Back to News & Press The multi Olivier Award-winning hit musical Sunny Afternoon returns for a 2025/2026 UK tour Tuesday 25 March 2025 Sonia Friedman Productions and ATG Productions are delighted to announce that the multi Olivier Award-winning hit musical SUNNY AFTERNOON will return for a 2025/2026 UK tour opening at the Manchester Palace Theatre on 10 October 2025, where it will play until 18 October 2025. thekinksmusical.com/uktour Producer Sonia Friedman said today, “From the moment Ray Davies, Joe Penhall, Ed Hall, and I began developing this musical, I knew it was something extremely special, and it proved to be so as we opened to rave reviews and won many awards. Now, I’m thrilled that we’re bringing back our joyous, celebratory, Olivier Award-winning Best New Musical for a new UK tour. Ray Davies’ music and lyrics capture the poetry and poignancy of everyday life with honesty and wit, and The Kinks’ music, attitude and vibe shaped a generation. Their astonishing legacy continues to resonate, making Sunny Afternoon as exhilarating and relevant today as ever. Whether you’re discovering it for the first time or experiencing it all over again, I can’t wait for audiences across the UK to see it — I’ve truly missed it.” SUNNY AFTERNOON celebrates the raw energy, passion and timeless sound of one of Britain’s most iconic bands, THE KINKS . Charting the euphoric highs and agonising lows, it tells their story through an incredible back catalogue of chart-toppers, including “You Really Got Me,” “Lola,” and “All Day and All of the Night.” SUNNY AFTERNOON was the recipient of four Olivier Awards, including Best New Musical and Outstanding Achievement in Music for Ray Davies. Set against the backdrop of Britain on the cusp of the rebellious '60s, SUNNY AFTERNOON  is an exhilarating and moving celebration of the music, life, and the band that changed it all. Following a sell-out run at Hampstead Theatre, SUNNY AFTERNOON opened to critical acclaim at the Harold Pinter Theatre in London’s West End where it ran for two years ahead of its sensational sell-out tour of the UK and Ireland throughout 2016/17. SUNNY AFTERNOON has music and lyrics by Ray Davies with a book by Joe Penhall and original story by Ray Davies . It is directed by Edward Hall and designed by Miriam Buether with choreography by Adam Cooper . Lighting design is by Rick Fisher with sound design by Matt McKenzie . Musical and vocal adaptations are by Ray Davies and Elliott Ware based on original Kinks ’ recordings. Up Up

SFP NEWS The latest updates, announcements and news from Sonia Friedman Productions. 28 Mar 2025 Netflix to release new documentary BEHIND THE CURTAIN: STRANGER THINGS: THE FIRST SHADOW, a behind-the-scenes look at the making of the critically acclaimed hit West End stage production The documentary will premier on 15 April, only on Netflix. READ MORE 27 Mar 2025 Audible Theatre and Together Announce Hugh Jackman, Liev Schreiber and More to Star in Upcoming Plays Audible, Inc. and TOGETHER, the new theatrical partnership led by Sonia Friedman and Hugh Jackman, are pleased to announce an exciting collaboration that will include two fully-produced plays, readings, panels, and workshops to be mounted over eight weeks this spring at Audible's Minetta Lane Theatre. READ MORE 26 Mar 2025 Full casting announced for Stereophonic The highly anticipated West End transfer of Stereophonic, the Tony Award-winning play by David Adjmi with music by Will Butler, has officially announced its full cast ahead of its UK debut at London's Duke of York's theatre this May. READ MORE 25 Mar 2025 The multi Olivier Award-winning hit musical Sunny Afternoon returns for a 2025/2026 UK tour Sunny Afternoon will open at the Manchester Palace Theatre on 10 October 2025. READ MORE 24 Mar 2025 Full cast announced for major revival of Mrs. Warren's Profession, starring Imelda Staunton and Bessie Carter Joining the previously announced Imelda Staunton and Bessie Carter are Kevin Doyle, Robert Glenister, Reuben Joseph and Sid Sagar. READ MORE 19 Mar 2025 Award-winning MEAN GIRLS to complete West End run on 8 June 2025 ahead of UK tour in 2026 The award-winning West End production of MEAN GIRLS will complete its run at the Savoy Theatre on Sunday 8 June at the end of the current booking period, ahead of a UK Tour in 2026. Tour details and casting will be announced at a later date. READ MORE 19 Mar 2025 Sonia Friedman and Hugh Jackman announce TOGETHER, a new theatrical partnership For artists and audiences, created by Sonia Friedman and Hugh Jackman. READ MORE 7 Mar 2025 Mark Strong & Lesley Manville in OEDIPUS to open on Broadway The sold-out, West End sensation Oedipus - a bold and electrifying adaptation created by Robert Icke after Sophocles - will transfer to Broadway this fall for a strictly limited 14-week engagement. READ MORE 4 Mar 2025 SFP productions and co-productions nominated for 12 Olivier Awards Congratulations to all Olivier Award nominees in all categories. We are hugely proud of every person we have worked with onstage and off across all our productions and co-productions over the past year. READ MORE 12 Feb 2025 Royal Court Theatre and Sonia Friedman Productions announce full cast for Robert Icke's MANHUNT Written and directed by Icke, the world premiere marks his Royal Court debut and tells the story of Raoul Moat: the man at the heart of one of the most infamous manhunts of the century. READ MORE LOAD MORE

