Fiddler on the Roof has received 13 Olivier Award nominations. Picture: Marc Brenner
The nominations for the Olivier Awards 2025 with Mastercard have been announced and Fiddler on the Roof is leading the way, having been recognised in 13 categories. The annual awards will take place on 6 April at London’s Royal Albert Hall, hosted by Beverley Knight and Billy Porter. A highlights package will air on ITV and Magic Radio that evening.
The Mastercard Best New Musical nominees are the actor-musician led The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, currently playing at the Ambassadors Theatre, MJ the Musical at the Prince Edward Theatre, Donmar Warehouse’s Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet Of 1812, and Marlow and Moss’ Why Am I So Single?
For Best Musical Revival, the Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre production of Fiddler on the Roof, which returns later this year to the Barbican Theatre, is up against the London Palladium production of Hello, Dolly!, Cameron Mackintosh’s reconceived Oliver!, which transferred from Chichester Festival Theatre to the Gielgud Theatre late last year, and the new production of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Starlight Express, currently playing at the Troubadour Wembley Park Theatre.
Fiddler on the Roof is this year’s most nominated production, with 13 nominations including Best Musical Revival, the Sir Peter Hall Award for Best Director (Jordan Fein), Best Actor in a Musical (Adam Dannheisser), Best Actress in a Musical (Lara Pulver), Best Actor in a Supporting Role in a Musical (Raphael Papo), and two nods for Best Actress in a Supporting Role in a Musical (Liv Andrusier and Beverley Klein).
The show also received nominations for Best Lighting Design (Aideen Malone), Best Theatre Choreographer (Julia Cheng), Best Sound Design (Nick Lidster) and Outstanding Musical Contribution (Mark Aspinall), with Tom Scutt nominated for both Best Set Design and Best Costume Design.
Olivier nominees Chumisa Dornford-May and Jamie Muscato in Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812. Picture: Johan Persson
Other musicals to receive multiple nominations include Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812 with six nominations, followed by The Curious Case of Benjamin Button and Oliver! with four nominations each. Oliver!’s creatives have had a stellar year, with Matthew Bourne receiving his 14th Olivier Award nomination with a nod for Best Theatre Choreographer, and his second for a production of Oliver!, having been previously nominated in the same category for the 2010 revival; he has had a total of nine previous wins, including a Special Award in 2019, making him the most celebrated winner in the history of the awards. Lighting designer Paule Constable receives her seventeenth nomination, this year nominated for her work on Oliver! alongside Ben Jacobs; she has had four previous wins.
In the musical theatre performing categories, the Best Actor in a Musical nominees are completed by John Dagleish (for The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, a decade after his win for Sunny Afternoon), Myles Frost (MJ the Musical, 2022 Tony Award-winner for the same role), Simon Lipkin (Oliver!) and Jamie Muscato (Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812), alongside Fiddler on the Roof’s Adam Dannheisser.
The Best Actress in a Musical nominees are Chumisa Dornford-May (Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet Of 1812), Lauren Drew (Titanique), Clare Foster (The Curious Case of Benjamin Button), Lara Pulver (Fiddler on the Roof) and Imelda Staunton (Hello, Dolly!), with Lara Pulver and Imelda Staunton nominated alongside one another following their respective wins for Gypsy in 2016. This is Imelda Staunton’s fourteenth nomination and her eighth in the Best Actress in a Musical category; she has had four wins.
Andy Nyman (Hello, Dolly!), Layton Williams (Titanique) and Tom Xander (Mean Girls) join Raphael Papo (Fiddler on the Roof) in the Best Actor in a Supporting Role in a Musical category, with Amy Di Bartolomeo (The Devil Wears Prada) and Maimuna Memon (Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet Of 1812) nominated alongside Liv Andrusier and Beverley Klein (Fiddler on the Roof) for Best Actress in a Supporting Role in a Musical.
A diverse array of productions makeup the nominations for the Noël Coward Award for Best New Entertainment or Comedy Play, with the National Theatre’s Ballet Shoes, Steve Pemberton and Reece Shearsmith’s Inside No. 9 Stage/Fright, Spirited Away at the London Coliseum and Titanique, currently playing at the Criterion Theatre, all in contention for the accolade.
The Olivier Awards nominations were announced on 4 March on Official London Theatre’s YouTube channel. Further details of the ceremony will be announced soon.
