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

Back to Productions DEAD OUTLAW The production is set to begin preview performances at Broadway’s Longacre Theatre on 12 April 2025. 'BEST OF THE YEAR. Brilliant. Dead Outlaw is the kind of musical you’d never find on Broadway— except that you might.' The New York Times The New York Times and New York Magazine list Dead Outlaw among “The Best Theater of 2024,” with the former raving, “Brilliant and gorgeous!” and the latter calling it, “A raucous, rip-roaring, bourbon-and-arsenic-tinged musical!” Winner of four Best Musical Awards, including the Drama Desk, New York Drama Critics’ Circle, Outer Critics Circle, and Off Broadway Alliance Awards, Dead Outlaw is “as much fun as any respectable grownup is likely to have in public” (New York Sun ). The Wrap calls it, “An instant classic! You have to see it to believe it.” For more information, click here . 'BEST OF THE YEAR.A raucous, rip-roaring new musical!' New York Magazine DEAD OUTLAW is the darkly hilarious and wildly inventive musical about the bizarre true story of outlaw-turned-corpse-turned-celebrity Elmer McCurdy. As Elmer’s body finds even more outlandish adventures in death than it could have ever hoped for in life, the show explores fame, failure, and the meaning—or, utter meaninglessness—of legacy. Dying is no reason to stop living life to its fullest. 'A wild and crazy ride— you have to see it to believe it!' The Wrap CAST ANDREW DURAND – Elmer JEB BROWN – Bandleader / Jarrett EDDIE COOPER – Press 3 / Grampa / Conductor / Judge / Soldier / Posse / Coroner Johnson / Huckster / Esper / Delegate DASHIELL EAVES – Robber / Charles / Bartender / Louis / Conductor / Soldier / Posse / Mummy / Gawker / Charles Patterson / Pyle / Buuyer / Delegate / AS Cast JULIA KNITEL – Press 1 / Helen / Maggie / Mummy / Gawker / Huckster / Millicent / Delegate KEN MARKS – George / Root / Macarthur / Sheriff / Mummy / Gawker / Sonney / Delegate / AS Cast TRENT SAUNDERS – Robber / Press 2 / Sadie / Victim / Bartender / Army Bud / Soldier / Posse / Luke / Huckster / Andy Payne / Dan / Delegate THOM SESMA – Coroner Noguchi / Soldier / Mummy / Gawker / James Patterson / Huckster / Delegate EMILY FINK – Understudy JUSTIN GREGORY LOPEZ – Understudy NOAH PLOMGREN – Understudy MAX SANGERMAN – Understudy SCOTT STANGLAND – Understudy GRAHAM STEVENS – Understudy CREATIVES ITMAR MOSES – Writer DAVID YAZBEK and ERIK DELLA PENNA – Music and Lyrics DAVID CROMER – Director DAVID YAZBEK – Concept ARNULFO MALDONADO – Scenic Design SARAH LAUX – Costume Design HEATHER GILBERT – Lighting Design KAI HARADA – Sound Design ERIK DELLA PENNA, DEAN SHARENOW and DAVID YAZBEK – Orchestrations and Arrangements REBEKAH BRUCE – Music Director and Additional Arrangements BILL JAY STEIN and HIRO IIDA for STRANGE CRANIUM – Electronic Music Design J. JARED JANAS – Hair, Wig and Makeup Design THE TRC COMPANY PETER VAN DAM, CSA – Casting ANI TAJ and SETH SIKES – Associate Director KATIE ROSE MCLAUGHLIN – Associate Choreographer MICHELLE TAMAGAWA – Company Manager CYNTHIA CAHILL – Production Stage Manager BESPOKE THEATRICALS – General Management HUDSON THEATRICAL ASSOCIATES – Technical Supervisor SPOTCO – Advertising and Marketing SINE DIGITAL – Digital Marketing DCK/O&M – Public Relations DEAN SHARENOW – Music Supervisor ANI TAJ – Choreographer

