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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 1984 extends until 29 October Wednesday, 15 June 2016 Following the return of 1984 to the Playhouse Theatre last night, the booking period for the West End run has been extended until 29 October 2016. Directed by Robert Icke and Duncan Macmillan with Daniel Raggett, this year will see an entirely new cast take to the stage in George Orwell’s dystopian masterpiece. Tickets for this critically and publically acclaimed production are now on sale and available.After a sell-out international tour, George Orwell’s canonical work, adapted by Olivier Award-winner Robert Icke and Olivier Award-nominee Duncan Macmillan, began previews last night, 14 June, marking the start of a 19-week West End run. Now seen by over a quarter of a million people, this Headlong, Nottingham Playhouse and Almeida Theatre production premiered at Nottingham Playhouse in September 2013. Since opening, 1984 has played to packed houses at the Almeida Theatre, as well as throughout its two West End runs and in performances across the globe during national and international tours. April, 1984.13:00. Comrade 6079, Winston Smith, thinks a thought, starts a diary and falls in love. But Big Brother is always watching. The definitive book of the 20th century is re-examined in a radical, award-winning adaptation exploring surveillance, identity and why Orwell’s vision of the future is as relevant now as ever. 1984 is directed by Robert Icke and Duncan Macmillan with Daniel Raggett, set and costume is designed by Chloe Lamford, with lighting designed by Natasha Chivers, sound designed by Tom Gibbons and video designed by Tim Reid. George Orwell’s ‘1984’, published in 1949, is one of the most influential novels in recent history, with its chilling depiction of perpetual war, pervasive government surveillance and incessant public mind-control. Its ideas have become our ideas, and Orwell’s fiction is often said to be our reality. Up Up

Back to News & Press The Economist asks Sonia Friedman: Will the covid-19 vaccine mean theatre curtains can rise again? Thursday, 19 November 2020 T he West End and Broadway producer says visiting closed theatres during the lockdown brought her to tears. Now that an effective vaccine is on the horizon, Anne McElvoy asks Friedman what it will take for theatre curtains to rise again. And, after the pandemic how much does it cost to restart a hit show like Harry Potter and the Cursed Child ? Read the full article here. Up Up

Back to News & Press Tickets now on sale for King Charles III on Broadway Monday, 1 June 2015 New York – Producers Stuart Thompson and Sonia Friedman announced today that tickets are now on sale to the general public for the critically acclaimed Olivier Award-winning Best New Play, King Charles III, soon to open on Broadway this fall. The highly anticipated play about Britain’s future king, will begin previews October 10, 2015, with opening night set for November 1, 2015 at the Music Box Theatre (239 West 45th Street, NYC). Tickets are available by visiting Telecharge.com . The cast is led by Tim Pigott-Smith, reprising his much-raved-about role as King Charles III, with Oliver Chris as William, Richard Goulding as Harry, Adam James as Mr. Evans, Margot Leicester as Camilla, Miles Richardson as James Reiss, Tom Robertson as Couttsey and other roles, Sally Scott as Sarah and other roles, Tafline Steen as Jess and Lydia Wilson as Kate. Written by Mike Bartlett and directed by Rupert Goold, King Charles III features sets and costumes by Tom Scutt, music compositions by Jocelyn Pook, lighting design by Jon Clark and sound design by Paul Arditti. The Queen is dead. After a lifetime of waiting, Prince Charles ascends the throne. A future of power lies before him…but how to rule? Winner of the 2015 Olivier Award for Best New Play, King Charles III is the “bracingly provocative and outrageously entertaining” (The Independent) drama of political intrigue by Mike Bartlett that comes to Broadway following a sensational West End run. Directed by Rupert Goold and deemed “the most insightful and engrossing new history play in decades” by Ben Brantley of The New York Times, this “bold and brilliant” (The Times of London) production explores the people underneath the crowns, the unwritten rules of Britain's democracy and the conscience of its most famous family. Complete cast, creative, and additional information for King Charles III will be announced shortly. KingCharlesIIIBroadway.com Up Up

