Best actor in a musical
David Cumming for Operation Mincemeat
Tom Francis on Sunset Boulevard
Daniel Mays for Boys and Dolls
Charlie Stemp for Crazy About You
Best actress in a musical
Natasha Hodgson for Operation Minced Meat
Caissie Levy for Almost Normal
Nicole Scherzinger for Sunset Boulevard
Marisha Wallace for boys and dolls
Best actress
Laura Donnelly for The Hills of California
Sophie Okonedo by Medea
Sarah Jessica Parker for Plaza Suite
Sheridan Smith for Shirley Valentine
Sarah Snook for The Picture of Dorian Gray
best Actor
Joseph Fiennes for Dear England
Mark Gatiss for The Reason and the Sign
James Norton for A Little Life
Andrew Scott by Vanya
David Tennant for Macbeth
Best new work
Dear England by James Graham
The California Hills by Jez Butterworth
Jack Thorne’s Motive and Sign
Until the Stars Fall 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 by Sunset Boulevard
Zoë Roberts for Operation Minced Meat
Amy Trigg for Little Big Things
Eleanor Worthington-Cox for Almost Normal
Best supporting actor in a musical
Jak Malone for Operation Minced Meat
Cedric Neal for boys and dolls
David Thaxton on Sunset Boulevard
Jack Wolfe for Almost Normal
Best Supporting Actor
Will close for Dear England
Paul Hilton for An Enemy of the People
Giles Teresa for Clyde’s
Luke Thompson for A Little Life
Zubin Varla for A Little Life
Best Supporting Actress
Lorraine Ashbourne for Until the Stars Fall
Priyanga Burford for An Enemy of the People
Haydn Gwynne for When Winston Went to War with the Radio
Gina McKee for Dear England
Olivier Tanya Reynolds for A Mirror
Noël Coward Award for Best New Work of Entertainment or Comedy
Accidental death of an anarchist by Dario Fo and Franca Rame
Old Friends by Stephen Sondheim, music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim
Stranger Things: Kate Trefry’s First Shadow
Vardy V Rooney: The Trial of Wagatha Christie, adapted by Liv Hennessy
Best family show
Bluey’s great work by Joe Brumm
Dinosaur World Live by Derek Bond
The House with Chicken Thighs adapted by Oliver Lansley
The Smeds and the Smoos adapted by Tall Stories
Gillian Lynne Award for Best Theater Choreographer
Fabián Aloise on 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 About You
Best costume design
Bunny Christie and Deborah Andrews for Guys and Dolls
Ryan Dawson Laight for La Cage Aux Folles
Hugh Durrant for Peter Pan
Marg Horwell for The Picture of Dorian Gray
best revival
The Lucy Prebble Effect
Macbeth by William Shakespeare
Shirley Valentine by Willy Russell
Vanya by Anton Chekhov, adapted 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 on Sunset Boulevard
Gareth Fry for Macbeth
Outstanding musical contribution
Tom Brady for musical supervision and arrangements and Charlie Rosen for orchestrations for Guys and Dolls
Matt Brind for musical supervision, arrangements and orchestrations of Just for One Day
Steve Sidwell for the orchestrations and Joe Bunker for the musical direction of Operation Mincemeat
Alan Williams for the musical supervision and direction of Sunset Boulevard
Best scenery
Miriam Buether for Stranger Things: The First Shadow
Bunny Christie for boys and dolls
It’s 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 on Sunset Boulevard
Best new opera production
English National Opera Blue
Innocence by the Royal Opera
Imagine a day like this at the Royal Opera House
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
Belarusian Free Theater Company for The Wild Hunt of King Stakh
Marina Abramović for the 7 deaths of María Callas
Outstanding achievement in dance.
Isabela Coracy for her performance in NINA: By Which Means, part of Ballet Black: Pioneers
Jonzi D for his artistic direction of Breakin’ Convention 2023 International Hip-Hop Festival Dance Theater
Rhiannon Faith for her community-focused conception of Lay Down Your Burdens at The Pit
Outstanding Achievement in Affiliated Theater
Mohamed-Zain Dada’s Blue Mist at the Jerwood Theater Upstairs at the Royal Court Theater
A Playlist from AJ Yi’s Revolution at the Bush Theater
Sleepova by Matilda Feyişayo at the Bush Theater
Isley Lynn’s The Swell at the Orange Tree Theater
The Time Machine: A Comedy by Steven Canny and John Nicholson at the Park Theater
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 Theater
Jamie Lloyd for Sunset Boulevard at the Savoy Theater
Sam Mendes for The Motive and the Cue at the National Theater – Lyttelton Theater and Noël Coward
