2015 Laurence Olivier Awards

2015 Laurence Olivier Awards
Date	12 April 2015
Location	Royal Opera House
Host	Lenny Henry
Television/Radio coverage
Network	ITV

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]

Gallery

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 / 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 in A View from the Bridge* – Young Vic / Wyndham's** Richard Armitage in The Crucible – Old Vic James McAvoy in The Ruling Class – Trafalgar Studio 1 Tim Pigott-Smith in King Charles III – Almeida / Wyndham's	*Penelope Wilton in Taken at Midnight* – Theatre Royal Haymarket** Gillian Anderson in A Streetcar Named Desire – Young Vic Kristin Scott Thomas in Electra – Old Vic Imelda Staunton in Good People – Hampstead / Noël Coward
Best Actor in a Musical	Best Actress in a Musical
*John Dagleish in Sunny Afternoon* – Hampstead / Harold Pinter** Jon Jon Briones in Miss Saigon – Prince Edward Brandon Victor Dixon in The Scottsboro Boys – Garrick Killian Donnelly in Memphis – Shaftesbury	*Katie Brayben in Beautiful* – Aldwych** Gemma Arterton in Made in Dagenham – Aldelphi Tamsin Greig in Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown – Playhouse Beverley Knight in Memphis – Shaftesbury
Best Actor in a Supporting Role	Best Actress in a Supporting Role
*Nathaniel Parker in Wolf Hall* / Bring up the Bodies – Aldwych** David Calder in The Nether – Duke of York's Richard Goulding in King Charles III – Almeida / Wyndham's John Light in Taken at Midnight – Theatre Royal Haymarket	*Angela Lansbury in Blithe Spirit* – Gielgud** Jaime Adler, Zoe Brough, Perdita Hibbins and Isabella Pappas in The Nether – Duke of York's Phoebe Fox in A View from the Bridge – Young Vic / Wyndham's Lydia Wilson 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 in Sunny Afternoon* – Hampstead / Harold Pinter** Rolan Bell in Memphis – Shaftesbury Ian McIntosh in Beautiful – Aldwych Jason Pennycooke in Memphis – Shaftesbury	*Lorna Want in Beautiful* – Aldwych** Samantha Bond in Dirty Rotten Scoundrels – Savoy Haydn Gwynne in Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown – Playhouse Nicole Scherzinger 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 / 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* / 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 / 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 for 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 / 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 / Bring up the Bodies

References

↑ "Lenny Henry to host Olivier Awards". officiallondontheatre.co.uk.
↑ "Biggest Theatre Awards". olivierawards.com.
↑ "Frequently Asked Questions". olivierawards.com.
↑ "Kevin Spacey honoured by Oliviers". officiallondontheatre.co.uk.
↑ "Sylvie Guillem to be given honorary Olivier award". BBC News.
↑ "Calendar of Events". olivierawards.com.

External links

Olivier Awards official website

Laurence Olivier Awards

Drama	New Play New Comedy Revival Actor Actress Performance in a Supporting Role (Actor in a Supporting Role, Actress in a Supporting Role)

Musical	New Musical Musical Revival Actor in a Musical Actress in a Musical Performance in a Supporting Role in a Musical (Actor in a Supporting Role in a Musical, Actress in a Supporting Role in a Musical) Achievement in Music

Production/Creatives	Director Theatre Choreographer Set Design Costume Design Lighting Design Sound Design

Dance/Opera	New Dance Production New Opera Production Achievement in Dance Achievement in Opera

Special/Other	Special Award Entertainment and Family Achievement in an Affiliate Theatre Audience Award

Retired	Actor of the Year in a New Play Actress of the Year in a New Play Actor of the Year in a Revival Actress of the Year in a Revival Comedy Performance Performance in a Musical Supporting Artist of the Year Newcomer in a Play Most Promising Performer Company Performance Director of a Play Director of a Musical Set Designer Most Promising Playwright Achievement in a Musical

Ceremonies	1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 (none) 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

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