Back to News & Press Hamlet starring Benedict Cumberbach on screen Thursday, 20 January 2022 Benedict Cumberbatch, Ciarán Hinds, Sian Brooke and Kobna Holdbrook-Smith in Shakespeare’s famous tragedy filmed live in London by the National Theatre . As a country arms itself for war, a family tears itself apart. Forced to avenge his father’s death but paralysed by the task ahead, Hamlet rages against the impossibility of his predicament, threatening both his sanity and the security of the state. Filmed by National Theatre Live Presented by Sonia Freidman Productions Up Up

Back to News & Press The Telegraph speaks to Sonia Friedman about What's Next For Theatre Friday, 12 March 2021 In the article published today, Sonia Friedman looks ahead: "We’re going to have a golden age of story-telling because we’re all going to need to figure out what on earth we’ve been through. That won’t just be political work, there will be escape, jubilation, humour, singing, dancing." Read Dominic Cavendish’s full Telegraph article here . Up Up

Back to Productions THE SEAGULL This production began on 16th September and closed on 21st December 2008. Kristin Scott Thomas will star on Broadway in her Olivier Award-winning role of Arkadina in the critically acclaimed Royal Court Theatre production of Anton Chekhov's THE SEAGULL. The production, featuring a new version by Christopher Hampton and directed by Ian Rickson, running at the Walter Kerr Theatre (219 West 48th Street) playing a strictly limited engagement of 14 weeks through December 21. The production will also star Peter Sarsgaard as Trigorin and members of the praised original Royal Court Theatre cast, including Mackenzie Crook as Konstantin, Art Malik as Dorn, Carey Mulligan as Nina, Pearce Quigley as Medvedenko, Peter Wight as Sorin, Christopher Patrick Nolan as Yakov and Mary Rose as the Maid. The production will also feature Zoe Kazan as Masha. CAST KRISTIN SCOTT THOMAS – Arkadina PETER SARSGAARD – Trigorin MACKENZIE CROOK – Konstantin PETER WIGHT – Sorin ART MALIK – Dorn CAREY MULLIGAN – Nina PETER QUIGLEY – Medvedenko MARY ROSE – Maid CHRISTOPHER PATRICK NOLAN – Yakov ZOE KAZAN – Masha CREATIVES IAN RICKSON – Director HILDEGARD BECHTLER – Set & Costume Designer PETER MUMFORD – Lighting Designer IAN DICKINSON – Sound Designer STEPHEN WARBECK – Composer

Back to Productions THE SHARK IS BROKEN – WEST END This production opened at the Ambassadors Theatre on 9th October 2021 and closed on 13th February 2022. ★★★★ Did I mention waves? Get ready for this play to make some. Do they need a bigger boat? Actually, I think they are going to need a bigger theatre — and soon. The Times ★★★★ Something unexpectedly profound and emotionally serrated lurks below the apparently frothy surface of this dive behind the scenes of the making of JAWS. The Telegraph Cape Cod, 1974: shooting on ‘Jaws’ has stalled. The film’s lead actors – Robert Shaw, Roy Scheider and Richard Dreyfuss – are stuck on a boat, at the mercy of foul weather and a faulty mechanical co-star. Awash with alcohol and ambition, three hammered sharks start to bare their teeth… ★★★★★ This play packs plenty of bite. Metro CAST IAN SHAW – Robert Shaw DEMETRI GORITSAS – Roy Scheider LIAM MURRAY SCOTT – Richard Dreyfuss CREATIVES IAN SHAW AND JOESEPH NIXON – Writers GUY MASTERSON – Director DUNCAN HENDERSON – Designer JON CLARK – Lighting Designer ADAM CORK – Sound Designer and Original Music NINA DUNN – Video Designer YARIT DOR – Fight Director CAROLE HANCOCK – Wigs, Hair and Make-Up

