Back to News & Press Broadway auditions for Tom Stoppard’s Leopoldstadt announced Thursday, 7 April 2022 Universally acclaimed in London as Stoppard ’s “masterpiece ” (The Independent ) and “a momentous new play ” (The Financial Times ) Leopoldstadt is planning to open on Broadway next season. The production schedule, an on-sale date, casting and a theatre will be announced at a later time. Up Up

Back to Productions ALL ABOUT EVE – DIGITAL Gillan Anderson (A Streetcar Name Desire) and Lily James (Mama Mia!) lead in All About Eve. ★★★★ Lily James is excellent and Gillian Anderson is incredible in one of those "I was there" moments Time Out Margo Channing. Legend. True star of the theatre. The spotlight is hers, always has been. But now there’s Eve. Her biggest fan. Young, beautiful Eve. The golden girl, the girl next door. But you know all about Eve...don’t you? ★★★★ This is event theatre done with tremendous panache Daily Mail Directed by Ivo van Hove (Hedda Gabler, A View From The Bridge ) and captured from London’s West End. All About Eve lifts the curtain on a world of jealousy and ambition and asks why our fascination with celebrity, youth and identity never seems to get old. Filmed by National Theatre Live Presented by Sonia Freidman Productions Available at least until 12 January 2023 ★★★★ Impressive, thought provoking and highly pertinent Independent CAST GILLIAN ANDERSON – Margo LILY JAMES – Eve MONICA DOLAN – Karen JULIAN OVENDEN – Bill SHEILA REID – Birdie RHASHAN STONE – Lloyd CREATIVES IVO VAN HOVE – Director JOSEPH L MANKIEWICZ – Writer JAN VERSWEYVELD – Set and Lighting Designer AN D'HUYS – Costume Designer PJ HARVEY – Music TOM GIBBONS – Sound Designer JULIA HORAN CDG – Casting

Back to News & Press Ghosts extends until 22 March 2014 Wednesday, 22 January 2014 Due to popular demand, the award-winning production of Ghosts extends until 22 March 2014. Richard Eyre’s five star production of Ibsen’s Ghosts has been extended by two weeks due to popular demand. This acclaimed show, starring Lesley Manville, has been playing to packed houses at Trafalgar Studios since December. The universally praised cast also includes Adam Kotz, Jack Lowden, Brian McCardie and Charlene McKenna. Tickets for the new booking period are now on sale at www.atgtickets.com or www.almeida.co.uk . Richard Eyre was named Best Director for Ghosts at this year’s Evening Standard Theatre Awards. Lesley Manville was nominated for the Natasha Richardson Award for Best Actress and the production’s Designer Tim Hatley and Lighting Designer Peter Mumford were jointly nominated for Best Design. Helene Alving has spent her life suspended in an emotional void after the death of her cruel but outwardly charming husband. She is determined to escape the ghosts of her past by telling her son, Oswald, the truth about his father. But on his return from his life as a painter in France, Oswald reveals how he has already inherited the legacy of his father’s dissolute life. Multi award-winning theatre, film and television actor Lesley Manville was last on stage in Grief at the National Theatre, where she has previously been seen in Her Naked Skin, Pillars of the Community, The Alchemist and His Dark Materials. Other theatre credits include Six Degrees of Separation and All About My Mother at the Old Vic, Top Girls, Serious Money, The Pope’s Wedding and Three Sisters at the Royal Court and for the Royal Shakespeare Company she has been seen in The Wives’ Excuse, Les Liaisons Dangereuses and As You Like It. On screen, Lesley has regularly collaborated with Mike Leigh in films including Another Year, All or Nothing, Topsy-Turvy, Secrets and Lies and High Hopes. Her other film credits include The Christmas Candle, Molly Moon, Maleficent, Romeo and Juliet, Spike Island and A Christmas Carol. On television her credits include An Adventure in Space and Time, The Man Who Would Be Bond, Mayday, Cranford, North and South, Bodily Harm, Other Peoples' Children, Promoted To Glory, The Cazalets, David Copperfield, Painted Lady, The Bite, Holding On, Tears Before Bedtime, A