EVITA, PADDINGTON, INTO THE WOODS, and More Nominated For 2026 Olivier Awards; Full List!

The nominations for the Olivier Awards 2026 have been announced. The awards, which this year celebrate their 50th anniversary, will take place at the Royal Albert Hall on Sunday 12 April, showcasing the very best of London theatre in a star-studded ceremony hosted by Nick Mohammed. 

With 11 total nominations each, Into The Woods and Paddington The Musical are this year’s most-nominated shows. Three plays receive six nominations each: All My Sons, Kenrex, and Stereophonic.  Nominees also included Oh, Mary!, Evita, and more.

The Olivier Awards 2026 will be broadcast on BBC Two and iPlayer with highlights on BBC Radio 2 on Sunday 12 April. 

Full List of Nominations for the Olivier Awards 2026

Cunard Best New Musical 

Here We Are, book by David Ives, music & lyrics by Stephen Sondheim at National Theatre – Lyttelton 
Paddington The Musical, music & lyrics by Tom Fletcher & book by Jessica Swale at Savoy Theatre 
Shucked, book by Robert Horn, music & lyrics by Brandy Clark & Shane McAnally at Regent's Park Open Air Theatre 
The Unlikely Pilgrimage Of Harold Fry, book by Rachel Joyce, music & lyrics by Passenger at Theatre Royal Haymarket 

Best Musical Revival supported by Piper-Heidsieck 

American Psycho, book by Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa, music & lyrics by Duncan Sheik, based on the novel by Bret Easton Ellis at Almeida Theatre 
Evita, lyrics by Tim Rice, music by Andrew Lloyd Webber at The London Palladium 
Into The Woods, music & lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, book by James Lapine at Bridge Theatre 
The Producers, music & lyrics by Mel Brooks, book by Mel Brooks & Thomas Meehan at Garrick Theatre 

Best New Play supported by The Londoner 

1536 by Ava Pickett at Almeida Theatre 
Inter Alia by Suzie Miller at National Theatre – Lyttelton 
Kenrex by Jack Holden & Ed Stambollouian at The Other Palace 
Punch by James Graham at Young Vic & Apollo Theatre 

Best Revival 

All My Sons by Arthur Miller at Wyndham's Theatre 
Arcadia by Tom Stoppard at The Old Vic 
Much Ado About Nothing by William Shakespeare at Theatre Royal Drury Lane 
The Seagull by Anton Chekhov, adapted by Duncan MacMillan & Thomas Ostermeier at Barbican Theatre 

Noël Coward Award for Best New Entertainment or Comedy Play 

The Comedy About Spies by Henry Lewis & Henry Shields at Noël Coward Theatre 
Every Brilliant Thing by Duncan MacMillan with Jonny Donahoe at @sohoplace 
Oh, Mary! by Cole Escola at Trafalgar Theatre 
Paranormal Activity by Levi Holloway at Ambassadors Theatre 

Best Actress 

Cate Blanchett for The Seagull at Barbican Theatre 
Marianne Jean-Baptiste for All My Sons at Wyndham's Theatre 
Julia McDermott for Weather Girl at Soho Theatre 
Rosamund Pike for Inter Alia at National Theatre – Lyttelton 
Rosie Sheehy for Guess How Much I Love You? at Jerwood Theatre Downstairs at Royal Court Theatre 

 Best Actor 

Bryan Cranston for All My Sons at Wyndham's Theatre 
Sean Hayes for Good Night, Oscar at Barbican Theatre 
Tom Hiddleston for Much Ado About Nothing at Theatre Royal Drury Lane 
Jack Holden for Kenrex at The Other Palace 
David Shields for Punch at Young Vic & Apollo Theatre 

Best Actor in a Musical 

Marc Antolin for The Producers at Garrick Theatre 
James Hameed & Arti Shah for Paddington The Musical at Savoy Theatre 
Andy Nyman for The Producers at Garrick Theatre 
Jamie Parker for Into The Woods at Bridge Theatre 
Diego Andres Rodriguez for Evita at The London Palladium  

Best Actress in a Musical 

Katie Brayben for Into The Woods at Bridge Theatre 
Danielle Fiamanya & Georgina Onuorah for Brigadoon at Regent's Park Open Air Theatre 
Jane Krakowski for Here We Are at National Theatre – Lyttelton 
Jenna Russell for The Unlikely Pilgrimage Of Harold Fry at Theatre Royal Haymarket 
Rachel Zegler for Evita at The London Palladium  

Best Actress in a Supporting Role 

Isis Hainsworth for Arcadia at The Old Vic 
Julie Hesmondhalgh for Punch at Young Vic & Apollo Theatre 
Lucy Karczewski for Stereophonic at Duke of York’s Theatre 
Hayley Squires for All My Sons at Wyndham’s Theatre 
Sophie Thompson for When We Are Married at Donmar Warehouse  

