Back to News & Press Stranger Things: The First Shadow opens to rave reviews Friday, 15 December 2023 Stranger Things: The First Shadow officially opened in London's West End on 14th December to rave reviews. The world premiere began previews on 17th November at the Phoenix Theatre. ★★★★★ ‘BREATHTAKING THEATRE’ The Guardian ★★★★★ ‘THE WEST END EVENT OF THE YEAR’ Daily Telegraph ★★★★★ ‘AS A PIECE OF TOTAL THEATRE, THIS IS STREETS AHEAD OF ANYTHING ELSE’ Evening Standard ★★★★★ ‘THE FIRST SHADOW IS A SCINTILLATING EXPERIENCE’ Metro ★★★★★ ‘SINISTER AND THRILLING TRIP BALANCES HORROR AND HUMOUR TO GREAT EFFECT. THIS IS EXHILARATING LIVE THEATRE…’ Financial Times ★★★★★ ‘JAW-DROPPING FINALE TO THE YEAR’ Culture Whisper ★★★★★ ‘THIS ASTOUNDING SHOW DEFINITELY FEELS LIKE A NEW CHAPTER IN THEATRE. IT’S OUT OF THIS WORLD.’ London Theatre ★★★★ ‘THE SPECTACLE IS AN EXCITING REMINDER OF WHAT THEATRE, AT ITS MOST MAGICAL, CAN DO.’ Daily Mail ★★★★ ‘A GREAT NIGHT OUT FILLED WITH THRILLS, GASPS AND LAUGHS.’ BBC Culture ★★★★ ‘GORGEOUS, SHOCKING THRILLFEST’ ‘ONE OF THE MOST MESMERIC STAGINGS EVER IN LONDON.’ CityAM ★★★★ ‘THE FIRST SHADOW IS SO MESMERISING IT IS IMPOSSIBLE NOT TO BE STUNNED’ The i ★★★★ ‘VISUALLY STUNNING RETRO-HORROR ROMP IS AUDACIOUS, EXHILARATING AND RELENTLESSLY INVENTIVE’ The Stage ★★★★ ‘INTENSELY CINEMATIC AND TECHNICALLY STUNNING SHOW’ The Arts Desk ‘A MAJOR HIT’ Variety Up Up

Back to News & Press Willy Russell's Educating Rita and Shirley Valentine transfer to the West End Monday, 17 May 2010 Tim Piggott-Smith joins Laura Dos Santos in Educating Rita with Meera Syal reprising her role in Shirley Valentine. The productions will open at the Trafalgar Studios on 8 July with press performances on 26 July (3.30pm Shirley Valentine and 7pm Educating Rita) and are booking until 30 October 2010. Tickets go on sale Tuesday 18 May at 12 noon. Educating Rita, directed by Jeremy Sams, and Shirley Valentine, directed by Glen Walford, both have designs by Peter McKintosh, lighting by Paul Anderson and sound by David Ogilvy. The Willy Russell Season will be presented in the West End by David Babani for Chocolate Factory Productions & Sonia Friedman Productions, Tanya Link, Bob Bartner and Bob Boyett. TIM PIGOTT-SMITH AND LAURA DOS SANTOS IN EDUCATING RITA Much to the dismay of her husband Denny, Rita, a young, brash hairdresser, has recently discovered a passion for English literature and enrols with the Open University. Her fresh, unschooled reaction to the classics challenges the attitudes of the University and her lecturer Frank who begins to question his own understanding of his work and himself. Tim Pigott-Smith received a 2010 Olivier Award nomination for his performance as Ken Lay in Enron at the Noel Coward Theatre. His extensive theatre credits include Pygmalion at the Old Vic, Little Nell for the Bath Theatre Royal, Hecuba for the Donmar Warehouse and Mourning Becomes Electra for the National Theatre as well as many productions for the Royal Shakespeare Company, the National Theatre and Bristol Old Vic. On film his credits include Alice in Wonderland, Quantum of Solace, V for Vendetta and Bloody Sunday. His more recent television credits include The Queen, Midsomer Murders, On Expenses and The Last Flight to Kuwait. Laura Dos Santos has most recently starred opposite Bill Nighy in the BBC Radio 4 adaptation of Educating Rita, broadcast last Christmas. Her previous theatre credits include We Will Be Gone at the Camden People’s Theatre, Look Back In Anger at the Jermyn Street Theatre, Stags and Hens at the Royal Court Liverpool, On The Middle Day at the Old Vic Theatre, In Your Hands at the New End Theatre and The Morris at the Liverpool Everyman Theatre. Her television credits include Bad Girls, Fingersmith, Innocent Party and The Bill. Jeremy Sams’ directing credits include The King and I at the Royal Albert Hall, The Sound of Music at the Palladium and on tour in the UK, Donkeys’ Years at the Comedy