Simon Lipkin’s performance in Oliver! has resulted in an Olivier nomination. Picture: Johan Persson
Full list of nominations for Olivier Awards 2025 with Mastercard:
Mastercard Best New Musical
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, music and lyrics by Darren Clark, book and lyrics by Jethro Compton at Ambassadors Theatre
MJ the Musical, book by Lynn Nottage at Prince Edward Theatre
Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812, music, lyrics and book by Dave Malloy at Donmar Warehouse
Why Am I So Single?, music, lyrics and book by Toby Marlow and Lucy Moss at Garrick Theatre
Blue-i Theatre Technology Award for Best Set Design
Jon Bausor for Set Design, Toby Olié and Daisy Beattie for Puppetry Design and Satoshi Kuriyama for Projection Design for Spirited Away at London Coliseum
Frankie Bradshaw for Set Design for Ballet Shoes at National Theatre – Olivier
Es Devlin for Set Design for Coriolanus at National Theatre – Olivier
Tom Scutt for Set Design for Fiddler on the Roof at Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre
White Light Award for Best Lighting Design
Paule Constable and Ben Jacobs for Oliver! at Gielgud Theatre
Howard Hudson for Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812 at Donmar Warehouse
Howard Hudson for Starlight Express at Troubadour Wembley Park Theatre
Aideen Malone for Fiddler on the Roof at Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre
TAIT Award for Best New Opera Production
Duke Bluebeard’s Castle by English National Opera at London Coliseum
Festen by the Royal Opera at Royal Opera House
L’Olimpiade by Irish National Opera and the Royal Opera at Royal Opera House
The Tales Of Hoffmann by the Royal Opera at Royal Opera House
Outstanding Achievement in Opera
Aigul Akhmetshina for her performance in Carmen at Royal Opera House
Allan Clayton for his performance in Festen at Royal Opera House
Jung Young-doo for his direction of Lear at Barbican Theatre
Best Family Show
Brainiac Live at Marylebone Theatre
Maddie Moate’s Very Curious Christmas at Apollo Theatre
The Nutcracker at Polka Theatre
Rough Magic at Shakespeare’s Globe – Sam Wanamaker Playhouse
Best New Production in Affiliate Theatre
Animal Farm at Theatre Royal Stratford East by George Orwell, adapted by Tatty Hennessy
Boys On the Verge of Tears by Sam Grabiner at Soho Theatre
English by Sanaz Toossi at Kiln Theatre
Now, I See by Lanre Malaolu at Theatre Royal Stratford East
What We Talk About When We Talk About Anne Frank by Nathan Englander at Marylebone Theatre
Best New Dance Production
Assembly Hall by Kidd Pivot, Crystal Pite and Jonathon Young at Sadler’s Wells
Frontiers: Choreographers Of Canada – Pite/Kudelka/Portner by the National Ballet Of Canada at Sadler’s Wells
Theatre of Dreams by Hofesh Shechter Company at Sadler’s Wells
An Untitled Love by A.I.M by Kyle Abraham at Sadler’s Wells
Outstanding Achievement in Dance
Sarah Chun for her performance in Three Short Ballets at Royal Opera House – Linbury Theatre
Tom Visser for his lighting design of Angels’ Atlas as part of Frontiers: Choreographers Of Canada – Pite/Kudelka/Portner at Sadler’s Wells
Eva Yerbabuena for her performance in Yerbagüena at Sadler’s Wells
Best Actor in a Supporting Role
Jorge Bosch for Kyoto at @sohoplace
Tom Edden for Waiting For Godot at Theatre Royal Haymarket
Elliot Levey for Giant at Jerwood Theatre Downstairs at Royal Court Theatre
Ben Whishaw for Bluets at Jerwood Theatre Downstairs at Royal Court Theatre
Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Sharon D. Clarke for The Importance of Being Earnest at National Theatre – Lyttelton
Romola Garai for Giant at Jerwood Theatre Downstairs at Royal Court Theatre
Romola Garai for The Years at Almeida Theatre and Harold Pinter Theatre
Gina McKee for The Years at Almeida Theatre and Harold Pinter Theatre
Gillian Lynne Award for Best Theatre Choreographer
Matthew Bourne for Oliver! at Gielgud Theatre
Julia Cheng for Fiddler on the Roof at Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre
Hofesh Shechter for Oedipus at The Old Vic
Christopher Wheeldon for MJ the Musical at Prince Edward Theatre
Best Costume Design
Hugh Durrant for Robin Hood at The London Palladium
Sachiko Nakahara for Spirited Away at London Coliseum
Tom Scutt for Fiddler on the Roof at Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre
Gabriella Slade for Starlight Express at Troubadour Wembley Park Theatre
d&b audiotechnik Award for Best Sound Design
Nick Lidster for Fiddler on the Roof at Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre
Christopher Shutt for Oedipus at The Old Vic
Thijs van Vuure for The Years at Almeida Theatre and Harold Pinter Theatre
