2015 WhatsOnStage Awards


The WhatsOnStage Awards, founded in 2001 as the Theatregoers' Choice Awards, are a fan-driven set of awards organised by the theatre website WhatsOnStage.com, based on a popular vote recognising performers and productions of English theatre, with an emphasis on London's West End theatre.
The 2015 Whatsonstage Award winners and nominees were:
Best New PlayBest New Musical

  • Memphis
  • *Here Lies Love
  • * Made in Dagenham
  • * Sunny Afternoon
  • *Urinetown
    • Best Play RevivalBest Musical Revival
  • Coriolanus
  • *Blithe Spirit
  • * The Crucible
  • * Richard II
  • * A Streetcar Named Desire
    		• Miss Saigon
  • *Evita
  • * The Pajama Game
  • * Porgy and Bess
  • * Sweeney Todd
    • Best Actor in a PlayBest Actress in a Play
  • David Tennant – Richard II
  • *Mark Strong – A View From the Bridge
  • *Richard Armitage – The Crucible
  • *Tom Bateman – Shakespeare in Love
  • *Tom Hiddleston – Coriolanus
  • Billie Piper – Great Britain
  • *Gillian Anderson – A Streetcar Named Desire
  • *Helen McCrory – Medea
  • *Imelda Staunton – Good People
  • *Lucy Briggs-Owen – Shakespeare in Love
    • Best Actor in a MusicalBest Actress in a Musical
  • Jon Jon Briones – Miss Saigon
  • *Alistair Brammer – Miss Saigon
  • *Killian Donnelly – Memphis
  • *Marti Pellow – Evita
  • *Robert Lindsay – Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
  • Eva Noblezada – Miss Saigon
  • *Beverley Knight – Memphis
  • *Gemma Arterton – Made in Dagenham
  • *Jenna Russell – Urinetown
  • *Madalena Alberto – Evita
    • Best Supporting Actor in a PlayBest Supporting Actress in a Play
  • Mark Gatiss – Coriolanus
  • *Adrian Schiller – The Crucible
  • *David Oakes – Shakespeare in Love
  • *Hadley Fraser – Coriolanus
  • *Nathaniel Parker – Wolf Hall & Bring Up the Bodies
  • Vanessa Kirby – A Streetcar Named Desire
  • *Anna Madeley – The Crucible
  • *Deborah Findlay – Coriolanus
  • *Nicola Walker – A View From the Bridge
  • *Samantha Colley – The Crucible
    • Best Supporting Actor in a MusicalBest Supporting Actress in a Musical
  • Kwang-Ho Hong – Miss Saigon
  • *Ben Forster – Evita
  • *George Maguire – Sunny Afternoon
  • *Hugh Maynard – Miss Saigon
  • *Rolan Bell – Memphis
  • Rachelle Ann Go – Miss Saigon
  • *Claire Machin – Memphis
  • *Karis Jack – Urinetown
  • *Katherine Kingsley – Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
  • *Samantha Bond – Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
    • Best DirectionBest Choreography
  • Laurence Connor – Miss Saigon
  • *Christopher Ashley – Memphis
  • *Gregory Doran – Richard II
  • *Jamie Lloyd – Urinetown
  • *Yaël Farber – The Crucible
  • Bob Avian & Geoffrey Garratt – Miss Saigon
  • *Ann Yee – Urinetown
  • *Drew McOnie – In the Heights
  • *Jerry Mitchell – Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
  • *Sergio Trujillo – Memphis
    • Best Set DesignBest Lighting Design
  • Totie Driver & Matt Kinley – Miss Saigon
  • *Bunny Christie – Made in Dagenham
  • *David Gallo – Memphis
  • *Nick Ormerod – Shakespeare in Love
  • *Soutra Gilmour – Urinetown
  • Mark Henderson – Coriolanus
  • *Adam Silverman – Urinetown
  • * Bruno Poet – Miss Saigon
  • *Howell Binkley – Memphis
  • * Jon Clark – Made in Dagenham
    • Best Off-West End ProductionBest Regional Production
  • Sweeney Todd – Twickenham Theatre
  • *Dogfight – Southwark Playhouse
  • *Forbidden Broadway – Menier Chocolate Factory
  • *In the Heights – Southwark Playhouse
  • *Oh, the Humanity and Other Good Intentions – Tabard Theatre
  • Oliver! – Sheffield Crucible
  • *Guys and Dolls – Chichester Festival Theatre
  • *Gypsy – Chichester Festival Theatre
  • *The Kite Runner – Nottingham Playhouse
  • *Water Babies – Curve Leicester
    • Best Takeover In A RoleBest West End Show
  • Kerry Ellis – Wicked
  • *Jennifer DiNoia – Wicked
  • *Craige Els – Matilda
  • *David Hunter – Once
  • * Michael Watson – Jersey Boys
  • Miss Saigon
  • *Les Misérables
  • *Matilda
  • *Memphis
  • *Wicked