Back to Productions BOEING-BOEING This production began performances on 3rd February and closed on 28th April 2007. By many an airmile the funniest show on the London stage...Impossible to stop laughing. Daily Telegraph Bernard, a successful architect living in Paris, thought he could easily cope with his three air hostess fiancees. It was all a question of timetables and a reliable, long-suffering housekeeper who reluctantly has the role of romantic air-traffic controller. When old school chum Robert arrives, Bernard relishes the chance to show his wide-eyed friend his first-class operation at work. Unfortunately, schedules change, flights are delayed and a new turbo-charged Boeing aircraft is introduced: chaos ensues in this hysterical whirl of mayhem and matchmaking. A dream cast...Takes theatre into the stratosphere. The Guardian Translated by Beverley Cross from Mark Camoletti 's original, Matthew Warchus ' production is designed by Rob Howell , with lighting by Hugh Vanstone , original music by Claire van Kampen and sound by Simon Baker . The curtain call was devised by Bruno Tonioli . Sonia Friedman Productions , Act Productions , Matthew Byam Shaw and Robert G Bartner present “BOEING-BOEING ”. Absolutely terrific...Matthew Warchus's stylish revival is something approaching sublime thanks to a cast on tip-top form. Time Out CAST TAMZIN OUTHWAITE – Gloria ROGER ALLAM – Bernard FRANCES DE LA TOUR – Bertha MARK RYLANCE – Robert DAISY BEAUMONT – Gabriella MICHELLE GOMEZ – Gretchen CREATIVES MATTHEW WARCHUS – Director ROB HOWELL – Designer HUGH VANSTONE – Lighting Designer CLAIRE VAN KAMPEN – Original Music SIMON BAKER – Sound Designer BRUNO RONIOLI – Curtain Call

Back to Productions UNCLE VANYA This production opened on 14th January and closed 15th March 2020. ★★★★★ An exquisite production. Perfection. The Guardian In the heat of summer, Sonya ( Aimee Lou Wood ) and her Uncle Vanya ( Toby Jones ) while away their days on a crumbling estate deep in the countryside, visited occasionally only by the local doctor Astrov ( Richard Armitage ). However, when Sonya’s father Professor Serebryakov ( Ciarán Hinds ) suddenly returns with his restless, alluring, new wife Yelena ( Rosalind Eleazar ) declaring his intention to sell the house, the polite facades crumble and long-repressed feelings start to emerge with devastating consequences. ★★★★ Ian Rickson’s striking revival. Such compassion, such life. The Times Olivier Award-winner Conor McPherson ’s stunning new adaptation of the Anton Chekhov masterpiece, Uncle Vanya , is a portrayal of life at the turn of the 20th century, full of tumultuous frustration, dark humour and hidden passions. Critically acclaimed director Ian Rickson returns to Chekhov for the first time since his landmark production of The Seagull in 2007, reuniting with BAFTA and Olivier Award-winner Toby Jones (The Birthday Party) alongside Richard Armitage , who returns to the stage six years after his Olivier Award-nominated performance in The Crucible. Uncle Vanya is designed by Rae Smith , with lighting by Bruno Poet , music by Stephen Warbeck , sound by Ian Dickinson and casting by Amy Ball CDG . Don’t miss this astonishing combination of creative talent as they breathe new life into the treasured Chekhov classic. We’re thrilled that this production is now available for schools and universities to watch via DigitalTheatre+. ★★★★ This is a Vanya for our times. Evening Standard CAST TOBY JONES – Vanya RICHARD ARMITAGE – Astrov ROSALIND ELEAZAR – Yelena AIMEE LOU WOOD – Sonya ANNA CALDER-MARSHALL – Nana DEARBHLA MOLLOY – Grandmaman PETER WRIGHT – Telegin CIARÁN HINDS – Professor Serebryakov CREATIVES Adapted by CONOR MCPHERSON IAN RICKSON – Director RAE SMITH – Designer BRUNO POET – Lighting Designer STEPHEN WARBECK – Composer IAN DICKENSON – Sound Designer AMY BALL CDG – Casting Director

Back to Productions TOGETHER – FILM This production first aired on BBC on 17th June 2021. A tour de force of writing and acting. The Guardian This is the story of a family, like so many, who found a way to survive - together. It is the hilarious and heart-breaking story of a husband and wife who are forced to re-evaluate themselves and their relationship through the reality of lockdown. Brilliantly captures the borderline madness of the past year. The Herald Written by Dennis Kelly and directed by Stephen Daldry A Shoebox Films and Sonia Friedman Production for BBC Film and BBC TWO BAFTA award-winning and Golden Globe-nominated James McAvoy (Split, X-Men franchise, His Dark Materials ) and BAFTA award-winning and Emmy nominated Sharon Horgan (Catastrophe, The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent, Military Wives ) star in multi-award-winning writer, Dennis Kelly ’s (Utopia, Pulling, The Third Day ) searingly funny and painfully poignant love story, Together . Directed by the Academy, Emmy and BAFTA award-winning director, Stephen Daldry (The Crown, Billy Elliot, The Reader ) the film is set in the UK from the first days of the COVID-19 lockdown in March 2020 until the present day. Together is produced by Guy Heeley (Locke, Denial, London Spy ) and the multi-award-winning West End and Broadway theatre producer Sonia Friedman (TV credits include: Uncle Vanya, The Dresser, Wolf Hall). Unflinching and very funny. The Independent CAST JAMES MCAVOY – He SHARRON HORGAN – She SAMUEL LOGAN – Artie CREATIVES DENNIS KELLY – Writer STEPHEN DALDRY – Director JUSTIN MARTIN – Co-Director

