Back to News & Press Over 140,000 new tickets released for end It Like Beckham as original cast album dates are announced Thursday, 13 August 2015 It is also announced today that the original cast album is now available to buy on digital platforms including iTunes and Amazon mp3. This will be followed on 11 September 2015 with the release of the CD by Sony Classical, a division of Sony Music Entertainment. Recorded over several performances at the Phoenix Theatre to capture the excitement of a live performance, with music and lyrics by Howard Goodall and Charles Hart, the Bend It Like Beckham original cast album features seventeen tracks from the show including Girl Perfect, Heer, Bend It, People Like Us, UB2 and Glorious. The cast is led by Natalie Dew who plays 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 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, Kayleigh McKnight, Leanne Pinder, Kirstie Skivington and Danielle Young. Rekha Sawhney and Shahid Khan are the production’s Indian Heritage Singers. Bend It Like Beckham The Musical is a celebratory fusion of culture, music, emotions and fun, bursting with warmth, humour and heart. 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? With lyrics by Charles Hart, music by Howard Goodall the original cast album of Bend It Like Beckham The Musical also features Rail Gaddi music by Kuljit Bhamra, Sadaa Charhdi Kalaa and Sacheh Bahd Shah Punjabi texts by Gurinder Chadha. Orchestrations by Howard Goodall and Kuljit Bhamra, electronic rhythm sequences are programmed by Howard Goodall and musical direction is by Nigel Lilley. Live sound (theatre) is designed by Richard Brooker, assisted by Ross Portway. Live sound (theatre) is mixed by Roisine Mamdani, assisted by Michaela O'Brien. The album is mixed and engineered by Gary Thomas, assisted by Joshua Thomas at Vale Audio Facilities and mastered by Ben Turner. The live album Creative Producer and Editor is Howard Goodall and the Executive Producer is Tris Penna. Directed by Gurinder Chadha, with original music by Howard Goodall and lyrics by Charles Hart, Bend It Like Beckham The Musical has a new book by Paul Mayeda Berges & 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 & Kuljit Bhamra. Bend It Like Beckham The Musical is produced in the West End by Sonia Friedman Productions, Deepak Nayar Productions, Bend It Films, Fischer & Vaswani Productions, Tanya Link Productions & Zeilinger Productions, Lost Marbles & Two Way Split, Delman Jacobson, DOIT Media & Entertainment (India) and Reliance Entertainment. Up Up

Back to News & Press Initial Casting and Full Tour Dates Announced for the 2026/2027 UK and Ireland Tour of the Award-Winning Musical MEAN GIRLS Friday, 3 October 2025 Today, 3 October, ‘Mean Girls Day’, Lorne Michaels, Crossroads Live and Sonia Friedman Productions are delighted to announce initial casting and full tour dates for the 2026/2027 UK and Ireland tour of the award-winning MEAN GIRLS THE MUSICAL . Emily Lane will star as Cady Heron, alongside Vivian Panka as Regina George, Sophie Pourret as Karen Smith, Georgie Buckland as Janis Sarkisian, Max Gill as Damian Hubbard, Karim Zeroual as Kevin Ganatra and Joshua Elmore as Mr Duvall. Further casting to be announced. The tour will open at Manchester Opera House on 23 February 2026 before touring to venues across the UK and Ireland until the end of January 2027. In addition to the previously announced venues, the tour will also visit Stoke, Eastbourne, Woking, Leicester, Aberdeen, Canterbury, Norwich, Nottingham, Sheffield, Wimbledon, Birmingham, Oxford and Southampton . www.meangirlsmusical.com Emily Lane ’s West End credits include playing Anna in Frozen at Theatre Royal Drury Lane, Hello Dolly! at the London Palladium, and Evita in Concert at Theatre Royal Drury Lane. Her other theatre credits include Starter For Ten at Bristol Old Vic and, most recently, playing Anne Boleyn in Anne Boleyn, The Musical at Hever Castle. Vivian Panka was most recently seen playing Alana in the UK tour of Dear Evan Hansen. Her previous theatre credits include Heathers the