Company

CAST

BOBBY | Will Garrood (he/him)
JOANNE | Natalie Emden (she/her)
LARRY | Keith Walters (he/him)
AMY | Anna Toogood
PAUL | Adam Hargreaves (he/him)
SARAH | Lauren Clarke (she/her)
HARRY | Ashton Charge (he/him)
SUSAN | Amy Foden-Lloyd (she/her)
PETER | Jacob Foden-Lloyd (he/him)
JENNY | Helen Parsons (she/her)
DAVID | Tom Harper (he/him)
APRIL | Charlotte Field (she/her)
MARTA | Adrianna Cordero-Marino (she/her)
KATHY | Yasmin Devlin-Dean (any)

CREATIVE TEAM

DIRECTOR | Emily Phillips (she/her)
MUSICAL DIRECTOR | Thomas Marples (he/him)
ASSISTANT MUSICAL DIRECTOR | Ellie Bell CHOREOGRAPHER | Lauren Williams (she/her)
PRODUCER | Adam Coppard (he/him)
LIGHTING DESIGNER | Olly Levett (he/him)
STAGE MANAGER | Emma Hunt (she/they)
COSTUME DESIGNER | Laura Burman
INTIMACY COORDINATOR | Bella Chapman (she/her)
MARKETING | Emma Miller (she/her)
MARKETING ASSISTANTS | Jacob Vellucci (he/him) and Hannah Sheppard (she/her)
COMMITTEE LIAISON | Sam Ferguson (she/her)

What a show! Honestly, I had to pinch myself and double check the programme: are these really amateur performers with regular day jobs? “Company,” based on the book by George Furth with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, feels far closer to a polished Broadway production than something you’d expect to find in the unobtrusive, little known Bridewell Theatre tucked just off Fleet Street in London… this staging of “Company” feels like a standout achievement.

Sedos’ production of Company is an ambitious and thoughtfully realised take on one of Sondheim’s most beloved musicals. Through inventive staging, strong musical direction and a cast that embrace the emotional complexity of the piece, the production captures the show’s enduring relevance with real clarity. At its heart, this is a cast that understands the tension between connection and loneliness and captures the complicated messy reality of adult relationships with warmth, humour and sincerity.

Despite being rooted in real-world situations and relationships, I found myself so engrossed in proceedings I did a rare thing (for me, at least) in forgetting I was even in a theatre. Making allowances for a limited budget and this being amateur dramatics also went out of the proverbial window, in a production that had an overall quality that was equivalent to that of a West End show.

This is a fantastic production from Sedos… If you have the opportunity to catch it before it closes it is a brilliant interpretation of one of Stephen Sondheim’s most famous and engaging shows.

This is a bold production, given fresh life by an exceptionally talented cast.

I enjoyed this production. Clever choices, high energy, beautiful arrangements… It’s a remarkable show, sharp, chaotic, funny – and very real. I’m giving this four stars: well done again, Sedos.

A show laced with enthusiasm and ingenuity… felt both faithful and yet fresh.

When it comes to the risks of immersive theatre, the effort is rarely worth the payoff… So it is with a refreshing sense of elation that I can say that in this respect and many, many others, Sedos’ ‘immersive’ production of Sondheim’s Company has got it just right.