Back to News & Press New Cast Announced for To Kill a Mockingbird Monday, 10 October 2022 The new company begin performances from Monday 21st November 2022. Barry Diller and Sonia Friedman announced today that Matthew Modine and Cecilia Noble will lead the new company of the critically acclaimed production of Harper Lee ’s To Kill a Mockingbird – a new play by Aaron Sorkin , directed by Bartlett Sher , currently running at the Gielgud Theatre, West End. Matthew Modine ’s iconic portrayals in films such as Alan Parker’s Birdy , Louden Swain in Vision Quest , Stanley Kubrick’s Full Metal Jacket , and Dr. Martin “Papa” Brenner in the global phenomenon Stranger Things have cemented Matthew’s legacy in the entertainment industry. Cecilia Noble is a highly acclaimed stage and screen actress, nominated for two Olivier Awards and two Evening Standards Awards. Her extensive stage credits include Faith , Hope and Charity , Nine Night , Downstate and The Amen Corner at the National Theatre, and her television credits include Killing Eve , Teacher , Call the Midwife and Black Mirror . Anna Munden will play the pivotal role of Scout Finch, joined by Sam Mitchell as Jem Finch, and Ellis Howard as Dill Harris. Taking the role of Bob Ewell is Welsh stage and screen actor Jason Hughes . Matthew Modin e and Cecilia Noble are joined by Cheryl Burniston , Colin R Campbell (Mr Roscoe/Dr Reynolds), Jack Crumlin , Alan Drake , Max Ferguson , Phillipa Flynn , Ellis Howard (Dill Harris), Jason Hughes (Bob Ewell), Niamh James , Julie Legrand , Nigel Lister , Sam Mitchell (Jem Finch), and George Telfer . The new company will begin performances on 21 November, 2022. Remaining in the company are Harry Attwell (Mr. Cunningham/Boo Radley), Helen Belbin (Miss Stephanie/Dill’s Mother), Niall Buggy (Judge Taylor), John Hastings (Bailiff), Rebecca Hayes (Mayella Ewell), Simon Hepworth (Link Deas), Tom Mannion (Sheriff Heck Tate), Anna Munden (Scout Finch), Tiwai Muza , Itoya Osagiede , Jude Owusu (Tom Robinson), Oyin Oyija , David Sturzaker (Horace Gilmer), and Natasha Williams (Mrs Dubose’s Maid). Candida Caldicot (on organ), Ciyo Brown and Jack Benjamin (on guitar) also continue with the production. The current company, with Richard Coyle as Atticus Finch, will play their final performance on 19 November. The production is currently booking until 4 February, 2023. Up Up

Back to Productions FUNNY GIRL – DIGITAL Funny Girl was screened in select cinemas around the globe on October 24, 2018. If Sheridan Smith was a star before the lights went up on Funny Girl last night, she was twice the star by the time she took the thunderous curtain-call. The Daily Telegraph The Menier Chocolate Factory production of Funny Girl was captured by Digital Theatre during its final week at the Manchester Palace Theatre. Funny Girl is currently available to view on Digital Theatre . ★★★★ Smith is a constant joy to watch The Guardian This musical classic tells the fascinating bitter-sweet story of Fanny Brice (Smith), whose vocal talents and comedic ability see her rise from Brooklyn music hall singer to Broadway star, and her tempestuous relationship with gambler Nicky Arnstein. Featuring some of the most iconic songs in film and theatre history, including “People” and “Don’t Rain On My Parade” ★★★★ Only a fool would rain on Sheridan Smith’s parade. Time Out CAST SHERIDAN SMITH – Fanny Brice DARIUS CAMPBELL – Nick Arnstein NIGEL BARBER – Florenz Ziegfeld ZOË ANN BROWN – Mrs. Meeker MARTIN CALLAGHAN – Mr. Keeney JENNIFER HARDING – Emma RACHEL IZEN – Mrs. Brice JOSHUA LAY – Eddie MYRA SANDS – Mrs. Strakosh RHIANNE ALLEYNE – Ensemble KIT BENJAMIN – Ensemble LLOYD DAVIES – Ensemble FLORA DAWSON – Ensemble JOSEPH DOCKREE – Ensemble ABIGAYLE HONEYWILL – Ensemble BRONTË LAVINE – Ensemble DAVID MCINTOSH – Ensemble PETER NASH – Ensemble GILLIAN PARKHOUSE – Ensemble TOM PARTRIDGE – Ensemble NOVA SKIPP – Ensemble ALEXANDRE WAITE-ROBERTS – Ensemble SAM WINGFIELD – Ensemble ALEXANDRA WRIGHT – Ensemble CREATIVES ISOBEL LENNART – Book HARVEY FIERTEIN – Revised Book JULE STYNE – Music BOB MERRILL – Lyrics MICHAEL MAYER – Director ROBERT DELAMERE – Director (for film) THEO JAMIESON – Musical Director CHRIS WALKER – Orchestrations ALAN WILLIAMS – Musical Arrangements LYNNE PAGE – Choreography MICHAEL PAVELKA – Scenic Designer MATTHEW WRIGHT – Costume Designer MARK HENDERSON – Lighting Designer RICHARD BROOKER – Sound Designer CAMPBELL YOUNG ASSOCIATES – Wigs, Hair and Make-Up Designer