Back to Productions ALL ABOUT EVE This production began performances on 2nd Feb and closed on 11th May 2019. ★★★★ Lily James is excellent and Gillian Anderson is incredible. Absolutely one of those "I was there" moments. Time Out ★★★★ This is event theatre done with tremendous panache Daily Mail Sonia Friedman Productions and Fox Stage Productions produced the world premiere of Ivo van Hove’s highly anticipated stage production of the 1950 Twentieth Century Fox film All About Eve. The much-acclaimed film, based on Mary Orr’s original play “The Wisdom of Eve”, remains the only film to receive four female acting nominations. The Emmy Award-winning Gillian Anderson (X-Files, The Fall, A Streetcar Named Desire ) returned to the stage alongside Lily James (Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again, Downton Abbey, Romeo and Juliet ). ★★★★ An acting masterclass from Gillian Anderson Financial Times CAST GILLIAN ANDERSON – Margo LILY JAMES – Eve MONICA DOLAN – Karen JULIAN OVENDEN – Bill SHEILA REID – Birdie RHASHAN STONE – Lloyd CREATIVES Adapted for the stage by Ivo van Hove IVO VAN HOVE – Director JOSEPH L MANKIEWICZ – Writer JAN VERSWEYVELD – Set and Lighting Designer AN D'HUYS – Costume Designer PJ HARVEY – Music TOM GIBBONS – Sound Designer JULIA HORAN CDG – Casting

Back to News & Press Casting announced for Shakespeare In Love Friday, 14 February 2014 Tom Bateman will play Will Shakespeare and Lucy Briggs-Owen will play Viola De Lesseps. Disney and Sonia Friedman Productions are delighted to announce casting for the roles of star-crossed lovers Will Shakespeare and Viola De Lesseps in the forthcoming stage production of Shakespeare in Love. Tom Bateman will play Will Shakespeare and Lucy Briggs-Owen will play Viola De Lesseps. Tom Bateman 's theatre credits include: ‘Antonio’ in The Duchess of Malfi at The Old Vic; ‘Claudio’ in Much Ado About Nothing at the Wyndham’s Theatre; ‘Richard’ in The Lion in Winter at the Theatre Royal Haymarket and ‘Dante Gabriel Rossetti’ in Lizzie Siddal at the Arcola Theatre. He has played major roles in TV series Da Vinci’s Demons and The Tunnel. Lucy Briggs-Owen 's theatre credits include: ‘Maryna’ in Boris Godunuv, ‘Princess’ in The Orphan of Zhao, ‘Helena’ in A Midsummer Night’s Dream, ‘Luscinda’ in Cardenio and ‘Anne’ in The City Madam all for the Royal Shakespeare Company; ‘Brooke Ashton’ in Noises Off in the West End; ‘Mrs Fainall’ in The Way of the World at Sheffield Crucible; ‘Cressida’ in Troilus and Cressida at the Barbican and on International Tour; ‘Vivie Warren’ in Mrs Warren’s Profession in the West End and on Tour; ‘Blanche Satorius’ in Widowers’ Houses at Manchester’s Royal Exchange; ‘Sybil Chase’ in Private Lives at the Hampstead Theatre; ‘Cecily’ in The Importance of Being Earnest; and most recently as ‘Olga’ in Fortune’s Fool at The Old Vic. Shakespeare in Love has its world premiere at the Noël Coward Theatre on Wednesday 23 July 2014, with previews from 2 July. Further casting will be announced soon. Based on the Academy Award®-winning screenplay by Marc Norman and Tom Stoppard, Shakespeare in Love has been adapted for the stage by Lee Hall (Billy Elliot). Featuring a company of over 30 actors and musicians, this new play will be directed by Declan Donnellan and designed by Nick Ormerod, the driving force behind the world-renowned theatre company, Cheek by Jowl. Shakespeare in Love will be produced by Disney and Sonia Friedman Productions. Promising young playwright Will Shakespeare is tormented by writer’s block until he finds his muse in the form of passionate noblewoman, Viola De Lesseps. Their forbidden love draws many others, including Queen Elizabeth, into the drama and inspires Will to write the greatest love story of all time, Romeo and Juliet. This sweeping romantic comedy will transport you back to Shakespeare’s London, teeming with vibrant colours, characters, music and life. Oh, and there’s a bit with a dog! Up Up

