Back to Productions LEGALLY BLONDE THE MUSICAL This production began performances on 13th January 2010 and closed on 7th April 2012. ★★★★★ An irresistibly exuberant evening, expertly performed, a box office smash hit Metro 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 School! ★★★★ Ridiculously enjoyable from start to finish. Perfection. The Independent The international award-winning hit Legally Blonde The Musical is now on tour! Winner of 7 major awards including Best Musical 2011 (Olivier Awards) this all-singing, all-dancing romantic comedy is about knowing who you are and showing what you’ve got! Based on the hit movie of the same name, Legally Blonde the Musical is the Broadway sensation created by a top-of-their-class creative team, led by Tony Award-winning director and Olivier-nominated choreographer Jerry Mitchell (Hairspray ). Legally Blonde the Musical will take you from the social whirl of California Campus life to Harvard's Halls of Justice with the West End's brightest new heroine (and of course, her Chihuahua, Bruiser). The verdict? This much fun shouldn't be legal! Sonia Freidman Productions , Robert G Bartner , Ambassador Theatre Group , Bud Martin , Adam Zotovich , Jamie Hendry Productions , Matthew Byam Shaw and Act Productions in association with MGM ON STAGE , Darcie Denkert and Dean Stolber present “LEGALLY BLONDE THE MUSICAL ”. ★★★★ A sassy story of self empowerment. Legally Blonde is a winner. Evening Standard CAST CARLEY STENSON – Elle Woods JON TSOURAS – Padmadan/Nikos GEORGIE ASHFORD – Gabbu/Stenographer LUCY MILLER – Serena NATHAN PINNELL – Carlos NATALIE CASEY – Paulette Buonufonté PETER DAVISON – Professor Callahan TRICIA ADELE TURNER – Vivienne Kensington CHRIS ELLIS-STAUNTON – Grandmaster Chad/Dewey/Kyle DANIELLE STEERS – Judge/Saleswoman ABIONA OMONUA – Pilar ELLIE KIRK – Margot GEMMA STRRON – Enid SORELLE MARSH – Courtney/Mom/Whitney STEPHEN ASHFIELD – Emmett Forrest NICK HAYES – Pforzheimer CHLOË BROOKS – Kate/Chutney LINCOLN STONE – Dad/Winthrop/Reporter BEN FREEMAN – Warner Huntington III ROBBIE TOWNS – Aaron GREGORY SIMS – Kiki TANARA WAKK – Brooke Wyndham ROSS HUNTER – Lowell TARA YOUNG – Cece/District Attorney FABIAN ALOISE – Swing HENRY DAVIS – Swing JANE MCMURTIE – Swing RUTHIE STEPHENSON – Swing CAROLYN MAITLAND – Swing CREATIVES LAURENCE O'KEEFE – Lyrics and Music NELL BENJAMIN – Lyrics and Music HEATHER HACH – Book JERRY MITCHELL – Director/Choreographer DAVID ROCKWELL – Scenic Designer GREGG BARNES – Costume Designer KENNETH POSNER – Lighting Designer PAUL MILLER – Lighting Designer ACME SOUND PARTNERS – Sound Designer CHRISTOPHER JAHNKE – Orchestrations

Back to News & Press The Haunting of Hill House thrills critics in Liverpool Tuesday, 15 December 2015 ★★★★ "An undoubtedly enjoyable evening." The Guardian ★★★★★ "Intelligent, sophisticated horror – and electrifyingly scary." Merseysider Magazine ★★★★★ "A modern horror masterpiece." Low Down Magazine ★★★★★ "Hard to beat!" Downstage Centre ★★★★★ "Great storytelling and technical genius bring a classic psychological thriller to the stage with tremendous flair." Good News Liverpool ★★★★ "A genuinely chilling watch." WhatsOnStage.com ★★★★ "Hill House is a Gothic beauty." Liverpool ECHO ★★★★ "The perfect night out." Wirral Globe No-one ever visits Hill House, especially not after dark. When three strangers are invited to join the mysterious Dr Montague at the eerie house on the hill, not even their darkest dreams could have prepared them for what awaits. As their stay unfolds, they are plagued by a series of inexplicable events that propel them to the very edge of their existence. A terrifying psychological thriller that plays with our perceptions of reality, Shirley Jackson’s The Haunting of Hill House became one of the greatest horror films ever made (The Haunting, 1963) and her work influenced writers such as Stephen King and Neil Gaiman. This Christmas watch as Hill House stirs into life on stage, in a new adaption by Anthony Neilson (The Wonderful World of Dissocia, Realism and The Night Before Christmas) and directed by Olivier and Tony Award nominee Melly Still (Coram Boy). Up Up

