Olivier Award winners include Paul Mescal and Jodie Comer for their first stage roles and the stage adaptation of the Japanese animation classic My Neighbour Totoro, which took home a total of six awards.
Best actor in a play went to Mescal for his performance as the brutish Stanley Kowalski in A Streetcar Named Desire at the Almeida Theatre. Mescal was nominated for an Academy Award for his acting in Aftersun this year.
Find the full list of Olivier Awards 2023 winners below
| Awards | Nominees | Winners |
| Best Entertainment or Comedy Play | 1. Jack And The Beanstalk at The London Palladium 2. My Neighbour Totoro at Barbican Theatre 3. My Son’s A Queer, (But What Can You Do?) at Garrick Theatre & Ambassadors Theatre 4. One Woman Show at Ambassadors Theatre | My Neighbour Totoro at Barbican Theatre |
| Best Family Show | 1. Blippi The Musical at Apollo Theatre 2. Hey Duggee The Live Theatre Show at Royal Festival Hall at Southbank Centre 3. Midsummer Mechanicals at Sam Wanamaker Playhouse at Shakespeare’s Globe 4. The Smartest Giant In Town at St Martin’s Theatre | Festival Hall at Southbank Centre |
| Best Theatre Choreographer | 1. Matt Cole for Newsies at Troubadour Wembley Park Theatre 2. Lynne Page for Standing at the Sky’s Edge at National Theatre – Olivier theatre 3. Kate Prince for Sylvia at The Old Vic 4. Basil Twist for Puppetry Direction for My Neighbour Totoro at Barbican Theatre | Matt Cole for Newsies at Troubadour Wembley Park Theatre |
| Best Costume Design | 1. Frankie Bradshaw for Blues For An Alabama Sky at National Theatre – Lyttelton theatre 2. Hugh Durrant for Jack And The Beanstalk at The London Palladium 3. Jean Paul Gaultier for Jean Paul Gaultier Fashion Freak Show at Roundhouse 4. Kimie Nakano for My Neighbour Totoro at Barbican Theatre | Kimie Nakano for My Neighbour Totoro at Barbican Theatre |
| Best Revival | 1. The Crucible at National Theatre – Olivier theatre 2. Good at Harold Pinter Theatre 3. Jerusalem at Apollo Theatre 4. A Streetcar Named Desire at Almeida Theatre | A Streetcar Named Desire at Almeida Theatre |
| Best Musical Revival | 1. My Fair Lady at London Coliseum 2. Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Oklahoma! at Young Vic 3. Sister Act at Eventim Apollo 4. South Pacific at Sadler’s Wells | Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Oklahoma! at Young Vic |
| Best Sound Design | 1. Bobby Aitken for Standing at the Sky’s Edge at National Theatre – Olivier theatre 2. Tony Gayle for My Neighbour Totoro at Barbican Theatre 3. Drew Levy for Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Oklahoma! at Young Vic 4. Ben & Max Ringham for Prima Facie at Harold Pinter Theatre | Tony Gayle for My Neighbour Totoro at Barbican Theatre |
| Best Original Score or New Orchestrations | 1. David Yazbek, Jamshied Sharifi & Andrea Grody – Music and Lyrics by David Yazbek, Orchestrations by Jamshied Sharifi & Additional Arrangements by Andrea Grody – The Band’s Visit at Donmar Warehouse 2. Joe Hisaishi & Will Stuart – Music by Joe Hisaishi & Orchestrations and Arrangements by Will Stuart – My Neighbour Totoro at Barbican Theatre 3. Daniel Kluger & Nathan Koci – Orchestrations and Arrangements by Daniel Kluger & Additional Vocal Arrangements by Nathan Koci – Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Oklahoma! at Young Vic 4. Richard Hawley & Tom Deering – Music and Lyrics by Richard Hawley & Orchestrations by Tom Deering – Standing at the Sky’s Edge at National Theatre – Olivier theatre | Richard Hawley & Tom Deering – Music and Lyrics by Richard Hawley & Orchestrations by Tom Deering – Standing at the Sky’s Edge at National Theatre – Olivier theatre |
| Best Actor in a Supporting Role | 1. Mark Akintimehin, Emmanuel Akwafo, Nnabiko Ejimofor, Darragh Hand, Aruna Jalloh & 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 2. Will Keen for Patriots at Almeida Theatre 3. Elliot Levey for Good at Harold Pinter Theatre 4. David Moorst for To Kill A Mockingbird at Gielgud Theatre 5. Sule Rimi for Blues For An Alabama Sky at National Theatre – Lyttelton theatre | Will Keen for Patriots at Almeida Theatre |
| Best Actress in a Supporting Role | 1. Rose Ayling-Ellis for As You Like It at @sohoplace 2. Pamela Nomvete for To Kill A Mockingbird at Gielgud Theatre 3. Caroline Quentin for JackAbsoluteFliesAgain at National Theatre – Olivier theatre 4. Sharon Small for Good at Harold Pinter Theatre 5. Anjana Vasan for A Streetcar Named Desire at Almeida Theatre | Anjana Vasan for A Streetcar Named Desire at Almeida Theatre |
| Best Set Design | 1. Miriam Buether for To Kill A Mockingbird at Gielgud Theatre 2. Tom Pye for My Neighbour Totoro at Barbican Theatre 3. Ben Stones for Standing at the Sky’s Edge at National Theatre – Olivier theatre 4. Mark Walters for Jack And The Beanstalk at The London Palladium | Tom Pye for My Neighbour Totoro at Barbican Theatre |
