The 2024 Olivier Awards happen this night on the Royal Albert Corridor in London with an array of display names set to be celebrated for performances given on the London stage.
Ted Lasso star Hannah Waddingham will kick off the proceedings, performing a quantity with singer and pianist Joe Stilgoe. Waddingham, who will likely be seen on the massive display this yr in The Fall Man and Mission Unimaginable – Lifeless Reckoning Half 2, hosted final yr’s ceremony, and the Oliver Awards directors on the Society of London Theatre moved quick to ebook her once more for immediately’s award festivities.
A number of high-profile actors acknowledged for his or her performances within the West Finish over the previous yr will stroll the Inexperienced Carpet earlier than ascending the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Steps to succeed in the Royal Albert Corridor. The huge auditorium incorporates a basis stone that was laid by Queen Victoria, the late Queen Elizabeth’s great-great-grandmother, in 1867.
Stars out in pressure embrace Sarah Jessica Parker (And Simply Like That…) who’s honored in the most effective actress class for her astute comedian timing in Neil Simon’s Plaza Suite which additionally stars her husband Matthew Broderick. James Norton (Little Ladies, Glad Valley) is nominated in the most effective actor line-up for A Little Life; his fellow actors Luke Thompson (Bridgerton) and Zubin Varla (Andor) are nominated for his or her supporting performances in A Little Life, tailored from Hanna Yanagihara’s novel by director Ivo van Hove and Koen Tachelet.
Succession star Sarah Snook is nominated in the most effective actress class for the 26 roles she performs within the extraordinary Sydney Theatre Firm’s model of Oscar Wilde’s The Image of Dorian Grey. Andrew Scott, acclaimed for his lead position within the Netflix drama Ripley and Andrew Haigh’s characteristic All of Us Strangers, is one other actor nominated for enjoying a number of roles. Scott performed eight characters in Vanya, Simon Stephens’s adaptation of Anton Chekhov’s Uncle Vanya. Sheridan Smith (Mrs.Biggs, The Instructor) can be acknowledged for her elegant solo efficiency within the revival of Willy Russell’s Shirley Valentine. The BAFTA award winner is presently main the ensemble of the brand new musical model of John Cassavettes’ 1977 film Opening Evening which divided critics and audiences. Producers not too long ago posted a closing discover for Opening Evening which will likely be open not after Could 18. It was on account of run till July 27 on the Gielgud.
Daniel Mays, who portrayed gangster Ronnie Biggs reverse Smith in Mrs. Biggs, is nominated for his skilled musical theatre debut in director Nicholas Hytner’s joyous revival of Guys & Dolls on the Bridge Theatre. Mays will be seen taking part in reverse Michael Douglas in Franklin which simply began streaming on AppleTV+.
Nicole Scherzinger is up for her sensational flip as Norma Desmond within the latest revival of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Broadway-bound Sundown Boulevard, directed by Jamie Lloyd. One of the best director record additionally consists of Lloyd and filmmaker Stephen Daldry (Billy Elliott, The Reader, The Crown) with Justin Martin, for his or her manufacturing of Stranger Issues: The First Shadow based mostly on the Netflix sequence created by the Duffer brothers Matt and Ross Duffer. The stage model is produced by Netflix and Sonia Friedman Productions.
Oscar winner Sam Mendes (1917, Skyfall) is greatest director nominated for his manufacturing of Jack Thorne’s play The Motive and the Cue about when John Gielgud directed Richard Burton in Hamlet on Broadway in 1964. Mark Gatiss, who portrayed Gielgud within the play on the Nationwide Theatre and the West Finish, is nominated for his efficiency. There was loads of chatter about Motive and the Cue heading to New York however to date nothing has been formally introduced. And Judy filmmaker Rupert Goold is within the working for his course of James Graham’s Pricey England which performed on the Nationwide Theatre and the Prince Edward Theatre, starring Joseph Fiennes, additionally nominated for his portrayal of Gareth Southgate, supervisor of England males’s nationwide soccer crew.
