# 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:
| 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 |