Jamie Hendry
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Jamie Hendry | |
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Born | |
Nationality | British |
Occupation | Theatre producer, executive |
Years active | 2009-present |
Organization | Jamie Hendry Productions |
Website | www |
Jamie Hendry (born 24 July 1985) is a British theatre executive and West End producer.[1]
Education[]
Hendry attended St Paul's School (London) before graduating from Warwick University in 2006.
Career[]
Hendry set up Jamie Hendry Productions in 2008 after working as an assistant producer in the West End and on Broadway. The hits he has produced include the Olivier Award-winning Legally Blonde: The Musical, Let It Be and La Cage aux Folles (2008 West End revival)[2]
In 2010, he was nominated for The Independent and The Hospital Club 100 most influential people in the creative industries.[3]
In 2011, Hendry announced he was developing a new musical adaptation of The Wind in the Willows with book by Julian Fellowes and music & lyrics by George Stiles & Anthony Drewe[4] and in February 2014 announced that the production had raised £1Million via online crowdfunding on a website.[5][6] This was London Theatre's most ambitious crowdfunding raise to date.[7] The production went on to open at the London Palladium in 2017 and was also screened in cinemas across the UK.
In 2014[8] and again in 2017,[9] Hendry was ranked among the top 100 influential power brokers in the British theatre industry.
In 2019, Hendry launched the New English Shakespeare Company, an international touring company, with a production of Much Ado About Nothing at the Dubai Opera in September 2019.[10]
Hendry is a member of the Society of London Theatre.
Theatre Credits[]
Film Credits[]
Year | Title | Notes |
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2018 | The Wind in the Willows | Producer |
Awards[]
- Laurence Olivier Awards
- 2009 Best Musical Revival La Cage aux Folles (2008 London revival)[11]
- 2010 Best New Musical – Spring Awakening[12]
- 2008 The Peter Hepple Award for Best Musical – La Cage aux Folles (2008 London revival)
- 2009 The Peter Hepple Award for Best Musical – Spring Awakening
- 2009 The Nick Hern's Books Best New Play – Under the Blue Sky[14]
- 2011 Best New Musical – Legally Blonde: The Musical [15]
References[]
- ^ "Jamie Hendry: ‘I did think the old boys’ club might evolve, but it hasn’t one bit’" The Stage. Retrieved 2018-05-15.
- ^ "Success Story". Forbes. 17 December 2013.
- ^ "The Hospital Club 100". Archived from the original on 11 September 2011. Retrieved 28 January 2012.
- ^ "Julian Fellowes to write Wind in the Willows musical". BBC News. 9 December 2011.
- ^ "Theatregoers given chance to invest in Fellowes, Stiles and Drewe's Wind in the Willows". WhatsOnStage. 10 November 2013.
- ^ "Wind in the Willows Musical raises 1M via online crowdfunding". The Stage. 13 February 2014.
- ^ "Smell of the Greasepaint the funds of the crowd". The New York Times. 28 July 2014.
- ^ "The Stage 100 2014". The Stage. 4 January 2014.
- ^ "The Stage 100 2017". The Stage. 5 January 2017.
- ^ Hemley, Matthew (26 July 2019). "Jamie Hendry sets up new company to tour Shakespeare internationally". The Stage. Retrieved 2 October 2019.
- ^ "2009 Olivier award winners". The Guardian. London. 8 March 2009.
- ^ "Olivier Award Winners 2010". Archived from the original on 12 January 2012. Retrieved 2 February 2012.
- ^ "Olivier Award Winners 2011". Archived from the original on 7 May 2012. Retrieved 28 January 2012.
- ^ Whatsonstage. "Theatregoers' Choice Awards 2010". Retrieved 28 January 2012.
- ^ Whatsonstage. "Theatregoers' Choice Awards 2011". Archived from the original on 2 February 2012. Retrieved 28 January 2012.
External links[]
- British theatre managers and producers
- Living people
- 1985 births
- People educated at St Paul's School, London