Lorraine Ashbourne, a star of Graham’s TV drama Sherwood is in the most effective supporting actress class for her position in Beth Metal’s new play Until the Stars Come Down which performed a season on the Nationwide Theatre’s Dorfman Theatre.
This yr’s Olivier Awards coincide with the Nationwide Theatre’s sixtieth anniversary. The theatre, based by Laurence Olivier, has been nominated for 15 awards this yr and can rejoice the landmark anniversary with a particular grand finale and onstage dedication.
Scroll right down to see a full record of nominees and verify again this night to seek out our protection of the winners.
Nominees:
Cunard Greatest Revival
The Impact by Lucy Prebble at Nationwide Theatre – Lyttelton
Macbeth by William Shakespeare at Donmar Warehouse
Shirley Valentine by Willy Russell at Duke Of York’s Theatre
Vanya by Anton Chekhov, tailored by Simon Stephens at Duke Of York’s Theatre
Greatest Actor in a Supporting Function
Will Shut for Pricey England at Nationwide Theatre – Olivier & Prince Edward Theatre
Paul Hilton for An Enemy Of The Individuals at Duke Of York’s Theatre
Giles Terera for Clyde’s at Donmar Warehouse
Luke Thompson for A Little Life at Harold Pinter Theatre & Savoy Theatre
Zubin Varla for A Little Life at Harold Pinter Theatre & Savoy Theatre
Greatest Actress in a Supporting Function
Lorraine Ashbourne for Until The Stars Come Down at Nationwide Theatre – Dorfman
Priyanga Burford for An Enemy Of The Individuals at Duke Of York’s Theatre
Haydn Gwynne for When Winston Went To Warfare With The Wi-fi at Donmar Warehouse
Gina McKee for Pricey England at Nationwide Theatre – Olivier
Tanya Reynolds for A Mirror at Almeida Theatre & Trafalgar Theatre
Blue-i Theatre Expertise Award for Greatest Set Design
Miriam Buether for Set Design & 59 Productions for Video Design for Stranger Issues: The First Shadow at Phoenix Theatre
Bunny Christie for Set Design for Guys & Dolls at Bridge Theatre
Es Devlin for Set Design & Ash J Woodward for Video Design for Pricey England at Nationwide Theatre – Olivier & Prince Edward Theatre
Soutra Gilmour for Set Design and Nathan Amzi & Joe Ransom for Video Design for Sundown Boulevard at Savoy Theatre
Mithridate Award for Greatest Costume Design
Bunny Christie & Deborah Andrews for Guys & Dolls at 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 Image Of Dorian Grey at Theatre Royal Haymarket
Greatest Actress
Laura Donnelly for The Hills Of California at Harold Pinter Theatre
Sophie Okonedo for Medea at @sohoplace
Sarah Jessica Parker for Plaza Suite at Savoy Theatre
Sheridan Smith for Shirley Valentine at Duke Of York’s Theatre
Sarah Snook for The Image Of Dorian Grey at Theatre Royal Haymarket
Greatest Actor
Joseph Fiennes for Pricey England at Nationwide Theatre – Olivier & Prince Edward Theatre
Mark Gatiss for The Motive And The Cue at Nationwide Theatre – Lyttelton & Noël Coward Theatre
James Norton for A Little Life at Harold Pinter Theatre & Savoy Theatre
Andrew Scott for Vanya at Duke Of York’s Theatre
David Tennant for Macbeth at Donmar Warehouse
Excellent Achievement in Opera
Antonio Pappano for his position as Music Director of the Royal Opera Home
Belarus Free Theatre Firm for King Stakh’s Wild Hunt on the Barbican Theatre
Marina Abramović for her idea and design of seven Deaths Of Maria Callas on the London Coliseum
