Back to News & Press Producer Sets Aside 250 Seats for $25 Each at Every Broadway Show Wednesday, 29 January 2014 It’s always the top ticket prices that grab headlines on Broadway, especially during the annual holiday bonanza when skyrocketing demand pushes premium pricing through the roof. (Want a top-tier premium seat to “The Book of Mormon?” That’ll be $477.) But this Yuletide season, one production has turned heads with prices on the other end of spectrum. Since opening at the Belasco Theater in November, the Globe Theater’s repertory stagings of Shakespeare’s “Twelfth Night” and “Richard III,” pictured above, have seen weekly sales snowball to well beyond the $800,000 mark — modest compared with a megamusical, but a strong tally for a play in a relatively small theater, and robust enough to set B.O. records at the venue. It’s unusual enough that historically accurate, original-practices presentations of Elizabethan drama have become not just critical hits but popular ones as well. But what’s extraordinary about these plays is that at every single performance, 250 seats are priced at $25 each. That’s 2,000 tickets per eight-show week, or nearly a quarter of the inventory in a house that seats 1,051. The initiative, the brainchild of lead producer Sonia Friedman, goes against the grain in a Broadway economy that can seem greedy and discriminatory as prices creep ever higher. And with the production on track to recoup its $3.1 million capitalization in the first half of January, “Twelfth Night/Richard III” could stand as a model that works both as a commercial venture and as a pricing accessibility initiative. Read full article here . Up Up

Back to News & Press Further Casting Announced for the National Theatre's West End Transfer of THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST Thursday, 31 July 2025 The National Theatre announces today further casting for the West End transfer of its critically acclaimed production of The Importance of Being Earnest. Joining Olly Alexander, who plays the role of Algernon Moncrieff, is Nathan Stewart-Jarrett as Jack Worthing, Hugh Dennis as Rev. Canon Chasuble, Shobna Gulati as Miss Prism, Kitty Hawthorne as Gwendolen Fairfax, Jessica Whitehurst as Cecily Cardew, Hayley Carmichael as Merriman/Lane, and Stephen Fry as Lady Bracknell. This ‘bold and brash Wilde reboot’ (★★★★ The Times) will run for a limited season at the Noël Coward Theatre, a Delfont Mackintosh Theatre, in a co-production with Sonia Friedman Productions, from 18 September 2025 until 10 January 2026. This ‘sparkling new production’ (★★★★★ Daily Mail) directed by Max Webster, is a joyful and flamboyant reimagining of Oscar Wilde’s most celebrated comedy. Max Webster , director, said: “Oscar Wilde was a master of elegance, rebellion, and razor-sharp wit. With this cast – led by the audacious brilliance of Olly Alexander, the hugely captivating Nathan Stewart-Jarrett and the legendary Stephen Fry as Lady Bracknell – we’re embracing the play’s subversive heart in a way that feels utterly now. I’d like to think Wilde would be delighted – and perhaps even a little scandalised – by this bold, joyful take on his most iconic comedy.” Stephen Fry said: "I was delighted to be asked by Max Webster to join his jubilant National Theatre production and play the formidable Lady Bracknell in the West End. Oscar Wilde has been a hugely important figure in my life and career and The Importance of Being Earnest is a play that changed my life when I first saw it aged 10. It made me understand what language can do and absolutely transported me. Wilde is a beacon to people who still believe in open thinking and adventuring with the mind and spirit. " Being sensible can be excessively boring. At least Jack thinks so. While assuming the role of dutiful guardian in the country, he lets loose in town under a false identity. Meanwhile, his friend Algy takes on a similar facade. Unfortunately, living a double life has its drawbacks, especially when it comes to love. Hoping to impress two eligible ladies, the gentlemen find themselves caught in a web of lies they must carefully navigate. Max Webster is an award-winning theatre director, specialising in spectacular new work, opera and live music events. Recent acclaimed productions include Macbeth (Donmar Warehouse/West End), Life of Pi (Sheffield Theatres/West End/Broadway), Henry V (Donmar Warehouse) and The Lorax (Old Vic). He was Associate Director at the Old Vic from 