2024 WhatsOnStage Awards

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24th WhatsOnStage Awards
Date11 February 2024
Location London Palladium
Hosted by Melanie La Barrie and Bonnie Langford
Most awards Sunset Boulevard (7)
Most nominations Guys and Dolls (13)
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The 24th WhatsOnStage Awards took place on Sunday 11 February 2024 at the London Palladium. [1]

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Winners and nominees

The nominees for the 24th WhatsOnStage Awards were announced on 7 December 2023 [2] by The Time Traveller's Wife stars Hiba Elchikhe and Tim Mahendran at the Apollo Theatre. Voting closed on 11 January 2024. [3]

James Norton won Best Performer in a Play for A Little Life. James Norton at Cambridge.jpg
James Norton won Best Performer in a Play for A Little Life.
Nicole Scherzinger won Best Performer in a Musical for Sunset Boulevard. Nicole Scherzinger 2012.jpg
Nicole Scherzinger won Best Performer in a Musical for Sunset Boulevard.
Aimee Lou Wood won Best Takeover Performance for Cabaret. Aimee lou wood 2021 1.png
Aimee Lou Wood won Best Takeover Performance for Cabaret.
Bunny Christie won Best Set Design for Guys and Dolls. Bunny christie 2022 1.jpg
Bunny Christie won Best Set Design for Guys and Dolls.
Rufus Norris won the Special Award for Services to UK Theatre. Rufus Norris OIFF2012.jpg
Rufus Norris won the Special Award for Services to UK Theatre.
Best New PlayBest New Musical
Best Play RevivalBest Musical Revival
Best Performer in a PlayBest Supporting Performer in a Play
Best Performer in a MusicalBest Supporting Performer in a Musical
Best Takeover PerformanceBest Professional Debut Performance
  • Grace Hodgett-Young, Sunset Boulevard
    • Rita Bernard-Shaw, Trouble in Butetown
    • Laura Dawkes, Frozen
    • Lou Henry, SIX
    • Louis McCartney, Stranger Things: The First Shadow
    • Andrew Richardson, Guys and Dolls
Best DirectionBest Musical Direction/Supervision
  • Alan Williams, Sunset Boulevard
    • Mark Aspinall and Sioned Saunders, Lord of the Rings
    • Nick Barstow and Nigel Lilley, Next to Normal
    • Cat Beveridge and Nigel Lilley, The Witches
    • Tom Brady, Guys and Dolls
    • Stephen Brooker, Alfonso Casado Trigo and Stephen Metcalfe, Old Friends
Best ChoreographyBest Sound Design
  • Adam Fisher, Sunset Boulevard
    • Paul Arditti, Guys and Dolls
    • Paul Arditti, Stranger Things: The First Shadow
    • Dan Balfour and Tom Gibbons, Dear England
    • Adam Fisher, Lord of the Rings
    • Tony Gayle, Next to Normal
Best Set DesignBest Costume Design
  • Ryan Dawson Laight, La Cage aux Folles
    • Bunny Christie and Deborah Andrews, Guys and Dolls
    • Lizzie Clachan, The Witches
    • Gregory Gale, To Wong Foo: The Musical
    • Gareth Pugh, Free Your Mind
    • Grace Smart, Cowbois
Best Lighting DesignBest Casting
  • Jack Knowles, Sunset Boulevard
    • Rory Beaton and Lucy Carter, The Time Traveller’s Wife
    • Jon Clark, Dear England
    • Jon Clark, The Effect
    • Jon Clark, Stranger Things: The First Shadow
    • Paule Constable, Guys and Dolls
  • Jill Green, The Little Big Things
    • Alastair Coomer and Naomi Downham, The Motive and the Cue
    • Anna Cooper, Next to Normal
    • Bryony Jarvis-Taylor, Dear England
    • Bryony Jarvis-Taylor, The Witches
    • Jessica Ronane, Stranger Things: The First Shadow
Best Video DesignBest Graphic Design
  • Nathan Amzi and Joe Ransom, Sunset Boulevard
    • 59 Productions, Stranger Things: The First Shadow
    • Andrzej Goulding, Miss Saigon
    • Andrzej Goulding, The Time Traveller's Wife
    • Ash J Woodward, Dear England
    • Ash J Woodward, The Witches
  • Muse Creative, Guys and Dolls
    • Bob King Creative, Operation Mincemeat
    • Jeremy Coysten and North Design, Free Your Mind
    • The Creative Partnership, Stranger Things: The First Shadow
    • Feast Creative, La Cage aux Folles
    • Rick Guest, Rob Rae and the NT Graphics Studio, Dear England
Best Off-West End ProductionBest Regional Production
Best Concert EventBest West End Show
Special Award: Services to UK Theatre

Productions with multiple accolades

Multiple nominations

Multiple wins

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References

  1. ↑ "24th Annual WhatsOnStage Awards to be Hosted at the London Palladium". Theatre Weekly. 9 November 2023. Retrieved 18 December 2023.
  2. ↑ Millward, Tom (7 December 2023). "Nominations in full: the 24th Annual WhatsOnStage Awards". WhatsOnStage. Retrieved 13 December 2023.
  3. ↑ Millward, Tom (6 December 2023). "Hiba Elchikhe and Tim Mahendran to host 24th Annual WhatsOnStage Awards nominations announcement". WhatsOnStage. Retrieved 18 December 2023.
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