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