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Back to News & Press Casting is announced for the transfer of Claire Van Kampen's new play Farinelli and the King Friday, 27 March 2015 Shakespeare's Globe and Sonia Friedman Productions are delighted to announce the West End transfer of Claire van Kampen’s critically-acclaimed new play Farinelli and the King, directed by John Dove, designed by Jonathan Fensom and starring Mark Rylance (Wolf Hall, Jerusalem, Richard III, Twelfth Night), as King Philippe V of Spain. Sam Crane will once again play the acting role of Farinelli, while the singing role will be reprised by opera star, Iestyn Davies and shared with Rupert Enticknap. The rest of the cast will also transfer with Huss Garbiya playing Doctor Jose Cervi, Melody Grove playing Isabella Farnese, Colin Hurley as Metastasio and Edward Peel as De la Cuadra. The Duke of York’s Theatre will be transformed as the magical and intimate atmosphere of the Sam Wanamaker Playhouse is brought to the West End with onstage seating, candles and live Baroque music played by six onstage musicians, led by Harpsichordist and Musical Director Robert Howarth. Directed by John Dove and designed by Jonathan Fensom, the West End production will open on 14th September 2015 and play for a strictly limited run until December 5th. Opening Night will be on Tuesday 29th September. Set in eighteenth-century Spain, Claire van Kampen's moving and mesmerising new play tells the intriguing true story of Farinelli, once the world’s most famous castrato and one of the greatest celebrities of his time, and his decision to trade fame and fortune in the opera-houses of Europe for a life of servitude at the court of King Philippe V. This enchanting new play explores the dynamics between Farinelli and the royal couple, featuring many of the exquisite arias first sung by Farinelli in the 1730’s. The Duke of York’s Theatre will be transformed for this sumptuous production, lit almost exclusively by the glow of candle-light and with live music played on Baroque instruments. Mark Rylance last appeared in a Globe production in 2012 in Tim Carroll's hugely lauded sell-out productions of Twelfth Night and Richard III, which subsequently enjoyed phenomenally successful West End and Broadway runs, also produced by Sonia Friedman Productions. Mark’s other recent theatre credits include Johnny ‘Rooster’ Byron in Jez Butterworth's Jerusalem, (Royal Court, West End, Broadway) and this year he also starred as Thomas Cromwell in the BBC2 adaptation of Hilary Mantel's Booker Prize-winning novel Wolf Hall. It has recently been announced that Mark will play the title role in the Steven Spielberg feature film of Dahl’s the BFG. Claire van Kampen, founding Director of Music, Shakespeare’s Globe has created music for over 45 productions there, including The Duchess of Malfi with Gemma Arterton. A theatre specialist on music and text of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, her stage credits also include original scores for Matthew Warchus’ Broadway productions of Boeing-Boeing. La Bete and True West. Claire’s television and film credits include Peter Kosminsky’s Wolf Hall, Roland Emmerich’s Anonymous and Christian Camargo's Days and Nights. John Dove’s previous directorial work for Shakespeare’s Globe includes Dr Scroggy’s War, Blue Stockings, All’s Well That Ends Well, Anne Boleyn, In Extremis, Measure for Measure (LA and New York Tour) and The Winter’s Tale (Tour). He is an Artistic Associate of the Royal Lyceum Theatre Edinburgh where he has directed Pressure by David Haig, a co-production with Chichester Festival Theatre, Death of a Salesman, All My Sons, View From the Bridge, The Price and The Man Who Had All the Luck. John was Associate Director at Hampstead Theatre and has also directed at the Royal Court, The Old Vic, The Lyric Hammersmith, the Bush Theatre and Theatre Royal Stratford E15. Jonathan Fensom’s previous work for Shakespeare’s Globe includes The Changeling, The Duchess of Malfi, (both at the Sam Wanamaker Playhouse), The Life and Death of King John, Julius Caesar, Gabriel, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Henry V, Henry IV Parts 1 & 2, King Lear and Love’s Labour’s Lost. Other theatre includes Rain Man, Some Girls, Twelfth Night, Smaller, Journey’s End, What the Butler Saw, East (West End). Jonathan was the Associate Set Designer on Disney’s The Lion King, which premiered at the New Amsterdam Theatre on Broadway and has subsequently opened worldwide. His set design for Journey’s End (West End and Broadway) was nominated for a Tony Award in 2007. The production won the Tony Award for Best Revival. Jonathan won the UK Theatre Award for Best Design in 2013. Praised as 'one of the most