Sonia Friedman (Producer)

Sonia Friedman is an acclaimed, award-winning international producer, and one of the most successful producers in the West End and on Broadway.

Her Sonia Friedman Productions (SFP) is an international production company responsible for some of the most successful theatre productions around the world.

Since 1990, SFP has developed, initiated and produced over 200 new productions and together the company has won 63 Olivier Awards, 48 Tonys and 3 BAFTAs. In 2019, Sonia Friedman CBE was awarded ‘Producer of the Year’ at the Stage Awards for a record-breaking fourth time. In 2018, Friedman was also featured in TIME 100, a list of Time Magazine’s 100 Most Influential People in the World. In 2017, she took the number one spot in ‘The Stage 100’, becoming the first number one in the history of the compilation not to own or operate West End theatres and the first solo woman for almost 20 years.

Current & forthcoming West End productions include:

Paddington – The Musical (Savoy Theatre, West End)
The Lives of Others (Adelphi Theatre, West End)
The Book of Mormon (Prince of Wales Theatre, West End)
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child (Palace Theatre, West End)
Stranger Things: The First Shadow, a co-production with Netflix (Phoenix Theatre, West End);
Ava Pickett’s 1536 (Ambassadors Theatre, West End)
John Proctor is the Villain (Royal Court Theatre/ Wyndham’s Theatre, West End)
The Cherry Orchard (Harold Pinter Theatre, West End) starring Kristin Scott Thomas
Tom Stoppard’s Arcadia (Duke of York’s Theatre, West End)
Thelma & Louise: The Musical (The Young Vic, London)

Current and forthcoming tours include:

Current Broadway & US productions include: Harry Potter and the Cursed Child (North American tour).

Recent Broadway productions include: The Queen of Versailles (St James Theatre NY) starring Kristin Chenoweth; and Oedipus (Studio 54 NY) starring Mark Strong and Lesley Manville.

