On Broadway they have the Tony Awards but on the West End in London, they are called the Olivier Awards (named for actor Laurence Olivier).
The 2025 edition of the Olivier Awards will be held at Royal Albert Hall on April 6.
“Fiddler on the Roof” leads the list of nominees with 13; “Natasha, Pierre, & The Great Comet of 1812” followed with six. “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button”, “MJ The Musical”, “Giant”, “Oliver!”, “The Years”, and “Spirited Away” also garnered multiple nominations.
Nominees for the Olivier Awards:
Best New Musical:
“The Curious Case of Benjamin Button”
“MJ The Musical”
Natasha, Pierre, & The Great Comet of 1812”
“Why Am I So Single?”
Best Set Design:
Jon Bausor, Toby Olie, Daisy Beattie, and Satoshi Kuriyama for “Spirited Away”
Frankie Bradshaw for “Ballet Shoes”
Es Devlin for “Coriolanus”
Tom Scutt for “Fiddler on the Roof”
Best Lighting Design:
Paule Constable and Ben Jacobs for “Oliver!”
Howard Hudson for Natasha, Pierre, & The Great Comet of 1812”
Howard Hudson for “Starlight Express”
Aideen Maline for “Fiddler on the Roof”
Best New Opera Production:
“Castle”
“The Tales of Hoffmann”
Outstanding Achievement in Opera:
Aigul Akhmetshina in “Carmen”
Allan Clayton in “Festen”
Jung Young-doo for “Lear”
Best Family Show:
“Brainiac Live”
“Maddie Moate’s Very Curious Christmas”
“The Nutcracker”
“Rough Magic”
Best New Production in Affiliate Theatre:
“Animal Farm”
“Boys on the Verge of Tears”
“English”
“Now, I See”
“What We Talk About When We Talk About Anne Frank”
Best New Dance Production:
“Assembly Hall”
“Frontiers: Choreographers of Canada”
“Theatre of Dreams”
An Untitled Love”
Outstanding Achievement in Dance:
Sarah Chun in “Three Short Ballets”
Tom Visser for “Angels’ Atlas”
Eva Yerbabuena in “Yerbaguena”
Best Actor in a Supporting Role in a Play:
Jorge Bosch in “Kyoto”
Tom Edden in ‘Waiting for Godot”
Eliot Levey in “Giant”
Ben Whishaw in “Bluets”
Best Actress in a Supporting Role in a Play:
Sharon D Clarke in “The Importance of Being Earnest”
Romola Garai in “Giant”
Romola Garai in “The Years”
Gina McKee in “The Years”
Best Theatre Choreographer:
Matthew Bourne for “Olivier!”
Julia Cheng for “Fiddler on the Roof”
Hofesh Shechter of “Oedipus”
Christopher Wheeldon for “MJ The Musical”
Best Costume Design:
Hugh Durrant for “Robin Hood”
Sachiko Nakahara for “Spirited Away”
Tom Scutt for “Fiddler on the Roof”
Gabriella Slade for “Starlight Express”
Best Sound Design:
Nick Lidster for “Fiddler on the Roof”
Christopher Shutt for “Oedipus”
Thijs van Vuure for “The Years”
Koichi Yamamoto for “Spirited Away”
Outstanding Musical Contribution:
Mark Aspinall for “Fiddler on the Roof”
Darren Clark and Mark Aspinall for “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button”
Dave Malloy and Nicholas Skilbeck for “Natasha, Pierre & the Great Comet of 1812”
Asaf Zohar and Gavin Sutherland for “Ballet Shoes”
Best Actress in a Supporting Role in a Musical:
Liv Andrusier in “Fiddler on the Roof”
Amy Di Bartolomeo for “The Devil Wears Prada”
Beverley Klein in “Fiddler on the Roof”
Maimuna Memon in “Natasha, Pierre & the Great Comet of 1812”
Best Actor in a Supporting Role in a Musical:
Andy Nyman in “Hello, Dolly!”
Raphael Papo in “Fiddler on the Roof”
Layton Williams in “Titanique”
Tom Xander in “Mean Girls”
Best New Entertainment or Comedy Play:
“Ballet Shoes”
“Inside No 9 Stage/Fright”
“Spirited Away”
“Titanique”
Best Director:
Eline Arbo for “The Years”
Jordan Fein for “Fiddler on the Roof”
Nicholas Hytner in “Giant”
Robert Icke for “Oedipus”
Best Actress in a Play:
Heather Agyepong in “Shifters”
Lesley Manville in “Oedipus”
Rosie Sheehy in “Machinal”
Meera Syal in “A Tupperware of Ashes”
Indira Varma in “Oedipus”
Best Actor in a Play:
Adrien Brody in “The Fear of 13”
Billy Crudup in “Harry Clarke”
Paapa Essiedu in “Death of England: Delroy”
John Lithgow in “Giant”
Mark Strong in “Oedipus”
Best Revival:
“The Importance of Being Earnest”
“Machinal”
Oedipus”
“Waiting for Godot”
Best Musical Revival:
“Fiddler on the Roof”
“Hello, Dolly!”
“Oliver”
“Starlight Express”
Best Actor in a Musical:
John Dagleish in “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button”
Adam Dannheisser in “Fiddler on the Roof”
Myle frost in “MJ The Musical”
Simon Lipkin in “Oliver”
Jamie Muscato in “Natasha, Pierre & the Great Comet of 1812”
Best Actress in a Musical:
Chumisa Dornford-May in “Natasha, Pierre & the Great Comet of 1812”
Lauren Drew In “Titanique”
Clare Foster in “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button”
Lara Pulver in “Fiddler on the Roof”
Imelda Staunton in “Hello, Dolly!”
Best New Play:
“The Fear of 13”
“Giant”
“Kyoto”
“Shifters”
“The Years”