Statement of Affairs, Top Girls, Grown-Ups and The Firm. Richard Eyre 's credits at the Almeida include The Dark Earth and the Light Sky, David Hare’s The Judas Kiss - his first production after leaving the National Theatre where he was Director from 1988 - 1997 - The Novice and Hedda Gabler. His more recent work as a director for the stage includes the award-winning production of Arthur Miller's The Crucible on Broadway, the world premieres of Nicholas Wright’s Vincent in Brixton and The Reporter both for the National Theatre, Noel Coward’s Private Lives on Broadway and the musical Mary Poppins. Most recently he directed Stephen Ward The Musical currently running at the Aldwych Theatre, Quartermaine’s Terms at the Wyndham’s Theatre and The Pajama Game for Chichester Festival Theatre which transfers to the Shaftesbury Theatre in May. For television his credits include Changing Stages - a BBC Series on the history of theatre in the 20th century, which he co-wrote with Nicholas Wright and presented and the BAFTA award-winning Tumbledown. Eyre recently directed the critically-acclaimed Henry IV Parts 1 and 2 for the BBC’s 2012 Shakespeare Season. His film credits include Iris, Stage Beauty, Notes on a Scandal and The Other Man. Ghosts is produced in the West End by Sonia Friedman Productions and the Almeida Theatre with Rupert Gavin, Tanya Link Productions and JFL Theatricals/GHF Productions in association with 1001 Nights. Up Up

Back to Productions FUNNY GIRL – UK TOUR This tour opened at Manchester Palace on 20th February and closed at Southend Cliffs Pavilion on 19th August 2017. ★★★★★ Don’t believe this five-star hype? Go see for yourselves… if you can get in. The Telegraph ★★★★★ Michael Mayer’s exhilarating embrace of a production. The Independent The 5-star production opens at Manchester Palace where it runs for a week from 20 February, before touring to venues including Milton Keynes Theatre, Liverpool Empire, Bristol Hippodrome, Stoke Regent Theatre, His Majesty's Theatre Aberdeen, Edinburgh Playhouse, New Victoria Theatre Woking, Marlowe Theatre Canterbury, Birmingham Hippodrome, Newcastle Theatre Royal, Mayflower Theatre Southampton, King’s Theatre Glasgow, Nottingham Theatre Royal and Southend Cliffs Pavilion. Funny Girl brought global fame to Barbra Streisand 50 years ago and boasts some of the most iconic songs in film and theatre history, including ‘People’ and ‘Don’t Rain On My Parade’. This ‘iconic, legendary, laugh-out-loud ’ (The Times ) musical tells the story of Fanny Brice, whose vocal talents and comedic ability see her rise from Brooklyn music hall singer to Broadway star. Funny Girl is produced by Sonia Friedman Productions , Scott Landis Productions , Chocolate Factory Productions , Dante Di Loreto and Michael Harrison . ★★★★ Triumphantly reinvents Funny Girl for a new generation. Evening Standard CAST SHERIDAN SMITH NATASHA J. BARNES DARIUS CAMPBELL NIGEL BARBER ZOE ANN BROWN MARTIN CALLAGHAN JENNIFER HARDING RACHEL IZEN JOSHUA LAY MYRA SANDS RHIANNE ALLEYNE KIT BENJAMIN LLOYD DAVIES FLORA DAWSON JOSEPH DOCKREE ABIGAYLE HONEYWILL BRONTE LAVINE DAVID MCINTOSH PETER NASH GILLIAN PARKHOUSE TOM PARTRIDGE ALEXANDREA WAIT-ROBERTS SAM WINGFIELD ALEXANDREA WRIGHT CREATIVES BOB MERRILL – Lyrics ISOBEL LENNART – Book HARVEY FIERNSTEIN – Revised Book MICHAEL MAYER – Director LYNNE PAGE – Choreography MICHAEL PAVELKA – Set Designer MATTHEW WRIGHT – Costume Designer MARK HENDERSON – Lighting Designer RICHARD BROOKER – Sound Designer JULE STYNE – Music ALAN WILLIAMS – Musical Supervisor and Arrangements CHRIS WALKER – Orchestrations THEO JAMIESON – Musical Director CAMPBELL YOUNG ASSOCIATES – Wigs, Hair and Make-Up

Back to News & Press Christopher Sieber to Join Harvey Fierstein in La Cage Aux Folles Tuesday, 8 March 2011 A two-time Tony Award nominee for his performances in Shrek and Spamalot, Christopher Sieber's Broadway credits also include Thoroughly Modern Millie, Into the Woods, Beauty and the Beast, Triumph of Love and A Christmas Carol. His other New York stage credits include Off-Broadway's The Kid, Avow and The Boys in the Band. His television and film credits include "Morning Glory," "Pushing Daisies," "Johnny and the Sprites," "See You in September," "It's All Relative," "Two of a Kind," "Sex and the City," "Ed," "Guiding Light," "All My Children" and "Another World." Up Up

