Olivier Award nominations 2025: Fiddler on the Roof dominates the list

The Olivier Awards, London's most prestigious theatre accolades, have unveiled their 2025 nominations, with Fiddler on the Roof leading the charge with 13 nods, including Best Musical Revival. Romola Garai has achieved the rare feat of being nominated twice in the Best Actress in a Supporting Role category for her performances in The Years and Giant. The ceremony, set for April 6, at the Royal Albert Hall, will be co-hosted by Olivier and MOBO Award-winner Beverley Knight (Marie and Rosetta) and Tony, Emmy, and Grammy Award-winner Billy Porter (Cabaret).

This year's nominations for the prestigious accolades include:

Best New Play

• The Fear of 13 – Donmar Warehouse
• Giant – Jerwood Theatre Downstairs, Royal Court
• Kyoto – @sohoplace
• Shifters – Duke of York’s Theatre
• The Years – Almeida Theatre & Harold Pinter Theatre

Best New Musical

• The Curious Case of Benjamin Button – Ambassadors Theatre
• MJ The Musical – Prince Edward Theatre
• Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812 – Donmar Warehouse
• Why Am I So Single? – Garrick Theatre

Best Revival

• The Importance of Being Earnest – National Theatre
• Machinal – The Old Vic
• Oedipus – Wyndham’s Theatre
• Waiting For Godot – Theatre Royal Haymarket

Best Musical Revival

• Fiddler on the Roof – Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre
• Hello, Dolly! – London Palladium
• Oliver! – Gielgud Theatre
• Starlight Express – Troubadour Wembley Park Theatre

Best Actor in a Musical

• John Dagleish – The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
• Adam Dannheisser – Fiddler on the Roof
• Myles Frost – MJ The Musical
• Simon Lipkin – Oliver!
• Jamie Muscato – Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812

Best Actress in a Musical

• Chumisa Dornford-May – Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812
• Lauren Drew – Titanique
• Clare Foster – The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
• Lara Pulver – Fiddler on the Roof
• Imelda Staunton – Hello, Dolly!

Best Actor in a Play

• Adrien Brody – The Fear of 13
• Billy Crudup – Harry Clarke
• Paapa Essiedu – Death of England: Delroy
• John Lithgow – Giant
• Mark Strong – Oedipus

Best Actress in a Play

• Heather Agyepong – Shifters
• Lesley Manville – Oedipus
• Rosie Sheehy – Machinal
• Meera Syal – A Tupperware of Ashes
• Indira Varma – Oedipus

Best Director

• Eline Arbo – The Years
• Jordan Fein – Fiddler on the Roof
• Nicholas Hytner – Giant
• Robert Icke – Oedipus

Best Costume Design

• Hugh Durrant – Robin Hood
• Sachiko Nakahara – Spirited Away
• Tom Scutt – Fiddler on the Roof

Best Sound Design

• Nick Lidster – Fiddler on the Roof
• Christopher Shutt – Oedipus
• Thijs van Vuure – The Years
• Koichi Yamamoto – Spirited Away

Best New Entertainment or Comedy Play

• Ballet Shoes – National Theatre
• Inside No. 9 Stage/Fright – Apollo Theatre
• Spirited Away – London Coliseum
• Titanique – Criterion Theatre

Best Family Show

• Brainiac Live – Marylebone Theatre
• Maddie Moate's Very Curious Christmas – Apollo Theatre
• The Nutcracker – Polka Theatre
• Rough Magic – Shakespeare’s Globe

Best Theatre Choreographer

• Matthew Bourne – Oliver!
• Julia Cheng – Fiddler on the Roof
• Hofesh Shechter – Oedipus
• Christopher Wheeldon – MJ The Musical

Best Set Design

• Jon Bausor – Spirited Away
• Frankie Bradshaw – Ballet Shoes
• Es Devlin – Coriolanus
• Tom Scutt – Fiddler on the Roof

Best Lighting Design

• Paule Constable & Ben Jacobs – Oliver!
• Howard Hudson – Starlight Express
• Howard Hudson – Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812
• Aideen Malone – Fiddler on the Roof

Best New Production in Affiliate Theatre

• Animal Farm – Theatre Royal Stratford East
• Boys on the Verge of Tears – Soho Theatre
• English – Kiln Theatre
• Now, I See – Theatre Royal Stratford East
• What We Talk About When We Talk About Anne Frank – Marylebone Theatre

Outstanding Achievement in Opera

• Aigul Akhmetshina – Carmen (Royal Opera House)
• Allan Clayton – Festen (Royal Opera House)
• Jung Young-doo – Lear (Barbican)

Best New Opera Production

• Duke Bluebeard's Castle – ENO, London Coliseum
• Festen – Royal Opera, Royal Opera House
• L'Olimpiade – Irish National Opera & Royal Opera
• The Tales of Hoffmann – Royal Opera House

Best New Dance Production

• Assembly Hall – Sadler's Wells
• Frontiers: Choreographers of Canada – Sadler's Wells
• Theatre of Dreams – Sadler's Wells
• An Untitled Love – Sadler's Wells

Outstanding Achievement in Dance

• Sarah Chun – Three Short Ballets
• Tom Visser – Angels' Atlas lighting design
• Eva Yerbabuena – Yerbabuena

Outstanding Musical Contribution

• Mark Aspinall – Fiddler on the Roof
• Darren Clark & Mark Aspinall – The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
• Dave Malloy & Nicholas Skilbeck – Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812
• Asaf Zohar & Gavin Sutherland – Ballet Shoes