The Cast of London West End Musical HAMILTON 2026
March 6, 2026
The nominations for the Olivier Awards 2026 have been announced.
Celebrating 50 years, the awards will take place at the Royal Albert Hall on Sunday 12 April, hosted by Nick Mohammed.
With 11 total nominations each, Into The Woods and Paddington The Musical are this year’s most-nominated shows.
Three plays receive six nominations each: All My Sons, Kenrex, and Stereophonic.
The nominees for Best New Musical are Here We Are, the National Theatre, Paddington The Musical at the Savoy Theatre, Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre’s Shucked and The Unlikely Pilgrimage Of Harold Fry at the Theatre Royal Haymarket.
For Best Musical Revival, the Almeida Theatre’s American Psycho faces Jamie Lloyd’s Evita at The London Palladium, Into The Woods at the Bridge Theatre and The Producers at the Garrick Theatre.
Alongside its Best Musical Revival nomination, Into The Woods receives nominations for Best Actor in a Musical (Jamie Parker), Best Actress in a Musical (Katie Brayben), two nominations for Best Actor in a Supporting Role in a Musical (Jo Foster & Oliver Saville), Best Actress in a Supporting Role in a Musical (Kate Fleetwood).
In addition to its Best New Musical nomination, Paddington The Musical is nominated for Best Actor in a Musical (James Hameed & Arti Shah for their shared role as Paddington himself), Best Actor in a Supporting Role in a Musical (Tom Edden, his second in a row after his Waiting For Godot nomination last year), two nominations for Best Actress in a Supporting Role in a Musical (Amy Booth-Steel & Victoria Hamilton-Barritt).
Completing the nominees for Best Actor in a Musical are Marc Antolin (for The Producers, which receives four total nominations), Andy Nyman (also for The Producers, following his Hello, Dolly! nomination last year), and Diego Andres Rodriguez (for Evita, which receives five nominations in total).
The Best Actress in a Musical category is completed by Danielle Fiamanya & Georgina Onuorah (who job shared their leading role in Brigadoon), Jane Krakowski (Here We Are), Jenna Russell (The Unlikely Pilgrimage Of Harold Fry), and Rachel Zegler (Evita).
Best Actor in a Supporting Role in a Musical is completed by Trevor Ashley (The Producers), and Corbin Bleu (The Great Gatsby – A New Musical), and Best Actress in a Supporting Role in a Musical by Tracie Bennett (for Here We Are, her seventh all-time nomination), and Georgina Onuorah (for Shucked, her second nomination of the year, and both for Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre productions).
All My Sons at Wyndham’s Theatre receives nominations for Best Revival, Best Actor for Bryan Cranston, and Best Actress for Marianne Jean-Baptiste, as well as Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Paapa Essiedu, following his nomination for Death Of England: Delroy last year), Best Actress in a Supporting Role (Hayley Squires), and Best Director (Ivo van Hove).
Completing the Best Revival category, with bold new takes on both classic and modern plays, are the late Tom Stoppard’s Arcadia at The Old Vic, Jamie Lloyd’s production of Much Ado About Nothing at Theatre Royal Drury Lane, and the new adaptation of The Seagull at Barbican Theatre.
Kenrex receives nominations for Best New, Best Actor (Jack Holden), Best Director (Ed Stambollouian), Best Lighting Design (Joshua Pharo), Best Sound Design (Giles Thomas), and Outstanding Musical Contribution (John Patrick Elliott for Composition).
Broadway transfer Stereophonic receives Best Actress in a Supporting Role for Lucy Karczewski, and Best Actor in a Supporting Role for Zachary Hart (who is double-nominated in the same category for both Stereophonic and The Seagull), in addition to Best Costume Design (Enver Chakartash), Best Set Design (David Zinn), Best Sound Design (Ryan Rumery), and Outstanding Musical Contribution (Will Butler for Original Songs & Orchestrations, & Justin Craig for Orchestrations).
James Graham’s Punch receives four nominations for Best New Play, Best Actor (David Shields), Best Actress in a Supporting Role (Julie Hesmondhalgh), and Best Lighting Design (Robbie Butler).
Best New Play is completed by Ava Pickett’s 1536, the Almeida Theatre production which transfers to the Ambassadors Theatre in May, and Suzie Miller’s Inter Alia, which transfers to Wyndham’s Theatre this month.
In the performing categories, Sean Hayes (for Good Night, Oscar, also nominated for Outstanding Musical Contribution for his Live Piano Performance of Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue) and Tom Hiddleston (Much Ado About Nothing) complete the Best Actor category, whilst Best Actress is completed by Cate Blanchett (The Seagull), Julia McDermott (Weather Girl), Rosamund Pike (Inter Alia), and Rosie Sheehy (for Guess How Much I Love You?. Best Actor in a Supporting Role is completed by Hammed Animashaun (Dealer’s Choice), and Giles Terera (Oh, Mary!), whilst Isis Hainsworth (Arcadia) and Sophie Thompson (When We Are Married) conclude the Best Actress in a Supporting Role nominees.
Best New Entertainment or Comedy Play sees Mischief’s The Comedy About Spies, garnering them their sixth Olivier Award nomination, Every Brilliant Thing at @sohoplace, Cole Escola’s Broadway sensation Oh, Mary! and Paranormal Activity at the Ambassadors Theatre.