2015 until 2019 and at the Donmar Warehouse from 2020 until 2024. ‘This exuberant production’ (★★★★ The i) also features the work of set and costume designer Rae Smith , lighting designer Jon Clark , sound designer Nicola T. Chang , movement director Carrie-Anne Ingrouille, composer DJ Walde and casting director Alastair Coomer CDG. They are joined by associate director Aaliyah McKay , associate set designer Tim Blazdell, associate costume designer Johanna Coe , associate lighting designer Hector Murray and associate sound designer Chris Reid . Completing the creative team are, physical comedy advisor Joyce Henderson , intimacy coordinator Ingrid Mackinnon and dialect coach Hazel Holder. Webster’s ‘Wilde party of irresistible anarchic charm’ (★★★★ The Guardian) was first performed in the Lyttelton Theatre from 21 November 2024 until 25 January 2025. Following a sold-out run at the National Theatre, it was subsequently released to cinemas worldwide through National Theatre Live. Over 165,000 people in the UK have watched ‘this joyous production’ (★★★★The i). Over 20,000 tickets are available for under £30 across the upcoming West End run. The Importance of Being Earnest in the West End is supported by American Express, the National Theatre’s Official Payment Partner. A National Theatre production co-produced with Sonia Friedman Productions . In association with No Guarantees , Playing Field and Winkler & Smalberg . Up Up

Back to News & Press Further Dreamgirls casting announced Thursday, 12 May 2016 Amber Riley will star in the role of ‘Effie White’ for 7 performances per week. Ruth Brown and Karen Mav will rotate performances on Wednesday evenings. Further casting for the production is still to be announced. Sonia Friedman Productions announce today that Ruth Brown and Karen Mav will support Amber Riley in the role of soulful singer ‘Effie White’ in Dreamgirls when the previously confirmed Ms Riley is not scheduled to perform (Wednesday evenings). Amber will star in the role for seven performances per week when the Tony Award-winning musical has its UK premiere at the Savoy Theatre with preview performances from 19 November and Opening Night on Wednesday 14 December 2016. American actress and singer Amber Riley is best known for her role as ‘Mercedes Jones’ in the Golden Globe Award-winning musical comedy, Glee. Additional television appearances include playing ‘Addaperle, the Good Witch of the North’ in the NBC live performance of the musical, The Wiz and competing in Dancing with the Stars, which she won in 2013. Riley’s numerous theatre credits include Alice in Wonderland, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Into the Woods and Mystery on the Docks with the Los Angeles Opera. In November 2012, she made her New York stage debut to rave reviews in New York City Center’s Duke Ellington’s Cotton Club Parade. Ruth Brown found fame in the first series of BBC’s The Voice, reaching the semi-finals under the mentorship of Sir Tom Jones. She has since gone on to release her first UK single ‘P.O.P.’ and is soon to debut her new album, Letters of Truth. Karen Mav was recently a contestant on the 2015 series of ITV’s The X Factor where she wowed TV audiences and judges with her take on Etta James’s ‘I’d Rather Go Blind’ and the Whitney Houston version of the classic ‘I Will Always Love You’. Sonia Friedman , Producer “This is fantastic news for the production. Casting Amber Riley is of course thrilling as she is the most extraordinary talent to star in our show, but now to be able to announce that Ruth Brown and Karen Mav will be joining the show, to cover Amber and share performances on the night that Amber will not be on is just fantastic.” As previously announced, Dreamgirls will be Directed and Choreographed by Olivier and Tony Award®-winning Casey Nicholaw (The Book of Mormon, Disney’s Aladdin and Something Rotten!), with Set Design by Tim Hatley, Costume Design by Gregg Barnes, Lighting Design by Hugh Vanstone, Sound Design by Richard Brooker and Hair Design by Josh Marquette. The Musical Supervisor will be Nick Finlow, the Orchestrator will be Harold Wheeler, with Additional Material by Willie Reale. Dreamgirls transports you to a revolutionary time in American music history. Dreamgirls charts the tumultuous journey of a young female singing trio from Chicago, Illinois called ‘The Dreams’, as they learn the hard lesson that show business is as tough as it is fabulous, and features the classic songs ‘And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going’, ‘I Am Changing’, ‘Listen’ and ‘One Night Only’. With Book and Lyrics by Tom Eyen and Music by Henry Krieger, 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.’ In 2006 it was adapted into an Oscar winning motion picture starring Beyoncé Knowles, Jennifer Hudson, Eddie Murphy and Jamie Foxx. Up Up

