Download olivier awards 2015 with mastercard winners announced

Sunday 12 April 2015 21:30 BST
OLIVIER AWARDS 2015 WITH MASTERCARD
WINNERS ANNOUNCED
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The Young Vic’s A View From The Bridge takes home Best Revival, Best Actor for
Mark Strong and Best Director for Ivo Van Hove.
Hampstead Theatre’s West End transfer of Sunny Afternoon wins the most awards
for any single production and is crowned MasterCard Best New Musical
Dame Angela Lansbury receives her first Olivier for Best Actress in a Supporting
Role for Blithe Spirit and Penelope Wilton is named Best Actress for Taken At
Midnight
Mike Bartlett takes home two prizes – Virgin Atlantic Best New Play, King Charles
III, and Outstanding Achievement in an Affiliate Theatre, Bull
Dame Judi Dench presented Kevin Spacey with his Special Award before he took to
the stage for a special musical performance with Beverley Knight
Akram Khan performs to mark Sylvie Guillem’s Special Award, which she received
from Sir Anthony Dowell
Wicked wins the hotly contested This Morning Audience Award
The winners of the Olivier Awards 2015 with MasterCard, the most prestigious event in the
UK theatrical calendar, were announced tonight (Sunday 12 April 2015) in front of a packed
audience at the glamorous ceremony held at London’s Royal Opera House. The full list is
available below and online at www.olivierawards.com
Hosted by acclaimed actor and comedian Lenny Henry, the ceremony featured a
showstopping finale with Kevin Spacey and Beverley Knight performing a one-off version of
Bridge Over Troubled Water with the full Oliviers Orchestra and the 90-strong Arts
Educational Choir under Musical Director Larry Blank.
Hampstead Theatre and the Young Vic are the big winners of the night, winning four awards
each. Hampstead Theatre’s hugely successful West End transfer Sunny Afternoon was
crowned MasterCard Best New Musical and received acting nods for its stars John Dagleish
and George Maguire (Best Actor in a Musical and Best Actor in a Supporting Role in a
Musical) who play brothers Ray and Dave Davies in The Kinks musical. Legendary musician
Ray Davies had further cause to celebrate when he recieved the Autograph Sound Award for
Outstanding Achievement in Music for the Sunny Afternoon score.
The Young Vic’s wins include the prestigious Best Revival Award for A View From The
Bridge, for which Mark Strong won Best Actor and Ivo Van Hove was named Best Director.
Mike Bartlett’s Bull, which was staged at The Maria at the Young Vic, won the Outstanding
Achievement in an Affiliate Theatre Award.
Bartlett left the ceremony tonight with a second 2015 Olivier Award, the Virgin Atlantic Best
New Play prize for his modern history play King Charles III, which enjoyed sell out runs at
the Almeida Theatre and Wyndham’s Theatre. This brings the British playwright’s number of
Olivier Awards up to three, having previously won Outstanding Achievement in an Affiliate
Theatre in 2010 for the play Cock.
Nathaniel Parker won Best Actor in a Supporting Role for his portrayal of King Henry VIII in
Wolf Hall and Bring Up The Bodies at the Aldwych Theatre. Christopher Oram’s period
dress for the Royal Shakespeare Company production, which has just opened on Broadway,
also took home Best Costume Design.
The Donmar Warehouse’s sell out production of City Of Angels won the much coveted Magic
Radio Best Musical Revival prize, as well as the White Light Award for Best Lighting Design
which went to Howard Harrison.
Dame Angela Lansbury received her first ever Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Supporting
Role. The role of Madame Arcati in Blithe Spirit marked the multi-Tony Award winner’s
return to the London stage after an absence of nearly 40 years. Penelope Wilton was crowned
Best Actress for her performance in Taken At Midnight, beating stiff competition from Gillian
Anderson, Kristin Scott Thomas and Imelda Staunton.
Beautiful – The Carole King Musical saw Katie Brayben and Lorna Want win the awards for
Best Actress in a Musical and Best Actress in a Supporting Role in a Musical for their on stage
portrayals of songwriters Carole King and Cynthia Weil respectively.
Memphis The Musical was awarded two Oliviers in the categories for Best Theatre
Choreographer and Best Sound Design, which went to Sergio Trujillo and Gareth Owen. The
XL Video Award for Best Set Design was given to multi-Olivier winning designer Es Devlin
for The Nether at the Duke of York’s Theatre.
The Play That Goes Wrong, which originally opened as a one-act show at the Old Red Lion
Theatre before transferring to Trafalgar Studios and ultimately the Duchess Theatre in the
West End, was awarded Best New Comedy. La Soirée, which describes itself as a cocktail of
cabaret, new burlesque and circus sideshow, received the Best Entertainment and Family
Award for its run at the La Soirée Spiegeltent.
In the dance categories, Best New Dance Production was shared by 32 Rue Vandenbranden by
Peeping Tom at the Barbican Theatre and Mats Ek’s Juliet And Romeo by the Royal Swedish
Ballet at Sadler’s Wells. The award for Oustanding Achievement in Dance went to Crystal
Pite for her choreography in the productions of The Associates – A Picture Of You Falling,
The Tempest Replica and Polaris also at Sadler’s Wells.
Richard Jones was recognised for his direction of The Girl Of The Golden West, The
Mastersingers Of Nuremberg and Rodelinda at the London Coliseum in the Outstanding
Achievement in Opera category. English National Opera’s The Mastersingers Of Nuremberg
also picked up the award for Best New Opera Production.
