★★★★ “URGENTLY NECESSARY” – Broadway World
★★★★ “THE CAST ARE EXCELLENT, AND SARAH HADLAND AND NAOMI PETERSEN IN PARTICULAR DESERVE A MENTION FOR THEIR VERSATILITY”– A Young(ish) Perspective
“FUNNY, AFFECTIONATE AND VIVIDLY MOVING”– The Stage
“EVERYTHING IN THIS PRODUCTION IS A BEAUTIFULLY JUDGED SURPRISE” – The Spectator
Alan Ayckbourn’s 89th play Constant Companions has opened to critical acclaim at The Stephen Joseph Theatre, before embarking on a tour in the Autumn. Naomi plays android ED in the production, winning praise for her performance.
★★★★☆ THE GUARDIAN
★★★★☆ THE DAILY MAIL
★★★★☆ REVIEWS HUB
St Doctor’s Hospital has enjoyed a successful run at the Edinburgh Fringe 2023, selling out multiple shows and earning rave reviews from audience and critics alike.
Arcola Theatre announces cast of its reopening production We Started To Sing
The world premiere play is written and directed by Barney Norris
The company is set to include Barbara Flynn (Elegy), David Ricardo-Pearce (Kiss Me Kate), Naomi Petersen (Baskerville!), George Taylor (The Moderate Soprano) and Robin Soans (Uncle Vanya).
We Started To Sing will run from 19 May to 18 June 2022.
The hilarious ST DOCTOR’S HOSPITAL, a brand new improvised Medical Drama, opens at The Free Association in March and runs for five weeks Thursday-Saturday. Featuring an all-star cast of improvisers.
The Girl Next Door review – Ayckbourn casts history’s lens on lockdown Britain
Stephen Joseph theatre, Scarborough
The prolific playwright is on fine form with an uncanny story that smartly contrasts national crises past and present
The Girl Next Door opens at The Stephen Joseph Theatre on Friday 4th June 2021 and runs till Saturday 4th July.
JETSKII is an improvised comedy podcast brought to you by the Free Association.
Produced by Naomi Petersen, Graham Dickson and Gareth O’Connor. Starring Naomi Petersen, Graham Dickson and multiple Free Association performers.
All episodes of season 1 of JETSKII are now available to listen to on Apple podcasts and Spotify.
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Naomi stars in the brand new music video ‘High On You’ from Sigma and John Newman. The video, directed by Crooked Cynics and also starring Graham Dickson, is a lockdown love-story set during Covid-19.
Check it out here!
The funniest shows to see this February
Vault Festival is in full swing. It’s the best place to catch a whole load of comedy in one place (basically the winter Fringe). Read more recommendations here but for now, put Sorry in the calendar. A troupe of improvisors – Liz Kingsman, Alison Thea-Skot, Naomi Petersen, Sophia Broido and Lola-Rose Maxwell – will be joined by a special guest each show for an hour of wonderful made up nonsense.
It’s quite possible that Alan Ayckbourn will never again write a fully achieved tragicomic classic of the sort that used to migrate annually from his base in Scarborough to the West End and beyond. Yet if, at the age 80, he can still turn out flawed but fabulously entertaining gems such as this, let’s be thrilled that the great man is still in business.
Naomi is currently playing Grace, Faith, Charity and Hope in the world premiere of Sir Alan Ayckbourn's brand new play. Playing at The SJT till 6th October before touring to The New Vic Theatre and The Old Laundry Theatre.