2023 Olivier Awards: Full list of winners

Hannah Waddingham hosted the 2023 Olivier Awards at the Royal Albert Hall. My Neighbour Totoro, Prima Facie and Standing at the Sky's Edge won multiple awards.

Find out the full list of winners at the 2023 Olivier Awards with London Theatre. The ceremony took place at the Royal Albert Hall on 2 April.

My Neighbour Totoro won six Olivier Awards, including Best Entertainment or Comedy, and Best Director. Find out more about My Neighbour Totoro at the Olivier Awards.

A Streetcar Named Desire took home three awards, including Best Revival, and acting wins for Anjana Vasan and Paul Mescal. Prima Facie took home two wins, including Best Actress for Jodie Comer, and Best Play.

Standing at the Sky's Edge took home Best New Musical as well as Best Orchestration. Oklahoma! won two Oliviers: Best Revival, and Best Actor in a Musical for Arthur Darvill. Tammy Faye also won two Oliviers, with Zubin Varla and Katie Brayben picking up Best Actor in a Supporting Role in a Musical and Best Actress in a Musical respectively.

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Best New Play

Prima Facie - Harold Pinter Theatre

Also nominated:

For Black Boys Who Have Considered Suicide When the Hue is Too Heavy - Royal Court
Patriots - Almeida Theatre
To Kill a Mockingbird - Gielgud Theatre

Best New Musical

Standing at the Sky’s Edge - National Theatre

Also nominated:

The Band’s Visit - Donmar Warehouse
Sylvia - Old Vic
Tammy Faye - Almeida Theatre

Best Revival

A Streetcar Named Desire - Almeida Theatre

Also nominated:

The Crucible - National Theatre
Good - Harold Pinter Theatre
Jerusalem - Apollo Theatre

Best Musical Revival

Oklahoma! - Young Vic

Also nominated:

My Fair Lady - London Coliseum
Sister Act - Eventim Apollo
South Pacific - Sadler's Wells

Best Entertainment or Comedy

My Neighbour Totoro - Barbican

Also nominated:

Jack and the Beanstalk - London Palladium
My Son’s a Queer - Ambassadors Theatre
One Woman Show - Ambassadors Theatre

Best Actor in a Supporting Role

Will Keen - Patriots - Almeida Theatre

Also nominated:

Mark Akintimehin, Emmanuel Akwafo, Nnabiko Ejimofor, Darragh Hand, Aruna Jalloh, Kaine Lawrence - For Black Boys Who Have Considered Suicide When the Hue is Too Heavy - Royal Court
Elliot Levey - Good - Harold Pinter Theatre
David Moorst - To Kill a Mockingbird - Gielgud Theatre
Sule Rimi - Blues for an Alabama Sky - National Theatre

Best Actress in a Supporting Role

Anjana Vasan - A Streetcar Named Desire - Almeida Theatre

Also nominated:

Rose Ayling-Ellis - As You Like It - @sohoplace
Pamela Nomvete - To Kill a Mockingbird - Gielgud Theatre
Caroline Quentin - Jack Absolute Flies Again
Sharon Small - Good - Harold Pinter Theatre

Best Actress in a Supporting Role in a Musical

Beverley Knight - Sylvia - Old Vic

Also nominated:

Maimuna Memon - Standing at the Sky’s Edge - National Theatre
Liza Sadovy - Oklahoma! - Young Vic
Marisha Wallace - Oklahoma! - Young Vic

Best Actor in a Supporting Role in a Musical

Zubin Varla - Tammy Faye - Almeida Theatre

Also nominated:

Sharif Afifi - The Band’s Visit - Donmar Warehouse
Peter Polycarpou - The Band’s Visit - Donmar Warehouse
Clive Rowe - Sister Act - Eventim Apollo

Best Actor in a Musical

Arthur Darvill - Oklahoma! - Young Vic

Also nominated:

Alan Moni Aboutboul - The Band’s Visit - Donmar Warehouse
Julian Ovenden - South Pacific - Sadler's Wells
Andrew Rannells - Tammy Faye - Almeida Theatre

Best Actress in a Musical

Katie Brayben - Tammy Faye - Almeida Theatre

Also nominated:

Anoushka Lucas - Oklahoma! - Young Vic
Miri Mesika The Band’s Visit - Donmar Warehouse
Faith Omole Standing at the Sky’s Edge - National Theatre

Best Actress

Jodie Comer - Prima Facie - Harold Pinter Theatre

Also nominated:

Patsy Ferran - A Streetcar Named Desire - Almeida Theatre
Mei Mac - My Neighbour Totoro - Barbican
Janet McTeer - Phaedra
Nicola Walker - The Corn is Green

Best Actor

Paul Mescal - A Streetcar Named Desire - Almeida Theatre

Also nominated:

