Back to News & Press SFP productions and co-productions nominated for 21 Tony Awards Tuesday 30 April 2024 Congratulations to all Tony Award nominees in all categories. We are hugely proud of every person we have worked with onstage and off across all our Broadway productions and co-productions over the past year. We are thrilled that SFP productions and co-productions have been nominated for the following 21 awards: Merrily We Roll Along Best Revival of a Musical Best Direction of a Musical – Maria Friedman Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical - Jonathan Groff Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical – Daniel Radcliffe Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical – Lindsay Mendez Best Sound Design of a Musical – Kai Harada Best Orchestrations – Jonathan Tunick Patriots Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play - Michael Stuhlbarg Stereophonic Best Play Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre – Will Butler Best Direction of a Play – Daniel Aukin Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play – Will Brill, Eli Gelb & Tom Peckina Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play – Juliana Canfield, Sarah Pidgeon Best Scenic Design of a Play – David Zinn Best Costume Design of a Play – Enver Chakartash Best Lighting Design of a Play – Jiyoun Chang Best Sound Design of a Play – Ryan Rumery Best Orchestrations – Will Butler and Justin Craig For the full list of nominees, please click here . Up Up

Back to News & Press Kings Charles III transfers to the Wyndham's Theatre Wednesday 21 May 2014 Tim Pigott-Smith will once again play Charles. The cast also includes Richard Goulding,Nyasha Hatendi, Adam James, Margot Leicester, Tom Robertson, Nicholas Rowe, Tafline Steen and Lydia Wilson. Further casting is to be announced. The Queen is dead: after a lifetime of waiting, the prince ascends the throne. A future of power. But how to rule? Mike Bartlett's controversial play explores the people underneath the crowns, the unwritten rules of our democracy, and the conscience of Britain's most famous family. The production is playing to sell-out crowds at the Almeida Theatre until 31 May, and has received international critical acclaim. Directed by the Almeida Theatre’s artistic director Rupert Goold, King Charles III is designed by Tom Scutt, composed by Jocelyn Pook, with lighting by Jon Clark and sound by Paul Arditti. King Charles III will be the fourth production to transfer from the Almeida Theatre to the West End with co-producer Sonia Friedman Productions, within the last year. Chimerica played to sell-out audiences at the Harold Pinter Theatre and won five Olivier Awards including Best New Play, Richard Eyre’s Ghosts played at the Trafalgar Studios from last December winning three Olivier Awards including Best Revival and Robert Icke and Duncan Macmillan’s critically acclaimed production of 1984, currently playing at the Playhouse Theatre, has just extended its run by five weeks until 23 August due to unprecedented demand. King Charles III is produced in the West End by Sonia Friedman Productions, Stuart Thompson Productions and the Almeida Theatre. Tickets for King Charles III at the Wyndham’s Theatre will go on sale exclusively through the Almeida box office on 28 May and on general sale on 6 June Up Up

Back to News & Press FANGIRLS Open Call Auditions Tuesday 19 December 2023 The Lyric Hammersmith Theatre & Sonia Friedman Productions are looking for brilliant, charismatic, talented performers for the UK Premiere of smash-hit, multi-award-winning musical phenomenon FANGIRLS ! We are looking for performers who are very highly skilled in singing, dancing and acting with a playing age of 14-16 but who are 18+. This open call is specifically only for performers who are without professional representation . If you are interested in the production and have professional representation please ask your agent to submit you via Spotlight (to Casting Director Lotte Hines CDG). All diversity is welcome. Performers can be of any gender expression. We are especially interested in hearing from people who are currently underrepresented in the UK theatre industry such as people from the Global Majority, deaf and disabled people, trans and/or non-binary people, and people who have come into the industry through non-traditional routes. Auditions, rehearsals and performances will all take place at the Lyric Hammersmith Theatre in London. In order to apply for this opportunity you must be: Over the age of 18 with a playing age of 14-16 Without professional representation Eligible to work in the UK Available for the following dates:Rehearsals: Monday 20 May 2024 – Saturday 13 July 2024 Preview performances: Saturday 13 July 2024 – Monday 22 July 2024 Press performance: Tuesday 23 July 2024 Performances: Wednesday 24 July 2024 – Saturday 24 August 2024 Group auditions will take place on Saturday 27 January & Monday 29 January 2024 at the Lyric Hammersmith Theatre. You must be available for at least one of these dates. The deadline for submissions is midnight on Monday 8 January 2024. We will contact you by Monday 22 January 2024 to let you know if you have been allocated a time and date for the audition. We will also let you know if you have been unsuccessful. If you have any questions or queries please email casting@lyric.co.uk Apply here . We look forward to hearing from you! Up Up