Musical at The Other Palace and the UK Tour of 9 to 5 The Musical. She also appeared in the film of Heathers: The Musical. Sophie Pourret will soon appear in Elf the Musical at the Aldwych Theatre. Most recently, she was seen as understudy Daisy Buchanan in The Great Gatsby at the London Coliseum, and her past theatre credits include Guys and Dolls at the Bridge Theatre, La Cage Aux Folles at Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre and 42nd Street at the Théâtre du Châtelet, Paris. Georgie Buckland can currently be seen playing the leading role of Andy Sachs in the musical The Devil Wears Prada at the Dominion Theatre. Her previous theatre credits include UK tours of Shrek The Musical and Bedknobs and Broomsticks, Claus – The Musical at the Lowry, and Rogers and Hammerstein’s Cinderella at the Hope Mill Theatre. Max Gill ’s theatre credits include Charley's Aunt at the Watermill Theatre, Fly More Than You Fall at Southwark Playhouse, Fangirls at the Lyric Hammersmith, The Boy in the Dress for the RSC and Bugsy Malone at the Lyric Hammersmith. Their film credits include The Lost Girls and Dumbo. Karim Zeroual is a British television presenter and actor, best known for his work presenting on CBBC and his appearance on Strictly Come Dancing when he reached the 2019 final. His screen acting credits include EastEnders, Da Vinci’s Demons and CBBC sci-fi drama The Sparticle Mystery, and his West End credits include The Lion King and Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. Joshua Elmore ’s many opera credits include La Traviata, Lucia di Lammermoor, Pagliacci and La Boheme, all at Opera Holland Park, Seven Last Words at the English National Opera, Queer Staged Messiah and La Contesa di Pallade e Venere for Les Bougies Baroques, Fame and Envy for the Oxfordshire Contemporary Opera, Gianni Schicchi and Suor Angelica for the Carmina Priapea Opera Company and Brundibar for Boco Arts. Meet The Plastics – Regina, Gretchen and Karen. They rule North Shore High and will burn anyone who gets in their way. Home-schooled Cady Heron may think she knows a thing or two about survival of the fittest thanks to her zoologist parents, but high school is a whole new level of savage. When Cady devises a plan to end Regina’s reign, she learns the hard way that you can’t cross a queen bee without getting stung. Expect iconic characters, razor-sharp wit, and killer songs. MEAN GIRLS , the smash-hit musical comedy based on the iconic Paramount Pictures film of the same name, had its first West End performance at the Savoy Theatre on 5 June 2024, where it was seen by over 330,000 people and played until 8 June 2025. MEAN GIRLS recently took home the coveted ‘Best New Musical’ award at the 2025 WhatsOnStage Awards. MEAN GIRLS had its world premiere in 2017 at the National Theatre in Washington, D.C and opened on Broadway in April 2018 at the August Wilson Theatre to ecstatic responses, where it played to packed houses. The show then went on a hugely successful US tour in 2019 and recently completed a second US tour. In addition, in 2024, Paramount Pictures released a new twist on the fan-favourite film from the comedic mind of Tina Fey with a fresh and fun re-telling of the story featuring sensational musical performances. The musical MEAN GIRLS has a book by Tina Fey , music and vocal arrangements by Jeff Richmond , lyrics by Nell Benjamin , direction and choreography by Casey Nicholaw , scenic design by Scott Pask , costume design by Katrina Lindsay , lighting design by Kenneth Posner , sound design by Brian Ronan , hair design by Josh Marquette , musical supervision/vocal, dance, incidental and additional music arrangements by Mary-Mitchell Campbell , orchestrations by John Clancy and dance and incidental music arrangements by Glen Kelly. Up Up

