Back to Productions TOP GIRLS This production began performances on 5th August and closed on 29th October 2011. A piece of theatrical history. Genius. Daily Mail It's Thatcher's England and hard-nosed businesswoman Marlene is hosting a dinner party to celebrate her promotion to MD of the Top Girls Employment Agency. Her guests - all powerful women from myth and history - create an extraordinary gathering. A provocative study of powerful women in Thatcher's Britain, the play examines the compromises made by women in the quest for success, and what happens to those left behind. A modern classic. Witty, deeply felt and theatrically daring. Daily Telegraph Following a sell-out season in Chichester, Max Stafford-Clark 's critically acclaimed production of Caryl Churchill 's masterpiece, Top Girls transfers to the Trafalgar Studios for a strictly limited season from 5 August. This smash hit production see Max Stafford-Clark and Caryl Churchill reunited, having originally worked together on the premiere of Top Girls in 1982 at the Royal Court Theatre. A seminal play in an outstanding and powerful production, not to be missed. Sonia Friedman Productions , Robert G. Bartner and Norman Tulchin , Max Cooper , Scott M. Delman , Jacki Barla Florin/ Mark Zimmerman , Scott and Brian Zeilinger present an Out of Joint/ Chichester Festival Theatre Production , “TOP GIRLS ”. Directed with absolute mastery by Max Stafford-Clark. Outrageously funny. Wonderful. The Independent CAST STELLA GONET – Isabella Bird/Joyce/Mrs Kidd SURANNE JONES – Marlene CATHERINE MCCORMACK – Lady Nijo/Win LUCY BRIERS – Pope Joan/Louise LAURA ELPHINSTONE – Patient Griselda/Nell LISA KERR – Waitress/Kit/Shona OLIVIA POULET – Dull Gret/Jeanine/Angie CREATIVES CARYL CHURCHILL – Playwright MAX STAFFORD-CLARK – Director TIM SHORTALL – Designer JASON TAYLOR – Lighting Designer IAN DICKINSON – Sound Designer FINN ROSS – Video Designer GABRIELLE DAWES CDG – Casting Director TIM HOARE – Assistant Director CAROLINE WATERMAN – Costume Supervisor JEMMA GARDNER – Props Supervisor CHARMAIN HOARE – Dialect Coach

Back to Productions MARIA FRIEDMAN RE-ARRANGED This production began performances on 27th November 2008 and closed on 4th January 2009. Maria Friedman , accompanied by an 11 piece band, will play just twenty-five performances of her most recent solo show Maria Friedman: Re-arranged at the Trafalgar Studios from 27 November 2008 - 4 January 2009, with press night on 4 December. Earlier this year Maria Friedman: Re-arranged enjoyed a sell-out run at the Menier Chocolate Factory where the show was acclaimed by audiences and critics alike. Some of the world's most renowned orchestrators and arrangers have re-arranged versions of Maria 's firm favourites and contemporary songs, including the work of Irving Berlin , Leonard Bernstein , Jerry Herman , Michel Legrand , Andrew Lloyd Webber , Kate Bush , Randy Newman , Stephen Sondheim , Charles Strouse and Suzanne Vega . Maria Friedman 's 11-piece band comprises some of the UK's best soloists, between them playing over 50 instruments. This new production directed specifically for the Trafalgar Studios by David Babani , Artistic Director of the Menier Chocolate Factory, will feature a mix of the original Menier Chocolate Factory programme with some exciting new additions. The running time of this show will be 90 minutes with no interval. Maria Friedman: Re-arranged is produced by Chocolate Factory Productions , Sonia Friedman Productions , Robert G. Bartner and Bob Boyett . CAST MARIA FRIEDMAN CREATIVES DAVID BABNI – Director Orchestrators and arrangements include: JASON CARR DAVID CULLEN MICHAEL STAROBIN JEREMY SAMS JONATHAN TUNICK CHRIS WALKER

