Back to News & Press Tickets go on sale for Dreamgirls Monday, 28 March 2016 At every performance there will be 100 accessibly priced seats, including £20 seats available in advance and £15 day seats available on the day of the performance. Savoy Theatre, London with reduced ticket price preview performances from 19 November 2016 and Opening Night on 14 December 2016. The UK stage premiere will star Amber Riley as ‘Effie White’ and will be Directed and Choreographed by Casey Nicholaw , as previously confirmed. Further casting for the production is still to be announced. Sonia Friedman Productions announces today that tickets for the long awaited UK premiere of Tony Award-winning musical Dreamgirls go on sale this week. The brand new production begins preview performances at the Savoy Theatre from 19 November with Opening Night on Wednesday 14 December 2016. As previously confirmed, American actress and singer Amber Riley will make her West End debut playing soulful singer ‘Effie White’ in the production, which will be Directed and Choreographed by Olivier and Tony Award-winning Casey Nicholaw (The Book of Mormon , Disney’s Aladdin and Something Rotten! ). Dreamgirls will have Set Design by Tim Hatley , Costume Design by Gregg Barnes , Lighting Design by Hugh Vanstone , Sound Design by Richard Brooker and Hair Design by Josh Marquette . The Musical Supervisor will be Nick Finlow , the Orchestrator will be Harold Wheeler , with Additional Material by Willie Reale . Inspired by R&B music acts in 1960s America, Dreamgirls transports you to a revolutionary time in American music history. Dreamgirls charts the tumultuous journey of a young female singing trio, from Chicago, Illinois called ‘The Dreams’, as they learn the hard lesson that show business is as tough as it is fabulous, and features the classic songs ‘And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going’, ‘I Am Changing’, ‘Listen’ and ‘One Night Only’. With Book and Lyrics by Tom Eyen and Music by Henry Krieger , the original Broadway production of Dreamgirls , Directed and Choreographed by Michael Bennett opened in 1981 and subsequently won six Tony Awards®. The original cast recording won two Grammy awards for Best Musical Album and Best Vocal Performance for Jennifer Holliday’s ‘And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going.’ In 2006 it was adapted into an Oscar winning motion picture starring Beyoncé Knowles, Jennifer Hudson, Eddie Murphy and Jamie Foxx. Up Up

Back to Productions ANNA X This production opened on 10th July and closed 4th August 2021 as part of SFP's RE:EMERGE Season. ★★★★★ Anna X is a fast, seductive show... "Perfect" - and that about sums this play up Daily Telegraph Anna. 25. Curator. Retired intern. Previously @RAW magazine. I ♥ art, fashion, NYC. Ariel. 32. CEO of @GenesisApp. A social and dating network by invitation only. SF-NYC-LDN. Immersed in an addictive world of front-row fashion shows, private views, and endless parties, Anna and Ariel find themselves struggling to keep up with New York’s dazzling social elite. How far will two outsiders go to construct the identities they want? And at what price? ★★★★ It feels fresh, exciting, as shiny as a Jeff Koons sculpture Evening Standard Golden Globe Award-winner Emma Corrin and Royal Television Society’s 2019 Breakthrough star Nabhaan Rizwan make their West End debuts in this searing tale of self-invention, determination, and deceit. ANNA X is a new play by Joseph Charlton , directed by Daniel Raggett which originally ran at the Vault Festival in 2019. ANNA X is a fictional imagining inspired by real-life events and was originally produced by Rebecca Gwyther at the VAULT Festival, in 2019. ★★★★ Exciting in its ambition, originality and execution… frenetic, fun and ultra cool The Guardian CAST EMMA CORRIN NABHAAN RIZWAN CREATIVES DANIEL RAGGETT – Director MIKAELA LIAKATA AND TAL YARDEN – Set and Video Designer JESSICA HUNG HAN YUN – Lighting Designer MIKE WINSHIP – Sound Designer NATALIE PRYCE – Costume Designer

