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SFP NEWS The latest updates, announcements and news from Sonia Friedman Productions. READ MORE 15 Sept 2026 HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD First Cast Announced For Reimagined One-Part Production Historic, Record-Breaking Original Two-Part Production Enters Final Week After Ground-Breaking Ten-Year Run. READ MORE 14 Sept 2026 Full Cast announced for Robert Icke's adaptation of Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck's multi-award-winning THE LIVES OF OTHERS The previously announced Kiera Knightley, Stephen Dillane and Luke Thompson are joined by the full company. READ MORE 10 Sept 2026 The Tom Stoppard Theatre unveiled in the heart of the West End READ MORE 8 Sept 2026 Verity Power announced as Eliza Doolittle opposite Alan Cumming as Professor Higgins in Pitlochry Festival Theatre’s production of MY FAIR LADY 21 November – 31 December, Pitlochry Festival Theatre. READ MORE 26 Aug 2026 Rupert Grint returns as "Ron Weasley" in the Broadway production of HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD 17 weeks only from 2 February 2027 at New York City's Lyric Theatre. READ MORE 24 Aug 2026 Full Casting announced for Jonathan Larson's Tony Award and Pulitzer Prize winning musical RENT At London's Tom Stoppard Theatre from 26 September 2026. READ MORE 11 Aug 2026 Stage and TV Star Jennifer Ellison to play Ms Heron / Ms Norbury / Mrs George in the 2026/2027 UK and Ireland tour of the award-winning musical MEAN GIRLS Touring until January 2027. READ MORE 6 Aug 2026 Front Row Seats Released and Full Company Announced for EDWARD ALBEE'S WHO'S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF? Starring Gillian Anderson and Billy Crudup. Directed by Marianne Elliott. Opening @sohoplace on 21 September 2026. READ MORE 6 Aug 2026 Rehearsal Images Released for the World Premiere of THELMA & LOUISE at the Young Vic A Young Vic, Sonia Friedman Productions, Blue Spruce Productions, Ley Line Entertainment and Callie Khouri co-production with Mandy Greenfield in association with MGM ON STAGE. READ MORE 30 Jul 2026 HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD Celebrates 10 Years at the Palace Theatre The record-breaking critically acclaimed spellbinding original production marks a decade on stage. READ MORE LOAD MORE

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

Back to Productions FUNNY GIRL This production began performances on 7th April and closed on 8th October 2016. 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. Daily Telegraph 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”. ★★★★ Smith is a constant joy to watch The Guardian Funny Girl , starring multi-award-winning stage and screen star Sheridan Smith , transferred to the Savoy Theatre following its sold-out run at the Menier Chocolate Factory. This bold new production, with music by Jule Styne and lyrics by Bob Merrill , a book by Isobel Lennart from an original story by Miss Lennart , with revisions by Harvey Fierstein , is directed by Michael Mayer (Hedwig and the Angry Itch & Spring Awakening on Broadway) and promises to be the must-see musical of 2016. ★★★★ Only a fool would rain on Sheridan Smith’s parade Time Out CAST SHERIDAN SMITH – Fanny Brice VALDA AVIKS – Mrs Meeker NATASHA J BARNES – Emma/Mrs Nadler/Cover Fanny Brice DARIUS CAMPBELL – Nick Arnstein MARILYN CUTTS – Mrs Brice MAURICE LANE – Mr Keeney BRUCE MONTAGUE – Florenz Ziegfeld JOEL MONTAGUE – Eddie Ryan GAY SOPER – Mrs Strakosh PHILIP BERTIOLO – Cornet Man/Tenor Soloist/Ensemble EMMA CAFFREY – Bubbles/Ensemble SANCHIA AMBER CLARKE – Swing LUCINDA COLLINS – Swing JOELLE DYSON – Ensemble REBECCA FENNELLY – Polly/Ensemble LUKE FETHERSTON – John/Cornet Man/Ensemble MATTHEW GOODGAME – Director/Renaldi/Paul/Ensemble LEAH HARRIS – Ensemble KELLY HOMEWOOD – Vera/Ensemble SAMMY KELLY – Mimsey/Ensemble SAM MURPHY – Swing TOM MURPHY – Swing CLARE RICHARD – Swing OLIVER TESTER – Swing CREATIVES JULE STYNE – Music BOB MERRILL – Lyrics ISOBEL LENNART – Book HARVEY FIERSTEIN – Revised Book MICHAEL MAYER – Director LYNNE PAGE – Choreography MICHAEL PAVELKA – Set Designer MATTHEW WRIGHT – Costume Designer MARK HENDERSON – Lighting Designer RICHARD BROOKER – Sound Designer ALAN WILLIAMS – Musical Supervisor/Musical Arrangements CHRIS WALKER – Orchestrations THEO JAMIESON – Musical Director CAMPBELL YOUNG ASSOCIATES – Wigs, Hair and Make-Up PIPPA AILION CDG/JIM ARNOLD CGD – Additional Casting NICK TRUMBLE – Dialect Coach RICHARD FITCH – Associate Director REBECCA HOWELL – Associate Choreographer ANDY BARNWELL – Orchestral Manager

