Zubin Varla, Pyiyanga Burford among nominees at Olivier Awards 2024

The UK’s most important and prestigious theatre awards, the Olivier Awards, have announced its nominees with Zubin Varla and Pyiyanga Burford bagging nominations for top honours. While Varna has been nominated as Best Actor in a Supporting Role for A Little Life, Burford has been nominated as Best Actress in a Supporting Role for An Enemy of the People.

Here is the full list of nominees for the Olivier Awards 2024:

Noël Coward Award for Best New Entertainment or Comedy Play

Accidental Death of an Anarchist by Dario Fo and Franca Rame – adapted by Tom Basden at the Lyric Hammersmith and Theatre Royal HaymarketStephen Sondheim’s Old Friends – music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim at the Gielgud TheatreStranger Things: The First Shadow by Kate Trefry – at the Phoenix TheatreVardy V Rooney: The Wagatha Christie Trial – adapted by Liv Hennessy at the Ambassadors TheatreBest Family Show

Bluey’s Big Play by Joe Brumm – at Southbank Centre’s Royal Festival HallDinosaur World Live by Derek Bond – at Regent’s Park Open Air TheatreThe House With Chicken Legs – book by Sophie Anderson, adapted by Oliver Lansley at Southbank Centre’s Queen Elizabeth HallThe Smeds and the Smoos – book by Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler, adapted by Tall Stories at the Lyric TheatreGillian Lynne Award for Best Theatre Choreographer

Fabian Aloise – Sunset Boulevard at the Savoy TheatreEllen Kane and Hannes Langolf – Dear England at the National Theatre, Olivier and Prince Edward TheatreArlene Phillips with James Cousins – Guys & Dolls at the Bridge TheatreMark Smith – The Little Big Things at Soho PlaceSusan Stroman – Crazy for You at the Gillian Lynne TheatreBest Costume Design

Bunny Christie and Deborah Andrews – Guys & Dolls at the Bridge TheatreRyan Dawson Laight – La Cage Aux Folles at Regent’s Park Open Air TheatreHugh Durrant – Peter Pan at The London PalladiumMarg Horwell – The Picture of Dorian Gray at the Theatre Royal HaymarketBest Revival

The Effect by Lucy Prebble – at the National Theatre, LytteltonMacbeth by William Shakespeare – at the Donmar WarehouseShirley Valentine by Willy Russell – at the Duke of York’s TheatreVanya by Anton Chekhov – adapted by Simon Stephens at the Duke of York’s TheatreBest Musical Revival

Groundhog Day – music and lyrics by Tim Minchin, book by Danny Rubin at The Old VicGuys & Dolls – music and lyrics by Frank Loesser, book by Jo Swerling and Abe Burrows at the Bridge TheatreHadestown – music, lyrics, and book by Anaïs Mitchell at the Lyric TheatreSunset Boulevard – music by Andrew Lloyd Webber, lyrics and book by Don Black and Christopher Hampton at the Savoy TheatreBest Sound Design

Paul Arditti – Stranger Things: The First Shadow at the Phoenix TheatreDan Balfour and Tom Gibbins – Dear England at the National Theatre, Olivier and Prince Edward TheatreAdam Fisher – Sunset Boulevard at the Savoy TheatreGareth Fry – Macbeth at the Donmar WarehouseOutstanding Musical Contribution

Tom Brady for Musical Supervision and Arrangements and Charlie Rosen for Orchestrations – Guys & Dolls at the Bridge TheatreMatt Brind for Musical Supervision, Arrangements and Orchestrations – Just for One Day at The Old VicSteve Sidwell for Orchestrations and Joe Bunker for Musical Direction – Operation Mincemeat at the Fortune TheatreAlan Williams for Musical Supervision and Musical Direction – Sunset Boulevard at the Savoy TheatreBest Actor in a Supporting Role

Will Close – Dear England at the National Theatre, Olivier and Prince Edward TheatrePaul Hilton – An Enemy of the People at the Duke of York’s TheatreGiles Terera – Clyde’s at the Donmar WarehouseLuke Thompson – A Little Life at the Harold Pinter Theatre and Savoy TheatreZubin Varla – A Little Life at the Harold Pinter Theatre and Savoy TheatreBest Actress in a Supporting Role

Lorraine Ashbourne – Till the Stars Come Down at the National Theatre, DorfmanPriyanga Burford – An Enemy of the People at the Duke of York’s TheatreHaydn Gwynne – When Winston Went to War With the Wireless at the Donmar WarehouseGina McKee – Dear England at the National Theatre, OlivierTanya Reynolds – A Mirror at the Almeida Theatre and Trafalgar TheatreBest Set Design

Miriam Buether for Set Design and 59 Productions for Video Design – Stranger Things: The First Shadow at the Phoenix TheatreBunny Christie for Set Design – Guys & Dolls at the Bridge TheatreEs Devlin for Set Design and Ash J. Woodward for Video Design – Dear England at the National Theatre, Olivier and Prince Edward TheatreSoutra Gilmour for Set Design and Nathan Amzi and Joe Ransom for Video Design – Sunset Boulevard at the Savoy TheatreBest Lighting Design

Jon Clark – Dear England at the National Theatre, Olivier and Prince Edward TheatreJon Clark – Stranger Things: The First Shadow at the Phoenix TheatrePaule Constable – Guys & Dolls at the Bridge TheatreJack Knowles – Sunset Boulevard at the Savoy TheatreBest Actress in a Supporting Role in a Musical