Back to News & Press First look rehearsal images released for MEAN GIRLS as TodayTix rush tickets announced Friday 24 May 2024 Lorne Michaels, Sonia Friedman Productions , and David Ian for Crossroads Live - producers of MEAN GIRLS in the West End – are delighted to release the first look rehearsal images for MEAN GIRLS at the Savoy Theatre, which is currently booking to 16 February 2025. The smash hit musical comedy based on the Paramount Pictures film of the same name released 20 years ago this April, debuts at the West End’s Savoy Theatre on 5 June 2024, with a Gala Night on 26 June 2024. Click here to view. MEAN GIRLS today announces £25 rush rate tickets for every performance from 6 June onwards, in clear view locations. The rush rate will be available through the TodayTix app. The cast comprises Charlie Burn (Cady Heron), Georgina Castle (Regina George), Elèna Gyasi (Gretchen Wieners), Grace Mouat (Karen Smith), Elena Skye (Janis Sarkisian), Tom Xander (Damian Hubbard), Daniel Bravo (Aaron Samuels), Lucca Chadwick-Patel (Kevin Ganatra), Ako Mitchell (Mr Duvall), and Zoë Rainey (Ms Heron, Ms Norbury and Mrs George). They are joined by Tia Antoine-Charles, Georgia Arron, Liam Buckland, Shonah Buwu, Baylie Carson, Freddie Clements, Siobhan Diffin, Clíona Flynn, Fergie Fraser, Angus Good, Jenny Huxley-Golden, Holly Liburd, Corey Mitchell, Mervin Noronha, Aharon Rayner, Trézel Sergeant, Josh Singleton, Annie Southall, Lillia Squires, Tommy Wade-Smith and Holly Willock. The creative team for MEAN GIRLS in the West End comprises Tina Fey – Book, Jeff Richmond – Music, Nell Benjamin – Lyrics, Casey Nicholaw – Direction and Choreography, Scott Pask - Scenic Design, Katrina Lindsay - Costume Design, Kenneth Posner - Lighting Design, Brian Ronan - Sound Design, Finn Ross and Adam Young - Video Design, Josh Marquette - Hair Design, Mary-Mitchell Campbell - Musical Supervision, Vocal, Dance and Incidental Music Arrangements, and Natalie Gallacher CDG for Pippa Ailion and Natalie Gallacher Casting - Casting. Up Up

Back to News & Press Mark Rylance won the Drama League Distinguished Performance Award! Thursday 19 May 2011 For his performances in two Broadway shows produced this season by Sonia Friedman Productions - LA BETE and JERUSALEM - Mark Rylance was recognised by the Drama League with the Distinguished Performance Award, the only award given by the League to any actor or actress in the entire Broadway season. The 77th Annual Drama League Awards Ceremony and Luncheon were held on 20 May in the Grand Ballroom of the Marriott Marquis Hotel in Times Square. Up Up

Back to News & Press Sonia Friedman Productions announces new production of Seán O'Casey's JUNO AND THE PAYCOCK starring J. Smith-Cameron and Mark Rylance, directed by Matthew Warchus Tuesday 14 May 2024 Sonia Friedman Productions (SFP) today announces Tony award-nominee J. Smith-Cameron (Succession) will star as Juno Boyle opposite Mark Rylance as 'Captain' Jack Boyle in a new production of Sean O'Casey's timeless masterpiece, Juno and the Paycock, directed by Tony and Olivier award-winner Matthew Warchus (Matilda The Musical, Pride). The strictly limited run at the Gielgud Theatre opens on Thursday 3 October, with previews from Saturday 21 September, and will run until Saturday 23 November 2024. Juno and the Paycock sees Sonia Friedman, Matthew Warchus and Mark Rylance reunite following their acclaimed productions of Boeing-Boeing and La Bete. Further casting to be announced. The creative team is Rob Howell (Set and Costume Designer), Hugh Vanstone (Lighting Designer), Claire van Kampen (Composer) and Serena Hill CDG (Casting Director). Priority booking opens on Thursday 23 May, to DMT+ Members at 10am, and to those signed up for priority booking at 11am, with general booking opening on Friday 24 May at 10am. Individuals can sign up for priority booking here: www.JunoAndThePaycock.com As part of an ongoing commitment to make theatre accessible for as many people as possible, there are over 1100 tickets per week at £25 or lower, with 35% of the house for every performance priced at £55 or lower. Matthew Warchus said, "I have long been in love with this staggeringly great melodrama - a play which collides an Irish working-class domestic tragedy with some of the comedic bravura of the 1920s Music Hall in an unforgettable indictment of the chaos of civil war. I'm very excited to be embarking on my seventh collaboration with Mark Rylance, and my first with the brilliant American actress J. Smith-Cameron, on the 100-year anniversary production of this internationally acclaimed, strikingly relevant, Irish classic." J. Smith-Cameron said, "Juno and the Paycock is not simply a brilliant piece of theatre but an eternally relevant play so long as people must endure violent repression. The prospect of revisiting this work in the company of the great director Matthew Warchus and the truly legendary Mark Rylance absolutely floors me; I couldn't be more thrilled." Mark Rylance said, "It is a joy to be playing Sean O'Casey's masterpiece with J. Smith-Cameron, and to be doing so in its 100th anniversary year. I am also delighted to be reuniting with Matthew Warchus on what will be our seventh theatrical collaboration and with Sonia Friedman who has supported me in eight previous productions." Dublin, 1922, the Irish Civil War is tearing the nation apart. In the cauldron of the family's tiny tenement flat, Juno Boyle, a beleaguered matriarch whose sharp wit is a survival tool, struggles to make ends meet and keep the family together. Her husband, 'Captain' Jack Boyle, fancies himself a ship's commander but sails no further than the pub. When providence comes knocking with life changing news, could the family's troubles finally fade away? Poetic, poignant, and hilarious, Juno and the Paycock is a big-hearted, black-humoured, tragi-comic triumph that reflects on a mother's resilience in the midst of life's most trying moments. 'WHAT CAN GOD DO AGAINST THE STUPIDITY OF MEN?' 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.” '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 To be announced. CREATIVES ITMAR MOSES – Writer DAVID YAZBEK and ERIK DELLA PENNA – Music and Lyrics DAVID CROMER – Director Further Creatives to be announced.