Back to News & Press The Mormons are back! Casting announced as hit musical The Book of Mormon tours the UK and Europe from September 2024 Monday, 5 August 2024 Casting is announced for the UK and European tour of The Book of Mormon. Broadway’s smash-hit musical written by Trey Parker, Matt Stone and Robert Lopez, opens in Manchester in September 2024 before dates in Edinburgh, Bradford, Birmingham, Plymouth, Zurich, Hull and Dublin, with more cities to be announced soon. The cast will be led by Adam Bailey as Elder Price and Sam Glen as Elder Cunningham, Nyah Nish as Nabulungi, Tom Bales as Elder McKinley, Kirk Patterson as Mafala Hatimbi, Will Barratt as Joseph Smith and Rodney Earl Clarke as the General. The company will include Tolu Ayanbadejo, Dan Burstow, Hayden Cable, Will Carey, Olympia Curry, Kanoumah Diguet, Daniel David Griffith, Benjamin Cameron, Daniel George-Wright, Savannah Hall, Alex Hayden, Aaron Levi, Eden Lindsay, Zachary Loonie, Ross McKenna, Daniel N’Guessan-Lopez, Jessica Oppong, Jake Reynolds, Kayode Salina, Rory Shafford, Harry Simpson, Elliot Swann, and Harry Winchester. Trey Parker and Matt Stone are the creators of the Emmy and Peabody award-winning television show, South Park , and the feature films South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut and Team America: World Police. Robert Lopez co-created the Broadway musical Avenue Q and co-wrote the songs for Disney’s Frozen and Coco . He is the first and only double ‘EGOT’ winner having won all four major entertainment awards at least twice - Emmy®, Grammy®, Oscar® and Tony® Awards. Since making its world premiere in March 2011 at New York’s Eugene O’Neill Theatre, where it won nine Tony® Awards, including Best Musical, The Book of Mormon has been performed on three continents and won over thirty international awards. The musical has smashed long-standing box office records in New York, London, Melbourne, Sydney and cities across the U.S. The London production opened at the Prince of Wales Theatre in February 2013 when it set the record for the highest single day of sales in West End history and went on to win four Olivier Awards® including Best New Musical. Book, Music and Lyrics are by Trey Parker, Robert Lopez and Matt Stone. Directed by Casey Nicholaw and Trey Parker, The Book of Mormon has choreography by Casey Nicholaw, set design by Scott Pask, costume design by Ann Roth, lighting design by Brian MacDevitt, sound design by Brian Ronan, orchestrations by Larry Hochman and Stephen Oremus and music supervision and vocal arrangements by Stephen Oremus. The Book of Mormon is produced by Anne Garefino, Important Musicals and Sonia Friedman Productions. Up Up

Back to News & Press Booking to open for the world premiere of Stranger Things: The First Shadow Tuesday, 21 March 2023 Priority booking opens on 28th March with general tickets released on 30th March. Performances begin November 2023 at the Phoenix Theatre. Based on an original story by the Duffer Brothers , Jack Thorne and Kate Trefry , STRANGER THINGS: THE FIRST SHADOW , a new play written by Kate Trefry , will receive its world premiere at the Phoenix Theatre in London's West End, directed by Stephen Daldry with co-direction by Justin Martin . The production previews from 17 November, with an official opening night on 14 December 2023. Priority booking for the production opens on 28 March from 12pm GMT (7am Eastern Time) with access given to those who have signed up via the mailing list at strangerthingsonstage.com – it is still possible to sign up to the mailing list until 26 March. Public booking then opens on 30 March at 12pm GMT (7am Eastern Time), but signing up for priority access is highly recommended. Tickets can be booked from just £20, with over 500 seats each week at £20 or under. A weekly lottery for late-release tickets will be announced closer to first performance. Further information on how to access these tickets will be announced later this year. Up Up

