2024 Laurence Olivier Awards

The 2024 Laurence Olivier Awards were held on 14 April 2024 at the Royal Albert Hall. Hannah Waddingham returned to host.

Event calendar

 * 30 June 2023: Ceremony date set for 14 April 2024 and venue confirmed as Royal Albert Hall.
 * 23 January 2024: Hannah Waddingham announced to return as host.
 * 21 February 2024: Industry Recognition Award recipients announced.
 * 27 February 2024: Eligibility cut-off.
 * 12 March 2024: Nominations announcement by Beverley Knight.
 * 14 April 2024: Award ceremony held.

Presenters
Presenters were announced on 4 April to include:


 * Anna Maxwell Martin and Michael Sheen – presented Best Revival
 * Carlos Acosta – presented Best New Dance Production
 * Henry Lewis and Jonathan Sayer – presented Best Family Show
 * Lucian Msamati and Anjana Vasan – presented Best Actor in a Supporting Role and Best Actress in a Supporting Role
 * Rosalind Plowright – presented Outstanding Achievement in Opera and Best New Opera Production
 * Anthony Van Laast – presented Outstanding Achievement in Dance
 * Ryan Calais Cameron – presented Outstanding Achievement in Affiliate Theatre
 * Billy Crudup and Denise Gough – presented Best Actor and Best Actress
 * Patricia Clarkson and Brian Cox – presented Best New Play
 * Lenny Henry – presented Best Director
 * Cara Delevingne and Luke Treadaway – presented Best Musical Revival and Outstanding Musical Contribution
 * Freema Agyeman and Dominic West – presented Best New Entertainment or Comedy Play
 * Indhu Rubasingham – presented Best Lighting Design and Best Sound Design
 * Edward Enninful – presented Best Set Design and Best Costume Design
 * Michael Ball – presented Best Choreographer
 * Ruth Jones and Beverley Knight – presented Best Actor in a Supporting Role in a Musical and Best Actress in a Supporting Role in a Musical
 * Adrian Lester and Georgina Onuorah – presented Best Actor in a Musical and Best Actress in a Musical
 * Richard E. Grant and Michelle Visage – presented Best New Musical

Performances

 * Hannah Waddingham and Joe Stilgoe – "Anything Goes" (opening number)
 * Marisha Wallace and cast of Guys and Dolls – "Take Back Your Mink"
 * Jonny Amies, Ed Larkin and the cast of The Little Big Things – "The World Is Waiting for You" / "The Little Big Things"
 * Tom Francis and the cast of Sunset Boulevard – "Sunset Boulevard"
 * The cast of Hadestown – "Wait for Me"
 * Michael R. Jackson – "Memory Song" from A Strange Loop
 * Caissie Levy, Eleanor Worthington Cox and Jack Wolfe from Next to Normal – "I Miss the Mountains" / "Superboy and the Invisible Girl" / "I'm Alive"
 * The cast of Operation Mincemeat – "Born to Lead"
 * Joseph Fiennes from Dear England and actors from the National Theatre Company celebrating 60 years of the National Theatre – "You'll Never Walk Alone"

Nominees
The nominations were announced in 26 categories on 12 March 2024.

Multiple wins
The following 5 productions received multiple awards:


 * 7: Sunset Boulevard
 * 2: Dear England, Operation Mincemeat, Stranger Things: The First Shadow, The Picture of Dorian Gray

Multiple nominations
The following 17 productions received multiple nominations:


 * 11: Sunset Boulevard
 * 9: Dear England, Guys and Dolls
 * 6: Operation Mincemeat
 * 5: Stranger Things: The First Shadow
 * 4: Next to Normal
 * 3: A Little Life, Macbeth, The Little Big Things, The Motive and the Cue
 * 2: An Enemy of the People, Crazy for You, Shirley Valentine, The Hills of California, The Picture of Dorian Gray, Till the Stars Come Down, Vanya