Back to News & Press Jim Broadbent as Scrooge in A Christmas Carol Monday, 31 August 2015 Academy Award-winning actor Jim Broadbent makes his long-awaited return to the stage to play Scrooge in a new version of A Christmas Carol adapted by Patrick Barlow from Charles Dickens' classic story of greed, grief, ghoulish ghosts and eleventh-hour redemption. From Scrooge and Tiny Tim to Bob Cratchit and Mrs. Fezziwig, Patrick Barlow's imaginative adaptation of A Christmas Carol will bring some of Dickens' most memorable characters to life at the Noël Coward Theatre this winter. Jim Broadbent will be joined by an exciting group of performers, to be announced shortly. Coming together to create this innovative new work are some of our most loved and mischievous maverick theatre-makers. The play is written by Patrick Barlow (who also wrote the huge, long-running hit 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, who is responsible for the iconic production 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. A Christmas Carol and The Mackintosh Foundation are proud to be supporting St Martin-in-the-Fields’ Christmas Appeal by donating 50 pence for each ticket purchased. The appeal raises money to assist homeless people with shelter, food, help and advice. Customers, as part of the purchasing process, will be asked if they would also like to donate 50 pence with each ticket purchased. Registered charity no 1156305/261359. Listings Performances: Monday to Saturday at 7.30pm (Wednesday 9 December at 7pm) Matinee performances on Wednesday and Saturday at 2.30pm No matinee on Wednesday 2 December or Wednesday 9 December Additional matinee on Friday 11 December at 2.30pm Noël Coward Theatre, St Martin’s Lane, London First performance: Monday 30 November 2015 Final performance: Saturday 30 January 2016 Press Night: Wednesday 9 December 2015, 7pm Christmas Schedule: Monday 21 December at 2.30pm and 7.30pm Tuesday 22 December at 7.30pm Wednesday 23 December at 2.30pm and 7.30pm Thursday 24 December at 2.30pm Friday 25 December NO SHOW Saturday 26 December NO SHOW Monday 28 December at 7.30pm Tuesday 29 December at 7.30pm Wednesday 30 December at 2.30pm and 7.30pm Thursday 31 December at 2.30pm Friday 1 January at 7.30pm Saturday 2 January at 2.30pm and 7.30pm Up Up

Back to News & Press Sonia Friedman Productions Wins 11 Olivier Awards in 2017 Sunday, 9 April 2017 We are delighted to have won an incredible eleven awards at the 2017 Olivier Awards, including a record-breaking nine wins for Harry Potter and the Cursed Child , the most Olivier Awards ever won by any single production.A further two Olivier Awards were awarded to Dreamgirls , which we are extremely proud to have brought to the West End thirty-five years after the ground-breaking original Broadway production. We are so proud of everyone involved in all of our productions, and the extraordinary levels of talent, passion, hard work and commitment which go into making every single one of our shows a success.Sonia Friedman Productions won the following categories at the 2017 Olivier Awards: Best New Play Harry Potter and the Cursed Child Best Director John Tiffany for Harry Potter and the Cursed Child Best Actor Jamie Parker for Harry Potter and the Cursed Child Best Actress in a Supporting Role Noma Dumezweni for Harry Potter and the Cursed Child Best Actor in a Supporting Role Anthony Boyle for Harry Potter and the Cursed Child Best Lighting Design Neil Austin for Harry Potter and the Cursed Child Best Sound Design Gareth Fry for Harry Potter and the Cursed Child Best Costume Design Katrina Lindsay for Harry Potter and the Cursed Child Best Set Design Christine Jones for Harry Potter and the Cursed Child Best Actress in a Musical Amber Riley for Dreamgirls Best Actor in a Supporting Role in a Musical Adam J Bernard for Dreamgirls As we prepare to transfer the hugely acclaimed production of Our Ladies of Perpetual Succour to the West End, we would also like to congratulate all those involved in this astonishing new play on their win for Best New Comedy , including originating producers National Theatre of Scotland and Live Theatre , and the National Theatre following its sold-out run there in 2016. Congratulations to all the 2017 Olivier winners and nominees from everyone at SFP! Up Up