Back to Productions OEDIPUS This production began performances on 4 October 2024 and must end on 4 January 2025. ★★★★★ 'There will not be a more powerful production in the UK this year. It is electric' Susannah Clapp, The Observer Oedipus won the following Olivier Awards 2025: Best Revival Best Actress – Lesley Manville Oedipus won the following Critic's Circle Awards 2025: Best Director – Robert Icke Best Actor – Mark Strong Best Actress – Lesley Manville Behind every great man is a great woman. Election night. The polls predict a landslide victory. Everything is about to change. Starring the internationally renowned, multi-award-winning Mark Strong and Lesley Manville, Sophocles’ epic tragedy is transformed into an essential, explosive human thriller. ★★★★★ 'Robert Icke's retelling is riveting from beginning to end’ The Guardian After his revelatory Oresteia , visionary director Robert Icke (1984, The Doctor ) reimagines another Ancient Greek tragedy, bringing the secrets of the past bursting into the present. Following hit runs at International Theatre Amsterdam and the Edinburgh Festival, Oedipus comes to Wyndham’s Theatre for a strictly limited season from 4 October. ★★★★★ Oedipus has never looked sharper, sicker or more modern Mail on Sunday CAST MARK STRONG – Oedipus LESLEY MANVILLE – Jacosta SAMUEL BREWER – Teiresias MICHAEL GOULD – Creon SARA HAZEMI – Lichas/Understudy Antigone GARY MCDONALD – Driver BHASKER PATEL – Corin PHIA SABAN – Antigone JORDAN SCOWEN – Eteocles JUNE WATSON – Merope JAMES WILBRAHAM – Polyneices JIM CREIGHTON – Ensemble/Understudy Oedipus & Creon DEREK ELROY – Ensemble/Understudy Corin, Teiresias, Driver CELIA NELSON – Ensemble/Understudy Joxasta & Merope JAKE RORY – Ensemble/Understudy Polyneices, Eteocles & Lichas CREATIVES ROBERT ICKE – Director HILDEGARD BECHTLER – Set Design WOJCIECH DZIEDZIC – Costume Design NATASHA CHIVERS – Lighting Design TOM GIBBONS – Sound Design TAL YARDEN – Video Design JULIA HORAN CDG – Casting Director

Back to Productions THE YEARS This production will begin performances on 24 January 2025. ★★★★★ “This Annie Ernaux adaptation is a unique, profoundly moving experience - it moved me in ways theatre often tries to but rarely achieves” The Independent BOOK HERE The Years won the following Olivier Awards 2025: Best Director – Eline Arbo Best Actress in a Supporting Role – Romola Garai Based on Nobel Prize winner Annie Ernaux ’s fearless masterpiece, five actors create an unapologetic portrait of a woman shaped by her rapidly changing world. “Memory never stops. It pairs the dead with the living, real with imaginary beings, dreams with history.” She strikes a pose and the camera shutter clicks: A child playing in the debris of the Second World War. Click . A student discovering parties and men’s bodies. Click . An activist fighting for the right to choose. Click . A wife picking out a velvet sofa. Click . A mother taking her eldest to judo. Click . A lover seducing a younger man. Click . A grandmother presenting her granddaughter to the camera. Click . Deborah Findlay, Romola Garai, Gina McKee, Anjli Mohindra and Harmony Rose-Bremner give “‘extraordinary performances’” (The Observer ) in Eline Arbo ’s inventive adaptation, following sold out runs at the Almeida Theatre and Internationaal Theater Amsterdam. For more information, click here . ★★★★★ “A brilliant concept - Annie Ernaux’s book takes on a visceral new life” Financial Times ADAPTED AND DIRECTED BY ELINE ARBO BASED ON NOBEL PRIZE WINNER ANNIE ERNAUX’S LES ANNÉES ENGLISH STAGE VERSION BY STEPHANIE BAIN The original production and adaptation of The Years was first produced as De Jaren by Het Nationale Theater in The Hague, Netherlands, in 2022. ★★★★★ “Extraordinary performances from five actors all playing the writer Annie Ernaux add up to a five-star adaptation of her Nobel prize-winning book” The Observer CAST DEBORAH FINDLAY ROMOLA GARAI (until 8 March) GINA McKEE TUPPENCE MIDDLETON (from 10 March) ANJILI MOHINDRA HARMONY ROSE-BRENNER CREATIVES ELINE ARBO – Director THIJS VAN VUURE – Music Supervisor and Sound Designer JUUL DEKKER – Set Designer REBEKKA WÖRMANN – Costume Designer VARJA KLOSSE – Lighting Designer AMY BALL CDG – Casting Director YASMIN HAFESJI – Associate Director

Back to Productions OEDIPUS – BROADWAY Following a sell-out, five-star run at the Wyndham's Theatre, this production will transfer to Broadway's Studio 54 this November. ★★★★★ 'There will not be a more powerful production in the UK this year. It is electric' Susannah Clapp, The Observer SIGN UP HERE Oedipus won the following Olivier Awards 2025: Best Revival Best Actress – Lesley Manville Oedipus won the following Critic's Circle Awards 2025: Best Director – Robert Icke Best Actor – Mark Strong Best Actress – Lesley Manville Behind every great man is a great woman. Election night. The polls predict a landslide victory. Everything is about to change. Starring the internationally renowned, multi-award-winning Mark Strong and Lesley Manville, Sophocles’ epic tragedy is transformed into an essential, explosive human thriller. ★★★★★ 'Robert Icke's retelling is riveting from beginning to end’ The Guardian After his revelatory Oresteia , visionary director Robert Icke (1984, The Doctor ) reimagines another Ancient Greek tragedy, bringing the secrets of the past bursting into the present. Following hit runs at International Theatre Amsterdam, the Edinburgh Festival, and the Wyndham’s Theatre on London's West End, Oedipus is coming to Broadway for a strictly limited season this November. For more information and to sign up, click here . ★★★★★ 'Oedipus has never looked sharper, slicker or more modern' Mail on Sunday CAST Further casting to be announced. MARK STRONG – Oedipus LESLEY MANVILLE – Jacosta CREATIVES ROBERT ICKE – Director HILDEGARD BECHTLER – Set Design WOJCIECH DZIEDZIC – Costume Design NATASHA CHIVERS – Lighting Design TOM GIBBONS – Sound Design TAL YARDEN – Video Design JULIA HORAN CDG – Casting Director

