Sarah Jessica Parker and David Tennant among 2024 Olivier nominees

Football drama Dear England receives nine nominations in a year that featured a string of celebrity castings

James Norton, Andrew Scott, Sarah Jessica Parker, Sarah Snook and David Tennant are among the stars to have received Olivier nominations in a year when British theatre was dominated by celebrity castings.

Competition had been fierce for this year’s prestigious honours, with significantly more theatre productions running in the UK than last year – and many of them becoming instant sellouts due to their inclusion of leading TV, film and music figures.