glorious countertenor voices in the world today' by the Independent and described as 'superb' by the New York Times, Iestyn Davies’ recent awards include the 2013 Critics’ Circle Award for Exceptional Young Talent and the 2014 Gramophone Recital Award for his recent disc Arise, my muse. A versatile performer equally at home on both the opera and concert stage, Iestyn has sung roles for New York's Metropolitan Opera, Glyndebourne Festival Opera, Paris' Opera Comique, English National Opera, Milan's Teatro alla Scala and at the Munich and Vienna Festivals. He has also performed in concert and recital at the Barbican, the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées, the Lincoln Center and Carnegie Hall in New York, the Royal Albert Hall at the BBC Proms and London's Wigmore Hall. Sam Crane starred as Winston Smith in Headlong’s recent critically-acclaimed production of 1984 when it transferred from the Almeida to the West End. His other stage credits include The Humans (BAM New York), Henry IV Parts One & Two and Othello (Globe Theatre), Some Trace of Her and DNA (National Theatre), Kebab (Royal Court) and Ghosts (Bristol Old Vic). He received the Ian Charleson Award for Othello and Ghosts. His screen credits include Desperate Romantics (series), Call the Midwife and Poirot. Rupert Enticknap is a British countertenor who recently played Nerillus in L’Ormindo at the Sam Wanamaker Playhouse, a ground-breaking collaboration between Shakespeare’s Globe and The Royal Opera House. His previous performances at the Royal Opera House include the world premiere of Richter's SUM for ROH2 in the Linbury Studio Theatre. Rupert has worked with numerous conductors worldwide including Laurence Cummings, Alan Curtis, Harry Bicket, Rubén Dubrovsky, René Jacobs, Ottavio Dantone, Fabio Biondi, Christophe Rousset and Jean-Christophe Spinosi. His upcoming engagements include Handel’s Agrippina in Iford under Christopher Bucknall and Florian Leopold Gassmann’s L’Opera Seria at Brussel’s La Monnaie with René Jacobs. Huss Garbiya previously performed at Shakespeare’s Globe in The Frontline, Blue Stockings, and Dominic Dromgoole’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream which was later screened in cinemas as part of the 2014 Globe on Screen season, before touring to Asia and Russia. His other stage credits include The Comedy of Errors (Royal Exchange, Manchester) and The Taming of the Shrew (RSC). Melody Grove recently appeared in In Lambeth at Southwark Playhouse. Elsewhere her theatre credits include The Strange Undoing of Prudencia Hart (National Theatre of Scotland), Much Ado About Nothing (Old Vic), The Importance of Being Earnest (Lyric Belfast/ Lyceum Edinburgh) and Of Mice and Men (Lyceum, Edinburgh). Colin Hurley previously performed at Shakespeare’s Globe in Twelfth Night, Richard III, All’s Well That Ends Well, Henry VIII, Anne Boleyn, Macbeth, The Golden Ass, Measure for Measure, The Winter’s Tale, Troilus and Cressida and In Extremis. For the National Theatre his credits include Remember This, Oedipus Rex, Oedipus at Colonus, Mary Stuart, Wild Oats, Richard III and King Lear and for the RSC he has appeared in A Month In The Country, Hamlet and Troilus and Cressida. Edward Peel has performed in numerous productions at Shakespeare’s Globe including ’Tis Pity She’s a Whore, Eternal Love, Blue Stockings, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Anne Boleyn, Troilus and Cressida and The Winter’s Tale. His extensive credits elsewhere include Enemies at the Almeida Theatre, The Dragon, Twelfth Night and D.H.Lawrence Trilogy for the Royal Court, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang at the Drum Theatre and An Inspector Calls at the National Theatre. He is perhaps best known for his television roles in Juliet Bravo, Cracker, London’s Burning and Doctor Who. Up Up

Back to News & Press Character portraits of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child cast released Thursday, 2 June 2016 Joining previously announced Jamie Parker as Harry Potter, Noma Dumezweni as Hermione Granger, andPaul Thornley as Ron Weasley are: Sam Clemmett as Albus Potter, Poppy Miller as Ginny Potter, Cherrelle Skeete as Rose Granger-Weasley, Alex Price as Draco Malfoy and Anthony Boyle as Scorpius Malfoy. With the first preview just around the corner, you can also take a look behind the scenes at the character portraits photoshoot in an exciting new video, which can be found here . Visit the official website to see all of the character portraits and for more information about the production. Up Up