Back to News & Press Justin Bartha joins Danny DeVito and Judd Hirsch in Neil Simon's The Sunshine Boys Tuesday, 3 September 2013 Center Theatre Group announced that Justin Bartha will be joining the cast of Neil Simon’s “The Sunshine Boys” at the Center Theatre Group/Ahmanson Theatre replacing the previously announced David Krumholtz who needed to leave the production for personal reasons. Featuring Danny DeVito and Judd Hirsch, Neil Simon’s classic comedy is directed by Thea Sharrock and begins previews September 24, with the opening scheduled for October 2. Performances will continue through November 3. In 2010, Justin Bartha made his Broadway debut in Ken Ludwig’s “Lend Me A Tenor” alongside Tony Shalhoub and Anthony LaPaglia (directed by Stanley Tucci). Since then, he has also starred in the off-Broadway plays “All New People” by Zach Braff and “Asuncion” alongside the writer, Jesse Eisenberg. Bartha was most recently seen on the big screen in “The Hangover III” reprising the role he played in the last two films, and he also starred in NBC’s comedy series, “The New Normal.” Bartha is also known for his role in the franchise “National Treasure” and “National Treasure: Book of Secrets.” Other films include “Dark Horse,” “Holy Rollers,” “New York, I Love You,” “Failure to Launch” and the upcoming “CBGB.” In addition to DeVito, Hirsch and Bartha, the cast of Neil Simon’s “The Sunshine Boys” features Annie Abrams, Matthew Bohrer, Gibby Brand, Johnnie Fiori, Frank Kopyc, Benjamin Burdick and PaSean Wilson. DeVito and Hirsch are reuniting on the Ahmanson stage 30 years after they both starred in the landmark television series “Taxi.” In “The Sunshine Boys,” Willie Clark (DeVito) and Al Lewis (Hirsch) are former vaudevillian stars who, after a partnership of over 40 years, are no longer speaking to each other. When Clark’s nephew, Ben (Bartha), gets a lucrative television offer for Lewis and Clark to give one last show, the two are lured into a grudging reunion and sparks fly in this classic comedy of showbiz and friendship. DeVito starred (with the late Richard Griffiths) in the critically acclaimed production of “The Sunshine Boys” which played to packed houses in London’s West End last summer. Ben Brantley of The New York Times said of that production that “The Sunshine Boys” “… celebrates the clown’s classic gift for turning anger into art. Willie Clark ... has a carved-in-stone list of things that are funny. Words that have “k” sounds, for instance, like pickle and cake and cucumber. Might I add to that list the image of a tufted Danny DeVito in striped pajamas and a sports jacket? ... That’s comedy, folks. And it’s one of the reasons that Thea Sharrock’s production of ‘The Sunshine Boys’ works so incredibly well.” “Thea Sharrock directs a pitch-perfect production,” said Charles Spencer of The Telegraph, “that beautifully captures fleeting moments of tenderness in the comedy without ever turning mushy… a golden evening. ...” Danny DeVito won both a Golden Globe and an Emmy Award for his portrayal of Louie De Palma in the hit comedy “Taxi.” He co-starred in two Academy Award-winning films, “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest,” in a role he also played on stage, and “Terms of Endearment.” His other film credits include “The Ratings Game,” “Throw Momma From the Train,” “The War of the Roses,” “Hoffa,” “Death to Smoochy” and “Matilda.” He also voiced the Lorax in the animated feature “The Lorax.” He is currently starring in the eighth season of FX’s acclaimed comedy “It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia” and recently wrapped production on his first horror feature, “St. Sebastian's,” which he directed and produced. Judd Hirsch made his Broadway debut in “Barefoot in the Park” and performed in Lanford Wilson’s “The Hot l Baltimore” and “Talley’s Folly” (off-Broadway, at the Mark Taper Forum, and then on Broadway, winning an Obie Award and a Tony Award nomination). He won Tony Awards for two of Herb Gardner’s plays, “I’m Not Rappoport” and “Conversations with My Father,” and most recently starred in “Freud’s Last Session” at the Broad Stage in Santa Monica. Hirsch won two Emmys for the role of Alex Reiger in “Taxi.” Other TV credits include “Dear John” (Golden Globe), “Numb3rs,” “Damages” and “Maron.” Film credits include “Ordinary People” (Oscar nomination), “A Beautiful Mind” and “This Must Be the Place.” Thea Sharrock