Back to News & Press Public bookings open for Bend it Like Beckham Friday, 7 November 2014 Tickets go on sale today (7 November) for the world premiere of the new British stage musical Bend It Like Beckham . Directed by Gurinder Chadha, with original music by Howard Goodall and lyrics by Charles Hart, Bend It Like Beckham has a new book by Paul Mayeda Berges and Gurinder Chadha; choreography and musical staging by Aletta Collins; set design by Miriam Buether; costume design by Katrina Lindsay; lighting design by Neil Austin; sound design by Richard Brooker; musical direction by Nigel Lilley and orchestrations by Howard Goodall and Kuljit Bhamra. Casting for Bend It Like Beckham will be announced shortly. Playing at the Phoenix Theatre from 15 May 2015, with its opening night on 24 June 2015, Bend It Like Beckham is produced in the West End by Sonia Friedman Productions and Deepak Nayar Productions. Initially tickets will only be available for the first few weeks of performances to 11 July 2015. During these opening weeks, honouring David Beckham’s record 115 caps for England, there will be 115 Book It Like Beckham seats at £15 each. For group bookings there will be a 5-a-side rate of £49.50 per ticket and an 11-a-side rate of £39.50. Jess needs extra time. She is facing the most important decision of her life; live up to family expectations of university, career and marriage, or follow in the footsteps of her hero David Beckham. When the talented teenage footballer is spotted playing football in Southall, a world of opportunities opens up before her. But as the day of her sister's traditional Indian wedding approaches, Jess needs to pick sides. From the first pass in the park to the final free-kick, Bend It Like Beckham is a joyous musical comedy with vibrant characters featuring a new score with a Punjabi kick. This brand new British musical is a funny, glorious and uplifting adaptation of the much-loved hit film about refusing to watch from the sidelines, bending the rules, and scoring that deciding goal. Gurinder Chadha said: “Developing Bend It Like Beckham for the stage has been the most enjoyable creative process of my career so far. It was always my intention to build on the film and to present its themes and storylines to live audiences in an exciting new dynamic way. I have been inspired by musicals ever since I was a little girl, now with Bend It like Beckham, such a familiar story to so many, I believe we are presenting a totally new kind of musical - part West End, part London Punjabi, but whole heartedly British. I am very excited for us to take our place with so many inspirational musicals past and present in my home town London.” On film, the British comedy drama Bend It Like Beckham starred Parminder Nagra, Keira Knightley, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Anupam Kher, Shaznay Lewis and Archie Panjabi, and was released in 2002, Directed by Gurinder Chadha and written by Gurinder Chadha, Guljit Bindra and Paul Mayeda Berges. Following the international release of Bend It Like Beckham the film, produced by Deepak Nayar and Gurinder Chadha, went on to win multiple awards worldwide. Gurinder Chadha’s first feature film was the comedy drama Bhaji on the Beach which was the recipient of numerous international awards. As well as Bend It Like Beckham her film directing credits include What’s Cooking; Bride and Prejudice; Paris, je t'aime; Angus,Thongs and Perfect Snogging and most recently It's a Wonderful Afterlife, for all of which she co-wrote the screenplays. She also co-wrote screenplays for The Mistress of Spices and the forthcoming DreamWorks Animation picture Monkeys of Mumbai. On television she made her directing debut with I'm British But.... In 2006 Chadha was awarded an OBE for her services to the British film industry. Emmy, Brit and BAFTA award-winning Howard Goodall is one of the UK’s most versatile and distinguished composers having written choral music, stage musicals, film and TV scores. Goodall was the Classical Brit Composer of the Year in 2009, is Classic FM’s Composer-in-Residence and is a highly respected broadcaster and an energetic campaigner for music education. His extensive scores include The Vicar of Dibley; Blackadder; Mr Bean (TV series and films); Q.I.; The Gathering Storm; Into the Storm and Red Dwarf. His previous musicals include The Hired Man; Girlfriends; Days of Hope; The Kissing-Dance; The Dreaming; A Winter’s Tale and Love Story. The Howard Goodall season continues at the Union Theatre, with productions of The Dreaming, Love Story and Girlfriends included. Goodall was appointed CBE in the 2011 New Year Honours for services to music education. Charles Hart is the recipient of two Ivor Novello Awards. Amongst his credits as a lyricist for musicals, he has written words for Andrew Lloyd Webber’s The Phantom of the Opera and Aspects of Love, and also contributed lyrics to Love Never Dies. His other musical credits include The Kissing-Dance and The Dreaming. Hart’s television work includes The Vampyr; Watching and Split Ends. Hart provided the text for Terry Gilliam’s re-staging of Berlioz’s Benvenuto Cellini for ENO last summer. Up Up