Theatre, The Little Britain live UK tour, Michael Frayn’s Noises Off at the National Theatre which transferred to the West End and Broadway and Spend Spend Spend at the Piccadilly Theatre and on tour nationally. His many adaptations and translations include The Rehearsal, Mary Stuart, La Bohème, The Magic Flute and The Merry Widow. His composing credits include Jane Austen’s Persuasion, for which he won a BAFTA and The Mother for the BBC, Arcadia for the National Theatre and The Merry Wives of Windsor for the Royal Shakespeare Company as well as the film score for Enduring Love for which he won the Ivor Novello Award for Best Film Score. He has also adapted the book of the musical Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. Educating Rita was originally commissioned by the Royal Shakespeare Company, transferring to the West End in 1980. In 1983 it was made into a film starring Julie Walters and Michael Caine. Educating Rita was the recipient of the Olivier Award for Best Comedy as well as receiving Academy, Golden Globe and BAFTA Award nominations. MEERA SYAL AS SHIRLEY VALENTINE Meet Shirley: a middle-aged Liverpudlian housewife who talks to the wall whilst preparing her husband’s egg and chips. She’s in a rut. What has happened to her life? When her best friend Jane pays for a holiday for two to Greece she packs her bags, heads for the sun and starts to see the world and herself rather differently…. Meera Syal is best known for her television work including Goodness Gracious Me, The Kumars at Number 42 (for which she received a BAFTA nomination for Best Comedy Performance), Life Isn’t All Ha Ha Hee Hee, My Sister Wife and Beautiful People. Later this year she will be seen in the new series of Dr Who playing geologist Nasreen Chowdhury opposite Matt Smith. Her theatre work includes Rafta Rafta, The Vagina Monologues and Serious Money. Syal is currently filming My First Love for Sky Arts Documentaries in which she returns to a past love, jazz singing. Following her mentoring sessions with Jacqui Dankworth, she performed at Ronnie Scott’s earlier this year. Glen Walford was Artistic Director of Liverpool Everyman Theatre where she commissioned and directed the world premiere of Shirley Valentine. During her time as Artistic Director of Ludlow Festival her productions included The Comedy of Errors, Much Ado About Nothing and A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Walford was the founding Artistic Director of London Bubble Theatre. She has directed extensively on tour and in London she has directed productions for the Royal Court, Bush, Tricycle and Hampstead Theatres. Shirley Valentine received its world stage premiere in Liverpool in 1986 before the play opened in the West End two years later with Pauline Collins playing the title role, directed by Simon Callow. Shirley Valentine was the recipient of the Olivier Award for Best Comedy and as well as being BAFTA nominated. The film also won the Evening Standard Best Screenplay Award. WILLY RUSSELL As well as Educating Rita and Shirley Valentine, both of which were made into major award-winning features films, playwright, lyricist and composer Willy Russell is the author of the long running West End hit Blood Brothers. His other work includes John Paul George Ringo…& Bert, Stags and Hens, One for the Road and Breezeblock Park. His writing for television includes Our Day Out and One Summer. Russell’s plays have been performed in many countries across the globe, winning countless awards as well as academic honours. Willy Russell’s Our Day Out The Musical will play at the Royal Court Liverpool this Autumn. Up Up

