“Sunset Boulevard” Starring Nicole Scherzinger Receives 11 Olivier Awards NominationsNominees For Olivier Awards 2024 Announced
The nominations are out for this year’s Olivier Awards, aka London’s biggest annual theatre awards ceremony.OFFICIAL PRESS RELEASENEWS PROVIDED BY ITV Press Centre • Mastercard Best New Musical nominees are “The Little Big Things”, “Next To Normal”, “Operation Mincemeat” and “A Strange Loop” • The National Theatre garnered the most nominations with 15 nominations recognising “Dear England”, “The Motive And The Cue”, “Till The Stars Come Down” and “The Effect” • “Dear England” leads the way for the most nominated play with 9 nominations • “Sunset Boulevard” is the most nominated production, with the Jamie Lloyd musical starring Nicole Scherzinger and Tom Francis, receiving 11 nominations • Nominees for Best Actress are Laura Donnelly, Sophie Okonedo, Sarah Jessica Parker, Sheridan Smith and Sarah Snook with first time nominations for Sarah Jessica Parker and Sarah Snook • Nominees for Best Actor are Joseph Fiennes, Mark Gatiss, James Norton, Andrew Scott and David Tennant with first time nominations for Joseph Fiennes and James Norton • Haydn Gwynne receives a posthumous nomination for Best Actress in a Supporting Role for “When Winston Went To War With The Wireless” at Donmar Warehouse
The competition for nominations has been fierce during an outstanding year for theatre with significantly more productions than last year. There has been a record-breaking number of new plays gracing the stage and a stunning array of on-screen stars treading the boards - including those in striking one-person performances. The nominees in the craft awards have stunned with their groundbreaking creativity. The National Theatre has had an excellent year with a total of 15 nominations, with “Dear England”, “The Motive And The Cue”, “Till The Stars Come Down” and “The Effect” all in the running for various accolades. The National Theatre’s footballing drama “Dear England” is the most nominated play with a total of nine nominations including Joseph Fiennes for Best Actor, Will Close for Best Actor in a Supporting Role, Gina McKee for Best Actress in a Supporting Role, Rupert Goold for Best Director and The Londoner Award for Best New Play. This is alongside nominations for the Blue-i Theatre Technology Award for Best Set Design (Es Devlin), White Light Award for Best Lighting Design (Jon Clark) and d&b audiotechnik Award for Best Sound Design (Dan Balfour & Tom Gibbins). “Dear England” is also the only play with a nomination for Best Theatre Choreographer (Ellen Kane & Hannes Langolf). This year’s most nominated production is Jamie Lloyd’s musical “Sunset Boulevard”, Andrew Lloyd Webber’s ballad to Hollywood starring Nicole Scherzinger (Best Actress in a Musical nominee) and Tom Francis (Best Actor in a Musical nominee). The production also received nominations for all acting categories in a musical including Best Actor in a Supporting Role in a Musical for David Thaxton and Best Actress in a Supporting Role in a Musical for Grace Hodgett Young, as well as recognition for Best Musical Revival, the Sir Peter Hall Award for Best Director for Jamie Lloyd and an Outstanding Musical Contribution nomination for Alan Williams for Musical Supervision & Musical Direction. Further to these accolades are the production team nominations including Jack Knowles nominated for White Light Award for Best Lighting Design, Adam Fisher nominated for d&b audiotechnik Award for Best Sound Design, Soutra Gilmour nominated for Blue-i Theatre Technology Award for Best Set Design and Fabian Aloise nominated for Gillian Lynne Award for Best Theatre Choreographer. Hollywood has descended on this year’s nominations, with TV, film and music stars receiving recognition including, Sarah Jessica Parker’s first Olivier Award nomination for her razor sharp performance in “Plaza Suite”, James Norton for “A Little Life” and Nicole Scherzinger (previously nominated for Best Supporting Actress in 2015) for the beautiful “Sunset Boulevard”. Further acclaimed performers in the running for Best Actor and Actress follow their remarkable appearances in one-person plays including Sarah Snook’s first Olivier Award nomination for “The Picture Of Dorian Gray”, Andrew Scott for “Vanya” and Sheridan Smith for “Shirley Valentine”. Haydn Gwynne has been posthumously nominated for Best Actress in a Supporting Role for her performance in “When Winston Went To War With The Wireless” at Donmar Warehouse. Lorraine Ashbourne (“Till The Stars Come Down”), Priyanga Burford (“An Enemy Of The People”), Gina McKee (“Dear England”) and Tanya Reynolds (“A Mirror”) have also been nominated in the category of Best Actress in a Supporting Role. The Best Musical Revival category has also seen a swell of strong favourites including The Old Vic’s “Groundhog Day” which won the Olivier Award for Best New Musical in 2017, alongside The Bridge Theatre’s spectacularly immersive “Guys & Dolls”, epic “Hadestown” at Lyric Theatre and the stunning “Sunset Boulevard” at the Savoy Theatre. Eleanor Worthington-Cox has been nominated for Best Actress in a Supporting Role in a Musical for her performance in “Next To Normal” at Donmar Warehouse. In 2012, at just 10 years old, Eleanor was the youngest ever Olivier Award winner when she won Best Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical, alongside her co-starring Matildas. The Olivier Awards nominations were announced from midday, Tuesday 12 March on Official London Theatre's TikTok. The Olivier Awards on Sunday 14 April will be hosted by Hannah Waddingham and broadcast via ITV. Further details of the ceremony will be announced soon.