Back to Productions PORT AUTHORITY This production began performances on 15th February and closed on 31st March 2001. Sonia Friedman Productions and Old Vic Productions present Conor McPherson ’s “PORT AUTHORITY ”. CAST STEPHEN BRENNAN – Dermot EANNA MACLIAM – Kevin JIM NORTON – Joe CREATIVES CONOR MCPHERSON – Director EILEEN DISS – Designer MICK HUGHES – Lighting Designer

Back to News & Press Casting announced for the Broadway premiere of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child parts one and two Wednesday, 2 August 2017 Seven members of the award-winning Original West End Company will reunite on stage for the Broadway premiere: Jamie Parker (Harry Potter), Noma Dumezweni (Hermione Granger) and Paul Thornley (Ron Weasley), with Poppy Miller (Ginny Potter), Sam Clemmett (Albus Potter), Alex Price (Draco Malfoy) and Anthony Boyle (Scorpius Malfoy). They will be joined by David Abeles , Brian Abraham , Shirine Babb , Jess Barbagallo , Stephen Bradbury , Lauren Nicole Cipoletti , Joshua De Jesus , Jessie Fisher , Richard Gallagher , Susan Heyward , Geraldine Hughes , Edward James Hyland , Byron Jennings , Katie Kreisler , Joey LaBrasca , Andrew Long , Kathryn Meisle , Angela Reed , Dave Register , Adeola Role , James Romney , Malika Samuel , Alanna Saunders , David St. Louis , Stuart Ward , Madeline Weinstein , Alex Weisman and Benjamin Wheelwright playing a variety of characters. The cast will also include four children who will alternate two roles. “We have assembled an extraordinary cast for Broadway,” said director John Tiffany . “Our Cursed Child family is growing with 28 brilliant new actors bringing their unique talents to our production. I also can’t wait to dive back into it with seven of our original London cast members reprising their thrilling performances for New York audiences. The adventure continues…” Mr. Parker , Ms. Dumezweni , Mr. Thornley , Ms. Miller , Mr. Clemmett , Mr. Price and Mr. Boyle are appearing with the support of Actors’ Equity Association. The producers gratefully acknowledge Actors’ Equity Association for its assistance to this production. It was always difficult being Harry Potter and it isn’t much easier now that he is an overworked employee of the Ministry of Magic, a husband, and father of three school-age children. While Harry grapples with a past that refuses to stay where it belongs, his youngest son Albus must struggle with the weight of a family legacy he never wanted. As past and present fuse ominously, both father and son learn the uncomfortable truth: sometimes, darkness comes from unexpected places. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child has won 22 major theatre awards in the UK and is the most awarded production in the history of Britain’s Olivier Awards, winning a record-breaking nine awards earlier this year including Best New Play and Best Director. Based on an original new story by J.K. Rowling , Jack Thorne and John Tiffany , Harry Potter and the Cursed Child is a new play by Jack Thorne , directed by John Tiffany . The production is one play presented in two parts. Both parts are intended to be seen in order on the same day (matinee and evening) or on two consecutive evenings. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child is the eighth story in the Harry Potter series and the first official Harry Potter story to be presented on stage. The critically acclaimed production received its world premiere in July 2016 at the Palace Theatre in London where it continues to play to sold out houses. Tickets for the Broadway production of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child will go on sale October 12 via Ticketmaster Verified Fan® following a required registration period between October 1 - October 5. This will be the first time that a Broadway show has used this program, which protects ticket buyers from bots and ticket scalpers. Further details of how and when tickets can be purchased, along with detailed performance dates, schedule, pricing, and information on Access performances, will be released soon. Visit www.HarryPotterThePlay.com to sign up for the mailing list to stay up to date with the latest news and updates. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child features movement by Steven Hoggett , set by Christine Jones , costumes by Katrina Lindsay , music & arrangements by Imogen Heap , lighting by Neil Austin , sound by Gareth Fry , illusions & magic by Jamie Harrison , music supervision & arrangements by Martin Lowe . US Casting by Jim Carnahan , CSA. UK Casting by Julia Horan , CDG. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child is produced by Sonia Friedman Productions , Colin Callender and Harry Potter Theatrical Productions . Up Up