2015 Laurence Olivier Awards

The 2015 Laurence Olivier Awards were held on Sunday 12 April 2015 at the Royal Opera House, London. The ceremony was hosted by Lenny Henry.^[1] A highlights show was shown on ITV shortly after the live event ended.^[2]

2015 Laurence Olivier Awards
Date	12 April 2015
Location	Royal Opera House
Hosted by	Lenny Henry
Television/radio coverage
Network	ITV
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Gallery

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Eligibility

Any new production that opened between 26 February 2014 and 25 February 2015 in a theatre represented in membership of the Society of London Theatre was eligible for consideration, provided it had performed at least 30 performances.^[3]

Event calendar

• 17 February: Voting opens for the Audience Award for Most Popular Show's first round (by the general public)
• 26 February: Kevin Spacey is announced as a recipient of the Special Award^[4]
• 5 March: Voting closes for the Audience Award's first round
• 9 March: Nominations announced by Lesley Manville and James McAvoy (Audience Award round two voting opens to the general public)
• 18 March: Sylvie Guillem is announced as a recipient of the Special Award^[5]
• 10 April: Voting closes for the Audience Award's final round
• 12 April: Award ceremony held^[6]

Winners and nominees

The nominations were announced on 9 March 2015 in 28 categories.

Best New Play	Best New Musical
King Charles III by Mike Bartlett – Almeida / Wyndham's Taken at Midnight by Mark Hayhurst – Theatre Royal Haymarket The Nether by Jennifer Haley – Duke of York's Wolf Hall and Bring up the Bodies by Hilary Mantel, adapted by Mike Poulton – Aldwych	Sunny Afternoon – Hampstead / Harold Pinter Beautiful – Aldwych Here Lies Love – National Theatre Dorfman Memphis – Shaftesbury
Best Revival	Best Musical Revival
A View from the Bridge – Young Vic / Wyndham's A Streetcar Named Desire – Young Vic My Night with Reg – Donmar Warehouse / Apollo Skylight – Wyndham's The Crucible – Old Vic	City of Angels – Donmar Warehouse Cats – London Palladium Miss Saigon – Prince Edward Porgy and Bess – Regent's Park Open Air
Best New Comedy	Best Entertainment and Family
The Play That Goes Wrong by Henry Lewis, Jonathan Sayer and Henry Shields – Duchess Handbagged by Moira Buffini – Vaudeville Shakespeare in Love by Marc Norman / Tom Stoppard, adapted by Lee Hall – Noël Coward	La Soirée – La Soirée Spiegeltent Dance 'til Dawn – Aldwych Hetty Feather – Vaudeville
Best Actor	Best Actress
Mark Strong as Eddie Carbone in A View from the Bridge – Young Vic / Wyndham's Richard Armitage as John Proctor in The Crucible – Old Vic James McAvoy as Jack Gurney in The Ruling Class – Trafalgar Studio 1 Tim Pigott-Smith as King Charles III in King Charles III – Almeida / Wyndham's	Penelope Wilton as Irmgard Litten in Taken at Midnight – Theatre Royal Haymarket Gillian Anderson as Blanche DuBois in A Streetcar Named Desire – Young Vic Kristin Scott Thomas as Electra in Electra – Old Vic Imelda Staunton as Margie Walsh in Good People – Hampstead / Noël Coward
Best Actor in a Musical	Best Actress in a Musical
John Dagleish as Ray Davies in Sunny Afternoon – Hampstead / Harold Pinter Jon Jon Briones as The Engineer in Miss Saigon – Prince Edward Brandon Victor Dixon as Haywood Patterson in The Scottsboro Boys – Garrick Killian Donnelly as Huey Calhoun in Memphis – Shaftesbury	Katie Brayben as Carole King in Beautiful – Aldwych Gemma Arterton as Rita O'Grady in Made in Dagenham – Aldelphi Tamsin Greig as Pepa Marcos in Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown – Playhouse Beverley Knight as Felicia Farrell in Memphis – Shaftesbury
Best Actor in a Supporting Role	Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Nathaniel Parker as Henry VIII of England in Wolf Hall and Bring up the Bodies – Aldwych David Calder as Doyle in The Nether – Duke of York's Richard Goulding as Prince Harry in King Charles III – Almeida / Wyndham's John Light as Dr Conrad in Taken at Midnight – Theatre Royal Haymarket	Angela Lansbury as Madame Arcati in Blithe Spirit – Gielgud Jaime Adler, Zoe Brough, Perdita Hibbins and Isabella Pappas as Iris in The Nether – Duke of York's Phoebe Fox as Catherine Carbone in A View from the Bridge – Young Vic / Wyndham's Lydia Wilson as Princess Kate in King Charles III – Almeida / Wyndham's
Best Actor in a Supporting Role in a Musical	Best Actress in a Supporting Role in a Musical
George Maguire as Dave Davies in Sunny Afternoon – Hampstead / Harold Pinter Rolan Bell as Delray in Memphis – Shaftesbury Ian McIntosh as Barry Mann in Beautiful – Aldwych Jason Pennycooke as Bobby in Memphis – Shaftesbury	Lorna Want as Cynthia Weil in Beautiful – Aldwych Samantha Bond as Muriel Eubanks in Dirty Rotten Scoundrels – Savoy Haydn Gwynne as Lucia in Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown – Playhouse Nicole Scherzinger as Grizabella in Cats – London Palladium
Best Director	Best Theatre Choreographer
Ivo van Hove for A View from the Bridge – Young Vic / Wyndham's Rupert Goold for King Charles III – Almeida / Wyndham's Jeremy Herrin for Wolf Hall and Bring up the Bodies – Aldwych Josie Rourke for City of Angels – Donmar Warehouse	Sergio Trujillo for Memphis – Shaftesbury Jerry Mitchell for Dirty Rotten Scoundrels – Savoy Annie-B Parson for Here Lies Love – National Theatre Dorfman Josh Prince for Beautiful – Aldwych
Best Set Design	Best Costume Design
Es Devlin for The Nether – Duke of York's Bunny Christie for Made in Dagenham – Aldelphi Robert Jones for City of Angels – Donmar Warehouse Jan Versweyveld for A View from the Bridge – Young Vic / Wyndham's	Christopher Oram for Wolf Hall and Bring up the Bodies – Aldwych Robert Jones for City of Angels – Donmar Warehouse Paul Tazewell for Memphis – Shaftesbury Alejo Vietti for Beautiful – Aldwych
Best Lighting Design	Best Sound Design
Howard Harrison for City of Angels – Donmar Warehouse Jon Clark for King Charles III – Almeida / Wyndham's Paule Constable / David Plater for Wolf Hall and Bring up the Bodies – Aldwych Jan Versweyveld for A View from the Bridge – Young Vic / Wyndham's	Gareth Owen for Memphis – Shaftesbury Tom Gibbons for A View from the Bridge – Young Vic / Wyndham's Matt McKenzie for Sunny Afternoon – Hampstead / Harold Pinter Brian Ronan for Beautiful – Aldwych
Outstanding Achievement in Music
Ray Davies for lyricising and scoring Sunny Afternoon – Hampstead / Harold Pinter David Bryan for lyricising and scoring, Joe DiPietro for lyricising and writing, Tim Sutton for music directing and the band for Memphis – Shaftesbury David Byrne for conceiving, lyricising and scoring and Fatboy Slim for scoring Here Lies Love – National Theatre Dorfman The orchestra for Beautiful – Aldwych
Outstanding Achievement in Dance	Best New Dance Production
Crystal Pite for choreographing A Picture of You Falling, The Tempest Replica and Polaris, The Associates – Sadler's Wells Rocío Molina in Bosque Ardora, Dance Umbrella – Barbican The Elders Project, Elixir Festival – Sadler's Wells Christopher Wheeldon for choreographing The Winter's Tale, The Royal Ballet – Royal Opera House	32 rue Vandenbranden, Peeping Tom – Barbican Juliet and Romeo, Royal Swedish Ballet – Sadler's Wells Tabac Rouge, La Compagnie du Hanneton – Sadler's Wells
Outstanding Achievement in Opera	Best New Opera Production
Richard Jones for directing Rodelinda / The Girl of the Golden West / The Mastersingers of Nuremberg, English National Opera – London Coliseum The ensemble in Moses und Aron, Welsh National Opera – Royal Opera House Jonas Kaufmann in Andrea Chénier / Manon Lescaut, The Royal Opera – Royal Opera House L'Orfeo / L'Ormindo, Roundhouse / Sam Wanamaker Playhouse offsite programming – Early Opera Company / Royal Opera House	The Mastersingers of Nuremberg, English National Opera – London Coliseum Benvenuto Cellini, English National Opera – London Coliseum Dialogues des Carmélites, The Royal Opera – Royal Opera House Die Frau ohne Schatten, The Royal Opera – Royal Opera House
Outstanding Achievement in Affiliate Theatre
Bull – Young Vic, Maria Four Minutes Twelve Seconds – Hampstead Downstairs Tanya Moodie in Intimate Apparel – Park / The Home That Will Not Stand – Tricycle Juma Sharkah in Liberian Girl – Jerwood Upstairs, Royal Court
Audience Award
Wicked – Apollo Victoria Billy Elliot – Victoria Palace Jersey Boys – Piccadilly Matilda – Cambridge
Society Special Award
Sylvie Guillem Kevin Spacey