Back to News & Press The challenges of recouping on Broadway Monday, 13 January 2014 She's snapping right at the heels of someone who is quite possibly the world's most successful theatrical producer of all time, at least financially speaking, and though she doesn't own any theatres personally (at least not yet), it's one of the few things separating them now in terms of power and influence in the two great theatrical meccas of the West End and Broadway. (Her company, though, falls under the umbrella of ATG, which is of course are top of the Stage 100 list and now owns the largest number of UK theatres as well as one of the biggest theatres on Broadway as well). In fact, she's outstripping Mackintosh on at least one front: on the Internet Broadway database (ibdb.com), she has some 28 producing credits listed, whereas Mackintosh only has 13 (plus credits for 3 more that he originally produced earlier, different versions of). And Friedman's credits there have, moreover, been collected in the last decade, whereas Mackintosh's have occurred over more than 30 years. Read the full article here . Up Up

Back to Productions MILLIONS Produced by arrangement with Sonia Friedman Productions and Franco Productions. Created by a team of Tony Award winners, MILLIONS is an imaginative and unpredictable adventure with a book by Bob Martin (The Drowsy Chaperone, The Prom ) and an extraordinary score by Adam Guettel (Floyd Collins, The Light in the Piazza, Days of Wine and Roses ), with direction by Bartlett Sher (South Pacific, Fiddler on the Roof, To Kill a Mockingbird ). With soaring music and a story full of surprises, MILLIONS is a modern-day fable that will enchant and entertain the entire family. For more information, click here . A million dollars is a windfall. A family is a fortune. Inspired by Frank Cottrell Boyce’s beloved novel and film, MILLIONS is a hilarious and heartwarming new musical about two brothers, their newly-widowed father, a train robber, and (possibly) a miracle. Damien and Anthony are dealing with the loss of their mother in very different ways. So, when a duffel bag of cash falls out of the sky, Damien thinks it’s a miracle from his mom, sent to test their goodness. But Anthony knows the truth. CAST Casting to be announced. CREATIVES BOB MARTIN – Book ADAM GUETTEL – Score BARTLETT SHER – Director Further creatives to be announced.

Back to News & Press Manhattan Theatre Club announces full casting for the American Premiere of INK, starring Olivier Award winners Bertie Carvel and Jonny Lee Miller Thursday, 21 February 2019 Lynne Meadow (Artistic Director) and Barry Grove (Executive Producer) are pleased to announce full casting for the American premiere of INK , written by Olivier Award winner James Graham (Labour of Love, Privacy, Finding Neverland ) and directed by two-time Olivier Award winner, Tony and BAFTA Award nominee, and Almeida Theatre Artistic Director Rupert Goold (King Charles III ). Joining the previously announced Olivier Award winners Bertie Carvel and Jonny Lee Miller are David Wilson Barnes (The Lieutenant of Inishmore ), Bill Buell (The History Boys ), Andrew Durand (Head Over Heels ), Eden Marryshow (Broadway Debut), Colin McPhillamy (The Ferryman ), Erin Neufer (Broadway Debut), Kevin Pariseau (Legally Blonde ), Rana Roy (Broadway Debut), Michael Siberry (Junk ), Robert Stanton (Saint Joan ), and Tara Summers (The Hard Problem ). Two-time Olivier Award winner Bertie Carvel (Matilda ) will reprise his Olivier Award-winning performance as Rupert Murdoch and Olivier Award winner Jonny Lee Miller (“Elementary,” Frankenstein ) will play the editor of The Sun , Larry Lamb. INK will begin previews Tuesday, April 2 prior to a Wednesday, April 24 opening night at the Samuel J. Friedman Theatre (261 West 47th Street). Rehearsals begin Tuesday, February 26. INK earned unanimous raves from London’s top theatre critics, including The Times, Evening Standard, The Daily Telegraph, The Observer, The Independent, Mail on Sunday, The Guardian, Time Out, Daily Express, Daily Mail, City A.M. and The Stage . It’s 1969 London. The brash young Rupert Murdoch purchases a struggling paper, The Sun , and sets out to make it a must-read smash which will destroy - and ultimately horrify - the competition. He brings on rogue editor Larry Lamb who in turn recruits an unlikely team of underdog reporters. Together, they