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Olivier Awards: The nominations in full

Stars including Andrew Garfield, Bryan Cranston and Lesley Manville are among the acting nominees.
Stars including Andrew Garfield, Bryan Cranston and Lesley Manville are among the acting nominees. Stars including Andrew Garfield, Bryan Cranston and Lesley Manville are among the acting nominees.

West End musical Hamilton is leading the charge at the Olivier Awards with 13 nominations in total, the most a production has ever received in the ceremony’s history.

Other nominees include the musical Follies, which has 10 nods, and The Ferryman, which is the most nominated play with eight.

Here is the full list of nominees for the Olivier Awards 2018:

Best actor


Paddy Considine for The Ferryman at Gielgud Theatre and Jerwood Theatre Downstairs at the Royal Court Theatre


Bryan Cranston for Network at National Theatre – Lyttelton


Andrew Garfield for Angels In America at National Theatre – Lyttelton


Andrew Scott for Hamlet at Almeida Theatre

Best actress


Laura Donnelly for The Ferryman at Gielgud Theatre and Jerwood Theatre Downstairs at the Royal Court Theatre


Lesley Manville for Long Day’s Journey Into Night at Wyndham’s Theatre


Audra McDonald for Lady Day At Emerson’s Bar & Grill at Wyndham’s Theatre


Imelda Staunton for Who’s Afraid Of Virginia Woolf? at Harold Pinter Theatre

Best actor in a supporting role


Bertie Carvel for Ink at Almeida Theatre and Duke of York’s Theatre


John Hodgkinson for The Ferryman at Gielgud Theatre and Jerwood Theatre Downstairs at the Royal Court Theatre


James McArdle for Angels In America at National Theatre – Lyttelton


Peter Polycarpou for Oslo at Harold Pinter Theatre

Best actress in a supporting role


Brid Brennan for The Ferryman at Gielgud Theatre and Jerwood Theatre Downstairs at the Royal Court Theatre


Denise Gough for Angels In America at National Theatre – Lyttelton


Dearbhla Molloy for The Ferryman at Gielgud Theatre and Jerwood Theatre Downstairs at the Royal Court Theatre


Imogen Poots for Who’s Afraid Of Virginia Woolf? at Harold Pinter Theatre

Best actor in a musical


Ciaran Hinds for Girl From The North Country at The Old Vic


John McCrea for Everybody’s Talking About Jamie at Apollo Theatre


Giles Terera for Hamilton at Victoria Palace Theatre


Jamael Westman for Hamilton at Victoria Palace Theatre

Best actress in a musical


Janie Dee for Follies at National Theatre – Olivier


Shirley Henderson for Girl From The North Country at The Old Vic


Imelda Staunton for Follies at National Theatre – Olivier


Josie Walker for Everybody’s Talking About Jamie at Apollo Theatre

Best actor in a supporting role in a musical


Michael Jibson for Hamilton at Victoria Palace Theatre


Ross Noble for Young Frankenstein at Garrick Theatre


Jason Pennycooke for Hamilton at Victoria Palace Theatre


Cleve September for Hamilton at Victoria Palace Theatre

Best actress in a supporting role in a musical


Sheila Atim for Girl From The North Country at The Old Vic


Tracie Bennett for Follies at National Theatre – Olivier


Rachel John for Hamilton at Victoria Palace Theatre


Lesley Joseph for Young Frankenstein at Garrick Theatre

Best director


Dominic Cooke for Follies at National Theatre – Olivier


Marianne Elliott for Angels In America at National Theatre – Lyttelton


Rupert Goold for Ink at Almeida Theatre and Duke of York’s Theatre


Thomas Kail for Hamilton at Victoria Palace Theatre


Sam Mendes for The Ferryman at Gielgud Theatre and Jerwood Theatre Downstairs at the Royal Court Theatre

American Airlines best new play


The Ferryman at Gielgud Theatre and Jerwood Theatre Downstairs at the Royal Court Theatre


Ink at Almeida Theatre and Duke of York’s Theatre


Network at National Theatre – Lyttelton


Oslo at Harold Pinter Theatre

Mastercard best new musical


An American In Paris at Dominion Theatre


Everybody’s Talking About Jamie at Apollo Theatre


Girl From The North Country at The Old Vic


Hamilton at Victoria Palace Theatre


Young Frankenstein at Garrick Theatre

Outstanding achievement in music


Everybody’s Talking About Jamie – music and orchestrations by Dan Gillespie Sells, his debut as a musical theatre composer and orchestrator at Apollo Theatre


