The Royal Albert Hall came alive last night as it hosted the prestigious Olivier Awards, with the remarkable Beverly Knight and Billy Porter as the evening's hosts. The night was packed with electrifying performances, featuring highlights from Fiddler on the Roof, Why Am I So Single, Starlight Express, MJ the Musical, and many morea true celebration of an extraordinary year for British theatre.

The spotlight shone brightest on the night's biggest winners: Fiddler on the Roof and Giant, each taking home three Olivier Awards. Close behind were Oedipus and Titanque, both earning two awards.

Scroll down to explore the full list of winners and nominees for the 2025 Olivier Awards!

Best New Play

Winner: Giant at Royal Court Theatre

Nominees:
The Fear of 13 at Donmar Warehouse
Kyoto at @sohoplace
Shifters at Duke of York's Theatre
The Years at Almeida Theatre and Harold Pinter Theatre

Best New Musical

Winner: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button at Ambassadors Theatre

Nominees:
MJ The Musical at Prince Edward Theatre
Natasha, Pierre and The Great Comet of 1812 at Donmar Warehouse
Why Am I So Single? at Garrick Theatre

Best Revival

Winner: Oedipus by Robert Icke at Wyndham's Theatre

Nominees:
The Importance of Being Earnest at National Theatre Lyttelton
Machinal at The Old Vic
Waiting For Godot at Theatre Royal Haymarket

Best Musical Revival

Winner: Fiddler on the Roof at Regent's Park Open Air Theatre

Nominees:
Hello, Dolly! at The London Palladium
Oliver! at Gielgud Theatre
Starlight Express at Troubadour Wembley Park Theatre

Best Actress

Winner: Lesley Manville for Oedipus

Nominees:
Heather Agyepong for Shifters
Rosie Sheehy for Machinal
Meera Syal for A Tupperware of Ashes
Indira Varma for Oedipus

Best Actor

Winner: John Lithgow for Giant

Nominees:
Adrien Brody for The Fear of 13
Billy Crudup for Harry Clarke
Paapa Essiedu for Death of England: Delroy
Mark Strong for Oedipus

Best Actor in a Supporting Role

Winner: Elliot Levey for Giant

Nominees:
Jorge Bosch for Kyoto
Tom Edden for Waiting for Godot
Ben Whishaw for Bluets

Best Actress in a Supporting Role

Winner: Romola Garai for The Years

Nominees:
Sharon D Clarke for The Importance of Being Earnest
Romola Garai for Giant
Gina McKee for The Years

Best Actress in a Supporting Role in a Musical

Winner: Maimuna Memon for Natasha, Pierre and The Great Comet of 1812

Nominees:
Liv Andrusier for Fiddler on the Roof
Amy Di Bartolomeo for The Devil Wears Prada
Beverley Klein for Fiddler on the Roof

Best Actor in a Supporting Role in a Musical

Winner: Layton Williams for Titanique

Nominees:
Andy Nyman for Hello, Dolly!
Raphael Papo for Fiddler on the Roof
Tom Xander for Mean Girls

Best Actor in a Musical

Winner: John Dagleish for The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

Nominees:
Adam Dannheisser for Fiddler on the Roof
Myles Frost for MJ The Musical
Simon Lipkin for Oliver!
Jamie Muscato for Natasha, Pierre and The Great Comet of 1812

Best Actress in a Musical

Winner: Imelda Staunton for Hello, Dolly!

Nominees:
Chumisa Dornford-May for Natasha, Pierre and The Great Comet of 1812
Lauren Drew for Titanique
Clare Foster for The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Lara Pulver for Fiddler on the Roof

Best Director

Winner: Eline Arbo for The Years

Nominees:
Jordan Fein for Fiddler on the Roof
Nicholas Hytner for Giant
Robert Icke for Oedipus

Best Costume Design

Winner: Gabriella Slade for Starlight Express

Nominees:
Hugh Durrant for Robin Hood
Sachiko Nakahara for Spirited Away
Tom Scutt for Fiddler on the Roof

Best Sound Design

Winner: Nick Lidster for Fiddler on the Roof

Nominees:
Christopher Shutt for Oedipus
Thijs van Vuure for The Years
Koichi Yamamoto for Spirited Away

Best New Entertainment or Comedy Play

Winner: Titanique by Tye Blue, Marla Mindelle and Constantine Rousouli

Nominees:
Ballet Shoes adapted by Kendall Feaver at National Theatre
Inside No. 9 Stage/Fright by Steve Pemberton and Reece Shearsmith
Spirited Away adapted by John Caird and co-adapted by Maoko Imai

Best Family Show

Winner: Brainiac Live at Marylebone Theatre

Nominees:
Maddie Moate's Very Curious Christmas at Apollo Theatre
The Nutcracker at Polka Theatre
Rough Magic at Shakespeare's Globe

Best Theatre Choreographer

Winner: Christopher Wheeldon for MJ The Musical

Nominees:
Matthew Bourne for Oliver!
Julia Cheng for Fiddler on the Roof
Hofesh Shechter for Oedipus

Best Set Design

Winner: Tom Scutt for set design Fiddler on the Roof

Nominees:
Jon Bausor for set design, Toby Oli and Daisy Beattie for puppetry design, and Satoshi Kuriyama for projection design Spirited Away
Frankie Bradshaw for set design Ballet Shoes
Es Devlin for set design Coriolanus

Best Lighting Design

Winner: Paule Constable and Ben Jacobs Oliver!

Nominees:
Howard Hudson Starlight Express
Howard Hudson Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812
Aideen Malone Fiddler on the Roof

Best New Production in Affiliate Theatre

Winner: Boys on the Verge of Tears Soho Theatre

Nominees:
Animal Farm Theatre Royal Stratford East
English Kiln Theatre
Now, I See Theatre Royal Stratford East
What We Talk About When We Talk About Anne Frank Marylebone Theatre

Outstanding Achievement in Opera

Winner: Allan Clayton for Festen at the Royal Opera House

Nominees:
Aigul Akhmetshina for Carmen at the Royal Opera House
Jung Young-doo for direction of Lear at the Barbican

Best New Opera Production

Winner: Festen by the Royal Opera at the Royal Opera House

Nominees:
Duke Bluebeard's Castle by ENO at the London Coliseum
L'Olimpiade by Irish National Opera and the Royal Opera at the Royal Opera House
The Tales of Hoffmann by the Royal Opera at the Royal Opera House

Best New Dance Production

Winner: Assembly Hall Sadler's Wells

Nominees:
Frontiers: Choreographers of Canada Pite/Kudelka/Portner Sadler's Wells
Theatre of Dreams Sadler's Wells
An Untitled Love Sadler's Wells

Outstanding Achievement in Dance

Winner: Eva Yerbabuena for her performance in Yerbabuena

Nominees:
Sarah Chun for her performance in Three Short Ballets
Tom Visser for his lighting design of Angels' Atlas as part of Frontiers: Choreographers of Canada Pite/Kudelka/Portner

Outstanding Musical Contribution

Winner: 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

Nominees:
Mark Aspinall for Musical Supervision and Additional Orchestrations for Fiddler on the Roof
Dave Malloy for Orchestrations and Nicholas Skilbeck for Musical Supervision for Natasha, Pierre and The Great Comet of 1812
Asaf Zohar for Compositions and Gavin Sutherland for Dance Arrangements and Orchestration for Ballet Shoes