Back to Productions OLD TIMES This production began performances on 12th January and closed on 6th April 2013. ★★★★ If Scott Thomas proceeds by stealth and Williams by frontal assault, both are superb The Guardian Locked away in a secluded farmhouse, Kate, Deeley and Anna reminisce about their early days together in London, but with conflicting memories and underlying sexual tensions, the past suddenly feels vividly present. Rickson directs with care and subtlety. The Telegraph Star of stage and screen, Kristin Scott Thomas will once again be directed by Ian Rickson following their previous collaborations on the critically-acclaimed productions of Harold Pinter’s Betrayal and Anton Chekhov’s The Seagull. Playing both Kate and Anna, Scott Thomas will alternate the roles with award-winning actress Lia Williams . They are joined by fellow award-winner Rufus Sewell who was last seen on stage in Tom Stoppard’s Rock ‘n’ Roll. Sonia Friedman Productions , Bob Bartner & Norman Tulchin , Rupert Gavin , 1001 Nights , Scott M Delman , SFL Theatricals/Tanya Link present “OLD TIMES ” by Harol ★★★★ Kristin Scott Thomas brings a raw intensity to this classy Pinter revival Evening Standard CAST KRISTIN SCOTT THOMAS – Kate/Anna RUFUS SEWELL – Deeley LIA WILLIAMS – Anna/Kate CREATIVES HAROLD PINTER – Playwright IAN RICKSON – Director HILDEGARD BECHTLER – Designer PETER MUMFORD – Lighting Designer PAUL GROOTHIUS – Sound Designer

Back to Productions HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD This production began performances on 7th June 2016 with an official opening night on 30th July 2016. ★★★★★ British theatre hasn’t known anything like it for decades. A triumph. The Daily Telegraph Harry Potter and the Cursed Child is currently playing at: The Palace Theatre, West End The Lyric Theatre, Broadway Mehr! Theatre, Hamburg TBS Akasaka ACT Theater, Japan U.S Tour The production will be at The Circus Theatre, Netherlands in their 2026/2027 season. It was always difficult being Harry Potter and it isn’t much easier now that he is an overworked employee of the Ministry of Magic, a husband and father of three school-age children. While Harry grapples with a past that refuses to stay where it belongs, his youngest son Albus must struggle with the weight of a family legacy he never wanted. As past and present fuse ominously, both father and son learn the uncomfortable truth: sometimes, darkness comes from unexpected places. ★★★★★ A theatre production of immense wonder. The Independent Based on an original new story by J.K. Rowling , Jack Thorne and John Tiffany , Harry Potter and the Cursed Child , a new play by Jack Thorne received its world premiere in London’s West End at the Palace Theatre in 2016. Since then, the production has gone on to open or announce in the following cities: The Lyric Theatre, New York Princess Theatre, Melbourne Curran, San Francisco Mehr! Theatre, Hamburg Ed Mirvish Theatre, Toronto TBS Akasaka ACT Theater, Japan Written by Jack Thorne and directed by Olivier and Tony award winner John Tiffany , 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, bringing together some of the most exciting talent working in the theatre today. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child is produced by Sonia Friedman Productions , Colin Callender and Harry Potter Theatrical Productions . ★★★★★ For once the so-called theatrical event of the year really is just that. Evening Standard CAST West End Cast Broadway Cast North American Tour Cast Hamburg Cast Tokyo Cast CREATIVES J.K. ROWLING – Original Story JACK THORNE – Original Story & Playwright JOHN TIFFANY – Original Story and Director STEVEN HOGGETT – Movement Director CHRISTINE JONES – Set Designer KATRINA LINDSAY – Costume Designer IMOGEN HEAP – Composer & Arranger NEIL AUSTIN – Lighting Designer GARETH FRY – Sound Designer JAMIE HARRISON – Illusions and Magic MARTIN LOWE – Music Supervisor & Arranger

