OLIVIER AWARDS: Dame Judi Dench has 8 Olivier Awards. This year's ceremony is April 2, 2023 at Royal Albert Hall in London. File photo: Pamela Raith Photography.2023 Olivier Awards announce nominees & show line up March 25, 2023 News‘2023 OLIVIER AWARDS’: Olivier Award Industry Recognition recipients. Photo: Jemima Marriott. Olivier Awards 2023 with Mastercard announces broadcast details and show line up.– Evening will include performances from all Mastercard Best New Musical nominees including The Band’s Visit, Standing At The Sky’s Edge, Sylvia and Tammy Faye– The cast of Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Oklahoma! and Sister Act (Magic Radio Best Musical Revival nominees) as well as Disney’s Newsies (Best Theatre Choreography nominee) will also perform – There will be a special performance from multi–Olivier Award winner The Book Of Mormon as the production celebrates 10 years in the West End – Special Award winner Arlene Philips will be honoured with a tribute from the cast of Grease The Musical– The Olivier Awards ceremony will take place on Sunday 2nd April and will be broadcast on ITV at 10.15pm with full live coverage on Magic Radio from 6pmLONDON—The Olivier Awards 2023 with Mastercard have officially announced the shows performing in this year’s ceremony. The Awards will take place on Sunday, April 2, 2023 at the Royal Albert Hall, hosted by Hannah Waddingham.There will be performances from all of the Mastercard Best New Musical nominees – The Band’s Visit, Standing At The Sky’s Edge, Sylvia and Tammy Faye. There will also be performances from Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Oklahoma! and Sister Act, both nominated for Magic Radio Best Musical Revival.Additionally, there will be performances from Disney’s Newsies, whose choreographer Matt Cole is nominated for the Gillian Lynne Award for Best Theatre Choreographer, multi-Olivier winner The Book Of Mormon will be celebrating with a performance marking 10 years in the West End. Special Award winner, Dame Arlene Phillips, will be honoured on the night with a special performance from Grease the Musical.The Olivier Awards continues its partnership with ITV, which will broadcast a highlights programme the same evening at 10:15pm on ITV1 and ITVX. The full ceremony will be broadcast live from the Royal Albert Hall on Magic Radio, the Official Radio Partner, hosted by Ruthie Henshall and Alice Arnold from 6pm. Viewers from outside the UK can tune in on Official London Theatre’s YouTube channel.TikTok will also be hosting a live stream on the Green Carpet, with theatre performer and content creator Hannah Lowther (Heathers, Snow White: Pantomime, SpongeBob: The Musical) as their host.officiallondontheatre.com/olivier-awardsSunday, April 2, 2023 2023 Olivier Award NomineesNoël Coward Award for Best Entertainment or Comedy Play Jack And The Beanstalk at The London PalladiumMy Neighbour Totoro at Barbican TheatreMy Son’s A Queer, (But What Can You Do?) at Garrick Theatre and Ambassadors TheatreOne Woman Show at Ambassadors Theatre Best Family ShowBlippi The Musical at Apollo TheatreHey Duggee The Live Theatre Show at Royal Festival Hall at Southbank CentreMidsummer Mechanicals at Sam Wanamaker Playhouse at Shakespeare’s GlobeThe Smartest Giant In Town at St Martin’s Theatre Gillian Lynne Award for Best Theatre ChoreographerMatt Cole for Newsies at Wembley Park TheatreLynne Page for Standing At The Sky’s Edge at National Theatre – OlivierKate Prince for Sylvia at The Old VicBasil Twist for Puppetry Direction for My Neighbour Totoro at Barbican Theatre Best Costume DesignFrankie Bradshaw for Blues For An Alabama Sky at National Theatre – LytteltonHugh Durrant for Jack And The Beanstalk at The London PalladiumJean Paul Gaultier for Jean Paul Gaultier Fashion Freak Show at RoundhouseKimie Nakano for My Neighbour Totoro at