Back to News & Press Sonia Friedman: Give us a break Sunday, 11 November 2012 Anyone who has enjoyed a straight play in the West End over the past decade, perhaps with some well-judged star casting, will almost certainly have seen something from Sonia Friedman Productions. Catherine Tate and David Tennant in Much Ado about Nothing? Yes. Keira Knightley and Elisabeth Moss in The Children's Hour? Yup. Kristin Scott Thomas in Betrayal? That too. Friedman has, deservedly, become known as one of the premier purveyors of quality work in London's commercial theatre sector and as I sit in her cosy office above the Duke of York's theatre, looking at the framed production posters on the wall, I'm momentarily confused as to which of her current or future shows I'm here to talk about. Perhaps it's Pinter's Old Times, which opens in January, again starring Scott Thomas. Or the behemoth that is the multi-Tony-Award-winning musical The Book of Mormon, launching in February. But then Mark Rylance's face glowering from the poster of Jerusalem reminds me: it's a double bill of Shakespeare, with Rylance starring as both the titular Richard III and Olivia in Twelfth Night. Read full article here . Up Up

Back to Productions ALL MY SONS This production began performances on 20th June and closed on 25th September 2010. A classic production never to be forgotten The Daily Telegraph Set over a single day in 1947, Joe Keller ( David Suchet ) is a proud father and successful business-man who made his fortune during the Second World War. His wife Kate (Zoë Wanamaker) refuses to give up hope of their youngest son, Larry, returning home, having been reported missing in action 3 years previous. The arrival of Larry’s childhood sweetheart Ann Deever ( Jemima Rooper ) at the request of their eldest son Chris ( Stephen Campbell Moore ) threatens to expose a dark secret that will tear their lives apart. An all-star masterclass. A masterpiece The Times “There’s nothin’ he could do that I wouldn’t forgive. Because he’s my son. Because I’m his father and he’s my son... Nothin’s bigger than that.” All My Sons is Arthur Miller’s 20th-century classic play about social responsibility set against personal gain. When Joe Keller places the prosperity of his family above the lives of others the consequences are painful and calamitous. Kim Poster for Stanhope Productions , Sonia Friedman Productions , Eric Falkenstein , Robert G/ Barnter and Norman Tulchin , Simon Meadow , and Dan Frishwasser present “ALL MY S You won’t find better performances in the West End right now than those of David Suchet and Zoë Wanamake Evening Standard CAST DAVID SUCHET – Joe Keller ZOE WANAMAKER – Kate Keller STEPHEN CAMPBELL MOORE – Chris Keller JEMIMA ROOPER – Ann Deever DANIEL LAPAINE – George Deever STEPHEN ELDER – Dr Jim Bayliss CLAIRE HACKETT – Sue Bayliss TOM VAUGHAN-LAWLOR – Frank Lubey OLIVIA DARNLEY – Lydia Lubey GABRIEL STEELE – Bert TED ALLPRESS – Bert TOM HOWARD – Bert CREATIVES HOWARD DAVIES – Director WILLIAM DUDLEY – Designer MARK HENDERSON – Lighting DOMINIC MULDOWNEY – Music PAUL GROOTHUIS – Sound

Back to News & Press Trevor Nunn's critically acclaimed production of Fiddler on the Roof transfers to the West End Friday, 25 January 2019 Trevor Nunn ’s critically acclaimed production of Fiddler on the Roof with Andy Nyman and Judy Kuhn transfers to the reconfigured Playhouse Theatre from 21 March for a limited run - with over 25,000 tickets at £20 or less across the run. The production, which opens on 27 March, with previews from 21 March, and is booking until 15 June, is currently running at the Menier, where it completes its sell-out run on 9 March. Public booking opens on 6 February. The full cast for the transfer will be announced shortly. ★★★★ ‘A resounding success. This one is pretty perfect.’ Financial Times Direct from its sold-out run at the Menier Chocolate Factory, Tony and Olivier award-winning director Trevor Nunn’s ‘exuberant revival’ (Daily Telegraph) of the classic Broadway musical Fiddler on the Roof transfers to the West End for a strictly limited run. The Playhouse Theatre will be specially transformed into an immersive space for this ‘shiveringly intimate chamber musical about family’ (The Times). Old traditions and young love collide in this joyous and timely celebration of life. Tevye’s daughters’ unexpected choice of husbands opens his heart to new possibilities, as his close-knit community also feel winds of change blowing through their tiny village. Featuring the iconic score including ‘Tradition’, ‘Matchmaker, Matchmaker’, ‘Sunrise, Sunset’ and ‘If I Were a Rich Man’, and packed with Jerome Robbins’ original Tony award-winning choreography, Fiddler on the Roof ‘bursts from the stage’ (Financial Times), bringing new life to one of the most beloved musicals of all time. Andy Nyman is an award-winning actor, director and writer who has earned acclaim from both critics and audiences for his work in theatre, film and television. As well as Fiddler on the Roof , his work for the Menier includes Stephen Sondheim’s Assassins and Abigail’s Party (also Wyndham’s Theatre). Other theatre work includes Martin McDonagh’s Hangmen (Wyndham’s Theatre), and the original production of Ghost Stories (Duke of York’s Theatre/Arts Theatre) which he starred in, co-wrote and co-directed with Jeremy Dyson. His extensive television credits include Wanderlust, The Eichmann Show , Campus, Crooked House , Dead Set as well as his highly acclaimed performance as Winston Churchill in Peaky Blinders . This year he will be seen in the up and coming series Hanna . Nyman’s extensive film credits include The Commuter , Death at a Funeral , Kick-Ass 2 , Black Death , The Brother’s Bloom , Severance and Shut Up & Shoot Me , for which he won the ‘Best Actor’ award at the Cherbourg Film Festival in 2006. Upcoming films include Jungle Cruise and playing opposite Renee Zellweger in Judy . This year saw the release of the film version of Ghost Stories . Based on their own play, the film was written and directed by Nyman and Jeremy Dyson. Nyman also stars alongside Martin Freeman and Paul Whitehouse. In addition, he has collaborated with Derren Brown for almost 20 years, co-writing and co-creating much of Brown's early TV work, he has also co-written and directed six of Brown’s stage shows winning the ‘Best Entertainment’ Olivier Award for Derren Brown - Something Wicked This Way Comes and recently a New York Drama Desk Award for ‘Best Unique Theatrical Event 2017’ for Derren Brown - Secret . Judy Kuhn plays Golde. A four-time Tony Award nominee, she has released four studio albums, and sang the title role in the 1995 film Pocahontas , including her rendition of the song "Colors of the Wind", which won its composers the Academy Award for Best Original Song. Her theatre credits include Fun Home (Public Theater/Circle In The Square Theatre), She Loves Me (Brooks Atkinson Theater), Chess , The Mystery of Edwin Drood (The Imperial Theatre), Les Miserables (Broadhurst Theatre), Rags (Mark Hellinger Theatre),Two Shakespearean Actors (Lincoln Center Theatre), King David (New Amsterdam Theater) and Metropolis (Piccadilly Theatre - Olivier Award Nomination), The Visit (The Williamstown Theater Festival), Passion , The Cradle Will Rock (City Center), Three Sisters (Intiman Theatre), Passion (Kennedy Center), Sunset Boulevard , Eli’s Comin’ , Dream True (Vineyard Theatre), The Ballad of Little Jo (Steppenwolf Theater), The Glass Menagerie (McCarter Theatre), Martin Guerre (Hartford Stage) and Endangered Species (BAM). Her film credits include Enchanted , Day on Fire , Pocahontas and Pocahontas II: Journey to a New World . From 1968 to 1986, Trevor Nunn was the youngest ever Artistic Director of the Royal Shakespeare Company, directing over thirty productions, including most of the Shakespeare canon, as well as Nicholas Nickleby and Les Misérables . From 1997 to 2003, he was Artistic Director of the National Theatre, where his productions included Troilus and Cressida, Oklahoma! , The Merchant of Venice , Summerfolk , My Fair Lady , A Streetcar Named Desire , Anything Goes and Love’s Labour’s Lost . He has directed the world premières of Tom Stoppard’s plays Arcadia , The Coast of Utopia and Rock n Roll ; and of Cats , Sunset Boulevard, Starlight Express and Aspects of Love by Andrew Lloyd Webber. Other theatre includes Timon of Athens , Skellig (Young Vic); The Lady From The Sea (Almeida Theatre); Hamlet , Richard