OUR AWARDS 307 MAJOR AWARDS WON 67 OLIVIER AWARDS 48 TONY AWARDS 3 BAFTAs We are proud to have won numerous awards for shows we have led, developed, initiated and produced. Olivier Awards The Years, Best Director, Eline Arbo, 2025 The Years, Best Actress in a Supporting Role, Romola Garai, 2025 Oedipus, Best Actress, Lesley Manville, 2025 Oedipus, Best Revival, 2025 Stranger Things: The First Shadow, Best New Entertainment/Comedy Play, 2024 Stranger Things: The First Shadow, Miriam Buether (Set Design) & 59 Productions (Video Design), Best Set Design, 2024 Rodgers & Hammerstein's Oklahoma!, Best Musical Revival, 2023 Rodgers & Hammertein's Oklahoma!, Arthur Darvill, Best Actor in a Musical, 2023 Patriots, Will Keen, Best Supporting Actor, 2023 Leopoldstadt, Best New Play, 2020 Leopoldstadt, Adrian Scarborough, Best Actor in a Supporting Role, 2020 Fiddler on the Roof, Best Musical Revival, 2020 All About Eve, Monica Dolan, Best Actress in a Supporting Role, 2019 The Inheritance, Best New Play, 2019 The Inheritance, Stephen Daldry, Best Director, 2019 The Inheritance, Kyle Soller, Best Actor, 2019 The Inheritance, Best Lighting Design, 2019 Summer and Smoke, Best Revival, 2019 Summer and Smoke, Patsy Ferran, Best Actress, 2019 The Ferryman, Best New Play, 2018 The Ferryman, Sam Mendes, Best Director, 2018 The Ferryman, Laura Donnelly, Best Actress, 2018 Ink, Bertie Carvel, Best Supporting Actor, 2018 Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Best New Play, 2017 Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, John Tiffany, Best Director, 2017 Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Jamie Parker, Best Actor, 2017 Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Noma Dumezweni, Best Actress in a Supporting Role, 2017 Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Anthony Boyle, Best Actor in a Supporting Role, 2017 Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Neil Austin, Best Lighting Design, 2017 Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Gareth Fry, Best Sound Design, 2017 Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Katrina Lindsay, Best Costume Design, 2017 Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Christine Jones, Best Set Design, 2017 Dreamgirls, Amber Riley, Best Actress in a Musical, 2017 Dreamgirls, Adam J Bernard, Best Actor in a Supporting Role in a Musical, 2017 Oresteia, Robert Icke, Best Director, 2016 Sunny Afternoon, Best New Musical, 2015 Sunny Afternoon, John Dagleish, Best Actor in a Musical, 2015 Sunny Afternoon, George Maguire, Best Supporting Actor in a Musical, 2015 Sunny Afternoon, Ray Davis, Outstanding Achievement in Music, 2015 The Nether, Es Devlin, Best Set Design, 2015 King Charles III, Best New Play, 2015 The Book of Mormon, Best New Musical, 2014 The Book of Mormon, Gavin Creel, Best Actor in a Musical, 2014 The Book of Mormon, Stephen Ashfield, Best Performance in a Supporting Role in a Musical, 2014 The Book of Mormon, Casey Nicholaw, Best Theatre Choreography, 2014 Chimerica, Best New Play, 2014 Chimerica, Lyndsey Turner, Best Director, 2014 Chimerica, Es Devlin, Best Set Design, 2014 Chimerica, Tim Lutkin and Finn Ross, Best Lighting Design, 2014 Chimerica, Carolyn Downing, Best Sound Design, 2014 Ghosts, Best Revival, 2014 Ghosts, Lesley Manville, Best Actress, 2014 Ghosts, Jack Lowden, Best Actor in a Supporting Role, 2014 Merrily We Roll Along, Best Musical Revival, 2014 Merrily We Roll Along, Gareth Owen, Best Sound Design, 2014 Legally Blonde, Best New Musical, 2011 Legally Blonde, Sheridan Smith, Best Actress in a Musical, 2011 Legally Blonde, Jill Halfpenny, Best Performance in a Supporting Role in a Musical, 2011 The Mountaintop, Best New Play, 2010 Jerusalem, Mark Rylance, Best Actor in a Play, 2010 Jerusalem, Ultz, Best Set Design, 2010 La Cage Aux Folles, Best Musical Revival, 2009 La Cage Aux Folles, Douglas Hodge, Best Actor in a Musical, 2009 Rock 'n' Roll, Rufus Sewell, Best Actor in a Play, 2007 Woman in White, Mick Potter, Best Sound Design, 2005 Hitchcock Blonde, William Dudley, Best Set Design, 2004 Ragtime, Maria Friedman, Best Actress in a Musical, 2004 Tony Awards Best Revival of a Musical, Merrily We Roll Along, 2024 Best Orchestrations, Jonathan Tunick, Merrily We Roll Along, 2024 Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical, Daniel Radcliffe, Merrily We Roll Along, 2024 Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical, Jonathan Groff, Merrily We Roll Along, 2024 Best Play, Stereophonic, 2024 Best Scenic Design of a Play, David Zinn, Stereophonic, 2024 Best Sound Design of a Play, Ryan Rumery, Stereophonic, 2024 Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play, Will Brill, Stereophonic, 2024 Best Direction of a Play, Daniel Aukin, Stereophonic, 2024 Leopoldstadt, Best Play, 2023 Leopoldstadt, Patrick Marber, Best Director of a Play, 2023 Leopoldstadt, Brandon Uranowitz, Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play, 2023 Leopoldstadt, Brigitte Reiffenstuel, Best Costume Design of a Play, 2023 New York, New York, Beowulf Boritt, Best Scenic Design of a Musical, 2023 The Inheritance, Best Play, 2020 The Inheritance, Stephen Daldry, Best Direction of a Play, 2020 The Inheritance, Andrew Burnap, Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play, 2020 The Inheritance, Lois Smith, Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play, 2020 The Ferryman, Best Play, 2019 The Ferryman, Sam Mendes, Best Direction of a Play, 2019 The Ferryman, Rob Howell, Best Scenic Design of a Play, 2019 The Ferryman, Rob Howell, Best Costume Design of a Play, 2019 Ink, Bertie Carvel, Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play, 