Jamie Hendry

Jamie Hendry
Hendry at The Wind in the Willows Gala in June 2017
Born (1985-07-24) 24 July 1985 (age 39)
London, England
NationalityBritish
EducationWarwick University
Occupation(s)Theatre producer, executive
Years active2009–present
OrganizationJamie Hendry Productions

Creative House Management

New English Shakespeare Company
Known forThe Musical, Let It Be and La Cage aux Folles (2008 West End revival).
Websitewww.jamiehendryproductions.com

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
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
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

  1. ^ "Jamie Hendry: ‘I did think the old boys’ club might evolve, but it hasn’t one bit’" The Stage. Retrieved 2018-05-15.
  2. ^ "Success Story". Forbes. 17 December 2013.
  3. ^ "Theatregoers given chance to invest in Fellowes, Stiles and Drewe's Wind in the Willows". WhatsOnStage. 10 November 2013.
  4. ^ "Julian Fellowes to write Wind in the Willows musical". BBC News. 9 December 2011.
  5. ^ Hemley, Matthew (26 July 2019). "Jamie Hendry sets up new company to tour Shakespeare internationally". The Stage. Retrieved 2 October 2019.
  6. ^ "2009 Olivier award winners". The Guardian. London. 8 March 2009.
  7. ^ "Olivier Award Winners 2011". Archived from the original on 7 May 2012. Retrieved 28 January 2012.
  8. ^ Whatsonstage. "Theatregoers' Choice Awards 2010". Retrieved 28 January 2012.
  9. ^ Whatsonstage. "Theatregoers' Choice Awards 2011". Archived from the original on 2 February 2012. Retrieved 28 January 2012.