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- Time Out's editors reveal their picks of the most influential people of 2011 | Sonia Friedman
Back to News & Press Time Out's editors reveal their picks of the most influential people of 2011 Monday 3 January 2011 Without her, audiences in London and New York might not have been moved and entertained by Mark Rylance’s era-defining turn in ‘Jerusalem’. In fact, Rylance wouldn’t have made his Tony-winning Broadway debut at all (in ‘Boeing Boeing’) had Friedman not insisted that he remain on board for the US transfer. She takes a risk on great drama even when it isn’t a safe bet at the box office, bringing Out of Joint’s 5* revival of Caryl Churchill’s 'Top Girls' into the West End this summer. In 2011 Friedman also took Katori Hall’s play about Martin Luther King, ‘The Mountaintop’ (which started life at Theatre 503, above a pub in Battersea) to Broadway, where Samuel L Jackson took the lead. Her fingerprints were all over quality big-name drama on the West End this year: Keira Knightley and Elisabeth Moss in ‘The Children’s Hour’ and Catherine Tate and David Tennant in ‘Much Ado About Nothing’ - directed by rising star Josie Rourke. From ‘Legally Blonde: The Musical’ to Tom Stoppard’s ‘Arcadia’, Friedman combines shrewd popular instincts with a dedication to championing good work. She brings the best of New York to London (watch this space for ‘The Book of Mormon’) and the best of the West End to Broadway. Producers determine the kind of theatre popular audiences get to see, and commercial producers are rarely celebrated, especially by Time Out – they can be conservative and out-of-touch with the cutting edge compared to our classy and powerful subsidised theatres. But when they get it right artistically as well as commercially – as Friedman so consistently does – then we should shout about it.' Read full article here . Up Up
- Tony Awards 2019: British producer Sonia Friedman sweeps the board on Broadway | Sonia Friedman
Back to News & Press Tony Awards 2019: British producer Sonia Friedman sweeps the board on Broadway Monday 10 June 2019 A British theatre producer was hailed as the Queen of Broadway after two of her shows won six Tony awards. Sonia Friedman Productions , which has won 22 Olivier Awards in the past three years and six Tony’s last year for Harry Potter and the Cursed Child , was honoured this year for The Ferryman and Ink . Friedman , the daughter of the Russian violinist Leonard Friedman, is also well-placed for Broadway success next year with the punt she took on the epic six-hour play The Inheritance , which is to transfer to the US. She said yesterday that she was “thrilled that these wonderful productions have been recognised”. Jez Butterworth ’s The Ferryman , which opened at the Royal Court in London and is set in Northern Ireland during The Troubles, won best play, best costume design, best scenic design and best direction for Sam Mendes at the ceremony hosted by James Corden. “I’m hugely grateful for the embrace New York has given this play and production,” Mendes said. Ink , the tale of The Sun newspaper in the 1970s, written by James Graham and co-produced by the Almeida Theatre , won best lighting design and best featured actor for Bertie Carvel, who played Rupert Murdoch. Click here to view article on The Times website Up Up
- West End transfer announced for universally acclaimed The Jungle | Sonia Friedman
Back to News & Press West End transfer announced for universally acclaimed The Jungle Monday 12 March 2018 The production is set in Europe’s largest unofficial refugee camp, the Calais Jungle, which in 2015, became a temporary home for more than 10,000 people. Previewing from 16 June, The Jungle will have an Opening Night on 5 July at the Playhouse Theatre . The first wave of tickets will go on general sale on 15 March. The Jungle will transfer to the Playhouse Theatre in the West End, where the traditional proscenium theatre will undergo a remarkable transformation. The auditorium stalls will be completely reconfigured to house Miriam Buether ’s critically-acclaimed set design as seen at the Young Vic, where audiences were invited to sit at the benches and tables of the Afghan café in the Calais camp. The Dress Circle will be renamed “The Cliffs of Dover” and will allow unique views over the performance space, which extends out beyond the proscenium arch and over the stalls. This in-the-round transformation will reduce the capacity of the theatre to 450 seats, to more closely recreate the intimate and immediate experience audiences had at the Young Vic. A proportion of tickets will be held off sale to be offered to refugees and targeted groups in order to maximise diversity and accessibility. This is the place