Back to News & Press Further cast announced for Duncan Macmillan's new adaptation of Ibsen's Rosmersholm directed by Ian Rickson Monday, 4 March 2019 Today producer Sonia Friedman Productions announced further casting for Henrik Ibsen’s Rosmersholm , adapted by Duncan Macmillan (People, Places and Things, 1984) and directed by Ian Rickson (Jerusalem, The Birthday Party). Giles Terera, who won an Olivier Award for his acclaimed performance in Hamilton ( West End), Lucy Briers (Wolf Hall, West End/Broadway and The Seagull , Chichester Festival Theatre), Jake Fairbrother (Lady from the Sea , Donmar Warehouse and The Maids , HOME Manchester) and Peter Wight (The Birthday Party , West End and Hamlet , Almeida/ West End) will perform alongside the previously announced Tom Burke (Strike , BBC) and Hayley Atwell (Howard’s End, BBC). Set and costumes will be by Rae Smith , lighting by Neil Austin , music by Stephen Warbeck, sound by Gregory Clarke and casting by Amy Ball CDG . ‘‘Now I see that love is selfish. It makes you a country of two. At war with the rest of the world.” An election looming. A country on the brink. A rabid press baying for blood. At the centre of the storm is Rosmersholm, the grand house of an influential dynasty. This is where the future will be decided by John Rosmer – a man torn between the idealised hope of the future and the ghosts of his past. Rosmersholm will play at the Duke of York’s Theatre from April 24th, with an opening night of May 2nd. The run will end on July 20th. Produced by Sonia Friedman Productions With Brenda Leff, Colin Callender, John Gore, 1001 Nights Productions, Burnt Umber Productions, Bradford W. Edgerton Living Trust, Tulchin Bartner Productions. Up Up

Back to News & Press Cast Announced for George Orwell's 1984 Sunday, 2 April 2017 Producers Sonia Friedman and Scott Rudin announced today that Tony® Award nominee Tom Sturridge , Olivia Wilde in her Broadway debut, and Tony® Award winner Reed Birney will lead the cast of the Broadway Premiere of the new stage adaptation of George Orwell ’s dystopian novel 1984 . The trio, who will portray the novel’s classic characters Winston Smith, Julia and O’Brien, respectively, will be joined by Wayne Duvall (Parsons), Carl Hendrick Louis (Martin), Nick Mills (Syme), Michael Potts (Charrington), and Cara Seymour (Mrs. Parsons). Adapted and directed by Robert Icke and Duncan Macmillan , 1984 arrives in New York on the heels of four wildly successful U.K. runs. The strictly limited engagement begins performances on May 18, 2017, and will open on June 22, 2017 at Broadway’s new Hudson Theatre (139-141 West 44th Street). One of the most widely referenced and best known fiction titles of all time, 1984 was first published in 1949. Interest in the title has spiked in recent weeks, as the New York Times reported on January 24, 2017 in an article titled “George Orwell’s ‘1984’ Is Suddenly a Best-Seller,” stating, “George Orwell’s classic book ‘1984,’ about a dystopian future where critical thought is suppressed under a totalitarian regime, has seen a surge in sales this month, rising to the top of multiple best-seller lists in the United States and leading its publisher to have tens of thousands of new copies printed.” Having recently spiked again to the #1 spot on Amazon’s bestseller list almost seven decades after its first printing, 1984 has sold more than 30 million copies worldwide and has been translated into more than 65 languages around the globe. Sturridge began his career in Vanity Fair alongside Reese Witherspoon and Being Julia with Annette Bening and Michael Gambon. Tom's film credits also include Far from the Madding Crowd , Junkhearts , On The Road , Like Minds , Effie Gray , The Boat That Rocked , and currently in Terrence Malick’s Song to Song . He recently played Henry VI alongside Judi Dench and Benedict Cumberbatch in the BBC's “Hollow Crown ” series. Tom made his theatre debut in Simon Stephens’ Punk Rock at the Lyric Hammersmith and Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester, and subsequently received the Critics' Circle Best Newcomer