The full list of nominations for the 2024 Olivier Awards announced

Olivier Awards 2023 Hannah Waddingham (c) Christie Goodwin

The nominations have been announced for this year’s Olivier Awards. The biggest event in the industry’s calendar will take place at the Royal Albert Hall on the 14th April and will be hosted by Hannah Waddingham.

Notably, the last year has been an outstanding year for theatre with significantly more productions than last year. The last 12 months have seen a record-breaking number of new plays gracing the stage and a stunning of on-screen stars treading the boards.

The most nominated production for the 2024 Olivier Awards is Sunset Boulevard with 11 nominations, whilst the National Theatre’s Dear England is the most nominated play with nine.

The nominations in full:

Stephen Sondheim’s Old Friends production image

The Noël Coward Award for Best New Entertainment or Comedy Play

• Accidental Death Of An Anarchist at the Lyric Hammersmith and Theatre Royal Haymarket

• Stephen Sondheim’s Old Friends at the Gielgud Theatre

• Stranger Things: The First Shadow at the Phoenix Theatre

• Vardy V Rooney: The Wagatha Christie Trial at the Ambassadors Theatre

Bluey’s Big Play production image.

Best Family Show

• Bluey’s Big Play at Southbank Centre’s Royal Festival Hall

• Dinosaur World Live at Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre

• The House With Chicken Legs at Southbank Centre’s Queen Elizabeth Hall

• The Smeds And The Smoos at the Lyric Theatre

Gillian Lynne Award for Best Theatre Choreographer

• Fabian Aloise for Sunset Boulevard at the Savoy Theatre

• Ellen Kane and Hannes Langolf for Dear England at  the National Theatre – Olivier & Prince Edward Theatre

• Arlene Phillips with James Cousins for Guys and Dolls at the Bridge Theatre

• Mark Smith for The Little Big Things at @sohoplace

• Susan Stroman for Crazy For You at the Gillian Lynne Theatre

La Cage Aux Folles production image. Photo by Mark Senior

Mithridate Award for Best Costume Design

• Bunny Christie and Deborah Andrews for Guys and Dolls at the Bridge Theatre

• Ryan Dawson Laight for La Cage Aux Folles at Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre

• Hugh Durrant for Peter Pan at The London Palladium

• Marg Horwell for The Picture Of Dorian Gray at the Theatre Royal Haymarket

Cunard Best Revival

• The Effect by Lucy Prebble at the National Theatre – Lyttelton

• Macbeth by William Shakespeare at the Donmar Warehouse

• Shirley Valentine by Willy Russell at the Duke Of York’s Theatre

• Vanya by Anton Chekhov, adapted by Simon Stephens at the Duke Of York’s Theatre

Sunset Boulevard production image. Photo by Marc Brenner

Best Musical Revival

• Groundhog Day at The Old Vic

• Guys and Dolls at the Bridge Theatre

• Hadestown at the Lyric Theatre

• Sunset Boulevard at the Savoy Theatre

Stranger Things: The First Shadow production image. Photo by Netflix/Manuel Harlan

d&b audiotechnik Award for Best Sound Design

• Paul Arditti for Stranger Things: The First Shadow at the Phoenix Theatre

• Dan Balfour and Tom Gibbons for Dear England at the National Theatre – Olivier & Prince Edward Theatre

• Adam Fisher for Sunset Boulevard at the Savoy Theatre

• Gareth Fry for Macbeth at the Donmar Warehouse

Outstanding Musical Contribution

• Tom Brady for Musical Supervision and Arrangements and Charlie Rosen for Orchestrations for Guys and Dolls at the Bridge Theatre

• Matt Brind for Musical Supervision, Arrangements and Orchestrations for Just For One Day at The Old Vic

• Steve Sidwell for Orchestrations and Joe Bunker for Musical Direction for Operation Mincemeat at the Fortune Theatre

• Alan Williams for Musical Supervision and Musical Direction for Sunset Boulevard at the Savoy Theatre

A Little Life production image. Photo by Jan Versweyveld

Best Actor in a Supporting Role

• Will Close for Dear England at the National Theatre – Olivier and Prince Edward Theatre

• Paul Hilton for An Enemy Of The People at the Duke Of York’s Theatre

• Giles Terera for Clyde’s at the Donmar Warehouse

• Luke Thompson for A Little Life at the Harold Pinter Theatre and Savoy Theatre

• Zubin Varla for A Little Life at the Harold Pinter Theatre and Savoy Theatre

Best Actress in a Supporting Role

• Lorraine Ashbourne for Till The Stars Come Down at the National Theatre – Dorfman

• Priyanga Burford for An Enemy Of The People at the Duke Of York’s Theatre

• Haydn Gwynne for When Winston Went To War With The Wireless at the Donmar Warehouse

• Gina McKee for Dear England at the National Theatre – Olivier

• Tanya Reynolds for A Mirror at the Almeida Theatre and Trafalgar Theatre

Blue-i Theatre Technology Award for Best Set Design

• Miriam Buether for Set Design and 59 Productions for Video Design for Stranger Things: The First Shadow at the Phoenix Theatre

• Bunny Christie for Set Design for Guys and Dolls at the Bridge Theatre

• Es Devlin for Set Design and Ash J Woodward for Video Design for Dear England at the National Theatre – Olivier & Prince Edward Theatre

• Soutra Gilmour for Set Design and Nathan Amzi and Joe Ransom for Video Design for Sunset Boulevard at the Savoy Theatre

Guys and Dolls production image. Photo by Manuel Harlan

White Light Award for Best Lighting Design

• Jon Clark for Dear England at the National Theatre – Olivier and Prince Edward Theatre