II , Inherit the Wind (The Old Vic), A Little Night Music (Menier Chocolate Factory, West End and Broadway), Cyrano de Bergerac , Kiss Me Kate (Chichester Festival Theatre); Heartbreak House , Flare Path , Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead , The Tempest (Theatre Royal, Haymarket); Scenes from a Marriage (Coventry & St James), All That Fall (Jermyn Street & New York); A Chorus of Disapproval and Relative Values (West End). Work for television includes Antony and Cleopatra , The Comedy of Errors , Macbeth , Three Sisters , Othello , The Merchant of Venice and King Lear , and on film, Hedda , Lady Jane and Twelfth Night . Up Up

Back to News & Press The Ferryman wins Best New Play at the 2018 Critics' Circle Awards Tuesday, 30 January 2018 We are thrilled to announce that The Ferryman has been awarded Best New Play at the 2018 Critics’ Circle Awards. Andrew Scott was also honoured with an award for Best Shakespearean performance, for his incredible lead performance in Hamlet. Following unanimous critical acclaim and widespread demand for tickets, Jez Butterworth ’s epic play is booking to 19 May 2018 at the Gielgud Theatre . Directed by Sam Mendes , the play premiered at the Royal Court, becoming the fastest-selling show in the theatre’s history. Andrew Scott was also awarded Best Shakesperean Performance at this year’s Critics’ Circle Awards for his beautiful and stunning performance in Hamlet , both at the Almeida and then the Harold Pinter Theatre. Up Up

Back to News & Press The Economist asks Sonia Friedman: Will the covid-19 vaccine mean theatre curtains can rise again? Thursday, 19 November 2020 T he West End and Broadway producer says visiting closed theatres during the lockdown brought her to tears. Now that an effective vaccine is on the horizon, Anne McElvoy asks Friedman what it will take for theatre curtains to rise again. And, after the pandemic how much does it cost to restart a hit show like Harry Potter and the Cursed Child ? Read the full article here. Up Up

Back to Productions MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING This production began performances on 15th May and closed on 3rd September 2011. Tennant and Tate sparkle in Much Ado The Guardian 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. 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 Starring David Tennant and Catherine Tate . 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 Jon TOM BATEMAN – Claudio ANNA FARNWORTH – Innogen 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/Sexton JOHN RAMM – Dogberry MIKE GRADY – Verges CLIVE HAYWARD – Hugh Oatcake/Friar Francis NICHOLAS LUMLEY – George Seacoal HANNAH WARREN-GREEN – Maria CREATIVES JOSIE ROURKE – Director ROB JONES – Designer PETER MUMFORD – Lighting Designer MICHAEL BRUCE – Composer EMMA LAXTON – Sound Desigmer GEORGINA LAMB – Movement ALASTAIR COOMER CDG – Casting Director ROBERT HASTIE – Associate Director

Back to News & Press Further casting has been announced for the forthcoming production of Hamlet Friday, 3 April 2015 As a country arms itself for war, a family tears itself apart. Forced to avenge his father’s death but paralysed by the task ahead, Hamlet rages against the impossibility of his predicament, threatening both his sanity and the security of the state. The production is directed by Lyndsey Turner, with sets by Es Devlin, costumes by Katrina Lindsay, video by Luke Halls, lighting by Jane Cox, music by Jon Hopkins, sound by Chris Shutt and movement by Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui. Hamlet begins its 12-week run at the Barbican Theatre on 5 August 2015, with opening night on 25 August at 7pm. The twelve week limited run will conclude on 31 October 2015. The run of Hamlet is currently sold out; however, 100 seats will be available for every performance at £10, details of which are to be announced. In addition, from time to time, small numbers of tickets may be returned for advance sale online. For details, visit hamlet-barbican.com In addition to regular performances, there have been four education matinees scheduled exclusively for school and university groups (aged 14+ and in full-time education only) on 10 and 30 September and 7 and 21 October 