2019 Ink, Best Lighting Design of a Play, Neil Austin, 2019 Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Best Play, 2018 Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, John Tiffany, Best Director, 2018 Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Katrina Lindsay, Best Costume Design, 2018 Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Neil Austin, Best Lighting Design, 2018 Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Christine Jones, Best Scenic Design, 2018 Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Gareth Fry, Best Sound Design, 2018 A View from the Bridge, Best Revival of a Play, 2016 Humans, Best Play, 2016 A Raisin in the Sun, Best Revival of a Play, 2014 Nice Work If You Can Get It, Judy Kaye, Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical, 2012 Nice Work If You Can Get It, Michael McGrath, Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical, 2012 Death of a Salesman, Best Revival of a Play, 2012 Death of a Salesman, Mike Nichols, Best Direction of a Play, 2012 The Book Of Mormon, Best Musical, 2011 The Book Of Mormon, Trey Parker, Robert Lopez and Matt Stone, Best Book of a Musical, 2011 The Book Of Mormon, Trey Parker, Robert Lopez and Matt Stone, Best Original Score, 2011 The Book Of Mormon, Casey Nicholaw and Trey Parker, Best Direction of a Musical, 2011 The Book Of Mormon, Larry Hochman & Stephen Oremus, Best Orchestrations, 2011 The Book Of Mormon, Scott Pask, Best Scenic Design of a Musical, 2011 The Book Of Mormon, Brian MacDevitt, Best Lighting Design of a Musical, 2011 The Book Of Mormon, Brian Ronan, Best Sound Design of a Musical, 2011 The Book Of Mormon, Nikki M. James, Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical, 2011 Jerusalem, Mark Rylance, Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play, 2011 La Cage Aux Folles, Best Revival of a Musical, 2010 La Cage Aux Folles, Douglas Hodge, Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical, 2010 La Cage Aux Folles, Terry Johnson, Best Direction of a Musical, 2010 A Little Night Music, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical, 2010 A View From the Bridge, Scarlett Johansson, Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Play, 2010 The Norman Conquests, Best Revival of a Play, 2009 Boeing-Boeing, Best Revival of a Play, 2008 Boeing-Boeing, Mark Rylance, Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play, 2008 Faith Healer, Ian McDiarmid, Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Play, 2006 Noises Off, Katie Finneran, Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Play, 2002 BAFTAs Best Single Drama, Together, 2022 Drama Series, Wolf Hall, 2016 Leading Actor, Mark Rylance, Wolf Hall, 2016 The Stage Awards Producer of the Year, Sonia Friedman, 2019 Producer of the Year, Sonia Friedman, 2017 Producer of the Year, Sonia Friedman, 2016 Producer of the Year, Sonia Friedman, 2015 Evening Standard Awards Rodgers & Hammerstein's Oklahoma!, Best Musical, 2022 Rodgers & Hammerstien's Oklahoma!, Patrick Vaill, Best Musical Performance, 2022 The Inheritance, Best Play, 2018 The Jungle, Miriam Buether, Best Design, 2018 The Ferryman, Best Play, 2017 The Ferryman, Sam Mendes, Best Director, 2017 The Ferryman, Tom Glynn-Carney, Emerging Talent, 2017 Dreamgirls, Amber Riley, Best Musical Performance, 2017 Ink, Best Design, 2017 Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Best Play, 2016 Oresteia, Robert Icke, Best Director, 2015 All My Sons, Howard Davies, Best Director, 2010 Jerusalem, Best Play, 2009 Jerusalem, Mark Rylance, Best Actor, 2009 Othello, Lenny Henry, Outstanding Newcomer, 2009 That Face, Polly Stenham, Most Promising Playwright, 2007 Home Place, Brian Friel, Best Play, 2005 Drama Desk Awards Stereophonic, Outstanding Play, 2024 Stereophonic, Outstanding Direction of a Play, Daniel Aukin, 2024 Stereophonic, Outstanding Music in a Play, Will Butler, 2024 Stereophonic, Outstanding Scenic Design of a Play, David Zinn, 2024 Stereophonic, Outstanding Costume Design of a Play, Enver Chakartash, 2024 Stereophonic, Outstanding Sound Design of a Play, Ryan Rumery, 2024 Stereophonic, Best Ensemble, The cast of Stereophonic, 2024 The Piano Lesson, Outstanding Revival of a Play, 2023 Leopoldstadt, Outstanding Play, 2023 Leopoldstadt, Brandon Uranowitz, Outstanding Featured Performance in a Play, 2023 New York, New York, Beowulf Boritt, Outstanding Scenic Design of a Musical, 2023 The Inheritance, Outstanding Play, 2020 The Inheritance, Stephen Daldry, Outstanding Director of a Play, 2020 The Inheritance, Paul Hilton, Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play, 2020 The Inheritance, Lois Smith, Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play, 2020 The Inheritance, Paul Arditti and Christopher Reid, Oustanding Sound Design in a Play, 2020 The Ferryman, Outstanding Play, 2019 The Ferryman, Sam Mendes, Outstanding Director of a Play, 2019 The Ferryman, Tom Glynn-Carney, Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play, 2019 The Ferryman, Nick Powell, Outstanding Sound Design in a Play, 2019 Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Outstanding New Broadway Play, 2018 Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, John Tiffany, Outstanding Director of a Play, 2018 Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Christine Jones, Outstanding Set Design, 2018 Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Neil Austin, Outstanding Light Design, 2018 Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Finn Ross and Ash Woodward, Outstanding Projection Design, 2018 Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Gareth Fry, Outstanding Sound Design, 