2015 Evening Standard Theatre Awards

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.

61st Evening Standard Theatre Awards
Date	22 November 2015
Location	The Old Vic, London
Hosted by	Rob Brydon

Non-competitive awards

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

Best Play	Best Musical
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

• 2015 Laurence Olivier Awards