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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  Flavia Cacace
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  Amanda Abbington
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  Katie Brayben in 2015

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