Back to Productions BENEFACTORS This production began performances on 25th June and closed on 28th September 2002. Spanning a period of 15 years, this moving, funny and dazzlingly written piece explores the intricate interactions of two neighbouring couples. Jane and David are successful, apparently happy professionals while Sheila and Colin seem more insecure and isolated. All of their lives, however, are about to change. This brand new production of Michael Frayn 's Olivier Award-winning play BENEFACTORS reunites the creative team behind The Royal National Theatre's smash hit production of his record breaking comedy Noises Off. BENEFACTORS charts four people's private and public journeys, set against the ever changing landscape of modern Britain. CAST SYLVESTRA LE TOUZEL – Jane ADEN GILLET – David NEIL PEARSON – Colin EMMA CHAMBERS – Sheila CREATIVES MICHAEK FRAYN – Playwright JEREMY SAMS – Director ROBERT JONES – Designer TIM MITCHELL – Lighting Designer JOHN LEONARD – Sound Designer ANNA LINSTRUM – Associate Direction

Back to Productions THE FERRYMAN This production began performances on 24th April and closed on 20th May 2017. ★★★★★ A play crackling with life The Times “Vanishing. It’s a powerful word, that. A powerful word.” Rural Northern Ireland, 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. ★★★★★ Butterworth and Mendes deliver shattering tale of passion and violence The Guardian Jez Butterworth’s The Ferryman , directed by Sam Mendes , won widespread critical acclaim during its run at the Jerwood Theatre, Royal Court from 24 April until 20 May 2017. The play, produced by Sonia Friedman Productions , Neal Street Productions and Royal Court Theatre Productions , was the fastest-selling show in the Royal Court’s history. ★★★★★ It has the feel of unearthed, instant classic The Independent CAST ELISE ALEXANDRE – Mercy Carney SOPHIA ALLY – Honor Carney BRÍD BRENNAN – Aunt Maggie Far Away PADDY CONSIDINE – Quinn Carney TURLOGH CONVERY – Lawrence Malone DARCEY CONWAY – Mercy Carney GRACE DOHERTY – Honor Carney LAURA DONNELLY – Caitlin Carney FRA FEE – Michael Carney TOM GLYNN-CARNEY – Shane Cocoran STUART GRAHAM – Muldoon JOHN HODGKINSON – Tom Kettle GERARD HORAN – Father Horrigan CARLA LANGLEY – Shena Carney DES MCALEER – Uncle Pat CONOR MACNIELL – Diarmaid Corcoran ROB MALONE – Oisin Carney MICHAEL MCCARTHY – Declan Corcoran DEARBHLA MOLLOY – Aunt Pat XAVIER MORAS SPENCER – Declan Corcoran CLARA MURPHY – Nunu Carney ANGEL O'CALLAGHAN – Nunu Carney EUGENE O'HARE – Frank Magenns GENEVIEVE O'REILLY – Mary Carney NIALL WRIGHT – JJ Carney CREATIVES JEZ BUTTERWORTH – Writer SAM MENDES – Director ROB HOWELL – Designer PETER MUMFORD – Lighting Designer NICK POWELL – Composer and Sound Designer