2018 Nice Work If You Can Get It, Joe DiPietro, Outstanding Book of a Musical, 2012 Nice Work If You Can Get It, Judy Kaye, Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical, 2012 Nice Work If You Can Get It, Michael McGrath, Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical, 2012 Death of a Salesman, Outstanding Revival of a Play, 2012 Death of a Salesman, Mike Nichols, Outstanding Director of a Play, 2012 The Book of Mormon, Outstanding Musical, 2011 The Book of Mormon, Casey Nicholaw and Trey Parker, Outstanding Director of a Musical, 2011 The Book of Mormon, Trey Parker, Robert Lopez and Matt Stone, Outstanding Music, 2011 The Book of Mormon, Trey Parker, Robert Lopez and Matt Stone, Outstanding Lyrics, 2011 La Cage aux Folles, Outstanding Revival of a Musical, 2010 La Cage aux Folles, Douglas Hodge, Outstanding Actor in a Musical, 2010 La Cage aux Folles, Matthew Wright, Outstanding Costume Design, 2010 A Little Night Music, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Outstanding Actress in a Musical, 2010 A View From the Bridge, Outstanding Revival of a Play, 2010 A View From the Bridge, Liev Schreiber, Outstanding Actor in a Play, 2010 The Norman Conquests, Outstanding Revival of a Play, 2009 The Norman Conquests, Matthew Warchus, Outstanding Director, 2009 The Norman Conquests, Outstanding Ensemble Performance, 2009 Boeing-Boeing, Outstanding Revival of a Play, 2008 Boeing-Boeing, Mark Rylance, Outstanding Actor in a Play, 2008 A Day in the Death of Joe Egg, Eddie Izzard, Outstanding Actor in a Play, 2003 Critic's Circle Awards Oedipus, Best Director, Robert Icke, 2025 Oedipus, Best Actor, Mark Strong, 2025 Oedipus, Best Actress, Lesley Manville, 2025 Patriots, Best New Play, 2023 Rodgers & Hammerstein's Oklahoma!, Best Musical, 2023 The Inheritance, Best New Play, 2018 The Inheritance, Best Director, 2018 The Inheritance, Best Actor, Kyle Soller 2018 Summer and Smoke, Best Actress, Patsy Ferran, 2018 The Ferryman, Best New Play, 2017 Hamlet, Best Shakespearean Performance, Andrew Scott, 2017 Harry Potter and the Cursed Child Parts One and Two, Best Director, John Tiffany, 2016 Harry Potter and the Cursed Child Parts One and Two, Best Designer, Christine Jones, 2016 Harry Potter and the Cursed Child Parts One and Two, Most Promising Newcomer, Anthony Boyle, 2016 Bend It Like Beckham, Best Musical, 2015 King Charles III, Best New Play, 2014 Chimerica, Best New Play, 2013 Merrily We Roll Along, Best Musical, 2012 All My Sons, Best Actor, David Suchet, 2011 Clybourne Park, Best New Play, 2011 Jerusalem, Best New Play, 2010 Jerusalem, Mark Rylance, Best Actor, 2010 La Cage Aux Folles, Best Musical, 2009 WhatsOnStage Awards Stranger Things: The First Shadow, Best New Play, 2024 Rodgers & Hammerstein's Oklahoma!, Best Musical Revival, 2023 Rodgers & Hammerstein's Oklahoma!, Joshua Thorson, Best Video Design, 2023 To Kill A Mockingbird, Gwyneth Keyworth, Best Supporting Performer in a Play, 2023 The Inheritance, Best New Play, 2019 The Inheritance, Vanessa Redgrave, Best Supporting Actress in a Play, 2019 Sonia Friedman, Equity Services to Theatre Award, 2018 Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Best West End Show, 2018 Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Best Show Poster, 2018 The Ferryman, Best New Play, 2018 The Ferryman, Sam Mendes, Best Direction, 2018 The Ferryman, Fra Fee, Best Supporting Actor in a Play, 2018 Hamlet, Best Play Revival, 2018 Hamlet, Juliet Stevenson, Best Supporting Actress in a Play, 2018 Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Best New Play, 2017 Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Jamie Parker, Best Actor in a Play, 2017 Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Anthony Boyle, Best Supporting Actor in a Play, 2017 Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Noma Dumezweni, Best Supporting Actress in a Play, 2017 Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, John Tiffany, Best Direction, 2017 Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Christine Jones, Best Set Design, 2017 Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Neil Austin, Best Lighting Design, 2017 Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Finn Ross and Ash Woodward, Best Video Design, 2017 Dreamgirls, Amber Riley, Best Actress in a Musical, 2017 Funny Girl, Best Musical Revival, 2017 Hamlet, Best Play Revival, 2016 Hamlet, Benedict Cumberbatch, Best Actor in a Play, 2016 Hamlet, Es Devlin, Best Set Design, 2016 Hamlet, Jane Cox, Best Lighting Design, 2016 Shakespeare in Love, Best New Play, 2015 The Book of Mormon, Best New Musical, 2014 Twelfth Night, Stephen Fry, Best Supporting Actor in a Play, 2013 Richard III & Twelfth Night, The IMAIL Best Ensemble Performance, 2013 Twelfth Night, Best Shakespearean Production, 2013 Much Ado About Nothing, David Tennant and Catherine Tate reuniting on stage, Theatre Event of the Year, 2012 Much Ado About Nothing, Best Shakespearean Production, 2012 All My Sons, Zoe Wanamaker, Best Actress in a Play, 2011 All My Sons, David Suchet, Best Actor in a Play, 2011 Legally Blonde, Sheridan Smith, Best Actress in a Musical, 2011 Legally Blonde, Jill Halfpenny, Best Supporting Actress in a Musical, 2011 Shirley Valentine, Meera Syal, Best Solo Performance, 2011 Legally Blonde, by Nell Benjamin, Lawrence O’Keefe & Heather Hach, Best New Musical, 2011 Legally Blonde, Jerry Mitchell, Best Choreographer, 2011 La Cage Aux Folles, John Barrowman, Best Takeover Role, 2010 Jerusalem, by Jez Butterworth, Best New Play, 2010 La Cage Aux Folles, Tracie Bennett, Best Supporting Actress in a Musical, 2009 Under The Blue Sky, by David Eldridge, Best New Play, 2009 La Cage