The Stephen Sondheim Society

Celebrating Stephen Sondheim and his legacy in a candlelit concert at St James's in Piccadilly, London

The Stephen Sondheim revue Side by Side by Sondheim is to enjoy a run at Upstairs at the Gatehouse in north London

PRESS RELEASE: Michelle Gomez and Michael D. Xavier will lead an exceptional company in Stephen Sondheim’s A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC, playing at the Royal Exchange Theatre in Manchester, UK, from 5 December 2026 to 30 January 2027. "I frequently laugh myself to sleep contemplating my own future." Directed by the Royal Exchange’s Artistic Director Selina Cartmell, this major new production is the penultimate show in the theatre's landmark 50th anniversary season, A Homecoming. Cele

The Stephen Sondheim Society is proud to partnering with the National Youth Music Theatre on their upcoming production of West Side Story. We were granted exclusive access to the rehearsal rooms in the project's first week. Photographs: Craig Glenday

The critics are mostly in agreement - Joe Murphy's revivial of Sweeney is bloody good

Meet the winner of the Stephen Sondheim Society Student Performer of the Year competition 2026.

Ramin Karimloo is to star as Sweeney Todd in Birmingham Rep's summer season, Sat 4 July – Sun 9 August

Ian Bowkett reports back from the 2023/24 Menier production of Sondheim and Weidman's Pacific Overtures full of praise for Matthew White’s much-anticipated co‑production with a largely Asian cast.

A rewiew of Michael Strassen's revival of Pacific Overtures at the Union Theatre in 2014. Author: Jeremy Chapman