This year’s Special Award winners were the groundbreaking classical and contemporary
dancer Sylvie Guillem, who was presented her award by Sir Anthony Dowell, and Kevin
Spacey, who recieved his award from Dame Judi Dench in recognition of his tenure as Artistic
Director at The Old Vic Theatre and contribution to the London stage.
The only publicly voted prize, the This Morning Audience Award, was won by Wicked.
On the night the live Oliviers Orchestra performed with orchestrations and original music by
conducter Larry Blank, and further orchestrations by Mark Cumberland.
There were also special performances from all the nominated productions in both the
MasterCard Best New Musical and Magic Radio Best Musical Revival categories, including
performances by Nicole Scherzinger, dancer Akram Khan and a number from Here Lies Love
by leading lady Natalie Mendoza and Talking Heads’ David Byrne, who co-created the show
with Fatboy Slim.
The evening’s show also included a live link to a free public Olivier Awards celebration on the
ITV stage in Covent Garden Piazza hosted by Alison Hammond and West End leading man
Michael Xavier, where hundreds of theatre-lovers enjoyed West End performances and a live
big screen relay of the ceremony.
The awards are broadcast via extensive highlights on ITV from 22:15 and then available on
ITV Player. The Olivier Awards 2015 voiceover is by Julie Walters.
To keep up with latest Olivier Awards news and engage with the awards online visit
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FULL WINNERS LIST FOR THE OLIVIER AWARDS 2015 WITH MASTERCARD
BEST REVIVAL
A View From The Bridge at Young Vic & Wyndham’s Theatre
BEST ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Nathaniel Parker for Wolf Hall and Bring Up The Bodies at Aldwych Theatre
BEST ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Angela Lansbury for Blithe Spirit at Gielgud Theatre
WHITE LIGHT AWARD FOR BEST LIGHTING DESIGN
Howard Harrison for City Of Angels at Donmar Warehouse
BEST SOUND DESIGN
Gareth Owen for Memphis The Musical at Shaftesbury Theatre
BEST ENTERTAINMENT AND FAMILY
La Soirée at La Soirée Spiegeltent
BEST COSTUME DESIGN
Christopher Oram for Wolf Hall and Bring Up The Bodies at Aldwych Theatre
XL VIDEO AWARD FOR BEST SET DESIGN
Es Devlin for The Nether at Duke of York’s Theatre
BEST NEW DANCE PRODUCTION
32 Rue Vandenbranden by Peeping Tom at Barbican
Mats Ek’s Juliet And Romeo by Royal Swedish Ballet at Sadler’s Wells
OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN DANCE
Crystal Pite for her choreography in the productions of The Associates – A Picture Of You
Falling, The Tempest Replica and Polaris at Sadler’s Wells
VIRGIN ATLANTIC BEST NEW PLAY
King Charles III at Almeida Theatre & Wyndham’s Theatre
BEST ACTOR
Mark Strong for A View From The Bridge at Young Vic & Wyndham’s Theatre
BEST ACTRESS
Penelope Wilton for Taken At Midnight at Theatre Royal Haymarket
THIS MORNING AUDIENCE AWARD
Wicked at Apollo Victoria Theatre
BEST NEW COMEDY
The Play That Goes Wrong at Duchess Theatre
MAGIC RADIO BEST MUSICAL REVIVAL
City Of Angels at Donmar Warehouse
BEST NEW OPERA PRODUCTION
The Mastersingers Of Nuremberg at London Coliseum
OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN OPERA
Richard Jones for his direction of The Girl Of The Golden West, The Mastersingers Of
Nuremberg and Rodelinda at London Coliseum
OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN AN AFFILIATE THEATRE
Bull at The Maria at Young Vic
BEST THEATRE CHOREOGRAPHER
Sergio Trujillo for Memphis The Musical at Shaftesbury Theatre
BEST DIRECTOR
Ivo Van Hove for A View From The Bridge at the Young Vic & Wyndham’s Theatre
AUTOGRAPH SOUND AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN MUSIC
Ray Davies for Sunny Afternoon at Hampstead Theatre & Harold Pinter Theatre
BEST ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A MUSICAL
George Maguire for Sunny Afternoon at Hampstead Theatre & Harold Pinter Theatre
BEST ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A MUSICAL
Lorna Want for Beautiful – The Carole King Musical at Aldwych Theatre
BEST ACTOR IN A MUSICAL
John Dagleish for Sunny Afternoon at Hampstead Theatre & Harold Pinter Theatre
BEST ACTRESS IN A MUSICAL
Katie Brayben for Beautiful – The Carole King Musical at Aldwych Theatre
MASTERCARD BEST NEW MUSICAL
Sunny Afternoon at Hampstead Theatre & Harold Pinter Theatre
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collective voice for the theatre owners, producers and managers of all the major
commercial and grant-aided theatres across London. As well as protecting the interests
of all its member theatres, SOLT promotes theatregoing through activities including the
Olivier Awards with MasterCard, the TKTS ticket booth, the Official London Theatre
website and its printed fortnightly listings guide, Theatre Tokens and the popular
annual celebration West End LIVE in association with MasterCard. It also administers
the audience development initiatives Kids Week and Get Into London Theatre, and
supports a number of theatrical charities including Stage One and Mousetrap Theatre
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