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Oliviers 2015 as it happened: Ray Davies' Sunny Afternoon wins big as Kevin Spacey honoured for work at Old Vic

The Young Vic outshined its sister theatre down the road

Daisy Wyatt
Monday 13 April 2015 08:54 BST
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Ray Davies' musical Sunny Afternoon won the most awards at the Oliviers 2015
Ray Davies' musical Sunny Afternoon won the most awards at the Oliviers 2015 (Getty)

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Despite Memphis the Musical and Beautiful: Carole King the Musical leading the nominations, it was Ray Davies' Sunny Afternoon that won the most Oliviers of any production.

- Young Vic's A View From The Bridge wins three awards
- Angela Lansbury wins first Olivier aged 89
- Penelope Wilton beats Gillian Anderson to take Best Actress
- Mike Bartlett wins two awards for Bull and King Charles III
- John Dagleish wins Best Actor in a Musical for Sunny Afternoon
- Carole King actress Katie Brayben wins Best Actress in a Musical

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The Oliviers are voted for by four separate panels for theatre, opera, dance and Affiliate.

The majority of awards fall in the theatre category, which is voted for by five anonymous members chosen with specialist knowledge and eight members of the theatregoing public.

A production has to run for a minimum of 30 performances to be eligible for a nomination at the Oliviers.

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