Best Actor in a Supporting Role

Hammed Animashaun for Dealer's Choice at Donmar Warehouse 
Paapa Essiedu for All My Sons at Wyndham's Theatre 
Zachary Hart for The Seagull at Barbican Theatre 
Zachary Hart for Stereophonic at Duke of York's Theatre 
Giles Terera for Oh, Mary! at Trafalgar Theatre  

Best Actor in a Supporting Role in a Musical 

Trevor Ashley for The Producers at Garrick Theatre 
Corbin Bleu for The Great Gatsby - A New Musical at London Coliseum 
Tom Edden for Paddington The Musical at Savoy Theatre 
Jo Foster for Into The Woods at Bridge Theatre 
Oliver Savile for Into The Woods at Bridge Theatre  

Best Actress in a Supporting Role in a Musical 

Tracie Bennett for Here We Are at National Theatre – Lyttelton 
Amy Booth-Steel for Paddington The Musical at Savoy Theatre 
Kate Fleetwood for Into The Woods at Bridge Theatre 
Victoria Hamilton-Barritt for Paddington The Musical at Savoy Theatre 
Georgina Onuorah for Shucked at Regent's Park Open Air Theatre  

Sir Peter Hall Award for Best Director 

Jordan Fein for Into The Woods at Bridge Theatre 
Luke Sheppard for Paddington The Musical at Savoy Theatre 
Ed Stambollouian for Kenrex at The Other Palace 
Lyndsey Turner for 1536 at Almeida Theatre 
Ivo van Hove for All My Sons at Wyndham's Theatre  

Gillian Lynne Award for Best Theatre Choreographer 

Fabian Aloise for Evita at The London Palladium 
Ellen Kane for Paddington The Musical at Savoy Theatre 
Drew McOnie for Brigadoon at Regent's Park Open Air Theatre 
Lynne Page for American Psycho at Almeida Theatre  

Best Costume Design 

Enver Chakartash for Stereophonic at Duke of York's Theatre 
Linda Cho for The Great Gatsby - A New Musical at London Coliseum 
Tom Scutt for Into The Woods at Bridge Theatre 
Gabriella Slade (Costume Design) & Tahra Zafar (Paddington Design) for Paddington The Musical at Savoy Theatre 

Best Set Design supported by Blue-i Theatre Technology 

Paul Tate DePoo III (Scenic & Projection Design) for The Great Gatsby - A New Musical at London Coliseum 
Tom Pye (Set Design) & Ash J Woodward (Video Design) for Paddington The Musical at
Savoy Theatre 
Tom Scutt for Into The Woods at Bridge Theatre 
David Zinn for Stereophonic at Duke of York's Theatre 

Best Lighting Design 

Robbie Butler for Punch at Young Vic & Apollo Theatre 
Jon Clark for Evita at The London Palladium 
Aideen Malone (Lighting Design) & Roland Horvath (Video Design) for Into The Woods at Bridge Theatre 
Joshua Pharo for Kenrex at The Other Palace 

Best Sound Design supported by d&b audiotechnik 

Adam Fisher for Into The Woods at Bridge Theatre 
Gareth Owen for Paddington The Musical at Savoy Theatre 
Ryan Rumery for Stereophonic at Duke of York's Theatre 
Giles Thomas for Kenrex at The Other Palace  

Outstanding Musical Contribution 

Matt Brind (Orchestrations & Arrangements) for Paddington The Musical at Savoy Theatre 
Will Butler (Original Songs & Orchestrations) & Justin Craig (Orchestrations) forcStereophonic at Duke of York's Theatre 
John Patrick Elliott (Composition) for Kenrex at The Other Palace 
Chris Fenwick (Musical Supervision & Arrangements) & Sean Hayes (Live Piano Performance of Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue) for Good Night, Oscar at Barbican Theatre  

Best Family Show 

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

Best New Production in Affiliate Theatre 

Ben And Imo by Mark Ravenhill at Orange Tree Theatre 
The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams at The Yard Theatre 
The Ministry Of Lesbian Affairs by Iman Qureshi at Kiln Theatre 
Miss Myrtle’s Garden by Danny James King at Bush Theatre 
The Shitheads by Jack Nicholls at Jerwood Theatre Upstairs at Royal Court Theatre 

Best New Dance Production 

Into The Hairy by Sharon Eyal for S-E-D at Sadler's Wells 
Mimi’s Shebeen by Alesandra Seutin & KVS at Sadler's Wells East 
Random Taranto by María del Mar Suárez (La Chachi) as part of Dance Umbrella: Change Tempo at The Pit at Barbican 
She’s Auspicious by Mythili Prakash at Sadler’s Wells East  

Best New Opera Production supported by TAIT 

Dead Man Walking by English National Opera at London Coliseum 
The Makropulos Case by The Royal Opera at Royal Opera House 
Tosca by The Royal Opera at Royal Opera House 
Die Walküre by The Royal Opera at Royal Opera House