Paddington and Into The Woods lead Olivier Award nominations as 2026 list of nominees revealed

London theatre’s biggest awards show has revealed their 2026 nominations, with Paddington and Into The Woods picking up 11 nominations each

The Olivier Awards have revealed their list of nominees for 2026, and it’s going to be a big night for Paddington – the new musical at the Savoy Theatre has picked up 11 nominations, including Best New Musical, Best Director and several acting awards.

Also leading with 11 nominations is Into The Woods at the Bridge Theatre, which boasts nods in the Best Musical Revival and Best Director categories among plenty of others.

The revival of All My Sons at Wyndham’s Theatre has earned six nominations, as has one-man Western whodunnit Kenrex at the Other Palace and acclaimed Broadway transfer Stereophonic. You can find a full list of nominees below.

The Olivier Awards will take place at the Royal Albert Hall on 12 April, celebrating their 50^th year. Hosting will be actor, comedian and Celebrity Traitors finalist Nick Mohammed.

Here are all the nominees.

Best New Musical
Here We Are
Paddington The Musical
Shucked
The Unlikely Pilgrimage Of Harold Fry

Best Musical Revival
American Psycho
Evita
Into The Woods
The Producers

Best New Play
1536
Inter Alia
Kenrex
Punch

Best Revival
All My Sons
Arcadia
Much Ado About Nothing
The Seagull

Noël Coward Award for Best New Entertainment or Comedy Play
The Comedy About Spies
Every Brilliant Thing
Oh, Mary!
Paranormal Activity

Best Actress
Cate Blanchett for the Seagull
Marianne Jean-Baptiste for All My Sons
Julia McDermott for Weather Girl
Rosamund Pike for Inter Alia
Rosie Sheehy for Guess How Much I Love You?

Best Actor
Bryan Cranston for All My Sons
Sean Hayes for Good Night, Oscar
Tom Hiddleston for Much Ado About Nothing
Jack Holden for Kenrex
David Shields for Punch

Best Actor in a Musical
Marc Antolin for The Producers
James Hameed & Arti Shah for Paddington The Musical
Andy Nyman for The Producers
Jamie Parker for Into The Woods
Diego Andres Rodriguez for Evita

Best Actress in a Musical
Katie Brayben for Into The Woods
Danielle Fiamanya & Georgina Onuorah for Brigadoon
Jane Krakowski for Here We Are
Jenna Russell for The Unlikely Pilgrimage Of Harold Fry
Rachel Zegler for Evita

Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Isis Hainsworth for Arcadia
Julie Hesmondhalgh for Punch
Lucy Karczewski for Stereophonic
Hayley Squires for All My Sons
Sophie Thompson for When We Are Married

Best Actor in a Supporting Role
Hammed Animashaun for Dealer’s Choice
Paapa Essiedu for All My Sons
Zachary Hart for The Seagull
Zachary Hart for Stereophonic
Giles Terera for Oh, Mary!

Best Actor in a Supporting Role in a Musical
Trevor Ashley for The Producers
Corbin Bleu for The Great Gatsby – A New Musical
Tom Edden for Paddington The Musical
Jo Foster for Into The Woods
Oliver Savile for Into The Woods

Best Actress in a Supporting Role in a Musical
Tracie Bennett for Here We Are
Amy Booth-Steel for Paddington The Musical
Kate Fleetwood for Into The Woods
Victoria Hamilton-Barritt for Paddington The Musical
Georgina Onuorah for Shucked

Sir Peter Hall Award for Best Director
Jordan Fein for Into The Woods
Luke Sheppard for Paddington The Musical
Ed Stambollouian for Kenrex
Lyndsey Turner for 1536
Ivo van Hove for All My Sons

Gillian Lynne Award for Best Theatre Choreographer
Fabian Aloise for Evita
Ellen Kane for Paddington The Musical
Drew McOnie for Brigadoon
Lynne Page for American Psycho

Best Costume Design
Enver Chakartash for Stereophonic
Linda Cho for The Great Gatsby – A New Musical
Tom Scutt for Into The Woods
Gabriella Slade (Costume Design) & Tahra Zafar (Paddington Design) for Paddington The Musical

Best Set Design supported by Blue-i Theatre Technology
Paul Tate dePoo III (Scenic & Projection Design) for The Great Gatsby – A New Musical
Tom Pye (Set Design) & Ash J Woodward (Video Design) for Paddington The Musical
Tom Scutt for Into The Woods
David Zinn for Stereophonic

Best Lighting Design
Robbie Butler for Punch
Jon Clark for Evita
Aideen Malone (Lighting Design) & Roland Horvath (Video Design) for Into The Woods
Joshua Pharo for Kenrex

Best Sound Design
Adam Fisher for Into The Woods
Gareth Owen for Paddington The Musical
Ryan Rumery for Stereophonic
Giles Thomas for Kenrex

Outstanding Musical Contribution
Matt Brind (Orchestrations & Arrangements) for Paddington The Musical
Will Butler (Original Songs & Orchestrations) & Justin Craig (Orchestrations) for Stereophonic
John Patrick Elliott (Composition) for Kenrex
Chris Fenwick (Musical Supervision & Arrangements) & Sean Hayes (Live Piano Performance of Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue) for Good Night, Oscar

Best Family Show
The Boy At The Back Of The Class
The Boy With Wings
The Firework-Maker’s Daughter
The Three Little Pigs

Best New Production in Affiliate Theatre
Ben And Imo by Mark Ravenhill
The Glass Menagerie
The Ministry Of Lesbian Affairs
Miss Myrtle’s Garden
The S***heads

Best New Dance Production
Into The Hairy
Mimi’s Shebeen
Random Taranto
She’s Auspicious

Best New Opera Production
Dead Man Walking
The Makropulos Case
Tosca