Laurence Olivier Award for Best Costume Design
Annual award for London theatre
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The Laurence Olivier Award for Best Costume Design is an annual award presented by the Society of London Theatre in recognition of the "world-class status of London theatre."[1][2] The awards were established as the Society of West End Theatre Awards in 1976 and renamed in 1984 in honour of English actor and director Laurence Olivier.
| Laurence Olivier Award for Best Costume Design | |
|---|---|
| Awarded for | Best Costume Design |
| Location |  England |
| Presented by | Society of London Theatre |
| First award | 1991 |
| Currently held by | Gabriella Slade (costume design), Tahra Zafar (Paddington design) for Paddington: The Musical (2026) |
| Website | officiallondontheatre |
This award was introduced in 1991. There had been an award for Designer of the Year from 1976 to 1990, originally focused on set designers but including an increasing number of commingled nominations for other design specialties through the years. The commingled single award was retired after the 1990 ceremony, with more granular awards introduced in 1991 for Best Set Design and Best Lighting Design, along with this Best Costume Design award.
Winners and nominees
1990s
2000s
2010s
2020s
| Year | Designer | Production |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | ||
| Joanna Scotcher | Emilia | |
| Hugh Durrant | Goldilocks and the Three Bears | |
| Jonathan Lipman | Fiddler on the Roof | |
| Paloma Young | & Juliet | |
| 2021 | Not presented due to extended closing of theatre productions during COVID-19 pandemic[A] | |
| 2022[A] | ||
| Catherine Zuber | Moulin Rouge! | |
| Jon Morrell | Anything Goes | |
| Christopher Oram | Frozen | |
| Tom Scutt | Cabaret | |
| 2023 | ||
| Kimie Nakano | My Neighbour Totoro | |
| Frankie Bradshaw | Blues for an Alabama Sky | |
| Hugh Durrant | Jack and the Beanstalk | |
| Jean Paul Gaultier | Jean Paul Gaultier Fashion Freak Show | |
| 2024 | ||
| Marg Horwell | The Picture of Dorian Gray | |
| Bunny Christie & Deborah Andrews | Guys and Dolls | |
| Ryan Dawson Laight | La Cage aux Folles | |
| Hugh Durrant | Peter Pan | |
| 2025 | ||
| Gabriella Slade | Starlight Express | |
| Hugh Durrant | Robin Hood | |
| Sachiko Nakahara | Spirited Away | |
| Tom Scutt | Fiddler on the Roof | |
| 2026 | ||
| Gabriella Slade & Tahra Zafar | Paddington: The Musical | |
| Enver Chakartash | Stereophonic | |
| Linda Cho | The Great Gatsby | |
| Tom Scutt | Into the Woods | |
- Due to late March 2020[3] to late July 2021[4] closing of London theatre productions during the COVID-19 pandemic in England, the 2022 awards recognise productions that launched anytime from February 2020 to February 2022[5]
Multiple awards and nominations for Best Costume Design
Awards
- Two awards
- Alison Chitty
- Deirdre Clancy
- William Dudley
- Tim Goodchild
- Christopher Oram
- Mark Thompson
- Vicki Mortimer
- Catherine Zuber
Nominations
- Seven nominations
- Hugh Durrant
- Six nominations
- Rob Howell
- Christopher Oram
- Five nominations
- Bob Crowley
- Mark Thompson
- Anthony Ward
- Four nominations
- Gregg Barnes
- William Dudley
- Three nominations
- Deirdre Clancy
- Nicky Gillibrand
- Robert Jones
- William Ivey Long
- Catherine Zuber
- Two nominations
- Sue Blane
- Alison Chitty
- Tim Goodchild
- Tim Hatley
- Roger Kirk
- Peter McKintosh
- Jon Morrell
- Vicki Mortimer
- Martin Pakledinaz
- Gabriella Slade
- Paul Tazewell
- Jenny Tiramani