Award, along with Best Newcomer at the Manchester Evening News Theatre Awards. He was also nominated for the Milton Shulman Award for Outstanding Newcomer at the London Evening Standard Theatre Awards and London Newcomer of the Year at the WhatsOnStage Awards. He has since played leading roles at London's Royal Court Theatre, in Simon Stephens' Wastwater and in Polly Stenham's No Quarter . His performance in Orphans on Broadway garnered him a Tony® Award nomination for Best Actor and wins at the Outer Critic's Circle and Theatre World Awards. Most recently, Tom appeared as Bob in American Buffalo at Wyndham’s Theatre for which he was nominated for an Olivier Award. Wilde recently wrapped production on two films: A Vigilante ; and Life Itself , directed by Dan Fogelman and starring opposite Oscar Isaac. Last year, Wilde starred in HBO’s rock ‘n’ roll drama “Vinyl ” from creators Martin Scorsese, Mick Jagger, and Terence Winter. Along with her work in front of the camera, she recently directed the video for “Dark Necessities ”, a five-minute music short for the well-known funk rock band Red Hot Chili Peppers. Additionally, she directed the music video “No Love Like Yours,” the first single off of Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros’ sophomore album. Wilde produced and starred in the drama Meadowland , earning rave reviews for her emotionally charged performance. Her past film credits include the Academy Award winning drama Her , the Golden Globe Award nominated Rush , and the critically-acclaimed indie comedy Drinking Buddies , which she also executive produced. Wilde has served as executive producer on several documentary films. Her most recent documentary short, Body Team 12 , premiered at the 2015 Tribeca Film Festival and won the award for Best Documentary Short, and was nominated for the Academy Award. She previously starred on FOX’s hit medical drama “House .” Birney won 2016 Tony® and Drama Desk Awards for his performance in Stephen Karam’s The Humans . He has also appeared on Broadway in Gemini , Picnic , and Casa Valentina (Tony Award nomination, Drama Desk Award). Off-Broadway, he appeared in Man From Nebraska , Bug (Obie Award), Blasted (Drama Desk nomination), Circle Mirror Transformation (Obie, Drama Desk), Uncle Vanya (Drama Desk nomination), Tigers Be Still , The Dream of the Burning Boy (Outer Critics Award nomination), and I’m Gonna Pray for You So Hard (Drama Desk nomination). Upcoming: HBO’s “The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks ” starring Oprah Winfrey. For television, he has appeared on “House of Cards ,” “The Blacklist ,” and “Girls .” He is the recipient of a 2006 Obie Award for Sustained Excellence, a 2011 Special Drama Desk Award honoring his career and the Richard Seff Award from Actors’ Equity. Duvall was last seen by New York theater audiences playing Pap Finn in the City Center’s Encores! production of Big River and Eddie in MCC’s The Legend of Georgia McBride . Films include O’ Brother, Where Art Thou? ; Prisoners ; Lincoln ; Leatherheads ; and Apollo 13 , to name a few. His latest film, American Animals , will be released later this year. On television, he spent 4 years playing Sgt. Phil Brander on the CBS drama “The District ” and has recurred or guest starred on numerous shows such as “Sneaky Pete ,” “Fargo ,” “Madam Secretary ,” “BrainDead ,” “The Leftovers ,” “Hell on Wheels ,” and “Gotham .” Louis has appeared on Broadway in The Cherry Orchard (Roundabout Theatre Company). Off-Broadway: The Emperor Jones (Irish Repertory Theatre); Little Children Dream of God (Roundabout Theatre Company); The Tempest and Marat/Sade (Classical Theatre of Harlem); The King's Whore (Walkerspace Theater); In Fields Where They Lay (Hudson Guild Theatre). Regionally, he has appeared in Sunset Baby (Kitchen Theatre Company). Films include Fan Girl and Unknown Soldier . He received his MFA from NYU and BA from Fordham University. Mills was most recently seen on Broadway in The Humans by Stephen Karam. Off-Broadway: Macbeth (The Public Theater), The Unavoidable Disappearance of Tom Durnin (Roundabout Theatre Company), R&J (Three Day Hangover), The Steadfast (Slant Theatre Project). On television, he has been seen on “Mr. Robot ,” “Law and Order: SVU ,” “Person of Interest ,” and “Show Me a Hero .” Regional: The Legend of Georgia McBride , Appoggiatura (Denver Center), Lombardi (Cleveland Playhouse), Back Back Back (The Old Globe). MFA: NYU. Potts most recently