Back to Productions PRICK UP YOUR EARS This production began performances on 17th September and closed on 31st December 2009. 1962. Kenneth Halliwell and Joe Orton - RADA graduates, aspiring playwrights, and sometimes lovers - plot their rightful place at the centre of London's literary scene whilst engaged in a secret crusade to "improve" the local library books, all in the worst possible taste of course, and acting out their own versions of popular radio dramas... with an extra dash of innuendo. But after a short interlude at Her Majesty's pleasure, Joe is about to become the greatest, and most notorious comic playwright since Oscar Wilde, whilst Ken stays indoors re-decorating, reduced to sharing Joe's success with their neighbour, Mrs Corden, over tea and a slice of battenburg. Prick Up Your Ears is a darkly funny and moving play that imagines what really happened when, after years of creative collaboration, the door slammed shut and Kenneth was home alone. It tells the sensational story behind the domestic life of Joe Orton and Kenneth Halliwell , holed up in a tiny flat in Islington, trading well-trodden insults and hilarious put-downs like any old married couple. CAST CON O'NEILL CHRIS NEW GWEN TAYLOR CREATIVES DANIEL KRAMER – Director PETER MCKINTOSH – Designer PETER MUMFORD – Lighting Designer GARETH OWEN – Sound Designer

Back to News & Press Mark Rylance to make Bristol Old Vic debut in Semmelweis Thursday 14 November 2019 Semmelweis was a radical creative of the medical profession whose rejection of received wisdom dared him to look at the world differently and held the potential to save countless lives. Based on an original idea from Mark Rylance , Semmelweis is written by Stephen Brown in collaboration with Tom Morris and Mark Rylance . It is presented in association with Sonia Friedman Productions , the National Theatre and Shakespeare Road . It takes someone difficult to change the world. Confronted by the terrible death toll of childbed fever, maverick Doctor Semmelweis makes a discovery that could save hundreds of thousands of new mothers. But when the medical establishment questions his methods, rejects his theory and doubts his sanity, the controversial surgeon finds that being a genius is not enough. Haunted by the ghosts of the women he could not save, can he convince a corrupt institution to see the truth? This powerful World Premiere is based on an original idea from Mark Rylance (Jerusalem, Wolf Hall, Bridge of Spies ), developed with writer Stephen Brown (Occupational Hazards ) and director Tom Morris (War Horse, Touching the Void ). Rylance is internationally known for his long association with Shakespeare’s Globe, and his many performances in the West End, on Broadway and on screen. He will play the role of Semmelweis in his Bristol Old Vic debut. Up Up

Back to Productions ARCADIA – BROADWAY This production began performances on 26th February and closed on 19th June 2011. See it you should. ‘Arcadia’ is propelled by genuine, panting passion. A terrific play. The New York Times ARCADIA is set in April 1809 in a stately home in Derbyshire. Thomasina, a gifted pupil, proposes a startling theory, beyond her comprehension. All around her, the adults, including her tutor Septimus, are preoccupied with secret desires, illicit passions and professional rivalries. Two hundred years later, academic adversaries Hannah and Bernard (Lia Williams and Billy Crudup) are piecing together puzzling clues, curiously recalling those events of 1809, in their quest for an increasingly elusive truth. A ravishing revival. Variety ARCADIA , Tom Stoppard ’s “dazzling masterpiece, a piece of theatrical heaven” (The Daily Telegraph), returns to New York this spring for a limited engagement in an acclaimed new production directed by five-time Tony Award nominee David Leveaux. One of the best plays of my theatergoing life. The New Yorker CAST MARGARET COLIN – Lady Croom BILLY CRUDUP – Bernard Nightingale RAÚL ESPARZA – Valentine Coverly GLENN FLESHLER – Captain Brice GRACE GUMMER – Chloë Coverly EDWARD JAMES HYLAND – Jellaby BYRON JENNINGS – Richard Noakes BEL POWLEY – Thomasina Coverly TOM RILEY – Septimus Hodge NOAH ROBBINS – Gus Coverly/Augustus Coverly DAVID TURNER – Ezra Chater LIA WILLIAMS – Hannah Jarvis CREATIVES TOM STOPPARD – Playwright CORIN BUCKERIDGE – Music DAVID LEVEAUX – Director JODI MOCCIA – Choreographer HILDEGARD BECHTLER – Set Designer GREGORY GALE – Costume Designer DONALD HOLDER – Lighting Designer DAVID VAN TIEGHEM – Sound Designer NAOMI DONNE – Make-Up Designer DAVID BRIAN BROWN – Hair Designer