Back to Productions SUMMER AND SMOKE This production first began its strictly limited run on 10th November 2018, with press night on 20th November, and closed on 19th January 2019. ★★★★★ Rush to see this now, or live to regret it The Telegraph The girl who said ‘no’ – she doesn’t exist anymore, she died last summer – suffocated in smoke from something on fire inside her. Trapped between desire and a life of obligation, Alma meets John and her world turns upside down. ★★★★★ Rebecca Frecknall’s whole production seems to tremble like a sustained, held high note: fragile, uncertain, almost unbearably tense. The Independent With ‘spellbinding, stripped-back staging’ (Financial Times), this intoxicating classic about love, loneliness and self-destruction evokes the simmering passions of a sweltering summer in small-town Mississippi. The West End transfer of Tennessee Williams ’ intoxicating and rarely staged classic, Summer and Smoke , follows a sold-out and critically lauded run at the Almeida Theatre. Directed by Almeida’s Associate Director Rebecca Frecknall with the full cast reprising their roles for the West End run. ★★★★★ It’s superb stuff: sensual, shimmering and sad Financial Times CAST SEB CARRINGTON NANCY CRANE PATSY FERRAN ERIC MACLENNAN FORBES MASSON MATTHEW NEEDHAM TOK STEPHEN ANJANA VASAN CREATIVES TENNESSEE WILLIAMS – Playwright REBECCA FRECKNALL – Director TOM SCUTT – Designer LEE CURRAN – Lighting Designer CAROLYN DOWNING – Sound Designer ANGUS MACRAE – Composition JULIA HORAN CDG – Casting

Back to Productions SHOOT THE CROW This production began performances on 28th September and closed on 10th December 2005. ★★★★ Tragicomedy of character and circumstance that makes McCafferty look like a ribald Northern Irish Chekov. The Guardian A Belfast building site. Four tilers on the make, each dreaming of better things. But not all of them can commit the same petty crime. ★★★★ Owen McCafferty puts that right with his fresh, rueful comedy. Daily Mail Acutely observed and brilliantly witty, SHOOT THE CROW is a hilarious and moving homage to the working man. ★★★★ McCafferty combines authenticity of observation with quirky humour, moral toughness and a sympathetic understanding of difficult and, at times, quietly desperate lives. The Times CAST JAMES NESBITT – Socrates CONLETH HILL – Petesy JIM NORTON – Ding Ding PACKY LEE – Randolph CREATIVES OWEN MCCAFFERTY – Playwright ROBERT DELAMERE – Director

Back to News & Press Photo release - The cast of Shakespeare in Love in rehearsal Monday, 12 May 2014 Rehearsals began this week for the World Premiere stage adaptation of Shakespeare in Love, bringing together one of the largest companies ever assembled for a play in the West End. The 28-strong cast includes a number of young actors and actor-musicians who will be making their professional debuts. A photo of the full cast is released today. Photo is attached here and available on request. The full cast are: Ian Bartholomew (Tilney), Tom Bateman (Will Shakespeare), Tony Bell (Ralph), Lucy Briggs-Owen (Viola De Lesseps), Anna Carteret (Queen Elizabeth), Paul Chahidi (Henslowe), David Ganly (Burbage), Richard Howard (Sir Robert De Lesseps), Harry Jardine (Sam), Abigail McKern (Nurse), David Oakes (Marlowe), Patrick Osborne (Mr Wabash), Alistair Petrie (Wessex), Doug Rao (Ned Alleyn), Ferdy Roberts (Fennyman) and Colin Ryan (John Webster). They are joined by an ensemble including Daisy Boulton, Michael Chadwick, Tom Clegg, Ryan Donaldson, Janet Fullerlove, Amy Marchant, Sandy Murray, Timothy O'Hara, Thomas Padden, Elliott Rennie, Charlie Tighe and Tim Van Eyken who will also be musical director. Gaiety will play Crab the dog, understudied by Barney. Produced by Disney and Sonia Friedman Productions and based on the Academy Award®-winning screenplay by Marc Norman and Tom Stoppard, Shakespeare in Love has been adapted for the stage by Lee Hall (Billy Elliot). Featuring a company of 28 actors and musicians plus two dogs, this new play will be directed by Declan Donnellan and designed by Nick Ormerod, the driving force behind the world-renowned theatre company, Cheek by Jowl. Up Up

