2026 Laurence Olivier Awards

2026 Laurence Olivier Awards
2026 Laurence Olivier Awards
Date	12 April 2026
Location	Royal Albert Hall
Hosted by	Nick Mohammed
Most nominations	Paddington: The Musical and Into the Woods (11)

The 2026 Laurence Olivier Awards will be held on 12 April 2026 at the Royal Albert Hall. It will recognise excellence in professional theatre in London, as determined by the Society of London Theatre, and will mark the 50th anniversary of the Laurence Olivier Awards. British comedian and actor Nick Mohammed will host the ceremony for the first time. The nominations were announced on 5 March 2026, with Into the Woods and Paddington: The Musical each receiving the most nominations with eleven.^[1]

Event calendar

3 December 2025: Ceremony date set for 12 April 2026 and venue confirmed as Royal Albert Hall.^[2]
3 March 2026: Nick Mohammed announced as host.^[3]
17 February 2026: Eligibility cut-off.^[4]
24 February 2026: Industry Recognition Award recipients announced.^[5]
5 March 2026: Nominations announcement.^[6]
12 April 2026: Award ceremony to be held.

Nominees

The nominations were announced in 24 categories on 5 March 2026.

Best New Play	Best New Musical
1536 by Ava Pickett – Almeida Theatre Inter Alia by Suzie Miller – National Theatre – Lyttelton Kenrex by Jack Holden & Ed Stambollouian – The Other Palace Punch by James Graham – Young Vic and Apollo Theatre	Here We Are – National Theatre – Lyttelton Paddington: The Musical – Savoy Theatre Shucked – Regent's Park Open Air Theatre The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry – Theatre Royal Haymarket
Best Revival	Best Musical Revival
All My Sons – Wyndham's Theatre Arcadia – The Old Vic Much Ado About Nothing – Theatre Royal Drury Lane The Seagull – Barbican Theatre	American Psycho – Almeida Theatre Evita – London Palladium Into the Woods – Bridge Theatre The Producers – Garrick Theatre
Best Entertainment or Comedy Play	Best Family Show
The Comedy About Spies by Henry Lewis and Henry Shields – Noël Coward Theatre Every Brilliant Thing by Duncan Macmillan with Jonny Donahoe – @sohoplace Oh, Mary! by Cole Escola – Trafalgar Theatre Paranormal Activity by Levi Holloway – Ambassadors Theatre	The Boy at the Back of the Class – Rose Theatre The Boy With Wings – Polka Theatre The Firework-Maker’s Daughter – Polka Theatre The Three Little Pigs – Unicorn Theatre
Best Actor	Best Actress
Bryan Cranston as Joe Keller in All My Sons – Wyndham's Theatre Sean Hayes as Oscar Levant in Good Night, Oscar – Barbican Theatre Tom Hiddleston as Benedick in Much Ado About Nothing – Theatre Royal, Drury Lane Jack Holden as Performer in Kenrex – The Other Palace David Shields as Jacob Dunne in Punch – Young Vic and Apollo Theatre	Cate Blanchett as Irina Arkadina in The Seagull – Barbican Theatre Marianne Jean-Baptiste as Kate Keller in All My Sons – Wyndham's Theatre Julia McDermott as Stacey in Weather Girl – Soho Theatre Rosamund Pike as Jessica Parks in Inter Alia – National Theatre Lyttelton Rosie Sheehy as Her in Guess How Much I Love You? – Jerwood Downstairs, Royal Court Theatre
Best Actor in a Musical	Best Actress in a Musical
Marc Antolin as Leopold "Leo" Bloom in The Producers – Garrick Theatre James Hameed and Arti Shah as Young Man / Paddington in Paddington: The Musical – Savoy Theatre Andy Nyman as Maximilian "Max" Bialystock in The Producers – Garrick Theatre Jamie Parker as The Baker in Into the Woods – Bridge Theatre Diego Andres Rodriguez as Che in Evita – London Palladium	Katie Brayben as The Baker's Wife in Into the Woods – Bridge Theatre Danielle Fiamanya and Georgina Onuorah as Fiona Maclaren in Brigadoon – Regent's Park Open Air Theatre Jane Krakowski as Marianne Brink in Here We Are – Royal National Theatre Jenna Russell as Maureen Fry in The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry – Theatre Royal Haymarket Rachel Zegler as Eva Perón in Evita – London Palladium