Back to Productions DANCING AT LUGHNASA This production began performances on 26th February and closed on 9th May 2009. ★★★★★ This magnificent revival of a play of true greatness Daily Telegraph Friel's passionate portrait of the five Mundy sisters follows their loss of love and opportunity played out against the echoes of the twentieth century with a dark humour, raw energy and tenderness. ★★★★★ It's a masterpiece, and a total joy to see it once more in so fine a revival The Independent Brian Friel 's Olivier award winning play, a bittersweet reflection of rural Ireland in the thirties on the brink of industrialisation returns to The West End for the first time since its premiere in 1990. Anna Mackmin directs an outstanding cast comprising Andrea Corr , Niamh Cusack , Michelle Fairley , Simone Kirby , Finbar Lynch , Susan Lynch , Peter McDonald and Jo Stone-Fewings in this vital, life-affirming play. ★★★★ A stunning ensemble cast... powerfully reclaim a modern classic Sunday Express CAST ANDREA CORR – Chris NIAMH CUSACK – Maggie MICHELLE FAIRLEY – Kate SIMONE KIRBY – Rose FINNBAR LYNCH – Jack SUSAN LYNCH – Agnes PETER MCDONALD – Michael JO STONE-FEWINGS – Gerry CREATIVES BRIAN FRIEL – Playwright ANNA MACKMIN – Director LEZ BROTHERSTON – Designer PAULE CONSTABLE – Lighting SCARLETT MACKMIN – Choreography

Back to News & Press Harry Potter and the Cursed Child Resumes Performances in North America In Newly Staged, One Show Magical Adventure Sunday, 27 June 2021 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. Broadway tickets go on sale to the general public on Monday, July 12, 2021. San Francisco tickets go on sale Wednesday, July 21. For more information and to sign up for pre-sale access, please visit HarryPotterOnStage.com. On sale dates for the Canadian premiere are to be announced. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child originally cast a spell over the world as an epic two-part event. Now, the show has been boldly restaged as one singular performance by the award-winning creative team for its return to North America. With just one ticket in hand, audiences will enjoy all the adventure the continuation of Harry's story entails in one magical afternoon or evening. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child , the first Harry Potter story to be presented on stage, has been seen by over 4.5 million people worldwide and holds a record 60 major honors, with nine Laurence Olivier Awards including Best New Play and six Tony Awards including Best New Play. Based on an original new story by J.K. Rowling , Jack Thorne and John Tiffany , Harry Potter and the Cursed Child is a play by Jack Thorne , directed by John Tiffany . Harry Potter and the Cursed Child features 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. US Casting by Jim Carnahan, CSA. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child is produced by Sonia Friedman Productions , Colin Callender and Harry Potter Theatrical Productions . Sonia Friedman and Colin Callender said: “We are delighted to announce that Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, which since its triumphant opening in New York and San Francisco has seen record breaking numbers of people spellbound by the wizardry on stage, will be returning in North America in a new, re-imagined version that audiences can see in one afternoon or evening. This is an unprecedented moment in theatre history. After being closed for more than 15 months, almost all of Broadway and theatre across North America will return before the end of the year. Given the challenges of remounting and running a two-part show in the US on the scale of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, and the commercial challenges faced by the theatre and tourism industries emerging from the global shutdowns, we are excited to be able to move forward with a new version of the play that allows audiences to enjoy the complete Cursed Child adventure in one sitting eight times a week. