2015 Laurence Olivier Awards

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|name = 2015 Laurence Olivier Awards

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|date = 12 April 2015

|location = Royal Opera House

|host = Lenny Henry

|network = ITV

|main = {{nowrap|Laurence Olivier Awards}}

|previous = 2014

|next = 2016

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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.{{cite web|url=http://www.officiallondontheatre.co.uk/news/latest-news/article/item274964/lenny-henry-to-host-olivier-awards/|title=Lenny Henry to host Olivier Awards|work=officiallondontheatre.co.uk}} A highlights show was shown on ITV shortly after the live event ended.{{cite web|url=http://www.olivierawards.com/awards/|title=Biggest Theatre Awards|work=olivierawards.com|access-date=2015-02-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141218191415/http://www.olivierawards.com/awards/|archive-date=2014-12-18|url-status=dead}}

Gallery

File:Flavia Cacace at the Olivier Awards 2015.jpg|Flavia Cacace

File:Amanda Abbington at the 2015 Laurence Olivier Awards.jpg|Amanda Abbington

File:Katie Brayben with Alan Morrissey in 2015.jpg|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.{{cite web|url=http://www.olivierawards.com/info/faq/|title=Frequently Asked Questions|work=olivierawards.com}}

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{{cite web|url=http://www.officiallondontheatre.co.uk/news/latest-news/article/item274078/kevin-spacey-honoured-by-oliviers/|title=Kevin Spacey honoured by Oliviers|work=officiallondontheatre.co.uk}}
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{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-31941739|title=Sylvie Guillem to be given honorary Olivier award|work=BBC News}}
10 April: Voting closes for the Audience Award's final round
12 April: Award ceremony held{{cite web|url=http://www.olivierawards.com/awards/calendar/|title=Calendar of Events|work=olivierawards.com|access-date=26 February 2015|archive-date=27 March 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130327040939/http://www.olivierawards.com/awards/calendar|url-status=dead}}

Winners and nominees

The nominations were announced on 9 March 2015 in 28 categories.

width="50%" \| Best New Play ! width="50%" \| Best New Musical
class=wikitable width="100%"
valign="top" \| 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 \| valign="top" \| Sunny Afternoon – Hampstead / Harold Pinter Beautiful – Aldwych Here Lies Love – National Theatre Dorfman Memphis – Shaftesbury
width="50%" \| Best Revival ! width="50%" \| Best Musical Revival
valign="top" \| 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 \| valign="top" \| City of Angels – Donmar Warehouse Cats – London Palladium Miss Saigon – Prince Edward Porgy and Bess – Regent's Park Open Air
width="50%" \| Best New Comedy ! width="50%" \| Best Entertainment and Family
valign="top" \| 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 \| valign="top" \| La Soirée – La Soirée Spiegeltent Dance 'til Dawn – Aldwych Hetty Feather – Vaudeville
width="50%" \| Best Actor ! width="50%" \| Best Actress
valign="top" \| *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 \| valign="top" \| *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
width="50%" \| Best Actor in a Musical ! width="50%" \| Best Actress in a Musical
valign="top" \| *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 \| valign="top" \| *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
width="50%" \| Best Actor in a Supporting Role ! width="50%" \| Best Actress in a Supporting Role
valign="top" \| *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 \| valign="top" \| *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
width="50%" \| Best Actor in a Supporting Role in a Musical ! width="50%" \| Best Actress in a Supporting Role in a Musical
valign="top" \| *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 \| valign="top" \| *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
width="50%" \| Best Director ! width="50%" \| Best Theatre Choreographer
valign="top" \| *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 \| valign="top" \| *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
width="50%" \| Best Set Design ! width="50%" \| Best Costume Design
valign="top" \| *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 \| valign="top" \| *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
width="50%" \| Best Lighting Design ! width="50%" \| Best Sound Design
valign="top" \| *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 \| valign="top" \| *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
colspan=2 \| Outstanding Achievement in Music
colspan=2 valign="top" \| *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
width="50%" \| Outstanding Achievement in Dance ! width="50%" \| Best New Dance Production
valign="top" \| *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 \| valign="top" \| 32 rue Vandenbranden, Peeping Tom – Barbican Juliet and Romeo, Royal Swedish Ballet – Sadler's Wells Tabac Rouge, La Compagnie du Hanneton – Sadler's Wells
width="50%" \| Outstanding Achievement in Opera ! width="50%" \| Best New Opera Production
valign="top" \| *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 \| valign="top" \| 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
colspan=2\| Outstanding Achievement in Affiliate Theatre
colspan=2 valign="top" \| 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
colspan=2\| Audience Award
colspan=2 valign="top" \| Wicked – Apollo Victoria Billy Elliot – Victoria Palace Jersey Boys – Piccadilly Matilda – Cambridge
colspan=2 \| Society Special Award
colspan=2 valign="top" \| Sylvie Guillem Kevin Spacey