where people suffered and dreamed. Meet the hopeful, resilient residents of the Jungle – just across the Channel, right on our doorstep. The Jungle tells stories of loss, fear, community and hope, of the Calais camp’s creation - and of its eventual destruction. Join the residents over freshly baked naan and sweet milky chai at the Afghan Café, and experience the intense, moving and uplifting encounters between refugees from many different countries and the volunteers who arrived from the UK. The majority of the original cast will transfer with the production, including actors from refugee backgrounds, some of whom came through the Jungle. The cast includes Ammar Haj Ahmad , Mohammad Amiri , Elham Ehsas , Trevor Fox , Moein Ghobsheh , Alex Lawther , John Pfumojena , Rachel Redford , Rachid Sabitri , Mohamed Sarrar , Ben Turner and Nahel Tzegai . Official charity partner, Help Refugees , will be supported by the production, with fundraising efforts taking place at the venue throughout the entire run. Joe Robertson and Joe Murphy said: “The Jungle was a reluctant home for thousands of people from all over the world. It was a place where people built temporary lives and communities formed out of necessity. People who visited asked why we built a theatre in a refugee camp, but it’s always seemed clear to us that theatre should be at the centre of the conversation. That’s why we’re thrilled to bring this play to new audiences and to the West End, in a totally transformed Playhouse Theatre, a stone’s throw from Parliament. The metamorphosis of the Playhouse is a bold statement: that we need new spaces for this conversation to happen, and that the stories of the people in this play belong on our most significant stages.” Josie Naughton, CEO, Help Refugees said: “Help Refugees is honoured to be the charity partner for the West End run of The Jungle. We have worked with Good Chance since we first met in Calais in 2015, where their theatre provided camp residents with a vital outlet for self-expression. We are excited that in addition to having local social impact, funds will be raised to actively support displaced people in the UK and in Calais. In northern France, there are currently more than 1,000 people sleeping in the forests with no shelter from the rain and snow, with limited access to drinking water, showers and toilets, with no access to safe and legal routes to sanctuary and no opportunity to learn, work and start a new life. Our teams and our partners are still working tirelessly to provide for people's basic needs, including food, shelter, information and protection.” Rufus Norris, Director of National Theatre said: “ Having visited the Calais Jungle at the end of 2015 it felt incredibly important to tell this story. Joe and Joe’s script together with Stephen and Justin’s production perfectly captures the lives of so many individuals caught up in an impossible situation. The Jungle is an unforgettable experience which is both powerful and moving, and it is wonderful that it has now found a home in the West End.” David Lan said: “ It was clear from the start that The Jungle would be one of the most provocative and significant shows I’ve produced. It tells a powerful real-life story that matters hugely to everyone. It’s created and performed in an enthrallingly, inventive way, by some of those who lived it. Those who saw it at the Young Vic said they’d never seen anything like it - and that it was as if they’d been on the journey of a lifetime. I’m delighted it will now be seen by so many more.” Sonia Friedman said: "Sometimes plays have to respond to a space. Here, thanks to the commitment of all involved, the space has responded to the work. Experiencing The Jungle at the Young Vic was extremely powerful. Audiences were plunged emotionally and physically into the world of the camp in Calais - a place I visited several times - and the combination of the setting, extraordinary performances and storytelling was a real a sucker punch. I am therefore so happy that we have found a way to transport the world and atmosphere of the play to the West End in a unique and intimate way. The West End needs productions like The Jungle and we have created a democratic pricing structure that allows, I hope, a wide range of people to see it, and to take part in the debate it provokes." Sonia Friedman Productions and Tom Kirdahy , Hunter Arnold present A National Theatre and Young Vic Co-Production with Good Chance Theatre . Up Up
- Harry Potter and the Cursed Child will premiere in Hamburg, Germany in Spring 2020 | Sonia Friedman
