Olivier Awards 2023 - Nominations announced

Nominations for the Olivier Awards 2023 have been announced today with My Neighbour Totoro and Standing At The Sky's Edge leading the awards contenders.

My neighbour Totoro. Photo: Manuel Harlan

This Olivier Awards 2023 nominations were announced today with My Neighbour Totoro leading the pack with nine nominations including Best Entertainment or Comedy Play and the National Theatre's Standing At The Sky's Edge receiving eight nominations including Best New Musical.

This year's Olivier Awards ceremony is being held at the Royal Albert Hall on April 2.

OLIVIER AWARDS 2023 NOMINATIONS IN FULL

Best revival The Crucible at the National Theatre

Good at the Harold Pinter Theatre

Jerusalem at the Apollo Theatre

A Streetcar Named Desire at the Almeida Theatre

Best entertainment or comedy play Jack and the Beanstalk at the London Palladium

My Neighbour Totoro at the Barbican Theatre

My Son’s a Queer (But What Can You Do?) at the Garrick Theatre and Ambassadors Theatre

One Woman Show at the Ambassadors Theatre

Best musical revival My Fair Lady at the London Coliseum

Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Oklahoma! at the Young Vic

Sister Act at the Eventim Apollo

South Pacific at Sadler’s Wells

Rachel Wooding (Rose) and Robert Lonsdale (Harry). Photo: Johan Persson Best costume design Frankie Bradshaw for Blues for an Alabama Sky at National Theatre

Hugh Durrant for Jack and the Beanstalk at the London Palladium

Jean Paul Gaultier for Jean Paul Gaultier Fashion Freak Show at Roundhouse

Kimie Nakano for My Neighbour Totoro at the Barbican Theatre

Best sound design Bobby Aitken for Standing at the Sky’s Edge at National Theatre

Tony Gayle for My Neighbour Totoro at Barbican Theatre

Drew Levy for Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Oklahoma! at the Young Vic

Ben and Max Ringham for Prima Facie at the Harold Pinter Theatre

Best original score or new orchestrations David Yazbek, Jamshied Sharifi and Andrea Grody – music and lyrics by David Yazbek, orchestrations by Jamshied Sharifi and additional arrangements by Andrea Grody – for The Band’s Visit at Donmar Warehouse

Joe Hisaishi and Will Stuart – music by Joe Hisaishi and orchestrations and arrangements by Will Stuart – for My Neighbour Totoro at the Barbican Theatre

Daniel Kluger and Nathan Koci – orchestrations and arrangements by Daniel Kluger and additional vocal arrangements by Nathan Koci – Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Oklahoma! at the Young Vic

Richard Hawley and Tom Deering – music and lyrics by Richard Hawley and orchestrations by Tom Deering – for Standing at the Sky’s Edge at the National Theatre

Best theatre choreographer Matt Cole for Newsies at Troubadour Wembley Park Theatre

Lynne Page for Standing at the Sky’s Edge at National Theatre

Kate Prince for Sylvia at the Old Vic

Basil Twist for puppetry direction for My Neighbour Totoro at the Barbican Theatre

Best actor in a supporting role Mark Akintimehin, Emmanuel Akwafo, Nnabiko Ejimofor, Darragh Hand, Aruna Jalloh and Kaine Lawrence for For Black Boys Who Have Considered Suicide When the Hue Gets Too Heavy at Jerwood Theatre Downstairs at the Royal Court Theatre

Will Keen for Patriots at the Almeida Theatre

Elliot Levey for Good at the Harold Pinter Theatre

David Moorst for To Kill a Mockingbird at the Gielgud Theatre

Sule Rimi for Blues for an Alabama Sky at the National Theatre

The company of To Kill A Mockingbird. Photo: Marc Brenner Best actress in a supporting role Rose Ayling-Ellis for As You Like It at @sohoplace

Pamela Nomvete for To Kill a Mockingbird at the Gielgud Theatre

Caroline Quentin for Jack Absolute Flies Again at the National Theatre

Sharon Small for Good at the Harold Pinter Theatre

Anjana Vasan for A Streetcar Named Desire at the Almeida Theatre

Best set design Miriam Buether for To Kill a Mockingbird at the Gielgud Theatre

Tom Pye for My Neighbour Totoro at the Barbican Theatre

Ben Stones for Standing at the Sky’s Edge at the National Theatre

Mark Walters for Jack and the Beanstalk at the London Palladium

Best lighting design Natasha Chivers for Prima Facie at the Harold Pinter Theatre