Back to News & Press Date Night or Family Outing? Here's why going to the theatre might make you closer to a loved one Friday, 24 November 2017 But as well as laughing, cheering and maybe even crying along with other audience members, did you know that a theatre performance can actually make your heart beat at the same time as those around you? Not just with the people you know, it can even happen with complete strangers. Well, new research, conducted by neuroscientists from University College London in association with Encore Tickets found just that. Researchers monitored the heart rates and skin response of selected audience members at a live theatre performance of Dreamgirls , the Tony and Olivier Award-winning musical. The researchers found that as well as responding emotionally to the performance as individuals, the audience actually responded in unison through their heart beats, with their pulses speeding up and slowing down at the same rate as each other. Dr Joseph Devlin, Head of Experimental Psychology at University College London, says: “Usually, a group of individuals will each have their own heart rates and rhythms, with little relationship to each other. But during experiences with heightened levels of emotion, people’s heart beats can become synchronised, which in itself is astounding. Devlin adds “Experiencing the live theatre performance was extraordinary enough to overcome group differences and produce a common physiological experience in the audience members.” Scientists have found that when an environment makes people synchronise their bodies with each other, it can cause them to bond and in turn like each other more.So, could going to the theatre bring you closer to your family or help your date like you more? Well, research shows that romantic couples and highly effective teammates synchronise their hearts so that they beat in time with each other. Their coordination has been linked to team performance, trust, empathy and liking of each other. This suggests that the unified response seen during the live theatre performance can help to break down social differences and bring people together. In theory, going to the theatre can connect individuals on a deeper, subconscious level.A new study for Encore Tickets, the UK’s leading independent ticket provider, found that almost half of people (46 per cent) enjoy the theatre experience because of the atmosphere that comes with being in the audience, and almost two thirds (59 per cent) of people feel emotionally affected by a live performance. Heart rate synchronicity has been researched for a number of years, and previous studies have shown the same kind of synchronicity among other live experiences. For example, people watching fire walking, synchronise their heartbeats in time with the firewalkers themselves. But that’s not all, the synchronicity increased the more closely the walker and watcher were related by family or marriage. Similar findings were made by University College London when it comes to the theatre. The study found that participants who knew each other continued to synchronise throughout the interval, whilst the other members of the audience fell out of sync without the performance to connect them. Dr Joseph Devlin says, “This clearly demonstrates that despite the social group differences, the performance was a strong enough influence to cause physiological synchrony, engaging the audience as a whole.” This follows previous findings drawn from research by UCL in association with Encore Tickets, which found that experiencing a live theatre performance could stimulate your cardiovascular system to the same extent as a 28 minute workout. Up Up

Back to Productions NICE WORK IF YOU CAN GET IT – BROADWAY This production began performances on 23rd April 2012 and closed on 27th July 2013. NICE WORK IF YOU CAN GET IT follows Billie Bendix ( Kelli O'Hara ), a tough-as-nails bootlegger who meets wealthy playboy Jimmy Winter ( Matthew Broderick ) on the weekend of his nuptials. Mayhem ensues. NICE WORK IF YOU CAN GET IT stars two-time Tony Award-winner Matthew Broderick (The Producers, How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, Brighton Beach Memoirs) and three-time Tony Award nominee Kelli O’Hara (South Pacific, The Pajama Game and The Light in the Piazza) and will be directed and choreographed by three-time Tony Award-winner Kathleen Marshall (Anything Goes, The Pajama Game, Wonderful Town). This new musical features a veritable hit parade of iconic George and Ira Gershwin songs as well as some unknown gems in their catalogue and a book by two-time Tony Award-winner Joe DiPietro (Tony Award for Best Book of a Musical and Best Original Score for Memphis). NICE WORK IF YOU CAN GET IT will be produced by Roger Berlind , Roy Furman , Scott Landis and Sonia Friedman Productions . CAST MATTHEW BRODERICK KELLI O'HARA CREATIVES JOE DIPIETRO – Book KATHLEEN MARSHALL – Director/Choreographer