will go to any lengths for success and the race for the most ink is on! Inspired by real events and a recent hit in London’s West End, James Graham ’s electrifying new play comes to Broadway in the exhilarating Almeida Theatre production, directed by Rupert Goold . In its London run, The Guardian called it “riveting,” and Time Out hailed it as “an incredibly brilliant stunner.” INK is produced with the Almeida Theatre and Sonia Friedman Productions. Lead production support for INK is made possible by a generous grant from The Roy Cockrum Foundation. Additional support provided by Gary L. Churgin, a Producing Fund Partner. Up Up

Back to Productions ALL ABOUT EVE This production began performances on 2nd Feb and closed on 11th May 2019. ★★★★ Lily James is excellent and Gillian Anderson is incredible. Absolutely one of those "I was there" moments. Time Out ★★★★ This is event theatre done with tremendous panache Daily Mail Sonia Friedman Productions and Fox Stage Productions produced the world premiere of Ivo van Hove’s highly anticipated stage production of the 1950 Twentieth Century Fox film All About Eve. The much-acclaimed film, based on Mary Orr’s original play “The Wisdom of Eve”, remains the only film to receive four female acting nominations. The Emmy Award-winning Gillian Anderson (X-Files, The Fall, A Streetcar Named Desire ) returned to the stage alongside Lily James (Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again, Downton Abbey, Romeo and Juliet ). ★★★★ An acting masterclass from Gillian Anderson Financial Times CAST GILLIAN ANDERSON – Margo LILY JAMES – Eve MONICA DOLAN – Karen JULIAN OVENDEN – Bill SHEILA REID – Birdie RHASHAN STONE – Lloyd CREATIVES Adapted for the stage by Ivo van Hove IVO VAN HOVE – Director JOSEPH L MANKIEWICZ – Writer JAN VERSWEYVELD – Set and Lighting Designer AN D'HUYS – Costume Designer PJ HARVEY – Music TOM GIBBONS – Sound Designer JULIA HORAN CDG – Casting

Back to News & Press Tom Stoppard's Leopoldstadt to re-open in the West End in August 2021 Thursday, 22 April 2021 Casting will be announced shortly.Patrons whose bookings were affected by the Government’s previous directives will be contacted from today Friday 23 April 2021 regarding their current bookings with public booking opening at 10am on Friday 30 April 2021. Sonia Friedman said: “I am deeply relieved that after a year of immense loss and struggle for so many, including the unthinkable shutdown of our theatre industry, to announce the new dates for the return of Tom’s astonishing play to the West End. Leopoldstadt is a passionate drama of enduring love and familial bonds that asks us to bear witness to our pasts, no matter how painful that may be. The audience response throughout our seven weeks of sold-out performances before the pandemic struck in March 2020 was incredibly moving and humbling to witness. Over a year later and now having won the 2020 Olivier Award for Best New Play, Leopoldstadt could not be more pertinent. I so look forward to returning to the Wyndham’s Theatre, to welcome back our very special audiences as we continue to share this epic, truly great new play.” Patrick Marber said: “Tom and I visited the Leopoldstadt area of Vienna in October 2019. We started rehearsals a month later in London. The play opened in February 2020 and then had to close in March. When we gather to re-rehearse in July 2021 it will be an incredible moment for all involved. It has been a long journey. We were all thrilled by the reception this production received first time round and we're so excited to be able to share this mighty and beautiful play with audiences again. I'm so grateful to Sonia and Cameron for this opportunity and so proud to be working with these amazing and loyal actors on such a powerful, moving and painfully relevant play. I’ve admired Tom’s work since boyhood, he influenced me enormously as a fledgling playwright and now it’s my great honour and joy to be his collaborator once more.” At the beginning of the 20th Century, Leopoldstadt was the old, crowded Jewish quarter of Vienna. But Hermann Merz, a