2015. These performances will go on sale on 11 May 2015 via the Barbican, with 300 tickets priced at £25 available for each performance, and the remainder at £35. Produced by Sonia Friedman Productions and presented by the Barbican, Hamlet will be broadcast to cinemas around the world on Thursday 15 October 2015 as part of National Theatre Live, details of all screenings can be found at ntlive.com Benedict Cumberbatch is an international multi-award winning theatre, television and film actor. His more recent stage credits, both for the National Theatre, are After the Dance and alternating both the creature and Dr Frankenstein, in Danny Boyle's production of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein for which he won the Olivier, Evening Standard and Critics’ Circle Best Actor awards. Also, a critically-acclaimed television actor, he is currently best known for playing the title role in the BBC’s Sherlock and will be seen next year as Richard III in The Hollow Crown: The Wars of the Roses. His film work includes Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, Star Trek into Darkness, 12 Years a Slave, The Fifth Estate, August: Osage County and the role of Smaug in The Hobbit trilogy. Cumberbatch was nominated for a BAFTA, Golden Globe and Academy Award for his role playing Alan Turing in The Imitation Game which opened The 2014 BFI London Film Festival. Leo Bill (Horatio) will be seen later this month in Light Shining in Buckinghamshire for the National Theatre, which is also directed by Lyndsey Turner. His previous theatre credits include The Reporter, The Hothouse and Pains of Youth for the National Theatre, Posh for the Royal Court and in the West End, The Glass Menagerie for the Young Vic, School for Scandal for the Barbican, The Way of the World for the Sheffield Crucible and The Silence of the Sea for the Donmar Warehouse. Bill’s television work includes Canterbury Tales, Messiah III, A Very Social Secretary, Bash, Jekyll, Sense and Sensibility, Lead Balloon and Ashes To Ashes. Amongst his film credits are Gosford Park, 28 Days Later, Vera Drake, The Fall, Becoming Jane, Alice in Wonderland and The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. Sian Brooke’s (Ophelia) previous theatre credits include Tartuffe for the Birmingham Rep, Reasons to be Pretty and My City for the Almeida Theatre, Ecstasy and In The Club for the Hampstead Theatre, Wanderlust and Dying City for the Royal Court, The Wizard of Oz at the Royal Festival Hall, How to Disappear and Never be Found for the Sheffield Crucible, King Lear and Romeo and Juliet for the Royal Shakespeare Company and Dido, Queen of Carthage for the National Theatre. Amongst Brooke’s television credits are Cut, Lewis, Man Down, Garrow’s Law, Silk, Cape Wrath, New Tricks, Vexed, Doc Martin, The Commander, Foyle’s War, The Fixer, Hotel Babylon and Dinotopia. Anastasia Hille’s (Gertrude) previous stage credits include The Effect, Dido, Queen of Carthage, Waves, Women of Troy, Dream Play, The Oresteia, Richard III for the National Theatre, Masterbuilder and The Cenci for the Almeida, Forty Winks and Ashes to Ashes for the Royal Court, As You Like It and Two Gentlemen of Verona for Shakespeare’s Globe, Duchess of Malfi, Measure for Measure and Macbeth for Cheek by Jowl, The Jewish Wife and The Maids for the Young Vic, Uncle Vanya and The Winter’s Tale for the RSC, The Dark and Morphic Resonance for the Donmar Warehouse, Three Tall Women at the Wyndham’s Theatre and Therese Raquin for the Leicester Haymarket. Her television credits include The Missing, Prey, The Tunnel, The Fear, Getting On, Cutting It and Red Dwarf. Hille’s film credits include Trespass Against Us, Snow White and The Huntsman, The Awakening, Good and New Year's Day. Ciarán Hinds’ (Claudius) theatre credits include The Night Alive and Assassins for the Donmar Warehouse, The Birds and Antigone for the Gate Theatre, Closer and Machinal for the National Theatre, Simpatico for the Royal Court, Our Few and Evil Days for the Abbey Theatre, Troilus and Cressida, Richard III and Edward II for the Royal Shakespeare Company and Cat on a Hot Tin Roof on Broadway. Amongst Hinds’ television work is Game of Thrones, Above Suspicion, Jane Eyre, Persuasion