Olivier Awards 2023 - Winners and video highlights

The Olivier Awards 2023 were held last night at the Royal Albert Hall with great new productions emerging victorious and exciting performances from nominated shows. Here are the winners in full.

Hannah Waddingham and the company comprised of West End musical performers open the Olivier Awards 2022.

The Olivier Awards 2023 were held last night at the Royal Albert Hall with the RSC's production of My Neighbour Totoro winning six of the nine awards for which it was nominated including Best Entertainment or Comedy Play and Best Director.

Hosted by Hannah Waddingham, the ceremony saw Jodie Comer and Paul Mescal winning Best Actress and Best Actor with Katie Brayben, Beverley Knight, Arthur Darvill and Will Keen winning in other acting categories.

The radical revival of Rodger's and Hammerstein's Oklahoma! won Best Musical Revival and the National Theatre's Standing At The Sky's Edge won Best New Musical. Notable last night was the success of London's Almeida Theatre which was nominated for its productions of Tammye Faye, A Streetcar Named Desire and Patriots. JOIN OUR MAILING LIST TO STAY INFORMED

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Olivier Awards 2023 - The Winners in full. Best revival Winner: A Streetcar Named Desire at the Almeida Theatre| 

The Crucible at the National Theatre

Good at the Harold Pinter Theatre

Jerusalem at the Apollo Theatre

Best actor in a supporting role Winner: Will Keen for Patriots at the Almeida Theatre 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

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

Best actress in a supporting role Winner: Anjana Vasan for A Streetcar Named Desire at the Almeida Theatre

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

Best set design Winner: Tom Pye for My Neighbour Totoro at the Barbican Theatre Miriam Buether for To Kill a Mockingbird at the Gielgud 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 costume design Winner: Kimie Nakano for My Neighbour Totoro at the Barbican Theatre

Frankie Bradshaw for Blues for an Alabama Sky at the 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

Best actress Winner: Jodie Comer for Prima Facie at the Harold Pinter Theatre Patsy Ferran for A Streetcar Named Desire at the 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

https://youtu.be/bgVDcLjeEd0

Best actor Winner: Paul Mescal for A Streetcar Named Desire at the Almeida Theatre

Tom Hollander for Patriots 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 the National Theatre

Outstanding achievement in opera Winner: William Kentridge for his conception and direction of Sibyl at the Barbican Theatre

Sinéad Campbell-Wallace for her performance in Tosca by English National Opera at the London Coliseum

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

Best new opera production Winner: 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 new play Winner: Prima Facie at the Harold Pinter Theatre For Black Boys Who Have Considered Suicide When the Hue Gets Too Heavy at the Royal Court Theatre

Patriots at the Almeida Theatre

To Kill a Mockingbird at the Gielgud Theatre

https://youtu.be/Z01MSGmzGSc

Best director Winner: Phelim McDermott for My Neighbour Totoro at the Barbican Theatre 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

Bartlett Sher for To Kill a Mockingbird at the Gielgud Theatre Outstanding achievement in affiliate theatre Winner: The P Word at the Bush Theatre

Age Is a Feeling at Soho Theatre

Blackout Songs at the Hampstead Theatre Downstairs

Paradise Now! at the Bush Theatre

two Palestinians go dogging at the Royal Court Theatre

Best entertainment or comedy play Winner: My Neighbour Totoro at the Barbican Theatre

Jack and the Beanstalk at the London Palladium

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

One Woman Show at the Ambassadors Theatre

Best family show Winner: Hey Duggee the Live Theatre Show at Royal Festival Hall at the Southbank Centre

Blippi the Musical at the Apollo Theatre

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

The Smartest Giant in Town at St Martin’s Theatre

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QkjZB0Jln8w

Outstanding achievement in dance Winner: Dickson Mbi for his choreography of Enowate at Sadler’s Wells

Manuel Liñán for his choreography of ¡VIVA! 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 Winner: Traplord by Ivan Michael Blackstock at 180 Studios (The Strand)

Light of Passage by Crystal Pite at the 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 the Barbican Theatre

https://youtu.be/9b6EJzigXbk

Best musical revival Winner: Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Oklahoma! at the Young Vic

My Fair Lady at the London Coliseum

Sister Act at the Eventim Apollo 

South Pacific at Sadler’s Wells

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NUk9vuIOhQQ

Best original score or new orchestrations Winner: 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

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 the 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

https://youtu.be/VfLOAERaIc0

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

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

Kate Prince for Sylvia at the Old Vic

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

Best lighting design Winner: Jessica Hung Han Yun for My Neighbour Totoro at the Barbican Theatre

Natasha Chivers for Prima Facie at the Harold Pinter Theatre

Lee Curran for A Streetcar Named Desire at the Almeida Theatre

Tim Lutkin for The Crucible at the National Theatre

Best sound design Winner: Tony Gayle for My Neighbour Totoro at the Barbican Theatre

Bobby Aitken for Standing at the Sky’s Edge at the National 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

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9LwOcXWVysc

Best actress in a supporting role in a musical Winner: Beverley Knight for Sylvia at 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 the Young Vic

Marisha Wallace for Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Oklahoma! at the Young Vic Best actor in a supporting role in a musical Winner: Zubin Varla for Tammy Faye at the Almeida Theatre

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

https://youtu.be/sIBbeq3oldM

Best actor in a musical Winner: Arthur Darvill for Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Oklahoma! at the Young Vic

Alon Moni Aboutboul for The Band’s Visit at the Donmar Warehouse

Julian Ovenden for South Pacific at Sadler’s Wells

Andrew Rannells for Tammy Faye at the Almeida Theatre

https://youtu.be/BK7JjiGPY6s

Best actress in a musical Winner: Katie Brayben for Tammy Faye at the Almeida Theatre Anoushka Lucas for Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Oklahoma! at the Young Vic

Miri Mesika for The Band’s Visit at the Donmar Warehouse

Faith Omole for Standing at the Sky’s Edge at the National Theatre

https://youtu.be/XVKi5xiwtIU

Best new musical Winner: Standing at the Sky’s Edge at the National Theatre

The Band’s Visit at the Donmar Warehouse

Sylvia at the Old Vic

Tammy Faye at the Almeida Theatre

https://youtu.be/IY266LCrR48

Revisit the Olivier Awards 2023 ceremony in full here.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aZdwNClfRVs