Koichi Yamamoto for Spirited Away at London Coliseum
Outstanding Musical Contribution
Mark Aspinall for Musical Supervision and Additional Orchestrations for Fiddler on the Roof at Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre
Darren Clark for Music Supervision, Orchestrations and Arrangements and Mark Aspinall for Musical Direction, Music Supervision, Orchestrations and Arrangements for The Curious Case of Benjamin Button at Ambassadors Theatre
Dave Malloy for Orchestrations and Nicholas Skilbeck for Musical Supervision for Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812 at Donmar Warehouse
Asaf Zohar for Compositions and Gavin Sutherland for Dance Arrangements and Orchestration for Ballet Shoes at National Theatre – Olivier
Best Actress in a Supporting Role in a Musical
Liv Andrusier for Fiddler on the Roof at Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre
Amy Di Bartolomeo for The Devil Wears Prada at Dominion Theatre
Beverley Klein for Fiddler on the Roof at Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre
Maimuna Memon for Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812 at Donmar Warehouse
Best Actor in a Supporting Role in a Musical
Andy Nyman for Hello, Dolly! at The London Palladium
Raphael Papo for Fiddler on the Roof at Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre
Layton Williams for Titanique at Criterion Theatre
Tom Xander for Mean Girls at Savoy Theatre
Noël Coward Award for Best New Entertainment or Comedy Play
Ballet Shoes adapted by Kendall Feaver at National Theatre – Olivier
Inside No. 9 Stage/Fright by Steve Pemberton and Reece Shearsmith at Wyndham’s Theatre
Spirited Away adapted by John Caird and co-adapted by Maoko Imai at London Coliseum
Titanique by Tye Blue, Marla Mindelle and Constantine Rousouli at Criterion Theatre
Sir Peter Hall Award for Best Director
Eline Arbo for The Years at Almeida Theatre and Harold Pinter Theatre
Jordan Fein for Fiddler on the Roof at Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre
Nicholas Hytner for Giant at Jerwood Theatre Downstairs at Royal Court Theatre
Robert Icke for Oedipus at Wyndham’s Theatre
Best Actress
Heather Agyepong for Shifters at Duke of York’s Theatre
Lesley Manville for Oedipus at Wyndham’s Theatre
Rosie Sheehy for Machinal at The Old Vic
Meera Syal for A Tupperware of Ashes at National Theatre – Dorfman
Indira Varma for Oedipus at The Old Vic
Best Actor
Adrien Brody for The Fear of 13 at Donmar Warehouse
Billy Crudup for Harry Clarke at Ambassadors Theatre
Paapa Essiedu for Death of England: Delroy at @sohoplace
John Lithgow for Giant at Jerwood Theatre Downstairs at Royal Court Theatre
Mark Strong for Oedipus at Wyndham’s Theatre
Cunard Best Revival
The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde at National Theatre – Lyttelton
Machinal by Sophie Treadwell at The Old Vic
Oedipus by Robert Icke at Wyndham’s Theatre
Waiting For Godot by Samuel Beckett at Theatre Royal Haymarket
Piper-Heidsieck Award for Best Musical Revival
Fiddler on the Roof, music by Jerry Bock, lyrics by Sheldon Harnick, book by Joseph Stein at Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre
Hello, Dolly!, music and lyrics by Jerry Herman, book by Michael Stewart at the London Palladium
Oliver!, book, music and lyrics by Lionel Bart, new material and revisions by Cameron Mackintosh at Gielgud Theatre
Starlight Express, music by Andrew Lloyd Webber, lyrics by Richard Stilgoe at Troubadour Wembley Park Theatre
Best Actor in a Musical
John Dagleish for The Curious Case of Benjamin Button at Ambassadors Theatre
Adam Dannheisser for Fiddler on the Roof at Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre
Myles Frost for MJ the Musical at Prince Edward Theatre
Simon Lipkin for Oliver! at Gielgud Theatre
Jamie Muscato for Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812 at Donmar Warehouse
Best Actress in a Musical
Chumisa Dornford-May for Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet Of 1812 at Donmar Warehouse
Lauren Drew for Titanique at Criterion Theatre
Clare Foster for The Curious Case of Benjamin Button at Ambassadors Theatre
Lara Pulver for Fiddler on the Roof at Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre
Imelda Staunton for Hello, Dolly! at The London Palladium
The Londoner Award for Best New Play
The Fear of 13 by Lindsey Ferrentino at Donmar Warehouse
Giant by Mark Rosenblatt at Jerwood Theatre Downstairs at Royal Court Theatre
Kyoto by Joe Murphy and Joe Robertson at @sohoplace
Shifters by Benedict Lombe at Duke of York’s Theatre
The Years adapted by Eline Arbo, in an English version by Stephanie Bain at Almeida Theatre and Harold Pinter Theatre
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