TAIT Award for Greatest New Opera Manufacturing
Blue by English Nationwide Opera at London Coliseum
Innocence by Royal Opera at Royal Opera Home
Image A Day Like This by Royal Opera at Royal Opera Home – Linbury Theatre
The Rhinegold by English Nationwide Opera at London Coliseum
Uncommon Rigging Award for Excellent Achievement in Affiliate Theatre
Blue Mist by Mohamed-Zain Dada at Jerwood Theatre Upstairs at Royal Court docket Theatre
A Playlist For The Revolution by AJ Yi at Bush Theatre
Sleepova by Matilda Feyiṣayọ Ibini at Bush Theatre
The Swell by Isley Lynn at Orange Tree Theatre
The Time Machine: A Comedy by Steven Canny and John Nicholson at Park Theatre
The Londoner Award for Greatest New Play
Pricey England by James Graham at Nationwide Theatre – Olivier & Prince Edward Theatre
The Hills Of California by Jez Butterworth at Harold Pinter Theatre
The Motive And The Cue by Jack Thorne at Nationwide Theatre – Lyttelton & Noël Coward Theatre
Until The Stars Come Down by Beth Metal at Nationwide Theatre – Dorfman
Sir Peter Corridor Award for Greatest Director
Stephen Daldry & Justin Martin for Stranger Issues: The First Shadow at Phoenix Theatre
Rupert Goold for Pricey England at Nationwide Theatre – Olivier & Prince Edward Theatre
Jamie Lloyd for Sundown Boulevard at Savoy Theatre
Sam Mendes for The Motive And The Cue at Nationwide Theatre – Lyttelton & Noël Coward Theatre
Noël Coward Award for Greatest New Leisure or Comedy Play
Unintentional Dying Of An Anarchist by Dario Fo & Franca Rame, tailored by Tom Basden at Lyric Hammersmith & Theatre Royal Haymarket, a Sheffield Theatres and Lyric Hammersmith Theatre manufacturing offered within the West Finish by Playful Productions
Stephen Sondheim’s Previous Buddies, music & lyrics by Stephen Sondheim at Gielgud Theatre
Stranger Issues: The First Shadow by Kate Trefry at Phoenix Theatre
Vardy V Rooney: The Wagatha Christie Trial, tailored by Liv Hennessy at Ambassadors Theatre
Greatest Household Present
Bluey’s Large Play by Joe Brumm at Southbank Centre’s Royal Pageant Corridor
Dinosaur World Reside by Derek Bond, Laura Cubitt & Max Humphries at Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre
The Home With Hen Legs, ebook by Sophie Anderson, tailored by Oliver Lansley for Les Enfants Terribles at Southbank Centre’s Queen Elizabeth Corridor
The Smeds And The Smoos, ebook by Julia Donaldson & Axel Scheffler, tailored by Tall
Tales at Lyric Theatre
Excellent Achievement in Dance
Isabela Coracy for her efficiency in NINA: By No matter Means, a part of Cassa Pacho’s Ballet Black: Pioneers at Barbican Theatre
Jonzi D for his creative course of Breakin’ Conference 2023 Worldwide Pageant Of Hip Hop Dance Theatre at Sadler’s Wells
Rhiannon Religion for her neighborhood focussed conception of Lay Down Your Burdens at The Pit at Barbican
Greatest New Dance Manufacturing
Damaged Chord by Gregory Maqoma & Thuthuka Sibisi at Sadler’s Wells
The Ceremony Of Spring by Seeta Patel at Sadler’s Wells
La Ruta by Gabriela Carrizo, a part of Nederlands Dans Theater – NDT 1 at Sadler’s Wells
Time Spell by Michelle Dorrance, Jillian Meyers & Tiler Peck, a part of Flip It Out With Tiler Peck & Buddies at Sadler’s Wells
Greatest Musical Revival