Aux Folles, Lynne Page, Best Choreographer, 2009 The Dumb Waiter, Lee Evans, Best Supporting Actor, 2008 Rock ‘n’ Roll, by Tom Stoppard, Best New Play, 2007 Rock ‘n’ Roll, Trevor Nunn, Best Director, 2007 Otherwise Engaged, Anthony Head, Best Supporting Actor, 2006 The Woman in White, Michael Ball, Best Takeover Role, 2006 The Woman in White, Maria Friedman, Best Actress in a Musical, 2005 The Woman in White, Angela Christian, Best Supporting Actress in a Musical, 2005 The Woman in White, Michael Crawford, Best Actor in a Musical, 2005 The Woman in White, Trevor Nunn, Best Director, 2005 The Woman in White, William Dudley, Best Set Designer, 2005 What the Night Is For, Gillian Anderson, Best Actress in a Play, 2003 Up For Grabs, Sian Thomas, Best Supporting Actress in a Play, 2003 Up For Grabs, Madonna’s West End debut, Theatre Event of the Year, 2003 A Day in the Death of Joe Egg, Victoria Hamilton, Best Actress in a Play, 2002 A Day in the Death of Joe Egg, Best Play Revival, 2002 South Bank Sky Arts Awards Uncle Vanya, 2021 The Inheritance, 2019 The Jungle, 2018 Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, 2017 King Charles III, 2015 Outer Critics Circle Awards Stereophonic, Best Play, David Adjmi, 2024 Stereophonic, Outstanding New Broadway Play, David Adjmi, 2024 Stereophonic, Outstanding Direction of a Play, Daniel Aukin, 2024 Stereophonic, Outstanding Sound Design, Ryan Rumery, 2024 Stereophonic, Outstanding Scenic Design, David Zinn, 2024 Leopoldstadt, Outstanding New Broadway Play, 2023 Leopoldstadt, Brandon Uranowitz, Outstanding Featured Performer in a Broadway Play, 2023 Leopoldstadt, Patrick Marber, Outstanding Director of a Play, 2023 New York, New York, Beowulf Boritt, Outstanding Scenic Design, 2023 New York, New York, Susan Stroman, Outstanding Choreography, 2023 Merrily We Roll Along, Jonathan Groff, Outstanding Lead Performer in an Off-Broadway Musical, 2023 Merrily We Roll Along, Lindsay Mendez, Outstanding Featured Performer in an Off-Broadway Musical, 2023 The Inheritance, Outstanding New Broadway Play, 2020 (Honours) The Inheritance, Stephen Daldry, Outstanding Director of a Play, 2020 (Honours) The Inheritance, John Benjamin Hickey, Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play, 2020 (Honours) The Inheritance, Paul Hilton, Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play, 2020 (Honours) The Inheritance, Samuel H. Levine, Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play, 2020 (Honours) The Inheritance, Lois Smith, Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play, 2020 (Honours) The Ferryman, Outstanding New Broadway Play, 2019 The Ferryman, Sam Mendes, Outstanding Director of a Play, 2019 Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Outstanding New Broadway Play, 2018 Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, John Tiffany, Outstanding Director of a Play, 2018 Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Christine Jones, Outstanding Set Design, 2018 Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Neil Austin, Outstanding Lighting Design, 2018 Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Finn Ross & Ash Woodward, Outstanding Projection Design, 2018 Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Gareth Fry, Outstanding Sound Design, 2018 Mean Girls, Tina Fey, Outstanding Book of a Musical, 2018 Drama League Awards Merrily We Roll Along, Outstanding Revival of a Musical, 2024 Merrily We Roll Along, Outstanding Direction of a Musical, Maria Friedman, 2024 Merrily We Roll Along, Honoured with the Distinguished Performance Award, Jonathan Groff, 2024 Stereophonic, Outstanding Production of a Play, 2024 Stereophonic, Best Director of a Play, Daniel Aukin, 2024 Leopoldstadt, Outstanding Production of a Play, 2023 The Inheritance, Outstanding Production of a Play, 2020 The Ferryman, Outstanding Production of a Broadway or Off-Broadway Play, 2019 Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Outstanding Production of a Broadway or Off-Broadway Play, 2018 New York Drama Critic's Circle Awards Stereophonic, Best Play, 2024 Merrily We Roll Along, Special Citation, 2024 The Ferryman, Best Play, 2019 Lortel Awards Stereophonic, Best Featured Actor in a Play, Eli Gelb, 2024 Theatre World Awards Stereophonic, Sarah Pidgeon, 2024 Stereophonic, Chris Stack, 2024 Stereophnic, Tom Pecinka, 2024 Broadway.com Audience Choice Awards Merrily We Roll Along, Favorite Musical Revival, 2024 Merrily We Roll Along, Favorite Performance of the Year (Musical): Jonathan Groff, 2024 Merrily We Roll Along, Favorite Featured Actor in a Musical, Daniel Radcliffe, 2024 Merrily We Roll Along, Favorite Featured Actress in a Musical, Lindsay Mendez, 2024 Merrily We Roll Along, Favorite Onstage Pair: Jonathan Groff and Daniel Radcliffe The Shark is Broken, Favorite Featured Actor in a Play: Alex Brightman, 2024 School Travel Awards Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Best Theatre Production for Schools, 2023