Back to News & Press Summer and Smoke transfers to the Duke of York's Theatre from November Sunday, 10 June 2018 The West End transfer of Tennessee Williams ’ intoxicating and rarely staged classic, Summer and Smoke , follows a sold-out and critically lauded run at the Almeida Theatre. Directed by the Almeida’s Associate Director Rebecca Frecknall with the full cast reprising their roles for the West End run, this innovative new production of Summer and Smoke has a limited run from 10 November 2018 - 19 January 2019 , at the Duke Of York’s Theatre , with press night on Tuesday 20 November at 7pm. Tickets are priced from £15 (£10 in previews) and 25% of all tickets for the West End transfer of Summer & Smoke will be accessibly priced at £25 and under. This includes a special allocation of tickets per performance made exclusively available for young people (aged 25s and under). The full cast returning to this production are; Seb Carrington, Nancy Crane, Patsy Ferran, Eric MacLennan, Forbes Masson, Matthew Needham, Tok Stephen and Anjana Vasan . Summer and Smoke is designed by Tom Scutt , with lighting by Lee Curran , sound by Carolyn Downing , composition by Angus MacRae and casting by Julia Horan . Sonia Friedman Productions is producing the West End transfer of the Almeida Theatre production of Summer and Smoke . The girl who said ‘no’ – she doesn’t exist anymore, she died last summer – suffocated in smoke from something on fire inside her. Trapped between desire and a life of obligation, Alma meets John and her world turns upside down. With ‘spellbinding, stripped-back staging’ (Financial Times), this intoxicating classic about love, loneliness and self-destruction evokes the simmering passions of a sweltering summer in small-town Mississippi. Tennessee Williams , whose plays include The Glass Menagerie , A Streetcar Named Desire , Cat on a Hot Tin Roof and Sweet Bird of Youth , transformed the American stage through his poetic writing and provocative subject matters. Williams was awarded two Pulitzer Prizes and Tony Awards, three Drama Critic Circle Awards and the Presidential Medal of Freedom. Rebecca Frecknall (Director) is Associate Director at the Almeida Theatre and was previously on the Almeida’s Resident Director Scheme supported by the Eranda Rothschild Foundation. She worked as Resident Director on Ink at the Almeida/Duke of York’s Theatre and Movement Director on Albion . Prior to the Almeida, she was Resident Director at Northern Stage from 2015-2016 after winning the acclaimed RTYDS Bursary. During this time she directed Idomeneus ; What Are They Like?, Educating Rita (for Durham Gala) and Julie by Zinnie Harris. Before taking up this role, she worked as a freelance Director in London and has worked with the National Theatre, RSC and Young Vic. She was the 2012 recipient of the National Theatre Studio’s Resident Director Bursary and was awarded one of the Young Vic’s Jerwood Assistant Director Bursaries in 2011. Seb Carrington plays Archie Kramer. His theatre work includes Ivanov for the Boris Shchukin Theatre Institute. His television work includes Doctors , Father Brown and The Crown. Nancy Crane plays Mrs Winemiller/Mrs Bassett. She previously appeared at the Almeida in Against and Chimerica . Other theatre credits include The Sewing Group, Now or Later, The Sweetest Thing in Baseball and The Strip at the Royal Court; Teddy Ferrara at the Donmar Warehouse; A Lie of The Mind and Next Fall at Southwark Playhouse; The Children’s Hour an the Comedy Theatre; Design For Living at The Old Vic; Love The Sinner and Angels in America at the National Theatre; Chains of Dew and Trifles at the Orange Tree Theatre; The Girl in a Goldfish Bowl and Six Degrees of Separation at the Crucible Theatre; The Price on UK Tour; Habitat at the Royal Exchange, Manchester; and A Wedding Story at Sphinx. Her television work includes Patrick Melrose ; Black Earth Rising ; Genius; Doctors; Nixon’s The One; Upstairs, Downstairs; Law & Order UK; Cambridge Spies; and Strike Force. For film, her work includes The Current War; Leavey; Megan Leavey; Florence Foster Jenkins; The Danish Girl; Woman in Gold ; The Special Relationship ; Batman: The Dark Knight ; The Road to Guantanamo , Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow ; and The Machinist . Patsy Ferran plays Alma. Her theatre credits include My Mum’s A Twat at the Royal Court; Speech and Debate at Trafalgar Studios; As You Like It and Treasure Island at the National Theatre; The Merchant Of Venice at the RSC; The Angry Brigade for Paines Plough; and Blithe Spirit at the Gielgud Theatre. Patsy’s television credits include Will; Guerrilla; and Jamestown (series regular). Film credits include Darkest Hour; God’s Own Country; Tulip Fever; The National Phobia; Association’s Day Out. She won a Critics’ Circle Theatre Award for Most Promising Newcomer in 2014, and was nominated for an Emerging Talent Award at the Evening Standard Theatre Awards in 2015. Eric MacLennan plays Papa Gonzales/Vernon. For theatre his work includes Brave New World ; 1984 at Creation Theatre; A Tale of Two Cities at Chung Ying Theatre; Government Inspector and Annie Get Your Gun at Young Vic; Henry V at Southwark Playhouse; Half-Life at the National Theatre of Scotland; and Cyrano de Bergerac at Manchester Royal Exchange. His television credits include The Night Manager and The Borgias . For film, his work includes Darkest Hour ; Rogue One: A Star Wars Story; Mindhorn ; Anna Karenina and Tale of Tales . Forbes Masson plays Rev Winemiller/Dr Buchanan. His recent theatre work includes Big Fish at The Other Palace; Boudica at Shakespeare’s Globe; Terror a t Lyric Hammersmith; Travesties at the Menier Chocolate Factory and Apollo Theatre; A Midsummer Night’s Dream at Theatre Royal Bath; Doctor Faustus at the Duke of York’s; Mr Foote’s Other Leg at Hampstead Theatre and Theatre Royal Haymarket and The Ruling Class, Richard III and Macbeth at Trafalgar Studios. His television work includes Catastrophe; Shetland: Dead Water ; Dead Boss; No Holes Bard; Monarch of the Glen ; Supergirly; EastEnders; Young Person’s Guide to Becoming a Rock Star; and The High Life . Matthew Needham plays John Buchanan. His previous work for the Almeida includes The Twilight Zone and The Treatment . His other theatre credits include Much Ado About Nothing, Imogen, The Comedy of Errors, Titus Andronicus and The Knight of the Burning Pestle at Shakespeare’s Globe; Henry IV Parts I and II, Love’s Sacrifice, The Jew of Malta, Candide and Titus Andronicus for the RSC; Our Country’s Good for Out of Joint; There is a War at the National Theatre; Bingo and The Grapes of Wrath for Chichester Festival Theatre; and Shades at the Royal Court. For television, his work includes Endeavour; The Hollow Crown: Part Two; Monroe; and Sherlock . For film, his work includes The Ritual ; and Stutterer . Tok Stephen plays Roger Doremus/Dusty. He recently graduated from RADA and his professional theatre work includes Boudica at Shakespeare’s Globe. Anjana Vasan plays Rosemary/Rosa Gonzales/Nellie. Her theatre work includes King Lear and A Midsummer Night’s Dream at Shakespeare’s Globe; Life of Galileo at the Young Vic; Image of an Unknown Young Woman at the Gate Theatre; Dara and Behind The Beautiful at the National Theatre; and Macbeth at Manchester International Festival/Broadway. For television, her work includes Sex Education ; Hang Ups; Ill Behaviour; Black Mirror; Call the Midwife and Fresh Meat . Her film work includes The Children Act; Cinderella; and Jack Ryan . Up Up

