Await keyword not working within Redux action

I'm trying to incorporate the async/await syntax into my Redux actions but, for some reason, it's not working. I cannot for the life of me see what is wrong with the following:

const actions = {
    load: async (staff, date) => dispatch => {
        const data = {
            dateFrom: date,
            dateTo: date,
            person: staff,
            personType: 'staff'
        };

        const events = utils.getDataPromise('json/events/load', data);
        const classes = utils.getDataPromise('json/timetable/load', data);

        dispatch({
            type: actions.MYDAY_LOAD,
            staff,
            date: date || new Date(),
            events: await events,
            classes: await classes
        });
    },
}

The utils function definitely returns a promise.