Back to News & Press Friedman tops Stateside legit scene Tuesday, 22 September 2009 Going bicontinental has paid off handsomely for theater producer Sonia Friedman. An increasingly powerful player on the London legit scene since the early ’90s, she doubled the size of her business two years ago and moved into the New York market. The payoff? Two consecutive Tony Awards for best revival of a play (for “Boeing-Boeing” in 2008 and “The Norman Conquests” this year). “I’m at a point now where this expansion is coming to fruition,” says the petite 44-year-old. What this means on day-to-day terms is “more time to develop, read and research — to do the real grassroots producing that I didn’t have time to do before.” With eight shows in active production, including Broadway transfers of recent London hits “La Cage aux Folles” and “A Little Night Music” and dozens of other projects in longer-term development (including a musical version of “Shakespeare in Love” co-produced by Harvey Weinstein), Friedman’s small suite of offices over a central London theater is buzzing with activity. But this, she says, is nothing new: “There are producers who love focusing on one or two things a year, but I need to do a lot. My brain is always fizzing.” Friedman describes her approach as director- and actor-led, and likens fund-raising to “hedge-funding — I say, ‘If you want to invest in that project, you have to come in on this other one as well.’ Chances are one will work.” Read full article here . Up Up

Back to News & Press The world premiere of Mike Bartlett’s new play The 47th, directed by Rupert Goold announced Tuesday, 1 February 2022 An Old Vic, Sonia Friedman Productions & Annapurna Theatre co-production ‘It’s not a game for gentlemen we’re playing, Political and civilized. This is Historic It is 2024 and as America goes to the polls, democracy itself is on the brink. Who takes the White House – and at what cost? 29 Mar–28 May 2022, press night 08 Apr 2022 The 47th , offers a provocative look at our not-too-distant future with equally hilarious and chilling consequences. Directed by Rupert Goold, Mike Bartlett’s zeitgeisty verse play shines a light on the 2024 presidential race – as he did for the coronation in his Olivier Award-winning play King Charles III . Up Up

Back to News & Press Sonia Friedman Productions announce Mark Strong and Lesley Manville in Oedipus, created by Robert Icke after Sophocles Thursday, 18 January 2024 Sonia Friedman Productions (SFP) today announce the West End run of Oedipus, a new adaptation created by Robert Icke after Sophocles. Icke directs Mark Strong (OEDIPUS) and Lesley Manville (JOCASTA). The strictly limited run at Wyndham’s Theatre previews from Friday 4 October 2024. Icke’s production was originally presented in Dutch at Internationaal Theater Amsterdam and at the Edinburgh International Festival. Further casting and on-sale dates to be announced. Individuals can sign up for priority booking here: Oedipustheplay.com Behind every great man is a great woman. Election night. The polls predict a landslide victory. Everything is about to change. Starring the internationally renowned, multi award-winning Mark Strong and Lesley Manville, Sophocles’ epic tragedy is transformed into an essential, explosive human thriller. After his revelatory Oresteia , visionary director Robert Icke (1984, The Doctor ) reimagines another Ancient Greek tragedy, bringing the secrets of the past bursting into the present. Following hit runs at International Theatre Amsterdam and the Edinburgh Festival, Oedipus comes to comes to Wyndham’s Theatre for a strictly limited season from 4 October. Up Up