Back to News & Press Casting announced for Stranger Things: The First Shadow Wednesday, 20 September 2023 With rehearsals now underway, Netflix and Sonia Friedman Productions today announce the full cast for the world premiere of Stranger Things: The First Shadow by Kate Trefry, that brings the world of Stranger Things to life in a completely new way - live on stage. Stranger Things: The First Shadow opens at the Phoenix Theatre on 14 December, with previews beginning in 8 weeks on 17 November. Directed by Stephen Daldry , with co-direction by Justin Martin , leading the world class award-winning creative team, the cast is Shane Attwooll (Chief Hopper ), Kemi Awoderu (Sue Anderson ), Chase Brown (Lonnie Byers ), Christopher Buckley (Bob Newby ), Ammar Duffus (Charles Sinclair ), Gilles Geary (Ted Wheeler ), Florence Guy (Karen Childress ), Max Harwood (Allen Munson ), Michael Jibson (Victor Cree l), Oscar Lloyd (James Hopper Jr .), Louis McCartney (Henry Creel ), Isabella Pappas (Joyce Maldonado ), Matthew Pidgeon (Father Newby ), Calum Ross (Walter Henderson ), Maisie Norma Seaton (Claudia Henderson), Patrick Vaill (Dr Brenner ), Lauren Ward (Virginia Creel ), Ella Karuna Williams (Patty Newby) ; with Tricia Adele-Turner , Lauren Arney , Reya-Nyomi Brown , Patricia Castro , Lydia Fraser , Isaac Gryn , Mark Hammersley , Tom Peters , Kingdom Sibanda , Tiana Simone , Danny Sykes and Meesha Turner . Created by the Duffer Brothers, Stranger Things debuted in July 2016 and quickly became one of Netflix’s most popular television series ever with its fourth season alone amassing over 140.7 million views globally. Rooted in 80's nostalgia, it has sparked a resurgence of pop culture items from the decade with every new season, including Eggo waffles and New Coke. Most recently, the series breathed new life into Kate Bush’s track “Running Up That Hill” with the song soaring in streams on Spotify and entering the top 10 of the Billboard Hot 100 chart for the first time in its 38-year history. The series has also garnered over 70 awards worldwide including Emmys and the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series and has been nominated for over 230 awards. Stranger Things fans everywhere celebrate November 6 - the day Will Byers went missing - as ‘Stranger Things Day,’ a special day to share their love for the world of Stranger Things. Stephen Daldry and Justin Martin said today, “With rehearsals now underway, it’s a joy to discover the world of Stranger Things: The First Shadow with our ferociously talented cast and watch the alchemy amongst our entire company grow as we together explore this new play. They’re an extraordinarily gifted group of actors, and we can’t wait to share this origin story with audiences.” Matt and Ross Duffer said today, “The cast of Stranger Things: The First Shadow is nothing short of phenomenal. These actors brilliantly explore the early days of many fan favorites - including Hopper, Joyce, Bob, Henry and Dr Brenner - while also bringing new characters to vivid life. We couldn’t be more thrilled and can’t wait for you to meet them all live on stage. See you in London, nerds!” STRANGER THINGS: THE FIRST SHADOW is written by Kate Trefry , directed by Stephen Daldry with co-director Justin Martin , set design by Miriam Buether , costume design by Brigitte Reiffenstuel , lighting design by Jon Clark , sound design by Paul Arditti , illusions design & visual effects by Jamie Harrison & Chris Fisher , video design & visual effects by 59 Productions , original music & arrangements by D.J. Walde , choreography by Coral Messam , movement direction by Lynne Page , wigs, hair and make-up design by Campbell Young Associates , technical director is Gary Beestone for Gary Beestone Associates, props supervision by Mary Halliday , dialect by William Conacher , fight direction by Kev McCurdy , casting by Jessica Ronane Casting CDG with additional casting by Charlotte Sutton CDG , and international casting consultancy by Jim Carnahan . Book your tickets now. Up Up

