Director

Choreographer

Matthew Bourne's audacious, rule-breaking reinvention of Tchaikovsky's masterpiece caused a sensation when it premiered almost 30 years ago.  It has now become the most successful dance theatre production of all time, creating new audiences and inspiring generations of young dancers. In celebration of that ongoing impact, Swan Lake will take flight once more in a major new revival for the next generation of dancers, and for audiences who will experience it for the very first time.

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Matthew Bourne's Swan Lake

Festival Theatre Edinburgh

### Event Description: Stephen Sondheim's Old Friends - Broadway Premiere

**Event:** Stephen Sondheim's Old Friends  
**Venue:** Samuel J. Friedman Theatre, Broadway  
**Season:** Spring 2025  
**Presented by:** Manhattan Theatre Club, in association with CMI and Daryl Roth  
**Production by:** Cameron Mackintosh  

**Starring:**  
- Bernadette Peters (Tony Award Winner)  
- Lea Salonga (Tony Award Winner)  

**Creative Team:**  
- **Music & Lyrics:** Stephen Sondheim  
- **Devised by:** Cameron Mackintosh  
- **Musical Staging and Direction:** Matthew Bourne  
- **Side by Side with:** Julia McKenzie  
- **Choreography:** Stephen Mear  

**Event Highlights:**  
Celebrate one of Broadway’s true icons with this legendary theatrical event, Stephen Sondheim’s Old Friends. This production is an irresistible celebration of the master himself, featuring a stellar company headlined by Tony Award winners Bernadette Peters and Lea Salonga. The show comes to Broadway from London’s West End, where it earned a bevy of 5-star reviews and was hailed by The Times as unmissable musical theatre.

**Ticket Information:**  
Tickets for this show will go on sale at a later date. The only way to secure your seat today is by becoming an MTC Subscriber or Patron.  

**Additional Information:**  
Center Theatre Group will present the North American premiere of Stephen Sondheim's Old Friends at the Ahmanson Theatre in Los Angeles in advance of the Broadway premiere.

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Become an MTC Subscriber or Patron to secure your seat for this highly anticipated event.  

Don't miss the chance to witness this extraordinary celebration of Stephen Sondheim's legacy on Broadway!

Stephen Sondheim's Old Friends

Manhattan Theatre Club

Matthew Bourne’s audacious, rule-breaking reinvention of Tchaikovsky’s masterpiece caused a sensation when it premiered almost 30 years ago.  It has now become the most successful dance theatre production of all time, creating new audiences and inspiring generations of young dancers. In celebration of that ongoing impact, Swan Lake will take flight once more in a major new revival for the next generation of dancers, and for audiences who will experience it for the very first time.

Norwich Theatre Royal

Oliver!

Gielgud Theatre

Everyone's favourite governess returns to the stage to bring us a spoonful of sugar! Join Mary Poppins, Bert, Jane and Michael as the wonderful story of Mary Poppins comes to life on stage in this spectacular production from Cameron Mackintosh and Disney, with choreography by Matthew Bourne!

Mary Poppins

Bristol Hippodrome

Matthew Bourne is internationally renowned for reinventing classics including Swan Lake and Edward Scissorhands for his company New Adventures, as well as his Olivier Award-winning choreography for My Fair Lady and Mary Poppins (which he co-directed and also earned him a Tony Award nomination for Best Choreography) and his recent acclaimed direction and musical staging of Stephen Sondheim’s Old Friends. The stellar creative team includes designer Lez Brotherston (Fiddler onthe Roof, Me and My Girl, Flowers for Mrs Harris).

Oliver

Chichester Festival Theatre

Matthew Bourne’s Romeo and Juliet gives Shakespeare’s timeless story of forbidden love a scintillating injection of raw passion and youthful vitality. Confined against their will by a society that seeks to divide, our two young lovers must follow their hearts as they risk everything to be together. A masterful re-telling of an ageless tale of teenage discovery and the madness of first love, Romeo and Juliet garnered universal critical acclaim when it premiered in 2019, and now returns to the New Adventures repertoire alongside the very best of Bourne’s world renowned dance theatre productions.

Matthew Bourne’s Romeo and Juliet

Center Theatre Group

A timeless fairytale and Academy Award-winning movie, The Red Shoes has captivated audiences and inspired generations of dancers with its powerful tale of obsession, possession and one girl’s dream to be the greatest dancer in the world. Victoria Page lives to dance but her ambitions become a fierce struggle between the two men who inspire her passion.

Matthew Bourne’s magical double Olivier Award-winning production of the legendary Powell and Pressburger film is set to a score orchestrated by Terry Davies, featuring the mesmerizing music of golden-age Hollywood composer Bernard Herrmann, with sumptuous designs by Lez Brotherston (set and costumes), Paule Constable (lighting) and Paul Groothuis (sound).

The Red Shoes

Marlowe Theatre

FASTEN YOUR SEAT BELTS… Matthew Bourne’s award-winning The Car Man is back!

Loosely based on Bizet’s ever-popular opera, The Car Man has one of the most thrilling and instantly recognisable scores in New Adventures’ repertoire.

The familiar 19th century Spanish cigarette factory becomes a greasy 1950’s garage-diner in the American mid-west where the dreams and passions of a small-town are shattered by the arrival of a handsome and enigmatic stranger. Fuelled by heat and desire, the inhabitants are driven into an unstoppable spiral of greed, lust, betrayal and revenge.

Director, Choreographer

Matthew Bourne

Events

Upcoming events

Mar 31 - Apr 4, 2026

The Red Shoes · The Marlowe Theatre

10 - 14 Nov, 2026

Matthew Bourne’s The Car Man · The Marlowe Theatre

Past events

8 - 12 Apr, 2025

Matthew Bourne's Swan Lake · Capital Theatres

Mar 25 - May 11, 2025

Stephen Sondheim's Old Friends · Manhattan Theatre Club

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