2026 Olivier Awards: Full List Of Winners

Daniel, April 13th, 2026

Paddington Wins Big In The 50th Annual Olivier Awards

London's Royal Albert Hall lit up this past weekend as the 50th Olivier Awards celebrated the best of theatre, hosted by Nick Mohammed. Audiences were treated to electrifying performances from the casts of The Phantom of the Opera, Shucked, and The Producers.

The biggest winner of the entire night was Paddington The Musical, the brand new acclaimed production won a historical seven awards in one night! Paddington won the coveted Best New Musical, Best Actor, Best Costume, Best Director amongst many more! Other big winners include Rachel Zegler for Evita and All My Sons!

Take a look at the full list of winners below!


Best New Musical

Nominations:

Here We Are
Shucked
The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry

Winner:

Paddington

Best Musical Revival

Nominations:

American Psycho
Evita
The Producers

Winner:

Into The Woods


Best New Play


Nominations:

1536
Inter Alia
Kenrex

Winner:

Punch

Best Revival

Nominations:

Arcadia
Much Ado About Nothing
The Seagull

Winner:

All My Sons


Best New Entertainment or Comedy Play

Nominations:

The Comedy About Spies
Every Brilliant Thing
Oh, Mary!
Paranormal Activity

Winner:


O
h, Mary!


Best Actress

Nominations:

Cate Blanchett for The Seagull
Marianne Jean-Baptiste for All My Sons
Julia McDermott for Weather Girl
Rosie Sheehy for Guess How Much I Love You?

Winner:


Rosamund Pike for Inter Alia


Best Actor

Nominations:

Bryan Cranston for All My Sons
Sean Hayes for Good Night, Oscar
Tom Hiddleston for Much Ado About Nothing
David Shields for Punch

Winner:


Jack Holden for Kenrex


Best Actor in a Musical

Nominations:

Marc Antolin for The Producers
Andy Nyman for The Producers
Jamie Parker for Into the Woods
Diego Andres Rodriguez for Evita

Winner:


James Hameed and Arti Shah for Paddington: The Musical


Best Actress in a Musical


Nominations:

Katie Brayben for Into the Woods
Danielle Fiamanya and Georgina Onuorah for Brigadoon
Jane Krakowski for Here We Are
Jenna Russell for The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry

Winner:


Rachel Zegler for Evita


All Other Winners:


Best actress in a supporting role - Julie Hesmondhalgh for Punch

Best actor in a supporting role
- Paapa Essiedu for All My Sons

Best actor in a supporting role in a musical
- Tom Edden for Paddington: The Musical

Best actress in a supporting role in a musical
- Victoria Hamilton-Barritt for Paddington: The Musical

Best Director
- Luke Sheppard for Paddington: The Musical

Best Theatre Choreographer
- Fabian Aloise for Evita

Best costume design
- Gabriella Slade and Tahra Zafar for Paddington: The Musical

Best set design
- Tom Pye and Ash J Woodward for Paddington: The Musical

Best lighting design
- Aideen Malone and Roland Horvath for Into the Woods

Best sound design
- Giles Thomas for Kenrex

Outstanding musical contribution
- Chris Fenwick and Sean Hayes for Good Night, Oscar

Best family show
- The Boy at the Back of the Class

Best new production in affiliate theatre
- The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams

Best new dance production
- Into the Hairy by Sharon Eyal for S-E-D at Sadler's Wells

Best new opera production
- Dead Man Walking by English National Opera

NEWS, TICKETS, THEATRE & MORE

"Get the latest from West End and beyond - straight to your inbox!"

MORE awards

All My Sons

Read more

Evita

Read more

Paddington The Musical