Grace Hodgett Young – Sunset Boulevard at the Savoy TheatreZoë Roberts – Operation Mincemeat at the Fortune TheatreAmy Trigg – The Little Big Things at Soho PlaceEleanor Worthington-Cox – Next to Normal at the Donmar WarehouseBest Actor in a Supporting Role in a Musical

Jak Malone – Operation Mincemeat at the Fortune TheatreCedric Neal – Guys & Dolls at the Bridge TheatreDavid Thaxton – Sunset Boulevard at the Savoy TheatreJack Wolfe – Next to Normal at the Donmar WarehouseBest New Opera Production

Blue by the English National Opera – at the London ColiseumInnocence by the Royal Opera – at the Royal Opera HousePicture a Day Like This by the Royal Opera – at the Royal Opera House, Linbury TheatreThe Rhinegold by the English National Opera – at the London ColiseumOutstanding Achievement in Opera

Antonio Pappano for his role as Musical Director of the Royal Opera HouseBelarus Free Theatre Company for King Stakh’s Wild Hunt – at the Barbican theatreMarina Abramović for her concept and design of 7 Deaths of Maria Callas – at the London ColiseumBest Actor in a Musical

David Cumming – Operation Mincemeat at the Fortune TheatreTom Francis – Sunset Boulevard at the Savoy TheatreDaniel Mays – Guys & Dolls at the Bridge TheatreCharlie Stemp – Crazy for You at the Gillian Lynne TheatreBest Actress in a Musical

Natasha Hodgson – Operation Mincemeat at the Fortune TheatreCaissie Levy – Next to Normal at the Donmar WarehouseNicole Scherzinger – Sunset Boulevard at the Savoy TheatreMarisha Wallace – Guys & Dolls at the Bridge TheatreBest New Dance Production

Broken Chord by Gregory Maqoma and Thuthuka Sibisi – at Sadler’s WellsThe Rite of Spring by Seeta Patel – at Sadler’s WellsLa Ruta by Gabriela Carrizo – part of Nederlands Dans Theater, NDT 1 at Sadler’s WellsTime Spell by Michelle Dorrance, Jillian Meyers, and Tiler Peck – part of Turn It Out With Tiler Peck and Friends at Sadler’s WellsOutstanding Achievement in Dance

Isabela Coracy for her performance in NINA: By Whatever Means – part of Ballet Black: Pioneers at the Barbican TheatreJonzi D for his artistic direction of Breakin’ Convention 2023 International festival of hip-hop dance theatre – at Sadler’s WellsRhiannon Faith for her community-focused conception of Lay Down Your Burdens – at The Pit at BarbicanOutstanding Achievement in Affiliate Theatre

Blue Mist by Mohamed-Zain Dada – at the Jerwood Theatre Upstairs at the Royal Court TheatreA Playlist for The Revolution by AJ Yi – at the Bush TheatreSleepova by Matilda Feyişayo – at the Bush TheatreThe Swell by Isley Lynn – at the Orange Tree TheatreThe Time Machine: A Comedy by Steven Canny and John Nicholson – at the Park TheatreSir Peter Hall Award for Best Director

Stephen Daldry and Justin Martin – Stranger Things: The First Shadow at the Phoenix theatreRupert Goold – Dear England at the National Theatre, Olivier and Prince Edward TheatreJamie Lloyd – Sunset Boulevard at the Savoy TheatreSam Mendes – The Motive and the Cue at the National Theatre, Lyttelton and Noël Coward TheatreBest Actress

Laura Donnelly – The Hills of California at the Harold Pinter TheatreSophie Okonedo – Medea at Soho PlaceSarah Jessica Parker – Plaza Suite at the Savoy TheatreSheridan Smith – Shirley Valentine at the Duke of York’s TheatreSarah Snook – The Picture of Dorian Gray at the Theatre Royal HaymarketBest Actor

Joseph Fiennes – Dear England at the National Theatre, Olivier and Prince Edward TheatreMark Gatiss – The Motive and the Cue at the National Theatre, Lyttelton and Noël Coward TheatreJames Norton – A Little Life at the Harold Pinter Theatre and Savoy TheatreAndrew Scott – Vanya at the Duke of York’s TheatreDavid Tennant – Macbeth at the Donmar WarehouseBest New Play

Dear England by James Graham – at the National Theatre, Olivier and Prince Edward TheatreThe Hills of California by Jez Butterworth – at the Harold Pinter TheatreThe Motive and the Cue by Jack Thorne – at the National Theatre, Lyttelton and Noël Coward TheatreTill the Stars Come Down by Beth Steel – at the National Theatre, DorfmanBest New Musical

The Little Big Things – music by Nick Butcher, lyrics by Nick Butcher and Tom Ling, book by Joe White at Soho PlaceNext to Normal – music by Tom Kitt, book and lyrics by Brian Yorkey at the Donmar WarehouseOperation Mincemeat – music, lyrics, and book by David Cumming, Felix Hagan, Natasha Hodgson, and Zoë Roberts at the Fortune TheatreA Strange Loop – music, lyrics, and book by Michael R. Jackson at the Barbican TheatreThe winners will be announced in a ceremony at London’s Royal Albert Hall on 14 April.