Barbican Theatre Cunard Best RevivalThe Crucible at National Theatre – OlivierGood at Harold Pinter TheatreJerusalem at Apollo TheatreA Streetcar Named Desire at Almeida Theatre Magic Radio Best Musical RevivalMy Fair Lady at London ColiseumRodgers & Hammerstein’s Oklahoma! At Young VicSister Act at Eventim ApolloSouth Pacific at Sadler’s Wells d&b audiotechnik Award for Best Sound DesignBobby Aitken for Standing At The Sky’s Edge at National Theatre – OlivierTony Gayle for My Neighbour Totoro at Barbican TheatreDrew Levy for Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Oklahoma! at Young VicBen & Max Ringham for Prima Facie at Harold Pinter Theatre Best Original Score or New OrchestrationsDavid Yazbek for Music and Lyrics, Jamshied Sharifi for Orchestrations & Andrea Grody for Additional Arrangements for The Band’s Visit at Donmar WarehouseJoe Hisaishi for Music and Will Stuart for Orchestrations and Arrangements for My Neighbour Totoro at Barbican TheatreDaniel Kluger for Orchestrations and Arrangements and Nathan Koci for Additional Vocal Arrangements for Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Oklahoma! At Young VicRichard Hawley for Music and Lyrics and Tom Deering for Orchestrations for Standing At The Sky’s Edge at National Theatre – Olivier Best Actor in a Supporting RoleMark 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 TheatreWill Keen for Patriots at Almeida TheatreElliot Levey for Good at Harold Pinter TheatreDavid Moorst for To Kill A Mockingbird at Gielgud TheatreSule Rimi for Blues For An Alabama Sky at National Theatre – Lyttelton Best Actress in a Supporting RoleRose Ayling-Ellis for As You Like It at @sohoplacePamela Nomvete for To Kill A Mockingbird at Gielgud TheatreCaroline Quentin for Jack Absolute Flies Again at National Theatre – OlivierSharon Small for Good at Harold Pinter TheatreAnjana Vasan for A Streetcar Named Desire at Almeida Theatre Blue-I Theatre Technology Award for Best Set DesignMiriam Buether for To Kill A Mockingbird at Gielgud TheatreTom Pye for My Neighbour Totoro at Barbican TheatreBen Stones for Standing At The Sky’s Edge at National Theatre – OlivierMark Walters for Jack And The Beanstalk at The London Palladium White Light Award for Best Lighting DesignNatasha Chivers for Prima Facie at Harold Pinter TheatreLee Curran for A Streetcar Named Desire at Almeida TheatreJessica Hung Han Yun for My Neighbour Totoro at Barbican TheatreTim Lutkin for The Crucible at National Theatre – Olivier Best Actress In A Supporting Role In A MusicalBeverley Knight for Sylvia at The Old VicMaimuna Memon for Standing At The Sky’s Edge at National Theatre – OlivierLiza Sadovy for Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Oklahoma! At Young VicMarisha Wallace for Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Oklahoma! At Young Vic Best Actor In A Supporting Role In A MusicalSharif Afifi for The Band’s Visit at Donmar WarehousePeter Polycarpou for The Band’s Visit at Donmar WarehouseClive Rowe for Sister Act at Eventim ApolloZubin Varla for Tammy Faye at Almeida Theatre TAIT Award for Best New Opera ProductionAlcina by Royal Opera at Royal Opera HouseLeast Like The Other by Irish National Opera and Royal Opera at Royal Opera House – Linbury TheatrePeter Grimes by Royal Opera at Royal Opera HouseSibyl at Barbican Theatre Outstanding Achievement In OperaSinéad Campbell-Wallace for her performance in Tosca by English National Opera at London ColiseumWilliam Kentridge for his conception and direction of Sibyl at Barbican TheatreAntony McDonald for his design of Alcina at Royal Opera House Best Actor In A MusicalAlon Moni Aboutboul for The Band’s Visit at Donmar WarehouseArthur Darvill for Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Oklahoma! At Young VicJulian Ovenden for South Pacific at Sadler’s WellsAndrew Rannells for Tammy Faye at Almeida