Sonia Friedman was crowned Producer of the Year at The 2015 Stage Awards. The award was sponsored by Ticketmaster and presented onstage by Ticketmaster MD Andrew Parsons at the ceremony held at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane, on Friday 30th of January.
2014 saw the ongoing success of both The Book of Mormon and Ghosts in the West End. This was complemented by openings of Charles III, 1984, Shakespeare in Love and Sunny Afternoon, it caps a tremendous 2014 for Sonia Friedman.
Her company Sonia Friedman Productions beat both Danielle Tarento and Playful Productions to the title
The full list of winners is as follows:
London Theatre of the Year
Young Vic Theatre
Fringe Theatre of the Year
Park Theatre
Regional Theatre of the Year
Nuffield, Southampton
Theatre Building of the Year
Liverpool Everyman
Roundabout Theatre, Paines Plough
Producer of the Year
Sonia Friedman
School of the Year
Young Everyman Playhouse, Liverpool
International Award
Shakespeare’s Globe
Unsung Hero Award
Sue Nightingale
Photograph Credit – Alex Brenner