Back to News & Press Last chance to see Oresteia ay Trafalgar Studios Monday, 12 October 2015 There are just four more weeks for audiences to catch the Almeida Theatre’s critically acclaimed production of Oresteia , by Aeschylus. The production, re-imagined for the modern stage by Almeida Associate Director Robert Icke (The Fever , Mr Burns , 1984 ), transferred to Trafalgar Studios in August, following a sold-out run at the Almeida Theatre. Robert Icke’s Oresteia has been heralded as one of the theatre events of the year, creating a style of theatre-going that is the theatrical equivalent of binge-watching – audiences continue to be captivated by the epic and mesmeric style of the production. The contemporary relevance and prescience of the classic piece is brought sharply to life in Icke’s bold and immediate production. The cast at Trafalgar Studios includes Lorna Brown, Jessica Brown Findlay, Annie Firbank, Joshua Higgott, Luke Thompson, Jonathan McGuinness, Oliver Ryan, Luke Thompson, Lia Williams, Angus Wright and Hara Yannas. Orestes’ parents are at war. A family drama spanning several decades, a huge, moving, bloody saga, Aeschylus’ greatest and final play asks whether justice can ever be done – and continues to resonate more than two millennia after it was written. Oresteia opened at the Almeida in June 2015 to public and critical acclaim, as the inaugural production in the theatre’s Almeida Greeks season. Oresteia is directed by Robert Icke, designed by Hildegard Bechtler, with light by Natasha Chivers, sound by Tom Gibbons and video by Tim Reid. Casting is by Julia Horan CDG. Robert Icke is the Almeida's Associate Director, where his new version of Uncle Vanya will premiere in February 2016, he most recently directed The Iliad , The Fever and Mr Burns . Other Almeida credits include 1984 , a co-production with Headlong and Nottingham Playhouse co-created with Duncan Macmillan, for which he won the 2014 UK Theatre Award. Robert was previously Associate Director at Headlong. The transfer of Oresteia is produced by Almeida Theatre, Sonia Friedman Productions and Ambassador Theatre Group. Up Up

Back to Productions DR SEMMELWEIS This production ran from 29th June to 7th October 2023. ★★★★★ A smash hit. Mail on Sunday In Vienna, a city of artistic and scientific revolution, thousands of women are still dying in childbirth each and every year. Only Dr Semmelweis can see the invisible killer at work, but to stop it, he must convince his colleagues to admit culpability and approve change. Damned by an establishment that questions his methods, his motives and even his sanity, Semmelweis is haunted by the women he has failed to save. Can he finally convince the greatest doctors of 19th century Europe to accept his argument – and what will it cost him to make an almost impossible case? ★★★★ A compelling new drama. Telegraph Mark Rylance returns to the West End as one of medicine’s greatest pioneers, maverick Hungarian doctor Ignaz Semmelweis – the man whose research could save many millions of mothers’ lives. But what good is a discovery that is ignored? Following a “smash hit” (Mail on Sunday ), sold-out run at Bristol Old Vic, this “compelling new drama” (The Telegraph ) directed by Tom Morris , featuring live music by Adrian Sutton and original choreography by Antonia Franceschi of Balanchine’s New York City Ballet , comes to the Harold Pinter Theatre in the West End for a strictly limited run this summer. Based on an original idea by Mark Rylance . ★★★★★ Mark Rylance is a force to behold. The Sunday Times CAST MARK RYLANCE – Ignaz Semmelweis ROSEANNA ANDERSON – Marja Seidel/Baroness Maria-Teresa ZOE ARSHAMIAN – Annalisa Rósza JOSHUA BEN-TOVIM – Hospital Porter/Death EWAN BLACK – Franz Arneth CHRISSY BROOKE – Lisa Elstein MEGUMI EDA – Aiko Eda SUZY HALSTEAD – Violet-May Blackledge FELIX HAYES – Ferdinand Von Hebra PAULINE MCLYNN – Anna Müller JUDE OWUSU – Jakob Kolletschka/Levy OXANA PANCHENKO – Polina Nagy MILLIE THOMAS – Beatrix Pfieller MAX WESTWELL – Hospital Porter/Death AMANDA WILKIN – Maria Semmelweis ALAN WILLIAMS – Johann Klein DANIEL YORK LOH – Karl Von Rokitansky PATRICIA ZHOU – Antoinette Du Boisson HELEN BELBIN – Midwife Caroline Flint/Understudy JASON HOGAN – Understudy ANDREW McDONALD – Scanzoni/Understudy HAIM CHOI – Suk Hee Apfelbaum (Music Director/Violin 1) COCO INMA – Sarah Schmidt (Violin 2) SHIZUKU TATSUNO – Oshizu Yukimura (Cello) KASIA ZIMIŃSKA – Eszter Horowitch (Viola) CREATIVES STEPHEN BROWN with MARK RYLANCE – Playwrights TOM MORRIS – 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 Dreamgirls is officially good for the heart (and soul!) Friday, 29 September 2017 American critic, Frank Rich, called the original Broadway production of Dreamgirls a ‘seismic emotional jolt that sends the audience, as one, right out of its wits’. 