Back to News & Press Harry Potter and the Cursed Child will premiere in Hamburg, Germany in Spring 2020 Tuesday 3 July 2018 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 . Winner of an unprecedented nine Olivier Awards , Harry Potter and the Cursed Child is the most awarded production in the history of the renowned British theatre prize. Recently at the Tony Awards in New York, it triumphed in six categories and is the most awarded production of the Broadway season, winning 25 awards in total. Both ceremonies declared it Best New Play and awarded it the prize for Best Director . Harry Potter and the Cursed Child will see its debut German language production, the first non-English version of the play, performed exclusively and only at the Mehr! Theater am Großmarkt in Hamburg. In preparation for this extraordinary theatre event, the venue will undergo an extensive redesign starting in May 2019. The official premiere is scheduled for spring 2020. Producers Sonia Friedman and Colin Callender said: “We know Harry Potter has millions of German speaking fans and so we’re very proud that we are able to bring our beautiful production to Germany. The Mehr! Theater am Großmarkt in Hamburg is a unique space, and we’re delighted and grateful to have the opportunity to design and create a perfect, bespoke new home for Harry Potter and the Cursed Child in Germany.” Maik Klokow, Producer Mehr-BB Entertainment : “It gives us tremendous joy to present Harry Potter and the Cursed Child in German for the first time, and only here in Hamburg. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child is a once-in-a-lifetime production that is breaking records in London’s West End and on Broadway in New York. I have no doubts this global hit show will enchant millions of Harry Potter fans in Germany.” This is the eighth story in the Harry Potter series and the first official Harry Potter story to be presented on stage. The production is one play shown in two parts intended to be seen in order on the same day (matinee and evening performance), or on two consecutive evenings. Premiering at the Palace Theatre in London July 2016, the production has been playing to a sold-out houses ever since. In April 2018 it celebrated its Broadway premiere at the newly renovated Lyric Theatre, and further productions are also set to open in Melbourne, Australia and San Francisco, USA in 2019. Further information on advance ticket booking, dates and pricing will be made available on www.harry-potter-theater.de over the coming months. As of now, visitors and interested parties may sign up to the newsletter to be the first to receive the latest news and updates. The Story 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. The Creative Team 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 . Harry Potter and the Cursed Child is directed by John Tiffany with 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 and music supervision & arrangements by Martin Lowe . Harry Potter and the Cursed Child is produced by Sonia Friedman Productions, Colin Callender and Harry Potter Theatrical Productions . Maik Klokow is the German producer for Mehr-BB Entertainment . Up Up
- A SERVANT TO TWO MASTERS | Sonia Friedman
Back to Productions A SERVANT TO TWO MASTERS This production began performances on 12th December 2000 and closed on 3rd February 2001. Truffaldino is an out of work servant, and in one fantastic day he ends up with two jobs. And why not? He's broke and hungry. Two jobs means twice as much money, twice as much food and twice as much work! His two masters, meanwhile, are just as busy. Separated lovers on the run, they end up in the same inn, unaware that the other is there. Which isn't difficult seeing as one of them is in drag. Underpaid. Overstretched. A wily Italian servant gets lucky in this classic Commedia – brought bang up to date in a brilliant new version by Lee Hall . Confusion abounds in Carlo Goldoni 's comedy of disguise, deception, love and longing in Venice. CAST PATRICK MARLOWE – Silvio DAVID KILLICK – Pantaloon SUSANNA NORTHER – Clarice CHRISTOPHER SAUL – Dr Lombardi MICHELLE BUTTERLY – Smeraldina KEVORK MALIKYAN – Brighella JASON WATKINS – Truffaldino REBECCA EGAN – Beatrice DAVID SPARKS – 1st Porter/1st Waiter STEVE TOUSSIANT – Florindo JAMES CASH – 2nd Waiter/2nd Porter NATASHA NICOLL – 3rd Waiter CREATIVES LEE HALL – Playwright TIM SUPPLE – Director DAN MILNE – Associate Director ROBERT INNES HOPKINS – Lighting Designer PAUL ANDERSON – Sound Designer ANDREA. J. COX – Fight Designer MALCOM RANSON – Assistant Director CHRISTIANE CAVARRA – Traditional Comedia Consultant
- Sonia Friedman: 'We will be back fully as soon as that vaccine's completely out there.' | Sonia Friedman
Back to News & Press Sonia Friedman: 'We will be back fully as soon as that vaccine's completely out there.' Tuesday 8 December 2020 Read the full interview with Sonia Friedman with WhatsOnStage here . Up Up
