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Nicole Scherzinger, Sarah Snook and Mark Gatiss won top acting honors at the 2024 Olivier Awards, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
The Sunset Boulevard musical revival and Stranger Things: The First Shadow also won awards held at the Royal Albert Hall in London. The ceremony was hosted by Hannah Waddingham.
Andrew Lloyd Webber's Sunset Boulevard won best musical revival as well as best actress for Scherzinger who played Norma Desmond. The musical also led the nominations list with 11 and won five other awards. It's set to arrive in the US, on Broadway, this year. This was Scherzinger's Broadway debut.
The prequel to the Netflix series, Stranger Things: The First Shadow, which has plans to move to Broadway, won best new entertainment or comedy play and best set design.
James Graham's play about Gareth Southgate, the English national football team manager, Dear England, was nominated for nine nominations and won two awards. Operation Mincemeat won best new musical, as well as best actor in a supporting role in a musical for Jak Malone.
Succession's Snook won best actress for her one-woman version by Oscar Wilde's The Picture of Dorian Gray. She played all 26 roles in the production which also won best costume design.
Sherlock's Gatiss won best actor for The Motive and the Cue. The play was written by Jack Thorne (of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Netflix's Enola Holmes and HBO's His Dark Materials) and directed by Sam Mendes. The story follows the behind-the-scenes of the 1964 Broadway play Hamlet by William Shakespeare.
It starred Richard Burton (played by Johnny Flynn) and Elizabeth Taylor (Tuppence Middleton) directed by Sir John Gielgud (Gatiss). As the rehearsals proceed, the past and present version of the play collide.
The nominations were announced last month.
See the list of the 2024 Olivier Awards winners:
Best Actress:
Sarah Snook for The Picture of Dorian Gray at the Theatre Royal Haymarket
Best Actor:
Mark Gatiss for The Motive and the Cue at the National Theatre – Lyttelton & Noël Coward Theatre
Sir Peter Hall Award for Best Director:
Jamie Lloyd for Sunset Boulevard at the Savoy 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:
Haydn Gwynne for When Winston Went to War With the Wireless at the Donmar Warehouse
Mastercard Best New Musical:
Operation Mincemeat, music, lyrics & book by David Cumming, Felix Hagan, Natasha Hodgson & Zoë Roberts at the Fortune Theatre
Best Actor in a Musical:
Tom Francis for Sunset Boulevard at the Savoy Theatre
Best Actress in a Musical:
Nicole Scherzinger for Sunset Boulevard at the Savoy Theatre
Best Actress in a Supporting Role in a Musical:
Amy Trigg for The Little Big Things at @sohoplace
Best Actor in a Supporting Role in a Musical:
Jak Malone for Operation Mincemeat at the Fortune Theatre
The Londoner Award for Best New Play:
Dear England by James Graham at the National Theatre – Olivier & Prince Edward Theatre
Noël Coward Award for Best New Entertainment or Comedy Play:
Stranger Things: The First Shadow by Kate Trefry at the Phoenix Theatre
TAIT Award for Best New Opera Production:
Innocence by the Royal Opera at the Royal Opera House
Outstanding Achievement in Opera:
Antonio Pappano for his role as musical director of the Royal Opera House
Outstanding Achievement in Dance:
Isabela Coracy for her performance in NINA: By Whatever Means, part of Ballet Black: Pioneers at the Barbican Theatre
Best New Dance Production:
“La Ruta” by Gabriela Carrizo, part of Nederlands Dans Theater – NDT 1 at Sadler’s Wells
Best Family Show:
Dinosaur World Live by Derek Bond at Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre
Gillian Lynne Award for Best Theatre Choreographer:
Arlene Phillips with James Cousins for Guys & Dolls at the Bridge Theatre
Mithridate Award for Best Costume Design:
Marg Horwell for The Picture of Dorian Gray at the Theatre Royal Haymarket
Cunard Best Revival:
Vanya by Anton Chekhov, adapted by Simon Stephens at the Duke of York’s Theatre
Best Musical Revival:
Sunset Boulevard, music by Andrew Lloyd Webber, lyrics & book by Don Black & Christopher Hampton at the Savoy Theatre
D&B Audiotechnik Award for Best Sound Design:
Adam Fisher for Sunset Boulevard at the Savoy Theatre
Outstanding Musical Contribution:
Alan Williams for musical supervision and musical direction for Sunset Boulevard at the Savoy Theatre
Blue-i Theatre Technology Award for Best Set Design
Miriam Buether for set design and 59 Productions for video design for Stranger Things: The First Shadow at the Phoenix Theatre
White Light Award for Best Lighting Design:
Jack Knowles for Sunset Boulevard at the Savoy Theatre
Unusual Rigging Award for Outstanding Achievement in Affiliate Theatre:
Sleepova by Matilda Feyişayo at the Bush Theatre