35 years later, that emotional jolt has now been proven by a team of research scientists, at a live performance of Dreamgirls at the Savoy Theatre in London’s West End. A new scientific study has found that Dreamgirls is as good for your heart as half an hour of cardio exercise. The research, conducted by University College London in association with Encore Tickets , monitored the heart rates, brain activity, and other physiological signals of 12 individuals at a live theatre performance of the Tony and Olivier-Award winning musical, and the results were incredible. During the performance, the heartrates of audience members spent an average of 28 minutes beating at an elevated range between 50% - 70% of their maximum heart rate. The British Heart Foundation identify this level of heartrate as the optimal heart rate to stimulate cardio fitness and stamina. So, although they were seated for the performance, audience members spent an average of 28 minutes engaged in healthy cardio exercise. Dr Joseph Devlin, Head of Experimental Psychology at University College London, says: “This demonstration paints quite a clear picture that attending a live performance has an impact on cardiovascular activity”. “By the end of the first act, heart rates nearly doubled from their resting state at the beginning, while in the second act, it tripled. You see comparable changes in heart rate in professional tennis players during burst of highly intense exertion such as long and fast rallies.[1]” Having witnessed night after night of standing ovations and overwhelming audience response, we always knew this incredibly joyous production was good for the heart – now we know it’s contributing to your health too! [1] Fernandez, J., Mendez‐Villanueva, A. & Pluim, BM. (2006) Intensity of tennis match play. British Journal of Sports Medicine, 40(5): 387–391. READ THE NEWS STORIES Evening Standard https://www.standard.co.uk/goingout/theatre/going-to-the-theatre-is-as-good-for-your-heart-as-30-minutes-of-cardio-apparently-a3646496.html iNews https://inews.co.uk/essentials/news/health/going-theatre-good-heart-half-hour-exercise/ The Sun https://www.thesun.co.uk/fabulous/4573211/musical-theatre-dreamgirls-exercise-study/ Mail Online http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-4931666/A-decent-reason-hit-West-End-instead-gym.html The Stage https://www.thestage.co.uk/news/2017/501127/ Deccan Chronicle http://www.deccanchronicle.com/lifestyle/health-and-wellbeing/290917/watching-a-musical-as-good-as-a-30-minute-workout-study.html Up Up

Back to News & Press Sonia Friedman: Leadership changes are a chance for an industry-wide shake-up Monday, 12 February 2024 By Matthew Hemley Read the original article here . Sonia Friedman has hailed the “giant sea change” the industry is going through as a chance for the new leaders of various theatres to “shake the whole thing up”. The acclaimed producer told The Stage that she felt the changes in regimes at theatres across England meant there was "new blood, new energy and new optimism", claiming it would be positive for the sector. It comes as many theatres undergo leadership changes, including the Donmar Warehouse , the Royal Court , the RSC , London’s National Theatre and Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre . The Royal Court , now under the artistic directorship of David Byrne , has recently been the subject of media scrutiny after it emerged a period of consultation was underway, with the venue’s literary department understood to be at risk. However, Friedman said: "I am not going to talk about what has happened, but what I can say is I think it’s a really really exciting future. I met with David Byrne today – I think it’s going to be great." She acknowledged it was "complicated" but said "new regimes, new ideas and new voices" would be positive overall. "It’s a huge period of change [in the sector]. It’s the year of the election but it’s also the year of this giant sea change in theatre, in our institutions. Every single one of them will have a new artistic director - it’s giant if you think about it. I think it’s fantastic we have all this new blood, all this new energy and new optimism, and I hope at its heart, it will encourage and bring on a whole new generation of writers, and indeed writers who feel they haven’t had a place to have a voice to come back," she said. She added: “I genuinely believe it’s a really good time for theatre." She highlighted the challenges facing venues, including reduced Arts Council England funding and "crippling debts", but said new leaders now had a chance to change things up. "Those issues have to be dealt with, but at the heart of it we have some really dynamic, really exciting. New people are coming in and in one sense they sort of have nothing to lose. I know if I was running those institutions I would be like: 'Well let’s just shake the whole thing up, what can we do?'