West End producer who worked with Cameron Mackintosh on musicals such as Les Misérables and The Phantom of the Opera
February 2023
Hamilton the musical to go on first UK tour
While the West End production of Lin-Manuel Miranda’s hip-hop musical continues in London, a new cast will simultaneously tour the UK beginning in Manchester in November
May 2022
Stephen Sondheim’s Old Friends review – a glorious all-star memorial service
Judi Dench, Rob Brydon, Imelda Staunton and Bernadette Peters joined the cast for this superb tribute to a genius
December 2021
Culture in peril
Cameron Mackintosh: ‘the public appreciates theatre more’ since Covid
The super-producer, celebrating his 75th birthday with a retrospective on TV, talks about the pandemic’s effect on commercial theatre – and his fury with government
August 2020
Culture in peril
Cameron Mackintosh's theatre firms to make more than 850 people redundant
Cameron Mackintosh makes about 200 UK theatre staff redundant
July 2020
Culture in peril
Wait for date to fully reopen theatres spells disaster for panto season
What's the future of theatre? A Scottish seaside town may have all the answers
June 2020
Les Mis and Hamilton shut until 2021 as Cameron Mackintosh starts redundancy process
West End producer also delays Mary Poppins and The Phantom of the Opera as consultation over possible job losses begins
May 2020
Cats and Les Mis producer says coronavirus will keep theatres closed to 2021
West End and Broadway will not be back until months after the end of social distancing, says Cameron Mackintosh
November 2019
If we cherish our theatres we won’t have to worry about bringing down the house
Vanessa Thorpe
The collapse of the Piccadilly theatre’s ceiling should be taken as a sign of the need for investment in a national asset
July 2019
West End theatre to be renamed after Stephen Sondheim
Cameron Mackintosh plans Queen’s theatre name change to honour influential composer
May 2019
Cameron Mackintosh gives Peckham drama school £1m
Impresario hopes Mountview Academy donation will help prove ‘you don’t have to be posh’ to get on in theatre
July 2018
Dame Gillian Lynne obituary
Choreographer and dancer who breathed new life into musical theatre with the hit shows Cats and The Phantom of the Opera
June 2018
Choreographer Gillian Lynne has West End theatre named after her
Andrew Lloyd Webber’s New London theatre is renamed after Cats choreographer
September 2017
Hamilton's London premiere delayed – leaving ticket holders in limbo
Overrunning building work means 16,000 people who had booked to see musical in first two weeks face wait for new dates
January 2017
Harry Potter plays fly Sonia Friedman to top of Stage 100 power list
Friedman, also behind Dreamgirls, Funny Girl and Nice Fish, is only the second woman to top industry newspaper’s annual league table
September 2016
Donald Trump upsets Les Misérables creators by playing song at rally