Back to News & Press David Tennant and Catherine Tate to star in Shakespeare's Much About Ado About Nothing Monday 10 January 2011 Opening at Wyndham’s Theatre on Wednesday 1 June with previews from Monday 16 May and booking until Saturday 3 September 2011, Much Ado About Nothing is presented in the West End by Sonia Friedman Productions. Booking for the production opened on 8 January 2011 and further casting will be announced shortly. Two young lovers Claudio and Hero are to be married imminently but the devious scheming of a resentful Prince looks set to thwart the nuptials. Meanwhile, marriage seems inconceivable for reluctant lovers Beatrice (Catherine Tate) and Benedick (David Tennant) whose endless witty sparring threatens to keep them apart forever. David Tennant has worked extensively in theatre, television and film winning numerous awards for his work including the Critics' Circle Award for Best Shakespearean Performance and the National Television Award’s Outstanding Drama Performance. For the Royal Shakespeare Company his credits include As You Like It, The Herbal Bed, The Comedy of Errors, Romeo and Juliet and A Midsummer Night’s Dream; and more recently, Love’s Labour’s Lost and the title role in Hamlet. His film credits include LA Without a Map, Bright Young Things, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, St Trinian’s II: The Legend of Fritton’s Gold and the forthcoming Fright Night and The Decoy Bride. On television he is best known for playing the tenth incarnation of the Doctor in the BBC’s classic series Doctor Who. He has most recently been seen playing the title character in the BBC’s Single Father and next year he will play Jimmy Murphy in BBC television’s United. Multi award-winning Catherine Tate can currently be seen in Alan Ayckbourn’s Season’s Greetings at the National Theatre. She was last in the West End in David Eldridge’s Under the Blue Sky, produced by Sonia Friedman Productions. Her other theatre credits include Neil LaBute's Some Girls at the Gielgud Theatre, The Exonerated at Riverside Studios, A Servant to Two Masters for the Royal Shakespeare Company and The Prince's Play and The Way of the World for the National Theatre. After playing Donna Noble opposite David Tennant in the BBC’s Doctor Who Christmas Special, Tate went on to reprise the role of the Doctor’s companion in the fourth series. Her acclaimed television sketch show The Catherine Tate Show has seen three hugely successful series on the BBC while her other television credits include Little Crackers, Nan’s Christmas Carol, The Bad Mother’s Handbook, Wild West and Big Train. Her film credits include The Monte Carlo Story, Gulliver’s Travels, Love and Other Disasters, Mrs Ratcliffe’s Revolution, Starter for Ten, Sixty Six and Scenes of a Sexual Nature. Josie Rourke is Artistic Director of the Bush Theatre where her productions include How to Curse, Tinderbox and 2000 Feet Away. Previously she was Associate Director of Sheffield Theatres where she directed World Music, The Unthinkable, Much Ado About Nothing, The Long and the Short and the Tall and Kick for Touch. As a freelance director her work includes Men Should Weep, which is currently playing in repertoire at the National Theatre, Crazyblackmuthfuckin’self and Loyal Women for the Royal Court, My Dad’s a Birdman for the Young Vic, Believe What You Will and King John for the Royal Shakespeare Company, the 24 Hour Plays for the Old Vic and Frame 312, World Music and The Cryptogram for the Donmar Warehouse. In 2009 she directed Twelfth Night for the Chicago Shakespeare Company. Up Up

Back to News & Press Tickets now on sale for The Ferryman at Broadway's Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre Monday 5 March 2018 Producers Sonia Friedman Productions and Neal Street Productions are pleased to confirm that tickets for the Broadway engagement of Jez Butterworth ’s acclaimed new play The Ferryman go on sale today (March 5th) at 10AM through www.telecharge.com . Directed by Sam Mendes , The Ferryman will begin previews Tuesday, October 2nd at Broadway’s Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre (242 W. 45th Street, New York) ahead of the opening night on Sunday, October 21st. Developed by Sonia Friedman Productions and produced with Neal Street Productions and The Royal Court Theatre , The Ferryman opened at The Royal Court in May 2017 to huge critical acclaim and was the fastest-selling play in the theater’s history. The sold-out show transferred to the Gielgud Theatre in London’s West End, and will end its thrice-extended, year-long run on May 19, 2018. In London, The Ferryman received an extraordinary 24 five-star reviews. The production has won three 2017 Evening Standard Awards, including Best Play and Best Director; three 2018 Whatsonstage Awards, including Best New Play and Best Director; and was named the Best New Play at the 2018 Critics’ Circle Theatre Awards. The Ferryman marks the first time Jez Butterworth and Sam Mendes have worked together on stage. They previously collaborated on Spectre and Skyfall from the James Bond franchise. Jez Butterworth’s acclaimed Broadway debut, Jerusalem received a Tony Award Nomination for Best Play. His other plays seen in New York include Mojo and The River . Butterworth has been called “arguably Britain’s most successful living playwright” (Time Out London ) and “a visionary fast becoming a theatrical great” (The Guardian ). Sam Mendes received the Academy Award for his direction of American Beauty . Mendes’ New York stage productions include Cabaret and The Blue Room on Broadway, and Richard III, As You Like It , The Tempest , The Cherry Orchard and The Winter’s Tale as part of the Bridge Project at BAM. The Ferryman ’s 30-plus member Broadway cast will be announced at a later date. The Ferryman is set in rural Northern Ireland in 1981. The Carney farmhouse is a hive of activity with preparations for the annual harvest. A day of hard work on the land and a traditional night of feasting and celebrations lie ahead. But this year they will be interrupted by a visitor. The Ferryman is designed by Rob Howell , with lighting by Peter Mumford , and sound and original music by Nick Powell . Other members of the Broadway creative team will be announced at a later date. The Ferryman is produced on Broadway by Sonia Friedman Productions & Neal Street Productions with Scott M. Delman, Ronald Frankel, Roy Furman, Rupert Gavin, Gavin Kalin Productions, Kallish Weinstein Creative, Ron Kastner, Scott Landis, Stephanie P. McClelland, Starry Night Entertainment, Tulchin Bartner Productions and 1001 Nights. TICKET INFORMATION: Tickets are now available at www.telecharge.com or by calling 212-239-6200 or 800-447-7400. Up Up