. It needs a shake up. I am excited for our future." Friedman was speaking to The Stage at the opening night of Jez Butterworth ’s new play The Hills of California , which she is co-producing. Friedman said it was a "great honour" to work with Butterworth and revealed she had been told about the play about a year ago while she was in New York. "He sent me a text saying: ’I have written a play...’ I was quite low that day and I got this text and I went: ’Okay, breathe. Something to live for,’" she said. Friedman added that her brother had recently died and that Butterworth’s play about family loss and broken dreams had resonated with her. "I read it and was pretty devastated as my brother has recently died and we used to sing and dance as children. When the play arrived I said to Jez: ’Did you raid my soul? This is my story, that’s my family up there’. "We have been spending a lot of time in my family going through our past, as is what happens when you lose someone – particularly a sibling. [The play] absolutely pierced my soul," she said, adding: "I was absolutely broken and actually I don’t think I have fully recovered from the experience of it. Great work, great art, can change you and it is changing me and the way I am thinking about my life, my family and my history. I am absolutely blessed to work with Jez and [director] Sam Mendes." Up Up

Back to News & Press Full cast announced as rehearsals begin for The National Theatre and Sonia Friedman Productions' West End Transfer of Consent Monday, 16 April 2018 Directed by Roger Michell and originally co-produced and commissioned by Out of Joint , this strictly limited 12-week run is booking through to 11 August 2018 following the 2017 critically acclaimed sell-out run at the National Theatre . A series of accompanying pre-show talks and discussions exploring ideas of justice, consent, marriage and modern parenthood will be announced at a later date. Clare Foster , Lee Ingleby and Sian Clifford join the previously announced cast comprising Claudie Blakley , Stephen Campbell Moore , Heather Craney and Adam James . Consent has set by Hildegard Bechtler , costumes by Dinah Collin , lighting by Rick Fisher , music by Kate Whitley , sound by John Leonard and Sarah Weltman with casting by Amy Ball CDG . Why is Justice blind? Is she impartial? Or is she blinkered? Friends take opposing briefs in a contentious legal case. The key witness is a woman whose life seems a world away from theirs. At home, their own lives begin to unravel as every version of the truth is challenged. This ‘tense, entertaining modern-day tragi-comedy’ (Daily Telegraph) takes a searing look at the law whilst putting modern relationships into the dock. Claudie Blakley ’s (Kitty) theatre credits include Once in a Lifetime for the Young Vic, The Painkiller at the Garrick Theatre, Chimerica for the Almeida Theatre and the Harold Pinter Theatre, Rules for Living , The Cherry Orchard, Comedy of Errors , Attempts on Her Life and Rosencrantz & Guildernstern are Dead for the National Theatre, Macbeth and Lear for the Sheffield Crucible, Di and Viv and Rose and The Good Samaritan for the Hampstead Theatre, Love and Money for the Young Vic and Royal Exchange, All’s Well That Ends Well for the Royal Shakespeare Company, Kosher Harry for the Royal Court, The Lady from the Sea for the Almeida Theatre and Billy & the Crab for Soho Theatre. Her television credits include Grantchester, Silent Witness , The Driver, What Remains, The Night Watch, New Tricks, Nativity, Blue Geranium , Lark Rise to Candleford, Cranford Chronicles, Fallen Angel, Fear of Fanny, Vital Signs, Dirty Filthy Love and Inspector Lynley Mysteries . Her film credits include Bright Star , London to Brighton, Severance , Pride and Prejudice , Gosford Park and The Cat’s Meow . Stephen Campbell Moore ’s (Edward) theatre credits include Photograph 51 at the Noël Coward Theatre, Chimerica for the Almeida and the Harold Pinter Theatre, Berenice for the Donmar Warehouse, Clybourne Park in the Wyndham’s Theatre, All My Sons at the Apollo Theatre, The History Boys for the National Theatre and on Broadway, Much Ado About Nothing and Antony and Cleopatra both for the Royal Shakespeare Company, A Midsummer Night's Dream at The Albery, Richard II and Coriolanus for the Almeida Theatre. His film credits include Goodbye Christopher Robin, How To Talk To Girls At Parties, The Lady in the Van, The Ones Below, Burnt, Moonwalkers, Man Up, Complicit, Johnny English Reborn, Season of the Witch, Sea Wolf, The Children, The Bank Job, Amazing Grace, The History Boys, A Good Woman and Bright Young Things. His television credits include The Child in Time, The