won the 2011 Olivier Award for Best Revival for “After the Dance” at London’s National Theatre where she also directed “13,” “Happy Now?” and “The Emperor Jones.” She directed “Heroes” at the Geffen Playhouse, starring George Segal, Richard Benjamin and Len Cariou, and “Equus” with Richard Griffiths and Daniel Radcliffe on Broadway. Her other theatre credits include “The Misanthrope” with Keira Knightly at the Comedy Theatre, the musical of “The Bodyguard,” and last year she directed “Henry V” for BBC TV. Neil Simon’s “The Sunshine Boys” is produced by Center Theatre Group by special arrangement with Richard Willis, Sonia Friedman Productions, Roger Berlind, Tulchin Bartner Productions, Rupert Gavin, Scott M. Delman and Darren Bagert/Martin Massman. Up Up

Back to Productions THE INHERITANCE – BROADWAY This production opened on 27th September 2019 and closed on 12th March 2020. Here is the play of this year and last year and quite possibly next year as well. Evening Standard It begins with a gathering of young, gay New Yorkers. Each have a story aching to come out… Perhaps the most important American play of the century. A richly imagined world that has the innate thrill of a page-turner. The Telegraph Profoundly touching and wickedly hilarious, Matthew Lopez ’s highly-anticipated two-part play, The Inheritance , asks how much we owe to those who lived and loved before us and questions the role we must play for future generations. Brilliantly re-envisioning E. M. Forster’s masterpiece Howard’s End to 21st-century New York, it follows the interlinking lives of three generations of gay men searching for a community of their own – and a place to call home. The Inheritance is a life-affirming journey of tears and laughter, through conflicts and connections, heartbreak and hope. A new play, generations in the making. A highly entertaining, rollercoaster epic. Pierces your emotional defences and enfolds you in its narrative. The Guardian CAST JORDAN BARBOUR JONATHAN BURKE ANDREW BURNAP DARRYL GENE DAUGHTY JR. DYLAN FREDERICK KYLE HARRIS JOHN BENJAMIN HICKEY PAUL HILTON SAMUEL H.LEVINE CARSON MCCALLEY LOIS SMITH KYLE SOLLER SRTURO LUÍS SORIA CREATIVES MATTHEW LOPEZ – Playwright STEPHEN DALDRY – Director BOB CROWLEY – Designer JON CLARK – Lighting Designer PAUL ARDITTI – Sound Arditti PAUL ENGLISHBY – Music

Back to News & Press Opening night for The Nether Tuesday, 24 February 2015 Directed by Jeremy Herrin, Jennifer Haley’s critically acclaimed, multi-award-winning play The Nether opened last night (23 February 2015) at the Duke of York’s Theatre following a sell out run at the Royal Court. Guest included David Baddiel, Michael Burke, Onna Chaplin, Jenny Eclair, Lynne Faulds Wood, Michael Gambon, Ian Hislop, Mark Little, Emily Maitlis, Ivan Massow, Nick Moran, Sophie Okonedo, Linda Papadopolous, Alan Rickman, Joan Smith, Charlie Stayt, Janet Street-Porter, Phoebe Waller-Bridge and Zoe Wanamaker . The cast of The Nether comprises David Calder (Doyle), Amanda Hale (Morris), Ivanno Jeremiah (Woodnut) and Stanley Townsend (Sims) who are joined by Zoe Brough and Isabella Pappas who will alternate the role of Iris. Set designs are by Es Devlin, with costume designs by Christina Cunningham, lighting by Paul Pyant, compositions by Nick Powell, sound by Ian Dickinson and video design by Luke Halls. In a Headlong and Royal Court Theatre co-production, The Nether is produced in the West End by Sonia Friedman Productions and Scott M Delman in association with Tulchin Bartner Productions, Lee Dean & Charles Diamond, 1001 Nights, JFL Theatricals/GHF Productions, Scott & Brian Zeilinger/James Lefkowitz. The Nether offers complete feedom – a new virtual wonderland providing total sensory immersion. Just log in, choose an identity and indulge your every desire. An intricate crime drama and a haunting thriller set in the year 2050, The Nether follows an investigation into the complicated, disturbing morality of identity in the digital world, and explores the consequences of making dreams a reality. The Nether is the latest in a number of collaborations between Sonia Friedman Productions and the Royal Court Theatre (Rock ‘n’ Roll, Clybourne Park, Jerusalem in the West End and The River on Broadway) and Headlong (1984 and Chimerica). Development of The Nether was supported by the Eugene O’Neill Theater Center during a residency at the National Playwrights Conference 2011, Preston Whiteway, Executive Director; Wendy Goldberg, Artistic Director. Up Up

