Olivier Awards 2024 – Winners

On Sunday 14 April, the 2024 Olivier Awards took place at the Royal Albert Hall, hosted once again by Hannah Waddingham.

Jamie Lloyd’s electric revival of Sunset Boulevard equaled the record for the most wins at the ceremony, taking home 7 out of the 11 awards it was nominated for. Andrew Lloyd Webber’s classic musical not only won the award for Best Musical Revival but many more. Its leads Nicole Scherzinger and Tom Francis took home Best Actor and Actress in a Musical and Jamie Lloyd himself won the award for Best Director.

Sunset Boulevard joins 3 other West End shows that also won 7 awards when they opened – Cabaret, Matilda, and Hamilton.

Sarah Snook took home the award for Best Actress for her one-woman performance of The Picture of Dorian Gray, currently playing at the Theatre Royal Haymarket. Mark Gattis won the award for Best Actor for his role in The Motive and the Cue at the Noel Coward Theatre.

Haydn Gwynne won the award for Best Supporting Actress, 6 months after her passing for her performance in Winston Went to War with the Wireless. Her son Orlando Phillips accepted the award on her behalf.

Arlene Phillips finally became an Olivier Award winner at the age of 80 winning Best Theatre Choreographer alongside James Cousins for the Bridge’s production of Guys and Dolls.

Dear England, Operation Mincemeat, and Stranger Things: The First Shadow all took home 2 awards each.

Full List of Winners…

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

Best Revival
WINNER Vanya at Duke of York’s Theatre
The Effect at the National Theatre
Macbeth at the Donmar Warehouse
Shirley Valentine at Duke of York’s Theatre

Best Musical Revival
WINNER: Sunset Boulevard at the Savoy Theatre
Groundhog Day at The Old Vic Guys & Dolls at the Bridge Theatre
Hadestown at the Lyric Theatre

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

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

Best Actor in a Musical
WINNER: Tom Francis in Sunset Boulevard — Savoy Theatre
David Cumming in Operation Mincemeat — Fortune Theatre
Daniel Mays in Guys & Dolls — Bridge Theatre
Charlie Stemp in Crazy for You — Gillian Lynne Theatre

Best Actress in a Musical
WINNER: Nicole Scherzinger in Sunset Boulevard — Savoy Theatre
Nathasha Hodgson in Operation Mincemeat — Fortune Theatre
Caissie Levy in Next to Normal — Donmar Warehouse
Marisha Wallace in Guys & Dolls — Bridge Theatre

Best Actor in a Supporting Role
WINNER: Will Close in Dear England — National Theatre and Prince Edward Theatre
Paul Hilton in An Enemy of the People — Duke of York’s Theatre
Giles Terera in Clyde’s — Donmar Warehouse
Luke Thompson in A Little Life — Harold Pinter Theatre and Savoy Theatre
Zubin Varla in A Little Life — Harold Pinter Theatre and Savoy Theatre

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

Best Actress in a Supporting Role in a Musical
WINNER: Amy Trigg in The Little Big Things — @sohoplace
Grace Hodgett Young in Sunset Boulevard — Savoy Theatre
Zoë Roberts in Operation Mincemeat — Fortune Theatre
Eleanor Worthington-Cox in Next to Normal — Donmar Warehouse

Best Actor in a Supporting Role in a Musical
WINNER: Jak Malone in Operation Mincemeat — Fortune Theatre
Cedric Neal in Guys & Dolls — Bridge Theatre
David Thaxton in Sunset Boulevard — Savoy Theatre
Jack Wolfe in Next to Normal — Donmar Warehouse

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

Best Costume Design
WINNER: Marg Horwell for The Picture of Dorian Gray
Bunny Christie and Deborah Andrews for Guys & Dolls
Ryan Dawson Laight for La Cage Aux Folles
Hugh Durrant for Peter Pan

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

Best New Entertainment or Comedy Play
WINNER: Stranger Things: The First Shadow
Accidental Death of an Anarchist
Stephen Sondheim’s Old Friends
Vardy V Rooney: The Wagatha Christie Trial

Best Family Show
WINNER: Dinosaur World Live
Bluey’s Big Play
The House With Chicken Legs
The Smeds and The Smoos

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

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

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

Outstanding Achievement in Opera
WINNER: 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
WINNER: Innocence by Royal Opera — Royal Opera House
Blue by English National Opera — London Coliseum

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

Best New Dance Production
WINNER: La Ruta — Sadler’s Wells
Broken Chord — Sadler’s Wells
The Rite of Spring — Sadler’s Wells
Time Spell — Sadler’s Wells

Outstanding Achievement in Dance
WINNER: 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
WINNER: Alan Williams for musical supervision and musical direction — Sunset Boulevard — Savoy Theatre
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