Last Post, Stag, The Wrong Mans, The Go Between, Our Zoo, Hunted, Just Henry, Titanic, Sleepyhead, Pulse, Ben Hur, Lark Rise to Candleford, A Short Stay in Switzerland, Ashes to Ashes, Rough Crossings, Hustle, Wallis and Edward, He Knew He Was Right and Byron. Heather Craney (Gayle and Laura) originated the roles of Gayle and Laura in Consent for the National Theatre. Her other theatre credits includeThe Vote and Passion Play both for the Donmar Warehouse, Made in Dagenham at the Adelphi Theatre, Handbagged , Pink and You Me & Wii all for the Tricycle Theatre, I Like Mine with a Kiss at the Bush Theatre, Joe Guy at Soho Theatre, Sugar Mummies and Stoning Mary both for the Royal Court. For film, her recent credits include Child 44 , Dangerous Parking , Mark of Cain and Vera Drake which earned her a BAFTA Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress. On television her credits include Line of Duty , Life of Riley , Torchwood , In the Dark , Ahead of the Class , Holby City , Doctors , Silent Witness and Eastenders . Clare Foster ’s (Zara) theatre credits include Travesties at Menier Chocolate Factory and Apollo Theatre, Guys & Dolls, Master and Margarita and Out of This World all for Chichester Festival Theatre, Merrily We Roll Along at Menier Chocolate Factory and Harold Pinter Theatre, Separation, Duet for One, Love On The Dole and A Streetcar Named Desire all at Bolton Octagon Theatre, Crazy for You at Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre and Novello Theatre, The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe at the West Yorkshire Playhouse, Avenue Q at the Noel Coward Theatre, The Far Pavilions at the Shaftesbury Theatre, Sweet Charity at Sheffield Crucible and We Will Rock You at the Dominion Theatre. Her recent film and television credits include Holmes and Watson, Les Miserables, Black Forest, Dark Heart, Sherlock, Taboo, Galavant, Ripper Street and The Crown. Lee Ingleby ’s (Tim) theatre credits include Our Class and The Pillowman both at the National Theatre, Furnace Four and Shoreditch Madonna both at Soho Theatre, Cressida at the Almeida Theatre, Drink, Dance, Laugh and Lie at the Bush Theatre, A Midsummer Night’s Dream at The Albery, Dreaming at the Royal Exchange and About the Boy at The Royal Court. His extensive work in television includes The A Word, Line of Duty, Inspector George Gently, Nature Boy, White Heat, The Street, Luther, Our Zoo and The Five as well as the ITV series Innocent and Netflix mini-series adaptation of Watership Down . His work in film includes Master and Commander, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban and Ever After: A Cinderella Story. Adam James (Jake) is an award-winning actor who has worked extensively on stage and screen. Most recently seen in Girl from the North Country at the Noël Coward Theatre, Adam originated the role of Jake in Consent for the National Theatre, where his previous credits have included 13, Gethsemane and Blood and Gifts. He is recognisable on screen for his roles in Dr Foster, King Charles III, The Crimson Field, Hustle and Extras amongst others. Other theatre credits include An Enemy of the People for Chichester Festival Theatre, Bull for the Young Vic, Now or Later and My Child both for the Royal Court and King Charles III at the Almeida Theatre. His film credits include The Kill Team, Johnny English III , Hunter Killer , A Little Chaos , Last Chance Harvey, Mother of Tears and Road To Guantanamo . His more recent television credits include Home From Home, Eric, Ernie and Me, Endeavour, Grantchester and Coalition . Sian Clifford (Rachel) Theatre includes: Circle Mirror Transformation (HOME Theatre, Manchester); Gloria (Hampstead Theatre); Beauty and the Beast , Pains of Youth (National Theatre); Pieces of Vincent , The Road to Mecca (Arcola Theatre); Parthe no genesis (Royal Opera House); Time and the Conways (Nottingham Playhouse); Fever , The Pendulum (Jermyn Street Theatre); Good Clean Fun (DryWrite/Soho Theatre); Use Your Vote (DryWrite/Southwark Playhouse); What’s in My Box? , Schrödinger’s Cat (DryWrite/ Bush Theatre); Burial at Thebes (Barbican/tour); Not the End of the World (Bristol Old Vic); Listening Out (Royal Court Theatre Bitesized); Contractions (Theatre503). Television includes: Vanity Fair , Fleabag , Britain’s Secret Homes , Midsomer Murders , Dark Matters . Film includes: White Lies , Self-Help , Dodgy Dave , RAV1043 , Fry Up , Green Wedding , The Communists, Paddy, The Other Me Nina Raine ’s other plays include Tiger Country, Rabbit and Tribes as well as an adaptation of The Drunks by the Durnenkov Brothers. She was shortlisted for the 2004 Verity Bargate Award and awarded the 2006 Evening Standard and Critics’ Circle Awards for Most Promising