Nominations have been announced for the Olivier Awards 2025 with Mastercard. The ceremony will take place on Sunday 6 April at the Royal Albert Hall with winners and performances broadcast on ITV1.
See the Olivier-nominated productions you can book with The School Trip.
MJ The Musical
Nominations
Mastercard Best New Musical
Gillian Lynne Award for Best Theatre Choreographer
Best Actor in a Musical
About MJ The Musical
He is one of the greatest entertainers of all time. Now, Michael Jackson’s unique and unparalleled artistry is thrilling West End audiences night after night at the Prince Edward Theatre, in the multi–Tony Award®-winning musical MJ. Centred around the making of the 1992 Dangerous World Tour, MJ goes beyond the singular moves and signature sound of the star to offer a rare look at the creative mind and collaborative spirit that catapulted Jackson into legendary status.
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- Grand Circle seats reduced to £20 per student
- Selected Rear Stalls and Rear Dress Circle seats reduced to £30 per student
- 1 free adult ticket per 10 students
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The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Nominations
Mastercard Best New Musical
Outstanding Musical Contribution
Best Actor in a Musical
Best Actress in a Musical
About The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
With a breathtaking soundtrack brought to life by an extraordinary actor-musician ensemble, F. Scott Fitzgerald’s iconic short story is relocated to a fishing village on the north coast of Cornwall by writing team Jethro Compton and Darren Clark.
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- Reduced tickets to £25 per student
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Oliver!
Nominations
White Light Award for Best Lighting Design
Gillian Lynne Award for Best Theatre Choreographer
Piper-Heidsieck Award for Best Musical Revival
Best Actor in a Musical
About Oliver!
With a sensational score, including Food Glorious Food, Consider Yourself, You’ve Got to Pick-a-Pocket or Two, I’d Do Anything, Oom Pah Pah, As Long As He Needs Me and many more, the Olivier, Tony and Oscar- winning masterpiece vividly brings to life Dickens’ ever-popular story of the boy who asked for more.
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- Tickets just £32.50 per student
- 1 free adult ticket per 10 students
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Starlight Express
Nominations
White Light Award for Best Lighting Design
Best Costume Design
Piper-Heidsieck Award for Best Musical Revival
About Starlight Express
Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Starlight Express is now playing in the specially designed Starlight Auditorium at Troubadour Wembley Park Theatre. Audiences will be immersed inside a world of speed, song and storytelling as an incredible cast of 40 whizz around and above, performing some of musical theatre’s most beloved songs, including AC/DC, Make Up My Heart, Light at the End of the Tunnel and the iconic Starlight Express.
School Group Rate
- Band B tickets reduced to £25 each
- 1 free adult ticket per 10 students
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Kyoto
Nominations
Best Actor in a Supporting Role
The Londoner Award for Best New Play
About Kyoto
Welcome to the Kyoto Conference Centre, 11 December 1997. The nations of the world are in deadlock and 11 hours have passed since the UN’s landmark climate conference should have ended. Time is running out and agreement feels a world away. The greatest obstacle: American oil lobbyist and master strategist, Don Pearlman…
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- Tickets reduced to £25 per student
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The Devil Wears Prada
Nominations
Best Actress in a Supporting Role in a Musical
About The Devil Wears Prada
Fresh out of college, aspiring journalist Andy scores a job at the prestigious Runway magazine working for fashion’s most powerful and terrifying icon — editor-in-chief Miranda Priestly. Sacrificing her personal life to meet Miranda’s impossible demands, Andy finds herself seduced by the glamorous world she once despised. How far will she go to succeed… and will it be worth selling her soul to get what she’s always wanted?
School Group Rate
- Level 2-3 tickets reduced to £25 per student
- 1 free adult ticket per 10 students
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Mean Girls
Nominations
Best Actor in a Supporting Role in a Musical
About Mean Girls
Cady Heron may have grown up home schooled in Africa, but nothing prepared her for the wild ways of her new school, North Shore High. How will this naïve newbie rise to the top of the popularity pecking order? By taking on The Plastics, a trio of lionized frenemies led by the charming but ruthless Regina George. But when Cady devises a plan to end Regina’s reign, she learns the hard way that you can’t cross a Queen Bee without getting stung.
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- Tickets reduced to £25 per student
- 1 free adult ticket per 10 students
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It’s no surprise these shows have been nominated for an Olivier Award, the UK’s most prestigious theatre awards which recognises excellence in professional theatre in London. You can see the full list of nominations here.
