All the London shows eligible for 2026 Olivier Awards

Each year, the Oliviers honour the best of London theatre, including plays, musicals and revivals. Find out all the shows up for top awards this season.

Summary

• The 2026 Olivier Awards take place in April
• Learn all about which London shows are eligible for this year's awards
• Categories cover plays and musicals; both new work and revivals

It's getting close to the most prestigious date in the London theatre calendar: the annual Olivier Awards. In 2026 the star-studded ceremony takes place on 12 April at the Royal Albert Hall, and all the best shows that opened between February 2025 and February 2026 will be vying for prizes.

The Olivier Awards categories include Best New Play, Best Musical, Best Revival, Best Musical Revival, and Best Family Show, as well as awards for acting, directing, design, opera and dance, plus a category devoted to shows in affiliate theatres which celebrates outstanding work beyond the West End. Read our full guide to the Oliviers categories here.

Expect to see a big presence from one of the year's biggest new openings, Paddington The Musical, in that Best Musical category, along with the likes of The Great Gatsby and The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry, as fantastic homegrown British work does battle with the latest exciting shows to cross the pond.

New play contenders in a year teeming with powerful shows across a diverse range of subjects and styles may well include another transatlantic mix, with possible contenders such as Dracula, KENREX, Oh, Mary!, Stereophonic, and Inter Alia.

In the always competitive revival categories, musical hits Evita, Into the Woods and The Producers will likely lead the charge, and on the play side, keep an eye on acclaimed West End productions like All My Sons, Much Ado About Nothing and The Weir.

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What London shows are eligible for 2026 Olivier Awards?

In an exciting year for the London theatre scene, a wide range of new shows and revivals played across the capital between 15 February 2025 and 17 February 2026 – and could bag themselves an award!