Best Actor in a Supporting Role	Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Hammed Animashaun as Mugsy in Dealer's Choice – Donmar Warehouse Paapa Essiedu as Chris Keller in All My Sons – Wyndham's Theatre Zachary Hart as Semyon Medvedenko in The Seagull – Barbican Theatre Zachary Hart as Reg in Stereophonic – Duke of York's Theatre Giles Terera as Mary's Husband in Oh, Mary! – Trafalgar Theatre	Isis Hainsworth as Thomasina Coverley in Arcadia – The Old Vic Julie Hesmondhalgh as Joan in Punch – Apollo Theatre Lucy Karczewski as Diana in Stereophonic – Duke of York's Theatre Hayley Squires as Ann Deever in All My Sons – Wyndham's Theatre Sophie Thompson as Maria Helliwell in When We Are Married – Donmar Warehouse
Best Actor in a Supporting Role in a Musical	Best Actress in a Supporting Role in a Musical
Trevor Ashley as Roger De Bris in The Producers – Garrick Theatre Corbin Bleu as Nick Carraway in The Great Gatsby - London Coliseum Tom Edden as Mr. Curry in Paddington: The Musical – Savoy Theatre Jo Foster as Jack in Into the Woods – Bridge Theatre Oliver Savile as The Wolf / Cinderella's Prince in Into the Woods – Bridge Theatre	Tracie Bennett as Woman in Here We Are – Royal National Theatre Amy Booth-Steel as Lady Sloane in Paddington: The Musical – Savoy Theatre Kate Fleetwood as The Witch in Into the Woods – Bridge Theatre Victoria Hamilton-Barritt as Millicent Clyde in Paddington: The Musical – Savoy Theatre Georgina Onuorah as Lulu in Shucked – Regent's Park Open Air Theatre
Best Director	Best Theatre Choreographer
Jordan Fein for Into the Woods – Bridge Theatre Luke Sheppard for Paddington: The Musical – Savoy Theatre Ed Stambollouian for Kenrex – The Other Palace Lyndsey Turner for 1536 – Almeida Theatre Ivo van Hove for All My Sons – Wyndham's Theatre	Fabian Aloise for Evita – London Palladium Ellen Kane for Paddington: The Musical – Savoy Theatre Drew McOnie for Brigadoon – Regent's Park Open Air Theatre Lynne Page for American Psycho – Almeida Theatre
Best Set Design	Best Costume Design
Paul Tate dePoo III for scenic designing The Great Gatsby - London Coliseum Tom Pye for scenic designing and Ash J Woodward for video designing Paddington: The Musical – Savoy Theatre Tom Scutt for scenic designing Into the Woods – Bridge Theatre David Zinn for scenic designing Stereophonic – Duke of York's Theatre	Enver Chakartash for Stereophonic – Duke of York's Theatre Linda Cho for The Great Gatsby – London Coliseum Tom Scutt for Into the Woods – Bridge Theatre Gabriella Slade and Tahra Zafar for Paddington: The Musical – Savoy Theatre
Best Lighting Design	Best Sound Design
Robbie Butler for Punch – Young Vic and Apollo Theatre Jon Clark for Evita – London Palladium Aideen Malone and Roland Horvath for Into the Woods – Bridge Theatre Joshua Pharo for Kenrex – The Other Palace	Adam Fisher for Into the Woods – Bridge Theatre Gareth Owen for Paddington: The Musical – Savoy Theatre Ryan Rumery for Stereophonic – Duke of York's Theatre Giles Thomas for Kenrex – The Other Palace
Outstanding Musical Contribution
Matthew Brind for orchestrating and arranging Paddington: The Musical – Savoy Theatre Will Butler for original songs and orchestrating and Justin Craig for orchestrating Stereophonic – Duke of York's Theatre John Patrick Elliott for Kenrex – The Other Palace Sean Hayes for a live piano performance of Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue and Chris Fenwick for arranging and music supervising Good Night, Oscar – Barbican Theatre
Best New Dance Production	Outstanding Contribution for Dance
Into The Hairy by Sharon Eyal for S-E-D – Sadler's Wells Mimi's Shebeen by Alesandra Seutin & KVS – Sadler's Wells East Random Taranto by María del Mar Suárez (La Chachi) as part of Dance Umbrella: Change Tempo – The Pit at Barbican She's Auspicious by Mythili Prakash – Sadler's Wells East	Sir Wayne McGregor
Best New Opera Production	Outstanding Contribution for Opera
Dead Man Walking by English National Opera – London Coliseum The Makropulos Case by The Royal Opera – Royal Opera House Tosca by The Royal Opera – Royal Opera House Die Walküre by The Royal Opera – Royal Opera House	Danielle de Niese
Outstanding Achievement in an Affiliate Theatre
Ben And Imo by Mark Ravenhill – Orange Tree Theatre The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams – The Yard Theatre The Ministry of Lesbian Affairs by Iman Qureshi – Kiln Theatre Miss Myrtle's Garden by Danny James King – Bush Theatre The Shitheads by Jack Nicholls – Royal Court Theatre
Industry Recognition Award
Betty Laine Linda Tolhurst David Wood