Follies – the orchestra, under the music supervision of Nicholas Skilbeck and music director Nigel Lilley at National Theatre – Olivier


Girl From The North Country – music and lyrics by Bob Dylan, original orchestrations and arrangements by Simon Hale at The Old Vic


Hamilton – composer-lyricist Lin-Manuel Miranda at Victoria Palace Theatre

Best new dance production


Flight Pattern by Crystal Pite at Royal Opera House


Goat by Ben Duke for Rambert Dance Company at Sadler’s Wells


Grand Finale by Hofesh Shechter at Sadler’s Wells


Tree Of Codes by Wayne McGregor and The Paris Opera Ballet at Sadler’s Wells

Outstanding achievement in dance


Rocio Molina for pushing the boundary of flamenco in Fallen From Heaven (Caida Del Cielo) at Barbican Theatre


Francesca Velicu for her performance in English National Ballet’s production of Pina Bausch’s Le Sacre Du Printemps at Sadler’s Wells


Zenaida Yanowsky for her performance in Liam Scarlett’s Symphonic Dances at Royal Opera House

Best entertainment and family


David Walliams’s Gangsta Granny at Garrick Theatre


Derren Brown: Underground at Playhouse Theatre


Dick Whittington at London Palladium


Five Guys Named Moe at Marble Arch Theatre

Best theatre choreographer


Andy Blankenbuehler for Hamilton at Victoria Palace Theatre


Bill Deamer for Follies at National Theatre – Olivier


Kate Prince for Everybody’s Talking About Jamie at Apollo Theatre


Randy Skinner for 42nd Street at Theatre Royal Drury Lane


Christopher Wheeldon for An American In Paris at Dominion Theatre

Magic Radio best musical revival


42nd Street at Theatre Royal Drury Lane


Follies at National Theatre – Olivier


On The Town at Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre

Best revival


Angels In America at National Theatre – Lyttelton


Hamlet at Almeida Theatre


Who’s Afraid Of Virginia Woolf? at Harold Pinter Theatre


Witness For The Prosecution at London County Hall

Best new comedy


Dry Powder at Hampstead Theatre


Labour Of Love at Noël Coward Theatre


Mischief Movie Night at Arts Theatre


The Miser at Garrick Theatre

Outstanding achievement in affiliate theatre


The B*easts at Bush Theatre


Killology at Jerwood Theatre Upstairs at the Royal Court Theatre


The Red Lion at Trafalgar Studios 2


The Revlon Girl at Park Theatre

White Light Award for best lighting design


Howell Binkley for Hamilton at Victoria Palace Theatre


Paule Constable for Angels In America at National Theatre – Lyttelton


Paule Constable for Follies at National Theatre – Olivier


Jan Versweyveld for Network at National Theatre – Lyttelton

Best sound design


Tom Gibbons for Hamlet at Almeida Theatre


Gareth Owen for Bat Out Of Hell The Musical at London Coliseum


Eric Sleichim for Network at National Theatre – Lyttelton


Nevin Steinberg for Hamilton at Victoria Palace Theatre

Best costume design


Hugh Durrant for Dick Whittington at London Palladium


Roger Kirk for 42nd Street at Theatre Royal Drury Lane


Vicki Mortimer for Follies at National Theatre – Olivier


Paul Tazewell for Hamilton at Victoria Palace Theatre

Blue-I Theatre Technology Award for best set design


Bunny Christie for Ink at Almeida Theatre and Duke of York’s Theatre


Bob Crowley and 59 Productions for An American In Paris at Dominion Theatre


Rob Howell for The Ferryman at Gielgud Theatre and Jerwood Theatre Downstairs at the Royal Court Theatre


Vicki Mortimer for Follies at National Theatre – Olivier

Best new opera production


La Boheme at Trafalgar Studios 2


The Exterminating Angel at Royal Opera House


Semiramide at Royal Opera House

Outstanding achievement in opera


Paul Brown for his set and costume designs for Iolanthe at London Coliseum


Joyce DiDonato and Daniela Barcellona for their performances in Semiramide at Royal Opera House


Roderick Williams for his performance in the Royal Opera’s The Return Of Ulysses at the Roundhouse