Back to News & Press London's 100 most influential people 2012: Creatives, Theatre Thursday, 8 November 2012 Friedman is a tireless and hugely successful producer with a keen nose for hits yet also an appetite for heavyweight programming. Her forthcoming ventures include a hotly anticipated West End transfer for the much-praised musical The Book of Mormon Up Up

Back to News & Press First look: New Harry Potter and the Cursed Child West End cast character portraits released Sunday, 21 May 2017 Seen in character for the first time are Jamie Glover as Harry Potter, Emma Lowndes as his wife Ginny Potter alongside Theo Ancient as their son Albus Potter; Thomas Aldridge as Ron Weasley, Rakie Ayola as Hermione Granger and Helen Aluko as their daughter Rose Granger-Weasley; and James Howard as Draco Malfoy and Samuel Blenkin as his son Scorpius Malfoy.View the character portraits here . Based on an original new story by J.K. Rowling , Jack Thorne and John Tiffany , Harry Potter and the Cursed Child is a new play by Jack Thorne , directed by John Tiffany with movement by Steven Hoggett , set by Christine Jones , costumes by Katrina Lindsay , music & arrangements by Imogen Heap , lighting by Neil Austin , sound by Gareth Fry , illusions & magic by Jamie Harrison , music supervision & arrangements by Martin Lowe and casting by Julia Horan CDG. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child is the eighth story in the Harry Potter series and the first official Harry Potter story to be presented on stage. The critically acclaimed production received its world premiere in June 2016 at the Palace Theatre and subsequently has won 22 major theatre awards including the Evening Standard Best Play Award. Last month, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child became the most awarded production in the history of the Olivier Awards, winning a record-breaking nine awards including Best New Play and Best Director. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child is produced by Sonia Friedman Productions , Colin Callender and Harry Potter Theatrical Productions . Up Up

Back to Productions J'OUVERT – FILM Filmed on the stage of the Harold Pinter Theatre, J'Ouvert originated at Theatre 503 in a co-production with Bad Breed and Tobi Kyeremateng. A timely echo of Caribbean resistance across centuries, J’Ouvert is a joyful and fearless story of two best friends, battling to preserve tradition in a society where women’s bodies are frequently under threat. 2017. Carnival is here. The streets of Notting Hill are alive with history and amidst the soca, sequins and endless feathers, Jade and Nadine are fighting for space in a world that should be theirs. CAST ANNICE BOPARAI – Nisha GABRIELLE BROOKS – Nadine SAPPHIRE JOY – Jade ZUYANE RUSSELL – DJ CREATIVES YASMIN JOSEPH – Writer SONIA FRIEDMAN – Executive Producer IAN RICKSON – Executive Producer CHARLIE BATH – Executive Producer ANDREW FETTIS – Producer REBEKAH MURRELL – Stage Director RHODRI HUW – Director

Back to News & Press Sonia Friedman named as one of Britain’s 500 Most Influential Monday, 25 January 2016 Listed as one of ‘the brightest and the best’ of Britain’s stage and screen communities, Sonia Friedman appears alongside producers Andrew Lloyd Webber, Sir Cameron Mackintosh, Sir Howard Panter and Rosemary Squire as well as director, actor and producer Kenneth Branagh. Benedict Cumberbatch, who recently starred in Sonia Friedman Productions’ Hamlet at the Barbican, and Mark Rylance, who lead the cast of Farinelli and the King in a co-production between Sonia Friedman Productions and Shakespeare’s Globe, also appear. In the last 12 months, Sonia Friedman Productions has brought the critically acclaimed Bend It Like Beckham: The Musical and A Christmas Carol to London’s West End. Whilst The Book of Mormon and Sunny Afternooon continue their successful West End runs. Elsewhere, King Charles III transferred to critical acclaim on Broadway, and both Funny Girl and Harry Potter and The Cursed Child were announced to be opening in London's West End in 2016. To read the full article click here . Up Up

