Back to News & Press Kings Charles III transfers to the Wyndham's Theatre Wednesday, 21 May 2014 Tim Pigott-Smith will once again play Charles. The cast also includes Richard Goulding,Nyasha Hatendi, Adam James, Margot Leicester, Tom Robertson, Nicholas Rowe, Tafline Steen and Lydia Wilson. Further casting is to be announced. The Queen is dead: after a lifetime of waiting, the prince ascends the throne. A future of power. But how to rule? Mike Bartlett's controversial play explores the people underneath the crowns, the unwritten rules of our democracy, and the conscience of Britain's most famous family. The production is playing to sell-out crowds at the Almeida Theatre until 31 May, and has received international critical acclaim. Directed by the Almeida Theatre’s artistic director Rupert Goold, King Charles III is designed by Tom Scutt, composed by Jocelyn Pook, with lighting by Jon Clark and sound by Paul Arditti. King Charles III will be the fourth production to transfer from the Almeida Theatre to the West End with co-producer Sonia Friedman Productions, within the last year. Chimerica played to sell-out audiences at the Harold Pinter Theatre and won five Olivier Awards including Best New Play, Richard Eyre’s Ghosts played at the Trafalgar Studios from last December winning three Olivier Awards including Best Revival and Robert Icke and Duncan Macmillan’s critically acclaimed production of 1984, currently playing at the Playhouse Theatre, has just extended its run by five weeks until 23 August due to unprecedented demand. King Charles III is produced in the West End by Sonia Friedman Productions, Stuart Thompson Productions and the Almeida Theatre. Tickets for King Charles III at the Wyndham’s Theatre will go on sale exclusively through the Almeida box office on 28 May and on general sale on 6 June Up Up

Back to News & Press Harry Potter and the Cursed Child nominated for Best Musical Theater Album at the Grammy Awards Wednesday, 20 November 2019 The Music of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child has been nominated for Best Musical Theater Album alongside Ain’t Too Proud: The Life and Times of The Temptations, Hadestown, Moulin Rouge! The Musical and Oklahoma! The Grammy Awards will take place on 26th January at the Staples Center in Los Angeles. Up Up

