Olivier Award nominations: Nicole Scherzinger, Sarah Jessica Parker, Sarah Snook and Sheridan Smith receive nods as Hollywood stars take centre stage

Best Actor in a Musical

David Cumming for Operation Mincemeat

Tom Francis for Sunset Boulevard

Daniel Mays for boys 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

Marisha Wallace for Guys and Dolls at the Bridge Theatre

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 in front of Dorian Gray’s photo

Best Actor

Joseph Fiennes for Dear England

Mark Gatiss for The Motive and the Cue

James Norton for A Little Life

Andrew Scott for Vanya

David Tennant for Macbeth

Best New Play

Dear England by James Graham

The Hills of California by Jez Butterworth

The Motif and Cue by Jack Thorne

Until 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

A Strange Loop, music, lyrics and book by Michael R Jackson

Best Supporting Actress in a Musical

Grace Hodgett Young for Sunset Boulevard

Zoë Roberts for Operation Mincemeat

Amy Trigg for The Little Big Things

Eleanor Worthington-Cox for Next to Normal

Best Supporting Actor in a Musical

Jak Malone for Operation Mincemeat

Cedric Neal for boys and dolls

David Thaxton for Sunset Boulevard

Jack Wolfe for Next to Normal

Best Actor in a Supporting Role

Will close for Dear England

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 at the Harold Pinter theater and Savoy theater

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

Gina McKee for Dear England

Olivier Tanya Reynolds for A Mirror

Noël Coward Prize for the 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 in the Gielgud theater

Stranger Things: The First Shadow of Kate Trefry

Vardy V Rooney: The Wagatha Christie Trial, edited by Liv Hennessy

Best family show

Bluey’s Big Play by Joe Brumm

Dinosaur World Live by Derek Bond

The House with Chicken Legs, adapted by Oliver Lansley

The Smeds and the Smoos adapted by Tall Stories

Gillian Lynne Award for Best Theater Choreographer

Fabian Aloise for Sunset Boulevard

Ellen Kane and Hannes Langolf for Dear England

Arlene Phillips with James Cousins ​​for Guys and Dolls

Mark Smith for The Little Big Things

Susan Stroman for Crazy for You

Best Costume Design

Bunny Christie and Deborah Andrews for boys and dolls

Ryan Dawson Laight for La Cage Aux Folles

Hugh Durrant for Peter Pan

Marg Horwell in front of Dorian Gray’s photo

Best revival

The Effect by Lucy Prebble Lyttelton

Macbeth by William Shakespeare

Shirley Valentine by Willy Russell

Vanya by Anton Chekhov, edited by Simon Stephens

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

Best sound design

Paul Arditti for Stranger Things: The First Shadow

Dan Balfour and Tom Gibbins for Dear England

Adam Fisher for Sunset Boulevard

Gareth Fry for Macbeth

Excellent musical contribution

Tom Brady for musical direction and arrangements and Charlie Rosen for orchestrations for boys and puppets

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

Best set design

Miriam Buether for Stranger Things: The First Shadow

Bunny Christie for boys 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 boys and dolls

Jack Knowles for Sunset Boulevard

Best new opera production

Blue by the English National Opera

Innocence by the Royal Opera

Imagine a day like this at the Royal Opera

The Rhine Gold of the English National Opera

Outstanding Achievement in Opera

Antonio Pappano for his role as musical director of the Royal Opera House

Belarus Free Theater 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 What Means, part of Ballet Black: Pioneers

Jonzi D for his artistic direction of Breakin’ Convention 2023 International hip-hop festival Dance Theater at Sadler’s Wells

Rhiannon Faith for her community-focused concept of Lay Down Your Burdens at The Pit at Barbican

Outstanding Achievement in Affiliate Theater

Blue Mist by Mohamed-Zain Dada at the Jerwood Theater Upstairs at the Royal Court Theatre

A playlist for AJ Yi’s The Revolution at the Bush Theater

Sleepova by Matilda Feyişayo at the Bush Theater

The Swell by Isley Lynn at the 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 Theater

Rupert Goold for Dear England at the National Theater – Olivier and Prince Edward Theatre

Jamie Lloyd for Sunset Boulevard at the Savoy Theatre

Sam Mendes for The Motive and the Cue at the National Theater – Lyttelton and Noël Coward theatre

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