Back to Productions BOEING BOEING – BROADWAY This production began on 4th May 2008 and closed on 4th January 2009. In Boeing-Boeing, an architect living in Paris ( Whitford ) has been successfully juggling three flight attendant fiancées ( Gershon , Hahn and McCormack ) with his housekeeper (Baranski) reluctantly playing romantic air traffic controller as they fly in and out of his swank bachelor pad. But when an old school pal ( Rylance ) visits, things get rather turbulent. Schedules change, flights are delayed and chaos ensues in this whirl of mayhem and matchmaking. Winner of two Tony Awards: BEST REVIVAL and BEST ACTOR IN A PLAY (MARK RYLANCE ) Winner of two Drama Desk Awards: BEST REVIVAL and BEST ACTOR (MARK RYLANCE ) Christine Baranski , Mark Rylance , Bradley Whitford , Gina Gershon , Kathryn Hahn and Mary McCormack star in the London smash Boeing-Boeing. Marc Camoletti 's classic sixties comedy of errors now playing at Broadway's Longacre Theatre, directed by Matthew Warchus . . The London production was just honoured with two 2008 Oliver Award nominations: Best Revival and Best Actor in a Play, Mark Rylance . CAST CHRISTINE BARANSKI – Berthe MARK RYLANCE – Robert GREG GERNAMM – Bernard GINA GERSHON – Gabriella KATHRYN HAHN – Gloria MISSI PYLE – Gretchen CREATIVES MARC CAMOLETTI – Playwright BEVERLEY CROSS & FRANCIS EVANS – Translators MATTHEW WARCHUS – Director ROB HOWELL – Designer HUGH VANSTONE – Lighting Designer CLAIRE VAN KAMPEN – Original Music SIMON BAKER – Sound Designer

Back to Productions MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING – DIGITAL This production was captured by Digital Theatre live at Wyndham's Theatre in London’s West End. Tennant and Tate sparkle in Much Ado. The Guardian Much Ado About Nothing played to sold-out houses and received wide critical acclaim prior to being filmed for onine streaming. Directed by Josie Rourke , it starred David Tennant as Benedick and Catherine Tate as Beatrice. You can stream here on Digital Theatre . Rourke’s production has a freshness and a wit that is often irresistible… A mixture of slapstick and flight that reduces the audience to a state of blissful hilarity. The Daily Telegraph 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. There is much to love here and nothing to fault. Daily Mirror CAST In order of speaking JONATHAN COY – Leonato LEO STAAR – Messenger CATHERINE TATE – Beatrice SARAH MACRAE – Hero ADAM JAMES – Don Pedro DAVID TENNANT – Benedick ELLIOT LEVEY – Don John TOM BATEMAN – Claudio ANNA FARNWORTH – Imogen LEE KNIGHT – Conrade ALEX BECKETT – Borachio JOSHUA BERG – Titus NATALIE THOMAS – Margaret KATHRYN HUNT – Ursula DEREK HOWARD – Angelo MARIO MARIN-BORQUEZ – Boy BAILEY PEPPER – Boy EUGENE LEWIS – Boy ENZO SQUILLINO JNR. – Balthasar JOHN RAMM – Dogberry MIKE GRADY – Verges CLIVE HAYWARD – Hugh Oatcake NICHOLAS LUMLEY – George Seacoal CLIVE HAYWARD – Friar Francis ENZO SQUILLINO JNR. – Sexton HANNAH WARREN-GREEN – Maria CREATIVES JOSIE ROURKE – Director ROB JONES – Designer PETER MUMFORD – Lighting MICHAEL BRUCE – Composer EMMA LAXTON – Sound Designer GEORGINA LAMB – Movement ALASTAIR COOMER CDG – Casting Director ROBERT HASTIE – Associate Director