Back to News & Press Rehearsals start and casting is announced for 1984's third summer in the West End Sunday, 15 May 2016 An entirely new cast has started rehearsals today for Robert Icke and Duncan Macmillan ’s adaptation of 1984 . The cast for the hit West End production of George Orwell ’s dystopian masterpiece will be: Rosie Ede , Andrew Gower , Joshua Higgott, Richard Katz , Anthony O’Donnell , Daniel Rabin , Catrin Stewart and Angus Wright alongside Eve Benioff Salama , Cleopatra Dickens , Amber Fernee and India Fowler who will alternate the role of Child.Also making up the company, as understudies: Ingrid Schiller , Gerard Gilroy and Thom Petty . Following a sell-out international tour, the critically and publicly acclaimed production of 1984 will return to the Playhouse Theatre in London’s West End this summer. George Orwell’s canonical work, adapted by Olivier Award-winner Robert Icke and Olivier Award-nominee Duncan Macmillan, will preview from 14 June 2016, with the press night on 28 June 2016.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. Rosie Ede (Mrs Parsons) previously appeared in When We Are Married and Side by Side by Sondheim (both Bristol Old Vic), Crime At Blossoms (Brewhouse Theatre Taunton), Aladdin (Greenwich Theatre), The Bacchae and Blood Wedding (both for Royal & Derngate Northampton). Ede’s television and film credits include Doc Martin (Sky), My Family (BBC), Peak Practice (Carlton), Call The Midwife (BBC) and Finding Neverland (Miramax). Andrew Gower (Winston) will make his West End debut in 1984 , his previous stage work includes The Conquest of the South Pole (Rose Kingston) and Terror Tales (Hampstead Theatre). Gower is best known for his roles as Dr Andrew Mullery in Monroe , Gilbert in The Village and further on screen appearances in Outlander and Capital . Joshua Higgott (Syme) has previously been directed by Robert Icke in Oresteia (Almeida/ West End), The Alchemist (Liverpool Everyman) and Romeo and Juliet (ADC Theatre). Higgott’s other theatre work includes Shakespeare in Love (West End), Regeneration (Royal & Derngate Theatre), Birdsong (UK Tour), Twelfth Night (Cambridge Arts Theatre), Two Gentlemen of Verona (US Tour/ ADC Theatre) and Julius Caesar (European Tour/ ADC Theatre). His film credits include The Machine (Red & Black Films), which won Best UK Feature at the Raindance Film Festival in 2013. Richard Katz (Charrington) has been an integral member of both the Royal Shakespeare Company and Complicité. He has performed in and devised many shows for these companies including Romeo and Juliet , As You Like It , The Comedy of Errors and The Winter’s Tale , and The Master and Margarita , Measure for Measure and The Noise of Time respectively. Katz’s other numerous theatre credits include Richard II and Nell Gwynn (both Shakespeare’s Globe), War Horse (National Theatre), Faustus (Royal & Derngate Northampton) and The Hanging Man (Improbable). His work for television includes The Honourable Woman , Privates , Blessed (all BBC), The Passion (BBC/HBO) and Black Books (both Channel4). Anthony O’Donnell ’s (Parsons) rich career boasts an impressive range of work at the National Theatre includes The Captain of Kopenick , The Shaughraun , Bartholomew Fair , Ghetto , The Miser , The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui , Under the Milk Wood , The Way of the World , The London Cuckolds and President of an Empty Room . He has also worked extensively with the Royal Shakespeare Company and the Donmar Warehouse. Daniel Rabin (Martin) has worked extensively with Shakespeare’s Globe, appearing in Pericles , The Winter’s Tale , King John , Tis Pity She’s a Whore , Anthony and Cleopatra and Holy Warriors . Other stage work includes Oedipus (Nottingham Playhouse/Spoleto Festival), Ignorance (Hampstead Theatre) and Blue Remembered Hills (Chichester Festival Theatre). His television credits include Game of Thrones (HBO), The Royals (E!) and Holby City (BBC). Catrin Stewart (Julia) returns to work with Headlong, having played Juliet in Romeo and Juliet (UK Tour), directed by Robert Icke. Recent stage credits include Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (Clywd Theatre Cymru), The Jew of Malta and Love’s Sacrifice (both Royal Shakespeare Company), The Cherry Orchard (Young Vic) and Mametz (National Theatre Wales). On screen Stewart is known for the recurrent role of Jenny Flint in Doctor Who (BBC), Emma Morris in Stella (Sky) and appearing in Misfits (Channel 4). Angus Wright (O’Brien) previously worked with Robert Icke in Oresteia (Almeida/ West End). Wright’s vast body of theatre work includes The Cherry Orchard (Young Vic), in Twelfth Night/ Richard III (Globe Theatre/ West End/ Broadway), Privates on Parade (West End), The Master and Margarita (Old Vic), The Cat in the Hat (Young Vic/ National Theatre) and The Seagull , A Dream Play and Three Sisters (all National Theatre). For television, he recently played Angus in Peep Show (Channel4) and further credits include Jekyll and Hyde (ITV), and Being Human , Waking the Dead and Hotel Babylon (BBC). His film credits include Jack Ryan (Paramount), Maleficent (Disney) and The Iron Lady (Pathé/ Film4). Up Up

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

Back to Productions HAY FEVER This production began performances on 10th February and closed on 2nd June 2012. ★★★★★ Excruciatingly funny The Sunday Telegraph Judith Bliss, once glittering star of the London stage, now in early retirement, is still enjoying life with more than a little high drama and the occasional big scene. To spice her weekend up, Judith invites a young suitor to join her in the country. However, her novelist husband, David, and her two eccentric children, Simon and Sorel, have had the same idea for themselves and any hope for private flirtation disappears as the family’s guests begin to arrive. Misjudged meetings, secret seductions and scandalous revelations all run riot at the most outrageous of all house parties. ★★★★★ Irresistibly heartless comedy The Telegraph For the first time since its renaming and refurbishment, one of Noël Coward ’s most well-known plays will be performed at the Noël Coward Theatre. Howard Davies is to direct Lindsay Duncan in Coward ’s Hay Fever , reuniting the director and actor who together received seven major international theatre awards for their 2001 collaboration on Coward ’s Private Lives. Duncan is joined by Jeremy Northam , Kevin McNally and Olivia Colman in Coward ’s sublime comedy of bad manners. Richard Willis , Matthew Byam Shaw for Playful Productions , Sonia Friedman Productions in association with Tulchin/Bartner Productions , Rupert Gavin , Michael Palitz and David Mirvish present “HAY FEVER ”. ★★★★★ This is one fever worth catching Daily Mail CAST LINDSAY DUNCAN – Judith Bliss JEREMY NORTHAM – Richard Greatham KEVIN MCNALLY – David Bliss OLIVIA COLEMAN – Myra Arundel SAM CALLIS FREDDIE FOX AMY MORGAN PHOEBE WALLER-BRIDGE JENNY GALLOWAY CREATIVES NOËL COWARD – Playwright HOWARD DAVIES – Director BUNNY CHRISTIE – Designer MARK HENDERSON – Lighting Designer MIKE WALKER – Sound Designer WENDY SPON – Casting

