2018 Olivier Award Nominations

Best New Musical
An American In Paris
Everybody’s Talking About Jamie
Girl From The North Country
Hamilton
Young Frankenstein

Best New Play
The Ferryman
Ink
Network
Oslo

Best Musical Revival
42nd Street
Follies
On The Town

Best Revival
Angels In America
Hamlet
Who’s Afraid Of Virginia Woolf?
Witness For The Prosecution

Best New Comedy
Dry Powder
Labour Of Love
Mischief Movie Night
The Miser

Best Director
Dominic Cooke for Follies
Marianne Elliott for Angels In America
Rupert Goold for Ink
Thomas Kail for Hamilton
Sam Mendes for The Ferryman

Best Actor in a Musical
Ciaran Hinds for Girl From The North Country
John McCrea for Everybody’s Talking About Jamie
Giles Terera for Hamilton
Jamael Westman for Hamilton

Best Actress in a Musical
Janie Dee for Follies
Shirley Henderson for Girl From The North Country
Imelda Staunton for Follies
Josie Walker for Everybody’s Talking About Jamie

Best Actor
Paddy Considine for The Ferryman
Bryan Cranston for Network
Andrew Garfield for Angels In America
Andrew Scott for Hamlet

Best Actress
Laura Donnelly for The Ferryman
Lesley Manville for Long Day’s Journey Into Night
Audra McDonald for Lady Day At Emerson’s Bar and Grill
Imelda Staunton for Who’s Afraid Of Virginia Woolf?

Best Actor in a Supporting Role in a Musical
Michael Jibson for Hamilton
Ross Noble for Young Frankenstein
Jason Pennycooke for Hamilton
Cleve September for Hamilton

Best Actress in a Supporting Role in a Musical
Sheila Atim for Girl From The North Country
Tracie Bennett for Follies
Rachel John for Hamilton
Lesley Joseph for Young Frankenstein

Best Actor in a Supporting Role
Bertie Carvel for Ink
John Hodgkinson for The Ferryman
James McArdle for Angels In America
Peter Polycarpou for Oslo

Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Bríd Brennan for The Ferryman
Denise Gough for Angels In America a
Dearbhla Molloy for The Ferryman
Imogen Poots for Who’s Afraid Of Virginia Woolf?

Best Theatre Choreographer
Andy Blankenbuehler for Hamilton
Bill Deamer for Follies
Kate Prince for Everybody’s Talking About Jamie
Randy Skinner for 42nd Street
Christopher Wheeldon for An American In Paris

Outstanding Achievement in Music
Everybody’s Talking About Jamie – Music and orchestrations by Dan Gillespie Sells
Follies – The Orchestra, under the music supervision of Nicholas Skilbeck and music director Nigel Lilley
Girl From The North Country – Music and lyrics by Bob Dylan, original orchestrations and arrangements by Simon Hale
Hamilton – Composer-lyricist Lin-Manuel Miranda

Best New Dance Production
Flight Pattern by Crystal Pite
Goat by Ben Duke for Rambert Dance Company
Grand Finale by Hofesh Shechter
Tree Of Codes by Wayne McGregor and the Paris Opera Ballet

Outstanding Achievement in Dance
Rocio Molina for pushing the boundary of flamenco in Fallen From Heaven (Caída Del Cielo)
Francesca Velicu for her performance in English National Ballet’s production of Pina Bausch’s Le Sacre Du Printemps
Zenaida Yanowsky for her performance in Liam Scarlett’s Symphonic Dances

Best Entertainment and Family
David Walliams’ Gangsta Granny
Derren Brown: Underground
Dick Whittington
Five Guys Named Moe

Best New Opera Production
La Boheme
The Exterminating Angel
Semiramide

Outstanding Achievement in Opera
Paul Brown for his set and costume designs for Iolanthe
Joyce DiDonato and Daniela Barcellona for their performances in Semiramide
Roderick Williams for his performance in The Royal Opera’s The Return Of Ulysses

Outstanding Achievement in Affiliate Theatre
The Beasts
Killology
The Red Lion
The Revlon Girl

Best Costume Design
Hugh Durrant for Dick Whittington
Roger Kirk for 42nd Street
Vicki Mortimer for Follies
Paul Tazewell for Hamilton

Best Lighting Design
Howell Binkley for Hamilton
Paule Constable for Angels In America
Paule Constable for Follies
Jan Versweyveld for Network

Best Set Design
Bunny Christie for Ink
Bob Crowley and 59 Productions for An American In Paris
Rob Howell for The Ferryman
Vicki Mortimer for Follies

Best Sound Design
Tom Gibbons for Hamlet
Gareth Owen for Bat Out Of Hell The Musical
Eric Sleichim for Network
Nevin Steinberg for Hamilton