Theatre

• 1536, Almeida Theatre
• All My Sons, Wyndham’s Theatre
• Alterations, National Theatre – Lyttelton
• American Psycho, Almeida Theatre
• Apex Predator, Hampstead Theatre
• Arcadia, The Old Vic
• The Assembled Parties, Hampstead Theatre
• Bacchae, National Theatre – Olivier
• Backstroke, Donmar Warehouse
• Bengal Tiger At The Baghdad Zoo, Young Vic
• Born With Teeth, Wyndham’s Theatre
• The Brightening Air, The Old Vic
• Brigadoon, Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre
• Burlesque The Musical, Savoy Theatre
• Christmas Day, Almeida Theatre
• Clarkston, Trafalgar Theatre
• Clueless The Musical, Trafalgar Theatre
• The Comedy About Spies, Noël Coward Theatre
• The Crucible, Shakespeare’s Globe
• Dealer’s Choice, Donmar Warehouse
• Deep Azure, Shakespeare’s Globe
• The Deep Blue Sea, Theatre Royal Haymarket
• Disney’s Hercules, Theatre Royal Drury Lane
• Dracula, Lyric Hammersmith
• Dracula, Noël Coward Theatre
• East Is South, Hampstead Theatre
• End, National Theatre – Dorfman
• Entertaining Mr Sloane, Young Vic
• The Estate, National Theatre – Dorfman
• Every Brilliant Thing, @sohoplace
• Evita, The London Palladium
• The Fifth Step, @sohoplace
• Ghosts, Lyric Hammersmith
• Goodnight, Oscar, Barbican Theatre
• The Great Gatsby – A New Musical, London Coliseum
• Guess How Much I Love You?, Royal Court (Jerwood Theatre Downstairs)
• Hamlet, National Theatre – Lyttelton
• Here We Are, National Theatre – Lyttelton
• High Noon, Harold Pinter Theatre
• The Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Galaxy, Riverside Studios
• House Of Games, Hampstead Theatre
• The Hunger Games: On Stage, Troubadour Canary Wharf Theatre
• I’m Sorry, Prime Minister, Apollo Theatre
• Indian Ink, Hampstead Theatre
• Inter Alia, National Theatre – Lyttelton
• Intimate Apparel, Donmar Warehouse
• Into The Woods, Bridge Theatre
• Jack & The Beanstalk, Lyric Hammersmith
• Juniper Blood, Donmar Warehouse
• Kenrex, The Other Palace
• The Lady From The Sea, Bridge Theatre
• The Land Of The Living, National Theatre – Dorfman
• The Last Laugh, Noël Coward Theatre
• The Line Of Beauty, Almeida Theatre
• Little Brother, Soho Theatre
• Lost Atoms, Lyric Hammersmith
• Macbeth, Lyric Hammersmith
• The Maids, Donmar Warehouse
• Man And Boy, National Theatre – Dorfman
• A Man For All Seasons, Harold Pinter Theatre
• Manhunt, Royal Court (Jerwood Theatre Downstairs)
• Marriage Material, Lyric Hammersmith
• Mary Page Marlowe, The Old Vic
• The Merry Wives Of Windsor, Shakespeare’s Globe
• A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Shakespeare’s Globe
• A Moon For The Misbegotten, Almeida Theatre
• Most Favoured, Soho Theatre
• Mrs. Warren’s Profession, Garrick Theatre
• Much Ado About Nothing, Theatre Royal Drury Lane
• My Master Builder, Wyndham’s Theatre
• Noughts & Crosses, Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre
• Oh, Mary!, Trafalgar Theatre
• Oscar At The Crown, The Crown
• Othello, Theatre Royal Haymarket
• Otherland, Almeida Theatre
• Paddington The Musical, Savoy Theatre
• Paranormal Activity, Ambassadors Theatre
• The Playboy Of The Western World, National Theatre – Lyttelton
• The Producers, Garrick Theatre
• Punch, Young Vic
• Revenge: After The Levoyah, Soho Theatre
• Rhinoceros, Almeida Theatre
• Richard II, Bridge Theatre
• Romans, a novel, Almeida Theatre
• Romeo And Juliet, Shakespeare’s Globe
• Saving Mozart, The Other Palace
• The Score, Theatre Royal Haymarket
• The Seagull, Barbican Theatre
• Shadowlands, Aldwych Theatre
• Showmanism, Hampstead Theatre
• Shucked, Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre
• Sing Street, Lyric Hammersmith
• Sleeping Beauty, The London Palladium
• The Spy Who Came In From The Cold, @sohoplace
• Stereophonic, Duke Of York’s Theatre
• The Tempest, Shakespeare’s Globe
• This Bitter Earth, Soho Theatre
• Titus Andronicus, Hampstead Theatre
• Top Hat, Queen Elizabeth Hall, Southbank Centre
• Twelfth Night, Barbican Theatre
• Twelfth Night, or What You Will, Shakespeare’s Globe
• The Unbelievers, Royal Court (Jerwood Theatre Downstairs)
• Unfortunate: The Untold Story Of Ursula The Sea Witch, The Other Palace
• The Unlikely Pilgrimage Of Harold Fry , Theatre Royal Haymarket
• The Virgins, Soho Theatre
• Weather Girl, Soho Theatre
• The Weir, Harold Pinter Theatre
• Wendy & Peter Pan, Barbican Theatre
• When We Are Married, Donmar Warehouse
• Woman In Mind, Duke Of York’s Theatre