Back to News & Press A Christmas Carol opens to rave reviews Thursday, 10 December 2015 Academy Award-winning actor Jim Broadbent makes his long-awaited return to the stage to play Scrooge in a new comic re-telling of A Christmas Carol, adapted by Patrick Barlow from Charles Dickens' classic story of greed, grief, ghoulish ghosts and eleventh hour redemption. Broadbent will be joined by Adeel Akhtar (Four Lions, Hamlet Young Vic), Amelia Bullmore (The Norman Conquests Old Vic, Scott & Bailey), Keir Charles (The White Devil RSC, Mydidae Soho Theatre) and Samantha Spiro (Hello Dolly Open Air Theatre, Bad Education). Puppeteers Jack Parker and Kim Scopes complete the ensemble. From Scrooge and Tiny Tim to Bob Cratchit and Mr. Fezziwig, Patrick Barlow’s imaginative adaptation of A Christmas Carol will bring some of Dickens’ most memorable characters to life. Coming together to create this innovative new work are some of our most loved and mischievous maverick theatre-makers. The play is written by the Olivier Award-winning and Tony nominated Patrick Barlow (The 39 Steps) with whom Jim Broadbent performed for many years in Barlow’s cult comedy troupe The National Theatre of Brent. A Christmas Carol is directed by Olivier Award-winning Phelim McDermott, Artistic Director of Improbable, one of Britain’s most inventive theatre companies, and who was responsible for the iconic 1998 production of Shockheaded Peter. McDermott also directed Theatre of Blood at the National Theatre in which Broadbent last appeared on stage. Joining them is the critically-acclaimed designer Tom Pye (The Testament of Mary, The Death of Klinghoffer, The Low Road) and Toby Sedgwick (War Horse, The 39 Steps) as Director of Movement. Peter Mumford will design the lighting and Gareth Fry will design sound. Up Up