Back to News & Press Nice Work If You Can Get It is to release Original Broadway Cast Recording Tuesday, 22 May 2012 The Tony-nominated Best Musical NICE WORK IF YOU CAN GET IT will get an Original Broadway Cast Recording on the Shout! Factory label to be distributed by Sony. The album will be recorded at Kaufman Astoria Studios in Long Island City, NY on May 20th and 21st. The release date will be announced soon. The album will be produced by six-time Grammy® nominee Robert Sher. Nominated for ten Tony Awards including Best Musical, NICE WORK IF YOU CAN GET IT features music and lyrics by George Gershwin and Ira Gershwin and a book by two-time Tony Award-winner Joe DiPietro, starring two-time Tony Award-winner Matthew Broderick and four-time Tony Award nominee Kelli O’Hara. The critically acclaimed new Broadway musical comedy, directed and choreographed by threetime Tony Award-winner Kathleen Marshall, had its official opening on April 24 at the Imperial Theatre (249 West 45th Street). This new musical features a veritable hit parade of iconic George Gershwin and Ira Gershwin songs, and some unknown gems in their catalog, including “Someone to Watch Over Me,” “I’ve Got to Be There”, “Sweet & Lowdown,” “’S Wonderful,” “Let’s Call the Whole Thing Off,” Fascinating Rhythm,” “But Not for Me,” “Blah, Blah, Blah” and many more. NICE WORK IF YOU CAN GET IT follows Billie Bendix (Kelli O'Hara), a bootlegger who meets wealthy playboy Jimmy Winter (Matthew Broderick) on the weekend of his nuptials. Mayhem ensues. In addition to Matthew Broderick as Jimmy Winter and Kelli O’Hara as Billie Bendix, the production also stars Academy Award-winner Estelle Parsons as Millicent Winter, Tony Award-winner Judy Kaye as Estonia Dulworth, Tony Award nominee Michael McGrath as Cookie McGee, Tony Award nominee Jennifer Laura Thompson as Eileen Evergreen, Chris Sullivan as Duke Mahoney, Robyn Hurder as Jeannie Muldoon, Stanley Wayne Mathis as Chief Berry and Tony Award nominee Terry Beaver as Senator Max Evergreen. The cast also features Cameron Adams, Clyde Alves, Kaitlyn Davidson, Jason DePinto, Kimberly Faure, Robert Hartwell, Stephanie Martignetti, Barrett Martin, Michael X. Martin, Adam Perry, Jeffrey Schecter, Jennifer Smith, Joey Sorge, Samantha Sturm, Kristen Beth Williams and Candice Marie Woods. NICE WORK IF YOU CAN GET IT is the most nominated Broadway show of the 2011-2012 Broadway season. The ten Tony Award nominations include Best Musical, Best Book of a Musical (Joe DiPietro), Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical (Kelli O'Hara), Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical (Michael McGrath), Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical (Judy Kaye), Best Direction of a Musical (Kathleen Marshall), Best Choreography (Kathleen Marshall), Best Orchestrations (Bill Elliott), Best Costume Design of a Musical (Martin Pakledinaz), Best Sound Design of a Musical (Brian Ronan). The nine Drama Desk Award nominations include Outstanding Musical, Outstanding Actress in a Musical (Kelli O’Hara), Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical (Judy Kaye), Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical (Michael McGrath), Outstanding Director of a Musical (Kathleen Marshall), Outstanding Choreography (Kathleen Marshall), Outstanding Book of a Musical (Joe DiPietro), Outstanding Costume Design (Martin Pakledinaz), Outstanding Orchestrations (Bill Elliott). The production has already received Outer Critics Circle Awards for Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical (Judy Kaye) and Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical (Michael McGrath). The three Drama League Award nominations include Distinguished Production of a Musical, Distinguished Performance (Matthew Broderick), Distinguished Performance (Kelli O’Hara). The creative team includes scenic design by Derek McLane, costume design by Martin Pakledinaz, lighting design by Peter Kaczorowski, sound design by Brian Ronan and orchestrations by Bill Elliott. The music supervisor is David Chase and the music director Tom Murray. NICE WORK IF YOU CAN GET IT is produced on Broadway by Scott Landis, Roger Berlind, Sonia Friedman Productions, Roy Furman, Standing CO Vation, Candy Spelling, Freddy DeMann, Ronald Frankel, Harold Newman, Jon B. Platt, Raise the Roof 8, Takonkiet Viravan, William Berlind/Ed Burke, Carole L. Haber/Susan Carusi, Buddy and Barbara Freitag/Sanford Robertson, Under the Wire/Jim Herbert, Emanuel Azenberg, The Shubert Organization. Up Up

Back to News & Press New Broadway cast members announced for Harry Potter and the Cursed Child Thursday, 20 December 2018 The new cast are currently in rehearsals to begin performances on Wednesday, March 20, 2019 at the Lyric Theatre following the final performance of the current cast on Sunday, March 17, 2019. James Snyder will play Harry Potter with Diane Davis as Ginny Potter and Nicholas Podany as their son Albus Potter. Matt Mueller will play Ron Weasley with Jenny Jules as Hermione Granger and Nadia Brown as their daughter Rose Granger-Weasley. Playing Draco Malfoy will be Jonno Roberts with Bubba Weiler as his son Scorpius Malfoy. They are joined by Aaron Bartz , Will Carlyon , Kimberly Dodson , Patrick Du Laney , Sara Farb , Jonathan Gordon , Steve Haggard , Eva Kaminsky , Jack Koenig , Rachel Leslie , Sarita Amani Nash , Fiona Reid , Katherine Reis , Kevin Matthew Reyes , Antoinette Robinson , Stephen Spinella , Tom Patrick Stephens , Erica Sweany and Karen Janes Woditsch along with returning cast members Brian Thomas Abraham , Olivia Bond , Stephen Bradbury , James Brown III , Lauren Nicole Cipoletti , Zoe Feigelson , Jack Hatcher , Edward James Hyland , Joey LaBrasca , Landon Maas , James Romney and Alex Weisman playing a variety of characters. Ms. Farb and Ms. Reid are appearing with the support of Actors’ Equity Association. The producers gratefully acknowledge Actors’ Equity Association for its assistance to this production. The most awarded new play in theatre history, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child has won 25 major US awards with six Tony Awards including Best Play. It also won 24 major theatre awards in the UK and is the most awarded play in the history of Britain’s Olivier Awards, winning a record-breaking nine 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 new play by Jack Thorne , directed by John Tiffany . The production is one play presented in two parts. Both parts are intended to be seen in order on the same day (matinee and evening) or on two consecutive evenings, or each part can be seen separately. 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 July 2016 at the Palace Theatre in London where it continues to play to sold out houses. It officially opened on Broadway at the Lyric Theatre on April 22, 2018. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child will premiere in Australia at Melbourne’s Princess Theatre in January 2019; on the US West Coast at San Francisco’s Curran in fall of 2019; and, in Germany at Hamburg’s Mehr!-Theater am Großmarkt in spring of 2020. 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 the 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 . 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. UK Casting by Julia Horan , CDG. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child is produced by Sonia Friedman Productions , Colin Callender and Harry Potter Theatrical Productions . Up Up

