2015 Laurence Olivier Awards

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

Best New Play	Best New Musical
King Charles IIIbyMike Bartlett – Almeida / Wyndham's Taken at MidnightbyMark Hayhurst – Theatre Royal Haymarket The NetherbyJennifer Haley – Duke of York's Wolf Hall and Bring up the BodiesbyHilary 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 WrongbyHenry Lewis, Jonathan Sayer and Henry Shields – Duchess HandbaggedbyMoira Buffini – Vaudeville Shakespeare in LovebyMarc 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 ArmitageasJohn ProctorinThe Crucible – Old Vic James McAvoy as Jack Gurney in The Ruling Class – Trafalgar Studio 1 Tim Pigott-SmithasKing Charles IIIinKing Charles III – Almeida / Wyndham's	*Penelope Wilton as Irmgard Litten in Taken at Midnight* – Theatre Royal Haymarket** Gillian AndersonasBlanche DuBoisinA Streetcar Named Desire – Young Vic Kristin Scott ThomasasElectrainElectra – Old Vic Imelda Staunton as Margie Walsh in Good People – Hampstead / Noël Coward
Best Actor in a Musical	Best Actress in a Musical
John DagleishasRay DaviesinSunny Afternoon – Hampstead / Harold Pinter Jon Jon Briones as The Engineer in Miss Saigon – Prince Edward Brandon Victor DixonasHaywood PattersoninThe Scottsboro Boys – Garrick Killian Donnelly as Huey Calhoun in Memphis – Shaftesbury	Katie BraybenasCarole KinginBeautiful – 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 ParkerasHenry VIII of EnglandinWolf Hall and Bring up the Bodies – Aldwych David Calder as Doyle in The Nether – Duke of York's Richard GouldingasPrince HarryinKing 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 WilsonasPrincess KateinKing Charles III – Almeida / Wyndham's
Best Actor in a Supporting Role in a Musical	Best Actress in a Supporting Role in a Musical
George MaguireasDave DaviesinSunny Afternoon – Hampstead / Harold Pinter Rolan Bell as Delray in Memphis – Shaftesbury Ian McIntoshasBarry ManninBeautiful – Aldwych Jason Pennycooke as Bobby in Memphis – Shaftesbury	Lorna WantasCynthia WeilinBeautiful – 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 MolinainBosque 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 KaufmanninAndrea 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 MoodieinIntimate Apparel – Park / The Home That Will Not Stand – Tricycle Juma SharkahinLiberian 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

2015 Laurence Olivier Awards

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