Olivier Awards 2024: Haydn Gwynne fans slam 'shameful' ITV for cutting moving ... trends now Best actor in a musical David Cumming for Operation Mincemeat Tom Francis for Sunset Boulevard - WINNER Daniel Mays for Guys and Dolls Charlie Stemp for Crazy for You Best actress in a musical Natasha Hodgson for Operation Mincemeat Caissie Levy for Next to Normal Nicole Scherzinger for Sunset Boulevard - WINNER Marisha Wallace for Guys and Dolls 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 - WINNER Best actor Mark Gatiss for The Motive and the Cue - WINNER Joseph Fiennes for Dear England James Norton for A Little Life Andrew Scott for Vanya David Tennant for Macbeth Best new play 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 Best new musical The Little Big Things, music by Nick Butcher, lyrics by Nick Butcher and Tom Ling, book by Joe White Next to Normal, music by Tom Kitt, book and lyrics by Brian Yorkey Operation Mincemeat, music, lyrics and book by David Cumming, Felix Hagan, Natasha Hodgson and Zoë Roberts - WINNER A Strange Loop, music, lyrics and book by Michael R Jackson 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 - WINNER Eleanor Worthington-Cox for Next to Normal Best actor in a supporting role in a musical Jak Malone for Operation Mincemeat - WINNER Cedric Neal for Guys and Dolls David Thaxton for Sunset Boulevard Jack Wolfe for Next to Normal Best actor in a supporting role 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 Best actress in a supporting role 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 Olivier Tanya Reynolds for A Mirror Noël Coward award for best new entertainment or comedy play Accidental Death of an Anarchist by Dario Fo and Franca Rame Stephen Sondheim’s Old Friends, music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim Stranger Things: The First Shadow by Kate Trefry - WINNER Vardy V Rooney: The Wagatha Christie Trial, adapted by Liv Hennessy Best Family Show Bluey’s Big Play by Joe Brumm Dinosaur World Live by Derek Bond - WINNER The House With Chicken Legs adapted by Oliver Lansley The Smeds and the Smoos adapted by Tall Stories 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 - WINNER Mark Smith for The Little Big Things Susan Stroman for Crazy for You Best Costume Design Bunny Christie and Deborah Andrews for Guys and Dolls Ryan Dawson Laight for La Cage Aux Folles Hugh Durrant for Peter Pan Marg Horwell for The Picture of Dorian Gray - WINNER Best Revival The Effect by Lucy Prebble Macbeth by William Shakespeare Shirley Valentine by Willy Russell Vanya by Anton Chekhov, adapted by Simon Stephens - WINNER Best musical revival Groundhog Day, music and lyrics by Tim Minchin Guys and Dolls, music and lyrics by Frank Loesser, book by Jo Swerling and Abe Burrows Hadestown, music, lyrics and book by Anaïs Mitchell Sunset Boulevard, music by Andrew Lloyd Webber, lyrics and book by Don Black and Christopher Hampton - WINNER Best Sound Design Paul Arditti for Stranger Things: The First Shadow Dan Balfour and Tom Gibbins for Dear England Adam Fisher for Sunset Boulevard - WINNER Gareth Fry for Macbeth 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 - WINNER Best set design Miriam Buether for Stranger Things: The First Shadow WINNER Bunny Christie for Guys and Dolls Es Devlin and Ash J Woodward Dear England Soutra Gilmour and Nathan Amzi and Joe Ransom for Sunset Boulevard 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 - WINNER Best new opera production 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 Outstanding achievement in 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 Marina Abramović for 7 Deaths of Maria Callas Outstanding achievement in dance Isabela Coracy for her performance in NINA: By Whatever Means, part of Ballet Black: Pioneers - WINNER 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 at The Pit Outstanding achievement in affiliate theatre Blue Mist by Mohamed-Zain Dada at the Jerwood Theatre Upstairs at the Royal Court theatre A Playlist for The Revolution by AJ Yi at the Bush theatre Sleepova by Matilda Feyişayo at the Bush theatre - WINNER The Swell by Isley Lynn at Orange Tree theatre The Time Machine: A Comedy by Steven Canny and John Nicholson at the Park theatre Sir Peter Hall award for best director Stephen Daldry and Justin Martin for Stranger Things: The First Shadow at the Phoenix theatre Rupert Goold for Dear England at the National Theatre – Olivier and Prince Edward theatre Jamie Lloyd for Sunset Boulevard at the Savoy theatre - WINNER Sam Mendes for The Motive and the Cue at the National Theatre – Lyttelton and Noël Coward theatre All rights reserved for this news site (dailymail) and under his responsibility