Noël Coward Award for Best New Entertainment or Comedy Play

• Stranger Things: The First Shadow by Kate Trefry – at the Phoenix Theatre (WINNER)
• Accidental Death of an Anarchist by Dario Fo and Franca Rame – adapted by Tom Basden at the Lyric Hammersmith and Theatre Royal Haymarket
• Stephen Sondheim’s Old Friends – music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim at the Gielgud Theatre
• Vardy V Rooney: The Wagatha Christie Trial – adapted by Liv Hennessy at the Ambassadors Theatre

Best Family Show

• Dinosaur World Live by Derek Bond – at Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre (WINNER)
• Bluey’s Big Play by Joe Brumm – at Southbank Centre’s Royal Festival Hall
• The House With Chicken Legs – book by Sophie Anderson, adapted by Oliver Lansley at Southbank Centre’s Queen Elizabeth Hall
• The Smeds and the Smoos – book by Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler, adapted by Tall Stories at the Lyric Theatre

Gillian Lynne Award for Best Theatre Choreographer

• Arlene Phillips with James Cousins – Guys & Dolls at the Bridge Theatre (WINNER)
• Fabian Aloise – Sunset Boulevard at the Savoy Theatre
• Ellen Kane and Hannes Langolf – Dear England at the National Theatre, Olivier and Prince Edward Theatre
• Mark Smith – The Little Big Things at Soho Place
• Susan Stroman – Crazy for You at the Gillian Lynne Theatre

Best Costume Design

• Vanya by Anton Chekhov – adapted by Simon Stephens at the Duke of York’s Theatre (WINNER)
• Bunny Christie and Deborah Andrews – Guys & Dolls at the Bridge Theatre
• Ryan Dawson Laight – La Cage Aux Folles at Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre
• Hugh Durrant – Peter Pan at The London Palladium

Best Revival

• Vanya by Anton Chekhov – adapted by Simon Stephens at the Duke of York’s Theatre (WINNER)
• The Effect by Lucy Prebble – at the National Theatre, Lyttelton
• Macbeth by William Shakespeare – at the Donmar Warehouse
• Shirley Valentine by Willy Russell – at the Duke of York’s Theatre

Best Musical Revival

• Sunset Boulevard – music by Andrew Lloyd Webber, lyrics and book by Don Black and Christopher Hampton at the Savoy Theatre (WINNER)
• Groundhog Day – music and lyrics by Tim Minchin, book by Danny Rubin at The Old Vic
• Guys & Dolls – music and lyrics by Frank Loesser, book by Jo Swerling and Abe Burrows at the Bridge Theatre
• Hadestown – music, lyrics and book by Anaïs Mitchell at the Lyric Theatre

Best Sound Design

• Alan Williams for Musical Supervision and Musical Direction – Sunset Boulevard at the Savoy Theatre (WINNER)
• Paul Arditti – Stranger Things: The First Shadow at the Phoenix Theatre
• Dan Balfour and Tom Gibbins – Dear England at the National Theatre, Olivier and Prince Edward Theatre
• Gareth Fry – Macbeth at the Donmar Warehouse

Outstanding Musical Contribution

• Alan Williams for Musical Supervision and Musical Direction – Sunset Boulevard at the Savoy Theatre (WINNER)
• Tom Brady for Musical Supervision and Arrangements and Charlie Rosen for Orchestrations – Guys & Dolls at the Bridge Theatre
• Matt Brind for Musical Supervision, Arrangements and Orchestrations – Just for One Day at The Old Vic
• Steve Sidwell for Orchestrations and Joe Bunker for Musical Direction – Operation Mincemeat at the Fortune Theatre

Best Actor in a Supporting Role

• Will Close – Dear England at the National Theatre, Olivier and Prince Edward Theatre (WINNER)
• Paul Hilton – An Enemy of the People at the Duke of York’s Theatre
• Giles Terera – Clyde’s at the Donmar Warehouse
• Luke Thompson – A Little Life at the Harold Pinter Theatre and Savoy Theatre
• Zubin Varla – A Little Life at the Harold Pinter Theatre and Savoy Theatre

Best Actress in a Supporting Role

• Haydn Gwynne – When Winston Went to War With the Wireless at the Donmar Warehouse (WINNER)
• Lorraine Ashbourne – Till the Stars Come Down at the National Theatre, Dorfman
• Priyanga Burford – An Enemy of the People at the Duke of York’s Theatre
• Gina McKee – Dear England at the National Theatre, Olivier
• Tanya Reynolds – A Mirror at the Almeida Theatre and Trafalgar Theatre

Best Set Design

• Miriam Buether for Set Design and 59 Productions for Video Design – Stranger Things: The First Shadow at the Phoenix Theatre (WINNER)
• Bunny Christie for Set Design – Guys & Dolls at the Bridge Theatre
• Es Devlin for Set Design and Ash J. Woodward for Video Design – Dear England at the National Theatre, Olivier and Prince Edward Theatre
• Soutra Gilmour for Set Design and Nathan Amzi and Joe Ransom for Video Design – Sunset Boulevard at the Savoy Theatre

Best Lighting Design

• Jack Knowles – Sunset Boulevard at the Savoy Theatre (WINNER)
• Jon Clark – Dear England at the National Theatre, Olivier and Prince Edward Theatre
• Jon Clark – Stranger Things: The First Shadow at the Phoenix Theatre
• Paule Constable – Guys & Dolls at the Bridge Theatre