Back to Productions SPOONFACE STEINBERG This production began its strictly limited run on 4th January and closed on 22nd January 2000. "And what was the meaning of all these things? And the meaning was if you found the spark – and it was finding the sparks inside you and setting them free." Lee Hall 's extraordinary, award-winning play about faith, love and the meaning of life was first broadcast on Radio Four in 1997 to unprecedented acclaim and was followed by a sell-out run in London’s West End. A monologue by an exceptional autistic child, it is at turns funny, intensely moving and profound. Kathryn Hunter is one of the country’s most innovative and exciting performers, who has worked extensively with Théâtre de Complicité and the Royal National Theatre. Lee Hall is one of Britain’s hottest young writers – his recent work includes Cooking with Elvis, A Servant to Two Masters, and the award-winning Oscar-nominated screenplay Billy Elliott. CAST KATHRYN HUNTER – Spoonface Steinberg CREATIVES LEE HALL – Playwright MARCELLO MAHNI & ANNIE CASTLEDINE – Directors LIZ COOKE – Designer

Back to Productions 1984 – LONDON This production began performances on 12th June and closed on 5th November 2015. ★★★★★ Robert Icke and Duncan Macmillan have pulled off something tremendous The Observer April, 1984. Comrade 6079, Winston Smith, thinks a thought and starts a diary. But Big Brother is always watching, and the door to Room 101 can swing open in the blink of an eye. Remarkable. Rendered with clinical, spine-tingling finesse The Telegraph The definitive book of the 20th century is re-examined in a radical, award-winning adaptation exploring surveillance, identity and why Orwell’s vision of the future is as relevant now as ever. 1984 is written and directed by Robert Icke and Duncan Macmillan , with set and costume designed by Chloe Lamford , with lighting designed by Natasha Chivers , sound designed by Tom Gibbons and video designed by Tim Reid . George Orwell ’s 1984 , published in 1949, is one of the most influential novels in recent history, with its chilling depiction of perpetual war, pervasive government surveillance and incessant public mind control. Its ideas have become our ideas, and Orwell’s fiction is often said to be our reality. Sonia Friedman Productions , Eleanor Lloyd Productions and Tulchin Bartner Productions in association with 1001 Nights , Rupert Gavin , JFL Theatricals , Scott M. Delman , Scott & Brian Zeilinger /James Lefkowitz present The Headlong , Nottingham Playhouse and Almeida production of 1984 . ★★★★★ Never lets the audience off the hook The Guardian CAST SIMON COATES – Parsons TIM DUTTON – O'Brien STEPHEN FEWELL – Charrington JANINE HAROUNI – Julia CHRISTOPHER PATRICK NOLAN – Martin BEN PORTER – Syme MATTHEW SPENCER – Winston MANDI SYMONDS – Mrs Parsons CREATIVES Adapted and directed by ROBERT ICKE and DUNCAN MACMILLAN CHLOE LAMFORD – Designer NATASHA CHIVERS – Lighting Designer TOM GIBBONS – Sound Designer TIM REID – Video Designer GINNY SCHILLER CDG – Casting Director

