2015 WhatsOnStage Awards

The WhatsOnStage Awards, founded in 2001 as the Theatregoers' Choice Awards, are a fan-driven set of awards organised by the theatre website WhatsOnStage.com, based on a popular vote recognising performers and productions of English theatre, with an emphasis on London's West End theatre.

The 2015 Whatsonstage Award winners and nominees were:^[1]

Best New Play	Best New Musical
Shakespeare in Love Great Britain King Charles III The Nether Wolf Hall	Memphis Here Lies Love Made in Dagenham Sunny Afternoon Urinetown
Best Play Revival	Best Musical Revival
Coriolanus Blithe Spirit The Crucible Richard II A Streetcar Named Desire	Miss Saigon Evita The Pajama Game Porgy and Bess Sweeney Todd
Best Actor in a Play	Best Actress in a Play
David Tennant – Richard II Mark Strong – A View From the Bridge Richard Armitage – The Crucible Tom Bateman – Shakespeare in Love Tom Hiddleston – Coriolanus	Billie Piper – Great Britain Gillian Anderson – A Streetcar Named Desire Helen McCrory – Medea Imelda Staunton – Good People Lucy Briggs-Owen – Shakespeare in Love
Best Actor in a Musical	Best Actress in a Musical
Jon Jon Briones – Miss Saigon Alistair Brammer – Miss Saigon Killian Donnelly – Memphis Marti Pellow – Evita Robert Lindsay – Dirty Rotten Scoundrels	Eva Noblezada – Miss Saigon Beverley Knight – Memphis Gemma Arterton – Made in Dagenham Jenna Russell – Urinetown Madalena Alberto – Evita
Best Supporting Actor in a Play	Best Supporting Actress in a Play
Mark Gatiss – Coriolanus Adrian Schiller – The Crucible David Oakes – Shakespeare in Love Hadley Fraser – Coriolanus Nathaniel Parker – Wolf Hall & Bring Up the Bodies	Vanessa Kirby – A Streetcar Named Desire Anna Madeley – The Crucible Deborah Findlay – Coriolanus Nicola Walker – A View From the Bridge Samantha Colley – The Crucible
Best Supporting Actor in a Musical	Best Supporting Actress in a Musical
Kwang-Ho Hong – Miss Saigon Ben Forster – Evita George Maguire – Sunny Afternoon Hugh Maynard – Miss Saigon Rolan Bell – Memphis	Rachelle Ann Go – Miss Saigon Claire Machin – Memphis Karis Jack – Urinetown Katherine Kingsley – Dirty Rotten Scoundrels Samantha Bond – Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
Best Direction	Best Choreography
Laurence Connor – Miss Saigon Christopher Ashley – Memphis Gregory Doran – Richard II Jamie Lloyd – Urinetown Yaël Farber – The Crucible	Bob Avian & Geoffrey Garratt – Miss Saigon Ann Yee – Urinetown Drew McOnie – In the Heights Jerry Mitchell – Dirty Rotten Scoundrels Sergio Trujillo – Memphis
Best Set Design	Best Lighting Design
Totie Driver & Matt Kinley – Miss Saigon Bunny Christie – Made in Dagenham David Gallo – Memphis Nick Ormerod – Shakespeare in Love Soutra Gilmour – Urinetown	Mark Henderson – Coriolanus Adam Silverman – Urinetown Bruno Poet – Miss Saigon Howell Binkley – Memphis Jon Clark – Made in Dagenham
Best Off-West End Production	Best Regional Production
Sweeney Todd – Twickenham Theatre Dogfight – Southwark Playhouse Forbidden Broadway – Menier Chocolate Factory In the Heights – Southwark Playhouse Oh, the Humanity and Other Good Intentions – Tabard Theatre	Oliver! – Sheffield Crucible Guys and Dolls – Chichester Festival Theatre Gypsy – Chichester Festival Theatre The Kite Runner – Nottingham Playhouse Water Babies – Curve Leicester
Best Takeover In A Role	Best West End Show
Kerry Ellis – Wicked Jennifer DiNoia – Wicked Craige Els – Matilda David Hunter – Once Michael Watson – Jersey Boys	Miss Saigon Les Misérables Matilda Memphis Wicked

References

1. . Archived from the original on 2019-03-06. Retrieved 2019-03-03.