Olivier Award Winning Musicals – The Full List of Shows
These Olivier Award-winning musicals have received the Olivier Award for Best New Musical, recognizing them among the most notable new musicals presented in London. The list includes winners from across different decades and eras of musical theatre.
Olivier Award Winning Musicals
Musical Type: Contemporary (2025)
Creators: Tom Fletcher and Jessica Swale
Olivier Award Year: 2026
Musical Type: Contemporary (2019)
Creators: Darren Clark and Jethro Compton
Olivier Award Year: 2025
Musical Type: Contemporary (2019)
Creators: David Cumming, Felix Hagan, Natasha Hodgson, and Zoë Roberts
Olivier Award Year: 2024
Musical Type: Contemporary (2019)
Creators: Richard Hawley and Chris Bush
Olivier Award Year: 2023
Musical Type: Contemporary (2020)
Creators: Alan Silvestri, Glen Ballard, and Bob Gale
Olivier Award Year: 2022
Musical Type: Contemporary (2015)
Creators: Benj Pasek, Justin Paul, and Steven Levenson
Olivier Award Year: 2020
Musical Type: Contemporary (2013)
Creators: Irene Sankoff and David Hein
Olivier Award Year: 2019
Musical Type: Contemporary (2015)
Creators: Lin-Manuel Miranda
Olivier Award Year: 2018
Musical Type: Contemporary (2016)
Creators: Tim Minchin and Danny Rubin
Olivier Award Year: 2017
Musical Type: Contemporary (2012)
Creators: Cyndi Lauper and Harvey Fierstein
Olivier Award Year: 2016
Musical Type: Contemporary (2014)
Creators: Ray Davies and Joe Penhall
Olivier Award Year: 2015
Musical Type: Contemporary (2011)
Creators: Trey Parker, Robert Lopez, and Matt Stone
Olivier Award Year: 2014
Musical Type: Contemporary (2011)
Creators: Irving Berlin, Matthew White, and Howard Jacques
Olivier Award Year: 2013
Musical Type: Contemporary (2010)
Creators: Tim Minchin and Dennis Kelly
Olivier Award Year: 2012
Musical Type: Contemporary (2007)
Creators: Nell Benjamin, Laurence O’Keefe, and Heather Hach
Olivier Award Year: 2011
Musical Type: Contemporary (2006)
Creators: Duncan Sheik and Steven Sater
Olivier Award Year: 2010
Musical Type: Contemporary (2004)
Creators: Bob Gaudio, Bob Crewe, Marshall Brickman, and Rick Elice
Olivier Award Year: 2009
Musical Type: Contemporary (2002)
Creators: Marc Shaiman, Scott Wittman, Mark O’Donnell, and Thomas Meehan
Olivier Award Year: 2008
Musical Type: Contemporary (2003)
Creators: Jeanine Tesori and Tony Kushner
Olivier Award Year: 2007
Musical Type: Contemporary (2005)
Creators: Elton John and Lee Hall
Olivier Award Year: 2006
Musical Type: Contemporary (2001)
Creators: Mel Brooks and Thomas Meehan
Olivier Award Year: 2005
Musical Type: Contemporary (2001)
Creators: Richard Thomas and Stewart Lee
Olivier Award Year: 2004
Musical Type: Contemporary (2002)
Creators: Madness and Tim Firth
Olivier Award Year: 2003
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1981)
Creators: Stephen Sondheim and George Furth
Olivier Award Year: 2001
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1993)
Creators: George Stiles and Anthony Drewe
Olivier Award Year: 2000
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1996)
Creators: Taliep Petersen and David Kramer
Olivier Award Year: 1999
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1994)
Creators: Alan Menken, Howard Ashman, Tim Rice, and Linda Woolverton
Olivier Award Year: 1998
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1996)
Creators: Claude-Michel Schönberg, Alain Boublil, Edward Hardy, and Stephen Clark
Olivier Award Year: 1997
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1995)
Creators: Francis Essex, Rob Bettinson, and Others
Olivier Award Year: 1996
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1990)
Creators: Stephen Flaherty and Lynn Ahrens
Olivier Award Year: 1995
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1989)
Creators: Cy Coleman, David Zippel, and Larry Gelbart
Olivier Award Year: 1994
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1992)
Creators: George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, and Ken Ludwig
Olivier Award Year: 1993
Musical Type: Golden Age (1943)
Creators: Georges Bizet and Oscar Hammerstein II
Olivier Award Year: 1992
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1984)
Creators: Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine
Olivier Award Year: 1991
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1983)
Creators: Bob Carlton and Others
Olivier Award Year: 1989/1990
Musical Type: Golden Age (1956)
Creators: Leonard Bernstein, Richard Wilbur, John La Touche, Stephen Sondheim, Dorothy Parker, John Caird, Hugh Wheeler, and Lillian Hellman
Olivier Award Year: 1988
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1971)
Creators: Stephen Sondheim and James Goldman
Olivier Award Year: 1987
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1986)
Creators: Andrew Lloyd Webber, Charles Hart, and Richard Stilgoe
Olivier Award Year: 1986
Musical Type: Jazz Age (1937)
Creators: Noel Gay, Douglas Furber, and L. Arthur Rose
Olivier Award Year: 1985
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1980)
Creators: Harry Warren, Al Dubin, Johnny Mercer, Michael Stewart, and Mark Bramble
Olivier Award Year: 1984
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1983)
Creators: Willy Russell
Olivier Award Year: 1983
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1982)
Creators: Monty Norman and Peter Nichols
Olivier Award Year: 1982
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1981)
Creators: Andrew Lloyd Webber, T.S. Eliot, Trevor Nunn, and Richard Stilgoe
Olivier Award Year: 1981
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1979)
Creators: Stephen Sondheim and Hugh Wheeler
Olivier Award Year: 1980
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1981)
Creators: Monty Norman and Julian More
Olivier Award Year: 1979
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1976)
Creators: Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice
Olivier Award Year: 1978
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1976)
Creators: Guy Woolfenden and Trevor Nunn
Olivier Award Year: 1977
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1975)
Creators: Marvin Hamlisch, Edward Kleban, James Kirkwood, and Nicholas Dante
Olivier Award Year: 1976