Back to News & Press Legally Blonde The Musical announces new cast Monday, 19 September 2011 From 10 October 2011, Carley Stenson (Elle Woods), Stephen Ashfield (Emmett), Ben Freeman (Warner), Natalie Casey (Paulette) and Peter Davison (Professor Callahan) will lead the cast of the Olivier Award winning show Legally Blonde The Musical, which is currently booking until 27 October 2012 at the Savoy Theatre. College sweetheart and homecoming queen Elle Woods doesn't take no for an answer. So when her boyfriend Warner dumps her for someone serious, Elle puts down the credit card, hits the books, and heads for Harvard Law! Along the way, Elle proves that being true to yourself never goes out of style. Legally Blonde The Musical opened at the Savoy Theatre in December 2009 and has been playing to packed audiences ever since. At the 2011 Laurence Olivier Awards Legally Blonde The Musical won the award for Best New Musical. Carley Stenson made her West End debut in Legally Blonde The Musical in the role of Margot. She is best known on television as Steph Cunningham in C4’s Hollyoaks, a role she played for over ten years. She won ITV’s Celebrity Stars in Their Eyes when she performed as Faith Hill. Her regional theatre credits include Sandy in Grease, Dulcie in The Boyfriend and Nancy in Oliver. Stephen Ashfield’s theatre credits include Bob Gaudio in the original London cast of Jersey Boys, Boy George in Taboo in the West End and on tour in the UK, Nick in Fame at the Aldwych Theatre, the Beast in Beauty and the Beast for Theatre Clwyd, Adam in Imagine This at the Theatre Royal, Plymouth and John in Tomorrow Morning at the New End Theatre. His screen credits include Tim Burton’s film of Stephen Sondheim’s Sweeney Todd. Ben Freeman’s theatre credits include Norman in Dreamboats and Petticoats at the Savoy Theatre and on tour in the UK, George in Same Time, Next Year at the Jersey Arts Centre, Friedrich in The Sound of Music on tour in the UK and the roles of the Prince and the Beast in Beauty and the Beast at the Hazlitt Theatre in Maidstone. His television credits include Scott Windsor in Emmerdale as well as roles in Grange Hill and Smith and Jones. Natalie Casey is best known on television for playing Donna in the BBC’s Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps. On stage she has been seen in The Invisible Man at the Menier Chocolate Factory, Oklahoma for Chichester Festival Theatre, Well at the Apollo Theatre, Fame at the Shaftesbury Theatre and Hobson’s Choice at the Watermill Theatre. Her other television credits include Dave Shakespeare, Missing, Hollyoaks, Head Jam, Girls Night In and Chopratown. On film she played Shirley Temple in Chicago Joe and the Showgirl. Peter Davison became a household name when he played the fifth incarnation of the Doctor in Doctor Who between 1981 and 1984. His extensive television credits include Tristan Farnon in the long running BBC series All Creatures Great and Small and DC Davies in four series of ITV’s acclaimed The Last Detective. His other TV credits include At Home with the Braithwaites, A Quick Guide to Parenting, A Very Peculiar Practice, Ain't Misbehaving and Fear Stress and Anger, for which he won the 2007 Best Actor Award at the Monte Carlo Television Festival. Most recently he has been seen in the ITV1 dramas Unforgiven and Midsomer Murders. On stage he played King Arthur in Monty Python’s Spamalot at the Palace Theatre as well as roles in Chicago at the Adelphi Theatre, An Absolute Turkey at the Globe Theatre and Arsenic and Old Lace for Chichester Festival Theatre. On film his credits include Parting Shots, Black Beauty and Molly. Directed and choreographed by Tony Award-winning Jerry Mitchell, Legally Blonde The Musical has music and lyrics by Laurence O’Keefe and Nell Benjamin, book by Heather Hach, set design by David Rockwell, costume design by Gregg Barnes, lighting design by Kenneth Posner and Paul Miller, sound design by ACME Sound Partners and orchestrations by Christopher Jahnke. The cast of Legally Blonde The Musical as of 10 October 2011 will be Jon Tsouras (Padamadan, Nikos), Georgie Ashford (Gabby, Stenographer), Lucy Miller (Serena), Nathan Pinnell (Carlos), Natalie Casey (Paulette Buonufonté), Peter Davison (Professor Callahan) Tricia Adele Turner (Vivienne Kensington), Chris Ellis-Stanton (Grandmaster Chad, Dewey, Kyle), Danielle Steers (Judge, Saleswoman), Abiona Omonua (Pilar), Ellie Kirk (Margot), Gemma Sutton (Enid), Sorelle Marsh (Courtney, Mom, Whitney), Stephen Ashfield (Emmett Forrest), Nick Hayes (Pforzheimer), Chloë Brooks (Kate, Chutney), Carley Stenson (Elle Woods), Lincoln Stone (Dad, Winthrop, Reporter), Ben Freeman (Warner Huntington III), Robbie Towns (Aaron), Gregory Sims (Kiki), Tamara Wall (Brooke Wyndham), Ross Hunter (Lowell) and Tara Young (Cece/District Attorney) as well as Fabian Aloise, Henry Davis, Jane McMurtie, Ruthie Stephenson and Carolyn Maitland as swings. Up Up

Back to News & Press General on sale begins - The River Sunday, 15 June 2014 General on-sale will begin on Monday, June 16 at 12:01 AM for THE RIVER, a new play by Jez Butterworth, starring Hugh Jackman, Laura Donnelly and Cush Jumbo, and directed by Ian Rickson. The production is currently on sale to American Express cardholders only. Presented by Sonia Friedman Productions, the Royal Court Theatre production of THE RIVER will open on Sunday, November 16 on Broadway at the Circle in the Square Theatre (West 50th Street between Broadway and Eighth Avenue). Previews begin Friday, October 31. The production will play a strictly limited 13-week engagement through Sunday, January 25, 2015. THE RIVER was first developed by Sonia Friedman Productions and was subsequently produced by the Royal Court Theatre. It was presented from October 18-November 17, 2012 in the Royal Court’s Jerwood Theatre Upstairs, in a production directed by Mr. Rickson, also featuring Ms. Donnelly, who makes her Broadway debut alongside Ms. Jumbo. Hugh Jackman, Laura Donnelly and Cush Jumbo are appearing with the support of Actors’ Equity Association. The Producers gratefully acknowledge Actors’ Equity Association for its assistance of this production. A limited number of $35 day-of seats will be available for every performance of THE RIVER. When performances are sold out, $30 standing room tickets will also be available. Further details will be announced shortly. The production marks the sixth collaboration between Mr. Butterworth and Mr. Rickson. Mr. Rickson has previously directed the world premiere productions of Mr. Butterworth’s Mojo, The Night Heron, The Winterling, Parlour Song and the multi-award-winning London and Broadway production of Jerusalem. A remote fishing cabin, a man and a woman, and a moonless night. Jez Butterworth’s THE RIVER asks when we find each other, are we trying to recapture someone we once lost? The writer director team who brought you Jerusalem returns with a bewitching new story. Circle in the Square’s unique configuration and intimacy has made it a favorite of many stars who have graced its stage over the decades in both classics and new plays, including Colleen Dewhurst, Lillian Gish, George C. Scott, Julie Christie, Al Pacino, James Earl Jones, Vanessa Redgrave, Kevin Kline, Joanne Woodward, Rex Harrison, John Malkovich, Nathan Lane, Philip Seymour Hoffman and many others. The 2009 critically acclaimed and Tony Award®-winning revival of The Norman Conquests, produced by Sonia Friedman Productions, also played at the theatre. THE RIVER is designed by Ultz, with lighting by Charles Balfour, sound by Ian Dickinson for Autograph, music by Stephen Warbeck, and casting by Jim Carnahan. Tickets for THE RIVER are currently available to AmEx cardholders and will be available to the general public on June 16 at Telecharge.com or by calling 800-447-7400. Up Up