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 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 Tickets now on sale for the Broadway production of The Mountaintop Sunday, 12 June 2011 Tickets are available at Telecharge.com or by calling 212-239-6200, and beginning August 11th at the Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre (242 West 45th Street). Directed by Tony Award® nominee Kenny Leon (Fences, A Raisin in the Sun), The Mountaintop will begin performances on Tuesday, September 22, 2011, with an official opening on Thursday, October 13, 2011. Taking place on April 3, 1968, The Mountaintop is a gripping reimagining of events the night before the assassination of civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. After delivering his legendary "I've Been to the Mountaintop" speech, an exhausted Dr. King retires to his room at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis while a storm rages outside. When a mysterious young woman delivers room service, King is forced to confront his past, as well as his legacy to his people. The Mountaintop is produced by Jean Doumanian, Sonia Friedman Productions, and Ambassador Theatre Group. In a joint statement, Ms. Doumanian and Ms. Friedman said, “The Mountaintop is a brilliantly conceived gem of a play. An ambitious work of fiction that is powerful, heartbreaking, humorous and exhilarating. We are thrilled to be bringing Katori Hall‟s remarkable, Olivier-winning work to New York, and to present a singular new American voice to Broadway audiences. And we are honored to be presenting the Broadway debut of the great Samuel L. Jackson.” The Mountaintop will play the following performance schedule: Tuesday at 7:00 p.m., Wednesday - Saturday at 8:00 p.m., with matinees on Wednesday & Saturday at 2:00 p.m. and Sunday at 3:00 p.m. Tickets ($75 - $125) are available at Telecharge.com or by calling 212-239-6200, and beginning August 11th at the Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre (242 West 45th Street). The Mountaintop received its world premiere to critical acclaim in a three-week run at Theatre 503 in June 2009, and subsequently transferred to the West End‟s Trafalgar Studio 1. The production featured powerful performances by David Harewood as Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and Lorraine Burroughs as the mysterious Camae, under the direction of James Dacre. The Mountaintop also received two Evening Standard Awards Nominations, including Most Promising Playwright, and was awarded the coveted 2010 Olivier Award for Best Play. This year, Ms. Hall also received the Susan Smith Blackburn prize. Praise for London debut of The Mountaintop: “An ambitious work of historical fiction draped in magical realism.” Time Out UK “Sometimes a play comes out of the blue and knocks everyone for six… It is a beautiful and startling piece… A play that keeps you marveling to the end.” The Telegraph “Wondrous, hilarious, and heartbreaking.” The Independent “Faultless.” The Times “Future life Stateside is beyond doubt.” Variety Up Up

Back to Productions IN CELEBRATION This production began performances on 5th July and closed on 15th September 2007. A piece of serious theatre about issues that matter? A welcome sight in the West End. Financial Times David Storey 's modern classic took audiences by storm at the Royal Court in the 1960s and established him as one of the country's most powerful playwrights. Three brothers - Andrew, Colin and Steven - return home to the northern roots of their childhood for a family reunion. Although they have returned to celebrate, the explosive complexities of family life and long-held grievances are unlikely to improve the chances of a decent party. Compelling and emotionally thrilling, In Celebration is an exploration of family love and of how the consequences