Back to Productions THE NETHER This production began performances on 30th January and closed on 5th April 2015. ★★★★★ This is mind-bending, it’s ingenious and it’s ethically challenging The Times An intricate crime drama and a haunting thriller set in the year 2050, The Nether follows an investigation into the complicated, disturbing morality of identity in the digital world, and explores the consequences of making dreams a reality. ★★★★★ Brilliant production of Jennifer Haley's deeply disturbing and very responsibly provocative play The Independent Following a sold-out run at the Royal Court Theatre, Jennifer Haley ’s critically acclaimed, multi-award-winning play transfers to London’s Duke of York’s Theatre for a limited 12-week run from 30 January. The Nether offers complete freedom – a new virtual wonderland providing total sensory immersion. Just log in, choose an identity and indulge your every desire. Directed by Headlong Artistic Director Jeremy Herrin (Wolf Hall / Bring Up The Bodies, This House), this is an ‘exhilaratingly daring’ (Financial Times) production. Sonia Friedman Productions, Headlong and the Royal Court are known for bringing some of the UK’s best new plays in recent years to the West End, including Jerusalem, Chimerica, 1984, Posh, Constellations and ENRON. Sonia Friedman Productions and Scott M Delman in association with Tulchin Bartner Productions , Lee Dean & Charles Diamond , 1001 Nights , JFL Theatricals / GHF Productions , Scott & Brian Zeilinger / James Lefkowitz present “THE NETHER ” by Jennifer Haley , directed by Jeremy Herrin . ★★★★ The Telegraph, Time Out, Sunday Times, Observer, Financial Times, Mail on Sunday CAST DAVID CALDER – Doyle AMANDA HALE – Morris IVANNO JEREMIAH – Woodnut STANLEY TOWNSEND – Sims ZOE BROUGH AND ISABELLA PAPPAS – Alternated the role of Iris CREATIVES JENNIFER HALEY – Playwright JEREMY HERRIN – Director ES DEVLIN – Set Designer CHRISTINA CUNNINGHAM – Costume Designer LUKE HALLS – Video Designer PAUL PYANT – Lighting Designer NICK POWELL – Composer IAN DICKINSON – Sound Designer JULIA HORAN CDG – Casting Director DES KENNEDY – Associate Director