Back to Productions FAIR PLAY This production opened on 3rd December 2021 and closed on 22nd January 2022. ★★★★ A brave, sinewy tale of gender equality in sport The Telegraph The clocks are set. The line is drawn. They’ve got a chance to be champions. But at what cost? When Ann joins Sophie’s running club she’s thrown into a world of regimented training and pure focus. The two girls couldn’t be more different, but soon their shared passion makes them inseparable – dreaming in lanes and lap times, waking up picturing Olympic medals, each day stronger and faster… But set head to head in the run-up to the World Championships, they find themselves and their friendship put to the ultimate test. As their relationships, their bodies, and their very identities are pulled into public scrutiny, does being exceptional come at too high a price? ★★★★ A meaty drama about athletics... Stunningly well-executed The Times A gripping exploration of the underside of women’s athletics, Fair Play is the new work from Ella Road (The Phlebotomist) – 'the most promising young playwright in Britain' (The Telegraph ). This is a Bush Theatre production in association with Sonia Friedman Productions . ★★★★★ An exhilarating piece set in the fiercely competitive world of athletics WhatsOnStage CAST NICK KING CHARLOTTE BEAUMONT CREATIVES ELLA ROAD – Writer MONIQUE TOUKO – Director NAOMI DAWSON – Designer JOSEPH TOONGA – Movement Director MATT HASKINS – Lighting Designer GILES THOMAS – Composer and Sound Designer HEATHER BASTEN CDG – Casting

Back to News & Press 211 Drama League and Outer Critics Circle nominations announced Monday, 25 April 2011 The 77th Annual Drama League Awards Ceremony will be held 20 May at noon in the Grand Ballroom of the Marriott Marquis Hotel in Times Square, New York City. ARCADIA received a nomination for Distinguished Revival of a Play, and Billy Crudup (Bernard Nightengale) and Raúl Esparza (Valentine Coverly) each received a nomination for the Distinguished Performance Award. JERUSALEM received a nomination for Distinguished Production of a Play, and Mark Rylance (Johnny "Rooster" Byron) was nominated for the Distinguished Performance Award. LA BETE received a nomination for Distinguished Revival of a Play, and Mark Rylance (Valere) received an additional nomination for the Distinguished Performance Award. THE HOUSE OF BLUE LEAVES received a nomination for Distinguished Revival of a Play, and Ben Stiller (Artie) and Edie Falco (Bananas) each received a nomination for the Distinguished Performance Award. THE BOOK OF MORMON was nominated for Distinguished Production of a Musical, and Josh Gad (Elder Cunningham) and Andrew Rannells (Elder Price) each received a nomination for the Distinguished Performance Award. Outer Critics Circle, the organisation of writers covering New York theatre for out-of-town newspapers, national publications and other media beyond Broadway, announced their 2010-11 nominations this morning. The winners will be announced on Monday, 16 May and the annual awards ceremony will be held on Thursday, 26 May at the legendary Sardi's Restaurant. JERUSALEM was honoured by Mark Rylance's nomination as Outstanding Actor in a Play. THE HOUSE OF BLUE LEAVES received two nominations: Edie Falco for Outstanding Actress in a Play, and Allison Pill (Corinna Stroller) for Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play. THE BOOK OF MORMON was nominated for Outstanding New Broadway Musical and Outstanding New Score, and the production also received the following nominations: Casey Nicholaw and Trey Parker for Outstanding Director of a Musical, Casey Nicholaw for Outstanding Choreographer, Josh Gad for Outstanding Actor in a Musical and Nikki M. James for Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical. Up Up

