On Sunday evening, Billy Porter and Beverley Knight met to host the Olivier Awards in London Royal Albert Hall. The ceremony, which has been a long time full of stars, brought together the biggest names of the British theater.
After walking the carpet, Cate Blanchett, Adrien Brody, Tom Hiddleston, Hayley Atwell, Naomi Campell, Lesley Manville, and more, West End Productions and a Standing Sculptor of his stars were more prestigious for the prestigious ceremony.
Continue reading for the full list of the winners…
Olivier Awards 2025 winners list
Best actress
Heather Agyepong, for exchangers at Duke of York’s Theater
Lesley Manville for Oedipus at Wyndham’s Theater – Winner
Rosie Shehy for Machinal in Old Vic
Meera Syal, Ashes Tupperware in National Theater – Dorfman
Don’t arrive for Oedipus in Old Vic
Best Actor
Adrien Brody for fear of Donmar Warehouse
For Harry Clarke, Billy Crudup, at the Ambassadors Theater
Paapa Essedu England for his death: delroy, @sohoplace
John Lithgow for the giant at Jerwood Theater at Royal Court Theater – Winning
Best player in a supportive role
For the importance of being serious in Sharon D. Clarke National Theater – Lyttelton
Romola Garai for giant Jerwood Theater at the Royal Court Theater
Romola Garai at Almeida Theater and Harold Pinter Theater – Winner
Gina McKEE for years at Almeida Theater and Harold Pinter Theater
Best player in a supportive role
Jorge Bosch for Kyoto @sohoplace
Tom edden for waiting for Godot in Toath Royal Haymarket
Elliot Levey, Jerwood Theater at the Royal Court Theater for the giant on the lower floor – Winning
Ben Whishaw for Bluets at the Jerwood Theater at the Royal Court Theater
Cunard best revival
The importance of being serious at the National Theater by Oscar Wilde – Lyttelton
Machinal by Sophie Treadwell in Old Vic
Oedipus, Robert Icke at Wyndham’s Theater – Winner
Theater is waiting for Godot by Samuel Beckett in Royal Haymarket
TAIT Award for Best New Opera Production
Duke Bluebeard’s Castle, British National Opera at London Coliseum
Royal Opera at the Royal Opera
Irish National Opera, Royal Opera and Nouvel Opéra Friborg
Hoffmann Tales by the Royal Opera at the Royal Opera House
Extraordinary success in the opera
For his performance at Carmen in Aigul Akhmetshina, Royal Opera House
Allan Clayton, for his performance in Festen in Royal Opera House – Winner
Jung Young-Doo for Lear direction at Barbican Theater
Sir Peter Hall Award for Best Director
Arbo for years at Almeida Theater and Harold Pinter Theater
Jordan Fein for Fiddler at Regent’s Park Open Air Theater
Nicholas Hytner for the giant at the Jerwood Theater at the Royal Court Theater
Robert Icke for Oedipus at Wyndham Theater
Best New Game London Award
13 fear by Lindsey Ferrentino in Donmar Warehouse
Royal Court Theater at Jerwood Theater by Mark Rosenblatt
Kyoto, by Joe Murphy & Joe Robertson @sohoplace
Duke of York Theater by Benedict Lombe
Years have been adapted by Arbo in the English version of Stephanie Bain at Almeida Theater and Harold Pinter Theater
Noël Coward Award for Best New Entertainment or Comedy Game
Ballet shoes adapted by the National Theater by Kendall Feaver
By Steve Pemberton & Reece Shearsmith at Wyndham’s Theater, 9th stage/fear
Spirited Away was adapted by John Cauird & MOOKO IMIMA in London Coliseum
Titanique by Titanque by Tye Blue, Marla Mindelle and Constantine Rousouli at Criterion Theater
Blue-ı Theater Technology Award for Best Set Design
For Set Design, Jon Bausor, Toby Olié & Daisy Beattie Puppet Design and Satoshi Kuriyama, London Coliseum for SPİRİTED Away design for design
Frankie Bradshaw for set design for ballet shoes at National Theater Frankie Bradshaw – Olivier
Es Devlin, Set for Coriolanus in the National Theater – Olivier
Tom Scutt for set design for Fiddler on the roof of Regent’s Park Open Air Theater
Best costume design
Hugh Durrant for Robin Hood in London Palladium
Sachiko Nakahara for Spirited Away in London Coliseum
Tom Scutt for Fiddler at Regent’s Park Open Air Theater
Gabriella Slade for Starlight Express at Troubadour Wembley Park Theater
MasterCard best new musical
Benjamin Button, Music and Lyrics Darren Clark, Book and Lyrics, Jethro Compton, Ambassadors Theater
MJ Musical by Lynn NotTage at Prince Edward Theater
Natasha, Pierre and 1812 Great Tailed Star, Dave Malloy in Donmar Warehouse by Dave Malloy, lyrics and book