Affiliate

• 4:48 Psychosis, Royal Court (Jerwood Theatre Upstairs)
• After Miss Julie, Park90
• After Sunday, Bush Theatre
• Ben And Imo, Orange Tree Theatre
• The Billionaire Inside Your Head, Hampstead Downstairs
• Cable Street, Marylebone Theatre
• Conversations After Sex, Park90
• Coven, Kiln Theatre
• Cow | Deer, Royal Court (Jerwood Theatre Upstairs)
• Creditors, Orange Tree Theatre
• Cry-Baby, The Musical, Arcola Theatre
• Dance Of Death, Orange Tree Theatre
• The Daughter Of Time, Charing Cross Theatre
• Daniel’s Husband, Marylebone Theatre
• Dracapella, Park200
• Eat The Rich (but maybe not me mates x), Soho Theatre Upstairs
• Emma, Rose Theatre
• Farewell Mr Haffmann, Park200
• Fatherland, Hampstead Downstairs
• The Gathered Leaves, Park200
• A Ghost In Your Ear, Hampstead Downstairs
• The Glass Menagerie, The Yard Theatre
• (God Save My) Northern Soul, Park90
• Gawain And The Green Knight, Park90
• The Habits, Hampstead Theatre
• The Harder They Come, Theatre Royal Stratford East
• Hedda, Orange Tree Theatre
• Here There Are Blueberries, Theatre Royal Stratford East
• Horse Of Jenin, Bush Theatre
• The House Party, Rose Theatre
• How To Fight Loneliness, Park200
• In Praise Of Love, Orange Tree Theatre
• Insane Asylum Seekers, Bush Theatre
• Jab, Park90
• Jimmy, Park90
• Jobsworth, Park90
• Kindling, Park90
• Lee, Park90
• Letters From Max, Hampstead Downstairs
• Lost Watches, Park90
• Lovestuck, Theatre Royal Stratford East
• Maggots, Bush Theatre
• Marie & Rosetta, Rose Theatre
• The Meat Kings! (Inc.) of Brooklyn Heights, Park200
• The Ministry Of Lesbian Affairs, Kiln Theatre
• Miss Myrtle’s Garden, Bush Theatre
• Not Your Superwoman, Bush Theatre
• OHIO, Young Vic Maria Studio
• One Day When We Were Young, Park90
• Our Cosmic Dust, Park200
• Outpatient, Park90
• Personal Values, Hampstead Downstairs
• Playhouse Creatures, Orange Tree Theatre
• Poor Clare, Orange Tree Theatre
• Porn Play, Royal Court (Jerwood Theatre Upstairs)
• The Rat Trap, Park200
• Reunion, Kiln Theatre
• The Rivals, Orange Tree Theatre
• A Role To Die For, Marylebone Theatre
• Scenes From A Repatriation, Royal Court (Jerwood Theatre Upstairs)
• Seagull: True Story, Marylebone Theatre
• The Secret Lives Of Baba Segi’s Wives, Arcola Theatre
• Shanghai Dolls, Kiln Theatre
• Speed, Bush Theatre
• Steel, Park90
• Sweetmeats, Bush Theatre
• That Bastard, Puccini, Park200
• (the) Woman, Park200
• The Women Of Llanrumney, Theatre Royal Stratford East
• Vermin, Park90

Family

• Alice In Wonderland, Marylebone Theatre
• Anansi The Spider, Unicorn Theatre
• Beegu, Unicorn Theatre
• The Boy At The Back Of The Class, Rose Theatre
• The Boy With Wings, Polka Theatre
• Christmas Carol Goes Wrong, Apollo Theatre
• CoComelon: Sing-Along LIVE!, St Martin’s Theatre
• The Firework Maker’s Daughter, Polka Theatre
• How Does Santa Go Down The Chimney, Unicorn Theatre
• The Koala Who Could, Rose Theatre
• Peppa Pig’s Big Family Show, Theatre Royal Haymarket
• Pinocchio, Shakespeare’s Globe
• Stick Man, Bloomsbury Theatre
• The Three Little Pigs, Unicorn Theatre
• Univers, Barbican
• Who Let The Gods Out, Polka Theatre

