Jamie Hendry Explained

Jamie Hendry
Birth Date:1985 7, df=yes
Birth Place:London, England
Nationality:British
Known For:The Musical, Let It Be and La Cage aux Folles (2008 West End revival).
Education:Warwick University
Occupation:Theatre producer, executive
Organization:Jamie Hendry ProductionsCreative House ManagementNew English Shakespeare Company
Years Active:2009–present

Jamie Hendry (born 24 July 1985) is a British theater executive, manager, and producer.[1]

Born in London, Hendry attended St. Paul's School and graduated from Warwick University in 2006.

Career

Hendry established Hendry Productions in 2008 after working as an assistant producer in the West End and on Broadway.[2] In 2013, he publicly solicited grassroots investors in order to raise £1 million for a new musical adaptation of The Wind in the Willows, with book by Julian Fellowes and music and lyrics by George Stiles and Anthony Drewe.[3] [4] The production opened at the London Palladium in 2017.

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.[5]

Hendry is a member of the Society of London Theatre.

Theatre credits

YearProductionTheatre
2023Accidental Death of an Anarchist by Dario Fo, adapted by Tom BasdenSheffield Theatres, Lyric Hammersmith & Theatre Royal Haymarket
2019Much Ado About Nothing by William ShakespeareDubai Opera, Dubai
2018 The Big Dome, Manila
2017 London Palladium
Kallang Theatre, Singapore
2016 Theatre Royal, Plymouth
ImpossibleNoël Coward Theatre, Dubai Opera, Dubai, Forum de Beyrouth, Beirut
Stanley Clarke and Hiromi Duo London Palladium
2015 ImpossibleNoël Coward Theatre
Garrick Theatre
The Rocky Horror Picture Show 40th Anniversary Royal Albert Hall
2014 Duke of Yorks Theatre
Garrick Theatre and UK Tour
2013 Savoy Theatre
2012 Prince of Wales Theatre
Soho Cinders Soho Theatre
2011 UK Tour
2010 Savoy Theatre
Comedy Theatre
Onassis by Martin Sherman Novello Theatre
2009 Novello Theatre
UK Tour
Duchess Theatre
Duchess Theatre
2008 Playhouse Theatre
Duke of York's Theatre
Duke of York's Theatre
Duke of York's Theatre
2007 Apollo Theatre

Awards

2009 Best Musical Revival La Cage aux Folles (2008 London revival)[6]

2010 Best New MusicalSpring Awakening

2011 Best New MusicalLegally Blonde: The Musical[7]

2008 The Peter Hepple Award for Best MusicalLa Cage aux Folles (2008 London revival)

2009 The Peter Hepple Award for Best MusicalSpring Awakening

2009 The Nick Hern's Books Best New PlayUnder the Blue Sky[8]

2011 Best New MusicalLegally Blonde: The Musical [9]

External links

Notes and References

  1. https://www.thestage.co.uk/features/interviews/2017/jamie-hendry-i-did-think-the-old-boys-club-might-evolve-but-it-hasnt-one-bit/ "Jamie Hendry: ‘I did think the old boys’ club might evolve, but it hasn’t one bit’"
  2. Web site: Success Story. 17 December 2013. Forbes.
  3. Web site: 10 November 2013 . Theatregoers given chance to invest in Fellowes, Stiles and Drewe's Wind in the Willows . WhatsOnStage.
  4. News: Julian Fellowes to write Wind in the Willows musical . BBC News . 9 December 2011.
  5. Web site: Jamie Hendry sets up new company to tour Shakespeare internationally. Hemley. Matthew. 2019-07-26. The Stage. en-US. 2019-10-02.
  6. News: 2009 Olivier award winners . London . The Guardian. 8 March 2009.
  7. Web site: Olivier Award Winners 2011 . 28 January 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120507134820/http://www.olivierawards.com/about/previous-winners/view/item120248/olivier-winners-2011/ . 7 May 2012 .
  8. Web site: Theatregoers' Choice Awards 2010 . Whatsonstage . 28 January 2012.
  9. Web site: Theatregoers' Choice Awards 2011 . Whatsonstage . 28 January 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120202030042/http://awards.whatsonstage.com/1209 . 2 February 2012 . dead .