Lee Curran for A Streetcar Named Desire at the Almeida Theatre

Jessica Hung Han Yun for My Neighbour Totoro at the Barbican Theatre

Tim Lutkin for The Crucible at the National Theatre

Best actress in a supporting role in a musical Beverley Knight for Sylvia the Old Vic

Maimuna Memon for Standing at the Sky’s Edge at the National Theatre

Liza Sadovy for Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Oklahoma! at Young Vic

Marisha Wallace for Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Oklahoma! at Young Vic

Best actor in a supporting role in a musical Sharif Afifi for The Band’s Visit at the Donmar Warehouse

Peter Polycarpou for The Band’s Visit at the Donmar Warehouse

Clive Rowe for Sister Act at the Eventim Apollo

Zubin Varla for Tammy Faye at the Almeida 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 the Barbican Theatre

Antony McDonald for his design of Alcina at the Royal Opera House

Best new opera production Alcina by Royal Opera at the Royal Opera House

Least Like the Other by Irish National Opera and Royal Opera at the Royal Opera House

Peter Grimes by Royal Opera at the Royal Opera House

Sibyl at the Barbican Theatre

Best actor in a musical Alon Moni Aboutboul for The Band’s Visit at Donmar Warehouse

Arthur Darvill for Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Oklahoma! at Young Vic

Julian Ovenden for South Pacific at Sadler’s Wells

Andrew Rannells for Tammy Faye at Almeida Theatre

Best actress in a musical Katie Brayben for Tammy Faye at Almeida Theatre

Anoushka Lucas for Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Oklahoma! at Young Vic

Miri Mesika for The Band’s Visit at Donmar Warehouse

Faith Omole for Standing at the Sky’s Edge at National 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 the Royal Opera House

Catrina Nisbett for her performance in Family Honour by Spoken Movement at Sadler’s Wells

Best new dance production Light of Passage by Crystal Pite at the 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 the Barbican Theatre

Best actress Jodie Comer for Prima Facie at the Harold Pinter Theatre

Patsy Ferran for A Streetcar Named Desire at Almeida Theatre

Mei Mac for My Neighbour Totoro at the Barbican Theatre

Janet McTeer for Phaedra at the National Theatre

Nicola Walker for The Corn Is Green at the National Theatre

Paul Mescal and Anjana Vasan. Photo: Marc Brenner Best actor Tom Hollander for Patriots at the Almeida Theatre

Paul Mescal for A Streetcar Named Desire at the Almeida Theatre

Rafe Spall for To Kill a Mockingbird at the Gielgud Theatre

David Tennant for Good at the Harold Pinter Theatre

Giles Terera for Blues for an Alabama Sky at National Theatre

Best director

Rebecca Frecknall for A Streetcar Named Desire at the Almeida Theatre

Robert Hastie for Standing at the Sky’s Edge at the National Theatre

Justin Martin for Prima Facie at the Harold Pinter Theatre

Phelim McDermott for My Neighbour Totoro at the Barbican Theatre

Bartlett Sher for To Kill a Mockingbird at the Gielgud Theatre

Outstanding achievement in affiliate theatre

Age Is a Feeling at Soho Theatre

Blackout Songs at Hampstead Theatre Downstairs

The P Word at the Bush Theatre

Paradise Now! at the Bush Theatre

Two Palestinians Go Dogging at the Royal Court Theatre

Hey Duggee.Photo: James Watkins Best family show Blippi the Musical at the Apollo Theatre

Hey Duggee the Live Theatre Show at Royal Festival Hall at the Southbank Centre

Midsummer Mechanicals at the Sam Wanamaker Playhouse at Shakespeare’s Globe

The Smartest Giant in Town at St Martin’s Theatre

Best new play For Black Boys Who Have Considered Suicide When the Hue Gets Too Heavy at the Royal Court Theatre

Patriots at Almeida Theatre

Prima Facie at Harold Pinter Theatre

To Kill a Mockingbird at Gielgud Theatre

Best new musical The Band’s Visit at the Donmar Warehouse

Standing at the Sky’s Edge at the National Theatre

Sylvia at the Old Vic

Tammy Faye at the Almeida Theatre