Showcasing the best theatre in London, the annual Olivier Awards with Mastercard are a star-studded affair where the most coveted theatrical accolades are presented – and there’s still chance to see some of this year’s nominated and winning shows for yourself with Official London Theatre.
The visual spectacle Stranger Things: The First Shadow, currently playing at the West End’s Phoenix Theatre, took home awards for Best New Entertainment or Comedy Play and Best Set Design at this year’s Oliviers. Based on the hit Netflix series, this gripping new adventure will take you right back to the beginning of the Stranger Things story – and may hold the key to the end. And until 15 June, see Best Actress nominee Laura Donnelly in the magnificent and moving The Hills Of California, also nominated this year for Best New Play and brought to the stage by multi-award-winning creative powerhouse partnership of writer Jez Butterworth and director Sam Mendes.
Stranger Things: The First Shadow
Be transported to the streets of Manhattan and the bars of Havana with The Bridge Theatre’s immersive revival of Guys & Dolls, one of the greatest musicals of all time with Olivier Award-winning choreography by Arlene Phillips with James Cousins. Plus, let fellow 2024 Best Musical Revival nominee Hadestown take you on an unforgettable journey to the underworld on its return to London after becoming a phenomenon on Broadway.
Another Broadway favourite, Next To Normal, was nominated for Best New Musical at this year’s Olivier Awards after its sold-out run at the Donmar Warehouse and returns to London this June for a strictly limited season at Wyndham’s Theatre. See Caissie Levy, Jack Wolfe and Eleanor Worthington-Cox reprise their Olivier Award-nominated roles in this ground-breaking and intimate portrait of a modern family.
Guys and Dolls
Delving back into the Olivier Awards archives, the 2016 multi-award-winning People, Places & Things has returned to the West End with Best Actress winner Denise Gough reprising her role almost 10 years later as Emma, a struggling actress whose life is spinning recklessly out of control, in a performance that has been hailed as ‘stunning’ and ‘titanic’.
Cabaret, which swept the board at the 2022 Olivier Awards, has recently announced its new leading cast, Rhea Norwood as Sally Bowles and Layton Williams as Emcee, joining from 3 June.
People, Places and Things
Plus, at the Gillian Lynne Theatre, a host of 2023 Olivier Award-winners as the powerful and heartfelt musical Standing At The Sky’s Edge plays until 3 August, followed by the return of the enchanting My Neighbour Totoro which opens in March 2025, exploring the magical fantasy world of childhood and the transformative power of imagination.
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