Sonia Friedman Productions and the Royal Court Theatre today confirm the return of Ian Rickson’s production of Jez Butterworth’s Jerusalem to London’s West End for a strictly limited 16-week engagement.

Sonia Friedman Productions announces casting for the return performances of Tom Stoppard’s Leopoldstadt as rehearsals begin.  Directed by Patrick Marber, Leopoldstadt returns to Wyndham’s Theatre for a 12-week run from 7 August – 30 October 2021. 

Trafalgar Releasing, in collaboration with Sonia Friedman Productions and Stage2View, is pleased to announce the release of Walden in selected cinemas across the UK from 8 September 2021, following its recent run in the West End as part of the SFP RE:EMERGE season. Tickets are on sale now at www.WaldenCinema.com.  
 

The producers of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Sonia Friedman Productions, Colin Callender and Harry Potter Theatrical Productions are delighted to confirm that the original two-part multi award-winning production will resume performances at the Palace Theatre in London on 14 October 2021. Tickets for the West End production of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child are currently available for performances at the Palace Theatre until 27 March 2022 and remain priced from £15 per part, and for every performance there are over 300 tickets at £20 or less per part. 

Sonia Friedman Productions is delighted to announce new dates for The Shark is Broken at the Ambassadors Theatre after the production was postponed last year due to the pandemic. Ian Shaw and Joseph Nixon’s brilliantly funny play will now run in the West End from 9 October – 15 January. Tickets will go on general sale on Thursday 1 July at 10am. Current ticketholders will be notified of their new performance date by their point of purchase.

Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, the world’s most award-winning play, will return to North America as a newly staged, one show magical experience. Performances of this world premiere theatrical event begin at Broadway’s Lyric Theatre in New York on November 16, 2021, and at the Curran in San Francisco on January 11, 2022. The Canadian premiere in Toronto will begin performances in May 2022 at the Ed Mirvish Theatre.

Sectors also repeat calls for insurance support, changes to quarantine protocols and the immediate publication of post-July 19 event guidance. 

Our commercial theatres need government-backed insurance – many livelihoods are under existential threat if Step Four is delayed

Read Sonia Friedman’s full Telegraph article.

Following performances as part of SFP’s RE:EMERGE season at the Harold Pinter Theatre, Yasmin Joseph’s J’Ouvert will run for 5 performances only at Theatre Royal and Royal Concert Hall Nottingham from 21 to 24 July; and Joseph Charlton’s Anna X will run at The Lowry, Salford for 6 performances only from 10 August to 14 August, enabling more audiences to access the productions. 

Amazon Prime Video to broadcast four productions filmed by the National Theatre exclusively in the UK and Ireland.

Titles include Fleabag, the original one-woman stage show from Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Frankenstein with Benedict Cumberbatch and Jonny Lee Miller, directed by Danny Boyle and Sonia Friedman Productions’ Hamlet with Benedict Cumberbatch.
 

James Graham’s new short film People You May Know on the growing influence of big data and algorithms on our day-to-day lives, starring Lydia West and Arthur Darvill, is released today via ft.com/drama and the FT’s YouTube channel.