2023 Olivier Awards nominations announced; 'My Neighbour Totoro' and 'Oklahoma!' lead

Find out the full details of the 2023 Olivier Award nominations. The ceremony will take place at the Royal Albert Hall on 2 April, with Hannah Waddingham hosting.

Sophie Thomas28 February, 2023, 15:15

The full list of Olivier Award nominations for 2023 were announced today, 28 February. The nominations were revealed by Get Up Stand Up! The Bob Marley Musical Gabrielle Brooks, and Back to the Future’s Amber Davies.

Standing at the Sky's Edge leads the musical nominations, represented eight times including Best New Musical. My Neighbour Totoro received nine nominations, including Best Entertainment. Other shows with multiple nominations include Oklahoma! with seven, A Streetcar Named Desire, The Band's Visit and To Kill a Mockingbird with six, Prima Facie with five, and Good and Tammy Faye with four.

This year’s Olivier Awards will take place at the Royal Albert Hall on 2 April. Find out more about the Olivier Awards in London.

Who is nominated for Olivier Awards in 2023?

Best Actor in a Supporting Role

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
Will Keen - Patriots - Almeida Theatre
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

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
Anjana Vasan - A Streetcar Named Desire - Almeida Theatre

Best Actress in a Supporting Role in a Musical

Beverley Knight - Sylvia - Old Vic
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

Sharif Afifi - The Band’s Visit - Donmar Warehouse
Peter Polycarpou - The Band’s Visit - Donmar Warehouse
Clive Rowe - Sister Act - Eventim Apollo
Zubin Varla - Tammy Faye - Almeida Theatre

Best Actor in a Musical

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

Best Actress in a Musical

Katie Brayben - Tammy Faye - Almeida Theatre
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
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

Tom Hollander - Patriots - Almeida Theatre
Paul Mescal - A Streetcar Named Desire - 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

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
Phelim McDermott - My Neighbour Totoro - Barbican
Bartlett Sher - To Kill a Mockingbird - Gielgud Theatre

Best Costume Design

Frankie Bradshaw - Blues for an Alabama Sky
Hugh Durrant - Jack and the Beanstalk - London Palladium
Jean Paul Gaultier - Fashion Freak Show
Kimie Nakano - My Neighbour Totoro - Barbican

Best Sound Design

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

Best Original Score or New Orchestrations

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

Best Theatre Choreographer

Matt Cole - Newsies
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

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

Best Lighting Design

Natasha Chivers - Prima Facie - Harold Pinter Theatre
Lee Curran - A Streetcar Named Desire - Almeida Theatre
Jessica Hung Han Yun - My Neighbour Totoro - Barbican
TIm Lutkin - The Crucible - National Theatre

Outstanding Achievement in an Affiliate Theatre

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

Best Family Show

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

Sinéad Campbell-Wallace for her performance in Tosca by English National Opera at London Coliseum
William Kentridge for his conception and direction of Sibyl at Barbican Theatre
Antony McDonald for his design of Alcina at Royal Opera House

Best New Dance Production

Light Of Passage by Crystal Pite at Royal Opera House
Pasionaria by La Veronal at Sadler’s Wells
Traplord 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 Dance

Manuel Liñán for his choreography of ¡VIVA! at Sadler’s Wells
Dickson Mbi for his choreography of Enowate 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

Originally published on Feb 28, 202315:15