# 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. A highlights show was shown on ITV shortly after the live event ended.

## Gallery

* Flavia Cacace
* Amanda Abbington

## 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.

## 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
* 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
* 10 April: Voting closes for the Audience Award's final round
* 12 April: Award ceremony held

## 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