Back to News & Press STRANGER THINGS: THE FIRST SHADOW Announces New Lead Cast Wednesday, 27 August 2025 Netflix and Sonia Friedman Productions today announce a new lead cast will join the critically acclaimed, Olivier Award-winning, world première production of Stranger Things: The First Shadow . As the show approaches its second anniversary in the West End, it will also extend into its third year at the Phoenix Theatre , now running until 5 April 2026. With tickets priced at £19.59 released today, for 72 hours only, across weekday performances from 18 November – 12 December 2025 to celebrate second anniversary at the Phoenix Theatre. Jack Christou will take over the role of Henry Creel with Stewart Clarke as Dr Brenner, Avril Maponga as Patty Newby, Max Potter as Bob Newby, Adam Wadsworth as James Hopper Jr. and Edie Wright as Joyce Maldonado. The new company begins performances on 12 November 2025, just ahead of the release of the highly anticipated fifth season of the hit Netflix series. Also announced today is a partnership with Go Live Theatre , a charity that uses the power of live theatre to create joyful and inspiring experiences for children and young people from disadvantaged and vulnerable backgrounds. Go Live will host an Education Matinee on Friday 21 November providing students from state schools around London with a high percentile of Pupil Premium the opportunity to see Stranger Things: The First Shadow for £10 a ticket. The multi award-winning hit production is now running on both sides of the Atlantic, having opened on Broadway earlier this year. Its numerous accolades in London include the Olivier Awards for Best Entertainment and Best Set Design, the Critics’ Circle Awards for Best Set Design and Most Promising Newcomer, and the WhatsOnStage Award for Best New Play. On Broadway the play became the most nominated of the 2025 season, winning 4 Tony Awards including a special Tony Award for Illusions and Technical Effects. The Broadway production is currently booking tickets through March 2026 at The Marquis Theater. Earlier this year, Netflix released the official documentary, Behind the Curtain: Stranger Things: The First Shadow , which offers an electrifying look backstage during the making of the critically acclaimed, award-winning play in the lead up to its world premiere at London’s Phoenix Theatre in December 2023. It is available to watch now exclusively on Netflix. Up Up

Back to News & Press A Christmas Carol opens to rave reviews Thursday, 10 December 2015 Academy Award-winning actor Jim Broadbent makes his long-awaited return to the stage to play Scrooge in a new comic re-telling of A Christmas Carol, adapted by Patrick Barlow from Charles Dickens' classic story of greed, grief, ghoulish ghosts and eleventh hour redemption. Broadbent will be joined by Adeel Akhtar (Four Lions, Hamlet Young Vic), Amelia Bullmore (The Norman Conquests Old Vic, Scott & Bailey), Keir Charles (The White Devil RSC, Mydidae Soho Theatre) and Samantha Spiro (Hello Dolly Open Air Theatre, Bad Education). Puppeteers Jack Parker and Kim Scopes complete the ensemble. From Scrooge and Tiny Tim to Bob Cratchit and Mr. Fezziwig, Patrick Barlow’s imaginative adaptation of A Christmas Carol will bring some of Dickens’ most memorable characters to life. Coming together to create this innovative new work are some of our most loved and mischievous maverick theatre-makers. The play is written by the Olivier Award-winning and Tony nominated Patrick Barlow (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, and who was responsible for the iconic 1998 production of 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. 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 Productions NOISES OFF This production began performances on 14th May 2001 and closed on 26th January 2002. Nothing On and Noises Off interlock as the actors make their exits from one play only to find themselves making entrances into the other and back again. All the classic comedy elements are here: mistaken identity, door slamming and effortless timing. Noises Off is a glorious comic romp, which offers two plays for the price of one! Whilst the traditional British farce Nothing On is being performed, a real life farce unfolds backstage during the show's final rehearsal and the ensuing disastrous tour. CAST CHERYL CAMPBELL – Dotty Otley PHILLIP FRANKS – Lloyd Dallas JAMES ALBRECHT – Garry Lejeune TILLY GUANT – Brooke Ashton NICKY CALLANAN – Poppy Norton-Taylor TESSA CHURCHARD – Belinda Blair PAUL BRADLEY – Frederick Fellowes ANDREW POINTON – Tim Allgood SYLVESTER MCCOY – Selsdon Mowbray CREATIVES JEREMY SAMS – Director ROBERT JONES – Designer TIM MITCHELL – Lighting Designer FERGUS O'HARE – Sound Designer

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WHO WE ARE AND WHAT WE DO “SFP” and “Sonia Friedman Productions” (and “we”, “our”, “ours” and “us”) refers to “Sonia Friedman Productions”, a leading West End and Broadway production company responsible for some of the most successful theatre productions in London and New York, registered in England and Wales with registration number 4302464 and whose registered office is at Alexander House, Church Path, Woking, Surrey GU21 6EJ. 2. HOW WE USE YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION What information will you collect from me? When you use our website or other services, we may collect and use your information in several different ways. The main reasons are: Because you have consented – in certain situations, we collect and process your personal information with your consent; For our legitimate business interests, namely to analyse the use of our websites and services to continually improve your customer experience and our business, keeping you informed about our productions via direct marketing communications and related profiling to help us offer you relevant products and services, including deciding whether or not to offer you certain products and/or services. How and when we collect your personal information Generally, we collect your information when you decide to interact with us. This could be when you sign up to receive emails from us or agree to our cookie policy when using our website. We also look at how customers use our website, so that we can offer the best possible experience. 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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