2024 Olivier Awards nominations announced, with 'Sunset Boulevard' and 'Dear England' leading

Find out the full details of the 2024 Olivier Award nominations. The ceremony will take place at the Royal Albert Hall on 14 April, with Hannah Waddingham hosting.

The full list of Olivier Award nominations for 2024 was announced today, 12 March. The nominations were revealed by Olivier Award winner Beverley Knight, who is starring in Sister Act the Musical in the West End.

Sunset Boulevard leads the nominations, and is represented 11 times including Best Musical Revival and Best Actress in a Musical for Nicole Scherzinger. Dear England and Guys & Dolls at the Bridge Theatre are a close second with nine nominations each.

This year’s Olivier Awards will take place at the Royal Albert Hall in London on Sunday 14 April.

Who is nominated for Olivier Awards in 2024?

Best New Play

Dear England — National Theatre and Prince Edward Theatre
The Hills of California — Harold Pinter Theatre
The Motive and the Cue — National Theatre and Noël Coward Theatre
Till the Stars Come Down — National Theatre

Best New Musical

The Little Big Things — @sohoplace
Next to Normal — Donmar Warehouse
Operation Mincemeat — Fortune Theatre
A Strange Loop — Barbican Theatre

Best Revival

The Effect at the National Theatre
Macbeth at the Donmar Warehouse
Shirley Valentine at Duke of York's Theatre
Vanya at Duke of York's Theatre

Best Musical Revival

Groundhog Day at The Old Vic
Guys & Dolls at the Bridge Theatre
Hadestown at the Lyric Theatre
Sunset Boulevard at the Savoy Theatre

Best Actor in a Supporting Role

Will Close — Dear England — National Theatre and Prince Edward Theatre
Paul Hilton — An Enemy of the People — Duke of York's Theatre
Giles Terera — Clyde's — Donmar Warehouse
Luke Thompson - A Little Life — Harold Pinter Theatre and Savoy Theatre
Zubin Varla — A Little Life — Harold Pinter Theatre and Savoy Theatre

Best Actress in a Supporting Role

Lorraine Ashbourne — Till the Stars Come Down — National Theatre
Priyanga Burford — An Enemy of the People — Duke of York's Theatre
Haydn Gwynne — When Winston Went to War with the Wireless — Donmar Warehouse
Gina McKee — Dear England — National Theatre
Tanya Reynolds — A Mirror — Almeida Theatre and Trafalgar Theatre

Best Actress in a Supporting Role in a Musical

Grace Hodgett Young — Sunset Boulevard — Savoy Theatre
Zoë Roberts — Operation Mincemeat — Fortune Theatre
Amy Trigg — The Little Big Things — @sohoplace
Eleanor Worthington-Cox — Next to Normal — Donmar Warehouse

Best Actor in a Supporting Role in a Musical

Jak Malone — Operation Mincemeat — Fortune Theatre
Cedric Neal — Guys & Dolls — Bridge Theatre
David Thaxton — Sunset Boulevard — Savoy Theatre
Jack Wolfe — Next to Normal — Donmar Warehouse

Best Actor in a Musical

David Cumming — Operation Mincemeat — Fortune Theatre
Tom Francis — Sunset Boulevard — Savoy Theatre
Daniel Mays — Guys & Dolls — Bridge Theatre
Charlie Stemp — Crazy for You — Gillian Lynne Theatre

Best Actress in a Musical

Nathasha Hodgson — Operation Mincemeat — Fortune Theatre
Caissie Levy — Next to Normal — Donmar Warehouse
Nicole Scherzinger — Sunset Boulevard — Savoy Theatre
Marisha Wallace — Guys & Dolls — Bridge Theatre

Best Actress

Laura Donnelly — The Hills of California — Harold Pinter Theatre
Sophie Okonedo — Medea — @sohoplace
Sarah Jessica Parker — Plaza Suite — Savoy Theatre
Sheridan Smith — Shirley Valentine — Duke of York's Theatre
Sarah Snook — The Picture of Dorian Gray — Theatre Royal Haymarket

