As we draw closer to the nominations for the Olivier Awards 2023 with Mastercard, and the cut-off for shows eligible to be considered in this year’s awards has passed, we’ve pulled together the list of shows in the running!
Any new production that opened between 21 February 2022 and 14 February 2023 in a theatre represented in membership of the Society of London Theatre is eligible for consideration, provided it ran for a minimum amount of performances required for each category.
The full list of eligible shows and the categories they are eligible for can be found below.
Eligible for the following awards:
Best Revival, Best Entertainment or Comedy Play, Best Musical Revival, Best Costume Design, Best Sound Design, Best Original Score or New Orchestrations, Best Theatre Choreographer, Best Actor in a Supporting Role, Best Actress in a Supporting Role, Best Set Design, Best Lighting Design, Best Actress in a Supporting Role in a Musical, Best Actor in a Supporting Role in a Musical, Best Actor in a Musical, Best Actress in a Musical, Best Actress, Best Actor, Best Director, Best New Play, Best New Musical
The 47th, The Old Vic
101 Dalmatians, Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre
All Of Us, National Theatre – Dorfman
As You Like It, @sohoplace
Bad Jews, Arts Theatre
Baghdaddy, Royal Court (Jerwood Theatre Downstairs)
The Band’s Visit, Donmar Warehouse
Disney’s Beauty And The Beast, London Palladium
Blues For An Alabama Sky, National Theatre – Lyttelton
Bonnie & Clyde, Arts Theatre
The Boy With Two Hearts, National Theatre – Dorfman
The Breach, Hampstead Theatre
Britannicus, Lyric Hammersmith Theatre
Bugsy Malone, Alexandra Palace Theatre
Cages, Riverside Studios
Chasing Hares, Young Vic
The Clinic, Almeida Theatre
Closer, Lyric Hammersmith Theatre
Cock, Ambassadors Theatre
The Corn Is Green, National Theatre – Lyttelton
The Crucible, National Theatre – Olivier
“Daddy”: A Melodrama, Almeida Theatre
A Different Stage, Duke of York’s Theatre
A Doll’s House, Part 2, Donmar Warehouse
Dolly Parton’s Smoky Mountain Christmas Carol, Queen Elizabeth Hall, Southbank Centre
Eureka Day, The Old Vic
The Father And The Assassin, National Theatre – Olivier
The Fellowship, Hampstead Theatre
The Fever Syndrome, Hampstead Theatre
For Black Boys Who Have Considered Suicide When The Hue Gets Too Heavy, Royal Court (Jerwood Theatre Downstairs)
The Glass Menagerie, Duke of York’s Theatre
Good, Harold Pinter Theatre
Grease, Dominion Theatre
Handbagged, Kiln Theatre
Henry V, Shakespeare’s Globe
Henry V, Donmar Warehouse
Henry VIII, Shakespeare’s Globe
Hex, National Theatre – Olivier
The House Of Shades, Almeida Theatre
The Human Voice, Harold Pinter Theatre
Iphigenia In Splott, Lyric Hammersmith Theatre
Jack Absolute Flies Again, National Theatre – Olivier
Jack And The Beanstalk, London Palladium
Jean Paul Gaultier Fashion Freak Show, Roundhouse
Jerusalem, Apollo Theatre
Jitney, The Old Vic
Julius Caesar, Shakespeare’s Globe
Kerry Jackson, National Theatre – Dorfman Theatre
King Lear, Shakespeare’s Globe
Legally Blonde, Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre
Lemons, Lemons, Lemons, Lemons, Lemons, Harold Pinter Theatre
Linck & Mülhahn, Hampstead Theatre
The Lion The Witch And The Wardrobe, Gillian Lynne Theatre
Mad House, Ambassadors Theatre
Mandela, Young Vic
Marvellous, @sohoplace
Mary, Hampstead Theatre
