Bill Kenwright - Theatre

Theatre

Kenwright is one of the UK's most successful theatre producers, best known for the long-running West End hit Blood Brothers and the record breaking tour of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat. Other recent productions have included West End runs of Whistle Down The Wind at the Palace Theatre, Festen in London, on a UK tour and now on Broadway, The Big Life, Elmina's Kitchen, Scrooge - The Musical, The Night Of The Iguana, A Few Good Men, A Man For All Seasons alongside UK tours of Jesus Christ Superstar, Tommy, Whistle Down The Wind, Tell Me On A Sunday, and This Is Elvis. He produced the London revival of Cabaret at the Lyric Theatre in September 2006, starring Anna Maxwell Martin, James Dreyfus and Sheila Hancock.

He has helped start the careers of many current West End theatre producers, including Mark Rubinstein and Marc Sinden. It has been estimated that he employs more actors in a year than any employer other than the BBC.

He also directs many productions, including Blood Brothers, Whistle Down the Wind and more recently, was asked by Andrew Lloyd Webber to make changes to the direction of Love Never Dies.

Current and recent productions include:

  • Blood Brothers - Phoenix Theatre, London and on UK National Tour, starring Helen Hobson and Steven Houghton
  • Cabaret - Savoy Theatre, London with Will Young, MIchelle Ryan and Sian Phillips
  • Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat - Adelphi Theatre, London with Lee Mead winner of BBC1 Any Dream Will Do
  • Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat - UK National Tour - currently starring Craig Chalmers, Antony Hansen, Henry Metcalfe and Tara Bethan
  • The Wizard of Oz - London Palladium, London (2011)
  • Jekyll and Hyde - UK National Tour (2011)

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