Sonia Friedman is a British theatrical producer behind West End and Broadway shows including Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, The Book of Mormon, Funny Girl, and Dreamgirls. Sonia Friedman has won The Stage Producer of the Year Award for three consecutive years (2015-17). In 2017, she was number one in The Stage 100, becoming only the second woman to hold the position alone
While the Culture Recovery Fund has done a lot of good, commercial theatre has mostly been excluded and freelancers forced out of the industry, says producer Sonia Friedman – the government must change strategy to save the sector