manufacturer and baptised Jew married to Catholic Gretl, has moved up in the world. Gathered in the Merz apartment in a fashionable part of the city, Hermann’s extended family are at the heart of Tom Stoppard’s epic yet intimate drama. By the time we have taken leave of them, Austria has passed through the convulsions of war, revolution, impoverishment, annexation by Nazi Germany and – for Austrian Jews – the Holocaust in which 65,000 of them were murdered. It is for the survivors to pass on a story which hasn’t ended yet.Set designs are by Richard Hudson , with costume designs by Brigitte Reiffenstuel , lighting by Neil Austin , sound and original music by Adam Cork , and movement by EJ Boyle . Casting is by Amy Ball CDG , with children’s casting by Verity Naughton .Leopoldstadt received its world premiere on 25 January 2020 and was originally planned for a 20-week run. As initial casting was announced the run was extended due to public demand scheduled to play until 13 June 2020. The final performance before lockdown was 14 March 2020.Leopoldstadt , the sixth collaboration between SFP and Tom Stoppard , which reunites Stoppard , Marber and Friedman and is co-produced with Gavin Kalin Productions , Tulchin Bartner Productions , Scott M. Delman/Patrick Gracey in association with Rupert Gavin , 1001 Nights Productions , Nica Burns , Burnt Umber Productions , Bradford W. Edgerton , Eilene Davidson Productions , Richard Winkler . Opening the show is subject to the government allowing indoor performances to begin by 21 June 2021 with sufficient notice, understanding what restrictions on social distancing and audience number caps are imposed, the public health status, and the availability of insurance cover either from the market or more likely from a government indemnity scheme. Up Up

Back to News & Press Three-time Tony Award Nominee, Kelly O'Hara, to star opposite Matthew Broderick in Nice Work If You Can Get It Thursday, 1 September 2011 Three-time Tony Award nominee Kelli O’Hara (South Pacific, The Pajama Game and The Light in the Piazza) will star opposite two-time Tony Award-winner Matthew Broderick (The Producers, How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, Brighton Beach Memoirs) in the new musical comedy NICE WORK IF YOU CAN GET IT directed and choreographed by three-time Tony Award-winner Kathleen Marshall (Anything Goes, The Pajama Game, Wonderful Town), opening on Broadway this April. NICE WORK IF YOU CAN GET IT reunites Kelli O’Hara with Kathleen Marshall once again following their Tony-winning success with The Pajama Game and the critically-acclaimed Bells Are Ringing at Encores! last season. NICE WORK IF YOU CAN GET IT also marks Matthew Broderick’s first musical since The Producers. NICE WORK IF YOU CAN GET IT will open on Broadway in April, 2012 and will be produced by Roger Berlind, Sonia Friedman, Roy Furman and Scott Landis. With a book by two-time Tony Award-winner Joe DiPietro (Tony Award for Best Book of a Musical and Best Original Score for Memphis), NICE WORK IF YOU CAN GET IT follows Billie Bendix (Kelli O'Hara), a tough-as-nails bootlegger who meets up with wealthy playboy Jimmy Winter (Matthew Broderick) on the weekend of his nuptials. Featuring a veritable hit parade of iconic George and Ira Gershwin songs as well as some unknown gems in their catalog, NICE WORK IF YOU CAN GET IT is a new take on a classic 1920’s musical farce. "I am over the moon to get to work with the brilliant Kelli O'Hara again. Kelli and Matthew starring together in a romantic screwball comedy and singing Gershwin songs is going to be a total blast!" said Kathleen Marshall. Additional casting, venue and creative team will be announced shortly. Up Up

