Olivier awards 2023: complete list of nominations
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Noël Coward award for best entertainment or comedy playJack and the Beanstalk at the London PalladiumMy Neighbour Totoro at Barbican theatreMy Son’s a Queer (But What Can You Do?) at Garrick theatre and Ambassadors theatreOne Woman Show at Ambassadors theatre
Best family showBlippi the Musical at Apollo theatreHey Duggee: The Live Theatre Show at Royal Festival Hall Midsummer Mechanicals at Sam Wanamaker PlayhouseThe Smartest Giant In Town at St Martin’s theatre
Melody Brown, Jamal Franklin and Sam Glen in Midsummer Mechanicals, nominated for best family show. Photograph: Tristram Kenton/The Guardian
Gillian Lynne award for best theatre choreographerMatt Cole for Newsies at Troubadour Wembley Park theatreLynne Page for Standing at the Sky’s Edge at National TheatreKate Prince for Sylvia at the Old VicBasil Twist for puppetry direction for My Neighbour Totoro at Barbican theatre
Best costume designFrankie Bradshaw for Blues for An Alabama Sky at National Theatre Hugh Durrant for Jack and the Beanstalk at the London PalladiumJean Paul Gaultier for Jean Paul Gaultier Fashion Freak Show at RoundhouseKimie Nakano for My Neighbour Totoro at Barbican theatre
Best revivalThe Crucible at National TheatreGood at Harold Pinter theatreJerusalem at Apollo theatreA Streetcar Named Desire at Almeida theatre
Best musical revivalMy Fair Lady at London ColiseumRodgers & Hammerstein’s Oklahoma! at Young VicSister Act at Eventim ApolloSouth Pacific at Sadler’s Wells
Best sound designBobby Aitken for Standing at the Sky’s Edge at National Theatre Tony Gayle for My Neighbour Totoro at Barbican theatreDrew Levy for Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Oklahoma! at Young VicBen and Max Ringham for Prima Facie at Harold Pinter theatre
Best original score or new orchestrationsDavid Yazbek, Jamshied Sharifi and Andrea Grody for The Band’s Visit at Donmar Warehouse (Music and lyrics by Yazbek, orchestrations by Sharifi; additional arrangements by Grody)Joe Hisaishi and Will Stuart for My Neighbour Totoro at Barbican theatre (Music by Hisaishi; orchestrations and arrangements by Stuart)Daniel Kluger and Nathan Koci for Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Oklahoma! at the Young Vic (Orchestrations and arrangements by Kluger; additional vocal arrangements by Koci)Richard Hawley and Tom Deering for Standing at the Sky’s Edge at National Theatre (Music and lyrics by Hawley; orchestrations by Deering)
Standing at the Sky’s Edge at the National Theatre, nominated for eight awards including choreography by Lynne Page. Photograph: Tristram Kenton/The Guardian
Best actor in a supporting roleMark 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 at the Royal Court theatreWill Keen for Patriots at Almeida theatreElliot Levey for Good at Harold Pinter theatreDavid Moorst for To Kill a Mockingbird at Gielgud theatreSule Rimi for Blues for An Alabama Sky at National Theatre
Best actress in a supporting roleRose Ayling-Ellis for As You Like It at @sohoplacePamela Nomvete for To Kill a Mockingbird at Gielgud theatreCaroline Quentin for Jack Absolute Flies Again at National Theatre Sharon Small for Good at Harold Pinter theatreAnjana Vasan for A Streetcar Named Desire at Almeida theatre
Best set designMiriam Buether for To Kill a Mockingbird at Gielgud theatreTom Pye for My Neighbour Totoro at Barbican theatreBen Stones for Standing at the Sky’s Edge at National Theatre Mark Walters for Jack and the Beanstalk at the London Palladium
Best lighting designNatasha Chivers for Prima Facie at Harold Pinter TheatreLee Curran for A Streetcar Named Desire at Almeida TheatreJessica Hung Han Yun for My Neighbour Totoro at Barbican TheatreTim Lutkin for The Crucible at National Theatre
Sylvia at the Old Vic. Photograph: Manuel Harlan