Back to News & Press A Christmas Carol opens to rave reviews Thursday, 10 December 2015 Academy Award-winning actor Jim Broadbent makes his long-awaited return to the stage to play Scrooge in a new comic re-telling of A Christmas Carol, adapted by Patrick Barlow from Charles Dickens' classic story of greed, grief, ghoulish ghosts and eleventh hour redemption. Broadbent will be joined by Adeel Akhtar (Four Lions, Hamlet Young Vic), Amelia Bullmore (The Norman Conquests Old Vic, Scott & Bailey), Keir Charles (The White Devil RSC, Mydidae Soho Theatre) and Samantha Spiro (Hello Dolly Open Air Theatre, Bad Education). Puppeteers Jack Parker and Kim Scopes complete the ensemble. From Scrooge and Tiny Tim to Bob Cratchit and Mr. Fezziwig, Patrick Barlow’s imaginative adaptation of A Christmas Carol will bring some of Dickens’ most memorable characters to life. Coming together to create this innovative new work are some of our most loved and mischievous maverick theatre-makers. The play is written by the Olivier Award-winning and Tony nominated Patrick Barlow (The 39 Steps) with whom Jim Broadbent performed for many years in Barlow’s cult comedy troupe The National Theatre of Brent. A Christmas Carol is directed by Olivier Award-winning Phelim McDermott, Artistic Director of Improbable, one of Britain’s most inventive theatre companies, and who was responsible for the iconic 1998 production of Shockheaded Peter. McDermott also directed Theatre of Blood at the National Theatre in which Broadbent last appeared on stage. Joining them is the critically-acclaimed designer Tom Pye (The Testament of Mary, The Death of Klinghoffer, The Low Road) and Toby Sedgwick (War Horse, The 39 Steps) as Director of Movement. Peter Mumford will design the lighting and Gareth Fry will design sound. Up Up

Back to News & Press Additional official production photographs for Lyndsey Turner's production of Hamlet with Benedict Cumberbatch Monday, 24 August 2015 Performances at the Barbican Theatre commenced earlier this month on 5 August, with opening night this evening. Hamlet is produced by Sonia Friedman Productions and presented by the Barbican for an exclusive 12-week run, concluding 31 October 2015. Set designs are by Es Devlin with costume designs by Katrina Lindsay, video by Luke Halls, lighting by Jane Cox, music by Jon Hopkins, sound by Christopher Shutt, movement by Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui and fights by Bret Yount. In partnership with Sky Arts, 100 tickets at £10 have been allocated for every public performance. These tickets are spread throughout the auditorium totalling over 9,000 tickets during the run. In addition to the regular performances, four education matinees have been scheduled exclusively for school and university groups (aged 14+ and in full-time education only). For these performances there will be 100 tickets priced at £10, 300 at £25 and the remainder at £35. For ongoing ticket availability please check the Barbican website at hamlet.barbican.org.uk Hamlet will be broadcast to cinemas around the world on Thursday 15 October 2015 as part of National Theatre Live - the National Theatre’s ground-breaking project which broadcasts plays live from the stage to over 550 cinemas in the UK and over 44 countries internationally. Details of all screenings, including Encore performances, can be found at ntlive.com Performing alongside Cumberbatch are Barry Aird (Soldier), Eddie Arnold (Danish Captain, Servant), Leo Bill (Horatio), Siân Brooke (Ophelia), Nigel Carrington (Servant, Cornelius), Ruairi Conaghan (Player King), Rudi Dharmalingam (Guildenstern), Colin Haigh (Priest, Messenger), Paul Ham (Official), Diveen Henry (Player Queen, Messenger), Anastasia Hille (Gertrude), Ciarán Hinds (Claudius), Kobna Holdbrook-Smith (Laertes), Karl Johnson (Ghost of Hamlet’s father), Jim Norton (Polonius), Amaka Okafor (Official), Dan Parr (Barnardo), Jan Shepherd (Courtier), Morag Siller (Voltemand), Matthew Steer (Rosencrantz), Sergo Vares (Fortinbras) and Dwane Walcott (Marcellus). Up Up

Back to Productions J'OUVERT – FILM Filmed on the stage of the Harold Pinter Theatre, J'Ouvert originated at Theatre 503 in a co-production with Bad Breed and Tobi Kyeremateng. A timely echo of Caribbean resistance across centuries, J’Ouvert is a joyful and fearless story of two best friends, battling to preserve tradition in a society where women’s bodies are frequently under threat. 2017. Carnival is here. The streets of Notting Hill are alive with history and amidst the soca, sequins and endless feathers, Jade and Nadine are fighting for space in a world that should be theirs. CAST ANNICE BOPARAI – Nisha GABRIELLE BROOKS – Nadine SAPPHIRE JOY – Jade ZUYANE RUSSELL – DJ CREATIVES YASMIN JOSEPH – Writer SONIA FRIEDMAN – Executive Producer IAN RICKSON – Executive Producer CHARLIE BATH – Executive Producer ANDREW FETTIS – Producer REBEKAH MURRELL – Stage Director RHODRI HUW – Director

