2015 Sheridan Morley Prize Ceremony Set for 19 March

The eighth annual Sheridan Morley Prize for Theatre Biography ceremony will be held on 19 March 2015 at The Garrick Club. The prize awarded for the best biography, autobiography or diary in theatre or show business was last year won by Michael Blakemore for Stage Blood.

Led by Ruth Leon, the panel for this year's prize are Kate Bassett, journalist and theatre critic for The Times, stage and screen actress Gemma Jones, and actor and writer Michael Simkins ­- his work The Rules Of Acting was shortlisted for 2014's Sheridan Morley Prize.

Established in 2008, the Prize is to honour Sheridan Morley's career as an author who specialised in biographies of actors, directors, and theatre and film personalities, including his own acclaimed memoir, Asking for Trouble. In his lifetime, he wrote 37 books, the majority of which were biographies, amongst them, the authorised lives of Sir John Gielgud, Sir Noel Coward, and David Niven.

The winner receives a £2000 cash prize. The Sheridan Morley Prize for Theatre Biography is a Charitable Trust. It is funded by small donations from individuals and generous support from The Garrick Club which provides the elegant setting for the Awards.