The producing company Bill Kenwright Limited is planning to bring around 10 shows into the West End in 2014, under the guise of new producer Jeremy Meadow. His roster of shows which he is set to transfer to the capital will follow the opening of Twelve Angry Men at the Garrick Theatre. Also planned by Bill Kenwright Limited is the revival of French farce Chin-Chin with Simon Callow and Felicity Kendal and The Butterfly Lion by Michael Morpurgo, which are both currently on tour, and the two classics Oleanna by David Mamet and JB Priestly’s Dangerous Corner also set for revival.
Meadow has said that theatre availability would dictate which of the 10 shows made it into the West End; it seems there will be some definite transfers, despite the fact there are not definite houses for them. There are also shows that are also possible for 2014, but still in development. The company is also looking for a venue to house the stage adaptation of horror film Let the Right One In, following its run at London’s Royal Court Theatre this Christmas, in addition to trying to secure a West End transfer for Foxfinder, which premiered at the Finborough Theatre in 2011
For Bill Kenwright Limited, there are also a number of musicals for which it hopes to find a London home. It will be launching a tour of Fame in February with plans for a West End transfer, while it is also trying to transfer Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre’s production of The Sound of Music to an indoor venue. There is a possibility that its touring production of Evita, starring Marti Pellow and Madalena Alberto, could transfer into the West End, while there are hopes that the touring production of Cabaret, starring Will Young, could also return to London.