Dance

• (LA)HORDE / Ballet national de Marseille – Age of Content, Sadler’s Wells East
• Aakash Odedra – Songs of the Bulbul, Sadler’s Wells East
• Akram Khan Company / Akram Khan & Manal AlDowayan – Thikra: Night of Remembering, Sadler’s Wells
• Alesandra Seutin & KVS – Mimi’s Shebeen, Sadler’s Wells East
• Ballet BC – Double Bill, Sadler’s Wells
• Ballet Black SHADOWS, Sadler’s Wells
• Ballet Flamenco de Andalucía – Pineda:Romance popular en tres estampas, Sadler’s Wells
• Ballet Flamenco Sara Baras – Vuela, Sadler’s Wells
• Ballet To Broadway: Wheeldon Works, Royal Opera House
• BIGRE / “Fish Bowl” Compagnie le Fils du Grand Réseau, Peacock Theatre
• Birmingham Royal Ballet – BRB2, Sadler’s Wells East
• Botis Seva / Far From The Norm – Until We Sleep, Sadler’s Wells East
• Breakin’ Convention presents Tentacle Tribe – PRISM, Sadler’s Wells East
• Breakin’ Convention, TBC
• Candoco Dance Company/ Dan Daw Creative Projects – Over and Over (and over again), Sadler’s Wells East
• Close Up, Royal Opera House
• Communion Of Light, Royal Opera House
• Company Wayne McGregor Deepstaria, Sadler’s Wells
• Copenhagen Collective – The Genesis, Peacock Theatre
• Dance Umbrella – Andrea Peña & Artists: BOGOTÁ, Sadler’s Wells East
• Dance Umbrella: Change Tempo, The Pit – Barbican
• Dream Ballets: A Triple Bill, Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre
• Drum TAO The Dream, Peacock Theatre
• Emma Martin / United Fall Birdboy, Sadler’s Wells East
• English National Ballet – The Forsythe Programme, Sadler’s Wells
• Esplande + Echo, Royal Opera House
• Giselle…, Royal Opera House
• Head First Acrobats – GODZ, Peacock Theatre
• Ioannis Mandafounis / Dresden Frankfurt Dance Company – Join, Sadler’s Wells East
• Jasmin Vardimon NOW, Sadler’s Wells East
• Julie Cunningham & Company / Jules Cunningham – CROW / Pigeons, Sadler’s Wells East
• The Köln Concert – Trajal Harrell / Zürich Dance Ensemble, Sadler’s Wells East
• London City Ballet – Momentum, Sadler’s Wells
• Lyon Opera Ballet Cunningham Forever (BIPED & Beach Birds), Sadler’s Wells
• Marc Brew / Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui- an Accident / a Life, Sadler’s Wells East
• Matsena – KABEL, Sadler’s Wells East
• Mette Ingvartsen – Skatepark, Sadler’s Wells East
• Michael Keegan-Dolan / Teaċ Daṁsa – How To Be A Dancer, Sadler’s Wells East
• Modern Milestones, Royal Opera House
• Murmuration Level 2 – Sadeck Berrabah, Peacock Theatre
• Mythili Prakash She’s Auspicious, Sadler’s Wells East
• Nederlands Dans Theater & Complicité – Figures in Extinction, Sadler’s Wells
• Neither Drums Nor Trumpets, Royal Opera House
• Nico Muhly / Michael Keegan Dolan / Maud Le Pladec / Jules Cunningham – Marking Time, Sadler’s Wells
• Nikita Kuzmin – Midnight Dancer, Peacock Theatre
• Oona Doherty – Specky Clark, Sadler’s Wells
• Osipova/Linbury, Royal Opera House
• Pepa Ubera – The Machine of Horizontal Dreams, Sadler’s Wells East
• Perspectives: Balanchine, Marston, Peck, Royal Opera House
• Quadrophenia, Sadler’s Wells
• R.O.S.E – Sharon Eyal, Gai Behar and Young, Sadler’s Wells East
• Rachid Ouramdane & Ballet du Grand Théâtre de Genève – Outsider, Sadler’s Wells
• Rebirth: Robbins, Page, Ratmansky, New Tash Chu, Royal Opera House
• S-E-D // Sharon Eyal – Into The Hairy, Sadler’s Wells
• Scottish Ballet Twice-Born, Sadler’s Wells
• Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui / Eastman – Vlaemsch (chez moi), Sadler’s Wells
• A Single Man, Royal Opera House
• Snow White balletLORENT, Sadler’s Wells East
• Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch ‘Sweet Mambo’, Sadler’s Wells
• THISISPOPBABY – WAKE, Peacock Theatre
• Toussaint To Move – FREE, Sadler’s Wells East
• Trisha Brown Dance Company & Noé Soulier – Working Title & In the Fall, Sadler’s Wells
• Yllana & Toompak TRASH!, Peacock Theatre
• ZooNation – Ebony Scrooge By Dannielle ‘Rhimes’ Lecointe, Sadler’s Wells East

Opera

• Albert Herring, London Coliseum
• Ariodante, Royal Opera House
• La Cenerentola, London Coliseum
• Dead Man Walking, London Coliseum
• Die Walküre, Royal Opera House
• Giustino, Royal Opera House
• The Makropulos Case, Royal Opera House
• Mary, Queen Of Scots, London Coliseum
• Pimpinone, Royal Opera House
• Rise & Fall Of The City Of Mahagonny, London Coliseum
• Semele, Royal Opera House
• Tosca, Royal Opera House

Main photo credit: the Olivier Awards (courtesy of the awards). Inset: Paddington The Musical, Much Ado About Nothing, Inter Alia (Photos by Johan Persson, Marc Brenner, Manuel Harlan)