Playwright for her debut play Rabbit. Tribes won the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Play, the New York Drama Critics’ Circle Award for Best Foreign Play and the Off-Broadway Alliance Award for Best New Play and has been performed in eighteen different countries. Nina was nominated for a Susan Blackburn Smith Award for Consent . Roger Michell ’s many productions include Waste , Landscape with Weapon , Honour, Blue/Orange , Under Milk Wood , The Homecoming and The Coup all for the National Theatre, Farewell to the Theatr e and Some Sunny Day both for Hampstead Theatre, Rope for the Almeida Theatre, Tribes and Birthday both for the Royal Court, Betrayal , Old Times and My Night with Reg for the Donmar Warehouse, the latter transferring to the Apollo Theatre in the West End. Michell’s film credits include My Cousin Rachel, Le Week-End, Hyde Park on Hudson, Morning Glory, Venus, Enduring Love, The Mother, Changing Lanes, Persuasion, My Night With Reg, Titanic Town and Notting Hill . On television his credits include The Buddha of Suburbia, Downtown Lagos, The Lost Honour of Christopher Jeffries, Birthday, Ready When You Are, Mr Patel and Michael Redgrave – My Father . Up Up

Back to Productions ALL MY SONS This production began performances on 20th June and closed on 25th September 2010. A classic production never to be forgotten The Daily Telegraph Set over a single day in 1947, Joe Keller ( David Suchet ) is a proud father and successful business-man who made his fortune during the Second World War. His wife Kate (Zoë Wanamaker) refuses to give up hope of their youngest son, Larry, returning home, having been reported missing in action 3 years previous. The arrival of Larry’s childhood sweetheart Ann Deever ( Jemima Rooper ) at the request of their eldest son Chris ( Stephen Campbell Moore ) threatens to expose a dark secret that will tear their lives apart. An all-star masterclass. A masterpiece The Times “There’s nothin’ he could do that I wouldn’t forgive. Because he’s my son. Because I’m his father and he’s my son... Nothin’s bigger than that.” All My Sons is Arthur Miller’s 20th-century classic play about social responsibility set against personal gain. When Joe Keller places the prosperity of his family above the lives of others the consequences are painful and calamitous. Kim Poster for Stanhope Productions , Sonia Friedman Productions , Eric Falkenstein , Robert G/ Barnter and Norman Tulchin , Simon Meadow , and Dan Frishwasser present “ALL MY S You won’t find better performances in the West End right now than those of David Suchet and Zoë Wanamake Evening Standard CAST DAVID SUCHET – Joe Keller ZOE WANAMAKER – Kate Keller STEPHEN CAMPBELL MOORE – Chris Keller JEMIMA ROOPER – Ann Deever DANIEL LAPAINE – George Deever STEPHEN ELDER – Dr Jim Bayliss CLAIRE HACKETT – Sue Bayliss TOM VAUGHAN-LAWLOR – Frank Lubey OLIVIA DARNLEY – Lydia Lubey GABRIEL STEELE – Bert TED ALLPRESS – Bert TOM HOWARD – Bert CREATIVES HOWARD DAVIES – Director WILLIAM DUDLEY – Designer MARK HENDERSON – Lighting DOMINIC MULDOWNEY – Music PAUL GROOTHUIS – Sound

Back to Productions THE BIRTHDAY PARTY This production began performances on 9th January and closed on 14th April 2018. ★★★★★ A fantastic revival of a darkly comic masterpiece The Telegraph Stanley Webber ( Toby Jones ) is the only lodger at Meg ( Zoë Wanamaker ) and Petey Boles’ ( Pete Wight ) sleepy seaside boarding house. The unsettling arrival of enigmatic strangers Goldberg ( Stephen Mangan ) and McCann ( Tom Vaughan-Lawlor ) disrupts the humdrum lives of the inhabitants and their friend Lulu ( Pearl Mackie ), and mundanity soon becomes menace when a seemingly innocent birthday party turns into a disturbing nightmare. Truth and alliances hastily shift in Pinter's landmark play about the absurd terrors of the everyday. ★★★★★ Ian Rickson’s superlative revival confirms afresh that this is a darkly comic masterpiece The Telegraph Following critically acclaimed productions of Betrayal , and Old Times , Ian Rickson returns to direct a new production of Harold Pinter ’s landmark play, The Birthday Party . Starring in this comedy of menace are a trio of Olivier Award winners, Golden Globe Award-nominated Toby Jones (The Girl, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, Infamous ), Tony Award-nominated Stephen Mangan (The Norman Conquests, Jeeves and Wooster, Episodes ) and Tony Award-nominated Zoë Wanamaker CBE (Electra, Passion Play, My Family ). ★★★★ An extravaganza of talent. You couldn’t wish for a better revival than this The Times CAST TOBY JONES – Stanley STEPHEN MANGAN – Goldberg ZOË WANAMAKER – Meg PEARL MACKIE – Lulu TOM VAUGHAN-LAWLOR – McCann PETER WIGHT – Petey CREATIVES IAN RICKSON – Director QUAY BROTHERS – Designer HUGH VANSTONE – Lighting Designer SIMON BAKER – Sound Designer STEPHEN WARBECK – Music AMY BALL – Casting