- Rehearsals begin for Twelfth Night & Richard III | Sonia Friedman
Back to News & Press Rehearsals begin for Twelfth Night & Richard III Monday 16 September 2013 Rehearsals begin on Monday, September 16 in London for the critically heralded all-male Shakespeare’s Globe repertory productions of William Shakespeare’s TWELFTH NIGHT and RICHARD III on Broadway this fall. The productions, which delighted audiences and broke all box office records in London’s West End earlier this year, will open Sunday, November 10 at the Belasco Theatre (111 West 44th Street), with previews beginning October 15. Twelfth Night and Richard III, which are directed by Tim Carroll, designed by Jenny Tiramani and with music by Claire van Kampen, will play a limited engagement for 16 weeks. Tickets are on sale now through www.telecharge.com . For a schedule of performances and more information, please visit www.shakespearebroadway.com . Up Up
- The Inheritance wins 5 Drama Desk Awards | Sonia Friedman
Back to News & Press The Inheritance wins 5 Drama Desk Awards Friday 12 June 2020 Matthew Lopez ’s The Inheritance , directed by Stephen Daldry , was among the night’s big winners, taking home five awards in total: The Inheritance, Matthew Lopez, 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 Up Up
- King Charles III nominated for five Tony Awards | Sonia Friedman
Back to News & Press King Charles III nominated for five Tony Awards Monday 2 May 2016 The show received the following nominations: Best Play – King Charles III by Mike Bartlett Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play– Tim Pigott-Smith Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play - Richard Goulding Best Direction of a Play – Rupert Goold Best Costume Design of a Play – Tom Scutt The 70th Annual Tony Awards® will be broadcast live from the Beacon Theatre in New York City, Sunday, June 12 on the CBS Television Network. For a full list of nominees, visit www.tonyawards.com Up Up
- Coward at the Coward: Howard Davies to direct Lindsay Duncan, Jeremy Northam, Kevin Mcnally & Olivia Colman in Noel Coward's Hay Fever | Sonia Friedman
Back to News & Press Coward at the Coward: Howard Davies to direct Lindsay Duncan, Jeremy Northam, Kevin Mcnally & Olivia Colman in Noel Coward's Hay Fever Thursday 13 October 2011 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. Running at the Noël Coward Theatre from 10 February – 2 June 2012, Hay Fever has designs by Bunny Christie, lighting by Mark Henderson and sound by Mike Walker. Press preview performances are Thursday 23 February at 7pm, Friday 24 February and Saturday 25 February at 2.30pm and 7.30pm, with reviews embargoed until Monday 27 February 2012. Hay Fever is produced in the West End by Richard Willis, Matthew Byam Shaw for Playful Productions and Sonia Friedman Productions. Further casting will be announced shortly. 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. In 1920 Noël Coward made his stage debut at what was then known as the New Theatre in his own first play, I'll Leave It To You. In 1973 the theatre was renamed the Albery and subsequently, in 2001, Lindsay Duncan and Alan Rickman played Amanda and Elyot in Coward's Private Lives to great critical acclaim. In June 2006 the theatre was renamed once again as the Noël Coward Theatre when the building underwent major refurbishment including the naming of the two principal dressing rooms as Noël and Gertie, the latter being Coward’s favourite leading lady, Gertrude Lawrence. Cameron Mackintosh said: “I’m delighted to be able to have our first Coward play at the theatre since it was renamed after The Master. Truly one of Noël’s masterpieces, Hay Fever promises to be as great an evening at this theatre as Howard Davies’ Private Lives a few years ago, also starring the delicious Lindsay Duncan. I am also delighted to welcome to the salon of the Prince of Wales Theatre, Noël’s beloved grand piano on which he composed so many of his wonderful songs. His talent to amuse lives on forever.” Playwright, composer, director and actor Noël Coward wrote Hay Fever in 1924 and it was first produced a year later at the Ambassadors Theatre. Coward wrote over 50 plays during his career including Private Lives, Design for Living, Present Laughter, Blithe Spirit and Hay Fever. His many compositions include Mad Dogs and Englishmen, A Room with a View and Mrs Worthington, and his film credits include Brief Encounter, The Vortex and The Italian Job. Coward was knighted in 1970. Double Olivier award-winner Lindsay Duncan (Judith Bliss) has worked extensively for the National Theatre where her credits include Plenty, The Homecoming and Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, and for the Royal Shakespeare Company in productions including A Midsummer