received critical praise for his role as Turnbo in the Manhattan Theatre Club’s production of August Wilson’s Jitney , under Ruben Santiago-Hudson’s direction. He is widely recognized for his role as the well-mannered, yet feared assassin Brother Mouzone on HBO’s critically acclaimed series “The Wire ” and as Detective Maynard Gilbough in the Emmy® Award winning HBO drama “True Detective .” On the stage, he is known for originating the roles of Mafala Hatimbi in the Tony® Award winning musical The Book of Mormon and Brooks, Sr. in the Tony® Award winning Grey Gardens . Seymour ’s film credits include: Adaptation ; American Psycho ; An Education ; Gangs of New York ; Hotel Rwanda ; and A Woman, a Part . She played Sister Harriet in Steven Soderbergh's award winning television series “The Knick .” Theatre credits include the Obie Award winning Ecstasy and Goose Pimples , both by Mike Leigh at The New Group; plus Freedom of the City and Gibraltar at The Irish Repertory Theatre and The Village Bike at MCC. Icke won the 2016 Olivier Award as well as the Critics’ Circle and London Evening Standard Theatre Awards for Best Director for his production of Oresteia at London’s Almeida Theatre, where he currently serves as Associate Director. Other works at Almeida include adapting and directing Uncle Vanya and Mary Stuart ; and as director: Mr. Burns , The Fever , The Iliad , and The Odyssey . His current production, Hamlet , stars Andrew Scott and will transfer to the West End’s Harold Pinter Theatre this summer. From 2010-13, he was the Associate Director of Headlong. Macmillan is an award-winning writer and director. Plays include: People, Places and Things (National Theatre; St. Ann's Warehouse); Every Brilliant Thing (Paines Plough; Pentabus; Barrow Street Theatre; HBO); City of Glass (HOME Manchester); 2071, co-written with Chris Rapley (Royal Court Theatre); The Forbidden Zone (Salzburg Festival; Barbican Centre); Wunschloses Unglück (Burgtheater Vienna); Reise Durch die Nacht (Schauspielhaus Köln; Festival d’Avignon; Teatertreffen); Lungs (Paines Plough; Studio Theatre). He has twice been nominated for the Olivier Award for Best New Play, and was the inaugural winner of the Bruntwood Prize for Playwriting. Broadway’s 1984 features a creative team that includes Chloe Lamford (Scenic & Costume Design), Natasha Chivers (Lighting Design), Tom Gibbons (Sound Design), and Tim Reid (Video Design). Tickets and info are available at http://www.revisedtruth.com/ . This production of 1984 was originally produced in the U.K. by Headlong, Nottingham Playhouse, and the Almeida Theatre, London; as well as on the West End at Playhouse Theatre London, produced by Sonia Friedman Productions and Eleanor Lloyd Productions. Up Up

Back to Productions DREAMGIRLS – UK TOUR This production started and ended its tour at Liverpool Empire, opening on 14th December 2021 and closing on 7th January 2023. ★★★★★ Dazzling. A lavish musical that's at all times exhilarating. Evening Standard Meet The Dreams – Effie, Lorrell and Deena – three talented young singers in the turbulent 1960s, a revolutionary time in American music history. ★★★★ Dreamgirls has soul in all the right places. Sunday Times 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. ★★★★★ A glittering tour de force of disco and soul. Daily Express CAST NICOLE RAQUEL DENNIS – Effie White NATALIE KASSANGA – Deena Jones PAIGE PEDDIE – Lorrell Robinson SHARLENE HECTOR – Effie White Alternate MATT MILLS – Curtis Taylor Jr. BRANDON LEE SEARS – Jimmy Early SHEM OMARI JAMES – C.C White JO SERVI – Marty BRIANNA OGUNBAWO – Michelle Morris/Ensemble SHONA BUWU HARVEY EBBAGE ROLA ELLIOT OLIVIA FOSTER-BROWNE CHRISTOPHER GOPAUL WINNY HERBERT LUKAS HUNT KELLIANNA JAY MARLEE JAY RYAN KAYODE NICOLE LOUISE LEWIS HOLLY LIBURD DAVID MAIRS-MCKENZIE ROSS MEAGROW SAMUEL NICHOLAS ILANA RICHARDSON JOSH SINGLETON CREATIVES CASEY NICHOLAW – Director and Choreographer TIM HATLEY – Set and Costume Designer HUGH VANSTONE – Lighting Designer RICHARD BROOKER – Sound Designer JOSH MARQUETTE – Hair Designer NICK FINLOW – Music Supervisor TOM EYEN – Book and Lyrics HENRY KRIEGER – Music WILLIE REALE – Additional Material ALISON POLLARD – Associate Director SEAN PARKINS – Associate Choreographer