Back to News & Press Last chance to see Oresteia ay Trafalgar Studios Sunday, 11 October 2015 There are just four more weeks for audiences to catch the Almeida Theatre’s critically acclaimed production of Oresteia , by Aeschylus. The production, re-imagined for the modern stage by Almeida Associate Director Robert Icke (The Fever , Mr Burns , 1984 ), transferred to Trafalgar Studios in August, following a sold-out run at the Almeida Theatre. Robert Icke’s Oresteia has been heralded as one of the theatre events of the year, creating a style of theatre-going that is the theatrical equivalent of binge-watching – audiences continue to be captivated by the epic and mesmeric style of the production. The contemporary relevance and prescience of the classic piece is brought sharply to life in Icke’s bold and immediate production. The cast at Trafalgar Studios includes Lorna Brown, Jessica Brown Findlay, Annie Firbank, Joshua Higgott, Luke Thompson, Jonathan McGuinness, Oliver Ryan, Luke Thompson, Lia Williams, Angus Wright and Hara Yannas. Orestes’ parents are at war. A family drama spanning several decades, a huge, moving, bloody saga, Aeschylus’ greatest and final play asks whether justice can ever be done – and continues to resonate more than two millennia after it was written. Oresteia opened at the Almeida in June 2015 to public and critical acclaim, as the inaugural production in the theatre’s Almeida Greeks season. Oresteia is directed by Robert Icke, designed by Hildegard Bechtler, with light by Natasha Chivers, sound by Tom Gibbons and video by Tim Reid. Casting is by Julia Horan CDG. Robert Icke is the Almeida's Associate Director, where his new version of Uncle Vanya will premiere in February 2016, he most recently directed The Iliad , The Fever and Mr Burns . Other Almeida credits include 1984 , a co-production with Headlong and Nottingham Playhouse co-created with Duncan Macmillan, for which he won the 2014 UK Theatre Award. Robert was previously Associate Director at Headlong. The transfer of Oresteia is produced by Almeida Theatre, Sonia Friedman Productions and Ambassador Theatre Group. Up Up

Back to News & Press Tickets now on sale for King Charles III on Broadway Sunday, 31 May 2015 New York – Producers Stuart Thompson and Sonia Friedman announced today that tickets are now on sale to the general public for the critically acclaimed Olivier Award-winning Best New Play, King Charles III, soon to open on Broadway this fall. The highly anticipated play about Britain’s future king, will begin previews October 10, 2015, with opening night set for November 1, 2015 at the Music Box Theatre (239 West 45th Street, NYC). Tickets are available by visiting Telecharge.com . The cast is led by Tim Pigott-Smith, reprising his much-raved-about role as King Charles III, with Oliver Chris as William, Richard Goulding as Harry, Adam James as Mr. Evans, Margot Leicester as Camilla, Miles Richardson as James Reiss, Tom Robertson as Couttsey and other roles, Sally Scott as Sarah and other roles, Tafline Steen as Jess and Lydia Wilson as Kate. Written by Mike Bartlett and directed by Rupert Goold, King Charles III features sets and costumes by Tom Scutt, music compositions by Jocelyn Pook, lighting design by Jon Clark and sound design by Paul Arditti. The Queen is dead. After a lifetime of waiting, Prince Charles ascends the throne. A future of power lies before him…but how to rule? Winner of the 2015 Olivier Award for Best New Play, King Charles III is the “bracingly provocative and outrageously entertaining” (The Independent) drama of political intrigue by Mike Bartlett that comes to Broadway following a sensational West End run. Directed by Rupert Goold and deemed “the most insightful and engrossing new history play in decades” by Ben Brantley of The New York Times, this “bold and brilliant” (The Times of London) production explores the people underneath the crowns, the unwritten rules of Britain's democracy and the conscience of its most famous family. Complete cast, creative, and additional information for King Charles III will be announced shortly. KingCharlesIIIBroadway.com Up Up

