Olivier Awards 2023: Full list of nominations for prestigious theatre awards

The Olivier Awards 2023 nominations have been announced, with My Neighbour Totoro leading the way with nine nods. Other contenders include Standing at the Sky's Edge, which has been nominated for eight awards, and Rodgers & Hammerstein's Oklahoma! and Good, which have both been nominated for six. The awards, which celebrate the best of British theatre, will be presented at a ceremony at the Royal Albert Hall in April.

Best actor
Tom Hollander for Patriots
Paul Mescal for A Streetcar Named Desire
Rafe Spall for To Kill a Mockingbird

David Tennant for Good
Giles Terera for Blues for an Alabama Sky

Best actress
Jodie Comer for Prima Facie
Patsy Ferran for A Streetcar Named Desire
Mei Mac for My Neighbour Totoro
Janet McTeer for Phaedra
Nicola Walker for The Corn Is Green

Best family show
Blippi the Musical
Hey Duggee: The Live Theatre Show
Midsummer Mechanicals
The Smartest Giant In Town



Best costume design
Frankie Bradshaw for Blues for An Alabama Sky
Hugh Durrant for Jack and the Beanstalk
Jean Paul Gaultier for Jean Paul Gaultier Fashion Freak Show
Kimie Nakano for My Neighbour Totoro

Best sound design
Bobby Aitken for Standing at the Sky’s Edge
Tony Gayle for My Neighbour Totoro
Drew Levy for Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Oklahoma!
Ben and Max Ringham for Prima Facie


Best actor in a supporting role
Will Keen for Patriots
Elliot Levey for Good
David Moorst for To Kill a Mockingbird
Sule Rimi for Blues for An Alabama Sky
Mark Akintimehin, Emmanuel Akwafo, Nnabiko Ejimofor, Darragh Hand, Aruna Jalloh and Kaine Lawrence for For Black Boys Who Have Considered Suicide When the Hue Gets Too Heavy

Best actress in a supporting role
Rose Ayling-Ellis for As You Like It
Pamela Nomvete for To Kill a Mockingbird
Caroline Quentin for Jack Absolute Flies Again
Sharon Small for Good
Anjana Vasan for A Streetcar Named Desire

Best new opera production
Alcina by Royal Opera at Royal Opera House
Least Like The Other by Irish National Opera and Royal Opera at the Royal Opera House, Linbury Theatre
Peter Grimes by Royal Opera at Royal Opera House
Sibyl at Barbican Theatre

Outstanding achievement in opera
Sinéad Campbell-Wallace for her performance in Tosca by English National Opera at London Coliseum
William Kentridge for his conception and direction of Sibyl
Antony McDonald for his design of Alcina

Best actor in a musical
Alon Moni Aboutboul for The Band’s Visit at Donmar Warehouse
Arthur Darvill for Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Oklahoma! at Young Vic
Julian Ovenden for South Pacific at Sadler’s Wells
Andrew Rannells for Tammy Faye at Almeida Theatre

Best actress in a musical
Katie Brayben for Tammy Faye
Anoushka Lucas for Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Oklahoma!
Miri Mesika for The Band’s Visit
Faith Omole for Standing at the Sky’s Edge

Best new dance production
Light of Passage by Crystal Pite
Pasionaria by La Veronal
Traplord by Ivan Michael Blackstock
Triptych (The Missing Door, The Lost Room and The Hidden Floor) by Peeping Tom

Outstanding achievement in dance
Manuel Liñán for ¡VIVA!
Dickson Mbi for Enowate
Raquel Meseguer Zafe for Ruination by Lost Dog
Catrina Nisbett for Family Honour by Spoken Movement

Best new musical
The Band’s Visit
Standing at the Sky’s Edge
Sylvia
Tammy Faye

Noël Coward award for best entertainment or comedy play
Jack and the Beanstalk
My Neighbour Totoro
One Woman Show
My Son’s a Queer (But What Can You Do?)

FAQs

1. Who has won most Olivier awards ever?
   Harry Potter and the Cursed Child
2. When was the Laurence Olivier Awards first awarded?
   1976