and Political Animals. His extensive film credits include The Road to Perdition, Munich, Excalibur, There Will Be Blood, In Bruges, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, The Eclipse, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy and The Sea. Kobna Holdbrook-Smith (Laertes) has previously been seen on stage in Edward II, Antigone and Death and the King’s Horseman for the National Theatre, The Low Road for the Royal Court, Feast, Joe Turner's Come and Gone and The Changeling for the Young Vic, Love's Labour’s Lost for Shakespeare's Globe, Detaining Justice, Seize the Day and Fabulation for the Tricycle Theatre. His television credits include Capital, Crackanory, Worricker Trilogy, The Last Panthers and Midsomer Murders. Holdbrook-Smith’s film work includes The Double and Roadkill. Jim Norton (Polonius) won both an Olivier and Tony Award for his performance as Richard Harkin in The Seafarer. His most recent appearance on Broadway was as Candy in Of Mice and Men. His other Broadway credits include The Mystery of Edwin Drood, Finian's Rainbow and The Weir. For the Atlantic Theatre his credits include Juno and the Paycock, Dublin Carol, Port Authority and the Donmar Warehouse production of The Night Alive. Norton worked extensively at the National Theatre between 1975 and 1985. At the Royal Court he appeared in The Contractor and The Changing Room. On film his credits include Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close, Water For Elephants, Straw Dogs, Hidden Agenda, Memoirs of an Invisible Man, Driving Lessons, The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas, Oyster Farmer, The Eclipse, and most recently Father Sheridan in Jimmy’s Hall for Ken Loach. His television credits include Elementary, Frasier, Poirot, Star Trek: the Next Generation, Stan and BBC’s River. Lyndsey Turner’s directing credits include Fathers and Sons and Philadelphia, Here I Come! for the Donmar Warehouse, Machinal for the Roundabout Theatre, Chimerica at the Almeida and in the West End, Posh for the Royal Court and in the West End, There Is A War and Edgar and Annabel for the National Theatre, Alice and The Way Of The World for Sheffield Theatres and Our Private Life, Contractions, A Miracle for the Royal Court. Turner was recently appointed as an Associate Director for the National Theatre where she will direct Light Shining in Buckinghamshire in April. Up Up

Back to News & Press Sonia Friedman and Hugh Jackman announce TOGETHER, a new theatrical partnership Wednesday, 19 March 2025 Sonia Friedman and Hugh Jackman have launched TOGETHER , a new company dedicated to creating live theater that is intimate and accessible. Every TOGETHER production will be driven by a commitment to offering audiences a chance to experience theater in a fresh and engaging way. Working alongside director Ian Rickson , TOGETHER will stage short runs of fully rehearsed, full-length plays, along with readings, panel discussions and other events in the US, UK, and beyond. The focus will be on collaboration, ensemble, equal pay for actors, and shared creative credit. By stripping the fully rehearsed productions down to their essentials, with minimal décor, TOGETHER aims to celebrate the raw power of storytelling — getting back to what often makes theater so compelling in the first place. Performances will take place in small venues, where established actors will perform just feet from the audience, creating an intimate, elemental experience and heightened sense of community. Above all, TOGETHER is committed to keeping its productions genuinely affordable for a large proportion of the house and open to as many people as possible. Sonia Friedman and Hugh Jackman said: "With director Ian Rickson we wanted to create a company where actors, writers, and directors could experiment, explore, and take risks, away from the pressures that are often associated with the commercial theater world. TOGETHER is about going back to basics, re-discovering the simple, thrilling essence of live performance. "At the same time, this isn’t about our stepping away from Broadway or the West End—it’s about supporting and coexisting alongside them.” "We have always been drawn to theater because of its