Jamie Hendry

Jamie Hendry
Born (1985-07-24) 24 July 1985
London
Nationality British
Occupation Theatre producer

Jamie Hendry is a British West End theatre producer.

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)[1]

In 2009, he presented a Masterclass in producing at the Theatre Royal Haymarket in London.[2]

In 2010, he was nominated for The Independent and The Hospital Club 100 most influential people in the creative industries.[3]

In 2014, Hendry was ranked among the top 100 influential movers and shakers in the British theatre industry.[4]

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[5] and in February 2014 announced that the production had raised £1Million via online crowdfunding.[6] This was London Theatre's most ambitious crowdfunding raise to date.[7]

Hendry is a member of the Society of London Theatre.

Credits

Year Production Theatre
2016 The Wind in the Willows by Julian Fellowes, George Stiles and Anthony Drewe Theatre Royal, Plymouth
Impossible Mayflower Theatre and UK Tour
Stanley Clarke and Hiromi Duo London Palladium
2015 Impossible Noel 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

Awards

2009 Best Musical Revival La Cage aux Folles (2008 London revival)[8]
2010 Best New Musical – Spring Awakening[9]
2011 Best New Musical – Legally Blonde: The Musical[10]
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[11]
2011 Best New Musical – Legally Blonde: The Musical [12]

References

  1. ↑ "Success Story". Forbes. 17 December 2013.
  2. ↑ "Producing Master Class". Retrieved 28 January 2012.
  3. ↑ "The Hospital Club 100". Retrieved 28 January 2012.
  4. ↑ "The Stage 100". The Stage. 4 January 2014.
  5. ↑ "Julian Fellowes to write Wind in the Willows musical". BBC News. 9 December 2011.
  6. ↑ "Wind in the Willows Musical raises 1M via online crowdfunding". The Stage. 13 February 2014.
  7. ↑ "Smell of the Greasepaint the funds of the crowd". The New York Times. 28 July 2014.
  8. ↑ "2009 Olivier award winners". The Guardian (London). 8 March 2009.
  9. ↑ "Olivier Award Winners 2010". Retrieved 2 February 2012.
  10. ↑ "Olivier Award Winners 2011". Retrieved 28 January 2012.
  11. ↑ Whatsonstage. "Theatregoers' Choice Awards 2010". Retrieved 28 January 2012.
  12. ↑ Whatsonstage. "Theatregoers' Choice Awards 2011". Retrieved 28 January 2012.

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