Productions with multiple nominations and awards

The following 18 productions, including one opera, received multiple nominations:

• 9: Memphis
• 8: Beautiful
• 7: A View from the Bridge
• 6: King Charles III
• 5: City of Angels, Sunny Afternoon, Wolf Hall and Bring up the Bodies
• 4: The Nether
• 3: Here Lies Love, Taken at Midnight
• 2: A Streetcar Named Desire, Cats, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Made in Dagenham, Miss Saigon, The Crucible, The Mastersingers of Nuremberg, Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown

The following seven productions, including one opera, received multiple awards:

• 4: Sunny Afternoon
• 3: A View from the Bridge
• 2: Beautiful, City of Angels, Memphis, The Mastersingers of Nuremberg, Wolf Hall and Bring up the Bodies

See also

• 69th Tony Awards

References

1. "Lenny Henry to host Olivier Awards". officiallondontheatre.co.uk.
2. . olivierawards.com. Archived from the original on 18 December 2014. Retrieved 26 February 2015.
3. "Frequently Asked Questions". olivierawards.com.
4. "Kevin Spacey honoured by Oliviers". officiallondontheatre.co.uk.
5. "Sylvie Guillem to be given honorary Olivier award". BBC News.
6. . olivierawards.com. Archived from the original on 27 March 2013. Retrieved 26 February 2015.

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