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Kenny Wax
Kenny Wax MBE (born 23 June 1967) is a British theatrical producer of musicals, plays, concerts and family entertainment.
He was born in Bowdon, Cheshire, the third child of parents Robert and Valerie Wax.[citation needed] His brother Derek Wax is a multi BAFTA and Emmy winning television producer whose award-winning programmes include Sex Traffic, The Hour, Occupation and Humans.[citation needed]
Kenny was educated at Altrincham Preparatory School, in Cheshire and Carmel College, Oxfordshire. He graduated from the Polytechnic of Central London with a 2(1) in Business Studies.[citation needed]
Wax began his theatre career as an usher at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane on the 1989 production of Miss Saigon. He left there to work for Dewynters as a 'runner' before being offered full time employment in the media department of the theatre advertising agency. He left there to be a runner for Cameron Mackintosh on the Stiles and Drewe musical Just So at the Tricycle Theatre. He was production administrator at the King's Head Theatre in Islington. There he made his debut as a producer with a season of Sunday Night Concerts, under the banner Kickin' The Clouds Away. He worked for a season as general manager of the National Youth Theatre.[citation needed]
Wax spent three years at Imagination Entertainment before starting his own company in 1995. He was general manager for PW Productions of The Woman In Black and An Inspector Calls.[citation needed] Wax has produced both plays and musicals in London's West End. He has also produced family entertainment products such as Stiles and Drewe's The Three Little Pigs at the Palace Theatre, and with Tall Stories The Gruffalo, The Gruffalo's Child, and Room on the Broom.
Wax's production of The Play That Goes Wrong transferred to Broadway, opening in March 2017. It had completed a 7-month, UK-wide tour in 2012.
Top Hat has been seen twice in Japan and in Sweden performed by the Malmö Opera. Hetty Feather has played at the Asolo Theatre in Sarasota, and Mr Popper's Penguins at the New Victory Theatre in New York City. The Tiger Who Came To Tea, We're Going On A Bear Hunt, and The Three Little Pigs have all played at the Melbourne Arts Centre and the Sydney Opera House.[citation needed] A film version of We're Going On A Bear Hunt was shown on Channel 4 Christmas 2016.
Wax's production of The Play That Goes Wrong was winner of the Laurence Olivier Award for Best New Comedy, and the Tony Award for Best Scenic Design in a Play. His production of Top Hat won three Laurence Olivier Awards and an Evening Standard Theatre Award for 'Best Night Out'.
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Kenny Wax
Kenny Wax MBE (born 23 June 1967) is a British theatrical producer of musicals, plays, concerts and family entertainment.
He was born in Bowdon, Cheshire, the third child of parents Robert and Valerie Wax.[citation needed] His brother Derek Wax is a multi BAFTA and Emmy winning television producer whose award-winning programmes include Sex Traffic, The Hour, Occupation and Humans.[citation needed]
Kenny was educated at Altrincham Preparatory School, in Cheshire and Carmel College, Oxfordshire. He graduated from the Polytechnic of Central London with a 2(1) in Business Studies.[citation needed]
Wax began his theatre career as an usher at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane on the 1989 production of Miss Saigon. He left there to work for Dewynters as a 'runner' before being offered full time employment in the media department of the theatre advertising agency. He left there to be a runner for Cameron Mackintosh on the Stiles and Drewe musical Just So at the Tricycle Theatre. He was production administrator at the King's Head Theatre in Islington. There he made his debut as a producer with a season of Sunday Night Concerts, under the banner Kickin' The Clouds Away. He worked for a season as general manager of the National Youth Theatre.[citation needed]
Wax spent three years at Imagination Entertainment before starting his own company in 1995. He was general manager for PW Productions of The Woman In Black and An Inspector Calls.[citation needed] Wax has produced both plays and musicals in London's West End. He has also produced family entertainment products such as Stiles and Drewe's The Three Little Pigs at the Palace Theatre, and with Tall Stories The Gruffalo, The Gruffalo's Child, and Room on the Broom.
Wax's production of The Play That Goes Wrong transferred to Broadway, opening in March 2017. It had completed a 7-month, UK-wide tour in 2012.
Top Hat has been seen twice in Japan and in Sweden performed by the Malmö Opera. Hetty Feather has played at the Asolo Theatre in Sarasota, and Mr Popper's Penguins at the New Victory Theatre in New York City. The Tiger Who Came To Tea, We're Going On A Bear Hunt, and The Three Little Pigs have all played at the Melbourne Arts Centre and the Sydney Opera House.[citation needed] A film version of We're Going On A Bear Hunt was shown on Channel 4 Christmas 2016.
Wax's production of The Play That Goes Wrong was winner of the Laurence Olivier Award for Best New Comedy, and the Tony Award for Best Scenic Design in a Play. His production of Top Hat won three Laurence Olivier Awards and an Evening Standard Theatre Award for 'Best Night Out'.