{"id":527474,"date":"2026-04-12T21:24:09","date_gmt":"2026-04-12T21:24:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/527474\/"},"modified":"2026-04-12T21:24:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-12T21:24:09","slug":"paapa-essiedu-rosamund-pike-take-prizes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/527474\/","title":{"rendered":"Paapa Essiedu & Rosamund Pike Take Prizes"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tRachel Zegler<\/a>, Paapa Essiedu, and Rosamund Pike were among the big winners at the 2026 Olivier Awards<\/a>, which took place this evening at the Royal Albert Hall in London. Scroll down for the full list of winners.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tZegler won Best Actress in a Musical for her performance in last summer\u2019s buzzy \u00c9vita revival at the London Palladium. Pike won the Best Actress award for her performance in the legal drama Inter Alia by \u200b\u200bAustralian playwright Suzie Miller, staged at the National Theatre. Essiedu won Best Actor in a Supporting Role for All My Sons, the revival of Arthur Miller\u2019s 1946 play staged at Wyndham\u2019s Theatre. All My Sons also landed the award for Best Revival this evening in London.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tElsewhere, the Best Director award went to Luke Sheppard for Paddington The Musical. The popular stage adaptation also won Best Actor in a Supporting Role in a Musical with Tom Edden, Best Costume Design with Gabriella Slade and Tahra Zafar, and the evening\u2019s last prize, Best New Musical. The production was staged at the Savoy Theatre.<\/p>\n

\n\tPerformances during this evening\u2019s show included a rendition of Don\u2019t Cry for Me Argentina by Zegler, who received a standing ovation after her performance. Deadline\u2019s Baz Bamigboye captured the ovation from inside the Royal Albert Hall.<\/p>\n

Enthusiastic applause for Rachel Zegler after performing \u201cDon\u2019t Cry for Me Argentina\u201d at the Olivier Awards. <\/p>\n

Zegler is in the running for best actress in a musical for \u2018Evita\u2019 pic.twitter.com\/gDr5ZqzMUE<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Deadline (@DEADLINE) April 12, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n

\n\tTed Lasso star Nick Mohammed hosted the ceremony.<\/p>\n

\n\tSee the full winners list below.<\/p>\n

\n\t2026 Olivier Award Winners:<\/p>\n

\n\tCunard Best New Musical\u00a0<\/p>\n

Here We Are, book by David Ives, music & lyrics by Stephen Sondheim at National Theatre \u2013 Lyttelton\u00a0<\/p>\n

Paddington The Musical, music & lyrics by Tom Fletcher & book by Jessica Swale at Savoy Theatre\u00a0<\/p>\n

Shucked, book by Robert Horn, music & lyrics by Brandy Clark & Shane McAnally at Regent\u2019s Park Open Air Theatre\u00a0<\/p>\n

The Unlikely Pilgrimage Of Harold Fry, book by Rachel Joyce, music & lyrics by Passenger at Theatre Royal Haymarket\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tBest Musical Revival supported by Piper-Heidsieck\u00a0<\/p>\n

American Psycho, book by Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa, music & lyrics by Duncan Sheik, based on the novel by Bret Easton Ellis at Almeida Theatre\u00a0<\/p>\n

Evita, lyrics by Tim Rice, music by Andrew Lloyd Webber at The London Palladium\u00a0<\/p>\n

Into The Woods, music & lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, book by James Lapine at Bridge Theatre\u00a0<\/p>\n

The Producers, music & lyrics by Mel Brooks, book by Mel Brooks & Thomas Meehan at Garrick Theatre\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tBest New Play supported by The Londoner\u00a0<\/p>\n

1536 by Ava Pickett at Almeida Theatre\u00a0<\/p>\n

Inter Alia by Suzie Miller at National Theatre \u2013 Lyttelton\u00a0<\/p>\n

Kenrex by Jack Holden & Ed Stambollouian at The Other Palace\u00a0<\/p>\n

Punch by James Graham at Young Vic & Apollo Theatre\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tBest Revival\u00a0<\/p>\n

All My Sons by Arthur Miller at Wyndham\u2019s Theatre\u00a0<\/p>\n

Arcadia by Tom Stoppard at The Old Vic\u00a0<\/p>\n

Much Ado About Nothing by William Shakespeare at Theatre Royal Drury Lane\u00a0<\/p>\n

The Seagull by Anton Chekhov, adapted by Duncan Macmillan & Thomas Ostermeier at Barbican Theatre\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tNo\u00ebl Coward Award for Best New Entertainment or Comedy Play\u00a0<\/p>\n

The Comedy About Spies by Henry Lewis & Henry Shields at No\u00ebl Coward Theatre\u00a0<\/p>\n

Every Brilliant Thing by Duncan Macmillan with Jonny Donahoe at @sohoplace\u00a0<\/p>\n

Oh, Mary! by Cole Escola at Trafalgar Theatre\u00a0<\/p>\n

Paranormal Activity by Levi Holloway at Ambassadors Theatre\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tBest Actress\u00a0<\/p>\n

