Nominations Announced for Laurence Olivier Awards

The nominations are in for the Laurence Olivier Awards, which honor achievement in London's West End theatre scene.

Among multiple design nominees are the Bridge Theatre revival of the musical Guys and Dolls, in an environmental staging; Stranger Things: The First Shadow, a prequel to the hugely popular Netflix series, which is reportedly coming to Broadway in the 2024 - 25 season; and a new production of Sunset Boulevard, which is also Broadway-bound. Another multiple nominee, the National Theatre production of Dear England, set in the world of British football, is streaming in US cinemas this spring.

The design nominees are:

Blue-i Theatre Technology Award for Best Set Design
Miriam Buether (scenery) and 59 Productions (video), Stranger Things: The First Shadow
Bunny Christie, Guys and Dolls
Es Devlin (scenery) and Ash J. Woodward (video), Dear England
Soutra Gilmour (scenery) and Nathan Amzi and Joe Ransom (video), Sunset Boulevard

Mithridate Award for Best Costume Design
Bunny Christie and Deborah Andrews, Guys and Dolls
Ryan Dawson Laight, La Cage aux Folles
Hugh Durrant, Peter Pan
Marg Horwell, The Picture of Dorian Gray

White Light Award fro Best Lighting Design
Jon Clark, Dear England
Jon Clark, Stranger Things: The First Shadow
Paule Constable, Guys and Dolls
Jack Knowles, Sunset Boulevard

d&b audiotechnik Award for Best Sound Designer
Paul Arditti, Stranger Things: The First Shadow
Dan Balfour and Tom Gibbons, Dear England
Adam Fisher, Sunset Boulevard
Gareth Fry, Macbeth

For the full list of nominees, go to officiallondontheatre.com/news/olivier-awards-2024-with-mastercard-nominees-announced/.