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Kevin Wallace
Producer
Kevin Wallace was in-house producer with Andrew Lloyd Webber's Really Useful Group (RUG) from November 1994 until August 2001, where he was responsible for Whistle Down The Wind (Aldwych Theatre), The Beautiful Game (Cambridge Theatre) and Celebration, Andrew Lloyd Webber's 50th Birthday Concert (Royal Albert Hall). He also established productions of The Phantom Of The Opera in Belgium, Mexico and Denmark; a US tour of Cats and produced the new production of Sunset Boulevard. Kevin produced the UK tour of Jesus Christ Superstar and in November 2001, he won an International Emmy as executive producer of the film based on the production. Before joining RUG, he produced The Emperor Jones (Offstage Downstairs) and Our Town starring Alan Alda and Robert Sean Leonard (Shaftesbury Theatre). In January 2002, he re-established Kevin Wallace Limited (KWL), to produce musicals and plays. During 2002, KWL presented the multi-award-winning Traverse Theatre/Royal National Theatre production of Gagarin Way at the Arts Theatre (London) and the Abbey Theatre Dublin Production of Eden, a new play by Eugene O'Brien (also at the Arts). Directed by Conor McPherson, Eden won both the Irish Times Theatre/ESB Award and the Stewart Parker Award for Best New Play. Before becoming a producer, Kevin Wallace worked as a stage and television actor in his native Ireland and in Britain with the Abbey Theatre, the Royal Shakespeare Company, Bristol Old Vic, Liverpool Everyman, Oxford Playhouse, Yorkshire Television and the BBC.