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child is already the longest-running two-part play in Broadway history. The new version of the play has the potential to thrill audiences for many years to come. Though the global shutdowns were awful and devastating on so many levels, they afforded us, as theatre-makers, the rare opportunity to reunite with our award-winning creative team who fully embraced the challenge of creating a new single part version of the play that would be a compelling theatrical experience in its own right and stand shoulder to shoulder with the original two-part version. It’s been the most wonderful process of rediscovery to bring this new spectacle to life while still delivering all the amazing magic, illusions, stagecraft, and storytelling set around the same powerful narrative, that has enthralled audiences and critics alike. Bringing Harry Potter to the stage to cast its spell on audiences in North America has been an extraordinary journey. We want to thank our creative team, associates, cast, crew, and all those who have tirelessly worked on the production for their unflagging support and commitment as we embark on the next leg of our journey. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child is a story about community, family, and the power of friendship, a story that reminds us that together and united we have the strength to overcome all odds. It’s a story of our time and we can’t wait to share this new version of our play with our amazing audiences in North America. We’ve missed you enormously and look forward to welcoming you back to Hogwarts. That’s the magic of the theatre—It’s every bit as alive as the portraits hanging on Hogwarts’ walls. Because for all of us… it’s time to believe in magic again.” Jack Thorne and John Tiffany said: “We are incredibly excited to be returning to the US with this reimagined Harry Potter and the Cursed Child. We've been working hard on this new version throughout lockdown and it's been a joyous process of rediscovery. It has given us a unique opportunity to look at the play with fresh eyes and we have been inspired by the entire creative team every step of the way.” J.K. Rowling said: “Collaborating on Harry Potter and the Cursed Child has been one of the great joys of my professional life. While no one would wish for what has happened over the last year, it has given Jack, John and the first-class creatives who first breathed life into the production the opportunity to revisit the play, and to find a new way to frame our story — with amazing illusions and some exquisite new staging— all the while keeping our original story intact. I’m so proud to be associated with this new, reimagined version, and to be able to welcome back audiences to the Lyric, Curran and Ed Mirvish theatres.” Productions of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child in Melbourne, Australia (now playing), London’s West End (currently scheduled for October 14, 2021) and Hamburg, Germany (returning for previews on December 1, 2021) will continue in the original two-part format. “Harry Potter and the Cursed Child is one of the most defining pop culture events of the decade” (Forbes). 19 years after Harry, Ron and Hermione saved the wizarding world, they’re back on a most extraordinary new adventure – this time, joined by a brave new generation that has only just arrived at the legendary Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Prepare for spectacular spells, a mind-blowing race through time, and an epic battle to stop mysterious forces, all while the future hangs in the balance. The entire theatre has been transformed to immerse you in this one-of-a-kind experience packed with “thrilling theatricality and pulse-pounding storytelling” (The Hollywood Reporter). It will leave you “audibly wowed, cheering and gasping” (The Telegraph), as “visions of pure enchantment send shivers down your spine” (Rolling Stone). “You’ll be wondering ‘how’d they do that?’ for days to come” (People Magazine). Do hold on to the edge of your seat, as this spellbinding spectacular will whisk you back to Hogwarts and beyond your imagination for a one-of-a-kind journey that is everything you hoped for and more. Health and safety protocols for the theater going experience will be announced closer to the start of performances. We will be adjusting to all industry and government guidance to keep our audiences and company safe. Up Up

