Olivier Awards 2018 - Full list of Nominees

The nominees for the 2018 Olivier Awards have been announced with Hamilton receiving a record 13 nominations.

Elaine Paige and Alexandra Burke have announced the nominations for the 2018 Olivier Awards.

Lin-Manuel Miranda's Hamilton leads the race with a record-breaking 13 nominations closely followed by The Ferryman with 8 nominations.

The 2018 Olivier Awards will be held at the Royal Albert Hall on Sunday 8 April 2018 in a ceremony hosted by Catherine Tate.

Full list of Olivier Award 2018 nominees

BEST ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A MUSICAL Michael Jibson for Hamilton at Victoria Palace Theatre Ross Noble for Young Frankenstein at Garrick Theatre Jason Pennycooke for Hamilton at Victoria Palace Theatre Cleve September for Hamilton at Victoria Palace Theatre BEST ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A MUSICAL Sheila Atim for Girl From The North Country at The Old Vic Tracie Bennett for Follies at National Theatre – Olivier Rachel John for Hamilton at Victoria Palace Theatre Lesley Joseph for Young Frankenstein at Garrick Theatre OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN MUSIC Everybody's Talking About Jamie - Music and Orchestrations by Dan Gillespie Sells, his debut as a musical theatre composer and orchestrator at Apollo Theatre Follies - The Orchestra, under the Music Supervision of Nicholas Skilbeck and Music Director Nigel Lilley at National Theatre – Olivier Girl From The North Country - Music & Lyrics by Bob Dylan, Original Orchestrations & Arrangements by Simon Hale at The Old Vic Hamilton - Composer-lyricist Lin-Manuel Miranda at Victoria Palace Theatre BEST NEW DANCE PRODUCTION Flight Pattern by Crystal Pite at Royal Opera House Goat by Ben Duke for Rambert Dance Company at Sadler’s Wells Grand Finale by Hofesh Shechter at Sadler’s Wells Tree Of Codes by Wayne McGregor and The Paris Opera Ballet at Sadler’s Wells OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN DANCE Rocío Molina for pushing the boundary of flamenco in Fallen From Heaven (Caída Del Cielo) at Barbican Theatre Francesca Velicu for her performance in English National Ballet’s production of Pina Bausch’s Le Sacre Du Printemps at Sadler’s Wells Zenaida Yanowsky for her performance in Liam Scarlett’s Symphonic Dances at