Back to Productions RODGERS & HAMMERSTEIN'S OKLAHOMA! – WEST END This production began performances on 16th February and officially opened on 28th February 2023. ★★★★★ Punchy, playful and sexy. An absolute knockout! The Telegraph OKLAHOMA! tells a story of a community banding together against an outsider, and the frontier life that shaped America. Eighty years after Rodgers & Hammerstein reinvented the American musical, this new version feels 'so revitalised it might've been written yesterday' (The Guardian). ★★★★★ A stunningly re-imagined Oklahoma! that fizzes with vibrant comedy. Daniel Fish's staging celebrates this beloved musical while also finding more sinister truths in the story it tells about America. Financial Times Oklahoma! transfers to the West End, opening in 2023 at the Wyndham’s Theatre. Eva Price , Sonia Friedman and Michael Harrison , in association with the Young Vic theatre , announce the West End transfer of Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Oklahoma!. Reimagined for the stage by Daniel Fish , the production played a sold-out run at the Young Vic earlier this year, having previously transferred to Broadway from St. Ann’s Warehouse winning the Tony Award for Best Musical Revival. The best revival yet. This thrilling, Tony Award-winning production has an urgency and zest that beats any other version I’ve seen. The score is rigorously interrogated and sounds utterly fresh. A stunning reinvention! Evening Standard CAST Opening cast: ARTHUR DARVILL – Curly McLain ANOUSHKA LUCAS – Laurey Williams PATRICK VAILL – Jud Fry JAMES PATRICK DAVIS – Will Parker LIZA SADOVY – Aunt Eller GEORGINA ONUORAH – Ado Annie STAVROS DEMETRAKI – Ali Hakim RAPHAEL BUSHAY – Mike REBEKAH HINDS – Gertie Cummings GREG HICKS – Andrew Carnes PHILLIP OLAGOKE – Cord Elam MARIE-ASTRID MENCE – Lead Dancer CREATIVES RODGERS & OSCAR HAMMERSTEIN II – Book, Music & Lyrics LYNN RIGGS – Original Book (1899-1954) AGNES DE MILLE – Original Choreographer DANIEL FISH – Director DANIEL LKLUGER – Orchestrations, Arrangements & Co-Musical Supervisor JOHN HEGINBOTHAM – Choreographer LAEL JELLINEK – Co-Scenic Designer GRACE LAUBACHER – Co-Scenic Designer TERESE WADDEN – Costume Designer SCOTT ZIELINSKI – Lighting Designer DREW LEVY – Sound Designer JOSHUA THOMPSON – Projection Designer NATHAN KOCI – Co-Music Supervisor and Additional Vocal Arrangements JACOB SPARROW – UK Casting Director

Back to Productions WHO'S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF? This production began performances on 22nd February and closed on 27th May 2017. ★★★★ Imelda Staunton is at her magnificent best. A first-rate revival of an astonishing play. The Guardian In the early hours of the morning on the campus of an American college, Martha, much to her husband George’s displeasure, has invited the new professor Nick and his wife Honey to their home for some after-party drinks. As the alcohol flows and dawn approaches, the young couple are drawn into George and Martha’s toxic games until the evening reaches its climax in a moment of devastating truth-telling. ★★★★ James Macdonald’s blistering production. Intoxicatingly good. Imelda Staunton and Conleth Hill are superb Financial Times James Macdonald directs a new production of multi-Tony and Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Edward Albee ’s landmark play Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? Starring Olivier and Bafta award-winning actress Imelda Staunton (Gypsy , Sweeney Todd , Edward Albee’s A Delicate Balance ); Olivier award-winner Conleth Hill (Game Of Thrones , Stones In His Pockets , The Producers ); Olivier award-winner Luke Treadaway (The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time , Fortitude , The Hollow Crown ) and Imogen Poots , in her West End debut (A Long Way Down , Jane Eyre and Me And Orson Wells ). ★★★★ A fierce revival. Conleth Hill is superb. Exquisite. Evening Standard CAST IMELDA STAUNTON – Martha CONLETH HILL – George LUKE TREADAWAY – Nick IMOGEN POOTS – Honey CREATIVES EDWARD ALBEE – Playwright JAMES MACDONALD – Director TOM PYE – Designer CHARLES BALFOUR – Lighting Designer ADAM CORK – Sound Designer/Composer