Tom Hollander - Patriots - Almeida Theatre
Rafe Spall - To Kill a Mockingbird - Gielgud Theatre
David Tennant - Good - Harold Pinter Theatre
Giles Terera - Blues for an Alabama Sky - National Theatre

Best Director

Phelim McDermott - My Neighbour Totoro - Barbican

Also nominated:

Rebecca Frecknall - A Streetcar Named Desire - Almeida Theatre
Robert Hastie - Standing at the Sky’s Edge - National Theatre
Justin Martin - Prima Facie - Harold Pinter Theatre
Bartlett Sher - To Kill a Mockingbird - Gielgud Theatre

Best Costume Design

Kimie Nakano - My Neighbour Totoro - Barbican

Also nominated:

Frankie Bradshaw - Blues for an Alabama Sky
Hugh Durrant - Jack and the Beanstalk - London Palladium
Jean Paul Gaultier - Fashion Freak Show

Best Sound Design

Tony Gayle - My Neighbour Totoro - Barbican

Also nominated:

Bobby Aitken - Standing at the Sky’s Edge - National Theatre
Drew Levy - Oklahoma! - Young Vic
Ben & Max Ringham - Prima Facie - Harold Pinter Theatre

Best Original Score or New Orchestrations

Richard Hawley & Tom Deering – Music and Lyrics by Richard Hawley & Orchestrations by Tom Deering – Standing at the Sky’s Edge - National Theatre

Also nominated:

David Yazbek, Jamshied Sharifi & Andrea Grody – Music and Lyrics by David Yazbek, Orchestrations by Jamshied Sharifi & Additional Arrangements by Andrea Grody – The Band’s Visit - Donmar Warehouse
Joe Hisaishi & Will Stuart – Music by Joe Hisaishi & Orchestrations and Arrangements by Will Stuart – My Neighbour Totoro - Barbican
Daniel Kluger & Nathan Koci – Orchestrations and Arrangements by Daniel Kluger & Additional Vocal Arrangements by Nathan Koci – Oklahoma! - Young Vic

Best Theatre Choreographer

Matt Cole - Newsies

Also nominated:

Lynne Page - Standing at the Sky’s Edge - National Theatre
Kate Prince - Sylvia - Old Vic
Basil Twist - Puppetry Direction for My Neighbour Totoro - Barbican

Best Set Design

Tom Pye - My Neighbour Totoro - Barbican

Also nominated:

Miriam Buether - To Kill a Mockingbird - Gielgud Theatre
Ben Stones - Standing at the Sky’s Edge - National Theatre
Mark Walters - Jack and the Beanstalk - London Palladium

Best Lighting Design

Jessica Hung Han Yun - My Neighbour Totoro - Barbican

Also nominated:

Natasha Chivers - Prima Facie - Harold Pinter Theatre
Lee Curran - A Streetcar Named Desire - Almeida Theatre
TIm Lutkin - The Crucible - National Theatre

Outstanding Achievement in an Affiliate Theatre

The P Word - Bush Theatre

Also nominated:

Age is a Feeling - Soho Theatre
Blackout Songs - Hampstead Theatre downstairs
Paradise Now - Bush
Two Palestinians Go Dogging - Royal Court

Best Family Show

Hey Duggee The Live Theatre Show - Royal Festival Hall at Southbank Centre

Also nominated:

Blippi The Musical - Apollo Theatre
Midsummer Mechanicals - Sam Wanamaker Playhouse at Shakespeare’s Globe
The Smartest Giant In Town - St Martin’s Theatre

Best New Opera Production

Alcina by Royal Opera at Royal Opera House

Also nominated:

Least Like The Other by Irish National Opera and Royal Opera at Royal Opera House – Linbury Theatre
Peter Grimes by Royal Opera at Royal Opera House
Sibyl at Barbican Theatre

Outstanding Achievement in Opera

William Kentridge for his conception and direction of Sibyl at Barbican Theatre

Also nominated:

Sinéad Campbell-Wallace for her performance in Tosca by English National Opera at London Coliseum
Antony McDonald for his design of Alcina at Royal Opera House

Best New Dance Production

Traplord by Ivan Michael Blackstock at 180 Studios (The Strand)

Also nominated:

Light Of Passage by Crystal Pite at Royal Opera House
Pasionaria by La Veronal at Sadler’s Wells
Triptych (The Missing Door, The Lost Room, And The Hidden Floor) by Peeping Tom at Barbican Theatre

Outstanding Achievement in Dance

Dickson Mbi for his choreography of Enowate at Sadler’s Wells

Also nominated:

Manuel Liñán for his choreography of ¡VIVA! at Sadler’s Wells
Raquel Meseguer Zafe for her dramaturgy of Ruination by Lost Dog at Royal Opera House – Linbury Theatre
Catrina Nisbett for her performance in Family Honour by Spoken Movement at Sadler’s Wells