Back to Productions DR SEMMELWEIS This production ran from 29th June to 7th October 2023. ★★★★★ A smash hit. Mail on Sunday In Vienna, a city of artistic and scientific revolution, thousands of women are still dying in childbirth each and every year. Only Dr Semmelweis can see the invisible killer at work, but to stop it, he must convince his colleagues to admit culpability and approve change. Damned by an establishment that questions his methods, his motives and even his sanity, Semmelweis is haunted by the women he has failed to save. Can he finally convince the greatest doctors of 19th century Europe to accept his argument – and what will it cost him to make an almost impossible case? ★★★★ A compelling new drama. Telegraph Mark Rylance returns to the West End as one of medicine’s greatest pioneers, maverick Hungarian doctor Ignaz Semmelweis – the man whose research could save many millions of mothers’ lives. But what good is a discovery that is ignored? Following a “smash hit” (Mail on Sunday ), sold-out run at Bristol Old Vic, this “compelling new drama” (The Telegraph ) directed by Tom Morris , featuring live music by Adrian Sutton and original choreography by Antonia Franceschi of Balanchine’s New York City Ballet , comes to the Harold Pinter Theatre in the West End for a strictly limited run this summer. Based on an original idea by Mark Rylance . ★★★★★ Mark Rylance is a force to behold. The Sunday Times CAST MARK RYLANCE – Ignaz Semmelweis ROSEANNA ANDERSON – Marja Seidel/Baroness Maria-Teresa ZOE ARSHAMIAN – Annalisa Rósza JOSHUA BEN-TOVIM – Hospital Porter/Death EWAN BLACK – Franz Arneth CHRISSY BROOKE – Lisa Elstein MEGUMI EDA – Aiko Eda SUZY HALSTEAD – Violet-May Blackledge FELIX HAYES – Ferdinand Von Hebra PAULINE MCLYNN – Anna Müller JUDE OWUSU – Jakob Kolletschka/Levy OXANA PANCHENKO – Polina Nagy MILLIE THOMAS – Beatrix Pfieller MAX WESTWELL – Hospital Porter/Death AMANDA WILKIN – Maria Semmelweis ALAN WILLIAMS – Johann Klein DANIEL YORK LOH – Karl Von Rokitansky PATRICIA ZHOU – Antoinette Du Boisson HELEN BELBIN – Midwife Caroline Flint/Understudy JASON HOGAN – Understudy ANDREW McDONALD – Scanzoni/Understudy HAIM CHOI – Suk Hee Apfelbaum (Music Director/Violin 1) COCO INMA – Sarah Schmidt (Violin 2) SHIZUKU TATSUNO – Oshizu Yukimura (Cello) KASIA ZIMIŃSKA – Eszter Horowitch (Viola) CREATIVES STEPHEN BROWN with MARK RYLANCE – Playwrights TOM MORRIS – Director

Back to News & Press Tickets now on sale for King Charles III on Broadway Sunday, 31 May 2015 New York – Producers Stuart Thompson and Sonia Friedman announced today that tickets are now on sale to the general public for the critically acclaimed Olivier Award-winning Best New Play, King Charles III, soon to open on Broadway this fall. The highly anticipated play about Britain’s future king, will begin previews October 10, 2015, with opening night set for November 1, 2015 at the Music Box Theatre (239 West 45th Street, NYC). Tickets are available by visiting Telecharge.com . The cast is led by Tim Pigott-Smith, reprising his much-raved-about role as King Charles III, with Oliver Chris as William, Richard Goulding as Harry, Adam James as Mr. Evans, Margot Leicester as Camilla, Miles Richardson as James Reiss, Tom Robertson as Couttsey and other roles, Sally Scott as Sarah and other roles, Tafline Steen as Jess and Lydia Wilson as Kate. Written by Mike Bartlett and directed by Rupert Goold, King Charles III features sets and costumes by Tom Scutt, music compositions by Jocelyn Pook, lighting design by Jon Clark and sound design by Paul Arditti. The Queen is dead. After a lifetime of waiting, Prince Charles ascends the throne. A future of power lies before him…but how to rule? Winner of the 2015 Olivier Award for Best New Play, King Charles III is the “bracingly provocative and outrageously entertaining” (The Independent) drama of political intrigue by Mike Bartlett that comes to Broadway following a sensational West End run. Directed by Rupert Goold and deemed “the most insightful and engrossing new history play in decades” by Ben Brantley of The New York Times, this “bold and brilliant” (The Times of London) production explores the people underneath the crowns, the unwritten rules of Britain's democracy and the conscience of its most famous family. Complete cast, creative, and additional information for King Charles III will be announced shortly. KingCharlesIIIBroadway.com Up Up