Back to News & Press Time Out's editors reveal their picks of the most influential people of 2011 Monday, 3 January 2011 Without her, audiences in London and New York might not have been moved and entertained by Mark Rylance’s era-defining turn in ‘Jerusalem’. In fact, Rylance wouldn’t have made his Tony-winning Broadway debut at all (in ‘Boeing Boeing’) had Friedman not insisted that he remain on board for the US transfer. She takes a risk on great drama even when it isn’t a safe bet at the box office, bringing Out of Joint’s 5* revival of Caryl Churchill’s 'Top Girls' into the West End this summer. In 2011 Friedman also took Katori Hall’s play about Martin Luther King, ‘The Mountaintop’ (which started life at Theatre 503, above a pub in Battersea) to Broadway, where Samuel L Jackson took the lead. Her fingerprints were all over quality big-name drama on the West End this year: Keira Knightley and Elisabeth Moss in ‘The Children’s Hour’ and Catherine Tate and David Tennant in ‘Much Ado About Nothing’ - directed by rising star Josie Rourke. From ‘Legally Blonde: The Musical’ to Tom Stoppard’s ‘Arcadia’, Friedman combines shrewd popular instincts with a dedication to championing good work. She brings the best of New York to London (watch this space for ‘The Book of Mormon’) and the best of the West End to Broadway. Producers determine the kind of theatre popular audiences get to see, and commercial producers are rarely celebrated, especially by Time Out – they can be conservative and out-of-touch with the cutting edge compared to our classy and powerful subsidised theatres. But when they get it right artistically as well as commercially – as Friedman so consistently does – then we should shout about it.' Read full article here . Up Up