Back to Productions MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING – DIGITAL This production was captured by Digital Theatre live at Wyndham's Theatre in London’s West End. Tennant and Tate sparkle in Much Ado. The Guardian Much Ado About Nothing played to sold-out houses and received wide critical acclaim prior to being filmed for onine streaming. Directed by Josie Rourke , it starred David Tennant as Benedick and Catherine Tate as Beatrice. You can stream here on Digital Theatre . Rourke’s production has a freshness and a wit that is often irresistible… A mixture of slapstick and flight that reduces the audience to a state of blissful hilarity. The Daily Telegraph Two young lovers Claudio and Hero are to be married imminently but the devious scheming of a resentful Prince looks set to thwart the nuptials. Meanwhile, marriage seems inconceivable for reluctant lovers Beatrice (Catherine Tate) and Benedick (David Tennant) whose endless witty sparring threatens to keep them apart forever. There is much to love here and nothing to fault. Daily Mirror CAST In order of speaking JONATHAN COY – Leonato LEO STAAR – Messenger CATHERINE TATE – Beatrice SARAH MACRAE – Hero ADAM JAMES – Don Pedro DAVID TENNANT – Benedick ELLIOT LEVEY – Don John TOM BATEMAN – Claudio ANNA FARNWORTH – Imogen LEE KNIGHT – Conrade ALEX BECKETT – Borachio JOSHUA BERG – Titus NATALIE THOMAS – Margaret KATHRYN HUNT – Ursula DEREK HOWARD – Angelo MARIO MARIN-BORQUEZ – Boy BAILEY PEPPER – Boy EUGENE LEWIS – Boy ENZO SQUILLINO JNR. – Balthasar JOHN RAMM – Dogberry MIKE GRADY – Verges CLIVE HAYWARD – Hugh Oatcake NICHOLAS LUMLEY – George Seacoal CLIVE HAYWARD – Friar Francis ENZO SQUILLINO JNR. – Sexton HANNAH WARREN-GREEN – Maria CREATIVES JOSIE ROURKE – Director ROB JONES – Designer PETER MUMFORD – Lighting MICHAEL BRUCE – Composer EMMA LAXTON – Sound Designer GEORGINA LAMB – Movement ALASTAIR COOMER CDG – Casting Director ROBERT HASTIE – Associate Director

Back to News & Press Tickets on sale for West End run of MEAN GIRLS. Wednesday, 1 November 2023 Lorne Michaels, Sonia Friedman Productions, and David Ian for Crossroads Live - producers of MEAN GIRLS in the West End - are delighted to announce that tickets go on sale today for MEAN GIRLS at the Savoy Theatre! The smash hit musical comedy based on the Paramount Pictures film of the same name will debut at the West End's Savoy Theatre on 5 June 2024, with opening on 19 June 2024. It's gonna be a little bit dramatic... Get in loser, MEAN GIRLS is coming to London! Broadway's hilarious hit musical from an award-winning creative team including writer Tina Fey (''JO Rock"/ composer Jeff Richmond ("Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt'J lyricist Nell Benjamin {Legally Blonde) and director and choreographer Casey Nicholaw {The Book of Mormon), opens at the Savoy Theatre late next spring. Meet The Plastics -Regina, Gretchen and Karen. They rule North Shore High and will burn anyone who gets in their way. Home-schooled Cady Heron may think she knows a thing or two about survival of the fittest thanks to her zoologist parents, but high school is a whole new level of savage. When Cady devises a plan to end Regina's reign, she learns the hard way that you can't cross a queen bee without getting stung. Expect iconic characters, razor-sharp wit, and k!ller songs. Grab your friends and your cool mom, this is going to be fetch - and YES London, we're making it happen! The reign begins June 2024. If you want to sit with us, book your tickets and don't forget .. on Wednesdays, we wear pink. Casting will be announced at a later date. Up Up

Back to News & Press STEREOPHONIC to release cast recording Friday, 19 April 2024 Producers Sue Wagner , John Johnson , Seaview , Sonia Friedman Productions , Linden Productions , Ashley Melone & Nick Mills , and Sony Masterworks Broadway are proud to announce that the season's most critically acclaimed new play, Stereophonic by David Adjmi , will release an original cast recording produced by Playwrights Horizons and featuring original songs by Academy Award® nominee and Grammy Award® winner Will Butler , formerly of Arcade Fire. The digital album arrives May 10, 2024, with the physical CO release set for June 14. The Album is available for preorder now. Direct from its smash hit world premiere engagement at Playwrights Horizons, Stereophonic is directed by Daniel Aukin and dominated the "Best Theater of 2023" lists, with top rankings in The New York Times, New York Magazine, The Washington Post, Time Out New York, Town & Country, TheaterMania, Theaterly, and The Spectator. The production is currently in performances at Broadway's Golden Theatre with an official opening night TONIGHT, Friday, April 19 for 14 weeks only. In his Critic's Pick review, Jesse Green of The New York Times exclaimed, "The play, Adjmi's best so far, is as rich and lustrous as they come. You could even call it platinum," while praising Aukin's "relentlessly compelling production." Jackson McHenry of New York Magazine enthused, "If you've recently tried to sate yourself with imitation-crab rock-history dramatizations, you'll find that Stereophonic is, refreshingly, the real thing." And David Cote of The Observer lauded Stereophonic "an instant classic". Tickets on-sale now at StereophonicPlay.com . Stereophonic mines the agony and the ecstasy of creation as it zooms in on a music studio in 1976. Here, an up-and-coming rock band recording a new album finds itself suddenly on the cusp of superstardom. The ensuing pressures could spark their breakup - or their breakthrough. In Stereophonic , Adjmi invites the audience to immerse themselves-with fly-on-the-wall intimacy-in the powder keg process of a band on the brink of blowing up. Up Up

