The Olivier Awards 2026 – full list of nominees

The nominees for The Olivier Awards 2026, with Cunard, have been announced, with Paddington the Musical and Into The Woods leading the pack with 11 nominations each.

Plays Kenrex, All My Sons, and Stereophonic each received six nominations, whilst Evita received a total of five nods including Best Actress in a Musical for Rachel Zegler.

The winners will be revealed on April 12 2026 in a ceremony hosted by Nick Mohammed. The awards will also be broadcast on BBC TV and radio.

The Olivier Awards 2026 nominations in full

Cunard Best New Musical

Here We Are
Paddington The Musical
Shucked
The Unlikely Pilgrimage Of Harold Fry

Best Musical Revival supported by Piper-Heidsieck

American Psycho
Evita
Into The Woods
The Producers

Best New Play supported by The Londoner 

1536 
Inter Alia 
Kenrex 
Punch 

Best Revival

All My Sons 
Arcadia 
Much Ado About Nothing 
The Seagull 

Noël Coward Award for Best New Entertainment or Comedy Play 

The Comedy About Spies 
Every Brilliant Thing 
Oh, Mary! 
Paranormal Activity 

Best Actress

Cate Blanchett for The Seagull 
Marianne Jean-Baptiste for All My Sons 
Julia McDermott for Weather Girl 
Rosamund Pike for Inter Alia 
Rosie Sheehy for Guess How Much I Love You? 

Best Actor

Bryan Cranston for All My Sons 
Sean Hayes for Good Night, Oscar 
Tom Hiddleston for Much Ado About Nothing 
Jack Holden for Kenrex 
David Shields for Punch 

Best Actor in a Musical

Marc Antolin for The Producers 
James Hameed and Arti Shah for Paddington The Musical 
Andy Nyman for The Producers 
Jamie Parker for Into The Woods 
Diego Andres Rodriguez for Evita 

Best Actress in a Musical

Katie Brayben for Into The Woods 
Danielle Fiamanya and Georgina Onuorah for Brigadoon 
Jane Krakowski for Here We Are 
Jenna Russell for The Unlikely Pilgrimage Of Harold Fry 
Rachel Zegler for Evita 

Best Actress in a Supporting Role

Isis Hainsworth for Arcadia 
Julie Hesmondhalgh for Punch 
Lucy Karczewski for Stereophonic 
Hayley Squires for All My Sons 
Sophie Thompson for When We Are Married 

Best Actor in a Supporting Role 

Hammed Animashaun for Dealer’s Choice 
Paapa Essiedu for All My Sons 
Zachary Hart for The Seagull 
Zachary Hart for Stereophonic 
Giles Terera for Oh, Mary! 

Best Actor in a Supporting Role in a Musical

Trevor Ashley for The Producers 
Corbin Bleu for The Great Gatsby – A New Musical 
Tom Edden for Paddington The Musical 
Jo Foster for Into The Woods 
Oliver Savile for Into The Woods 

Best Actress in a Supporting Role in a Musical

Tracie Bennett for Here We Are 
Amy Booth-Steel for Paddington The Musical 
Kate Fleetwood for Into The Woods 
Victoria Hamilton-Barritt for Paddington The Musical 
Georgina Onuorah for Shucked 

Sir Peter Hall Award for Best Director

Jordan Fein for Into The Woods 
Luke Sheppard for Paddington The Musical
Ed Stambollouian for Kenrex 
Lyndsey Turner for 1536 
Ivo van Hove for All My Sons 

Gillian Lynne Award for Best Theatre Choreographer

Fabian Aloise for Evita 
Ellen Kane for Paddington The Musical 
Drew McOnie for Brigadoon 
Lynne Page for American Psycho 

Best Costume Design

Enver Chakartash for Stereophonic 
Linda Cho for The Great Gatsby – A New Musical 
Tom Scutt for Into The Woods 
Gabriella Slade (costume design) and Tahra Zafar (Paddington design) for Paddington The Musical 

Best Set Design supported by Blue-i Theatre Technology

Paul Tate dePoo III (Scenic and Projection Design) for The Great Gatsby – A New Musical
Tom Pye (set design) and Ash J Woodward (video design) for Paddington The Musical 
Tom Scutt for Into The Woods 
David Zinn for Stereophonic 

Best Lighting Design

Robbie Butler for Punch 
Jon Clark for Evita 
Aideen Malone (lighting design) and Roland Horvath (video design) for Into The Woods 
Joshua Pharo for Kenrex 

Best Sound Design supported by d&b audiotechnik

Adam Fisher for Into The Woods 
Gareth Owen for Paddington The Musical 
Ryan Rumery for Stereophonic 
Giles Thomas for Kenrex 

Outstanding Musical Contribution

Matt Brind (orchestrations and arrangements) for Paddington The Musical 
Will Butler (original songs and orchestrations) and Justin Craig (orchestrations) for Stereophonic 
John Patrick Elliott (composition) for Kenrex 
Chris Fenwick (musical supervision and arrangements) and Sean Hayes (Live Piano Performance of Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue) for Good Night, Oscar 

Best Family Show

The Boy At The Back Of The Class, adapted by Nick Ahad
The Boy With Wings, adapted by Arvind Ethan David
The Firework-Maker’s Daughter, adapted by Jude Christian
The Three Little Pigs, music by George Stiles, book and lyrics by Anthony Drewe

Best New Production in Affiliate Theatre

Ben And Imo 
The Glass Menagerie 
The Ministry Of Lesbian Affairs 
Miss Myrtle’s Garden 
The Sh*theads 

Best New Dance Production

Into The Hairy 
Mimi’s Shebeen 
Random Taranto 
She’s Auspicious 

Best New Opera Production supported by TAIT

Dead Man Walking by English National Opera
The Makropulos Case by The Royal Opera
Tosca by The Royal Opera
Die Walküre by The Royal Opera 

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