The Olivier Awards 2023: Full list of winners

Delta Air Lines Best New Play

Prima Facie

WINNER: Prima Facie at Harold Pinter Theatre

• For Black Boys Who Have Considered Suicide When The Hue Gets Too Heavy at Jerwood Theatre Downstairs at The Royal Court Theatre
• Patriots at Almeida Theatre
• To Kill A Mockingbird at Gielgud Theatre

Mastercard Best New Musical

Standing at the Sky's Edge

WINNER: Standing At The Sky's Edge at National Theatre

• The Band's Visit at Donmar Warehouse
• Sylvia at The Old Vic
• Tammy Faye at Almeida Theatre

Cunard Best Revival

A Streetcar Named Desire

WINNER: A Streetcar Named Desire at Almeida Theatre

• The Crucible at National Theatre
• Good at Harold Pinter Theatre
• Jerusalem at Apollo Theatre

Magic Radio Best Musical Revival

Rodgers and Hammerstein's Oklahoma!

WINNER: Rodgers & Hammerstein's Oklahoma! at Young Vic

• My Fair Lady at London Coliseum
• Sister Act at Eventim Apollo
• South Pacific at Sadler's Wells

Best Actress

WINNER: Jodie Comer for Prima Facie at Harold Pinter Theatre

• Patsy Ferran for A Streetcar Named Desire at Almeida Theatre
• Mei Mac for My Neighbour Totoro at Barbican Theatre
• Janet McTeer for Phaedra at National Theatre
• Nicola Walker for The Corn Is Green at National Theatre

Best Actor

WINNER: Paul Mescal for A Streetcar Named Desire at Almeida Theatre

• Tom Hollander for Patriots at Almeida Theatre
• Rafe Spall for To Kill A Mockingbird at Gielgud Theatre
• David Tennant for Good at Harold Pinter Theatre
• Giles Terera for Blues For An Alabama Sky at National Theatre

Best Actor in a Musical

WINNER: Arthur Darvill for Rodgers and Hammerstein's Oklahoma! at Young Vic

• Alon Moni Aboutboul for The Band's Visit at Donmar Warehouse
• Julian Ovenden for South Pacific at Sadler's Wells
• Andrew Rannells for Tammy Faye at Almeida Theatre

Best Actress in a Musical

WINNER: 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

Best Actor in a Supporting Role

WINNER: Will Keen for Patriots at 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 Harold Pinter Theatre
• David Moorst for To Kill A Mockingbird at Gielgud Theatre
• Sule Rimi for Blues For An Alabama Sky at National Theatre

Best Actress in a Supporting Role

WINNER: Anjana Vasan for A Streetcar Named Desire at Almeida Theatre

• Rose Ayling-Ellis for As You Like It at @sohoplace
• Pamela Nomvete for To Kill A Mockingbird at Gielgud Theatre
• Caroline Quentin for Jack Absolute Flies Again at National Theatre
• Sharon Small for Good at Harold Pinter Theatre

Best Actress in a Supporting Role in a Musical

WINNER: Beverley Knight for Sylvia The Old Vic

• Maimuna Memon for Standing At The Sky's Edge at 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

WINNER: Zubin Varla for Tammy Faye at Almeida Theatre

• Sharif Afifi for The Band's Visit at Donmar Warehouse
• Peter Polycarpou for The Band's Visit at Donmar Warehouse
• Clive Rowe for Sister Act at Eventim Apollo

Noel Coward Award for Best Entertainment or Comedy Play

Mei (Mei Mac), Satsuki (Ami Okumura Jones) and Tatsuo (Dai Tabuchi). Photo by Manuel Harlan © RSC

WINNER: My Neighbour Totoro at Barbican Theatre

• Jack And The Beanstalk at The London Palladium
• My Son's A Queer, (But What Can You Do?) at Garrick Theatre/ Ambassadors Theatre
• One Woman Show at Ambassadors Theatre

Best Family Show

WINNER: Hey Duggee The Live Theatre Show at Royal Festival Hall at Southbank Centre

• Blippi The Musical at Apollo Theatre
• Midsummer Mechanicals at Sam Wanamaker Playhouse at Shakespeare's Globe
• The Smartest Giant In Town at St Martin's Theatre

Gillian Lynne Award for Best Theatre Choreographer

Newsies at Troubadour Theatre

WINNER: 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 Barbican Theatre

Best Costume Design

WINNER: Kimie Nakano for My Neighbour Totoro at Barbican Theatre

• 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

d&b audiotechnik Award for Best Sound Design

WINNER: Tony Gayle for My Neighbour Totoro at Barbican Theatre

• Bobby Aitken for Standing At The Sky's Edge at National Theatre
• Drew Levy for Rodgers and Hammerstein's Oklahoma! at Young Vic
• Ben and Max Ringham for Prima Facie at Harold Pinter Theatre

Best Original Score or New Orchestrations

WINNER: Richard Hawley and Tom Deering for Standing At The Sky’s Edge at National Theatre

• David Yazbek, Jamshied Sharifi and Andrea Grody for The Band’s Visit at Donmar Warehouse
• Joe Hisaishi and Will Stuart for My Neighbour Totoro at Barbican Theatre
• Daniel Kluger and Nathan Koci for Rodgers and Hammerstein's Oklahoma! at Young Vic

Blue-i Theatre Technology Award for Best Set Design

WINNER: Tom Pye for My Neighbour Totoro at Barbican Theatre

• Miriam Buether for To Kill A Mockingbird at Gielgud Theatre
• Ben Stones for Standing At The Sky's Edge at National Theatre
• Mark Walters for Jack And The Beanstalk at The London Palladium

White Light Award for Best Lighting Design

WINNER: Jessica Hung Han Yun for My Neighbour Totoro at Barbican Theatre

• Natasha Chivers for Prima Facie at Harold Pinter Theatre
• Lee Curran for A Streetcar Named Desire at Almeida Theatre
• Tim Lutkin for The Crucible at National Theatre

TAIT Award for Best New Opera Production

WINNER: Alcina by Royal Opera at Royal Opera House

• Least Like The Other by Irish National Opera and Royal Opera at Royal Opera House 
• Peter Grimes by Royal Opera at Royal Opera House
• Sibyl at Barbican Theatre

Outstanding Achievement in Opera

WINNER: William Kentridge for his conception and direction of Sibyl at Barbican Theatre

• Sinéad Campbell-Wallace for her performance in Tosca by English National Opera at London Coliseum
• Antony McDonald for his design of Alcina at Royal Opera House

Best New Dance Production

WINNER: Traplord by Ivan Michael Blackstock at 180 Studios (The Strand)

• Light Of Passage by Crystal Pite at 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 Barbican Theatre

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

Unusual Rigging Award for Outstanding Achievement in Affiliate Theatre

WINNER: The P Word at Bush Theatre

• Age Is A Feeling at Soho Theatre
• Blackout Songs at Hampstead Theatre Downstairs
• Paradise Now! at Bush Theatre
• Two Palestinians Go Dogging at Jerwood Theatre Upstairs at The Royal Court Theatre

Sir Peter Hall Award for Best Director

WINNER: Phelim McDermott for My Neighbour Totoro at Barbican Theatre

• Rebecca Frecknall for A Streetcar Named Desire at Almeida Theatre
• Robert Hastie for Standing At The Sky's Edge at National Theatre
• Justin Martin for Prima Facie at Harold Pinter Theatre
• Bartlett Sher for To Kill A Mockingbird at Gielgud Theatre