Back to News & Press Jerusalem returning to the West End! Sunday, 10 July 2011 Ian Rickson’s Royal Court Theatre production of Jez Butterworth’s Jerusalem will return to London’s West End for a strictly limited 14 week engagement hot on the heels of a triumphant Broadway run. Mark Rylance will reprise his Olivier and Tony award-wining performance as Johnny “Rooster” Byron, directed by Ian Rickson. Previewing at the Apollo Theatre from 8 October 2011, with press night on 17 October, Jerusalem is booking until 14 January 2012. Designs are by Ultz, with lighting by Mimi Jordan Sherin, sound by Ian Dickinson for Autograph and music by Stephen Warbeck. Jerusalem is produced in the West End by Royal Court Theatre Productions and by Sonia Friedman Productions. Jerusalem is a comic, contemporary vision of life in our green and pleasant land. On St George's Day, the morning of the local county fair, Johnny Byron is a wanted man. The Council officials want to serve him an eviction notice, his son wants his dad to take him to the fair and Troy Whitworth wants to give him a serious kicking. Jez Butterworth’s award-winning play returns to the West End following record-breaking sold-out runs at the Royal Court and the Apollo Theatres in 2009 and 2010 respectively. Jerusalem is currently enjoying a critically acclaimed extended run at the Music Box Theatre on Broadway where it plays until 21 August 2011. Jerusalem has now won over ten theatre awards internationally, culminating in the Tony Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Play going to Mark Rylance earlier this year. The 2011 West End cast includes Mark Rylance (Johnny “Rooster” Byron) and Mackenzie Crook (Ginger) as well as Max Baker (Wesley), Alan David (The Professor), Aimeé-Ffion Edwards (Phaedra), Johnny Flynn (Lee), Geraldine Hughes (Dawn), Danny Kirrane (Davey), Charlotte Mills (Tanya), Sarah Moyle (Ms Fawcett) and Harvey Robinson (Mr Parsons). Jerusalem will offer 20 best price seats at £10 each, which will go on sale from the Box Office, in person only, from 10am on the day of each performance. Multi award-winning actor Mark Rylance was last in the West End playing Valere in La Bête at the Comedy Theatre, a role he reprised on Broadway. Before the West End run of Jerusalem at the Apollo Theatre, he was recently on stage playing Hamm in Samuel Beckett’s Endgame at the Duchess Theatre and Robert in Boeing-Boeing at the Comedy Theatre and on Broadway where he won the Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play. His other theatre work includes many productions for the Royal Shakespeare Company, the National Theatre and the Glasgow Citizens as well as True West for the Donmar Warehouse, Bloody Poetry for the Royal Court and The Maids for Shared Experience and Benedick in Much Ado about Nothing directed by Matthew Warchus, for which he won the Olivier Award for Best Actor. As Artistic Director of Shakespeare's Globe Theatre his work as an actor included the title roles in Henry V and Hamlet as well as Cleopatra in Antony and Cleopatra and Olivia in Twelfth Night. His film and television work includes The Other Boleyn Girl, Prospero’s Books, Angels and Insects, Leonardo and David Kelly in C4’s The Government Inspector for which he won the BAFTA Best Actor Award. Jez Butterworth’s first play Mojo opened at the Royal Court in 1995 and subsequently won five drama awards including the Evening Standard and Critics’ Circle Awards for Most Promising Playwright and the Olivier Award for Best Comedy. He returned to the Royal Court in 2002 with The Night Heron and The Winterling in 2006. His films Mojo, starring Harold Pinter, and Birthday Girl, starring Nicole Kidman, were both shown at the Venice Film Festival prior to general release. In 2007 he received the E.M. Forster Award from The American Academy of Arts and Letters. In 2009 his play Parlour Song received its British premiere at the Almeida Theatre, directed by Ian Rickson. 2010 saw the international release of his feature film Fair Game starring Sean Penn and Naomi Watts. Ian Rickson’s most recent West End credits include Harold Pinter’s Betrayal which completes its run at the Comedy Theatre on 20 August and Lillian Hellman’s The Children’s Hour. He was Artistic Director of the Royal Court from 1998-2006 where his many productions included Krapp’s Last Tape which he also directed for BBC4, Fallout which he also directed as a film for Channel 4 and The Weir and Mojo both of which transferred to the West End and Broadway. He has directed Jez Butterworth’s The Winterling, The Night Heron, Mojo and Parlour Song as well as Jerusalem. For the National Theatre he has directed The Hothouse and The Day I Stood Still. Up Up