raw energy—the excitement of a first reading, the joy of stepping into an unexpected role, that sense of a shared experience. With Ian, this company is our way of sharing those moments with audiences, making them part of our process.” "We also want to embrace flexibility—whether that’s through varied performance schedules during the week or staging plays in repertoire, allowing productions and ideas to evolve in a spontaneous and organic way. By removing some of the usual constraints, we hope to create a space where the productions can feel fresh, alive, and ever-changing.” Instagram: @TogetherTheatre Website: www.togethertheatre.com Up Up

Back to Productions ROSMERSHOLM This production opened on 24th April and closed on 20th July 2019. ★★★★★ A production that sends you out into the night reeling under the impact of Ibsen’s tantalising masterpiece The Guardian An election looming. A country on the brink. A rabid press baying for blood. At the centre of the storm stands Rosmer’s home, the grand house of an influential dynasty. This is where the future will be decided by John Rosmer – a man torn between the idealised hope of the future and the ghosts of his past. ★★★★★ This portrait of a community torn apart by conflicting ideologies could not be more pertinent or better performed Sunday Express Ian Rickson directs Tom Burke , Hayley Atwell and Giles Terera in the West End premiere of Duncan Macmillan ‘s startling new adaptation of Henrik Ibsen ’s gripping and piercingly relevant work of personal and political passion Rosmersholm . Rosmersholm is the tenth collaboration between Sonia Friedman Productions and director Ian Rickson (including The Birthday Party, Mojo, Old Times, Betrayal, Jerusalem ) and marks a second time working with award-winning writer and director Duncan Macmillan , who previously collaborated with Sonia Friedman Productions on the West End and Broadway run of 1984 , which he co-adapted/co-directed with Robert Icke. His other plays include People Places and Things which enjoyed huge success in London and New York. ★★★★ Grippingly modern. A treat Daily Telegraph CAST HAYLEY ATWELL – Rebecca West LUCY BRIERS – Mrs Helseth TOM BURK – John Rosmer JAKE FAIRBROTHER – Peter Mortensgaard GILES TERERA – Andreas Kroll PETER WIGHT – Ulrik Brendel GAVIN ANTONY – Ensemble EBONY BUCKLE – Ensemble PIERS HAMPTON – Ensemble MAUREEN HIBBERT – Ensemble ROBYN LOVELL – Ensemble ALIVE VILANCULO – Ensemble CREATIVES Adapted by DUNCAN MACMILLAN IAN RICKSON – Director RAE SMITH – Set and Costume Designer NEIL AUSTIN – Lighting Designer STEPHEN WARBECK – Composer GREGORY CLARKE – Sound Designer AMY BALL CDG – Casting

Back to Productions THE HAUNTING OF HILL HOUSE This production first began performances on 7th December 2015 and closed on 16th January 2016. ★★★★ An undoubtedly enjoyable evening. The Guardian The fear is all too real. No one ever visits Hill House, especially not after dark. When three strangers are invited to join the mysterious Dr Montague at the eerie house on the hill, not even their darkest dreams could have prepared them for what awaits. As their stay unfolds, they are plagued by a series of inexplicable events that propel them to the very edge of their existence. ★★★★ Superb projections, a lurid soundscape and a generous ration of jump-out-of-your-seat surprises Mail on Sunday A terrifying psychological thriller that plays with our perceptions of reality, Shirley Jackson ’s The Haunting of Hill House became one of the greatest horror films ever made (The Haunting, 1963) and her work influenced writers such as Stephen King and Neil Gaiman. This Christmas watch as Hill House stirs into life on stage, in a new adaption by Anthony Neilson (The Wonderful World of Dissocia, Realism and The Night Before Christmas) and directed by Olivier and Tony Award nominee Melly Still (Coram Boy). Liverpool Everyman & Playhouse in association with Sonia Friedman Productions and HAMMER presents “The Haunting of Hill House ” by Anthony Neilson , based on the novel by Shirley Jackson . ★★★★★ Great storytelling and technical genius bring a classic psychological thriller to the stage with tremendous flair Good News Liverpool CAST EMILY BEVAN – Eleanor CHIPO CHUNG – Theodora ANGELA CLERKIN – Celia Markway JANE GUERNIER – Mrs Dudley JOSEPH MAY – Luke MARTIN TURNER – Dr Montague CREATIVES Based on the novel by SHIRLEY JACKSON By ANTHONY NEILSON MELLY STILL – Director MIRIAM BUETHER – Set Deisgner GABRIELLE DALTON – Costume Designer JACK KNOWLES – Lighting Designer 59 PRODUCTIONS – Video Designer NICK POWELL – Composer and Sound Designer AL NEDJARI – Movement Director JOANA DIAS – Associate Set Designer MAX BARTON – Assistant Director HELEN JOHNSON – Costume Supervisor GEMMA HANCOCK & SAM STEVENSON – Casting Directors

