations

The following 19 productions, 1 dance and 1 opera received multiple nominations:
* 13: Fiddler on the Roof
* 6: Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812
* 5: Giant, The Years
* 4: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Oedipus (Wyndham's), Oliver!, Spirited Away
* 3: Ballet Shoes, Hello, Dolly!, MJ the Musical, Oedipus (Old Vic), Starlight Express, Titanique
* 2: The Fear of 13, Festen, Frontiers: Choreographers of Canada, The Importance of Being Earnest, Kyoto, Machinal, Shifters, Waiting for Godot