Back to News & Press The Book of Mormon 2014 casting update Thursday, 9 January 2014 The cast of The Book of Mormon, at the Prince of Wales Theatre, London, continues to be led by Gavin Creel as Elder Price, Jared Gertner as Elder Cunningham and Alexia Khadime as Nabulungi. From 3 February 2014, the full cast will include Stephen Ashfield, Hugo Harold-Harrison , Kevin Harvey , and Chris Jarman, with Mark Anderson, Benjamin Brook, Daniel Clift, Christopher Copeland , Ashley Day, Keisha T Fraser , Patrick George, Nadine Higgin, Evan James, Aisha Jawando, Michael Kent, Sia Kiwa , Joshua Liburd , Daniel Mackinlay, David McMullan , Felix Mosse , Tanya Nicole-Edwards ,Terel Nugent, David O’Reilly, Lucy St. Louis, Ashley Samuels , Rhys Taylor , Kayi Ushe, Michael Vinsen and Tosh Wanogho-Maud. *Name in bold denotes new member of the cast for 2014. From South Park creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone and Avenue Q co-creator Robert Lopez, The Book of Mormon, winner of nine Tony Awards including Best Musical and the Grammy for Best Musical Theatre album, follows a pair of Mormon boys sent on a mission to a place that’s a long way from Salt Lake City. Book, Music and Lyrics are by Trey Parker, Robert Lopez and Matt Stone. Directed by Casey Nicholaw and Trey Parker, The Book of Mormon has choreography by Casey Nicholaw, set design by Scott Pask, costume design by Ann Roth, lighting design by Brian MacDevitt, sound design by Brian Ronan, orchestrations by Larry Hochman and Stephen Oremus and music supervision and vocal arrangements by Stephen Oremus. Up Up

Back to News & Press National Theatre Live to Broadcast Tom Stoppard's Leopoldstadt Wednesday, 11 March 2020 Regarded as ‘Britain’s greatest living playwright’ (The Times), Tom Stoppard’s new play, directed by Patrick Marber (Closer, Notes on a Scandal), is an intimate drama with an epic sweep; the story of a family who made good. A passionate drama of love, family and endurance, it’s Tom Stoppard’s most humane and heart-breaking play. At the beginning of the 20th Century, Leopoldstadt was the old, crowded Jewish quarter of Vienna. But Hermann Merz, a manufacturer and baptised Jew married to Catholic Gretl, has moved up in the world. Gathered in the Merz apartment in a fashionable part of the city, Hermann’s extended family are at the heart of Tom Stoppard’s epic yet intimate drama. By the time we have taken leave of them, Austria has passed through the convulsions of war, revolution, impoverishment, annexation by Nazi Germany and – for Austrian Jews – the Holocaust in which 65,000 of them were murdered. It is for the survivors to pass on a story which hasn’t ended yet. Leopoldstadt is the sixth collaboration between Sonia Friedman Productions and Tom Stoppard and reunites Stoppard, director Patrick Marber (Closer, Notes on a Scandal) and Friedman who last collaborated on Travesties in 2017. The show is currently playing to critical acclaim in Wyndham Theatre in London’s West End where it runs until June 13th. To find your nearest cinema go to http://ntlive.nationaltheatre.org.uk Up Up

Back to News & Press The Inheritance, The Jungle and Summer and Smoke nominated in the WhatsOnStage Awards Wednesday, 5 December 2018 The Inheritance is the most nominated play of 2018, with 7 nominations – Best New Play, Best Direction (Stephen Daldry ), Best Actor in a Play (Kyle Soller ), Best Supporting Actor in a Play (Andrew Burnap ), Best Supporting Actor in a Play (Paul Hilton ), Best Supporting Actress in a Play (Vanessa Redgrave ) and Best Show Poster. The Jungle is also nominated in the Best New Play category, as well as Best Set Design (Mirium Buether ) and Best Show Poster. Summer and Smoke is up for Best Play Revival and Best Actress in a Play (Patsy Ferran ). Both The Inheritance and Summer and Smoke must end their strictly limited runs in the West End on 19th January. Audiences can now see The Jungle at St Ann's Warehouse in New York, where it began previews last night. Up Up

Back to News & Press More tickets to be released for the Broadway Premiere of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child Parts One and Two Wednesday, 20 December 2017 On February 7, 2018 beginning at 11:00 AM ET, tickets at all price points for performances from March 16, 2018 to March 9, 2019 will be made available in a pre-sale via Ticketmaster Verified Fan®, a process that seeks to verify that ticket buyers are not bots or scalpers. Further tickets will be released as and when available from February 8, 2018 through the official website www.HarryPotterThePlay.com and Ticketmaster.com. The Verified Fan® registration period for the pre-sale will be announced soon. Those who completed