Marys Seacole, Donmar Warehouse
The Merchant Of Venice, Shakespeare’s Globe
Middle, National Theatre – Dorfman
Mother Goose, Duke of York’s Theatre
Much Ado About Nothing, National Theatre – Lyttelton
Much Ado About Nothing, Shakespeare’s Globe
My Fair Lady, London Coliseum
My Neighbour Totoro, Barbican Theatre
My Son’s A Queer (But What Can You Do?), Garrick Theatre
Newsies, Troubadour Wembley Park
Noises Off, Phoenix
Oklahoma!, Young Vic
One Woman Show, Ambassadors Theatre
Orlando, Garrick Theatre
Othello, National Theatre – Lyttelton
Our Generation, National Theatre – Dorfman Theatre
Patriots, Almeida Theatre
Peaky Blinders: The Rise, The Camden Garrison at the Vanguard Theatre
Phaedra, National Theatre – Lyttelton
Prima Facie, Harold Pinter Theatre
The Seagull, Harold Pinter Theatre
Scandaltown, Lyric Hammersmith Theatre
Derren Brown: Showman, Apollo Theatre
Sister Act, Eventim Apollo
Small Island, National Theatre – Olivier
The Snail House, Hampstead Theatre
Sons Of Prophet, Hampstead Theatre
Sound Of The Underground, Royal Court (Jerwood Theatre Downstairs)
South Pacific, Sadler’s Wells
Standing At The Sky’s Edge, National Theatre – Olivier
A Streetcar Named Desire, Almeida Theatre
Sylvia, The Old Vic
Tammy Faye, Almeida Theatre
The Tempest, Shakespeare’s Globe
That Is Not Who I Am, Royal Court (Jerwood Theatre Downstairs)
Titus Andronicus, Shakespeare’s Globe
To Kill A Mockingbird, Gielgud Theatre
Tom, Dick & Harry, Alexandra Palace Theatre
The Unfriend, Criterion Theatre
Watch On The Rhine, Almeida Theatre
The Wife Of Willesden, Kiln Theatre
Eligible for: Outstanding Achievement in Affiliate Theatre
After The End, Theatre Royal Stratford East
Age Is A Feeling, Soho Theatre
George Takei’s Allegiance, Charing Cross Theatre
The Animal Kingdom, Hampstead Theatre Downstairs
The Art Of Illusion, Hampstead Theatre Downstairs
Blackout Songs, Hampstead Theatre Downstairs
The Caucasian Chalk Circle, Rose Theatre Kingston
A Christmas Carol, Rose Theatre
Cinderella, Theatre Royal Stratford East
Clutch, Bush Theatre
Clybourne Park, Park Theatre
Dinner With Groucho, Arcola Theatre
Elephant, Bush Theatre
The End Of The Night, Park Theatre
Favour, Bush Theatre
Follow The Sign, Soho Theatre
From Here To Eternity, Charing Cross Theatre
House Of Ife, Bush Theatre
Invisible, Bush Theatre
The Kola Nut Does Not Speak English, Bush Theatre
Lotus Beauty, Hampstead Theatre Downstairs
The Ministry Of Lesbian Affairs, Soho Theatre
On The Ropes, Park Theatre
The P Word, Bush Theatre
Paradise Now!, Bush Theatre
Persuasion, Rose Theatre
Ravenscourt, Hampstead Theatre Downstairs
Ride, Charing Cross Theatre
Rose, Park Theatre
A Single Man, Park Theatre
Super High Resolution, Soho Theatre
Tony [The Tony Blair Rock Opera], Park Theatre
Two Palestinians Go Dogging, Royal Court (Jerwood Theatre Upstairs)
Winner’s Curse, Park Theatre
Wolf Cub, Hampstead Theatre Downstairs
The Wonderful World Of Dissocia, Theatre Royal Stratford East
Word-Play, Royal Court (Jerwood Theatre Upstairs)
Zorro The Musical, Charing Cross Theatre
Eligible for: Outstanding Achievement in Dance, Best New Dance Production
Alice (Jasmin Vardimon Company), Sadler’s Wells
Anton & Giovanni: Him & Me, Peacock Theatre
Any Attempt Will End In Crushed Bodies And Shattered Bones (Jan Martens), Sadler’s Wells
Le Bal De Paris, Barbican
Ballet Black Double Bill, Barbican Theatre
