The Sunshine Boys - West End Creative Team

Sonia Friedman Productions is a West End and Broadway theatre production company responsible for some of theatre's most successful productions of recent years. Sonia Friedman OBE and her company have initiated and produced more than 160 new productions. The company has won numerous Olivier and Tony Awards including a record-breaking nine Olivier Awards for Harry Potter and the Cursed Child. Recent SFP productions include The Book of Mormon; Farinelli and the King (Mark Rylance); Dreamgirls; The Ferryman; The Birthday Party; Ink; Hamlet (Andrew Scott); 1984; Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?; King Charles III; Funny Girl; Hamlet (Benedict Cumberbatch); Sunny Afternoon; ... read more Additional producing credits include: WHITE NOISE Associate Producer Royal George Theatre, Chicago BIG FISH Producer Oriental Theatre, Chicago 2013 ... read more Thea Sharrock is a British director with extensive experience in theater, film, and television. She was born on April 23, 1976, in London, England. Sharrock studied English literature at the University of Bristol before pursuing a career in directing. Sharrock's first major production was a revival of Caryl Churchill's "Cloud Nine" at the Almeida Theatre in London in 2007. The production received critical acclaim and earned Sharrock the Evening Standard Award for Best Director. She went on to direct a number of successful productions in London, including a revival of "Equus" starring Daniel Radcliffe and Richard Griffiths, which transferred to Broadway ... read more Richard Willis (Producer) is a Tony Award-winner and five-time nominee, as well as an Ovation Award winner (Best Play Large Theatre) and was the recipient of the NAACP Award for Best Producer (Equity) in partnership with The Pasadena Playhouse. Some of his more notable shows include: Lanford Wilson's Burn This; Jerusalem; War Horse; One Man, Two Guvnors; Next Fall; 33 Variations; Neil Simon’s The Sunshine Boys; Howard Davies’ production of Noel Coward’s Hay Fever (additionally celebrated for being the first Noel Coward Play ever produced at the Noel Coward Theatre); Priscilla Queen of the Desert; Souvenir; Golda’s Balcony; Eve Ensler’s ... read more