Back to News & Press King Charles III UK tour announces 2016 dates Tuesday, 3 November 2015 The producers of Mike Bartlett’s multi award-winning contemporary play, King Charles III are delighted to announce today that the current UK tour has been extended into spring 2016. Robert Powell will continue in his role as Charles. Tickets are now on sale. New venues set to receive this award-winning production from January 2016 are Leicester Curve Theatre, Sheffield Lyceum Theatre, Brighton Theatre Royal, Oxford Playhouse, Cheltenham Everyman Theatre, Manchester Opera House and Norwich Theatre Royal. King Charles III recently opened at Broadway’s Music Box Theatre to great acclaim from the New York critics and enjoyed huge success in London last year with critically acclaimed sell-out runs at the Almeida Theatre and in the West End. Rupert Goold’s production won an array of awards in 2015, including Best Play at the Olivier Awards and the Critics' Circle Theatre Awards and Best Theatre Production at the Southbank Sky Arts Awards. Continuing on stage with Robert will be Penelope Beaumont as Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, Jennifer Bryden as Katherine, Duchess of Cambridge, Ben Righton as William, Duke of Cambridge, and Richard Glaves as Prince Harry. Dominic Jephcott, Lucy Phelps, Giles Taylor, Tim Treloar, Beatrice Walker and Paul Westwood will also remain in their roles. Robert Powell will also lead the cast when King Charles III opens in Sydney on 31 March 2016 at the Roslyn Packer Theatre as part of the Sydney Theatre Company’s 2016 season. Directed by the Almeida Theatre’s artistic director Rupert Goold with Whitney Mosery, King Charles III is designed by Tom Scutt, with music composed by Jocelyn Pook, lighting by Jon Clark and sound by Paul Arditti. Mike Bartlett's play explores the people underneath the crowns, the unwritten rules of our democracy, and the conscience of Britain's most famous family. His TV series Doctor Foster has recently broadcast on BBC One to widespread acclaim. The King Charles III UK tour is produced by Sonia Friedman Productions, Stuart Thompson Productions, Tulchin Bartner Productions, Charles Diamond and the Almeida Theatre in association with Birmingham Repertory Theatre and by arrangement with Lee Dean. King Charles III was first produced by the Almeida Theatre and subsequently co-produced at the Wyndham’s Theatre in the West End by Sonia Friedman Productions and Stuart Thompson Productions in association with Lee Dean & Charles Diamond and Tulchin Bartner Productions. Up Up

Back to News & Press New York Theatre Workshop announces details for Three Sisters adaptation Thursday, 20 February 2020 New York Theatre Workshop (NYTW) (Artistic Director James C. Nicola and Managing Director Jeremy Blocker) announced today that Pulitzer Prize finalist Clare Barron (Dance Nation, You Got Older) will pen the adaptation of Three Sisters by Anton Chekhov for the previously announced production helmed by NYTW Usual Suspect and Tony Award winner Sam Gold (Othello, Fun Home). Three Sisters will begin previews on Wednesday May 13, 2020 at New York Theatre Workshop (79 E. 4th St, New York, NY 10003), and is set to open on Monday June 1, for a limited run through Sunday July 12, 2020. NYTW also announced today complete casting for Three Sisters . Joining the previously announced Academy Award nominee Greta Gerwig (Little Women) as Masha and Golden Globe Award winner Oscar Isaac (Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, Show Me A Hero) as Vershinin will be Obie Award winner Quincy Tyler Bernstine (Marys Seacole, The Misanthrope) as Olga, Golden Globe and Emmy Award winner Steve Buscemi as