Back to News & Press Kirsten Foster, Mark McKinney, Ben Schnetzer and Susan Kelechi Watson join Helen Hunt in Eureka Day at The Old Vic this September Thursday, 28 July 2022 Joining the previously announced Academy, Golden Globe and Emmy Award winner Helen Hunt (As Good As It Gets, The Sessions, Mad About You) are Kirsten Foster (Life of Pi, The Sandman) as May, Mark McKinney (The Kids in the Hall, Superstore) as Don, Ben Schnetzer (The Book Thief, Pr;de) as Eli and Susan Kelechi Watson (This is Us, A Beautiful Day in the Neighbourhood) as Carina. Set against the backdrop of a mumps outbreak at a progressive private elementary school in California in 2017, Eureka Day is a satire on the quest for consensus; the central question of 'to vaccinate' or 'not to vaccinate' taking on a whole new meaning in 2022. The creative team are also announced with Set and Costume by Rob Howell , Lighting by Jon Clark , Sound by Donato Wharton , Video by Andrzej Goulding , Music by Jherek Bischoff , Casting by Jim Carnahan , Voice by Charlie Hughes-D'Aeth and Dialect by Penny Dyer . The Baylis Assistant Director is Aaliyah McKay . Eureka Day will play from 06 September to 31 October 2022 at The Old Vic. Up Up

Back to News & Press The Comeback returns for a limited 3-week run from 7th July 2021 Tuesday, 25 May 2021 The Comeback is the debut play from The Pin’s award-winning Ben Ashenden and Alex Owen . Its mix of hilarity, emotional heart and irresistible charm offers the perfect escapism for audiences of all ages. The Comeback first opened to rave reviews in December 2020, before being shut down after just 9 performances due to the government-enforced national lockdown. Now, the producers and creative team are delighted to bring back The Comeback for a limited 3-week run at the Noël Coward Theatre this July. The Comeback , tells the story of two double acts fighting to wrest control of the most chaotic, farcical and high-stakes gig of their respective careers. Directed by Emily Burns , The Comeback promises to bring heart-warming joy and laughter to the Noël Coward Theatre this summer. Up-and-coming comics Alex and Ben have been booked in the warm-up spot for a beloved but fading double act’s comeback tour. Neither duo is delighted to be playing to a sparse crowd in a sleepy, seaside town, but when it’s revealed that a Hollywood director is in the audience, both acts glimpse a final chance for their big break. Cue sabotage, mistaken identity and full on farcical mayhem, as the performance descends into a desperate battle for the limelight. With the action alternating between offstage and on, and the tone between Noises Off and Morecambe and Wise’s old-school charm, this is a warm-hearted, joyful, and dazzlingly funny new comedy. Each night Ashenden and Owen will be joined on stage by a surprise celebrity guest star playing a cameo role in the production. The production will be staged in a Covid safe environment following current government advice, with audiences adhering to social distancing guidelines; and in line with Society of London Theatre's See It Safely campaign. Tickets for the production, which will run at the Noël Coward Theatre July 7th - 25th, will be available from April 30th at www.thecomebackcomedy.co.uk. Up Up

Back to News & Press Harry Potter and the Cursed Child receives 3 Critics' Circle Awards Tuesday, 31 January 2017 We are thrilled to announce that Harry Potter and the Cursed Child has been awarded 3 Critics' Circle Awards: Harry Potter and the Cursed Child Parts One and Two, Best Director, John Tiffany, 2017 Harry Potter and the Cursed Child Parts One and Two, Best Designer, Christine Jones, 2017 Harry Potter and the Cursed Child Parts One and Two, Most Promising Newcomer, Anthony Boyle, 2017 Up Up