Back to Productions GHOSTS – NEW YORK This production began performances on 5th April and closed on 3rd May 2015. Possibly the best 'Ghosts' you’ll ever see The New York Times Helene Alving has spent her life suspended in an emotional void after the death of her cruel but outwardly charming husband. She is determined to escape the ghosts of her past by telling her son, Oswald, the truth about his father. But on his return from his life as a painter in France, Oswald reveals how he has already inherited the legacy of Alving’s dissolute life. Lesley Manville is a revelation. Richard Eyre's dynamic production has an edge-of-the-seat momentum The New York Post The Almeida Theatre’s five-star production of Ibsen’s GHOSTS adapted and directed by Richard Eyre , transferred to BAM, New York in April 2015. Uncouth family relations. Malicious infections. Upended Victorian mores. Considered shockingly indecent when it premiered in 1882, Ghosts is given chilling new life in this production, which originated at the Almeida Theatre and was transferred to the West End by Sonia Friedman Productions . Lesley Manville (Grief, National Theatre; Mike Leigh films, including Another Year and Topsy-Turvy) gives an Olivier Award-winning performance leading the cast in director Richard Eyre ’s (The Crucible, Broadway; The Invention of Love, National Theatre; Carmen and Le Nozze di Figaro, Metropolitan Opera) multi-award-winning adaptation of Ibsen’s masterpiece. Almeida Theatre and Sonia Friedman Productions present “GHOSTS ”. Director Richard Eyre provides an altogether gripping production. Lesley Manville is simply not to be missed The Huffington Post CAST LESLEY MANVILLE – Helene Alving BILLY HOWLE – Oswald Alving WILL KEEN – Pastor Manders BRIAN MCCARDIE – Jacob Engstrand CHARLENE MCKENNA – Regina Engstrand CREATIVES Adapted and Directed by RICHARD EYRE TIM HATLEY – Designer PETER MUMFORD – Lighting Designer JOHN LEONARD – Sound Designer CARA BECKSINSALE CDG – Casting

Back to News & Press Hello, gorgeous! Hello, Broadway! Complete cast and creative team announced for new Broadway production of Funny Girl Monday, 7 February 2022 Previously announced Golden Globe Award nominee Beanie Feldstein , Tony and Olivier Award nominee Ramin Karimloo , Jeff Award winner Jared Grimes and five-time Emmy Award winner Jane Lynch will be joined by Peter Francis James as Florenz Ziegfeld, Ephie Aardema as Emma/Mrs. Nadler, Debra Cardona as Mrs. Meeker, Toni DiBuono as Mrs. Strakosh, Martin Moran as Tom Keeney, Julie Benko as Fanny Brice Standby, and an acting company that includes Amber Ardolino, Daniel Beeman, Colin Bradbury, Kurt Thomas Csolak, Leslie Donna Flesner, Afra Hines, Masumi Iwai, Aliah James, Jeremiah James, Danielle Kelsey, Stephen Mark Lukas, Alicia Hadiya Lundgren, John Thomas Manzari, Liz McCartney, Katie Mitchell, Justin Prescott, Mariah Reives, and Leslie Blake Walker . Tony Award winner Michael Mayer will direct this brand-new FUNNY GIRL , featuring the classic score by , Grammy and Academy Award winner Jule Styne and lyrics by Award nominee and Grammy Award winner Bob Merrill , (comprising additional songs from Styne & Merrill ). The original book by Isobel Lennart , from an original story by Miss Lennart , is revised by Award winner Harvey Fierstein . FUNNY GIRL will feature choreography by Ellenore Scott , tap choreography by Ayodele Casel , scenic design by Tony Award winner David Zinn , costume design by Tony Award winner Susan Hilferty , lighting design by Tony Award winner Kevin Adams , sound design by Tony Award winner Brian Ronan , hair & wig design by Campbell Young Associates , orchestrations by Chris Walker , music direction and supervision by Emmy Award winner Michael Rafter , casting by Jim Carnahan , CSA and Jason Thinger , orchestrations by Chris Walker , dance, vocal and incidental music arrangements by Alan Williams , and additional arrangements by David Dabbon and Carmel Dean . FUNNY GIRL begins performances Saturday, March 26, 2022 and officially opens on Sunday, April 24, 2022 at Broadway’s August Wilson Theatre (245 West 52nd Street). Tickets to FUNNY GIRL are available at https://seatgeek.com/funny-girltickets Up Up

