Jamie Hendry
Jamie Hendry | |
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Hendry at The Wind in the Willows Gala in June 2017 | |
Born | (1985-07-24) 24 July 1985 (age 39) London, England |
Nationality | British |
Education | Warwick University |
Occupation(s) | Theatre producer, executive |
Years active | 2009–present |
Organization | Jamie Hendry Productions Creative House Management New English Shakespeare Company |
Known for | The Musical, Let It Be and La Cage aux Folles (2008 West End revival). |
Website | www |
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
Year | Production | Theatre |
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2023 | Accidental Death of an Anarchist by Dario Fo, adapted by Tom Basden | Sheffield Theatres, Lyric Hammersmith & Theatre Royal Haymarket |
2019 | Much Ado About Nothing by William Shakespeare | Dubai Opera, Dubai |
2018 | Impossible | The Big Dome, Manila |
2017 | The Wind in the Willows by Julian Fellowes, George Stiles and Anthony Drewe | London Palladium |
Impossible | Kallang Theatre, Singapore | |
2016 | The Wind in the Willows by Julian Fellowes, George Stiles and Anthony Drewe | Theatre Royal, Plymouth |
Impossible | Noël Coward Theatre, Dubai Opera, Dubai, Forum de Beyrouth, Beirut | |
Stanley Clarke and Hiromi Duo | London Palladium | |
2015 | Impossible | Noël Coward Theatre |
Let It Be | Garrick Theatre | |
The Rocky Horror Picture Show 40th Anniversary | Royal Albert Hall | |
2014 | Neville's Island by Tim Firth | Duke of Yorks Theatre |
Let It Be | Garrick Theatre and UK Tour | |
2013 | Let It Be | Savoy Theatre |
2012 | Let It Be | Prince of Wales Theatre |
Soho Cinders | Soho Theatre | |
2011 | Legally Blonde: The Musical | UK Tour |
2010 | Legally Blonde: The Musical | Savoy Theatre |
Birdsong | Comedy Theatre | |
Onassis by Martin Sherman | Novello Theatre | |
2009 | Spring Awakening | Novello Theatre |
Little Shop of Horrors | UK Tour | |
The Last Five Years by Jason Robert Brown | Duchess Theatre | |
Tick Tick Boom by Jonathan Larson | Duchess Theatre | |
2008 | La Cage aux Folles (2008 West End revival) | Playhouse Theatre |
No Man's Land by Harold Pinter | Duke of York's Theatre | |
Under the Blue Sky by David Eldridge | Duke of York's Theatre | |
That Face by Polly Stenham | Duke of York's Theatre | |
2007 | The Last Five Years by Jason Robert Brown | Apollo Theatre |
Film credits
Year | Title | Notes |
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2018 | The Wind in the Willows | Producer |
Awards
- 2009 Best Musical Revival La Cage aux Folles (2008 London revival)[6]
- 2010 Best New Musical – Spring Awakening
- 2011 Best New Musical – Legally Blonde: The Musical[7]
- 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[8]
- 2011 Best New Musical – Legally Blonde: The Musical [9]
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.
- ^ "Theatregoers given chance to invest in Fellowes, Stiles and Drewe's Wind in the Willows". WhatsOnStage. 10 November 2013.
- ^ "Julian Fellowes to write Wind in the Willows musical". BBC News. 9 December 2011.
- ^ 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 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
- Jamie Hendry Productions
- Jamie Hendry at IMDb
- Online crowdfunding website for The Wind in the Willows