April13 , 2026

    2026 Olivier Awards

    Related

    Share

    Paddington was the big winner of the night, taking home 7 awards (out of 11 nominations). All My Sons, Evita, Into the Woods, Kenrex, and Punch each won 2 awards.

    Watch the full ceremony here:

    plays

    Best New Play
    Punch by James Graham – winner
    1536 by Ava Pickett
    Inter Alia by Suzie Miller
    Kenrex by Jack Holden and Ed Stambollouian

    Best Revival
    All My Sons – winner
    Arcadia
    Much Ado About Nothing
    The Seagull

    Best Entertainment or Comedy Play
    Oh, Mary! by Cole Escola – winner
    The Comedy about Spies by Henry Lewis and Henry Shields
    Every Brilliant Thing by Duncan Macmillan with Jonny Donahoe
    Paranormal Activity by Levi Holloway (based on original text by Oren Peli)

    Best Actor
    Jack Holden as Performer in Kenrex – winner
    Bryan Cranston as Joe Keller in All My Sons
    Sean Hayes as Oscar Levant in Good Night, Oscar
    Tom Hiddleston as Benedick in Much Ado About Nothing
    David Shields as Jacob Dunne in Punch

    Best Actress
    Rosamund Pike as Jessica Parks in Inter Alia – winner
    Cate Blanchett as Irina Arkadina in The Seagull
    Marianne Jean-Baptiste as Kate Keller in All My Sons
    Julia McDermott as Stacey in Weather Girl
    Rosie Sheehy as Her in Guess How Much I Love You?

    Best Actor in a Supporting Role
    Paapa Essiedu as Chris Keller in All My Sons – winner
    Hammed Animashaun as Mugsy in Dealer’s Choice
    Zachary Hart as Semyon Medvedenko in The Seagull
    Zachary Hart as Reg in Stereophonic
    Giles Terera as Mary’s Husband in Oh, Mary!

    Best Actress in a Supporting Role
    Julie Hesmondhalgh as Joan in Punch – winner
    Isis Hainsworth as Thomasina Coverley in Arcadia
    Lucy Karczewski as Diana in Stereophonic
    Hayley Squires as Ann Deever in All My Sons
    Sophie Thompson as Maria Helliwell in When We Are Married

    musicals

    Best New Musical
    Paddington – winner
    Here We Are
    Shucked
    The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry

    Best Musical Revival
    Into the Woods – winner
    American Psycho
    Evita
    The Producers

    Best Actor in a Musical
    James Hameed as Young Man / Paddington (voice and remote puppeteer) and Arti Shah as Paddington (on stage) in Paddington – winner
    Marc Antolin as Leo Bloom in The Producers
    Andy Nyman as Max Bialystock in The Producers
    Jamie Parker as The Baker in Into the Woods
    Diego Andres Rodriguez as Che in Evita

    Best Actress in a Musical
    Rachel Zegler as Eva Perón in Evita – winner
    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

    Best Actor in a Supporting Role in a Musical
    Tom Edden as Mr. Curry in Paddington – winner
    Trevor Ashley as Roger De Bris in The Producers
    Corbin Bleu as Nick Carraway in The Great Gatsby
    Jo Foster as Jack in Into the Woods
    Oliver Savile as The Wolf and Cinderella’s Prince in Into the Woods

    Best Actress in a Supporting Role in a Musical
    Victoria Hamilton-Barritt as Millicent Clyde in Paddington – winner
    Tracie Bennett as Woman in Here We Are
    Amy Booth-Steel as Lady Sloane in Paddington
    Kate Fleetwood as The Witch in Into the Woods
    Georgina Onuorah as Lulu in Shucked

    combined categories (plays and musicals)

    Best Director
    Luke Sheppard for Paddington – winner
    Jordan Fein for Into the Woods
    Ed Stambollouian for Kenrex
    Lyndsey Turner for 1536
    Ivo van Hove for All My Sons

    Best Choreographer
    Fabian Aloise for Evita – winner
    Ellen Kane for Paddington
    Drew McOnie for Brigadoon
    Lynne Page for American Psycho

    Best Set Design
    Tom Pye for scenic designing and Ash J Woodward for video designing Paddington – winner
    Paul Tate dePoo III for projection designing and scenic designing The Great Gatsby
    Tom Scutt for scenic designing Into the Woods
    David Zinn for scenic designing Stereophonic

    Best Costume Design
    Gabriella Slade and Tahra Zafar for Paddington – winner
    Enver Chakartash for Stereophonic
    Linda Cho for The Great Gatsby
    Tom Scutt for Into the Woods

    Best Lighting Design
    Roland Horvath and Aideen Malone for Into the Woods – winner
    Robbie Butler for Punch
    Jon Clark for Evita
    Joshua Pharo for Kenrex

    Best Sound Design
    Giles Thomas for Kenrex – winner
    Adam Fisher for Into the Woods
    Gareth Owen for Paddington
    Ryan Rumery for Stereophonic

    Outstanding Musical Contribution
    Chris Fenwick for arranging and music supervising and Sean Hayes for live piano of Rhapsody in Blue in Good Night, Oscar – winner
    Matthew Brind for arranging and orchestrating Paddington
    Will Butler for orchestrating and songwriting and Justin Craig for orchestrating John Patrick Elliott for Kenrex

    other

    Best Family Show
    The Boy at the Back of the Class – winner
    The Boy with Wings
    The Firework-Maker’s Daughter
    The Three Little Pigs

    Best New Dance Production
    Into the Hairy by Sharon Eyal, S-E-D – Sadler’s Wells – winner
    Mimi’s Shebeen by KVS and Alesandra Seutin – Sadler’s Wells East
    Random Taranto by María del Mar Suárez (La Chachi), Dance Umbrella: Change Tempo – The Pit at Barbican
    She’s Auspicious by Mythili Prakash – Sadler’s Wells East

    Best New Opera Production
    Dead Man Walking, English National Opera – winner
    The Makropulos Case, Royal Opera
    Tosca, Royal Opera
    The Valkyrie, Royal Opera

    Best New Production in an Affiliate Theatre
    The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams – Yard Theatre – winner
    Ben and Imo by Mark Ravenhill – Orange Tree 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

    Special Award: Elaine Paige
    Outstanding Contribution for Dance: Wayne McGregor
    Outstanding Contribution for Opera: Danielle de Niese
    Industry Recognition Award: Betty Laine, Linda Tolhurst, David Wood

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

    12



    Source link