Clorinda Agonistes (Clorinda the Warrior) (Shobana Jeyasingh), Sadler’s Wells
The Crucible (Scottish Ballet), Sadler’s Wells
Common ground[s] (Pina Bausch/Germaine Acogny & Malou Airaudo), Sadler’s Wells
La Consagración de la Primavera (Rite of Spring) (Israel Galván), Sadler’s Wells
Dance (Rambert), Sadler’s Wells
The Royal Ballet: A Diamond Celebration, Royal Opera House
Don Quixote (Birmingham Royal Ballet), Sadler’s Wells
Ek/Forsythe/Quagebeur (English National Ballet) [premiere of Mats Ek’s The Rite of Spring], Sadler’s Wells
Elements Of Freestyle (ISH Dance Collective), Peacock Theatre
Enowate (Dickson Mbi), Sadler’s Wells
Everyone Keeps Me – New Pam Tanowitz, Royal Opera House – Linbury Theatre
Family Honour (Spoken Movement), Sadler’s Wells
The Forsythe Evening (English National Ballet), Sadler’s Wells
Freedom (Johannes Radebe), Peacock Theatre
Gala Flamenca – Mujeres de CAL y CANTE (Compañía María del Mar Moreno), Sadler’s Wells
Giselle, London Coliseum
The Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 (Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker, Pavel Kolesnikov/Rosas), Sadler’s Wells
Good Hope (South African Road Trip), Sadler’s Wells
House of Flamenka (Karen Ruimy with Arlene Phillips), Peacock Theatre
Into the Music – Hotel (Birmingham Royal Ballet), Sadler’s Wells
The Jump (Compania Jesus Carmona), Sadler’s Wells
Light Of Passage, Royal Opera House
Like Water for Chocolate, Royal Opera House
Love Chapter 3 (L-E-V/Sharon Eyal), Sadler’s Wells
Machine De Cirque, Peacock Theatre
Mixtape (Celebrating 20 years of ZooNation: The Kate Prince Company), Sadler’s Wells
Mystery Sonatas / For Rosa (Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker/Rosas), Sadler’s Wells
Dance Umbrella and Sadler’s Wells present Oona Doherty – Navy Blue, Sadler’s Wells
New Creation (Bruno Beltrão / Grupo de Rua), Sadler’s Wells
An Ode To Time (Compania Maria Pages), Sadler’s Wells
Pasionaria (La Veronal), Sadler’s Wells
Peaky Blinders: The Redemption of Thomas Shelby, Troubadour Wembley Park Theatre
Remembering The Oscars (Aljaz And Janette), Peacock Theatre
Requiem: Fire In The Air Of The Earth (A.I.M by Kyle Abraham), Sadler’s Wells
Ruination, Royal Opera House – Linbury Theatre
Samsara (Aakash Odedra Company), Sadler’s Wells
Shades Of Blue (Matsena Productions) (Part of double bill with House Of Absolute), Sadler’s Wells
Solera (Paco Pena), Sadler’s Wells
To What End, Barbican Theatre
Traplord (Ivan Michael Blackstock), 180 Studios (The Strand)
Triptych (The Missing Door, The Lost Room and The Hidden Floor), Barbican Theatre
¡VIVA! (Manuel Linan), Sadler’s Wells
Warrior Queens (House Of Absolute) (Part of double bill with Matsena Productions), Sadler’s Wells
The Weathering (part of The Weathering / Solo Echo / DGV: Danse à grande vitesse), Royal Opera House
Wild Tango (German Cornejo), Peacock Theatre
Eligible for: Outstanding Achievement in Opera, Best New Opera Production
The Handmaid’s Tale, London Coliesum
It’s A Wonderful Life, London Coliseum
Peter Grimes, Royal Opera House
Samson Et Dalila, Royal Opera House
Sybil, Barbican Theatre
Tosca, London Coliseum
The Yeomen Of The Guard, London Coliseum
Eligible for: Best Family Show
Blippi The Musical, Apollo
Hey Duggee The Live Theatre Show, Southbank Centre
Magical Merlin, Fortune
Peppa Pig: My First Concert, London Coliseum
The Smartest Giant In Town, St Martin’s Theatre