Productions with multiple nominations

Multiple nominations

The following 20 productions received multiple nominations:

11: Paddington: The Musical, Into the Woods
6: Stereophonic, All My Sons, Kenrex
5: Evita
4: The Producers, Punch
3: The Great Gatsby, Here We Are, The Seagull
2: 1536, Arcadia, Brigadoon, The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry, Inter Alia, Much Ado About Nothing, Oh, Mary!, Shucked, American Psycho

Notes

References

^ Wiegand, Chris (5 March 2026). "Paddington and Into the Woods up for 11 Olivier awards each". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 6 March 2026.
^ "Olivier Awards reveals 2026 date and venue". The Stage. Retrieved 6 March 2026.
^ "Olivier Awards announces Nick Mohammed as 2026 host". 3 March 2026. Retrieved 6 March 2026.
^ Raven, Paul (26 February 2026). "Olivier Awards 2026 – Everything you need to know about this year's awards | West End Theatre". www.westendtheatre.com. Retrieved 6 March 2026.
^ Raven, Paul (24 February 2026). "Olivier Awards announce 2026 Industry Recognition & Outstanding Contribution Awards | West End Theatre". www.westendtheatre.com. Retrieved 6 March 2026.
^ Rook, Olivia (5 March 2026). "2026 Olivier Awards nominations announced, with Paddington and Into The Woods leading". London Theatre. Retrieved 6 March 2026.

External links

Olivier Awards official website

[1] Wiegand, Chris (5 March 2026). "Paddington and Into the Woods up for 11 Olivier awards each". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 6 March 2026.

[2] "Olivier Awards reveals 2026 date and venue". The Stage. Retrieved 6 March 2026.

[3] "Olivier Awards announces Nick Mohammed as 2026 host". 3 March 2026. Retrieved 6 March 2026.

[4] Raven, Paul (26 February 2026). "Olivier Awards 2026 – Everything you need to know about this year's awards | West End Theatre". www.westendtheatre.com. Retrieved 6 March 2026.

[5] Raven, Paul (24 February 2026). "Olivier Awards announce 2026 Industry Recognition & Outstanding Contribution Awards | West End Theatre". www.westendtheatre.com. Retrieved 6 March 2026.

[6] Rook, Olivia (5 March 2026). "2026 Olivier Awards nominations announced, with Paddington and Into The Woods leading". London Theatre. Retrieved 6 March 2026.

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Laurence Olivier Awards
Drama	New Play Entertainment or Comedy Play Revival Actor Actress Actor in a Supporting Role Actress in a Supporting Role
Musical	New Musical Musical Revival Actor in a Musical Actress in a Musical Actor in a Supporting Role in a Musical Actress in a Supporting Role in a Musical Musical Contribution
Production/Creatives	Director Theatre Choreographer Set Design Costume Design Lighting Design Sound Design
Dance/Opera	New Dance Production New Opera Production Achievement in Dance Achievement in Opera
Special/Other	Special Award Family Show Achievement in an Affiliate Theatre
Retired	Actor of the Year in a New Play Actress of the Year in a New Play Actor of the Year in a Revival Actress of the Year in a Revival Comedy Performance Performance in a Musical Supporting Artist of the Year Performance in a Supporting Role Performance in a Supporting Role in a Musical Newcomer in a Play Most Promising Performer Company Performance Director of a Play Director of a Musical Most Promising Playwright Achievement in a Musical Audience Award
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