the registration process for the first ticket release in October will need to register again in order to be eligible to receive an Access Code.All those who register and are identified as genuine ticket buyers, not bots or scalpers, will be equally eligible to be randomly selected to receive an Access Code. The selection process is randomized to ensure access to tickets is as fair as possible and is in no way influenced by a patron’s Ticketmaster purchase history. Those who receive an Access Code will have the opportunity to purchase tickets on a first-come, first-served basis on February 7, 2018. “We are eager to make more tickets available for Harry Potter and the Cursed Child on Broadway as soon as possible,” said producers Sonia Friedman and Colin Callender . “As previously announced, there are over 300 seats throughout the theater at each performance priced at $40 or under per part, including 150 seats at $20 per part. As such, we’re working with the Ticketmaster’s Verified Fan® system to ensure as many tickets at all price points get directly into the hands of genuine theatregoers, rather than bots or scalpers who will resell at inflated prices. As producers, we want to do everything possible within current New York state law to protect our tickets and ticketbuyers – especially since we have an unusually large amount of tickets at exceptionally low prices. We also recognize a need for flexibility to allow for traditional sales outside of the registration process, and so this next Verified Fan release will be followed by a general release of tickets from February 8.” Harry Potter and the Cursed Child will begin preview performances on March 16, 2018 and officially open on April 22, 2018 in New York at the fully renovated Lyric Theatre (214 West 43rd Street, NYC).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. Visit www.HarryPotterThePlay.com for more information and sign up for the mailing list to stay up to date with future ticket releases and the latest news and updates. 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. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child has won 22 major theatre awards in the UK and is the most awarded production in the history of Britain’s Olivier Awards, winning a record-breaking nine awards earlier this year including Best New Play and Best Director. 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. Seven members of the award-winning Original West End Company will reunite on stage for the Broadway premiere: Jamie Parker (Harry Potter), Noma Dumezweni (Hermione Granger) and Paul Thornley (Ron Weasley) with Poppy Miller (Ginny Potter), Sam Clemmett (Albus Potter), Alex Price (Draco Malfoy) and Anthony Boyle (Scorpius Malfoy). They will be joined by David Abeles , Brian Abraham , Shirine Babb , Jess Barbagallo , Stephen Bradbury , Lauren Nicole Cipoletti , Joshua De Jesus , Jessie Fisher , Richard Gallagher , Susan Heyward , Geraldine Hughes , Edward James Hyland , Byron Jennings , Katie Kreisler , Joey LaBrasca , Andrew Long , Kathryn Meisle , Angela Reed , Dave Register , Adeola Role , James Romney , Malika Samuel , Alanna Saunders , David St. Louis , Stuart Ward , Madeline Weinstein , Alex Weisman and Benjamin Wheelwright playing a variety of characters. The cast will also include four children who will alternate two roles.Mr. Parker, Ms. Dumezweni, Mr. Thornley, Ms. Miller, Mr. Clemmett, Mr. Price and Mr. Boyle are appearing with the support of Actors’ Equity Association. The producers gratefully acknowledge Actors’ Equity Association for its assistance to this production. 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 . BOOKING INFORMATION Booking Period On February 7, 2018 beginning at 11:00 AM ET, tickets at all price points for performances from March 16, 2018 to March 9, 2019 will be made available in a pre-sale via Ticketmaster Verified Fan®, a process that seeks to verify that ticket buyers are not bots or scalpers. Further tickets will be released as and when available from February 8, 2018 through the official website www.HarryPotterThePlay.com and Ticketmaster.com. If prospective ticket-buyers are unsuccessful in securing tickets, there will be regular opportunities to purchase tickets in the future including late release and returned tickets which will regularly become available. Details of further ticket releases will be announced via the official Harry Potter and the Cursed Child website, social media channels and the