Night’s Dream, The Merry Wives of Windsor and Les Liaisons Dangereuses. In the West End she has been seen in The Cryptogram, That Face and Noel Coward’s Private Lives. For the Royal Court her credits include the original production of Top Girls as well as Ashes to Ashes and Mouth to Mouth. For the Almeida Theatre her credits include Celebration and The Room. On television she has recently appeared as Alex Cairns in Black Mirror – The National Anthem and The Duchess of York in Rupert Goold’s Richard II. Her other television credits also include White Heat, Dr Who, the title role in Margaret, as well as Lost in Austen, Longford, Rome, Shooting the Past and Perfect Strangers, The Rector’s Wife, A Year in Provence, GBH and Traffik. Her film credits include Tim Burton’s Alice in Wonderland, Starter For Ten, Mansfield Park, An Ideal Husband and Prick Up Your Ears. Olivier award-wining Jeremy Northam (Richard Greatham) was most recently on stage at the Donmar Warehouse in Old Times. His other theatre credits include Love’s Labour’s Lost and The Country Wife for the Royal Shakespeare Company, Certain Young Men for the Almeida Theatre and the Voysey Inheritance at the National Theatre. He has most recently been seen on television in Stephen Poliakoff’s Glorious 39 and as Thomas Moore in The Tudors. His other television credits include White Heat and Journey’s End. Northam’s film credits include Creation, Dean Spanley, A Cock and Bull Story, Gosford Park (in which he played Ivor Novello), The Winslow Boy, An Ideal Husband, Happy Texas, Possession, Emma, The Net and Carrington. Kevin McNally’s (David Bliss) most recent stage credits were as Claudius in Hamlet and Lebedev in Ivanov, both for the Donmar Warehouse at Wyndham’s Theatre. Previously his extensive theatre credits include Boeing Boeing, The Lady in the Van, Naked, Dead Funny and The Iceman Cometh. On television he can soon be seen in ITV1’s Downton Abbey. His other television credits include New Tricks, Life On Mars, Margaret, Bloodlines, Dunkirk, Spooks, Shackleton, Rab C Nesbitt, Enigma and Diana. McNally’s many film credits include the role of Joshamee Gibbs, Captain Jack Sparrow’s first mate in The Pirates of the Caribbean films, The Raven (to be released next Spring), Valkyrie, De-Lovely, The Phantom of the Opera, Johnny English, Sliding Doors, Irish Jam and Entrapment. Olivia Colman’s (Myra Arundel) theatre credits include England People Very Nice for the National Theatre, The Three Some for the Lyric Hammersmith and A Long Day’s Journey Into Night at the Lyric Theatre. Her upcoming film credits include The Iron Lady directed by Phylidda Lloyd and Hyde Park on Hudson. Her other film credits include Tyrannosaur, Dog Altogether, Grow Your Own, I Could Never Be Your Woman and Hot Fuzz. On television she is best known for playing Sophie Chapman in the Peep Show series and Harriet Schulenburg in the Greenwing series. Her other television credits include The Baader Meinhof Gang series, Exile, Doctor Who, Beautiful People, Consuming Passion, That Mitchell and Webb Look, Hancock and Joan, Love Soup, Much Ado About Nothing, Ny-Lon and The Office. Multi award-winning Howard Davies is an Associate Director of the National Theatre where his many productions include The Cherry Orchard, The White Guard, Burnt by the Sun, The Taking Cure, Flight, Present Laughter and Mourning Becomes Electra. For the Almeida Theatre, where he was also Associate Director, his productions include Period of Adjustment, The Play About the Baby, The Iceman Cometh and Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? At the Royal Shakespeare Company he produced 26 new plays in 4 years at the Warehouse Theatre which he established and ran. His other RSC credits include The General from America, Les Liaisons Dangereuses and Jail Diary of Albie Sachs. In the West End Davies’ directing credits include All My Sons, The Breath of Life and Noel Coward’s Private Lives. His many Broadway transfers include A Moon for the Misbegotten, The Iceman Cometh, My Fair Lady, Cat On A Hot Tin Roof and Les Liaisons Dangereuses. Up Up
- More tickets released for Bend it Like Beckham! | Sonia Friedman
