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 MusicalShuckedThe Unlikely Pilgrimage Of Harold Fry
Best Musical Revival supported by Piper-Heidsieck
American PsychoEvitaInto The WoodsThe 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 OperaThe Makropulos Case by The Royal Opera Tosca by The Royal OperaDie Walküre by The Royal Opera
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