Laurence Olivier Award for Best Lighting Design
Annual award for London theatre
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The Laurence Olivier Award for Best Lighting 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 Lighting Design | |
|---|---|
| Awarded for | Best Lighting Design |
| Location |  England |
| Presented by | Society of London Theatre |
| First award | 1991 |
| Currently held by | Aideen Malone & Roland Horvath for Into the Woods (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 Costume Design, along with this Best Lighting Design award.
Winners and nominees
1990s
2000s
2010s
2020s
| Year | Designer | Production |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | ||
| Paule Constable | The Ocean at the End of the Lane | |
| Neil Austin | Rosmersholm | |
| Howard Hudson | & Juliet | |
| Bruno Poet | Uncle Vanya | |
| 2021 | Not presented due to extended closing of theatre productions during COVID-19 pandemic[A] | |
| 2022[A] | ||
| Andrzej Goulding and Tim Lutkin | Life of Pi | |
| Neil Austin | Frozen | |
| Isabella Byrd | Cabaret | |
| Tim Lutkin | Back to the Future: The Musical | |
| 2023 | ||
| Jessica Hung Han Yun | My Neighbour Totoro | |
| Natasha Chivers | Prima Facie | |
| Lee Curran | A Streetcar Named Desire | |
| Tim Lutkin | The Crucible | |
| 2024 | ||
| Jack Knowles | Sunset Boulevard | |
| Jon Clark | Dear England | |
| Stranger Things: The First Shadow | ||
| Paule Constable | Guys and Dolls | |
| 2025 | ||
| Paule Constable & Ben Jacobs | Oliver! | |
| Howard Hudson | Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812 | |
| Starlight Express | ||
| Aideen Malone | Fiddler on the Roof | |
| 2026 | ||
| Roland Horvath & Aideen Malone | Into the Woods | |
| Robbie Butler | Punch | |
| Jon Clark | Evita | |
| Joshua Pharo | Kenrex | |
- 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]