Naomi Sheldon News

Mint Theater Company returns to New York City Ce nter Stage II with the American premiere of Noël Coward’s The Rat Trap, directed by Alexander Lass, opening Monday November 21st (7pm) at New York City Center Stage II for a limited Off-Broadway engagement through December 10th only. 

An extension has been announced for Agatha Christie's Witness for the Prosecution following the production's recent fifth anniversary.   Audiences will now be able to watch the trial of Leonard Vole at the magnificent London County Hall until 8 October 2023.

New photos have been released on the fifth anniversary of Agatha Christie’s Witness for  the Prosecution at London County Hall. The production’s eighth cast have now started  performances in the acclaimed production at the iconic London County Hall building where the play takes place. 

The Mint Theater company will be presenting the American Premiere of Noel Coward's The Rap Trap, and the world premiere of Becomes a Woman by Betty Smith (A Tree Grows in Brooklyn).

As this iconic production approaches its fifth anniversary, producers Eleanor Lloyd and Rebecca Stafford have announced the eighth cast to join Agatha Christie's Witness for the Prosecution.

The Royal Shakespeare Company has announced that upcoming performances of The Comedy of Errors have been cancelled due to Covid-19 cases in the company. Performances are cancelled from Wednesday, December 15 through Wednesday December 22. They hope to reopen on Thursday, December 23. 

The Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) today announced that Naomi Sheldon will join The Comedy of Errors company to play the role of Adrianna on tour and at the Barbican this winter. Hedydd Dylan, who currently plays the role of Adrianna, will share the role with Naomi whilst the production is on tour, before leaving the company at the end of November to have her baby, when Naomi will take over permanently for the show's run at the Barbican.

Soho Theatre today announces the shortlisted plays and Award winners for the 2019 and 2020 Tony Craze Award, announced together due to the impact of the unparalleled events of last year.

The Women's Prize for Playwriting has announced their longlist of writers. 1,169 submissions to the Prize were received.

The Soho Theatre has announced  Soho Six, Record Verity Bargate Award submissions, plus new on-demand plays and masterclasses.

The annual underground festival of theatre, music, art and comedy concluded this weekend with record-breaking attendance and more than seventy thousand tickets sold to over 350 individual shows. The festival now looks ahead to its seventh edition in 2019, which has been confirmed to run from Jan 23rd - Mar 17th 2019. For more information visit vaultfestival.com.

After successful runs at Edinburgh Fringe and Vault Festival, Naomi Sheldon brings Good Girl to Trafalgar Studios. Her one-woman-show picks apart and analyses what it's like to go through the discomfort and insecurity of growing into a woman. A liberating and honest comedy with a big heart, it shines a light on the perils of growing up a member of Generation Y.

As part of the Trafalgar Studios run of the award-winning debut show Good Girl, writer & performer Naomi Sheldon will be joined by guest panelists for a series of post-show discussions tackling some of the key issues surrounding gender politics. Good Girl is a timely and distinctive piece that offers a vital new perspective and these discussions will widen the conversation surrounding the female experience and stimulate debate about the issues raised.

Stood in the musty bowels of The Stand comedy club, I held a steaming cup of coffee to my chest and prepared to watch the show that would spur me to write my first play. It was the Edinburgh Fringe 2016 at 11am and the show was Bridget Christie's Mortal (but the set contained would then become Because You Demanded It).

Naomi Sheldon's award-winning debut play Good Girl will preview at VAULT Festival from 28th February to 4th March prior to transferring to Trafalgar Studios 2 from 5th to 31st March.

Bold and provocative, Good Girl tells the darkly comic coming of age tale of GG, a good girl who finds herself in a bad situation. Naomi Sheldon (Sex with a Stranger, Peter Pan Goes Wrong, The Pride) returns to London's Old Red Lion Theatre following a sellout Edinburgh Fringe run with this brutally open and hilarious hour of storytelling about learning how to live un-apologetically.

Riding high from its huge success at Edinburgh, Good Girl returns to the Old Red Lion, before transferring to the VAULT Festival in 2018. Examining the comparative nature of body image, Naomi Sheldon takes the audience on an exploration of womanhood. There's talk of ABBA, masturbation and Henry VIII.

Bold and provocative, Good Girl tells the darkly comic coming of age tale of GG, a good girl who finds herself in a bad situation. Naomi Sheldon (Sex with a Stranger, Peter Pan Goes Wrong, The Pride) returns to London's Old Red Lion Theatre following a sellout Edinburgh Fringe run with this brutally open and hilarious hour of storytelling about learning how to live un-apologetically.

BWW speaks to Naomi Sheldon about bringing her show Good Girl to the 2017 Edinburgh Festival Fringe.

Bruised Sky Productions presents the world premiere of Worlds, written and directed by Martin Murphy, and starring Naomi Sheldon and Andrew Macklin.