Best actress in a supporting role in a musicalBeverley Knight for Sylvia at the Old VicMaimuna Memon for Standing at the Sky’s Edge at the National Theatre Liza Sadovy for Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Oklahoma! at Young VicMarisha Wallace for Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Oklahoma! at Young Vic
Best actor in a supporting role in a musicalSharif Afifi for The Band’s Visit at Donmar WarehousePeter Polycarpou for The Band’s Visit at Donmar WarehouseClive Rowe for Sister Act at Eventim ApolloZubin Varla for Tammy Faye at Almeida theatre
Best new opera productionAlcina by Royal Opera at Royal Opera HouseLeast Like The Other by Irish National Opera and Royal Opera at the Royal Opera House, Linbury TheatrePeter Grimes by Royal Opera at Royal Opera HouseSibyl at Barbican Theatre
Alcina, directed by Richard Jones at the Royal Opera House. Photograph: Tristram Kenton/The Guardian
Outstanding achievement in operaSinéad Campbell-Wallace for her performance in Tosca by English National Opera at London ColiseumWilliam Kentridge for his conception and direction of Sibyl at Barbican TheatreAntony McDonald for his design of Alcina at Royal Opera House
Best actor in a musicalAlon Moni Aboutboul for The Band’s Visit at Donmar WarehouseArthur Darvill for Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Oklahoma! at Young VicJulian Ovenden for South Pacific at Sadler’s WellsAndrew Rannells for Tammy Faye at Almeida Theatre
Best actress in a musicalKatie Brayben for Tammy Faye at Almeida TheatreAnoushka Lucas for Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Oklahoma! at Young VicMiri Mesika for The Band’s Visit at Donmar WarehouseFaith Omole for Standing at the Sky’s Edge at National Theatre
Light of Passage – nominated for best new dance production – at the Royal Opera House. Photograph: Tristram Kenton/The Guardian
Best new dance production Light of Passage by Crystal Pite at Royal Opera HousePasionaria by La Veronal at Sadler’s WellsTraplord by Ivan Michael Blackstock at 180 Studios (The Strand)Triptych (The Missing Door, The Lost Room and The Hidden Floor) by Peeping Tom at Barbican Theatre
Outstanding achievement in danceManuel Liñán for his choreography of ¡VIVA! at Sadler’s WellsDickson Mbi for his choreography of Enowate at Sadler’s WellsRaquel Meseguer Zafe for her dramaturgy of Ruination by Lost Dog at Royal Opera House – Linbury TheatreCatrina Nisbett for her performance in Family Honour by Spoken Movement at Sadler’s Wells
Outstanding achievement in affiliate theatreAge Is a Feeling at Soho TheatreBlackout Songs at Hampstead Theatre DownstairsThe P Word at Bush theatreParadise Now! at Bush theatreTwo Palestinians Go Dogging at the Royal Court theatre
Sir Peter Hall award for best directorRebecca Frecknall for A Streetcar Named Desire at Almeida TheatreRobert Hastie for Standing at the Sky’s Edge at National TheatreJustin Martin for Prima Facie at Harold Pinter TheatrePhelim McDermott for My Neighbour Totoro at Barbican TheatreBartlett Sher for To Kill a Mockingbird at Gielgud Theatre
Paul Mescal and Patsy Ferran, nominated for best actor and best actress repectively, in A Streetcar Named Desire. Photograph: Marc Brenner
Best actressJodie Comer for Prima Facie at Harold Pinter TheatrePatsy Ferran for A Streetcar Named Desire at Almeida TheatreMei Mac for My Neighbour Totoro at Barbican TheatreJanet McTeer for Phaedra at National TheatreNicola Walker for The Corn Is Green at National Theatre
Best actorTom Hollander for Patriots at Almeida TheatrePaul Mescal for A Streetcar Named Desire at Almeida TheatreRafe Spall for To Kill a Mockingbird at Gielgud TheatreDavid Tennant for Good at Harold Pinter TheatreGiles Terera for Blues for an Alabama Sky at National Theatre
Best new playFor Black Boys Who Have Considered Suicide When the Hue Gets Too Heavy at Jerwood Theatre Downstairs at the Royal Court theatrePatriots at Almeida theatrePrima Facie at Harold Pinter theatreTo Kill a Mockingbird at Gielgud theatre
Best new musicalThe Band’s Visit at Donmar WarehouseStanding at the Sky’s Edge at National TheatreSylvia at The Old VicTammy Faye at Almeida Theatre