Jamie Hendry (born 24 July 1985) is a British theater executive, manager, and producer."Jamie Hendry: ‘I did think the old boys’ club might evolve, but it hasn’t one bit’" The Stage. Retrieved 2018-05-15.
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. 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. 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.
Hendry is a member of the Society of London Theatre.
Theatre credits
YearProductionTheatre2023Accidental Death of an Anarchist by Dario Fo, adapted by Tom BasdenSheffield Theatres, Lyric Hammersmith & Theatre Royal Haymarket2019Much Ado About Nothing by William ShakespeareDubai 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 TheatreLet It Be Garrick TheatreThe Rocky Horror Picture Show 40th Anniversary Royal Albert Hall 2014 Neville's Island by Tim Firth Duke of Yorks TheatreLet It Be Garrick Theatre and UK Tour 2013 Let It Be Savoy Theatre 2012 Let It Be Prince of Wales TheatreSoho Cinders Soho Theatre2011 Legally Blonde: The Musical UK Tour 2010 Legally Blonde: The Musical Savoy TheatreBirdsong Comedy TheatreOnassis by Martin Sherman Novello Theatre 2009 Spring Awakening Novello TheatreLittle Shop of Horrors UK TourThe Last Five Years by Jason Robert Brown Duchess TheatreTick Tick Boom by Jonathan Larson Duchess Theatre 2008 La Cage aux Folles (2008 West End revival) Playhouse TheatreNo Man's Land by Harold Pinter Duke of York's TheatreUnder the Blue Sky by David Eldridge Duke of York's TheatreThat Face by Polly Stenham Duke of York's Theatre2007 The Last Five Years by Jason Robert Brown Apollo Theatre
Film credits
YearTitleNotes 2018 The Wind in the Willows Producer
Awards
Laurence Olivier Awards
2009 Best Musical Revival La Cage aux Folles (2008 London revival) 2010 Best New Musical – Spring Awakening 2011 Best New Musical – Legally Blonde: The Musical
Critics' Circle Theatre Awards
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
Whatsonstage Theatregoer's Choice Awards
2009 The Nick Hern's Books Best New Play – Under the Blue Sky 2011 Best New Musical – Legally Blonde: The Musical
References
External links
Jamie Hendry Productions
Online crowdfunding website for The Wind in the Willows