Sunset Boulevard, Guys & Dolls and Operation Mincemeat went head to head on Sunday night
And the results are in! Uniting the biggest and brightest stars in theatre, the 2024 Olivier Awards were held on Sunday 14 April with Cara Delevingne, James Norton, David Tennant and more walking the red carpet at the Royal Albert Hall.
Hosted by Hannah Waddingham, the star kicked off the show before getting down to business. star Sarah Snook and Mark Gatiss won the big acting prizes, while Haydn Gwynne, a five-time nominee, won her first Olivier posthumously for her work in
Nicole Scherzinger won Best Actress in a Musical for her work in and her co-star Tom Francis took home Best Actor in a Musical.
Keep reading for the full list of winners…
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Best Actress
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
Best Actor
Joseph Fiennes for Dear England
Mark Gatiss for The Motive And The Cue
James Norton for A Little Life
Andrew Scott for Vanya
David Tennant for Macbeth
Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Priyanga Burford for An Enemy of the People
Gina McKee for Dear England
Haydn Gwynne for When Winston Went to War With The Wireless
Tanya Reynolds for A Mirror
Lorraine Ashbourne for Till the Stars Come Down
Best Actor in a Supporting Role
Giles Terera for Clyde's
Will Close for Dear England
Zubin Varla for A Little Life
Paul Hilton for An Enemy of the People
Luke Thompson for A Little Life
The TAIT Towers Award for Best New Opera Production
Picture a Day Like This by The Royal Opera
Blue by English National Opera
The Rhinegold by English National Opera
Innocence by The Royal Opera
The Londoner Award for Best New Play
Dear England
The Hills Of California
The Motive And The Cue
Till The Stars Come Down
View post on TwitterDear England won Best New Play
Outstanding Achievement in Opera
Marina Abramović for 7 Deaths Of Maria Callas
Belarus Free Theatre for King Stakh’s Wild Hunt
Antonio Pappano (music director of The Royal Opera House)
The Sir Noel Coward Award for Best New Entertainment or Comedy Play
Accidental Death of an Anarchist by Dario Fo & Franca Rame, adapted by Tom Basden
Stephen Sondheim's Old Friends by Stephen Sondheim
Stranger Things: The First Shadow by Kate Trefry
Vardy V Rooney: The Wagatha Christie Trial, adapted by Liv Hennessy
Outstanding Musical Contribution
Tom Brady for musical supervision and arrangements and Charlie Rosen for orchestrations for Guys and Dolls
Matt Brind for musical supervision, arrangements and orchestrations for Just for One Day
Steve Sidwell for orchestrations and Joe Bunker for musical direction for Operation Mincemeat
Alan Williams for musical supervision and musical direction for Sunset Boulevard
Best Actress in a Musical
Natasha Hodgson for Operation Mincemeat
Caissie Levy for Next To Normal
Nicole Scherzinger for Sunset Boulevard
Marisha Wallace for Guys & Dolls
The Unusual Rigging Award for Outstanding Achievement in Affiliate Theatre
The Time Machine - A Comedy
A Playlist for The Revolution
The Swell Blue Mist
Sleepova
Best Actor in a Musical
David Cumming for Operation Mincemeat
Tom Francis for Sunset Boulevard
Daniel Mays for Guys & Dolls
Charlie Stemp for Crazy For You
Mastercard Best New Musical
The Little Big Things
Next To Normal
Operation Mincemeat
A Strange Loop
Best Family Show
Bluey’s Big Play by Joe Brumm
Dinosaur World Live by Derek Bond
The House With Chicken Legs, book by Sophie Anderson, adapted by Oliver Lansley
The Smeds and the Smoos, book by Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler, adapted by Tall Stories
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
Dan Balfour and Tom Gibbons for Dear England
Adam Fisher for Sunset Boulevard
Gareth Fry for Macbeth
Best Lighting Design
Jon Clark for Dear England
Jon Clark for Stranger Things: The First Shadow
Paule Constable for Guys and Dolls
Jack Knowles for Sunset Boulevard
The Blue-i-theatre Award for Best Set Design
Es Devlin for Dear England
Joe Ransom for Sunset Boulevard
59 Productions for Stranger Things: The First Shadow (for Video Design)
Soutra Gilmour for Sunset Boulevard
Ash J Woodward for Dear England
Nathan Amzi for Sunset Boulevard
Bunny Christie for Guys & Dolls
Miriam Buether for Stranger Things: The First Shadow (for Set Design)
Sir Peter Hall Award for Best Director
Stephen Daldry & Justin Martin for Stranger Things: The First Shadow
Rupert Goold for Dear England
Jamie Lloyd for Sunset Boulevard
Sam Mendes for The Motive And The Cue
Best New Dance Production
Broken Chord by Gregory Maqoma and Thuthuka Sibisi
The Rite of Spring by Seeta Patel
La Ruta by Gabriela Carrizo, part of Nederlands Dans Theater – NDT 1
Time Spell by Michelle Dorrance, Jillian Meyers and Tiler Peck, part of Turn It Out With Tiler Peck and Friends
Outstanding Achievement in Dance
Isabela Coracy for her performance in NINA: By Whatever Means, part of Ballet Black: Pioneers
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
Gillian Lynne award for Best Theatre Choreographer
Fabian Aloise for Sunset Boulevard
Ellen Kane and Hannes Langolf for Dear England
Arlene Phillips with James Cousins for Guys and Dolls
Mark Smith for The Little Big Things
Susan Stroman for Crazy for You
Best Actor in a Supporting Role in a Musical
Jak Malone for Operation Mincemeat
Cedric Neal for Guys and Dolls
David Thaxton for Sunset Boulevard
Jack Wolfe for Next to Normal
Best actress in a supporting role in a musical
Grace Hodgett Young for Sunset Boulevard
Zoë Roberts for Operation Mincemeat
Amy Trigg for The Little Big Things
Eleanor Worthington-Cox for Next to Normal
Best Revival
The Effect by Lucy Prebbletelton
Macbeth by William Shakespeare
Shirley Valentine by Willy Russell
Vanya by Anton Chekhov, adapted by Simon Stephens
View post on TwitterBest revival went to Vanya
Best Musical Revival
Groundhog Day, music & lyrics by Tim Minchin, book by Danny Rubin
Guys & Dolls, music & lyrics by Frank Loesser, book by Jo Swerling & Abe Burrows
Hadestown, music, lyrics & book by Anaïs Mitchell
Sunset Boulevard, music by Andrew Lloyd Webber, lyrics & book by Don Black & Christopher Hampton
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