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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.^[1] A highlights show was shown on ITV shortly after the live event ended.^[2]

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  Flavia Cacace
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  Amanda Abbington

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]

• 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]

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

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

• 69th Tony Awards

• Olivier Awards official website