Cate Blanchett for The Seagull at Barbican Theatre\u00a0<\/p>\n

Marianne Jean-Baptiste for All My Sons at Wyndham\u2019s Theatre\u00a0<\/p>\n

Julia McDermott for Weather Girl at Soho Theatre\u00a0<\/p>\n

Rosamund Pike for Inter Alia at National Theatre \u2013 Lyttelton\u00a0<\/p>\n

Rosie Sheehy for Guess How Much I Love You? at Jerwood Theatre Downstairs at Royal Court Theatre\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tBest Actor\u00a0<\/p>\n

Bryan Cranston for All My Sons at Wyndham\u2019s Theatre\u00a0<\/p>\n

Sean Hayes for Good Night, Oscar at Barbican Theatre
Tom Hiddleston<\/a> for Much Ado About Nothing at Theatre Royal Drury Lane\u00a0<\/p>\n

Jack Holden for Kenrex at The Other Palace\u00a0<\/p>\n

David Shields for Punch at Young Vic & Apollo Theatre\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tBest Actor in a Musical\u00a0<\/p>\n

Marc Antolin for The Producers at Garrick Theatre\u00a0<\/p>\n

James Hameed & Arti Shah for Paddington The Musical at Savoy Theatre\u00a0<\/p>\n

Andy Nyman for The Producers at Garrick Theatre\u00a0<\/p>\n

Jamie Parker for Into The Woods at Bridge Theatre\u00a0<\/p>\n

Diego Andres Rodriguez for Evita at The London Palladium\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tBest Actress in a Musical\u00a0<\/p>\n

Katie Brayben for Into The Woods at Bridge Theatre\u00a0<\/p>\n

Danielle Fiamanya & Georgina Onuorah for Brigadoon at Regent\u2019s Park Open Air Theatre\u00a0<\/p>\n

Jane Krakowski for Here We Are at National Theatre \u2013 Lyttelton\u00a0<\/p>\n

Jenna Russell for The Unlikely Pilgrimage Of Harold Fry at Theatre Royal Haymarket\u00a0<\/p>\n

Rachel Zegler for Evita at The London Palladium\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tBest Actress in a Supporting Role\u00a0<\/p>\n

Isis Hainsworth for Arcadia at The Old Vic\u00a0<\/p>\n

Julie Hesmondhalgh for Punch at Young Vic & Apollo Theatre\u00a0<\/p>\n

Lucy Karczewski for Stereophonic at Duke of York\u2019s Theatre\u00a0<\/p>\n

Hayley Squires for All My Sons at Wyndham\u2019s Theatre\u00a0<\/p>\n

Sophie Thompson for When We Are Married at Donmar Warehouse\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tBest Actor in a Supporting Role\u00a0<\/p>\n

Hammed Animashaun for Dealer\u2019s Choice at Donmar Warehouse\u00a0<\/p>\n

Paapa Essiedu for All My Sons at Wyndham\u2019s Theatre\u00a0<\/p>\n

Zachary Hart for The Seagull at Barbican Theatre\u00a0<\/p>\n

Zachary Hart for Stereophonic at Duke of York\u2019s Theatre\u00a0<\/p>\n

Giles Terera for Oh, Mary! at Trafalgar Theatre\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tBest Actor in a Supporting Role in a Musical\u00a0<\/p>\n

Trevor Ashley for The Producers at Garrick Theatre\u00a0<\/p>\n

Corbin Bleu for The Great Gatsby \u2013 A New Musical at London Coliseum\u00a0<\/p>\n

Tom Edden for Paddington The Musical at Savoy Theatre\u00a0<\/p>\n

Jo Foster for Into The Woods at Bridge Theatre\u00a0<\/p>\n

Oliver Savile for Into The Woods at Bridge Theatre\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tBest Actress in a Supporting Role in a Musical\u00a0<\/p>\n

Tracie Bennett for Here We Are at National Theatre \u2013 Lyttelton\u00a0<\/p>\n

Amy Booth-Steel for Paddington The Musical at Savoy Theatre\u00a0<\/p>\n

Kate Fleetwood for Into The Woods at Bridge Theatre\u00a0<\/p>\n

Victoria Hamilton-Barritt for Paddington The Musical at Savoy Theatre\u00a0<\/p>\n

Georgina Onuorah for Shucked at Regent\u2019s Park Open Air Theatre\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tSir Peter Hall Award for Best Director\u00a0<\/p>\n

Jordan Fein for Into The Woods at Bridge Theatre\u00a0<\/p>\n

Luke Sheppard for Paddington The Musical at Savoy Theatre\u00a0<\/p>\n

Ed Stambollouian for Kenrex at The Other Palace\u00a0<\/p>\n

Lyndsey Turner for 1536 at Almeida Theatre\u00a0<\/p>\n

Ivo van Hove for All My Sons at Wyndham\u2019s Theatre\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tGillian Lynne Award for Best Theatre Choreographer\u00a0<\/p>\n