| Best Lighting Design | 1. Natasha Chivers for Prima Facie at Harold Pinter Theatre 2. Lee Curran for A Streetcar Named Desire at Almeida Theatre 3. Jessica Hung Han Yun for My Neighbour Totoro at Barbican Theatre 4. Tim Lutkin for The Crucible at National Theatre – Olivier theatre | Jessica Hung Han Yun for My Neighbour Totoro at Barbican Theatre |
| Best Actress in a Supporting Role in a Musical | 1. Beverley Knight for Sylvia at The Old Vic 2. Maimuna Memon for Standing at the Sky’s at Edge National Theatre – Olivier theatre 3. Liza Sadovy for Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Oklahoma! at Young Vic 4. Marisha Wallace for Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Oklahoma! at Young Vic | Beverley Knight for Sylvia at The Old Vic |
| Best Actor in a Supporting Role in a Musical | 1. Sharif Afifi for The Band’s Visit at Donmar Warehouse 2. Peter Polycarpou for The Band’s Visit at Donmar Warehouse 3. Clive Rowe for Sister Act at Eventim Apollo 4. Zubin Varla for Tammy Faye at Almeida Theatre Outstanding Achievement in Opera Sinéad Campbell-Wallace for her performance in Tosca by English National Opera at London Coliseum William Kentridge for his conception and direction of Sibyl at Barbican Theatre WINNER Antony McDonald for his design of Alcina at Royal Opera House Best Actor in a Musical Alon Moni Aboutboul for The Band’s Visit at Donmar Warehouse Arthur Darvill for Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Oklahoma! at Young Vic WINNER Julian Ovenden for South Pacific at Sadler’s Wells Andrew Rannells for Tammy Faye at Almeida Theatre | Zubin Varla for Tammy Faye at Almeida Theatre |
| Best New Opera Production | 1. Alcina by Royal Opera at Royal Opera House 2. Least Like The Other by Irish National Opera and Royal Opera at Royal Opera House – Linbury Theatre 3. Peter Grimes by Royal Opera at Royal Opera House 4. Sibyl at Barbican Theatre | Alcina by Royal Opera at Royal Opera House |
| Best Actress in a Musical | 1. Katie Brayben for Tammy Faye at Almeida Theatre 2. Anoushka Lucas for Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Oklahoma! at Young Vic 3. Miri Mesika for The Band’s Visit at Donmar Warehouse 4. Faith Omole for Standing at the Sky’s Edge at National Theatre – Olivier theatre | Katie Brayben for Tammy Faye at Almeida Theatre |
| Best New Dance Production | 1. Light Of Passage by Crystal Pite at Royal Opera House 2. Pasionaria by La Veronal at Sadler’s Wells 3. Traplord by Ivan Michael Blackstock at 180 Studios (The Strand) 4. Triptych (The Missing Door, The Lost Room, And The Hidden Floor) by Peeping Tom at Barbican Theatre | Traplord by Ivan Michael Blackstock at 180 Studios (The Strand) |
| Outstanding Achievement in Dance | 1. Manuel Liñán for his choreography of ¡VIVA! at Sadler’s Wells 2. Dickson Mbi for his choreography of Enowate at Sadler’s Wells 3. Raquel Meseguer Zafe for her dramaturgy of Ruination by Lost Dog at Royal Opera House – Linbury theatre 4. Catrina Nisbett for her performance in Family Honour by Spoken Movement at Sadler’s Wells | Dickson Mbi for his choreography of Enowate at Sadler’s Wells |
| 1. Age Is A Feeling at Soho Theatre 2. Blackout Songs at Hampstead Theatre Downstairs 3. The P Word at Bush Theatre 4. Paradise Now! at Bush Theatre 5. Two Palestinians Go Dogging at Jerwood Theatre Upstairs at The Royal Court Theatre | The P Word at Bush Theatre | |
| Best Director | 1. Rebecca Frecknall for A Streetcar Named Desire at Almeida Theatre 2. Robert Hastie for Standing at the Sky’s Edge at National Theatre – Olivier theatre 3. Justin Martin for Prima Facie at Harold Pinter Theatre 4. Phelim McDermott for My Neighbour Totoro at Barbican Theatre 5. Bartlett Sher for To Kill A Mockingbird at Gielgud Theatre | Phelim McDermott for My Neighbour Totoro at Barbican Theatre |
| Best Actress | 1. Jodie Comer for Prima Facie at Harold Pinter Theatre 2. Patsy Ferran for A Streetcar Named Desire at Almeida Theatre 3. Mei Mac for My Neighbour Totoro at Barbican Theatre 4. Janet McTeer for Phaedra at National Theatre – Lyttelton theatre 5. Nicola Walker for The Corn Is Green at National Theatre – Lyttelton theatre | Jodie Comer for Prima Facie at Harold Pinter Theatre |
| Best Actor Tom Hollander for Patriots at Almeida Theatre Paul Mescal for A Streetcar Named Desire at Almeida Theatre WINNER 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 – Lyttelton theatre | ||
| Best New Play | 1. For Black Boys Who Have Considered Suicide 2. When The Hue Gets Too Heavy at Jerwood Theatre Downstairs at The Royal Court Theatre 4. Patriots at Almeida Theatre 5. Prima Facie at Harold Pinter Theatre To Kill A Mockingbird at Gielgud Theatre | Prima Facie at Harold Pinter Theatre |
| Best New Musical | 1. The Band’s Visit at Donmar Warehouse 2. Standing at the Sky’s Edge at National Theatre – Olivier theatre 4. Sylvia at the Old Vic 5. Tammy Faye at Almeida theatre | Standing at the Sky’s Edge at National Theatre – Olivier theatre |
| Special award | Dame Arlene Phillips | |
| Lifetime achievement award | Sir Derek Jacobi |
Source – Tru News Report