Groundhog Day, music & lyrics by Tim Minchin, ebook by Danny Rubin at The Previous Vic
Guys & Dolls, music & lyrics by Frank Loesser, ebook by Jo Swerling & Abe Burrows at Bridge Theatre
Hadestown, music, lyrics & ebook by Anaïs Mitchell at Lyric Theatre
Sundown Boulevard, music by Andrew Lloyd Webber, lyrics & ebook by Don Black & Christopher Hampton at Savoy Theatre
Excellent Musical Contribution
Tom Brady for Musical Supervision & Preparations and Charlie Rosen for Orchestrations for Guys & Dolls at Bridge Theatre
Matt Brind for Musical Supervision, Preparations & Orchestrations for Simply For One Day at The Previous Vic
Steve Sidwell for Orchestrations & Joe Bunker for Musical Course for Operation Mincemeat at Fortune Theatre
Alan Williams for Musical Supervision & Musical Course for Sundown Boulevard at Savoy Theatre
Gillian Lynne Award for Greatest Theatre Choreographer
Fabian Aloise for Sundown Boulevard at Savoy Theatre
Ellen Kane & Hannes Langolf for Pricey England at Nationwide Theatre – Olivier & Prince Edward Theatre
Arlene Phillips with James Cousins for Guys & Dolls at Bridge Theatre
Mark Smith for The Little Large Issues at @sohoplace
Susan Stroman for Loopy For You at Gillian Lynne Theatre
White Gentle Award for Greatest Lighting Design
Jon Clark for Pricey England at Nationwide Theatre – Olivier & Prince Edward Theatre
Jon Clark for Stranger Issues: The First Shadow at Phoenix Theatre
Paule Constable for Guys & Dolls at Bridge Theatre
Jack Knowles for Sundown Boulevard at Savoy Theatre
d&b audiotechnik Award for Greatest Sound Design
Paul Arditti for Stranger Issues: The First Shadow at Phoenix Theatre
Dan Balfour & Tom Gibbons for Pricey England at Nationwide Theatre – Olivier & Prince Edward Theatre
Adam Fisher for Sundown Boulevard at Savoy Theatre
Gareth Fry for Macbeth at Donmar Warehouse
Greatest Actress in a Supporting Function in a Musical
Grace Hodgett Younger for Sundown Boulevard at Savoy Theatre
Zoë Roberts for Operation Mincemeat at Fortune Theatre
Amy Trigg for The Little Large Issues at @sohoplace
Eleanor Worthington-Cox for Subsequent To Regular at Donmar Warehouse
Greatest Actor in a Supporting Function in a Musical
Jak Malone for Operation Mincemeat at Fortune Theatre
Cedric Neal for Guys & Dolls at Bridge Theatre
David Thaxton for Sundown Boulevard at Savoy Theatre
Jack Wolfe for Subsequent To Regular at Donmar Warehouse
Greatest Actor in a Musical
David Cumming for Operation Mincemeat at Fortune Theatre
Tom Francis for Sundown Boulevard at Savoy Theatre
Daniel Mays for Guys & Dolls at Bridge Theatre
Charlie Stemp for Loopy For You at Gillian Lynne Theatre
Greatest Actress in a Musical
Natasha Hodgson for Operation Mincemeat at Fortune Theatre
Caissie Levy for Subsequent To Regular at Donmar Warehouse
Nicole Scherzinger for Sundown Boulevard at Savoy Theatre
Marisha Wallace for Guys & Dolls at Bridge Theatre
Mastercard Greatest New Musical
The Little Large Issues, music by Nick Butcher, lyrics by Nick Butcher & Tom Ling, ebook by Joe White at @sohoplace
Subsequent To Regular, music by Tom Kitt, ebook & lyrics by Brian Yorkey at Donmar Warehouse
Operation Mincemeat, music, lyrics & ebook by David Cumming, Felix Hagan, Natasha Hodgson & Zoë Roberts at Fortune Theatre
A Unusual Loop, music, lyrics & ebook by Michael R. Jackson at Barbican Theatre.