Fabian Aloise for Evita at The London Palladium\u00a0<\/p>\n

Ellen Kane for Paddington The Musical at Savoy Theatre\u00a0<\/p>\n

Drew McOnie for Brigadoon at Regent\u2019s Park Open Air Theatre\u00a0<\/p>\n

Lynne Page for American Psycho at Almeida Theatre\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tBest Costume Design\u00a0<\/p>\n

Enver Chakartash for Stereophonic at Duke of York\u2019s Theatre\u00a0<\/p>\n

Linda Cho for The Great Gatsby \u2013 A New Musical at London Coliseum\u00a0<\/p>\n

Tom Scutt for Into The Woods at Bridge Theatre\u00a0<\/p>\n

Gabriella Slade (Costume Design) & Tahra Zafar (Paddington Design) for Paddington The Musical at Savoy Theatre\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tBest Set Design supported by Blue-i Theatre Technology\u00a0<\/p>\n

Paul Tate dePoo III (Scenic & Projection Design) for The Great Gatsby \u2013 A New Musical at London Coliseum\u00a0<\/p>\n

Tom Pye (Set Design) & Ash J Woodward (Video Design) for Paddington The Musical at Savoy Theatre\u00a0<\/p>\n

Tom Scutt for Into The Woods at Bridge Theatre\u00a0<\/p>\n

David Zinn for Stereophonic at Duke of York\u2019s Theatre\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tBest Lighting Design\u00a0<\/p>\n

Robbie Butler for Punch at Young Vic & Apollo Theatre\u00a0<\/p>\n

Jon Clark for Evita at The London Palladium\u00a0<\/p>\n

Aideen Malone (Lighting Design) & Roland Horvath (Video Design) for Into The Woods at Bridge Theatre\u00a0<\/p>\n

Joshua Pharo for Kenrex at The Other Palace\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tBest Sound Design supported by d&b audiotechnik\u00a0<\/p>\n

Adam Fisher for Into The Woods at Bridge Theatre\u00a0<\/p>\n

Gareth Owen for Paddington The Musical at Savoy Theatre\u00a0<\/p>\n

Ryan Rumery for Stereophonic at Duke of York\u2019s Theatre\u00a0<\/p>\n

Giles Thomas for Kenrex at The Other Palace\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tOutstanding Musical Contribution\u00a0<\/p>\n

Matt Brind (Orchestrations & Arrangements) for Paddington The Musical at Savoy Theatre\u00a0<\/p>\n

Will Butler (Original Songs & Orchestrations) & Justin Craig (Orchestrations) for Stereophonic at Duke of York\u2019s Theatre\u00a0<\/p>\n

John Patrick Elliott (Composition) for Kenrex at The Other Palace\u00a0<\/p>\n

Chris Fenwick (Musical Supervision & Arrangements) & Sean Hayes (Live Piano Performance of Gershwin\u2019s Rhapsody in Blue) for Good Night, Oscar at Barbican Theatre\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tBest Family Show\u00a0<\/p>\n

The Boy At The Back Of The Class, adapted by Nick Ahad at Rose Theatre\u00a0<\/p>\n

The Boy With Wings, adapted by Arvind Ethan David at Polka Theatre\u00a0<\/p>\n

The Firework-Maker\u2019s Daughter, adapted by Jude Christian at Polka Theatre\u00a0<\/p>\n

The Three Little Pigs, music by George Stiles, book & lyrics by Anthony Drewe at Unicorn Theatre\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tBest New Production in Affiliate Theatre\u00a0<\/p>\n

Ben And Imo by Mark Ravenhill at Orange Tree Theatre\u00a0<\/p>\n

The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams at The Yard Theatre\u00a0<\/p>\n

The Ministry Of Lesbian Affairs by Iman Qureshi at Kiln Theatre\u00a0<\/p>\n

Miss Myrtle\u2019s Garden by Danny James King at Bush Theatre\u00a0<\/p>\n

The Shitheads by Jack Nicholls at Jerwood Theatre Upstairs at Royal Court Theatre\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tBest New Dance Production\u00a0<\/p>\n

Into The Hairy by Sharon Eyal for S-E-D at Sadler\u2019s Wells\u00a0<\/p>\n

Mimi\u2019s Shebeen by Alesandra Seutin & KVS at Sadler\u2019s Wells East\u00a0<\/p>\n

Random Taranto by Mar\u00eda del Mar Su\u00e1rez (La Chachi) as part of Dance Umbrella: Change Tempo at The Pit at Barbican\u00a0<\/p>\n

She\u2019s Auspicious by Mythili Prakash at Sadler\u2019s Wells East\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tBest New Opera Production supported by TAIT\u00a0<\/p>\n

Dead Man Walking by English National Opera at London Coliseum\u00a0<\/p>\n

The Makropulos Case by The Royal Opera at Royal Opera House\u00a0<\/p>\n

Tosca by The Royal Opera at Royal Opera House\u00a0<\/p>\n

Die Walk\u00fcre by The Royal Opera at Royal Opera House\u00a0<\/p>\n