Sunset Boulevard leads the pack with seven wins.
The biggest stars of London theatre gathered today at the Royal Albert Hall for the Olivier Awards 2024, hosted by Hannah Waddingham.
There were performances from Mastercard Best New Musical nominees including The Little Big Things, Next To Normal, Operation Mincemeat and A Strange Loop, alongside Best Musical Revival nominees Guys & Dolls and Hadestown in addition to a special moment from Groundhog Day Australia. Presenter, Emmy winner and multi-Olivier nominee Hannah Waddingham will open the event performing with singer and pianist Joe Stilgoe.
Awards were presented to winners by a host of well known names from the worlds of theatre, TV and fashion, including the likes of Carlos Acosta, Freema Agyeman, Michael Ball, Ryan Calais Cameron, Billy Crudup, Cara Delevingne, Adrian Dunbar, Edward Enninful, Denise Gough, Lenny Henry, Ruth Jones, Beverley Knight, Henry Lewis, Anna Maxwell Martin, Lucian Msamati, Georgina Onuorah, Rosalind Plowright, Jonathan Sayer, Michael Sheen, Luke Treadaway, Anjana Vasan, Michelle Visage and Dominic West. The voiceover for the evening was spoken by comedian, writer and actress Meera Syal.
This year's Olivier Awards coincided with The National Theatre's 60th anniversary. The theatre, founded by Laurence Olivier, has this year been nominated for 15 awards and celebrated the landmark anniversary with a special grand finale and onstage dedication.
Among the most nominated this year include The National Theatre, with a total of 15 nominations, including for the company's productions of “Dear England” “The Motive And The Cue”, “Till The Stars Come Down” and “The Effect”.
This year’s most nominated production and biggest winner was Jamie Lloyd’s musical “Sunset Boulevard”, starring Nicole Scherzinger (Best Actress in a Musical winner) and Tom Francis (Best Actor in a Musical winner). The production also received nominations for all acting categories in a musical.
Winners are marked: **WINNER**
Accidental Death Of An Anarchist
Stephen Sondheim’s Old Friends
Stranger Things: The First Shadow **WINNER**
Vardy V Rooney: The Wagatha Christie Trial
Bluey’s Big Play
Dinosaur World Live **WINNER**
The House With Chicken Legs
The Smeds And The Smoos
Fabian Aloise for Sunset Boulevard
Ellen Kane & Hannes Langolf for Dear England
Arlene Phillips with James Cousins for Guys & Dolls **WINNER**
Mark Smith for The Little Big Things
Susan Stroman for Crazy For You
Bunny Christie & Deborah Andrews for Guys & Dolls
Ryan Dawson Laight for La Cage Aux Folles
Hugh Durrant for Peter Pan
Marg Horwell for The Picture Of Dorian Gray **WINNER**
The Effect by Lucy Prebble
Macbeth by William Shakespeare
Shirley Valentine by Willy Russell
Vanya by Anton Chekhov, adapted by Simon Stephens **WINNER**
Groundhog Day
Guys & Dolls
Hadestown
Sunset Boulevard **WINNER**
Paul Arditti for Stranger Things: The First Shadow
Dan Balfour & Tom Gibbins for Dear England
Adam Fisher for Sunset Boulevard **WINNER**
Gareth Fry for Macbeth
Tom Brady and Charlie Rosen for Guys & Dolls
Matthew Brind for Just For One Day
Steve Sidwell and Joe Bunker for Operation Mincemeat
Alan Williams for Sunset Boulevard **WINNER**
Will Close for Dear England **WINNER**
Paul Hilton for An Enemy Of The People
Giles Terera for Clyde’s
Luke Thompson for A Little Life
Zubin Varla for A Little Life
Lorraine Ashbourne for Till The Stars Come Down
Priyanga Burford for An Enemy Of The People
Haydn Gwynne for When Winston Went To War With The Wireless **WINNER**
Gina McKee for Dear England
Tanya Reynolds for A Mirror
Miriam Buether for Set Design & 59 Productions for Video Design for Stranger Things: The First Shadow **WINNER**
Bunny Christie for Set Design for Guys & Dolls
Es Devlin for Set Design & Ash J Woodward for Video Design for Dear England
Soutra Gilmour for Set Design and Nathan Amzi & Joe Ransom for Video Design for Sunset Boulevard
Jon Clark for Dear England
Jon Clark for Stranger Things: The First Shadow
Paule Constable for Guys & Dolls
Jack Knowles for Sunset Boulevard **WINNER**
Grace Hodgett Young for Sunset Boulevard
Zoë Roberts for Operation Mincemeat
Amy Trigg for The Little Big Things **WINNER**
Eleanor Worthington-Cox for Next To Normal
Jak Malone for Operation Mincemeat **WINNER**
Cedric Neal for Guys & Dolls
David Thaxton for Sunset Boulevard
Jack Wolfe for Next To Normal
Blue by the English National Opera
Innocence by the Royal Opera **WINNER**
Picture A Day Like This by the Royal Opera
The Rhinegold by the English National Opera
Antonio Pappano for his role as Musical Director of the Royal Opera House **WINNER**
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
David Cumming for Operation Mincemeat
Tom Francis for Sunset Boulevard **WINNER**
Daniel Mays for Guys & Dolls
Charlie Stemp for Crazy For You
Natasha Hodgson for Operation Mincemeat
Nicole Scherzinger for Sunset Boulevard **WINNER**
Marisha Wallace for Guys & Dolls
Broken Chord by Gregory Maqoma & Thuthuka Sibisi
The Rite Of Spring by Seeta Patel
La Ruta by Gabriela Carrizo, part of Nederlands Dans Theater – NDT 1 **WINNER**
Time Spell by Michelle Dorrance, Jillian Meyers & Tiler Peck
Isabela Coracy for NINA: By Whatever Means, part of Ballet Black: Pioneers **WINNER**
Jonzi D for Breakin’ Convention 2023 International Festival Of Hip Hop Dance Theatre
Rhiannon Faith for Lay Down Your Burdens at The Pit
Blue Mist by Mohamed-Zain Dada at the Jerwood Theatre Upstairs
A Playlist For The Revolution by AJ Yi
Sleepova by Matilda Feyişayo **WINNER**
The Swell by Isley Lynn
The Time Machine: A Comedy by Steven Canny and John Nicholson
Stephen Daldry & Justin Martin for Stranger Things: The First Shadow
Rupert Goold for Dear England
Jamie Lloyd for Sunset Boulevard **WINNER**
Sam Mendes for The Motive And The Cue
Laura Donnelly for The Hills Of California
Sophie Okonedo for Medea
Sarah Jessica Parker for Plaza Suite
Sheridan Smith for Shirley Valentine
Sarah Snook for The Picture Of Dorian Gray **WINNER**
Joseph Fiennes for Dear England
Mark Gatiss for The Motive And The Cue **WINNER**
James Norton for A Little Life
Andrew Scott for Vanya
David Tennant for Macbeth
Dear England by James Graham **WINNER**
The Hills Of California by Jez Butterworth
The Motive And The Cue by Jack Thorne
Till The Stars Come Down by Beth Steel
The Little Big Things
Next To Normal
Operation Mincemeat **WINNER**
A Strange Loop
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