2015 Evening Standard Theatre Awards

61st Evening Standard Theatre Awards

Date| 22 November 2015
Location| The Old Vic, London
Hosted by| Rob Brydon
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The 61st Evening Standard Theatre Awards were awarded on Sunday 22 November 2015 at the Old Vic Theatre in London. Nominations were announced on 2 November 2015. The ceremony was presented by Rob Brydon and co-hosted by Evening Standard owner Evgeny Lebedev, Dame Judi Dench and Sir Ian McKellen.[1]

## Non-competitive awards

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The Lebedev award went to American composer and lyricist Stephen Sondheim.

The Editor’s award, awarded in partnership with The Ivy, went to Vanessa Redgrave.

The V&A’s exhibition Alexander McQueen: Savage Beauty won the Beyond Theatre award.

## Winners and nominees

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Best Play  | Best Musical

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* The Motherfucker with the Hat by Stephen Adly Guirgis, National Theatre's Lyttelton
* Hangmen by Martin McDonagh, Royal Court Theatre
* The Father by Florian Zeller, translated by Christopher Hampton, Ustinov Bath, Tricycle Theatre & Wyndham’s Theatre

* Kinky Boots, Adelphi Theatre
* Assassins, Menier Chocolate Factory
* Beautiful: The Carole King Musical, Aldwych Theatre
* Bend It Like Beckham: The Musical, Phoenix Theatre
* Gypsy, Savoy Theatre

Best Actor  | Natasha Richardson Award for Best Actress

* James McAvoy', The Ruling Class, Trafalgar Studios'
* Simon Russell Beale, Temple, Donmar Warehouse
* Kenneth Cranham, The Father, Ustinov Bath, Tricycle Theatre & Wyndham's Theatre
* Ralph Fiennes, Man And Superman, National Theatre’s Lyttelton

* Nicole Kidman, Photograph 51, Noël Coward Theatre
* Denise Gough, People, Places and Things, National Theatre’s Dorfman
* Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Nell Gwynn, Shakespeare’s Globe
* Lia Williams, Oresteia, Almeida Theatre & Trafalgar Studios

Best Musical Performance  | Milton Shulman Award for Best Director

* Imelda Staunton, Gypsy, Savoy Theatre
* Katie Brayben, Beautiful: The Carole King Musical, Aldwych Theatre
* Rosalie Craig, City of Angels, Donmar Warehouse
* Killian Donnelly, Kinky Boots, Adelphi Theatre

* Robert Icke, Oresteia, Almeida Theatre & Trafalgar Studios
* Jamie Lloyd, Assassins, Menier Chocolate Factory
* Indhu Rubasingham, The Motherfucker with the Hat, National Theatre’s Lyttelton

Best Design  | Charles Wintour Award for Most Promising Playwright

* Anna Fleischle', Hangmen, Royal Court Theatre'
* Tim Hatley, Temple, Donmar Warehouse
* Robert Jones, City of Angels, Donmar Warehouse

* Molly Davies, God Bless The Child, Royal Court Upstairs
* Alistair McDowall, Pomona, Orange Tree Theatre & National Theatre’s Temporary Space
* Diana Nneka Atuona, Liberian Girl, Royal Court Upstairs (Peckham & Tottenham pop-up venues)

Emerging Talent Award  | Newcomer in a Musical

* David Moorst, Violence And Son, Royal Court Upstairs
* Calvin Demba, The Red Lion, National Theatre’s Dorfman
* Patsy Ferran, Treasure Island, National Theatre’s Olivier

* Gemma Arterton, Made in Dagenham, Adelphi Theatre
* Ellie Bamber, High Society, The Old Vic
* Natalie Dew, Bend It Like Beckham: The Musical, Phoenix Theatre

* The Best Musical award was awarded in partnership with BBC Radio 2 and voted for by the public.
* The Emerging Talent Award was awarded in partnership with Burberry.

## See also

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* 2015 Laurence Olivier Awards

## References

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1. ^ Awards