Back to Productions MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG – DIGITAL Cinema screenings took place in the UK in October 2013, and in early 2014 in the United States. ★★★★★ It is, make no mistake, one of the great musical productions of this or any era. The Independent The production was filmed by Digital Theatre and distributed by Cinema Live in the UK, and SpectiCast and Fathom Events in the US. The film was released in more than 1000 cinemas around the world, including the UK, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, Germany, Sweden, The Netherlands, Russia, and the United States. Merrily We Roll Along was the first Digital Theatre film to be screened in the United States. The one-night-only screening took place on October 23, 2013. The screening was sold out in advance, and late-night screenings were added to help meet the demand for tickets. Starting in December 2013, Digital Theatre made the film available for digital download for almost a year. On October 22, 2014, Digital Theatre held a “final online global watchalong,” encouraging viewers to share the viewing experience by tweeting with the hashtag #MerrilyOnScreen. After the global online screening, the film was removed from the site. ★★★★★ Maria Friedman’s glorious revival, rightly transferred to the West End. The Daily Telegraph Set over three decades in the entertainment business Merrily We Roll Along charts the turbulent relationship between three friends Franklin, Mary and Charley. Starting in 1980 and travelling backwards in time, this powerful and moving story features some of Sondheim’s most beautiful songs including ‘Good Thing Going’, ‘Not a Day Goes By’ and ‘Old Friends’. ★★★★★ The most intelligent, gripping, brilliant musical in town, perfectly realised. Anyone with a heart should come out reeling. The Times CAST MARK UMBERS – Franklin Shepard DAMIAN HUMBLEY – Charley Kringas JENNA RUSSELL – Mary Flynn CLARE FOSTER – Beth Spencer JOSEFINA GABRIELLE – Gussie Carnegie GLYN KERSLAKE – Joe Josephson ZIZI STRALLEN – Meg MATTHEW BARROW – Ensemble MARTIN CALLAGHAN – Ensemble AMANDA MINIHAN – Ensemble AMY ELLEN RICHARDSON – Ensemble ROBBIE SCOTCHER – Ensemble CREATIVES GEORGE FURTH – Book STEPHEN SONDHEIM – Lyrics and Music MARIA FRIEDMAN – Director CATHERINE JAYES – Musical Director JONATHAN TUNICK – Orchestrations TIM JACKSON – Choreographer SOUTRA GILMOUR – Designer DAVID HERSEY – Lighting Designer GARETH OWEN – Sound Designer