Back to News & Press Rafe Spall to play Atticus Finch in Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird Friday, 26 March 2021 The production will open at the Gielgud Theatre on 31 March 2022, with previews from 10 March. This new play by Aaron Sorkin is based on Harper Lee ’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, and directed by Bartlett Sher . To Kill a Mockingbird premiered on 13 December 2018, at Broadway’s Shubert Theatre. It is the most successful American play on Broadway; amassing a total gross of more than $125m to date and breaking the theatre’s box office record on ten occasions. On 26 February 2020, the Broadway cast gave a history-making free performance at Madison Square Garden in front of 18,000 New York City school children; this became the largest single performance of a theatrical work ever. To date, the Broadway production has provided over 10,000 free and low cost tickets to students. For the London run, there will be a comprehensive education and outreach programme, seeking to engage with schools and communities who might otherwise be unable to access live theatre, and to raise awareness of the job opportunities within the theatre industry. In addition, there will be over 500 tickets available for each week of the run between £5 and £10. Full details and initiatives to be announced later this year. Rafe Spall plays Atticus Finch . For theatre, Spall’s work includes Death of England, Hedda Gabler – Olivier Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor in a Play (National Theatre), Betrayal (Broadway), Constellations (Royal Court Theatre and West End – Olivier Award nomination for Best Actor), and John Gabriel Borkman (Donmar Warehouse). His television credits include Trying , The Salisbury Poisonings , The War of the Worlds , and his international Emmy-nominated performance as Joe in Charlie Brooker's Black Mirror . For film, his work includes Academy Award-winning The Big Short , Steven Spielberg's The BFG , Edgar Wright’s Hot Fuzz and Shaun of the Dead , Dan Mazer’s I Give it a Year , Ang Lee’s Life of Pi , Ridley Scott’s Prometheus and Lone Scherfig’s One Day , and most recently Just Mercy, Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom and Men in Black: International , and the forthcoming Long Story Short .Harper Lee’s enduring story of racial injustice and childhood innocence has sold more than 45 million copies of the novel worldwide. 2020 marked the 60th anniversary of its publication.To Kill a Mockingbird will preview at London’s Gielgud Theatre from 10 March 2022 with an Opening Night on 31 March 2022 . Tickets go on general sale from 10.00am on 6 April 2021. For latest news and priority booking access sign up at www.tokillamockingbird.co.uk Up Up

Back to News & Press Sonia Friedman: Everyone was looking to me, so I took the decision Tuesday, 16 March 2021 Sonia Friedman said, ‘In March 2020, I had 19 productions either running or about to go into rehearsals around the world. On March 6, I wrote in a notebook: “Prepare for a shutdown of six, eight or 12 weeks. Discuss ramifications of a 12-week shutdown with theatre owners and mitigating actions.” That’s what the thinking was. At 5pm on the 16th, the public was told not to go to the theatre, but there was no mandate to shut us down. There was about 10 minutes of “What am I meant to do?” Everyone was looking to me, so I took the decision. I sent each of my associate producers to the theatres and said ‘Tell them we can’t continue’. I then had to start dismantling dozens of productions. It was a while before the enormity of it hit me. It was very distressing and I don’t quite know why I didn’t have a breakdown but I was close to it. It took me about 15 weeks to go back to the West End. I stood outside Leopoldstadt at the Wyndham’s, having passed Harry Potter on the way. The scale of the loss was so immense, I thought: ‘How do we come back from this?’” I’m still asking that question.’ Full article can be read here . Up Up