Back to Productions EUREKA DAY – BROADWAY This production began performances on 25 November 2024 and closed on 16 February 2025 as part of the Manhattan Theatre Club 2024-2025 season. CRITIC'S PICK “HILARIOUS! Just in time, laughter is making a big comeback on Broadway." The New York Times Eureka Day is a private California elementary school with a Board of Directors that values inclusion above all else—that is, until an outbreak of the mumps forces everyone in the community to reconsider the school’s liberal vaccine policy. As cases rise, the board realizes with horror that they’ve got to do what they swore they never would: make a choice that won’t please absolutely everybody. "A SHARPLY DOUBLE-EDGE COMEDY!" Time Out NY Wildly relevant and bitingly funny, Jonathan Spector ’s play comes to MTC in an all-new production following an acclaimed London run. "One of the BEST PLAYS OF THE SEASON.” Deadline CAST AMBER GRAY – Carina JESSICA HECHT – Suzanne BILL IRWIN – Don THOMAS MODDLEDITCH – Eli CHELSEA YAKURA-KURTZ – Meiko TERESA AVIA LIM – Understudy for Meiko/Winter TONY CARLIN – Understudy for Don JOE CARROLL – Understudy for Eli EBONI FLOWERS – Understudy for Carina CREATIVES JONATHAN SPECTOR – Playwright ANNA D. SHAPIRO – Director TODD ROSENTHAL – Scenic Design CLINT RAMON – Costume Design JEN SCHRIEVER – Lighting Design ROB MILBURN & MICHAEL BODEEN – Original Music & Sound Design DAVID BENGALI – Projection Design ANN C. JAMES – Intimacy & Sensitivity Coordinator GIGI BUFFINGTON – Vocal Coach CAPARELLIOTIS CASTING & KELLY GILLESPIE – Casting

Back to Productions MARIA FRIEDMAN & FRIENDS – LEGACY This production opened on 3rd March 2022 and closed on 20th March 2022. This is a show that oozes love for performance. The Guardian Three-time Olivier Award winner Maria Friedman was a friend of and collaborator with these extraordinary composers. This unique event will see her showcase many of their greatest works – including Broadway Baby, Send in the Clowns, A Piece Of Sky, At The Ballet and Nothing – with entertaining and personal memories that make a Friedman cabaret a night to remember. The Menier Chocolate Factory , in association with Sonia Friedman Productions , presents the world première of a brand-new show Maria Friedman & Friends – Legacy , celebrating the brilliance of Marvin Hamlisch, Michel Legrand and Stephen Sondheim . CAST MARIA FRIEDMAN Along with fellow performers: MATTHEW WHITE IAN MCLARNON ALFIE FRIEDMAN DESMONDA CATHBEL ROYAL ACADEMY OF MUSIC – Choir CREATIVES THEO JAMIESON – Musical Director and Pianist PAUL MOYLANON – Double Bass JOE EVANS – Percussion

Back to News & Press Pearl Mackie will join Toby Jones, Stephen Mangan and Zoë Wanamaker in major revival of Harold Pinter’s The Birthday Party Thursday, 14 September 2017 In her first role since leaving the BBC’s Doctor Who , Pearl Mackie will join recently announced Toby Jones, Stephen Mangan and Zoë Wanamaker for this major revival directed by Ian Rickson . The production will run at the Harold Pinter Theatre, 60 years since the play’s debut, from 9th January to 14th April 2018 with an Opening Night on Thursday 18th January 2018. Tickets are now on sale. Further casting is still to be announced. Pearl Mackie recently starred opposite Peter Capaldi in the BBC’s Doctor Who as the Doctor’s companion ‘Bill’. Pearl’s casting was announced in the original short film Friend from the Future , written by Steven Moffat. Also starring Matt Lucas and Michelle Gomez, the tenth series of the globally popular show premiered in April 2017 to critical acclaim. From 2015-6, Pearl appeared in the National Theatre’s Olivier and Tony award-winning The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time . She has also starred as ‘Nina’ in Theatre503’s 2012 play Only Human and co-starred in the European premiere of Aurin Squire’s Obama-ology at the Finborough Theatre. In 2013, Pearl appeared alongside Martin Freeman, Michael Socha and Maxine Peake in the comedy film Svengali , directed by John Hardwick. Further theatre credits include: A Mad World, My Masters (2015); Hello Kind World (2014); Crystal Springs (2014); Home (2012); The Crucible (2010); And The Comedy of Errors (2010). Stanley Webber (Toby Jones ) is the only lodger at Meg (Zoë Wanamaker ) and Petey Boles’ sleepy seaside boarding house. The unsettling arrival of enigmatic strangers Goldberg (Stephen Mangan ) and McCann disrupts the humdrum lives of the inhabitants and their friend Lulu (Pearl Mackie ), and mundanity soon becomes menace when a seemingly innocent birthday party turns into a disturbing nightmare. Truth and alliances hastily shift in Pinter's brilliantly mysterious dark-comic masterpiece about the absurd terrors of the everyday. The production will be designed by the Quay Brothers , with lighting by Hugh Vanstone , sound by Simon Baker , music by Stephen Warbeck and casting by Amy Ball . Up Up