Back to Productions MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG – BROADWAY Following critical acclaim and a sell-out run at the New York Theatre Workshop, Merrily We Roll Along played on Broadway from 19 September 2023 to 7 July 2024. Broadway never saw a better triple-act than Daniel Radcliffe, Jonathan Groff and Lindsay Mendez. Chicago Tribune Spanning three decades in the entertainment business, Merrily We Roll Along charts the turbulent relationship between composer Franklin Shepard and his two lifelong friends — writer Mary and lyricist & playwright Charley. An inventive, cult-classic ahead of its time, Merrily We Roll Along features some of Stephen Sondheim ’s most celebrated and personal songs. Maria Friedman's inspired re-invention of Merrily We Roll Along makes Broadway - and Sondheim - feel newly and fully alive again. Ben Brantley The wildly anticipated Broadway transfer of Maria Friedman ’s hugely acclaimed Menier Chocolate Factory & New York Theatre Workshop production of Stephen Sondheim and George Furth ’s beloved and eternally celebrated musical ‘Merrily We Roll Along ’ will begin performances on Tuesday 19th September 2023 at the Hudson Theatre . Featuring music & lyrics by Stephen Sondheim , a book by George Furth , and based on the original play by George S. Kaufman & Moss Hart . Directed by Olivier Award winner Maria Friedman and choreographed by Tim Jackson , Merrily We Roll Along is presented by special arrangement with Sonia Friedman Productions , the Menier Chocolate Factory (Artistic Director, David Babani ), and Patrick Catullo , and will star Daniel Radcliffe as Charley. Maria Friedman first directed the musical at London’s Menier Chocolate Factory which subsequently transferred to the Harold Pinter Theatre to critical acclaim—the most five-star reviews in West End history—winning the Olivier Award for Best Musical. As close to perfect as Broadway gets. USA Today CAST DANIEL RADCLIFFE – Charley Kringas JONATHAN GROFF – Franklin Shepard LINDSAY MENDEZ – Mary Flynn KRYSTAL JOY BROWN – Gussie Carnegie KATIE ROSE CLARKE – Beth Shepard REG ROGERS – Joe Josephson MAX RACKENBERG – Frank Jr. BRADY WAGNER – Frank Jr. SHERZ ALETAHA – Scotty/Mrs. Spencer/Auditionee/Understudy Mary Flynn MAYA BOYD – Mimi from Paramount/Make-Up Artist/Understudy Gussie Carnegie LEANA RAE CONCEPCION – Claudia/Newscaster/Auditionee/Understudy Beth Shepard MORGAN KIRNER – Swing/Dance Captain COREY MACH – Tyler/Understudy Franklin Shepard TALIA SIMONE ROBINSON – Meg Kincaid/Understudy Beth Shepard AMANDA ROSE – Swing JAMILA SABARES-KLEMM – Dory/Evelyn/Pianist/Understudy Mary Flynn/Understudy Gussie Carnegie BRIAN SEARS – Bunker/Newscaster/Photographer/Understudy Charley Kringas EVAN ALEXANDER SMITH – Greg From Paramount/Understudy Franklin Shepard CHRISTIAN STRANGE – RU/Reverend KORAY TARHAN – Swing/Understudy Charley Kringas VISHAL VAIDYA – Jerome/Understudy Joe Josephson NATALIE WACHEN – Kt/Understudy Gussie Carnegie JACOB KEITH WATSON – Terry/Mr. Spencer/Understudy Joe Josephson CREATIVES STEPHEN SONDHEIM – Music & Lyrics GEORGE FURTH – Book MARIA FRIEDMAN – Director GEORGE S. KAUFMAN & MOSS HART – Original Play HAROLD PRINCE – Original Direction TIM JACKSON – Choreography JONATHAN TUNICK – Orchestrations SOUTRA GILMOUR – Scenic & Costume Designer AMITH CHANDRASHAKER – Lighting Designer KAI HARADA – Sound Designer COOKIE JORDAN – Hair & Wig Designer JIM CARNAHAN, CSA & JASON THINGER, CSA – Casting CATHERINE JAYES – Music Supervisor JOEL FRAM – Music Director