of best intentions can threaten to destroy treasured hopes and dreams. The acting is excellent in this moving piece of compelling drama Mail on Sunday In Celebration received its world premiere at the Royal Court Theatre in 1969 and subsequently Lindsay Anderson directed a film version with a cast including Alan Bates , James Bolam , Constance Chapman , Brian Cox , Gabrielle Dray and Bill Owen . A fine play, richly satisfying. The Guardian CAST ORLANDO BLOOM – Steven TIM HEALY – Mr Shaw LYNDA BARON – Mrs Burnett DEARBHLA MOLLOY – Mrs Shaw PAUL HILTON – Andrew GARETH FARR – Colin CIARAN MCINTYRE – Reardon CREATIVES DAVID STOREY – Playwright ANNA MACKMIN – Director LEZ BROTHERSTON – Designer MARK HENDERSON – Lighting STEPHEN WARBECK – Music JOHN LEONARD – Sound SCARLETT MACKMIN – Choreographer

Back to News & Press New cast announced for Sunny Afternoon Thursday, 20 August 2015 The multi-Olivier Award-winning hit British musical SUNNY AFTERNOON, which tells the story of the rise to fame of The Kinks, has announced the actors taking over from its award-winning original cast. Danny Horn (Doctor Who; The Dead Dogs) will play Ray Davies, with Oliver Hoare (Antony and Cleopatra, Chichester) as Dave Davies, Tom Whitelock (Times Square Angel, Union) as bassist Pete Quaife and Damien Walsh (Dreamboats and Petticoats) as drummer Mick Avory. At certain performances, the role of Ray Davies will be played by Ryan O’Donnell (Romeo and Juliet, RSC; Quadrophenia). Cast includes: Niamh Bracken, Christopher Brandon, Jason Baughan, Harriet Bunton, Alice Cardy, Oliver Hoare, Danny Horn, Gillian Kirkpatrick, Jay Marsh, Megan Leigh Mason, Ryan O’Donnell, Stephen Pallister, Charlie Tighe, Gabriel Vick, Damien Walsh and Tom Whitelock.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. Sunny Afternoon was the best performing show at this year’s Olivier Awards, winning four awards. The production won Best New Musical, John Dagleish won Best Actor in a Musical, George Maguire won Best Supporting Actor in a Musical, and Ray Davies of The Kinks won for Outstanding Achievement in Music. The original cast, including Olivier Award winners John Dagleish and George Maguire, will remain in the show until 3 October 2015. Forty-nine years ago this year, 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 shows the music of The Kinks is still as popular as ever, more than 50 years since 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.The official cast recording album, produced by Ray Davies at his Konk studios, is released on BMG Chrysalis and is available to buy here . Sonia Friedman Productions commissioned Joe Penhall in 2011 to write the book based on Ray Davies’s original story. The company developed the production over the next four years, assembling the creative team and cast that presented Sunny Afternoon last year at Hampstead Theatre under the direction of Edward Hall, and now at the Harold Pinter Theatre. Ray Davies is an influential and prolific rock musician and was co-founder and lead singer and songwriter for rock band The Kinks, and later a solo artist. He has an outstanding catalogue of hits from the earliest 1960s to the present day with estimated record sales in excess of 50 million. He has also acted, directed and produced shows for theatre and television. Joe Penhall is an award winning playwright and screenwriter. Plays include Some Voices (Royal Court), Blue/Orange (National Theatre and West End), winner of Best New Play at the Evening Standard Awards, Olivier Awards and at the Critics Circle, and Dumb Show, Haunted Child and Birthday (all Royal Court). Screenplays include Enduring Love and The Road.As Artistic Director of Hampstead Theatre, Edward Hall’s productions include Wonderland, Sunny Afternoon, Raving, Chariots of Fire, No Naughty Bits, Loyalty and Enlightenment. As Artistic Director of Propeller, his work has toured worldwide, played the West End and Broadway and has won numerous awards both in the UK and overseas. Other theatre work includes A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (National Theatre), Edmond with Kenneth Branagh (National Theatre), Macbeth with Sean Bean (Albery), The Constant Wife (Apollo), Julius Caesar (RSC), Henry V (RSC) and The Deep Blue Sea (Vaudeville). Television work includes Downton Abbey, Spooks and Kingdom. Edward is an Associate of the National Theatre and the Old Vic. Up Up