Back to Productions A DAY IN THE DEATH OF JOE EGG This production began performances on 25th September 2001 and closed on 26th January 2002. Sonia Friedman for the Ambassador Theatre Group and Adam Kenwright presnt “A DAY IN THE LIFE OF JOE EGG ” by Peter Nichols . CAST CLIVE OWEN/EDDIE IZZARD – Bri VICTORIA HAMILTON – Sheila ELIZABETH HOLMES-GWILLIM/SEOPHIE BLEASDALE – Joe JOHN WARNABY – Freddie ROBIN WEAVER – Pam PRUNELLA SCALES – Grace CREATIVES PETER NICHOLS – Playwright LAURENCE BOSWELL – Director ES DEVLIN – Designer ADAM SILVERMAN – Lighting Designer FERGUS O'HARE – Sound Designer

Back to Productions THE WOMAN IN WHITE This production began performances on 28th August with an official opening night on 15th September 2004, and closed on 25th February 2006. It held me spellbound. The music is compelling, thrilling and extraordinary. Daily Mail More than a musical, it is both romantic and spectacular, a thriller, a swaggering, flamboyant, Victorian melodrama, a visual feast, a tempestuous story of love and intrigue, a great, arching narrative, brilliantly told...a chilling return to spectacular form. Sunday Times An irresistible feast. Luscious, lavish. Sensual and romantic. Mail on Sunday CAST Original Company MARTIN CREWES – Walter Hartright ANGELA CHRISTIAN – Anne Catherick MARIA FRIEDMAN – Marian Holcombe EDWARD PETHERBRIDGE – Mr. Fairlie JILL PAICE – Laura Farlie OLIVER DARLEY – Sir Percival Glyde MICHAEL CRAWFORD – Count Fosco VINCENT PIRILLO – Signal Man SYDNEY WHITE – Corn Dolly Girl CREATIVES By ANDREW LLOYD WEBBER DAVID ZIPPEL – Lyrics CHARLOTTE JONES – Book TREVOR NUNN – Director WILLIAM DUDLEY – Production & Video Designer PAUL PYANT – Lighting Designer WAYNE MCGREGOR – Movement Director MICK POTTER – Sound Designer SIMON LEE – Musical Supervisor DAVID CULLEN – Orchestrations ANDREW LLOYD WEBBER – Orchestrations Supervisor

Back to Productions UNCLE VANYA This production opened on 14th January and closed 15th March 2020. ★★★★★ An exquisite production. Perfection. The Guardian In the heat of summer, Sonya ( Aimee Lou Wood ) and her Uncle Vanya ( Toby Jones ) while away their days on a crumbling estate deep in the countryside, visited occasionally only by the local doctor Astrov ( Richard Armitage ). However, when Sonya’s father Professor Serebryakov ( Ciarán Hinds ) suddenly returns with his restless, alluring, new wife Yelena ( Rosalind Eleazar ) declaring his intention to sell the house, the polite facades crumble and long-repressed feelings start to emerge with devastating consequences. ★★★★ Ian Rickson’s striking revival. Such compassion, such life. The Times Olivier Award-winner Conor McPherson ’s stunning new adaptation of the Anton Chekhov masterpiece, Uncle Vanya , is a portrayal of life at the turn of the 20th century, full of tumultuous frustration, dark humour and hidden passions. Critically acclaimed director Ian Rickson returns to Chekhov for the first time since his landmark production of The Seagull in 2007, reuniting with BAFTA and Olivier Award-winner Toby Jones (The Birthday Party) alongside Richard Armitage , who returns to the stage six years after his Olivier Award-nominated performance in The Crucible. Uncle Vanya is designed by Rae Smith , with lighting by Bruno Poet , music by Stephen Warbeck , sound by Ian Dickinson and casting by Amy Ball CDG . Don’t miss this astonishing combination of creative talent as they breathe new life into the treasured Chekhov classic. We’re thrilled that this production is now available for schools and universities to watch via DigitalTheatre+. ★★★★ This is a Vanya for our times. Evening Standard CAST TOBY JONES – Vanya RICHARD ARMITAGE – Astrov ROSALIND ELEAZAR – Yelena AIMEE LOU WOOD – Sonya ANNA CALDER-MARSHALL – Nana DEARBHLA MOLLOY – Grandmaman PETER WRIGHT – Telegin CIARÁN HINDS – Professor Serebryakov CREATIVES Adapted by CONOR MCPHERSON IAN RICKSON – Director RAE SMITH – Designer BRUNO POET – Lighting Designer STEPHEN WARBECK – Composer IAN DICKENSON – Sound Designer AMY BALL CDG – Casting Director