Back to News & Press Sunny Afternoon announces West End extension Monday, 4 January 2016 Tickets for new booking period are now on sale. Click here to book. With a book by Joe Penhall, music and lyrics and original story by Ray Davies, and directed by Edward Hall, Sunny Afternoon has established itself as a firm favourite with audiences and critics alike since it opened at the Harold Pinter Theatre in October 2014. Fifty years ago The Kinks were sitting at Number One in the UK charts with their single ‘Sunny Afternoon ’. The band’s popularity has not faded since the 1960s, with crowds of all ages filling the Harold Pinter Theatre night after night. Featuring some of The Kinks’ best-loved songs, including You Really Got Me, Waterloo Sunset and Lola , Sunny Afternoon marks the 50th anniversary of the band’s rise to fame. Following a sold-out run at Hampstead Theatre, this world premiere production, with music and lyrics by Ray Davies, new book by Joe Penhall, original story by Ray Davies, direction by Edward Hall, design by Miriam Buether and choreography by Adam Cooper, opened at the Harold Pinter theatre on 28 October 2014. Lighting is by Rick Fisher, sound by Matt McKenzie and the Musical Supervisor and Musical Director is Elliott Ware. Up Up

Back to Productions THE PLAY'S THE THING – TV This production first aired on 12th June and ended on 19th June 2006 on Channel 4. Viewers will gain unprecedented behind-the-scenes access to the world of commercial theatre. The first three episodes of the series will be broadcast on 12th, 17th and 19th June 2006 and will follow the writers as they discover just how difficult it is to get a play – let alone a new play by a new writer – produced in the West End. With help from a variety of theatre professionals, however, their ideas will be developed and one of them will see their play staged. The fourth and final episode of the series will focus on the run-up to the world premiere, with transmission scheduled to coincide with the play's opening night. In May 2005, Channel 4 launched a search for a new British playwright who will see their work produced in a West End theatre in early summer 2006. Previously un-produced writers were invited to submit their work for a four-part television series, THE PLAY'S THE THING . Sonia Friedman agreed to take on this challenge in association with Channel 4 . Sonia along with literary agent, Mel Kenyon and actor, Neil Pearson , have whittled down the submissions to a shortlist of three before the winning play is selected to be staged. London's West End theatres are world famous for their productions of musicals and revivals of classics but it is extremely rare for a new play to be produced in the West End. Most new plays, which go on to have commercial success, are transfers (usually from the subsidised sector) or have been produced in another context first. "Theatre critics constantly bemoan the fact that there are not enough new plays in the West End," says Sonia Friedman . "I agree. Coming from a subsidised, new writing background but now working exclusively in the commercial sector, I find it frustrating that so few new plays premiere in the West End. The reason why is obvious: the financial risks are too high and the pressure to succeed is too intense. Therefore I am excited by the prospect of hunting for that exclusive new play from that first-time playwright, and then producing it to the highest standards and seeing if it is possible for the play to go on to enjoy critical and financial success." The winning playwright will experience all the drama of public scrutiny and first-night nerves as the curtain goes up, not only on their stage debut but their West End debut. Every step of the way has been filmed for the accompanying Channel 4 series from the first day of rehearsals to set building to the opening night. The winner of The Play’s the Thing was a Sonia Friedman Productions and Channel 4 co-production “ON THE THIRD DAY ”, a new play by Kate Betts . The series The Play's The Thing was commissioned by Jan Younghusband , C4 's Commissioning Editor Arts and Performance, whose recent credits include awarding-winning and innovative arts series such as Operatunity and Musicality as well as the BAFTA nominated Howard Goodall's 20th Century Greats. The Play's The Thing is produced for C4 by ScreenStage and Granada, with Ben Gooldas Series Producer, and Simon Flind (ScreenStage) and Michele Carlisle (Granada) as Executive Producers. "I am delighted to encourage new writing talent for the West End and to make a series with the professional theatre community in collaboration with Sonia Friedman ," says Jan Younghusband . "She has an excellent track record for striking and innovative productions." CAST GEOFFREY PALMER – Narrator CREATIVES SAM HOOPER – Music ROB GOLDIE – Cinematography