Back to Productions THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST Following huge critical acclaim at the National Theatre, this production opened in the West End in September 2025 and is running until February 2026. ★★★★★ 'A sparkling new production... that's fiercely faithful to Wilde's wickedly subversive spirit' Daily Mail BOOK HERE. The National Theatre's sold-out production of The Importance of Being Earnest transfers to the Noël Coward Theatre this Autumn, in a co-production with Sonia Friedman Productions . Olly Alexander (It’s A Sin ) plays Algernon Moncrieff in director Max Webster ‘s (Donmar’s Macbeth ; Life of Pi ) joyful and flamboyant reimagining of Oscar Wilde’s ‘glittering masterpiece’ (Telegraph ), a hilarious story of identity, impersonation and romance. ★★★★ 'Oscar Wilde's glittering masterpiece' The Telegraph Being sensible can be excessively boring. At least Jack thinks so. While assuming the role of dutiful guardian in the country, he lets loose in town under a false identity. Meanwhile, his friend Algy takes on a similar facade. Unfortunately, living a double life has its drawbacks, especially when it comes to love. Hoping to impress two eligible ladies, the gentlemen find themselves caught in a web of lies they must carefully navigate. ★★★★★ 'An anarchically camp rewilding of Wilde' Time Out CAST OLLY ALEXANDER – Algernon Moncrieff NATHAN STEWART-JARRETT - Jack Worthing HUGH DENNIS - Reverend Canon Chausuble SHOBNA GULATI - Miss Prism KITTY HAWTHORNE - Gwendolen Fairfax JESSICA WHITEHURST - Cecily Cardew HAYLEY CARMICHAEL - Lane/Merriman STEPHEN FRY - Lady Bracknell JASMINE KERR - Ensemble / Understudy Gwendolen Fairfax and Cecily Cardew SAM LIU - Ensemble / Understudy Jack Worthing and Algernon Moncrieff GILLIAN MCCAFFERTY - Ensemble / Understudy Lady Bracknell and Miss Prism ELLIOT PRITCHARD - Ensemble / Understudy Algernon Moncrieff and Jack Worthing LIV SPENCER - Ensemble / Understudy Reverend Canon Chasuble and Merriman/Lane CREATIVES MAX WEBSTER – Director RAE SMITH – Set & Costume Designer JON CLARK – Lighting Designer NICOLA T. CHANG – Sound Designer CARRIE-ANNE INGROUILLE – Movement Director DJ WALDE – Composer JOYCE ANDERSON – Physical Comedy Advisor INGRID MACKINNON – Intimacy Coordinator ALASTAIR COOMER CGD – Casting Director HAZEL HOLDER – Dialect Coach SHEREEN IBRAHIM – Voice Coach

Back to Productions WHAT THE NIGHT IS FOR This productions begins performances on 7th November 2002 and closed on 22nd February 2003. Two lovers, both married, meet again in a hotel room. The result: one passionate night of honesty and deceit, hope and regret. Uncompromising in its attitude towards modern marriage and infidelity, WHAT THE NIGHT IS FOR directly addresses the question: Is the person you are with the right one? Or are they still out there, living another life? Gillian Anderson (The House of Mirth, X Files ) makes her West End debut alongside Roger Allam (this year's Olivier Best Actor Award for Privates on Parade ; Art, RSC and RNT) in WHAT THE NIGHT IS FOR , a new play by the American writer Michael Weller . CAST GILLIAN ANDERSON – Melinda Metz ROGER ALLAM – Adam Penzius CREATIVES MICHAEL WELLER – Playwright JOHN CAIRD – Director TIM HATLEY – Designer PAUL PYANT – Lighting Designer RICH WALSH – Sound Designer