Back to News & Press Funny Girl London Cast Recording Now Available To Buy Thursday 4 August 2016 Sheridan Smith brings her unique vocals and phenomenal performance as Fanny Brice to the London cast recording of the critically-acclaimed West End production of Funny Girl , out today on Decca Records . Together with Darius Campbell and the London cast, Smith delivers her much lauded performances of some of the most iconic songs in film and theatre history, including ‎People, You Are Woman, I Am Man and Don't Rain on My Parade – perfectly captured on this recording for all to experience. BAFTA and multi Olivier Award-winner Sheridan Smith OBE has earned rave reviews for her sensational performance in the musical – with the Evening Standard declaring that she “triumphantly reinvents Brice for a new generation of musical theatre lovers”. This musical tells the fascinating and bitter-sweet life story of the Ziegfeld Follies star Fanny Brice, whose vocal talents and comedic ability saw her rise from Brooklyn music hall singer to Broadway star, and her tempestuous relationship with gambler Nicky Arnstein. With music by one of America’s all-time great songwriters, Jule Styne (‘Gentlemen Prefer Blondes’, ‘Gypsy’), lyrics by Bob Merrill and book by Isobel Lennart , the musical first opened on Broadway in 1964, transferring to London in 1966. Michael Mayer ’s new production of Funny Girl , produced by Sonia Friedman Productions, Scott Landis Productions and Chocolate Factory Productions ends its limited run at the Savoy Theatre on 8 October, following its record-breaking run at the Menier Chocolate Factory. It begins a UK tour at the Manchester Palace Theatre in February. 2016 marks the 50th anniversary of the original London production of ‘Funny Girl’, so what better way to celebrate the legendary musical than with a new album to capture the sound of the show – and its remarkable leading lady – for years to come. FUNNY GIRL – Tracklisting ACT 1 1. OVERTURE - Orchestra 2. IF A GIRL ISN’T PRETTY - Gay Soper, Marilyn Cutts, Valda Aviks, Maurice Lane, Joel Montague, Company 3. I’M THE GREATEST STAR - Sheridan Smith 4. CORNET MAN - Sheridan Smith, Philip Bertioli, Luke Fetherston 5. HIS LOVE MAKES ME BEAUTIFUL - Philip Bertioli, Sheridan Smith, Company 6. I WANT TO BE SEEN WITH YOU TONIGHT - Sheridan Smith, Darius Campbell 7. HENRY STREET - Valda Aviks, Marilyn Cutts, Gay Soper, Company 8. PEOPLE - Sheridan Smith 9. YOU ARE WOMAN, I AM MAN - Darius Campbell, Sheridan Smith 10. DON’T RAIN ON MY PARADE - Sheridan Smith ACT 2 11. SADIE, SADIE - Sheridan Smith, Darius Campbell, Company 12. WHO TAUGHT HER EVERYTHING SHE KNOWS? - Joel Montague, Marilyn Cutts 13. TEMPORARY ARRANGEMENT - Darius Campbell, Philip Bertioli, Luke Fetherston, Matthew Goodgame 14. RAT-TAT-TAT-TAT - Sheridan Smith, Company 15. WHO ARE YOU NOW? - Sheridan Smith, Darius Campbell 16. WHAT DO HAPPY PEOPLE DO? - Sheridan Smith, Company 17. THE MUSIC THAT MAKES ME DANCE - Sheridan Smith 18. FUNNY GIRL/FINALE - Sheridan Smith 19. BOWS - Orchestra, Company Music by Jule Styne , Lyrics by Bob Merrill Book by Isobel Lennart from an original story by Miss Lennart Revised Book by Harvey Fierstein Directed by Michael Mayer Up Up

Back to News & Press Due to unprecedented demand Nice Fish extends booking period by three weeks Thursday 15 September 2016 Due to overwhelming demand, Sonia Friedman Productions is delighted to announce that the West End transfer of Mark Rylance and Louis Jenkins’ critically-acclaimed new comic play Nice Fish , will extend its run by 3 weeks, and will now play at the Harold Pinter Theatre until 11 February 2017. The West End production will open in November 2016 at the Harold Pinter Theatre, with a press night on Friday 25 November. Tickets for the extension go on sale today. Direct from sold out seasons at the American Repertory Theater at Harvard University in Cambridge and St Ann’s Warehouse in New York, Academy and Bafta Award-winner Mark Rylance (Bridge of Spies , The BFG , Jerusalem , Farinelli and the King ) will return to the West End to perform in the production, directed by Claire van Kampen (Farinelli and the King ). In a unique collaboration with critically-acclaimed Minnesotan contemporary prose poet Louis Jenkins, Mark Rylance draws on his teenage years in the frozen winters and culture of the American Midwest. This beguiling new play follows an ice fishing expedition where the ordinary and extraordinary collide in a sublimely playful and profound way. On a frozen Minnesota lake, the ice is beginning to creak and groan. It’s the end of the fishing season and on the frostbitten, unforgiving landscape, two old friends are out on the ice and they are angling for something big, something down there that is pure need, something that, had it the wherewithal, would swallow them whole. Keen to hook a ticket? Then come dressed as a fish or fisherman (with your fishing rod), and get yourself a complimentary ticket in a private box. Available on a first come first served basis from 6pm on the night of the performance (1.30pm for matinees). One ticket available per person. Don’t be shellfish, tell a friend! *Reel Deal Free Seats: Available on a first come first served basis from 6pm on the night of the performance (1.30pm for matinees). One ticket available per person, max 4 tickets available per performance, 2 tickets per box. Tickets located in Box A and B only. Reel Deal tickets will be allocated to customers who arrive in fancy dress at the discretion of the Box Office. Only customers who dress up as fish or fishermen will be eligible for the complimentary tickets. Up Up