Post by Lynda on Oct 27, 2008 21:13:13 GMT
Producer Bill Kenwright has received the Theatrical Management Association’s Special Award for Individual Achievement, for being the “greatest contributor to regional theatre of our time”.
At the annual awards ceremony, sponsored by The Stage and held at the Hampstead Theatre, TMA president Derek Nicholls paid tribute to Kenwright - who has staged more than 500 productions in his 40-year career, including international hits Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat and Blood Brothers - and described him as “unquestionably the most prolific producer” working in theatre.
Nicholls said: “This award is called special because it is the only one awarded directly by the TMA council on behalf of all of the membership. In this particular instance one of the main features that council wish to recognise was an outstanding lifetime’s achievement.
“With constant tours the length and breadth of the UK, from Aberdeen to Plymouth, from Belfast to Bromley, the recipient of our award has gone on to become unquestionably the most prolific producer, having more than 500 productions to his credit, among those indestructible cornerstones of UK touring - Joseph and the Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat and Blood Brothers. His energy, tenacity and unstoppableness make him the greatest contributor to regional theatre of our time, and possibly and probably forever.”
At the annual awards ceremony, sponsored by The Stage and held at the Hampstead Theatre, TMA president Derek Nicholls paid tribute to Kenwright - who has staged more than 500 productions in his 40-year career, including international hits Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat and Blood Brothers - and described him as “unquestionably the most prolific producer” working in theatre.
Nicholls said: “This award is called special because it is the only one awarded directly by the TMA council on behalf of all of the membership. In this particular instance one of the main features that council wish to recognise was an outstanding lifetime’s achievement.
“With constant tours the length and breadth of the UK, from Aberdeen to Plymouth, from Belfast to Bromley, the recipient of our award has gone on to become unquestionably the most prolific producer, having more than 500 productions to his credit, among those indestructible cornerstones of UK touring - Joseph and the Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat and Blood Brothers. His energy, tenacity and unstoppableness make him the greatest contributor to regional theatre of our time, and possibly and probably forever.”