Back to Productions THE PRISONER OF SECOND AVENUE This production began performances on 20th June and closed on 25th September 2010. Mel Edison (Jeff Goldblum) can't sleep. In the heat of a New York City summer, his air-conditioning has broken, his neighbours won't shut up, his job is hanging by a thread and there are a gang of burglars on the prowl. As things go from bad to worse, Mel heads for a meltdown and his loyal wife Edna (Mercedes Ruehl) is left to pick up the pieces. Following his sell-out success in Speed-the-Plow, Hollywood star Jeff Goldblum made a hotly-anticipated return to the London stage in Neil Simon ’s brilliantly observed, award-winning comedy, The Prisoner of Second Avenue . Academy Award Mercedes Ruehl also starred in this bittersweet, comic masterpiece about a man at breaking point. The play ran at the Vaudeville Theatre from 30 June - 25 September and was directed by Terry Johnson . Tony and Pulitzer prize-winning writer Neil Simon is best known this side of the Atlantic for his plays The Odd Couple , Barefoot in Park and Lost in Yonkers. He has also written the books for many musicals including Promises, Promises and Sweet Charity. Terry Johnson is a multi-award-winning playwright and director. His recent shows include The Rise and Fall of Little Voice , Rain Man and La Cage aux Folles , the current Broadway production of which has received 11 Tony Nominations. Jeff Goldblum's numerous film credits include The Fly , Jurassic Park , Independence Day and The Tall Guy . His Broadway credits include The Pillowman for which he won an Outer Critics' Circle Award. Mercedes Ruehl won an Oscar for her performance in The Fisher King and multiple awards including a Tony for her Broadway performance in Neil Simon's Lost in Yonkers , alongside Old Vic Artistic Director Kevin Spacey. The Old Vic Theatre Company/Old Vic Productions plc , Sonia Friedman Productions , Robert G. Bartner/Norman Tulchin present “THE PRISONER OF SECOND AVENUE ”, a comedy by Neil Simon . CAST JEFF GOLDBLUM – Mel Edison MERCEDES RUEHL – Edna Edison PATTI LOVE – Jessie AMANDA BOXER – Pearl LINAL HAFT – Harry Edison FIONA GILLIES – Pauline CREATIVES TERRY JOHNSON – Director ROB HOWELL – Designer NEIL AUSTIN – Lighting Designer JON DRISCOLL – Video Designer GARETH FRY – Sound Designer COLIN TOWNS – Composer LIS MAKIN – UK Casting JIM CARNAHAN CSA – US Casting

Back to News & Press Mark Rylance to star in the critically acclaimed Dr Semmelweis in the West End Tuesday, 14 March 2023 The critically acclaimed Bristol Old Vic production, directed by Tom Morris , opened in 2022, and sees Rylance reprise the title role. Mark Rylance said today, "Here is a person who makes one of the most important discoveries in modern medicine - what we now call ‘Bacteria’ - and yet he is pretty much unknown because for forty years, until Louis Pasteur and Dr Lister make the same discovery, no one will listen to him. Why? “I was intrigued. The inspiration to act our story with a chorus of ballet dancers and a quartet representing the many thousands of mothers who perished unnecessarily, makes this a very powerful piece of theatre for me. I am thrilled to be reviving it in London at the Harold Pinter Theatre." The production will play for a strictly limited 14-week run. Sign up for priority access here. “We are the doctors of the modern age. We are marching into battle.” Mark Rylance returns to the West End as one of medicine’s greatest pioneers, maverick Hungarian doctor Ignaz Semmelweis – the man whose research could save many millions of mothers’ lives. But what good is a discovery that is ignored? In Vienna, a city of artistic and scientific revolution, thousands of women are still dying in childbirth each and every year. Only Dr Semmelweis can see the invisible killer at work, but to stop it, he must convince his colleagues to admit culpability and approve change. Damned by an establishment that questions his methods, his motives and even his sanity, Semmelweis is haunted by the women he has failed to save. Can he finally convince the greatest doctors of 19th century Europe to accept his argument – and what will it cost him to make an almost impossible case? Following a “smash hit” (Mail on Sunday ), sold-out run at Bristol Old Vic, this “compelling new drama” (The Telegraph ) directed by Tom Morris , featuring live music by Adrian Sutton and original choreography by Antonia Franceschi of Balanchine’s New York City Ballet, comes to the Harold Pinter Theatre in the West End for a strictly limited run this summer. In association with the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation . Up Up