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.
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. 19 March 2025: Special Award recipient announced. 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.
Winners and nominees The nominations were announced in 26 categories on 4 March 2025.
Best New PlayBest New MusicalGiant 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 TheatreThe 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 TheatreBest RevivalBest Musical RevivalOedipus – 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 TheatreBest Entertainment or Comedy PlayBest 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 TheatreBest ActorBest ActressJohn 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 TheatreLesley 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 VicBest Actor in a MusicalBest 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 TheatreBest Actor in a Supporting RoleBest Actress in a Supporting RoleElliot 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 CourtRomola 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 TheatreBest Actor in a Supporting Role in a MusicalBest 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 TheatreBest DirectorBest Theatre ChoreographerEline 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 VicBest Set DesignBest Costume DesignTom 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 OlivierGabriella 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 TheatreBest Lighting DesignBest 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 ColiseumOutstanding 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 OlivierBest New Dance ProductionOutstanding 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 WellsBest New Opera ProductionOutstanding Achievement in OperaFesten, 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 HouseAllan Clayton for performing in Festen – Royal Opera House Aigul Akhmetshina for performing in Carmen – Royal Opera House Jung Young-doo for directing Lear – Barbican TheatreOutstanding Achievement in an Affiliate TheatreBoys 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 TheatreSpecial AwardRufus NorrisIndustry Recognition AwardRupert Bielby Bryan Raven Sue Uings
Productions with multiple wins and nominations
Multiple wins The following 6 productions and 1 opera received multiple awards:
3: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Fiddler on the Roof, Giant 2: Festen, Oedipus (Wyndham's), Titanique, The Years
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
Presenters and performers Presenters Name(s)RoleCate Blanchett and Tom BurkeBest Revival Martin Freeman and Celia ImrieBest Actor in a Supporting Role and Best Actress in a Supporting RoleNaomi CampbellBest Costume Design and Best Set DesignHayley Atwell and Tom HiddlestonBest Actress and Best ActorBryn TerfelOutstanding Achievement in Opera and Best New Opera ProductionIdris ElbaBest Director and Best New Production in an Affiliate TheatreElizabeth Debicki and Ewan McGregorBest New PlayRose Ayling-Ellis and Chris O'DowdBest New Entertainment or Comedy PlayElaine PaigeBest Theatre ChoreographerJacqueline WilsonBest Family ShowShobana JeyasinghOutstanding Achievement in Dance and Best Dance ProductionHarriet Scott and Gok WanOutstanding Musical SupervisionTwiggyBest Musical RevivalMarianne ElliottBest Lighting Design and Best Sound DesignCorbin Bleu and Samantha BarksBest Actor in a Supporting Role in a Musical and Best Actress in a Supporting Role in a MusicalJesse Tyler Ferguson and Jane KrakowskiBest Actor in a Musical and Best Actress in a MusicalJonathan BaileyBest New Musical
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