• Jon Clark for Stranger Things: The First Shadow at the Phoenix Theatre

• Paule Constable for Guys and Dolls at the Bridge Theatre

• Jack Knowles for Sunset Boulevard at the Savoy Theatre

Best Actress in a Supporting Role In a Musical

• Grace Hodgett Young for Sunset Boulevard at the Savoy Theatre

• Zoë Roberts for Operation Mincemeat at the Fortune Theatre

• Amy Trigg for The Little Big Things at @sohoplace

• Eleanor Worthington-Cox for Next To Normal at the Donmar Warehouse

Operation Mincemeat production image. Photo by Matt Crockett

Best Actor in a Supporting Role In a Musical

• Jak Malone for Operation Mincemeat at the Fortune Theatre

• Cedric Neal for Guys and Dolls at the Bridge Theatre

• David Thaxton for Sunset Boulevard at the Savoy Theatre

• Jack Wolfe for Next To Normal at the Donmar Warehouse

TAIT Award for Best New Opera Production

• Blue by the English National Opera at the London Coliseum

• Innocence by the Royal Opera at the Royal Opera House

• Picture A Day Like This by the Royal Opera at the Royal Opera House – Linbury Theatre

• The Rhinegold by the English National Opera at the London Coliseum

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 at the Barbican Theatre

• Marina Abramović for her concept and design of 7 Deaths Of Maria Callas at the London Coliseum

Best Actor in a Musical

• David Cumming for Operation Mincemeat at the Fortune Theatre

• Tom Francis for Sunset Boulevard at the Savoy Theatre

• Daniel Mays for Guys and Dolls at the Bridge Theatre

• Charlie Stemp for Crazy For You at the Gillian Lynne Theatre

Best Actress in a Musical

• Natasha Hodgson for Operation Mincemeat at the Fortune Theatre

• Caissie Levy for Next To Normal at the Donmar Warehouse

• Nicole Scherzinger for Sunset Boulevard at the Savoy Theatre

• Marisha Wallace for Guys and Dolls at the Bridge Theatre

Broken Chord production image.

Best New Dance Production

• Broken Chord by Gregory Maqoma and Thuthuka Sibisi at Sadler’s Wells

• The Rite Of Spring by Seeta Patel at Sadler’s Wells

• La Ruta by Gabriela Carrizo, part of Nederlands Dans Theater – NDT 1 at Sadler’s Wells

• Time Spell by Michelle Dorrance, Jillian Meyers & Tiler Peck, part of Turn It Out With Tiler Peck & Friends at Sadler’s Wells

Outstanding Achievement in Dance

• Isabela Coracy for her performance in NINA: By Whatever Means, part of Ballet Black: Pioneers at the Barbican Theatre

• Jonzi D for his artistic direction of Breakin’ Convention 2023 International Festival Of Hip Hop Dance Theatre at Sadler’s Wells

• Rhiannon Faith for her community focussed conception of Lay Down Your Burdens at The Pit at Barbican

The Time Machine: A Comedy production image. Photo by Manuel Harlan

Unusual Rigging Award for Outstanding Achievement in Affiliate Theatre

• Blue Mist by Mohamed-Zain Dada at the Jerwood Theatre Upstairs at the Royal Court Theatre

• A Playlist For The Revolution by AJ Yi at the Bush Theatre

• Sleepova by Matilda Feyişayo at the Bush Theatre

• The Swell by Isley Lynn at the Orange Tree Theatre

• The Time Machine: A Comedy by Steven Canny and John Nicholson at the Park Theatre

Sir Peter Hall Award for Best Director

• Stephen Daldry and Justin Martin for Stranger Things: The First Shadow at the Phoenix Theatre

• Rupert Goold for Dear England at the National Theatre – Olivier & Prince Edward Theatre

• Jamie Lloyd for Sunset Boulevard at the Savoy Theatre

• Sam Mendes for The Motive And The Cue at the National Theatre – Lyttelton & Noël Coward Theatre

Best Actress

• Laura Donnelly for The Hills Of California at the Harold Pinter Theatre

• Sophie Okonedo for Medea at @sohoplace

• Sarah Jessica Parker for Plaza Suite at the Savoy Theatre

• Sheridan Smith for Shirley Valentine at the Duke Of York’s Theatre

• Sarah Snook for The Picture Of Dorian Gray at the Theatre Royal Haymarket

Best Actor

• Joseph Fiennes for Dear England at the National Theatre – Olivier & Prince Edward Theatre

• Mark Gatiss for The Motive And The Cue at the National Theatre – Lyttelton and Noël Coward Theatre

• James Norton for A Little Life at the Harold Pinter Theatre and Savoy Theatre

• Andrew Scott for Vanya at the Duke Of York’s Theatre

• David Tennant for Macbeth at the Donmar Warehouse

Til The Stars Come Down.

The Londoner Award for Best New Play

• Dear England by James Graham at the National Theatre – Olivier & Prince Edward Theatre

• The Hills Of California by Jez Butterworth at the Harold Pinter Theatre

• The Motive And The Cue by Jack Thorne at the National Theatre – Lyttelton & Noël Coward Theatre

• Till The Stars Come Down by Beth Steel at the National Theatre – Dorfman

Mastercard Best New Musical

• The Little Big Things, music by Nick Butcher, lyrics by Nick Butcher and Tom Ling, book by Joe White at @sohoplace

• Next To Normal, music by Tom Kitt, book & lyrics by Brian Yorkey at the Donmar Warehouse

• Operation Mincemeat, music, lyrics & book by David Cumming, Felix Hagan, Natasha Hodgson & Zoë Roberts at the Fortune Theatre

• A Strange Loop, music, lyrics and book by Michael R Jackson at the Barbican Theatre

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The Olivier Award winners will be announced on Sunday 14 April with a broadcast available via ITV. Further details of the ceremony will be announced soon.