Back to News & Press SFP Productions take home 9 Tony Awards Monday, 17 June 2024 Sonia Friedman Productions took home the following 9 Tony awards last night: Best Revival of a Musical, Merrily We Roll Along Best Orchestrations, Jonathan Tunick, Merrily We Roll Along Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical, Daniel Radcliffe, Merrily We Roll Along Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical, Jonathan Groff, Merrily We Roll Along Best Play, Stereophonic Best Scenic Design of a Play, David Zinn, Stereophonic Best Sound Design of a Play, Ryan Rumery, Stereophonic Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play, Will Brill, Stereophonic Best Direction of a Play, Daniel Aukin, Stereophonic Up Up

Back to Productions FUNNY GIRL – DIGITAL Funny Girl was screened in select cinemas around the globe on October 24, 2018. If Sheridan Smith was a star before the lights went up on Funny Girl last night, she was twice the star by the time she took the thunderous curtain-call. The Daily Telegraph The Menier Chocolate Factory production of Funny Girl was captured by Digital Theatre during its final week at the Manchester Palace Theatre. Funny Girl is currently available to view on Digital Theatre . ★★★★ Smith is a constant joy to watch The Guardian This musical classic tells the fascinating bitter-sweet story of Fanny Brice (Smith), whose vocal talents and comedic ability see her rise from Brooklyn music hall singer to Broadway star, and her tempestuous relationship with gambler Nicky Arnstein. Featuring some of the most iconic songs in film and theatre history, including “People” and “Don’t Rain On My Parade” ★★★★ Only a fool would rain on Sheridan Smith’s parade. Time Out CAST SHERIDAN SMITH – Fanny Brice DARIUS CAMPBELL – Nick Arnstein NIGEL BARBER – Florenz Ziegfeld ZOË ANN BROWN – Mrs. Meeker MARTIN CALLAGHAN – Mr. Keeney JENNIFER HARDING – Emma RACHEL IZEN – Mrs. Brice JOSHUA LAY – Eddie MYRA SANDS – Mrs. Strakosh RHIANNE ALLEYNE – Ensemble KIT BENJAMIN – Ensemble LLOYD DAVIES – Ensemble FLORA DAWSON – Ensemble JOSEPH DOCKREE – Ensemble ABIGAYLE HONEYWILL – Ensemble BRONTË LAVINE – Ensemble DAVID MCINTOSH – Ensemble PETER NASH – Ensemble GILLIAN PARKHOUSE – Ensemble TOM PARTRIDGE – Ensemble NOVA SKIPP – Ensemble ALEXANDRE WAITE-ROBERTS – Ensemble SAM WINGFIELD – Ensemble ALEXANDRA WRIGHT – Ensemble CREATIVES ISOBEL LENNART – Book HARVEY FIERTEIN – Revised Book JULE STYNE – Music BOB MERRILL – Lyrics MICHAEL MAYER – Director ROBERT DELAMERE – Director (for film) THEO JAMIESON – Musical Director CHRIS WALKER – Orchestrations ALAN WILLIAMS – Musical Arrangements LYNNE PAGE – Choreography MICHAEL PAVELKA – Scenic Designer MATTHEW WRIGHT – Costume Designer MARK HENDERSON – Lighting Designer RICHARD BROOKER – Sound Designer CAMPBELL YOUNG ASSOCIATES – Wigs, Hair and Make-Up Designer

Back to Productions THE YEARS This production began performances on 24 January and closed on 19 April 2025. ★★★★★ “This Annie Ernaux adaptation is a unique, profoundly moving experience - it moved me in ways theatre often tries to but rarely achieves” The Independent The Years won the following Olivier Awards 2025: Best Director – Eline Arbo Best Actress in a Supporting Role – Romola Garai Based on Nobel Prize winner Annie Ernaux ’s fearless masterpiece, five actors create an unapologetic portrait of a woman shaped by her rapidly changing world. “Memory never stops. It pairs the dead with the living, real with imaginary beings, dreams with history.” She strikes a pose and the camera shutter clicks: A child playing in the debris of the Second World War. Click . A student discovering parties and men’s bodies. Click . An activist fighting for the right to choose. Click . A wife picking out a velvet sofa. Click . A mother taking her eldest to judo. Click . A lover seducing a younger man. Click . A grandmother presenting her granddaughter to the camera. Click . Deborah Findlay, Romola Garai, Gina McKee, Anjli Mohindra and Harmony Rose-Bremner give “‘extraordinary performances’” (The Observer ) in Eline Arbo ’s inventive adaptation, following sold out runs at the Almeida Theatre and Internationaal Theater Amsterdam. ★★★★★ “A brilliant concept - Annie Ernaux’s book takes on a visceral