Back to News & Press Over 2000 stage seats and a further final week now on sale for Richard Iii and Twelfth Night at The Apollo Theatre Thursday, 19 April 2012 Tim Carroll’s productions, using original Shakespearian practices and lit by over 100 on-stage candles, transfer to the West End for a 14-week limited run from 2 November 2012 – 10 February 2013, following their sell-out seasons at the Globe. In addition to the on-stage seats there are also 6,000 extra seats throughout the house now on sale for the entirety of the run. Mark Rylance returns to the Apollo Theatre to play the title role of Richard III and Olivia in Twelfth Night. He is joined by Stephen Fry as Malvolio in Twelfth Night. Designs are by Jenny Tiramani and music is by Claire van Kampen who along with Tim Carroll were the creative team behind the Globe’s original 2002 version of Twelfth Night. David Plater will design the lighting for the transfer. Sonia Friedman Productions in association with Shakespeare Road, 1001 Nights, Bob Bartner & Norman Tulchin and Rupert Gavin present Shakespeare’s Globe productions of Richard III and Twelfth Night, Associate Producer Adam Blanshay. Press day is Saturday 17 November 2012 with Richard III at 1.30pm and Twelfth Night at 7pm. Richard III The full cast for Richard III is Samuel Barnett (Queen Elizabeth), Liam Brennan (Clarence and the Lord Mayor), Paul Chahidi (Hastings and Tyrrell), John Paul Connolly (First Murderer and Ratcliff), Ian Drysdale (Scrivener/Rivers/Blunt), Peter Hamilton Dyer (Brakenbury and Catesby), Johnny Flynn (Lady Anne and Grey), James Garnon (Richmond and Duchess of York), Colin Hurley (King Edward IV and Stanley) and Roger Lloyd Pack (Duke of Buckingham), Mark Rylance (Richard III), Jethro Skinner (Second Murderer and Messenger) and Ben Thompson (Dorset and Bishop of Ely). Richard Duke of Gloucester (Mark Rylance) is determined that he should wear the crown of England. He has already despatched one king and that king’s son; now all that stand in his way are two credulous brothers and two helpless nephews – the Princes in the Tower. And woe betide those – the women he wrongs, the henchmen he betrays – who dare to raise a voice against him. Monstrous, but theatrically electric, Richard is Shakespeare’s most charismatic, self-delighting villain, revelling at every moment in his homicidal, hypocritical journey to absolute power. Richard III is performed in an all-male Original Practices production, exploring clothing, music, dance and settings circa 1593. Twelfth Night The full cast for Twelfth Night is Samuel Barnett (Sebastian), Liam Brennan (Orsino), Paul Chahidi, (Maria), John Paul Connolly (Antonio), Ian Drysdale (Priest and Valentine), Peter Hamilton Dyer (Feste), Johnny Flynn (Viola), Stephen Fry (Malvolio), James Garnon (Fabian), Colin Hurley (Sir Toby Belch), Roger Lloyd Pack (Sir Andrew Aguecheek), Mark Rylance (Olivia), Jethro Skinner (Captain and Officer) and Ben Thompson (Curio). In the household of Olivia (Mark Rylance), two campaigns are being quietly waged – one by the lovelorn Duke Orsino against the heart of the indifferent Olivia; the other by an alliance of servants and hangers-on against the high-handedness of her steward, the pompous Malvolio (Stephen Fry). When Orsino engages the cross-dressed Viola to plead with Olivia on his behalf, a bittersweet chain of events follows. Filled with a cast of unforgettable characters, Twelfth Night combines cruelty with high comedy and the pangs of unrequited love with some of the subtlest poetry and most exquisite songs Shakespeare ever wrote. This revival of the Globe’s 2002 award-winning Twelfth Night will be performed in an all-male Original Practices production, exploring clothing, music, dance and settings circa 1601. Up Up