Best Actress in a Supporting Role in a Musical

• Amy Trigg – The Little Big Things at Soho Place (WINNER)
• Grace Hodgett Young – Sunset Boulevard at the Savoy Theatre
• Zoë Roberts – Operation Mincemeat at the Fortune Theatre
• Eleanor Worthington-Cox – Next to Normal at the Donmar Warehouse

Best Actor in a Supporting Role in a Musical

• Jak Malone – Operation Mincemeat at the Fortune Theatre (WINNER)
• Cedric Neal – Guys & Dolls at the Bridge Theatre
• David Thaxton – Sunset Boulevard at the Savoy Theatre
• Jack Wolfe – Next to Normal at the Donmar Warehouse

Best New Opera Production

• Innocence by the Royal Opera – at the Royal Opera House (WINNER)
• Blue by the English National Opera – at the London Coliseum
• Picture a Day Like This by the Royal Opera – at the Royal Opera House, Linbury Theatre
• The Rhinegold by the English National Opera – at the London Coliseum

Outstanding Achievement in Opera

• Antonio Pappano for his role as Musical Director of the Royal Opera House (WINNER)
• Belarus Free Theatre Company for King Stakh’s Wild Hunt – at the Barbican theatre
• Marina Abramović for her concept and design of 7 Deaths of Maria Callas – at the London Coliseum

Best Actor in a Musical

• Tom Francis – Sunset Boulevard at the Savoy Theatre (WINNER)
• David Cumming – Operation Mincemeat at the Fortune Theatre
• Daniel Mays – Guys & Dolls at the Bridge Theatre
• Charlie Stemp – Crazy for You at the Gillian Lynne Theatre

Best Actress in a Musical

• Nicole Scherzinger – Sunset Boulevard at the Savoy Theatre (WINNER)
• Natasha Hodgson – Operation Mincemeat at the Fortune Theatre
• Caissie Levy – Next to Normal at the Donmar Warehouse
• Marisha Wallace – Guys & Dolls at the Bridge Theatre

Best New Dance Production

• La Ruta by Gabriela Carrizo – part of Nederlands Dans Theater, NDT 1 at Sadler’s Wells (WINNER)
• Broken Chord by Gregory Maqoma and Thuthuka Sibisi – at Sadler’s Wells
• The Rite of Spring by Seeta Patel – at Sadler’s Wells
• Time Spell by Michelle Dorrance, Jillian Meyers and Tiler Peck – part of Turn It Out With Tiler Peck and Friends at Sadler’s Wells

Outstanding Achievement in Dance

• Isabela Coracy for her performance in NINA: By Whatever Means – part of Ballet Black: Pioneers at the Barbican Theatre (WINNER)
• Jonzi D for his artistic direction of Breakin’ Convention 2023 International festival of hip-hop dance theatre – at Sadler’s Wells
• Rhiannon Faith for her community focused conception of Lay Down Your Burdens – at The Pit at Barbican

Outstanding Achievement in Affiliate Theatre

• Sleepova by Matilda Feyiṣayọ Ibini – at the Bush Theatre (WINNER)
• Blue Mist by Mohamed-Zain Dada – at the Jerwood Theatre Upstairs at the Royal Court Theatre
• A Playlist for The Revolution by AJ Yi – at the Bush Theatre
• The Swell by Isley Lynn – at the Orange Tree Theatre
• The Time Machine: A Comedy by Steven Canny and John Nicholson – at the Park Theatre

Sir Peter Hall Award for Best Director

• Jamie Lloyd – Sunset Boulevard at the Savoy Theatre (WINNER)
• Stephen Daldry and Justin Martin – Stranger Things: The First Shadow at the Phoenix theatre
• Rupert Goold – Dear England at the National Theatre, Olivier and Prince Edward Theatre
• Sam Mendes – The Motive and the Cue at the National Theatre, Lyttelton and Noël Coward Theatre

Best Actress

• Sarah Snook – The Picture of Dorian Gray at the Theatre Royal Haymarket (WINNER)
• Laura Donnelly – The Hills of California at the Harold Pinter Theatre
• Sophie Okonedo – Medea at Soho Place
• Sarah Jessica Parker – Plaza Suite at the Savoy Theatre
• Sheridan Smith – Shirley Valentine at the Duke of York’s Theatre

Best Actor

• Mark Gatiss – The Motive and the Cue at the National Theatre, Lyttelton and Noël Coward Theatre (WINNER)
• Joseph Fiennes – Dear England at the National Theatre, Olivier and Prince Edward Theatre
• James Norton – A Little Life at the Harold Pinter Theatre and Savoy Theatre
• Andrew Scott – Vanya at the Duke of York’s Theatre
• David Tennant – Macbeth at the Donmar Warehouse

Best New Play

• Dear England by James Graham – at the National Theatre, Olivier and Prince Edward Theatre (WINNER)
• The Hills of California by Jez Butterworth – at the Harold Pinter Theatre
• The Motive and the Cue by Jack Thorne – at the National Theatre, Lyttelton and Noël Coward Theatre
• Till the Stars Come Down by Beth Steel – at the National Theatre, Dorfman

Mastercard Best New Musical

• Operation Mincemeat – music, lyrics and book by David Cumming, Felix Hagan, Natasha Hodgson and Zoë Roberts at the Fortune Theatre (WINNER)
• The Little Big Things – music by Nick Butcher, lyrics by Nick Butcher and Tom Ling, book by Joe White at Soho Place
• Next to Normal – music by Tom Kitt, book and lyrics by Brian Yorkey at the Donmar Warehouse
• A Strange Loop – music, lyrics and book by Michael R. Jackson at the Barbican Theatre