Back to Productions ORESTEIA This production began performances on 22nd August and closed on 7th November 2015. The best show of the year The Guardian A huge, moving, bloody saga, the original of all family dramas, Aeschylus ' greatest and final play asks whether justice can ever be done? An exhilarating adaptation Observer Oresteia is brought to you from the Almeida Theatre – a venue renowned for introducing ground-breaking, critically acclaimed transfers to the West End. Following Chimerica , Ghosts , King Charles III and 1984 , Oresteia is their most recent exhilarating theatrical feat. Directed by Robert Icke (Mr. Burns ; 1984 ) and starring Lia Williams (Old Times ; Earthquakes in London ) as Klytemnestra and Jessica Brown Findlay (Downton Abbey ) as Electra. A quiet riot of theatricality. Huge themes, ordinary people, great performances, big success. The Times CAST LIA WILLIAMS – Klytemnestra JESSICA BROWN – Electra CREATIVES ROBERT ICKE – Version/Direction HILDEGARD BECHTLER – Designer NATASHA CHIVERS – Lighting Designer TOM GIBBONS – Sound Designer JULIA HORAN CDG – Casting

Back to News & Press Merrily We Roll Along extends Broadway Run Tuesday 5 December 2023 Stephen Sondheim and George Furth 's Merrily We Roll Along's first-ever revival, which opened 10th October at the Hudson Theatre, has extended its tenure again with performances now continuing through July 7, 2024. The limited run had been set to finish March 24. Leading the production after starring in the revival's 2022 Off-Broadway run at New York Theatre Workshop are Daniel Radcliffe as Charley Kringas, Jonathan Groff as Franklin Shepard, and Lindsay Mendez as Mary Flynn, with Krystal Joy Brown as Gussie Carnegie, Katie Rose Clarke as Beth Shepard, and Reg Rogers as Joe Josephson. Max Rackenberg and Brady Wagner share the role of Frank Jr. The company also includes Sherz Aletaha , Maya Boyd , Leana Rae Concepcion , Corey Mach , Talia Robinson , Jamila Sabares-Klemm , Brian Sears , Evan Alexander Smith , Christian Strange , Vishal Vaidya , Natalie Wachen , and Jacob Keith Watson . Rounding out the company as swings are Morgan Kirner , Amanda Rose , and Koray Tarhan . Casting is by Jim Carnahan and Jason Thinger . Maria Friedman directs the production, with choreography by Tim Jackson and orchestrations by Jonathan Tunick . Scenic and costume design are by Soutra Gilmour , with lighting design by Amith Chandrashaker , sound design by Kai Harada , hair and wig design by Cookie Jordan , music supervision by Catherine Jayes , music direction by Joel Fram , associate music supervision by Alvin Hough, Jr. , and music coordination by Kristy Norter . With a book by Furth —adapted from the George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart play of the same name—and a score by Sondheim , the musical tracks the lives of three friends navigating the entertainment industry over three decades in reverse chronological order. Sondheim's score includes such songs as "Old Friends," "Now You Know," "Franklin Shepard, Inc.," "Good Thing Going," and "Not a Day Goes By." This current production was originally staged at London's Menier Chocolate Factory in 2012 and later transferred to the West End, where it won an Olivier Award for Best Musical Revival. Huntington Theatre in Boston gave the staging its North American premiere in 2017. Up Up

Back to News & Press Royal Court Theatre and Sonia Friedman Productions announce full cast for Robert Icke's MANHUNT Wednesday 12 February 2025 Royal Court Theatre and Sonia Friedman Productions today announce casting for Robert Icke ’s Manhunt. Written and directed by Icke, the world premiere marks his Royal Court debut and tells the story of Raoul Moat: the man at the heart of one of the most infamous manhunts of the century. The cast includes: Samuel Edward-Cook, Trevor Fox, Leo James , Patricia Jones, Danny Kirrane, Angela Lonsdale, Sally Messham and Nicolas Tennant. Nathan Jago and Odhran Riddell will alternate the role of Boy and Zoe Bryan and Madeleine McKenna will alternate the role of Girl. The designer is Hildegard Bechtler , the lighting designer is Azusa Ono and the sound designer is Tom Gibbons . The video designer is Ash J Woodward , the casting director is Julia Horan CDG and the fight director is Kev McCurdy . The artistic advisor is Andrew Hankinson , the Associate Director is Aneesha Srinivasan and assistant director is Anna Ryder. The production runs in the Jerwood Theatre Downstairs from Friday 28 March - Saturday 3 May 2025 with press night on Tuesday 8 April 2025, 7pm. ‘Raoul Moat was a callous murderer. Full Stop. End of story’ - David Cameron On July 1st, 2010, Raoul Moat was released from Durham Prison. The events of the next few days would leave a man murdered, a police officer blinded, a woman fighting for her life - and spark the biggest manhunt in UK history. Award-winning writer and director Robert Icke (Oedipus , Player Kings , West End) provides a chilling portrait of a man on the run. A Royal Court commission, presented in co-production with Sonia Friedman Productions. Up Up

Back to News & Press Front Row: Theatre one year on - what now? Wednesday 17 March 2021 On the day a year ago that theatres went dark, Front Row explores what impact that has had on the industry with guests including Sonia Friedman, Emma Rice, Michael Balogun, Julian Bird and Amy Ng. Listen here . Up Up