Back to News & Press Casting announced for Legally Blonde The Musical Tuesday, 31 August 2010 Legally Blonde The Musical, which is currently booking until 22 October 2011, opened at the Savoy Theatre in December last year and has been playing to packed audiences ever since. 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. The cast from 25 October 2010 will include Sheridan Smith as Elle Woods, Denise Van Outen as Paulette, Alex Gaumond as Emmett and Peter Davison as Professor Callahan, who are joined by Stephane Anelli (Padamadan, Nikos), Emma Bateman (Stenographer), Thomas Camilleri (Carlos), Siobhan Dillon (Vivienne Kensington), Chris Ellis-Stanton (Grandmaster Chad, Dewey, Kyle), Kimmy Edwards (Judge, Saleswoman), Ibinabo Jack (Pilar), Suzie McAdam (Enid), Andy Mace (Dad, Winthrop, Reporter), Susan McFadden (Serena), Sorelle Marsh (Courtney, Mom, Whitney), Aoife Mulholland (Brooke), Sean Mulligan (Pforzheimer), Dawn Sievewright (Kate, Chutney), Carley Stenson (Margot), Robbie Towns (Aaron), Dominic Tribuzio (Kiki), Tamara Wall (District Attorney) and Stephen Webb (Lowell), as well as Jonathan Mawson, Jane McMurtrie, Lucy Miller, Ruthie Stephenson and Gregor Stewart as swings. Actor, singer and television presenter Denise Van Outen returns to musical theatre having previously been seen in Tell Me On A Sunday, Chicago, Rent and Les Miserables. Her other theatre credits include Stop The World I Want to Get Off, A Midsummer Night’s Dream and The Play What I Wrote. On television her credits include Hotel Babylon, Empress’ New Clothes, Where the Heart Is and Murder in Mind. Her film credits include One Careful Owner, Are You Ready for Love, Manilla Envelopes and Love, Honour and Obey. Van Outen has presented many television programmes including The Big Breakfast, Something for the Weekend, Who Dares Sings, Grease:Summer School Musical, The Friday Night Project and The 5 O'Clock Show. She also hosted Grease Is The Word for NBC in the USA and appeared as a panallist on the BBC’s I’d Do Anything and Any Dream Will Do. Siobhan Dillon was a finalist in Andrew Lloyd Webber’s first reality TV show How Do You Solve a Problem Like Maria? She went on to make her West End debut as Patty in Grease at the Piccadilly Theatre and subsequently toured the UK in Can’t Smile Without You and Cabaret, in which she played Sally Bowles. On the radio Dillon has performed with Paul Gambaccini and the BBC Concert Orchestra on BBC Radio2’s Friday Night is Music Night. Carley Stenson, who will make her West End stage debut in Legally Blonde The Musical, is best known on television as Steph Cunningham in C4’s Hollyoaks, a role she has played for over ten years. She won ITV’s Celebrity Stars in Their Eyes when she performed as Faith Hill. On stage her regional theatre credits include Sandy in Grease, Dulcie in The Boyfriend and Nancy in Oliver. 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. Legally Blonde The Musical is produced in the West End by Sonia Friedman Productions, Robert G. Bartner, Ambassador Theatre Group, Bud Martin, Adam Zotovich, Jamie Hendry Productions, Matthew Byam Shaw and Act Productions. Up Up