Back to News & Press The River Recoups on Broadway Tuesday, 6 January 2015 “Hugh Jackman ascends to a new level as a stage actor. His performance opens the shutters just enough to keep us guessing, to keep us hooked.” Ben Brantley, The New York Times “★★★★! An exceptional piece of stage writing by Jez Butterworth.” –David Cote, Time Out New York “Passionately staged by Ian Rickson, The River is destined to keep theatergoers arguing about its meaning all the way home, if not all season.” –Linda Winer, Newsday “Enigmatic, mysterious, profound, and intensely intimate.” –Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune The River was first produced from October 18-November 17, 2012 in the Royal Court’s Jerwood Theatre Upstairs, in a production directed by Mr. Rickson, also featuring Ms. Donnelly, who makes her Broadway debut alongside Ms. Jumbo. The Broadway production of The River, produced by Sonia Friedman Productions, opened on Sunday, November 16, 2014. Previews began October 31, 2014. The production marks the sixth collaboration between Mr. Butterworth and Mr. Rickson. Mr. Rickson has previously directed the world premiere productions of Mr. Butterworth’s Mojo, The Night Heron, The Winterling, Parlour Song and the multi-award-winning London and Broadway production of Jerusalem. Hugh Jackman, Laura Donnelly and Cush Jumbo are appearing with the support of Actors’ Equity Association. The Producers gratefully acknowledge Actors’ Equity Association for its assistance of this production. On a moonless evening, a man brings his new girlfriend to a remote cabin for a night of trout-fishing. But before the night is over, it becomes clear that nothing is as it seems… and as memory collides with desire, the truth becomes the most elusive catch of all. The River is designed by Ultz, with lighting by Charles Balfour, sound by Ian Dickinson for Autograph, music by Stephen Warbeck, and casting by Jim Carnahan. Up Up

Back to News & Press Sonia Friedman Productions nominated for The Stage Awards 2019 Producer of the Year Thursday, 13 December 2018 Sonia Friedman Productions has previously won Producer of the year in 2015, 2016 and 2017. Winners will be announced at a cermony at the Bridge Theatre in January 2019. Up Up

Back to News & Press Fiddler on the Roof extends for a final time due to public demand Wednesday, 26 June 2019 Trevor Nunn directs Andy Nyman (Tevye), Maria Friedman (Golde), Anita Dobson (Yente), Nicola Brown (Chava), Harriet Bunton (Hodel), Dermot Canavan (Lazar Wolf), Stewart Clarke (Perchik), Joshua Gannon (Motel), Matthew Hawksley (Fyedka), and Molly Osborne (Tzeitel), as well as Miles Barrow , Sofia Bennett , Philip Bertioli , Lottie Casserley , Elena Cervesi, Lia Cohen , Talia Etherington , Shoshana Ezequiel , Isabella Foat, Fenton Gray , James Hameed , Adam Linstead , Adam Margilewski , Robert Maskell , Robyn McIntyre , Gaynor Miles , Ellie Mullane , Tania Newton , George Olney , Craig Pinder , Valentina Theodoulou , Ed Wade and Taylor Walker in the reconfigured auditorium. ★★★★★ ‘Musically, geopolitically, emotionally, this Fiddler raises the roof.’ The Guardian Direct from its sold-out run at the Menier Chocolate Factory, Tony and Olivier award-winning director Trevor Nunn’s ‘exuberant revival’ (Daily Telegraph) of the classic Broadway musical Fiddler on the Roof is now playing in the West End for a strictly limited run. The Playhouse Theatre has been transformed into an intimate space especially for this production. ★★★★★ ‘An evening to be celebrated as a spikily poignant reminder of what it is to be human in politically dark times. Both whirlingly energetic and achingly moving, it marks itself out straight away as one of the most uplifting nights possible to be had in the West End right now.’ The Arts Desk Old traditions and young love collide in this joyous and timely celebration of life. Tevye’s daughters’ unexpected choice of husbands opens his heart to new possibilities, as his close-knit community also feel winds of change blowing through their tiny village. Featuring the iconic score including ‘Tradition’, ‘Matchmaker, Matchmaker’, ‘Sunrise, Sunset’ and ‘If I Were a Rich Man’, and featuring original choreography from Tony Award-winning Jerome Robbins alongside new choreography by Matt Cole , Fiddler on the Roof ‘bursts from the stage’ (Financial Times), bringing new life to one of the most beloved musicals of all time. Up Up