2025 Olivier Award Nominations Announced

Nominations have been announced for the 2025 Olivier Awards, which will be presented at Albert Hall in London (UK) on April 6, 2025. Sweeping the four design categories is the London revival of Fiddler On The Roof, which has a total of 13 nominations across the board. First awarded in 1976 by the Society of London Theatre, and named after the celebrated actor Sir Laurence Olivier, the Oliviers celebrate the best of London theatre every year.

Design Categories:

Best set design

Jon Bausor for set design, Toby Olié and Daisy Beattie for puppetry design and Satoshi Kuriyama for projection design for Spirited Away at London Coliseum
Frankie Bradshaw for set design for Ballet Shoes at the National Theatre
Es Devlin for set design for Coriolanus at the National Theatre
Tom Scutt for set design for Fiddler on the Roof at Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre

Best lighting design

Paule Constable and Ben Jacobs for Oliver! at Gielgud Theatre
Howard Hudson for Natasha, Pierre & the Great Comet of 1812 at Donmar Warehouse
Howard Hudson for Starlight Express at Troubadour Wembley Park Theatre
Aideen Malone for Fiddler on the Roof at Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre 

Best costume design

Hugh Durrant for Robin Hood at the London Palladium
Sachiko Nakahara for Spirited Away at the London Coliseum
Tom Scutt for Fiddler on the Roof at Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre
Gabriella Slade for Starlight Express at Troubadour Wembley Park Theatre

Best sound design

Nick Lidster for Fiddler on the Roof at Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre
Christopher Shutt for Oedipus at the Old Vic, London
Thijs van Vuure for The Years at the Almeida and Harold Pinter Theatre
Koichi Yamamoto for Spirited Away at London Coliseum 

Full list of 2025 Olivier nominations