new life” Financial Times ADAPTED AND DIRECTED BY ELINE ARBO BASED ON NOBEL PRIZE WINNER ANNIE ERNAUX’S LES ANNÉES ENGLISH STAGE VERSION BY STEPHANIE BAIN The original production and adaptation of The Years was first produced as De Jaren by Het Nationale Theater in The Hague, Netherlands, in 2022. ★★★★★ “Extraordinary performances from five actors all playing the writer Annie Ernaux add up to a five-star adaptation of her Nobel prize-winning book” The Observer CAST DEBORAH FINDLAY ROMOLA GARAI (until 8 March) GINA McKEE TUPPENCE MIDDLETON (from 10 March) ANJILI MOHINDRA HARMONY ROSE-BRENNER CREATIVES ELINE ARBO – Director THIJS VAN VUURE – Music Supervisor and Sound Designer JUUL DEKKER – Set Designer REBEKKA WÖRMANN – Costume Designer VARJA KLOSSE – Lighting Designer AMY BALL CDG – Casting Director YASMIN HAFESJI – Associate Director

Back to Productions HITCHCOCK BLONDE This production began performances on 16th June and closed on 20th September 2003. Obsession and the cinema collide to create an erotically charged evening full of infatuation, suspense and Bernard Hermann 's infamous soundtrack. In 1999 we meet Nicola ( Fiona Glascott ) who is invited by her lecturer Alex ( David Haig ) to a Greek villa, where he has perhaps unearthed early Hitchcock footage. What film does the celluloid show and who is that blonde? Cut to 1959: the great Hitchcock ( William Hootkins ) is auditioning Janet Leigh's Psycho body double ( Rosamund Pike ). What is the extent of their relationship and how far does she have to go to become an actress? Fade to 1919: Assuming the past has not disintegrated entirely. Terry Johnson is an award-winning playwright and director. His previous plays include Dead Funny , Insignificance, Hysteria and Cleo, Camping Emmanuelle and Dick . He also adapted and directed The Graduate for the stage. CAST DAVID HAIG – Alex ROSAMUND PIKE – Blonde WILLIAM HOOTKINS – Hitch FIONA GLASCOTT – Nicola OWEN MCDONNELL – Husband VICTORIA GAY – Blonde (1919) ALEXANDER DELAMERE – Hitchcock CREATIVES TERRY JOHNSON – Playwright and Director WILLIAM DUDLEY – Designer and Video Designer SIMON CORDER – Lighting Designer IAN DICKINSON – Sound Designer GAVIN OWEN – Lighting Associate GAVIN FRY – Sound Associate

Back to News & Press Patriots is transferring to the West End Thursday, 18 August 2022 Patriots is international award-winning writer Peter Morgan ’s (Frost/Nixon) first new play since The Audience. He is best known for writing the multi-award-winning Netflix hit, The Crown. Patriots is the Almeida’s fastest-selling new play and transfers to the Noël Coward Theatre for a limited twelve-week run from 26 May to 19 August 2023, with Opening Night on 6 June 2023. Directed by the Almeida’s Artistic Director, Rupert Goold (Ink, Enron), Patriots is a brilliant and startlingly timely story of ambition, loyalty and betrayal in a brave new world. BAFTA-winning actor Tom Hollander (The Night Manager; Travesties) reprises his starring role as Boris Berezovsky, the ‘kingmaker’ behind Vladimir Putin, with Will Keen (His Dark Materials) also returning to play Putin and Luke Thallon (Albion) as Abramovich. Further casting will be announced in due course. “If the politicians cannot save Russia, then we businessmen must. We have not just the responsibility but the duty to become Russian heroes” 1991. The Fall of the Soviet Union.With the dawning of a new Russia, there are winners and losers, and today’s patriot can fast become tomorrow’s traitor.As a new generation of oligarchs fights to seize control, Patriots follows billionaire businessman Boris Berezovsky from the president's inner circle to public enemy number one. The full creative team for Patriots is Director: Rupert Goold , Set Designer: Miriam Buether , Co-Costume Designers: Deborah Andrews and Miriam Buether , Lighting Designer: Jack Knowles , Movement Director Polly Bennett , Sound Designer and Composer: Adam Cork , and Casting Director: Robert Sterne . Up Up