CREATIVE
SONIA FRIEDMAN PRODUCTIONS (PRODUCER)
Sonia Friedman Productions is one of the West End's most prolific and significant theatre producers responsible for some of the most successful theatre productions in London over the past few years.
Sonia Friedman Productions (SFP) was formed in 2002 and has fast become one of the most dynamic and groundbreaking theatre producers in the West End and on Broadway. SFP's recent expansion will enable the company to continue presenting varied and diverse productions, but also to produce larger-scale productions beyond the West End and Broadway.
Recent West End and Broadway theatre includes:
Arcadia by Tom Stoppard; The Mountaintop by Katori Hall; The Norman Conquests by Alan Ayckbourn (Broadway); A Little Night Music, music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and book by Hugh Wheeler, directed by Trevor Nunn; Dancing at Lughnasa by Brian Friel; A View From The Bridge by Arthur Miller; La Cage Aux Folles, music and lyrics by Jerry Herman and book by Harvey Fierstein; Boeing-Boeing by Marc Camoletti, translated by Beverley Cross and Francis Evans (also on Broadway and currently on UK Tour); No Man's Land by Harold Pinter, directed by Rupert Goold, starring Michael Gambon, David Bradley, David Walliams and Nick Dunning; The Seagull by Anton Chekhov, in a new version by Christopher Hampton, starring Kristin Scott Thomas and Peter Sarsgaard (Broadway); Under The Blue Sky by David Eldridge, starring Catherine Tate and Francesca Annis; That Face by Polly Stenham, starring Lindsay Duncan; Dealer's Choice by Patrick Marber; Hergé's Adventures of Tintin adapted by David Greig and Rufus Norris; Rock 'n' Roll by Tom Stoppard, directed by Trevor Nunn (West End and Broadway); In Celebration by David Storey, starring Orlando Bloom; The Dumb Waiter by Harold Pinter, starring Lee Evans and Jason Isaacs; Donkeys' Years by Michael Frayn; Love Song by John Kolvenbach; Bent by Martin Sherman, starring Alan Cumming; Faith Healer by Brian Friel, starring Ralph Fiennes (Broadway); The Play's the Thing a major new Channel 4 series airing though June 2006, which followed Sonia's search for new West End playwrights; The Woman in White, music by Andrew Lloyd Webber, directed by Trevor Nunn; Celebration by Harold Pinter, cast including Kenneth Cranham, Charles Dance, Michael Gambon, Jeremy Irons, Joanna Lumley, Stephen Rea, Penelope Wilton; Shoot the Crow by Owen McCafferty, starring James Nesbitt and Conleth Hill; Otherwise Engaged by Simon Gray, starring Richard E Grant and Anthony Head; As You Like It starring Helen McCrory, Sienna Miller and Dominic West; The Home Place a new play by Brian Friel, starring Tom Courtenay; Whose Life is it Anyway? by Brian Clark, starring Kim Cattrall; By the Bog of Cats by Marina Carr, starring Holly Hunter; Guantanamo: ‘honor bound to defend freedom' by Victoria Brittain and Gillian Slovo; Endgame by Samuel Beckett, starring Michael Gambon and Lee Evans; Jumpers by Tom Stoppard, starring Simon Russell Beale; Calico by Michael Hastings, starring Imelda Staunton and Romola Garai; See You Next Tuesday by Francis Veber, adapted by Ronald Harwood, starring Nigel Havers and Ardal O'Hanlon; Hitchcock Blonde by Terry Johnson, starring Rosamund Pike; Absolutely! {perhaps} by Pirandello, in a new version by Martin Sherman, directed by Franco Zeffirelli, starring Joan Plowright; Sexual Perversity in Chicago by David Mamet, starring Matthew Perry, Minnie Driver, Hank Azaria and Kelly Reilly; Ragtime, music by Stephen Flaherty, lyrics by Lynn Ahrens and book by Terrence McNally; Macbeth starring Sean Bean and Samantha Bond; What the Night Is For by Michael Weller, starring Gillian Anderson and Roger Allam; A Day In the Death of Joe Egg by Peter Nichols, starring Eddie Izzard, Clive Owen and Victoria Hamilton (also on Broadway); Afterplay by Brian Friel, starring John Hurt and Penelope Wilton; Up For Grabs by David Williamson, starring Madonna; On An Average Day by John Kolvenbach, starring Woody Harrelson and Kyle MacLachlan; Noises Off by Michael Frayn (also on Broadway); Benefactors by Michael Frayn; Lobby Hero by Kenneth Lonergan (transfer to New Ambassadors); Gagarin Way by Gregory Burke (transfer to Arts Theatre - Associate Producer); Maria Friedman at the New Ambassadors; Marc Salem's Mind Games; A Servant to Two Masters by Carlo Goldoni in a new adaptation by Lee Hall; Port Authority by Conor McPherson; Spoonface Steinberg by Lee Hall, starring Kathryn Hunter; Speed-the-Plow by David Mamet; In Flame by Charlotte Jones; The Mystery of Charles Dickens by Peter Ackroyd, starring Simon Callow; The Late Middle Classes by Simon Gray (UK tour); Last Dance at Dum Dum a new play by Ayub Khan Din.
SFP is a subsidiary of the Ambassador Theatre Group. ATG is currently the largest theatre group in the West End (London) and the second largest in the UK regions with a total of twenty-four venues.