Back to Productions RODGERS & HAMMERSTEIN'S OKLAHOMA! This production first opened on 26th April 2022 and closed on 25th June 2022. ★★★★★ Punchy, playful & sexy. An absolute knockout! Daily Telegraph Oklahoma! tells a story of a community banding together against an outsider, and the frontier life that shaped America. Eightyyears after Rodgers and Hammerstein reinvented the American musical, this visionary production is funny and sexy, provocative and probing, without changing a word of the text. A stunning reinvention. The best revival yet! Evening Standard This is Oklahoma! as you’ve never seen it before, re-orchestrated and reimagined for the 21st century. Winner of the Tony Award for Best Revival of a Musical, Daniel Fish ’s bold interpretation transfers to the Young Vic, direct from an acclaimed run on Broadway and a U.S. tour. The Bard SummerScape production of Rodgers & Hammerstein ’s Oklahoma! in association with Eva Price , Sonia Friedman Productions and Michael Harrison . So revitalised it might've been written yesterday The Guardian CAST ANOUSHKA LUCAS – Laurey Williams ARTHUR DARVILL – Curly McLain PATRICK VAILL – Jud Fry LIZA SADOVY – Aunt Eller MARISHA WALLACE – Ado Annie JAMES PATRICK DAVIS – Will Parker STAVROS DEMETRAKI – Ali Hakim RAPHAEL BUSHAY – Mike GREG HICKS – Andrew Carnes REBEKAH HINDS – Gertie Cummings ASHLEY SAMUELS – Cord Elam MARIE MENCE – Lead Dancer CREATIVES DANIEL FISH & JORDAN FEIN – Directors DANIEL KLUGER & NATHAN KOCI – Orchestrations and Arrangements JOHN HEGINBOTHAM – Choreography LAURA JELLINEK AND GRACE LAUBACHER – Set Designer TERESE WADDEN – Costume Designer SCOTT ZIELINSKI – Lighting Designer DREW LEVY – Sound Designer JOSHUA THORSON – Video/Projection Designer

Back to News & Press Casting announced for Shakespeare In Love Friday, 14 February 2014 Tom Bateman will play Will Shakespeare and Lucy Briggs-Owen will play Viola De Lesseps. Disney and Sonia Friedman Productions are delighted to announce casting for the roles of star-crossed lovers Will Shakespeare and Viola De Lesseps in the forthcoming stage production of Shakespeare in Love. Tom Bateman will play Will Shakespeare and Lucy Briggs-Owen will play Viola De Lesseps. Tom Bateman 's theatre credits include: ‘Antonio’ in The Duchess of Malfi at The Old Vic; ‘Claudio’ in Much Ado About Nothing at the Wyndham’s Theatre; ‘Richard’ in The Lion in Winter at the Theatre Royal Haymarket and ‘Dante Gabriel Rossetti’ in Lizzie Siddal at the Arcola Theatre. He has played major roles in TV series Da Vinci’s Demons and The Tunnel. Lucy Briggs-Owen 's theatre credits include: ‘Maryna’ in Boris Godunuv, ‘Princess’ in The Orphan of Zhao, ‘Helena’ in A Midsummer Night’s Dream, ‘Luscinda’ in Cardenio and ‘Anne’ in The City Madam all for the Royal Shakespeare Company; ‘Brooke Ashton’ in Noises Off in the West End; ‘Mrs Fainall’ in The Way of the World at Sheffield Crucible; ‘Cressida’ in Troilus and Cressida at the Barbican and on International Tour; ‘Vivie Warren’ in Mrs Warren’s Profession in the West End and on Tour; ‘Blanche Satorius’ in Widowers’ Houses at Manchester’s Royal Exchange; ‘Sybil Chase’ in Private Lives at the Hampstead Theatre; ‘Cecily’ in The Importance of Being Earnest; and most recently as ‘Olga’ in Fortune’s Fool at The Old Vic. Shakespeare in Love has its world premiere at the Noël Coward Theatre on Wednesday 23 July 2014, with previews from 2 July. Further casting will be announced soon. Based on the Academy Award®-winning screenplay by Marc Norman and Tom Stoppard, Shakespeare in Love has been adapted for the stage by Lee Hall (Billy Elliot). Featuring a company of over 30 actors and musicians, this new play will be directed by Declan Donnellan and designed by Nick Ormerod, the driving force behind the world-renowned theatre company, Cheek by Jowl. Shakespeare in Love will be produced by Disney and Sonia Friedman Productions. Promising young playwright Will Shakespeare is tormented by writer’s block until he finds his muse in the form of passionate noblewoman, Viola De Lesseps. Their forbidden love draws many others, including Queen Elizabeth, into the drama and inspires Will to write the greatest love story of all time, Romeo and Juliet. This sweeping romantic comedy will transport you back to Shakespeare’s London, teeming with vibrant colours, characters, music and life. Oh, and there’s a bit with a dog! Up Up