Back to Productions SUNNY AFTERNOON – UK TOUR 2025 This production began its UK tour in Manchester on 10 October 2025, and is running across multiple venues across the UK until May 2026. ★★★★★  'A belter! Funny, stylish. It has everything The Kinks had' Daily Mail BOOK HERE. Set against the backdrop of Britain on the cusp of the rebellious '60s, Sunny Afternoon  is an “exhilarating” (Financial Times) and moving celebration of the music, life, and the band that changed it all. ★★★★★  'A blazing triumph! I swear you’ll get goosebumps' The Telegraph Following a phenomenal two years in the West End and a sensational first UK and Ireland tour, the “indisputably terrific” (The Times) OLIVIER AWARD-WINNING BEST NEW MUSICAL, charting the euphoric highs and agonizing lows of THE KINKS , is back! Sunny Afternoon celebrates the raw energy, passion, and timeless sound of one of Britain’s most iconic bands, telling their story through an incredible back catalogue of chart-toppers, including “You Really Got Me,” “Lola,” and “All Day and All of the Night.” ★★★★ 'This is a great, very British musical about a great, very British band' The Times CAST VICTORIA ANDERSON - Gwen, Understudy Mrs. Davies / Marsha, Dance Captain BEN CAPLAN - Eddie Kassner JAMES CHISHOLM - Gregory Piven PHIL CORBITT - Mr. Davies / Allen Klein ALASDAIR CRAIG - Larry Page HARRY CURLEY - Pete Quaife DERYN EDWARDS - Mrs Davies / Marsha OLIVER HOARE - Dave Davies DANNY HORN - Ray Davies JADA LANGLEY - Joyce JOSEPH RICHARDSON - Robert Wace ZAKARIE STOKES - Mick Avory TAM WILLIAMS - Grenville Collins EMILY WHITBY-SAMWAYS - Peggy LISA WRIGHT - Rasa ALICIA ALLY - Understudy Peggy, Gwen & Joyce MORGAN BURGESS - Alternate Ray, Understudy Wace & Collins DOMINIC GEE-BURCH - Understudy Page, Kassner, Mr. Davies / Klein & Piven JAMES HUDSON - Understudy Ray, Dave, Pete & Mick KRISTIAN JACOBS - Understudy Ray, Pete, Wace & Collins ROBIN JOHNSON - Understudy Mr. Davies / Klein, Kassner & Page SORREL JORDAN - Understudy Rasa & Mrs. Davies / Marsha TIMOTHY ROBERTS - Alternate Dave, Understudy Mick & Piven GEORGIANA WAINWRIGHT-JONES - Understudy Rasa, Peggy, Gwen & Joyce CREATIVES RAY DAVIES – Music and Lyrics JOE PENHALL – Book RAY DAVIES – Original Story EDWARD HALL – Direction MIRIAM BUETHER – Design ADAM COOPER – Choreography RICK FISHER – Lighting Design MATT McKENZIE – Sound Design RAY DAVIES AND ELLIOTT WARE – Musical and Vocal Adaptations

Back to News & Press Sonia Friedman will executive produce The Dresser for BBC Two Wednesday, 19 November 2014 The Dresser will be executive produced by Sonia Friedman for Sonia Friedman Productions, Colin Callender for Playground Entertainment and Ben Stephenson for the BBC. Sir Richard Eyre will direct the evocative portrait of theatre life backstage, commissioned by BBC Drama and BBC Arts for BBC Two. Inspired by Ronald Harwood’s own experiences as dresser to distinguished actor-manager Sir Donald Wolfit and set against the backdrop of World War II. The play explores the tempestuous relationship between ailing actor-manager 'Sir' (Anthony Hopkins) who runs a troupe of traveling Shakespearean players and his devoted dresser Norman (Ian McKellen) as they struggle to hold together their touring company. Up Up

Back to News & Press Dreamgirls announces further venues for its first ever tour of the UK Friday, 28 February 2020 Sonia Friedman Productions is delighted to announce further venues and dates for Dreamgirls ’ first ever UK tour. Following on from performances in 2020 in Bristol, Milton Keynes, Blackpool, Aberdeen, Edinburgh and Birmingham, Dreamgirls will continue to tour in 2021 to Sunderland, Hull, Nottingham, Liverpool, Norwich, Canterbury and Leeds. Featuring the classic songs ‘And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going’, ‘Listen’ and ‘One Night Only’, this sensational, multi-award winning new production of Dreamgirls had its critically acclaimed West End Premiere in December 2016 at London’s Savoy Theatre, 35 years on from opening on Broadway. Meet The Dreams – Effie, Lorrell and Deena – three talented young singers in the turbulent 1960s, a revolutionary time in American music history. Join the three friends as they embark upon a musical rollercoaster ride through a world of fame, fortune and the ruthless realities of show business, testing their friendships to the very limit. In 2006, Dreamgirls was adapted into an Oscar® winning motion picture starring Beyoncé Knowles, Jennifer Hudson, Eddie Murphy and Jamie Foxx. Casting for the Dreamgirls UK tour will be announced soon. This award winning production is Directed and Choreographed by Olivier® and Tony® Award winning Casey Nicholaw (The Book of Mormon, Mean Girls, Disney’s Aladdin and Something Rotten!), with Set and Costume Design by Tim Hatley , Lighting Design by Hugh Vanstone , Sound Design by Richard Brooker , Hair Design by Josh Marquette and Music Supervision by Nick Finlow . With Book and Lyrics by Tom Eyen and Music by Henry Krieger , with Additional Material by Willie Reale , 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.’ The Original London Cast Recording of hit West End musical Dreamgirls is available via Sony Masterworks Broadway . The UK Tour of Dreamgirls is produced by Sonia Friedman Productions , Greenleaf Productions , Fakston Productions , Rupert Gavin , Tulchin Bartner Productions , Griffin Dohr , Adam Blanshay Productions in association with 1001 Nights Productions , Eighth Sea Incorporated , Glass Half Full Productions . Up Up

