The 2025 Olivier Awards, held Sunday at London’s Royal Albert Corridor and hosted by Beverley Knight and Billy Porter, noticed huge wins for actors like John Lithgow, Lesley Manville and Imelda Staunton. Receiving three awards apiece, productions of The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Fiddler on the Roof and Big additionally swept in the course of the night.
The occasion is internationally acknowledged as the very best British theater honors and celebrates the foremost performances onstage, the abroad equal to the U.S. Tony Awards.
Further winners included productions Oedipus, Titanique, The Years and Festen, all of which received two prizes every.
The ceremony opened with a show-stopping efficiency of “Luck Be a Woman” from Guys & Dolls by hosts Knight and Porter, accompanied by the Home Gospel Choir. Further performances all through the night included snippets from The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, MJ the Musical, Natasha, Pierre & the Nice Comet of 1812 and Why Am I So Single?, along with Fiddler on the Roof, Oliver! and Starlight Specific. There was additionally a particular fortieth anniversary efficiency from Les Misérables.
Under, see the complete winners checklist:
Finest New Musical
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, music & lyrics by Darren Clark, guide & lyrics by Jethro Compton at Ambassadors Theatre
Finest Revival
Oedipus by Robert Icke at Wyndham’s Theatre
Finest Actor in a Supporting Position
Elliot Levey for Big at Jerwood Theatre Downstairs at Royal Court docket Theatre
Finest Actress in a Supporting Position
Romola Garai for The Years at Almeida Theatre & Harold Pinter Theatre
Finest Costume Design
Gabriella Slade for Starlight Specific at Troubadour Wembley Park Theatre
Blue-i Theatre Know-how Award for Finest Set Design
Tom Scutt for Fiddler on the Roof at Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre
Finest Actress
Lesley Manville for Oedipus at Wyndham’s Theatre
Finest Actor
John Lithgow for Big at Jerwood Theatre Downstairs at Royal Court docket Theatre
Excellent Achievement in Opera
Allan Clayton for his efficiency in Festen at Royal Opera Home
TAIT Award for Finest New Opera Manufacturing
Festen by The Royal Opera at Royal Opera Home
Sir Peter Corridor Award for Finest Director
Eline Arbo for The Years at Almeida Theatre & Harold Pinter Theatre
Finest New Manufacturing in Affiliate Theatre
Boys on the Verge of Tears by Sam Grabiner at Soho Theatre
The Londoner Award for Finest New Play
Big by Mark Rosenblatt at Jerwood Theatre Downstairs at Royal Court docket Theatre
Noël Coward Award for Finest New Leisure or Comedy Play
Titanique by Tye Blue, Marla Mindelle & Constantine Rousouli at Criterion Theatre
Gillian Lynne Award for Finest Theatre Choreographer
Christopher Wheeldon for MJ the Musical at Prince Edward Theatre
Finest Household Present
Brainiac Stay at Marylebone Theatre
Excellent Achievement in Dance
Eva Yerbabuena for her efficiency in Yerbagüena at Sadler’s Wells
Finest New Dance Manufacturing
Meeting Corridor by Kidd Pivot, Crystal Pite & Jonathon Younger at Sadler’s Wells
Excellent Musical Contribution
Darren Clark for Music Supervision, Orchestrations & Preparations and Mark Aspinall for Musical Course, Music Supervision, Orchestrations & Preparations for The Curious Case of Benjamin Button at Ambassadors Theatre
Finest Musical Revival
Fiddler on the Roof, music by Jerry Bock, lyrics by Sheldon Harnick, guide by Joseph Stein at Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre
White Mild Award for Finest Lighting Design
Paule Constable & Ben Jacobs for Oliver! at Gielgud Theatre
Finest Sound Design
Nick Lidster for Fiddler on the Roof at Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre
Finest Actress in a Supporting Position in a Musical
Maimuna Memon for Natasha, Pierre & the Nice Comet of 1812 at Donmar Warehouse
Finest Actor in a Supporting Position in a Musical
Layton Williams for Titanique at Criterion Theatre
Finest Actor in a Musical
John Dagleish for The Curious Case of Benjamin Button at Ambassadors Theatre
Finest Actress in a Musical
Imelda Staunton for Hey, Dolly! at The London Palladium