Best Actor

Joseph Fiennes — Dear England — National Theatre and Prince Edward Theatre
Mark Gatiss — The Motive and the Cue — National Theatre and Noël Coward Theatre
James Norton — A Little Life — Harold Pinter Theatre and Savoy Theatre
Andrew Scott — Vanya — Duke of York's Theatre
David Tennant — Macbeth — Donmar Warehouse

Best Director

Stephen Daldry and Justin Martin — Stranger Things: The First Shadow — Phoenix Theatre
Rupert Goold — Dear England — National Theatre and Prince Edward Theatre
Jamie Lloyd — Sunset Boulevard — Savoy Theatre
Sam Mendes — The Motive and the Cue — National Theatre and Noël Coward Theatre

Best Costume Design

Bunny Christie and 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

Best Sound Design

Paul Arditti for Stranger Things: The First Shadow — Phoenix Theatre
Dan Balfour and Tom Gibbins for Dear England — National Theatre and Prince Edward Theatre
Adam Fisher for Sunset Boulevard — Savoy Theatre
Gareth Fry for Macbeth — Donmar Warehouse

Best New Entertainment or Comedy Play

Accidental Death of an Anarchist
Stephen Sondheim's Old Friends
Stranger Things: The First Shadow
Vardy V Rooney: The Wagatha Christie Trial

Best Family Show

Bluey's Big Play
Dinosaur World Live
The House With Chicken Legs
The Smeds and The Smoos

Best Theatre Choreographer

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

Best Set Design

Miriam Buether for set design and 59 Productions for video design — Stranger Things: The First Shadow — Phoenix Theatre
Bunny Christie for set design — Guys & Dolls — Bridge Theatre
Es Devlin for set design and Ash J Woodward for video design — Dear England — National Theatre and Prince Edward Theatre
Soutra Gilmour for set design and Nathan Amzi and Joe Ransom for video design - Sunset Boulevard — Savoy Theatre

Best Lighting Design

Jon Clark — Dear England — National Theatre and Prince Edward Theatre
Jon Clark — Stranger Things: The First Shadow — Phoenix Theatre
Paule Constable — Guys & Dolls — Bridge Theatre
Jack Knowles — Sunset Boulevard — Savoy Theatre

Outstanding Achievement in an Affiliate Theatre

Blue Mist — Jerwood Theatre Upstairs, Royal Court Theatre
A Playlist for the Revolution — Bush Theatre
Sleepova — Bush Theatre
The Swell — Orange Tree Theatre
The Time Machine: A Comedy – Park Theatre

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

Best New Opera Production

Blue by English National Opera — London Coliseum
Innocence by Royal Opera — Royal Opera House
Picture a Day Like This by Royal Opera — Royal Opera House
The Rhinegold by English National Opera — London Coliseum

Best New Dance Production

Broken Chord — Sadler's Wells
The Rite of Spring — Sadler's Wells
La Ruta — Sadler's Wells
Time Spell — Sadler's Wells

Outstanding Achievement in Dance

Isabela Coracy for her performance in NINA: By Whatever Means — Barbican Theatre
Jonzi D for his artistic direction of Breakin' Convention 2023 International Festival of Hip Hop Dance Theatre — Sadler's Wells
Rhiannon Faith for conception of Lay Down Your Burdens — Pit at Barbican

Outstanding Musical Contribution

Tom Brady for musical supervision and arrangements and Charlie Rosen for orchestrations — Guys & Dolls — Bridge Theatre
Matt Brind for musical supervisions, orchestrations, and arrangements — Just for One Day — The Old Vic
Steve Sidwell for orchestrations and Joe Bunker for musical direction — Operation Mincemeat — Fortune Theatre
Alan Williams for musical supervision and musical direction — Sunset Boulevard — Savoy Theatre