Royal Opera House

BEST ENTERTAINMENT AND FAMILY David Walliams' Gangsta Granny at Garrick Theatre Derren Brown: Underground at Playhouse Theatre Dick Whittington at London Palladium Five Guys Named Moe at Marble Arch Theatre BEST THEATRE CHOREOGRAPHER Andy Blankenbuehler for Hamilton at Victoria Palace Theatre Bill Deamer for Follies at National Theatre – Olivier Kate Prince for Everybody's Talking About Jamie at Apollo Theatre Randy Skinner for 42nd Street at Theatre Royal Drury Lane Christopher Wheeldon for An American In Paris at Dominion Theatre MAGIC RADIO BEST MUSICAL REVIVAL 42nd Street at Theatre Royal Drury Lane Follies at National Theatre – Olivier On The Town at Regent's Park Open Air Theatre BEST ACTOR IN A MUSICAL Ciarán Hinds for Girl From The North Country at The Old Vic John McCrea for Everybody's Talking About Jamie at Apollo Theatre Giles Terera for Hamilton  at Victoria Palace Theatre Jamael Westman for Hamilton at Victoria Palace Theatre BEST ACTRESS IN A MUSICAL Janie Dee for Follies at National Theatre – Olivier Shirley Henderson for Girl From The North Country at The Old Vic Imelda Staunton for Follies at National Theatre – Olivier Josie Walker for Everybody's Talking About Jamie at Apollo Theatre BEST REVIVAL Angels In America at National Theatre – Lyttelton Hamlet at Almeida Theatre Who's Afraid Of Virginia Woolf? at Harold Pinter Theatre Witness For The Prosecution at London County Hall BEST NEW COMEDY Dry Powder at Hampstead Theatre Labour Of Love at Noël Coward Theatre Mischief Movie Night at Arts Theatre The Miser at Garrick Theatre OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN AFFILIATE THEATRE The B*easts at Bush Theatre Killology at Jerwood Theatre Upstairs at the Royal Court Theatre The Red Lion at Trafalgar Studios 2 The Revlon Girl at Park Theatre WHITE LIGHT AWARD FOR BEST LIGHTING DESIGN Howell Binkley for Hamilton at Victoria Palace Theatre Paule Constable for Angels In America at National Theatre – Lyttelton Paule Constable for Follies at National Theatre – Olivier Jan Versweyveld for Network at National Theatre - Lyttelton BEST SOUND DESIGN Tom Gibbons for Hamlet at Almeida Theatre Gareth Owen for Bat Out Of Hell The Musical at London Coliseum Eric Sleichim for Network at National Theatre – Lyttelton Nevin Steinberg for Hamilton at Victoria Palace Theatre BEST COSTUME DESIGN Hugh Durrant for Dick Whittington at London Palladium Roger Kirk for 42nd Street at Theatre Royal Drury Lane Vicki Mortimer for Follies at National Theatre – Olivier Paul Tazewell for Hamilton at Victoria Palace Theatre BLUE-I THEATRE TECHNOLOGY AWARD FOR BEST SET DESIGN Bunny Christie for Ink at Almeida Theatre and Duke of York's Theatre Bob Crowley and 59 Productions for An American In Paris at Dominion Theatre Rob Howell for The Ferryman at Gielgud Theatre and Jerwood Theatre Downstairs at the Royal Court Theatre Vicki Mortimer for Follies at National Theatre – Olivier BEST ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE Bertie Carvel for Ink at Almeida Theatre and Duke of York's Theatre John Hodgkinson for The Ferryman at Gielgud Theatre and Jerwood Theatre Downstairs at the Royal Court Theatre James McArdle for Angels In America at National Theatre – Lyttelton Peter Polycarpou for Oslo at Harold Pinter Theatre BEST ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE Bríd Brennan for The Ferryman at Gielgud Theatre and Jerwood Theatre Downstairs at the Royal Court Theatre Denise Gough for Angels In America at National Theatre – Lyttelton Dearbhla Molloy for The Ferryman at Gielgud Theatre and Jerwood Theatre Downstairs at the Royal Court Theatre Imogen Poots for Who's Afraid Of Virginia Woolf? at Harold Pinter Theatre BEST NEW OPERA PRODUCTION La Bohème at Trafalgar Studios 2 The Exterminating Angel at Royal Opera House Semiramide at Royal Opera House OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN OPERA Paul Brown for his set and costume designs for Iolanthe at London Coliseum Joyce DiDonato and Daniela Barcellona for their performances in Semiramide at Royal Opera House Roderick Williams for his performance in The Royal Opera’s The Return Of Ulysses at the Roundhouse BEST ACTOR Paddy Considine for The Ferryman  at Gielgud Theatre and Jerwood Theatre Downstairs at the Royal Court Theatre Bryan Cranston for Network at National Theatre – Lyttelton Andrew Garfield for Angels In America at National Theatre – Lyttelton Andrew Scott for Hamlet at Almeida Theatre BEST ACTRESS Laura Donnelly for The Ferryman at Gielgud Theatre and Jerwood Theatre Downstairs at the Royal Court Theatre Lesley Manville for Long Day's Journey Into Night at Wyndham’s Theatre Audra McDonald for Lady Day At Emerson's Bar & Grill at Wyndham's Theatre Imelda Staunton for Who's Afraid Of Virginia Woolf? at Harold Pinter Theatre BEST DIRECTOR Dominic Cooke for Follies at National Theatre – Olivier Marianne Elliott for Angels In America  at National Theatre – Lyttelton Rupert Goold for Ink at Almeida Theatre and Duke of York's Theatre Thomas Kail for Hamilton at Victoria Palace Theatre Sam Mendes for The Ferryman at Gielgud Theatre and Jerwood Theatre Downstairs at the Royal Court Theatre AMERICAN AIRLINES BEST NEW PLAY The Ferryman at Gielgud Theatre and Jerwood Theatre Downstairs at the Royal Court Theatre Ink at Almeida Theatre and Duke of York's Theatre Network at National Theatre – Lyttelton Oslo at Harold Pinter Theatre MASTERCARD BEST NEW MUSICAL An American In Paris at Dominion Theatre Everybody's Talking About Jamie at Apollo Theatre Girl From The North Country at The Old Vic Hamilton at Victoria Palace Theatre Young Frankenstein at Garrick Theatre