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8 unusual facts about Bill Kenwright


Antony Costa

From 10 April 2006, Costa played the lead role of Mickey Johnstone in the London production of the long-running musical Blood Brothers, directed and produced by Bill Kenwright; his contract ran to February 2007.

David France

The results were David Moyes 35%, David France 34%, Bill Kenwright 19%.

Derek Hatton

His subsequent academic success was limited, but he enjoyed sports and appeared on stage as Gratiano in a school production of The Merchant of Venice with the future-theatre producer Bill Kenwright CBE.

Keith Strachan

Throughout the eighties and nineties he directed a series of pop and rock compilation musicals for Bill Kenwright.

Mark Boggan

Mark got his first break as one of the children's chorus for Joseph and his Amazing Technicoloured Dreamcoat at the Caird Hall in Dundee for Bill Kenwright's touring production.

Poppy Jhakra

Jhakra has also given a one-woman show called Dance Without Movement in which she took her audiences through a journey of a young Asian woman's life in England as well as performing as Princess Jasmine in Aladdin at the Theatre Royal, Windsor for Bill Kenwright during Christmas 2009.

Simon Naylor

Simon’s Theatre credits include 'Gary' in Unleashed (Hull Truck Theatre Company), 'Lapo' in On The Ceiling, 'Jack Munroe' in Happy Jack (both at The Landor Theatre) 'Rooster' in The Shawshank Redemption (Wyndhams Theatre), 'Gregg' in Waiting at The Lost Theatre and 'Desmond Ainsley' with a UK tour of Bill Kenwrights’ production of Funny, Peculiar.

Willy Russell

Bill Kenwright produced a revival in 1988 which has run for more than twenty years; the show was produced on Broadway in 1993.


Dreamboats and Petticoats

Berg saw the adaptation of a stage musical as a move that "would enhance the brand" and therefore got in touch with Bill Kenwright, producer Laurie Mansfield and writers Laurence Marks and Maurice Gran to pen the book of the show.


see also

Eugene Washington

UK Tour) alongside Casualty's Simon MacCorkindale and EastEnders Dean Gaffney for Bill Kenwright Ltd (making Eugene the first black actor to star in a professional Agatha Christie production in the UK).