Noël Coward Award for Best New Entertainment or Comedy Play• Accidental Death Of An Anarchist by Dario Fo & Franca Rame, adapted by Tom Basden at the Lyric Hammersmith & Theatre Royal Haymarket Best Family Show• Bluey’s Big Play by Joe Brumm at Southbank Centre’s Royal Festival Hall Gillian Lynne Award for Best Theatre Choreographer• Fabian Aloise for Sunset Boulevard at the Savoy Theatre Mithridate Award for Best Costume Design• Bunny Christie & Deborah Andrews for Guys & Dolls at the Bridge Theatre Cunard Best Revival• The Effect by Lucy Prebble at the National Theatre – Lyttelton Best Musical Revival• Groundhog Day, music & lyrics by Tim Minchin, book by Danny Rubin at The Old Vic d&b audiotechnik Award for Best Sound Design• Paul Arditti for Stranger Things: The First Shadow at the Phoenix Theatre Outstanding Musical Contribution• Tom Brady for Musical Supervision & Arrangements and Charlie Rosen for Orchestrations for Guys & Dolls at the Bridge Theatre Best Actor in a Supporting Role• Will Close for Dear England at the National Theatre – Olivier & Prince Edward Theatre Best Actress in a Supporting Role• Lorraine Ashbourne for Till The Stars Come Down at the National Theatre – Dorfman Blue-i Theatre Technology Award for Best Set Design• Miriam Buether for Set Design & 59 Productions for Video Design for Stranger Things: The First Shadow at the Phoenix Theatre White Light Award for Best Lighting Design• Jon Clark for Dear England at the National Theatre – Olivier & Prince Edward Theatre Best Actress in a Supporting Role In a Musical• Grace Hodgett Young for Sunset Boulevard at the Savoy Theatre Best Actor in a Supporting Role In a Musical• Jak Malone for Operation Mincemeat at the Fortune Theatre TAIT Award for Best New Opera Production• Blue by the English National Opera at the London Coliseum Outstanding Achievement in Opera• Antonio Pappano for his role as Musical Director of the Royal Opera House Best Actor in a Musical• David Cumming for Operation Mincemeat at the Fortune Theatre Best Actress in a Musical• Natasha Hodgson for Operation Mincemeat at the Fortune Theatre Best New Dance Production• Broken Chord by Gregory Maqoma & Thuthuka Sibisi at Sadler’s Wells Outstanding Achievement in Dance• Isabela Coracy for her performance in NINA: By Whatever Means, part of Ballet Black: Pioneers at the Barbican Theatre Unusual Rigging Award for Outstanding Achievement in Affiliate Theatre• Blue Mist by Mohamed-Zain Dada at the Jerwood Theatre Upstairs at the Royal Court Theatre Sir Peter Hall Award for Best Director• Stephen Daldry & Justin Martin for Stranger Things: The First Shadow at the Phoenix Theatre Best Actress• Laura Donnelly for The Hills Of California at the Harold Pinter Theatre Best Actor• Joseph Fiennes for Dear England at the National Theatre – Olivier & Prince Edward Theatre The Londoner Award for Best New Play• Dear England by James Graham at the National Theatre – Olivier & Prince Edward Theatre Mastercard Best New Musical• The Little Big Things, music by Nick Butcher, lyrics by Nick Butcher & Tom Ling, book by Joe White at @sohoplace
Source ITV Press Centre
March 13, 2024 9:00am ET by Newsdesk |