Previous theatre productions include: The Importance of Being Earnest (Noel Coward Theatre); Stereophonic (West End); Manhunt (Royal Court Theatre); Mrs Warren’s Profession (Garrick Theatre); Mean Girls (West End); Manhunt (Royal Court Theatre); Bust (Alliance Theatre NY); Millions (Alliance Theatre NY); The Book of Mormon (UK & International tour 2024); Merrily We Roll Along (Broadway); Shifters (West End); Fangirls (Lyric Hammersmith); Here There Are Blueberries (New York Theatre Workshop); The Hills of California (Broadway); Juno and the Paycock (West End); Oedipus (West End); Patriots (Broadway); The Hills of California (West End); Lyonesse (West End); The Shark is Broken (Broadway, Toronto, West End); Dr Semmelweis (West End, Bristol Old Vic); Funny Girl (Broadway); Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Oklahoma! (West End, Young Vic); Patriots (West End, Almeida); New York, New York (Broadway); Harry Potter and the Cursed Child (Melbourne, Toronto, San Francisco); Leopoldstadt (Broadway, West End); Mean Girls (US tour, Broadway); The Secret Life of Bees (Almeida); To Kill a Mockingbird (West End); The Piano Lesson (Broadway); Merrily We Roll Along (New York Theatre Workshop, West End); Dreamgirls (UK tour, West End); The Book of Mormon (UK & Europe tour 2019-2022); Eureka Day (The Old Vic); Jerusalem (West End, Broadway, Royal Court); The 47th (The Old Vic); The Human Voice (West End); Maria Friedman and Friends: Legacy (West End); Fair Play (Bush Theatre); Anna X (West End), Walden (West End) and J’Ouvert (West End) as part of the Re:Emerge season; The Inheritance (Broadway, West End, Young Vic); The Comeback (West End); Uncle Vanya (West End); Fiddler on the Roof (West End); Rosmersholm (West End); The Ferryman (Broadway, West End, Jerwood Theatre); Ink (Broadway, West End); The Jungle (West End, Young Vic, San Francisco); All About Eve (West End); Summer and Smoke (West End); Consent (West End); The Birthday Party (West End); Farinelli and the King (Broadway, West End); 1984 (Broadway, West End); Our Ladies of Perpetual Succour (West End); Hamlet starring Andrew Scott (West End); Funny Girl (West End, UK tour); Don Juan in Soho (West End); Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (West End); Travesties (Broadway, West End); The Glass Menagerie (West End); Nice Fish (West End); The Haunting of Hill House (Liverpool Playhouse); A Christmas Carol (West End); Orestia (Almeida); Hamlet starring Benedict Cumberbatch (Barbican); Sunny Afternoon (UK tour, West End); Bend It Like Beckham (West End); The Nether (West End); The River (Broadway); Electra (The Old Vic); King Charles III (Sydney, UK tour, Broadway, West End); Shakespeare in Love (West End); Ghosts (Brooklyn Academy of Music, West End); Twelfth Night & Richard III (Broadway, West End); Mojo (West End); The Sunshine Boys (L.A, West End); Chimerica (West End); Nice Work If You Can Get It (Broadway); Old Times (West End); A Chorus of Disapproval (West End); La Cage aux Folles (US tour, Broadway, West End); Hay Fever (West End); Masterclass (West End); Absent Friends (West End); Legally Blonde (West End); Top Girls (West End); Private Lives (Broadway); Much Ado About Nothing (West End); Betrayal (West End); Arcadia (Broadway, West End); The Children’s Hour (West End); Clybourne Park (West End); A Flea In Her Ear (The Old Vic); A Little Night Music (Broadway, West End); Educating Rita (West End) and Shirley Valentine (West End) as part of The Willy Russell Season; The Prisoner of Second Avenue (West End); All My Sons (West End); La Bête (Broadway, West End); Prick Up Your Ears (West End); Othello (West End); After Miss Julie (Broadway); The Mountaintop (Broadway, West End); The Norman Conquests (Broadway); Boeing-Boeing (UK tour, Broadway, West End); A View From the Bridge (Broadway, West End); Dancing at Lughnasa (The Old Vic); Maria Friedman Re-arranged (West End); No Man’s Land (West End); The Seagull (Broadway); Under the Blue Sky (West End); That Face (West End); Dealer’s Choice (West End); Is He Dead? (Broadway, West End); Rock ‘n’ Roll (Broadway, West End); Hergé’s Adventures of Tintin (West End); Donkeys’ Years (UK tour, West End); In Celebration (West End); King of Hearts (Hampstead Theatre); The Dumb Waiter (West End); Love Song (West End); Bent (West End); Faith Healer (Broadway); Eh Joe (West End); The Woman in White (West End, Broadway); Otherwise Engaged (West End); A Celebration for Harold Pinter (West End); Shoot the Crow (West End); As You Like It (West End); The Home Place (West End); Whose Life Is It Anyway? (West End); By the Bog of Cats (West End); Guantanamo: ‘Honour Bound to Defend Freedom’ (West End); Calico (West End); Endgame (West End); Jumpers (West End); See You Next Tuesday (West End); Hitchcock Blonde (West End); Absolutely! {Perhaps} (West End); Sexual Perversity in Chicago (West End); Ragtime (West End); Macbeth (West End); What the Night is For (West End); Marc Salem: Mind Games (West End); Maria Friedman: Live (West End); Gagarin Way (West End); Afterplay (West End); Noises Off (Broadway, West End); Lobby Hero (West End); Up for Grabs (West End); A Day in the Death of Joe Egg (West End); On an Average Day (West End); Benefactors (West End); A Servant to Two Masters (West End); In Flame (West End); The Mystery of Charles Dickens (West End); Port Authority (West End); Speed-the-Plow (West End); Spoonface Steinberg (West End); Last Dance at Dum Dum (West End) and The Late Middle Classes (Watford Palace Theatre).

TV and digital productions include, as Co-Producer: Wolf Hall (BBC), Uncle Vanya (BBC), J’Ouvert (BBC), Walden (Sky Arts) and Anna X (Sky Arts); as Exec Producer: The Dresser (BBC), King Lear (BBC); as Producer: Dennis Kelly’s BAFTA-winning Together (BBC). Cinema productions include Uncle Vanya and Walden. SFP’s productions of Hamlet starring Benedict Cumberbatch, Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, All About Eve and Leopoldstadt have all been filmed for cinema release by NT Live. All About Eve, Hamlet and Leopoldstadt featured on NT at Home, and Hamlet on Amazon’s Great British Theatre series.