Bill Kenwright
| Bill Kenwright | |
|---|---|
| Born |
4 September 1945 Liverpool, Lancashire, England |
| Alma mater | John Moores University Nottingham Trent University Thames Valley University |
| Occupation | Theatre and film producer, football club chairman, actor, singer |
| Years active | 1960s–present |
| Website | Bill Kenwright Production |
Bill Kenwright, CBE (born 4 September 1945, Liverpool, Lancashire) is a British West End theatre producer and film producer. He is also the chairman of Everton Football Club.
Kenwright attended Booker Avenue County Primary School, and then Liverpool Institute High School from 1957 to 1964. He appeared in school productions (including Shylock in The Merchant of Venice) on the stage in the Mount Street building (predecessor to LIPA). He was also treasurer of the Christian Union at school.
Kenwright was a judge in the 2007 BBC1 television series Any Dream Will Do.
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 productions have included West End runs of Whistle Down the Wind at the Palace Theatre, Festen in London, on a UK tour and 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, 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.
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