Back to News & Press Evening Standard Award wins - The Inheritance and The Jungle Sunday, 18 November 2018 The 64th Evening Standard Awards were announced on November 18, 2018, at Theatre Royal, Drury Lane. The Best Play award was won by Matthew Lopez for The Inheritance and Miriam Buether was awarded Best Design for The Jungle. Up Up

Back to News & Press A View From The Bridge recoups entire investment Tuesday, 9 March 2010 The critically-acclaimed Broadway production of Arthur Miller’s A VIEW FROM THE BRIDGE starring Liev Schreiber and Scarlett Johansson directed by Gregory Mosher has recouped its entire investment as of today, Monday, March 8. The limited run has only 4 weeks left before it must end on Sunday, April 4. The 14-week engagement began performances December 28, 2009 and opened January 24, 2010 at the Cort Theatre (138 West 48th Street). Schreiber and Johansson are joined by Jessica Hecht, Michael Cristofer, Morgan Spector, Corey Stoll, Alex Cendese, Anthony DeSando, Antoinette LaVecchia, Mark Morettini, Joe Ricci, Robert Turano and Marco Verna. In A VIEW FROM THE BRIDGE, Miller's most passionate drama, Schreiber plays Eddie Carbone, a Brooklyn longshoreman obsessed with his 17-year-old niece Catherine, played by Scarlett Johansson. When Catherine falls in love with a newly arrived immigrant, Eddie's jealousy erupts in a rage that consumes him, his family, and his world. A VIEW FROM THE BRIDGE is produced by Stuart Thompson and The Araca Group. Additional producers include Jeffrey Finn, Broadway Across America, Olympus Theatricals, Marisa Sechrest, The Weinstein Company, Jon B. Platt, Sonia Friedman/Robert G. Bartner, Swinsky/Deitch, Adam Zotovich/Ruth Hendel/Orin Wolf, and The Shubert Organization. The creative team for A VIEW FROM THE BRIDGE includes John Lee Beatty (Scenic Design), Jane Greenwood (Costume Design), Peter Kaczorowski (Lighting Design), and Scott Lehrer (Sound Design). Up Up

Back to News & Press Sonia Friedman named Producer of the Year for second year running Friday, 29 January 2016 It has been a remarkable year for Sonia, producing 19 productions over 2015, with hits including Hamlet starring Benedict Cumberbatch at The Barbican, the award winning and critically acclaimed Bend it Like Beckham and the multi award-winning Sunny Afternoon which won 4 Oliver Awards in 2015 including Best New Musical, Farinelli and the King starring Mark Rylance and King Charles III in the West End, on Broadway and on tour . This year Sonia will produce the highly anticipated Funny Girl starring Sheridan Smith at the Savoy Theatre and will collaborate with J.K. Rowling on the world premiere of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child Parts I and II, in co-production with Colin Callender. Speaking at The Stage Awards 2016, Sonia said, “It is a real honour to be given this award for the second year in a row. It is testament to the extraordinary hard work of all my team and the brilliance of the creative people we have worked with that this has been given to me. I want to take this opportunity to thank them all for what they do. I would also like to thank The Stage and everyone who voted for me again this year.” As the world’s leading theatre publication, The Stage newspaper’s annual industry awards highlights the achievements by London, regional and fringe theatres as well as international achievements. The Stage Awards were held on 29 January at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, London. Up Up