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SFP NEWS

The latest updates, announcements and news from Sonia Friedman Productions.

25 Mar 2025

The multi Olivier Award-winning hit musical Sunny Afternoon returns for a 2025/2026 UK tour

Sunny Afternoon will open at the Manchester Palace Theatre on 10 October 2025.

The multi Olivier Award-winning hit musical Sunny Afternoon returns for a 2025/2026 UK tour

24 Mar 2025

Full cast announced for major revival of Mrs. Warren's Profession, starring Imelda Staunton and Bessie Carter

Joining the previously announced Imelda Staunton and Bessie Carter are Kevin Doyle, Robert Glenister, Reuben Joseph and Sid Sagar.

Full cast announced for major revival of Mrs. Warren's Profession, starring Imelda Staunton and Bessie Carter

19 Mar 2025

Award-winning MEAN GIRLS to complete West End run on 8 June 2025 ahead of UK tour in 2026

The award-winning West End production of MEAN GIRLS will complete its run at the Savoy Theatre on Sunday 8 June at the end of the current booking period, ahead of a UK Tour in 2026. Tour details and casting will be announced at a later date.

Award-winning MEAN GIRLS to complete West End run on 8 June 2025 ahead of UK tour in 2026

19 Mar 2025

Sonia Friedman and Hugh Jackman announce TOGETHER, a new theatrical partnership

For artists and audiences, created by Sonia Friedman and Hugh Jackman.

Sonia Friedman and Hugh Jackman announce TOGETHER, a new theatrical partnership

7 Mar 2025

Mark Strong & Lesley Manville in OEDIPUS to open on Broadway

The sold-out, West End sensation Oedipus - a bold and electrifying adaptation created by Robert Icke after Sophocles - will transfer to Broadway this fall for a strictly limited 14-week engagement.

Mark Strong & Lesley Manville in OEDIPUS to open on Broadway

4 Mar 2025

SFP productions and co-productions nominated for 12 Olivier Awards

Congratulations to all Olivier Award nominees in all categories. We are hugely proud of every person we have worked with onstage and off across all our productions and co-productions over the past year.

SFP productions and co-productions nominated for 12 Olivier Awards

12 Feb 2025

Royal Court Theatre and Sonia Friedman Productions announce full cast for Robert Icke's MANHUNT

Written and directed by Icke, the world premiere marks his Royal Court debut and tells the story of Raoul Moat: the man at the heart of one of the most infamous manhunts of the century.

Royal Court Theatre and Sonia Friedman Productions announce full cast for Robert Icke's MANHUNT

24 Jan 2025

Additional casting announced for the Olivier Award-winning theatreical event Stranger Things: The First Shadow

Netflix and Sonia Friedman Productions are thrilled to announce the cast for the Broadway production of the Olivier Award-winning, "mega five-star hit" (Sunday Times) play STRANGER THINGS: THE FIRST SHADOW.

Additional casting announced for the Olivier Award-winning theatreical event Stranger Things: The First Shadow

16 Jan 2025

Sonia Friedman joins The Queen of Versailles producing team ahead of Broadway bow in the 2025-26 season

Following a box office record-breaking world premiere at Boston’s Emerson Colonial Theatre in the summer of 2024, The Queen of Versailles will open on Broadway in the 2025-26 season, with dates and theater to be announced.

Sonia Friedman joins The Queen of Versailles producing team ahead of Broadway bow in the 2025-26 season

9 Jan 2025

Imelda Staunton and Bessie Carter to star in Mrs. Warren's Profession directed by Dominic Cooke

Mother and daughter Imelda Staunton and Bessie Carter will appear onstage together for the first time as Mrs Kitty Warren and Vivie Warren in a new production of George Bernard Shaw’s Mrs. Warren’s Profession.

Imelda Staunton and Bessie Carter to star in Mrs. Warren's Profession directed by Dominic Cooke
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