official newsletter . How To See The Play Harry Potter and the Cursed Child is one play presented in two parts. There are three options presented for how to see the play:Parts One and Two together on the same day or consecutive evenings (recommended) Parts One and Two separately for non-consecutive performances Part One or Part Two only Ticket Prices For every performance of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child , there will be 300 seats priced at $40 or less per part, and 150 of these seats will be priced at $20 per part.Standard pricing is $20, $40, $80, $130, $165 and $199 per part. During previews (March 16 to April 21, 2018), select price points are reduced and tickets are priced at $20, $40, $70, $120, $155 and $189 per part. Premium tickets are also available for all performances. Standard Ticketmaster service fees apply. Friday Forty Beginning in previews, every Friday at 1:00 PM ET, the production will release 40 tickets for some of the very best seats in the theatre for every performance the following week at $20 per part ($40 total for both parts). These tickets are known as ‘The Friday Forty’ and more information will be announced at a later date. Performance Schedule Previews will begin with Part One on Friday, March 16, 2018 and Part Two on Saturday, March 17, 2018, and the Official Opening performances of Parts One and Part Two will be on Sunday, April 22, 2018. The schedule for preview performances varies from the regular schedule. Click here to see the full performance schedule, available on the official website . From April 25, 2018, the regular performance schedule will be: Monday – no performance Tuesday – no performance Wednesday – 2:00 PM Part One & 7:30 PM Part Two Thursday – 7:30 PM Part One Friday – 7:30 PM Part Two Saturday – 2:00 PM Part One & 7:30 PM Part Two Sunday – 2:00 PM Part One & 7:30 PM Part Two Special Access Performances The performances of Part One and Part Two on Saturday, August 11, 2018 and Wednesday, January 9, 2019 will be Open Captioned. The performances of Part One and Part Two on Saturday, August 25, 2018 and Wednesday, January 23, 2019 will be Audio Described. Details of how to book tickets for these performances will be released soon via the official website and newsletter . 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 UNCLE VANYA This production opened on 14th January and closed 15th March 2020. ★★★★★ An exquisite production. Perfection. The Guardian In the heat of summer, Sonya ( Aimee Lou Wood ) and her Uncle Vanya ( Toby Jones ) while away their days on a crumbling estate deep in the countryside, visited occasionally only by the local doctor Astrov ( Richard Armitage ). However, when Sonya’s father Professor Serebryakov ( Ciarán Hinds ) suddenly returns with his restless, alluring, new wife Yelena ( Rosalind Eleazar ) declaring his intention to sell the house, the polite facades crumble and long-repressed feelings start to emerge with devastating consequences. ★★★★ Ian Rickson’s striking revival. Such compassion, such life. The Times Olivier Award-winner Conor McPherson ’s stunning new adaptation of the Anton Chekhov masterpiece, Uncle Vanya , is a portrayal of life at the turn of the 20th century, full of tumultuous frustration, dark humour and hidden passions. Critically acclaimed director Ian Rickson returns to Chekhov for the first time since his landmark production of The Seagull in 2007, reuniting with BAFTA and Olivier Award-winner Toby Jones (The Birthday Party) alongside Richard Armitage , who returns to the stage six years after his Olivier Award-nominated performance in The Crucible. Uncle Vanya is designed by Rae Smith , with lighting by Bruno Poet , music by Stephen Warbeck , sound by Ian Dickinson and casting by Amy Ball CDG . Don’t miss this astonishing combination of creative talent as they breathe new life into the treasured Chekhov classic. We’re thrilled that this production is now available for schools and universities to watch via DigitalTheatre+. ★★★★ This is a Vanya for our times. Evening Standard CAST TOBY JONES – Vanya RICHARD ARMITAGE – Astrov ROSALIND ELEAZAR – Yelena AIMEE LOU WOOD – Sonya ANNA CALDER-MARSHALL – Nana DEARBHLA MOLLOY – Grandmaman PETER WRIGHT – Telegin CIARÁN HINDS – Professor Serebryakov CREATIVES Adapted by CONOR MCPHERSON IAN RICKSON – Director RAE SMITH – Designer BRUNO POET – Lighting Designer STEPHEN WARBECK – Composer IAN DICKENSON – Sound Designer AMY BALL CDG – Casting Director