Olivier Awards 2024 Nominations!

Sunset Boulevard Leads What Could Be The Greatest Ceremony So Far!

It's that time of year again, as the best of the West End returns with the 2024 Olivier Awards! The awards ceremony will take place on April 14 at the Royal Albert Hall, with Hannah Waddingham returning to present a ceremony that is bigger, better, and filled with more talent than ever before!

Sunset Boulevard & Dear England Lead

With an overwhelming eleven nominations (including Best Musical Revival and nods in all four musical acting categories) Sunset Boulevard starring Nicole Scherzinger leads the musicals this year! This fresh interpretation of the Andrew Lloyd Webber Classic will see Don Black and Christopher Hampton's stage production transfer to Broadway later this year.

The National Theatre's production of James Graham's Dear England is going for the goal with nine nominations, including a nomination for Best Play. Joseph Fiennes, along with co-stars Will Close and Gina McKee, received nominations in the leading and supporting actor categories respectively for their roles in the production.

Amongst some of the other incredible actors nominated at this year's awards ceremony are James Norton, Sheridan Smith, and many more!

Full List Of Nominations

Best New Play
Dear England, James Graham
The Hills of California, Jez Butterworth
The Motive and the Cue, Jack Thorne
Till the Stars Come Down, Beth Steel

Best New Musical
The Little Big Things
Next to Normal
Operation Mincemeat
A Strange Loop

Best Revival
The Effect
Macbeth
Shirley Valentine
Vanya

Best Musical Revival
Groundhog Day
Guys and Dolls
Hadestown
Sunset Boulevard

Best New Entertainment or Comedy Play
Accidental Death of an Anarchist, Dario Fo and Franca Rame, Tom Basden (adaptation)
Stephen Sondheim's Old Friends
Stranger Things: The First Shadow, Kate Trefry
Vardy V Rooney: The Wagatha Christie Trial, Liv Hennessy (adaptation)

Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Lorraine Ashbourne, Till the Stars Come Down
Priyanga Burford, An Enemy of the People
Haydn Gwynne, When Winston Went to War With the Wireless
Gina McKee, Dear England
Tanya Reynolds, A Mirror

Best Actor in a Supporting Role
Will Close, Dear England
Paul Hilton, An Enemy of the People
Giles Terera, Clyde's
Luke Thompson, A Little Life
Zubin Varla, A Little Life

Best Actress in a Supporting Role in a Musical
Grace Hodgett Young, Sunset Boulevard
Zo Roberts, Operation Mincemeat
Amy Trigg, The Little Big Things
Eleanor Worthington-Cox, Next to Normal

Best Actor in a Supporting Role in a Musical
Jak Malone, Operation Mincemeat
Cedric Neal, Guys and Dolls
David Thaxton, Sunset Boulevard
Jack Wolfe, Next to Normal

Best Actress
Laura Donnelly, The Hills of California
Sophie Okonedo, Medea
Sarah Jessica Parker, Plaza Suite
Sheridan Smith, Shirley Valentine
Sarah Snook, The Picture of Dorian Gray

Best Actor
Joseph Fiennes, Dear England
Mark Gatiss, The Motive and the Cue
James Norton, A Little Life
Andrew Scott, Vanya
David Tennant, Macbeth

Best Actress in a Musical
Natasha Hodgson, Operation Mincemeat
Caissie Levy, Next to Normal
Nicole Scherzinger, Sunset Boulevard
Marisha Wallace, Guys and Dolls

Best Actor in a Musical
David Cumming, Operation Mincemeat
Tom Francis, Sunset Boulevard
Daniel Mays, Guys and Dolls
Charlie Stemp, Crazy for You

Best Director
Stephen Daldry and Justin Martin, Stranger Things: The First Shadow
Rupert Goold, Dear England
Jamie Lloyd, Sunset Boulevard
Sam Mendes, The Motive and the Cue

Best Theatre Choreographer
Fabian Aloise, Sunset Boulevard
Ellen Kane and Hannes Langolf, Dear England
Arlene Phillips with James Cousins, Guys and Dolls
Mark Smith, The Little Big Things
Susan Stroman, Crazy for You

Best Costume Design
Bunny Christie and Deborah Andrews, Guys and Dolls
Ryan Dawson Laight, La Cage Aux Folles
Hugh Durrant, Peter Pan
Marg Horwell, The Picture of Dorian Gray

Best Sound Design
Paul Arditti. Stranger Things: The First Shadow
Dan Balfour and Tom Gibbins, Dear England
Adam Fisher, Sunset Boulevard
Gareth Fry, Macbeth

Outstanding Musical Contribution
Tom Brady (musical supervision and arrangements) and Charlie Rosen (orchestrations), Guys and Dolls
Matt Brind (musical supervision, arrangements, and orchestrations), Just for One Day
Steve Sidwell (orchestrations) and Joe Bunker (musical direction), Operation Mincemeat
Alan Williams (musical supervision and musical direction), Sunset Boulevard

Best Set Design
Miriam Buether (set) and 59 Productions (video), Stranger Things: The First Shadow
Bunny Christie, Guys and Dolls
Es Devlin (set) and Ash J Woodward (video), Dear England
Soutra Gilmour (set) and Nathan Amzi and Joe Ransom (video) Sunset Boulevard

Best Lighting Design
Jon Clark, Dear England
Jon Clark, Stranger Things: The First Shadow
Paule Constable, Guys and Dolls
Jack Knowles, Sunset Boulevard

Best New Opera Production
Blue
Innocence
Picture a Day Like This
The Rhinegold

Outstanding Achievement in Opera
Antonio Pappano, for his role as musical director of the Royal Opera House
Belarus Free Theatre Company, for King Stakh's Wild Hunt
Marina Abramovi, for her concept and design of 7 Deaths of Maria Callas

Best New Dance Production
Broken Chord, Gregory Maqoma and Thuthuka Sibisi
The Rite of Spring, Seeta Patel
La Ruta, Gabriela Carrizo
Time Spell, Michelle Dorrance, Jillian Meyers and Tiler Peck

Outstanding Achievement in Dance
Isabela Coracy, for her performance in NINA: By Whatever Means
Jonzi D, for his artistic direction of Breakin' Convention 2023 International Festival of Hip-hop Dance Theatre
Rhiannon Faith, for her community-focused conception of Lay Down Your Burdens at The Pit

Outstanding Achievement in Affiliate Theatre
Blue Mist, Mohamed-Zain Dada
A Playlist for The Revolution, AJ Yi
Sleepova, Matilda Feyiayo
The Swell, Isley Lynn
The Time Machine: A Comedy, Steven Canny and John Nicholson

Best Family Show
Bluey's Big Play, Joe Brumm
Dinosaur World Live, Derek Bond
The House With Chicken Legs, Sophie Anderson, Oliver Lansley (adaptation)
The Smeds and the Smoos, Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler, Tall Stories (adaptation)

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