Why so single?, Music, Lyrics and Book Toby Marlow & Lucy Moss, Garrick Theater
White Light Award for Best Lighting Design
Paule Constable for Oliver & Ben Jacobs! At Gielgud Theater
Howard Hudson for Natasha, Pierre and Donmar Warehouse 1812 great comet
Howard Hudson for Starlight Express at Troubadour Wembley Park Theater
Aideen Malone for Fiddler on the roof of Regent’s Park Open Air Theater
Best family show
Marylebone theater at Brainac Live – Winner
Very curious Christmas in Maddi Moate’s Apollo Theater
Fındıkkıran at Polka Theater
Rough magic in Shakespeare’s Globe – Sam Wanamaker Playhouse
Best new production in the common theater
Theater Royal Royal Stratford East by George Orwell adapted by Taty Hennessy
Sam Grabiner’s tears at Soho Theater of Grounds on the sounds – winning
Sanaz Tossi by the British at the Kaln Theater
Now, I see Lanre Malaolu in theater Royal Stratford East
What do we talk about when we talked about mother Frank by Nathan Englander at Maraybone Theater
Best New Dance Production
Assembly Hall Kidd Pivot, Crystal Pite & Jonathon Young, Sadler’s Wells
Limits: Canadian choreographers – Pite/Kudelka/Portner, by Sadler’s Wells by Canada National Ballet
Dreams Theater by Hofesh Shechter Company at Sadler’s Wells
Unnamed Love by AIM in Kyle Abraham’s Sadler’s Wells
Extraordinary success in dance
Sarah Chun, for his performance in three short ballets in Royal Opera House
Tom Visser & Jay Gower Taylor, Angels Atlas’s Lighting Concept and Design as part of Frontiers: Canada Choreographers – Pit/Kudelka/Portner Sadler’s Wells
Eva Yerbabuena, Sadler’s Wells for the performance of Yerbagüena
Gillian Lynne Award for Best Theater Choreographer
Matthew Bourne for Oliver! At Gielgud Theater
Julia Cheng for Fiddler at Regent’s Park Open Air Theater
Hofesh Shechter for Oedipus in Old Vic
Christopher Wheeldon Prince Edward Theater for MJ – Winner
D&B Audiotechnik Best Sound Design Award
Nick Lidster for Fiddler at Regent’s Park Open Air Theater
Christopher Shutt for Oedipus in Old Vic
Thijs Van Vuure for years at Almeida Theater and Harold Pinter Theater
Koichi Yamamoto for Spirited Away in London Coliseum
Superior music contribution
Music Supervision and Additional Orchestrations for Fiddler on the roof of Regent’s Park Open Air Theater
Music Supervision, Orchestrations and Arrangements and Mark Aspinall for Mark Aspinall for the curious arrangements of the Benjamin button at the Benjamin button at the Ambassadors Theater
Dave Malloy and Nicholas Skilbeck for Orchestrations for Music Supervision for Natasha, Pierre and 1812 Great Tailed Star in Donmar Warehouse
Gavin Sutherland for dance arrangements and orchestration for ballet shoes in Asaf Zohar and National Theater for compositions – Olivier
Best player in a supportive role in a musical
Liv Andrusier for Fiddler on the roof at Regent’s Park Open Air Theater
Amy di Bartolomeo for Satan Wears Prada at Dominion Theater
Beverley Klein for Fiddler at Regent’s Park Open Air Theater
Natasha, Pierre and Donmar Warehouse in 1812 Maimuna Memon for the big tailed star
Best player in a supportive role in a musical
Andy Nyman for Hello! London in Palladium
Raphael Papo for Fiddler at Regent’s Park Open Air Theater
For Titanique at Layton Williams Criterion Theater
Tom Xander for Mean Girls at Savoy Theater
Piper-Heidsieck Award for Best Musical Revival
Fiddler on the Roof, Music Jerry Bock, Lyrics Sheldon Harnick, Regent’s Park Open Air Theater Book by Joseph Stein
Hello, Dolly!, Music and Lyrics Jerry Herman, Michael Stewart’s Book in London Palladium
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Starlight Express, Music Andrew Lloyd Webber, Lyrics Richard Stiilgete Troubadour Wembley Park Theater
The best player in a musical
For the curious example of Benjamin at John Dagleish, Ambassadors Theater
Adam Dannheisser for Fiddler on the roof of Regent’s Park Open Air Theater
Myles Frost for MJ at Prince Edward Theater
Simon Lipkin for Oliver! At Gielgud Theater
Natasha, Pierre and Donmar Warehouse 1812 for the big tailed star Jamie Muscato
The best player in a musical
Natasha, Pierre and Donmar Warehouse in 1812 for the big comet for Chumisa Dornford-May
Drew at Criterion Theater for Lauren Titanique
CLELER FOSER’S CURRICULATION EXAMPLE OF Benjamin at Ambassadors Theater
Lara Pulver for Fiddler at Regent’s Park Open Air Theater
IMELDA Staunton for Hello, Dolly! London in Palladium