Back to News & Press More tickets released for Bend it Like Beckham! Friday 27 March 2015 Taking sales at the Phoenix Theatre to 24 October 2015. London previews begin on 15 May 2015 with opening night on 24 June 2015. 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 teenager is spotted playing football in Southall, a world of unexpected opportunities opens up before her. But as her sister’s traditional Indian wedding approaches, can she keep her family happy and still follow her dreams? Bend It Like Beckham is a joyous new British musical about where we are now. Featuring an original score with a Punjabi kick, it brings a unique cultural fusion of musical theatre to the stage for the first time. This reimagining of the much-loved hit film sees generations, cultures and communities brought together in this joyous and uplifting story about bending the rules and scoring that deciding goal. Opening week’s ticket prices for Bend It Like Beckham are £15 - £49.50 with some ‘Book It Like Beckham’ seats at £15 each in prime positions throughout the house. For group bookings there is a 5-a-side rate of £49.50 per ticket and an 11-a-side rate of £39.50. Natalie Dew will play football crazy Jess with Lauren Samuels as Jules, a player with the Harriers, a local women’s football team, and Jamie Campbell Bower as their coach Joe. Sophie-Louise Dann now plays the role of Paula with Jamal Andréas as Jess’ good friend Tony. Preeya Kalidas plays Pinky, Jess’ sister, with Tony Jayawardena and Natasha Jayetileke as her parents, Mr and Mrs Bhamra. Sohm Kapila, Buckso Dhillon-Woolley and Harveen Mann play Aunties, Irvine Iqbal and Karl Seth play Uncles, with Sejal Keshwala, Serina Mathew and Sharan Phull as Cousins. Rakesh Boury, Jorell Coiffic-Kamall, Tom Millen, Daniel Bolton play footballers, with Teetu played by Raj Bajaj. The Harriers are played by Michelle Bishop, Lisa Bridge, Chloe Chambers, Genesis Lynea, Kirstie Skivington and Danielle Young. Rekha Sawhney and Shahid Khan are the production’s Indian Heritage Singers. They are accompanied by swings Kayleigh McKnight and Leanne Pinder. 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. Bend It Like Beckham is produced in the West End by Sonia Friedman Productions, Deepak Nayar Productions and Bend It Films. 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. Up Up
- The Doctor starring Juliet Stevenson touring & coming to the West End in 2022 | Sonia Friedman
Back to News & Press The Doctor starring Juliet Stevenson touring & coming to the West End in 2022 Monday 4 April 2022 ★★★★★ The Guardian, The Telegraph, Financial Times, The Sunday Times, WhatsOnStage ★★★★ The Times, Evening Standard, The Observer, Independent, The Stage, Metro Robert Icke ’s (Animal Farm, The Wild Duck, Hamlet, Mary Stuart, Oresteia, 1984 ) sold- out, five-star Almeida Theatre production, The Doctor , will tour to Brighton (5-10 September), Bath (13-17 September) and Richmond (19-24 September) before transferring to the Duke of York’s Theatre from 29 September – 11 December 2022. Olivier Award winner, Juliet Stevenson , ‘ delivering one of the peak performances of the theatrical year’ (The Guardian), will reprise her role as Professor Ruth Wolff. Juliet won a Critics’ Circle Award and was nominated for an Evening Standard Award for Best Actress for her performance in this role. Juliet Stevenson said “I am beyond thrilled that The Doctor is travelling to Brighton, Bath and Richmond and then onto the West End. So much has happened in the last two years since we first played the show - I am so excited to share these new resonances and conversations with audiences, everywhere we go. Never has this debate been more needed”. The Doctor , by Robert Icke , very freely adapted from Professor Bernhardi by Arthur Schnitzler , has been critically lauded since it opened at the Almeida in August 2019. The play headlined the Adelaide Festival in 2020, before it was due to transfer to the West End. This was delayed until 2022 due to the outbreak of Covid-19. This is the third West End transfer for Robert Icke and Juliet Stevenson, following the critical and commercial smash-hit productions of Mary Stuart and Hamlet . She most recently voiced one of the puppets in Robert Icke’s current production of Animal Farm . In a divisive time, in a divided nation, a society takes sides. The latest smash-hit by “Britain’s best director” (Telegraph) is a "provocative, wonderfully upsetting" (Independent) whirlwind of gender, race and questions about identity, "one of the peaks of the theatrical year" (Guardian) and a "devastating play for today" (Financial Times). The production has designs by Hildegard Bechtler , lighting by Natasha Chivers , sound and composition by Tom Gibbons and casting by Julia Horan . Further casting will be announced in due course. 3800 STALLS TICKETS - PRICED AT JUST £25 will be available across the run exclusively for NHS employees and blue light workers (which includes emergency services, those who work in the social care sector and the armed forces). These tickets are available via the official box office ATG Tickets (just select the ‘NHS/Blue Light’ option whilst booking, and present one ID per transaction when you arrive). The Doctor is produced by Ambassador Theatre Group Productions & Almeida Theatre, Gavin Kalin Productions, Sonia Friedman Productions & Wessex Grove . Up Up