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Olivier Awards 2024: Category Wise Complete List Of Nominations

Scheduled to be held on April 14, the Olivier Awards 2024 will be hosted by Emmy-winning actress Hannah Waddingham.

Host Hannah Waddingham at Olivier Awards 2023. Photo: Getty images
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The prestigious Laurence Olivier Awards, often dubbed the "British Tonys," are gearing up for their 2024 ceremony on Sunday, April 14. This year promises to be another exciting night, recognizing the brilliance and dedication behind London's world-class theatre scene.

Emmy-winning actress and multi-Olivier nominee, Hannah Waddingham will return to Olivier Awards as host in 2024. The ceremony will be a star-studded event, showcasing dazzling performances from the brightest talents of the West End alongside the reveal of the much-anticipated award winners.

Here’s the full nomination list for this year’s awards:

1. No?l Coward Award for Best New Entertainment or Comedy Play

  • Accidental Death Of An Anarchist by Dario Fo & Franca Rame, adapted by Tom Basden at the Lyric Hammersmith & Theatre Royal Haymarket

  • Stephen Sondheim’s Old Friends, music & lyrics by Stephen Sondheim at the Gielgud Theatre

  • Stranger Things: The First Shadow by Kate Trefry at the Phoenix Theatre

  • Vardy V Rooney: The Wagatha Christie Trial, adapted by Liv Hennessy at the Ambassadors Theatre

2. Best Family Show

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

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

  • The House With Chicken Legs, book by Sophie Anderson, adapted by Oliver Lansley at Southbank Centre’s Queen Elizabeth Hall

  • The Smeds And The Smoos, book by Julia Donaldson & Axel Scheffler, adapted by Tall Stories at the Lyric Theatre

3. Gillian Lynne Award for Best Theatre Choreographer

  • Fabian Aloise for Sunset Boulevard at the Savoy Theatre

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

  • Arlene Phillips with James Cousins for Guys & 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

4. Mithridate Award for Best Costume Design

  • Bunny Christie & Deborah Andrews for Guys & 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

5. 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

6. Best Musical Revival

  • Groundhog Day, music & lyrics by Tim Minchin, book by Danny Rubin at The Old Vic

  • Guys & Dolls, music & lyrics by Frank Loesser, book by Jo Swerling & Abe Burrows at the Bridge Theatre

  • Hadestown, music, lyrics & book by Ana?s Mitchell at the Lyric Theatre

  • Sunset Boulevard, music by Andrew Lloyd Webber, lyrics & book by Don Black & Christopher Hampton at the Savoy Theatre

7. d&b audiotechnik Award for Best Sound Design

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

  • Dan Balfour & Tom Gibbins 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

8. Outstanding Musical Contribution

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

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

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

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

9. Best Actor in a Supporting Role

  • Will Close for Dear England at the National Theatre – Olivier & 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 & Savoy Theatre

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

10. 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 & Trafalgar Theatre

11. Blue-i Theatre Technology Award for Best Set Design

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

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

  • Es Devlin for Set Design & 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 & Joe Ransom for Video Design for Sunset Boulevard at the Savoy Theatre

12. White Light Award for Best Lighting Design

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

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

  • Paule Constable for Guys & Dolls at the Bridge Theatre

  • Jack Knowles for Sunset Boulevard at the Savoy Theatre

13. Best Actress in a Supporting Role In a Musical

  • Grace Hodgett Young for Sunset Boulevard at the Savoy Theatre

  • Zo? 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

14. Best Actor in a Supporting Role In a Musical

  •   Jak Malone for Operation Mincemeat at the Fortune Theatre

  • Cedric Neal for Guys & Dolls at the Bridge Theatre

  • David Thaxton for Sunset Boulevard at the Savoy Theatre

  •   Jack Wolfe for Next To Normal at the Donmar Warehouse

15. 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

16. 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 Abramovi? for her concept and design of 7 Deaths Of Maria Callas at the London Coliseum

17. 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 & Dolls at the Bridge Theatre

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

18. 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 & Dolls at the Bridge Theatre

19. Best New Dance Production

  • Broken Chord by Gregory Maqoma & 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

20. 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 Feyi?ayo 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

21. Sir Peter Hall Award for Best Director

  • Stephen Daldry & 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 & No?l Coward Theatre

22. 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

23. 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 & No?l Coward Theatre

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

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

  • David Tennant for Macbeth at the Donmar Warehouse

24. 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 & No?l Coward Theatre

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

25. Mastercard Best New Musical

  • The Little Big Things, music by Nick Butcher, lyrics by Nick Butcher & 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 & Zo? Roberts at the Fortune Theatre

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