Theatre Best Actress In A MusicalKatie Brayben for Tammy Faye at Almeida TheatreAnoushka Lucas for Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Oklahoma! At Young VicMiri Mesika for The Band’s Visit at Donmar WarehouseFaith Omole for Standing At The Sky’s Edge at National Theatre – Olivier Best New Dance ProductionLight Of Passage by Crystal Pite at Royal Opera HousePasionaria by La Veronal at Sadler’s WellsTraplord by Ivan Michael Blackstock at 180 Studios (The Strand)Triptych (The Missing Door, The Lost Room, And The Hidden Floor) by Peeping Tom at Barbican Theatre Outstanding Achievement In DanceManuel Liñán for his choreography of ¡VIVA! at Sadler’s WellsDickson Mbi for his choreography of Enowate at Sadler’s WellsRaquel Meseger Zafe for her dramaturgy of Ruination by Lost Dog at Royal Opera House – Linbury TheatreCatrina Nisbett for her performance in Family Honour by Spoken Movement at Sadler’s Wells Unusual Rigging Award for Outstanding Achievement in Affiliate TheatreAge Is A Feeling at Soho TheatreBlackout Songs at Hampstead Theatre DownstairsThe P Word at Bush TheatreParadise Now! at Bush TheatreTwo Palestinians Go Dogging at Jerwood Theatre Upstairs at Royal Court Theatre Sir Peter Hall Award for Best DirectorRebecca Frecknall for A Streetcar Named Desire at Almeida TheatreRobert Hastie for Standing At The Sky’s Edge at National Theatre – OlivierJustin Martin for Prima Facie at Harold Pinter TheatrePhelim McDermott for My Neighbour Totoro at Barbican TheatreBartlett Sher for To Kill A Mockingbird at Gielgud Theatre Best Actress Jodie Comer for Prima Facie at Harold Pinter TheatrePatsy Ferran for A Streetcar Named Desire at Almeida TheatreMei Mac for My Neighbour Totoro at Barbican TheatreJanet McTeer for Phaedra at National Theatre – LytteltonNicola Walker for The Corn Is Green at National Theatre – Lyttelton Best ActorTom Hollander for Patriots at Almeida TheatrePaul Mescal for A Streetcar Named Desire at Almeida TheatreRafe for To Kill A Mockingbird at Gielgud TheatreDavid Tennant for Good at Harold Pinter TheatreGiles Terera for Blues For An Alabama Sky at National Theatre – Lyttelton Delta Air Lines Best New PlayFor Black Boys Who Have Considered Suicide When The Hue Gets Too Heavy at Jerwood Theatre Downstairs at Royal Court TheatrePatriots at Almeida TheatrePrima Facie at Harold Pinter TheatreTo Kill A Mockingbird at Gielgud Theatre Mastercard Best New MusicalThe Band’s Visit at Donmar WarehouseStanding At The Sky’s Edge at National Theatre – OlivierSylvia at The Old VicTammy Faye at Almeida TheatreEstablished in 1976 and run by the Society of London Theatre (SOLT), the Olivier Awards celebrate the world-class status of London theatre, and are regarded as Britain’s most prestigious stage honours.Society of London Theatre (SOLT) is a not-for-profit organisation which represents approximately 230 London-based producers, theatre owners and managers, including all the major subsidised theatrical organisations in London. SOLT runs the Olivier Awards, West End LIVE, TKTS, Theatre Tokens, Kids Week, the New Year Sale and Official London Theatre.Looking beyond the announcement to the wider work of London’s theatre sector, the nominations could not have come at a more crucial time. Ahead of the Spring Budget in Westminster, the Society of London Theatre are leading the call for the government to maintain the higher rate of theatre tax relief, which has galvanised the world-beating productions and performances nominated today by providing the financial environment for increased investment in a challenging climate.Mastercard is a global technology company in the payments industry. Our mission is to connect and power an inclusive, digital economy that benefits everyone, everywhere by making transactions safe, simple, smart and accessible. 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