The Olivier Awards for excellence in British Theatre will take place on April 14, 2024 at Royal Albert Hall in London. The nominees were announced on March 12, 2024, with Dear England, a new play by James Graham, leading the list with nine nominations including three design categories: lighting, sound, and sets. Stranger Things: The First Shadow at the Phoenix Theatre and Sunset Boulevard at the Savoy were also nominated in those three categories, while Guys and Dolls at the Bridge Theatre was nominated for lighting, sets, and costumes.
The full list of Olivier nominees can be found here.
Nominees In The Design Categories:
Best Lighting Design
Jon Clark for Dear England at the National Theatre/Olivier and Prince Edward Theatre
Jon Clark for Stranger Things: The First Shadow at the Phoenix Theatre
Paule Constable for Guys and Dolls at the Bridge Theatre
Jack Knowles for Sunset Boulevard at the Savoy Theatre
Best Sound Design
Paul Arditti for Stranger Things: The First Shadow at the Phoenix Theatre
Dan Balfour and Tom Gibbons for Dear England at the National Theatre/Olivier and Prince Edward Theatre
Adam Fisher for Sunset Boulevard at the Savoy Theatre
Gareth Fry for Macbeth at the Donmar Warehouse
Best Set Design
Miriam Buether for set design and 59 Productions for video design for Stranger Things: The First Shadow at the Phoenix Theatre
Bunny Christie for set design for Guys and Dolls at the Bridge Theatre
Es Devlin for set design and Ash J Woodward for video design for Dear England at the National Theatre/Olivier and Prince Edward Theatre
Soutra Gilmour for set design and Nathan Amzi and Joe Ransom for video design for Sunset Boulevard at the Savoy Theatre
Best Costume Design
Bunny Christie and Deborah Andrews for Guys and Dolls at the Bridge Theatre
Ryan Dawson Laight for La Cage Aux Folles at Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre
Hugh Durrant for Peter Pan at the London Palladium
Marg Horwell for The Picture of Dorian Gray at the Theatre Royal Haymarket