Chebutykin (in his first return to theatre since The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui with Al Pacino), Emily Davis (Is This A Room) as Natasha, Michael Benjamin Hernandez (The Birthday Cake) as Fedotik, John Christopher Jones (Much Ado About Nothing) as Ferapont, Lola Kirke (Gone Girl) as Irina, Anthony Michael Lopez (Mapplethorpe, Othello) as Rohde, Matthew Maher (King Lear, Othello) as Tusenbach, Chris Messina (“The Mindy Project,” Far Away) as Solyony, Aaron Clifton Moten (Romeo & Juliet) as Andrei, Ben Sinclair (“High Maintenance”) as Kulygin and Virginia Wing (“Gotham”) as Anfisa. Three Sisters will feature scenic design by Andrew Lieberman (The Glass Menagerie, Othello) & Brett J. Banakis (The Cher Show, What’s It All About?), costume design by Tony Award winner Clint Ramos (Eclipsed, Slave Play), lighting design by Tony Award nominee Jane Cox (King Lear, Othello), and sound design by Mikaal Sulaiman (Fairview, Sanctuary City). Laura Smith (Bella Bella) will serve as stage manager and Michelle DiBucci (Basetrack Live) will serve as music director. “Chekhov’s work occupies a special place in the soul of a theater-maker—the plays have an almost sacred place in the practice,” said NYTW Artistic Director James Nicola . “For audiences, the works of this Russian genius might by this moment in history have become a bit too familiar. When Sam brought the idea of a production of Three Sisters to us, I knew that he would shake off the encrusted assumptions about Chekhov with an immediacy that transfixed audiences. And when he invited Clare Barron to make the version we would use, I rejoiced, because I knew that she would find the reverberant juxtaposition of the samovar and blue jeans that would help us all see the play anew.” NYTW Usual Suspect and Tony Award winner Sam Gold (Othello) revisits Chekhov following his acclaimed 2012 production of Uncle Vanya that was heralded as “luminous” and "the most intimate and engaging exploration of Chekhov's bleak comedy.” This production of Three Sisters reunites Gold with two previous collaborators: The Village Bike’s Greta Gerwig and Hamlet’s Oscar Isaac . NYTW is committed to making tickets available to every production via its CHEAPTIX initiative. For Three Sisters , all tickets for the first two performances on May 13th and 14th plus a limited number of tickets to all other performances will be sold to the general public for $25 via a CHEAPTIX Digital Lottery in partnership with TodayTix . The lottery is offered in lieu of NYTW’s standard CHEAPTIX RUSH program to ensure that tickets are available at every performance. After the first two $25 CHEAPTIX performances, single tickets for Three Sisters range from $50–$125 and vary by performance date and time. All non-lottery tickets will go on sale Wednesday April 1 at 12pm EST at NYTW.org and by phone from the NYTW Box Office at 212-460-5475. No in-person sales will be available at the box office on April 1. Single tickets are available on a first-come, first-served basis. Standard ticketing fees apply. There will be a limit of 8 tickets per person for this production. Ticket pickup for each performance begins two hours prior to curtain. Tickets will only be released to the purchaser and an ID is required for pickup. TodayTix allows you to enter the CHEAPTIX Digital Lottery via the app, available in the App Store or Google Play Store. The entry period for the first two performances will begin on Monday March 23 at 12:01am EST and continue through 12pm EST on Monday March 30, when winners will be notified. The entry period for all other performances will begin each performance day at 12:01am EST and continue until winners are notified. All entry rules apply, and winners will be notified daily. Entrants may request 1 or 2 tickets, and entry in the digital Lottery is free and open to all. All entry rules apply. The performance schedule for Three Sisters is as follows: Tuesday-Thursday at 7pm, Friday at 8pm, Saturday at 2pm & 8pm, Sunday at 2pm & 7pm. Exceptions: there will be no performances on Saturday May 16 at 2pm; Tuesday June 2; Sunday June 14 at 7pm; Wednesday June 17; and Saturday July 4. There will be an added performance on Wednesday July 1 at 2pm. Up Up