Back to Productions THE COMEBACK This production opened 8th December 2020 and closed 25th July 2021. An uproarious, gag-a-minute triumph! The Telegraph Up-and-coming comics Ben and Alex have been booked in the warm-up spot for a beloved but fading double act’s comeback tour. Neither duo are delighted to be playing to a sparse crowd in a sleepy, seaside town, but when it’s revealed that a Hollywood director is in the audience, both acts glimpse a final chance for their big break. Cue sabotage, mistaken identity and full-on farcical mayhem, as the performance descends into a desperate battle for the limelight. With the action alternating between offstage and on, and the tone between Noises Off and Morecambe and Wise’s old-school charm, this is a warm-hearted, joyful, and dazzlingly funny new comedy. Furiously funny. London’s new heartwarming hit! Variety The Comeback , a brilliantly original and hilarious new comedy, is set to delight all generations at the Noel Coward Theatre this December. This debut play from The Pin’s award-winning Ben Ashenden and Alex Owen – ‘destined to become one of the great comedy duos’ (Radio Times) – tells the story of two double acts fighting to wrestle control of the most chaotic, farcical and high-stakes gig of their respective careers. Directed by Emily Burns , The Comeback will have audiences doubled over laughing and wiping a tear away at the end with its heart-warming exploration of bittersweet nostalgia and the enduring power of friendship. This show is a much-needed dose of feel-good, dizzying escapism with a real emotional heart, and a celebrity guest each night to boot. The Comeback is presented by Sonia Friedman Productions, Tulchin Bartner Productions in association with Playing Field , Eilene Davidson Productions , Rupert Gavin/Mallory Factor , and David Mirvish . Surreal, silly and very, very funny Evening Standard CAST BEN ASHENDEN ALEX OWEN CREATIVES BEN ASHENDEN AND ALEX OWEN – Playwrights EMILY BURNS – Director ROSANNA VIZE – Set and Costume Designer PREMA MEHTA – Lighting Designer GILES THOMAS – Sound Designer

Back to Productions GUANTANAMO 'Honour Bound to Defend Freedom' This production began performances on 23rd June and closed on 4th September 2004. ★★★★★ The British theatre - indeed every Briton - should be proud of this play. Sunday Times ★★★★ Without raising its voice, the show leaves you shocked. The Guardian After the groundbreaking The Colour of Justice (Stephen Lawrence Inquiry) and last year's Justifying War (The Hutton Inquiry), GUANTANAMO ‘Honor Bound to Defend Freedom’ a new piece of documentary theatre from the Tricycle Theatre using personal testimony from British detainees, their families and their lawyers. ★★★★★ A must-see piece of theatre. Metro CAST WILLIAM HOYLAND – The Lord Steyn BADI UZZAMAN – Mr Begg AARON NEIL – Wahab al-Rawi SHAUN PARKES – Jamal al-Harith JAN CHAPPELL – Gareth Pierce ALAN PARNABY – Mark Jennings MIDO HAMADA – Bisher al-Rawi/Major Dan Mori PAUL BHATTACHARJEE – Moazzam Begg/Mr Ahmed THEO FRASER STEELE – Tom Clarke WILLIAM HOYLAND – Donald Rumsfeld TARIQ JORDAN – Ruhel Ahmed DAVID ANNEN – Clive Stafford Smith/Jack Straw MP/Greg Powell CREATIVES VICTORIA BRITTAIN & GILLIAN SLOVO – Playwrights NICOLAS KENT & SACHA WARES – Directors MIRIAM BUETHER – Designer JOHANNA TOWN – Lighting JOHN LEONARD – Sound