Former Ambassador Theatre Group bigwig Adam Kenwright has created a new production company , Kindred Partners, with a host of industry professionals.
First as managing partner is multi-Tony-winning producer Diane Borger, whose credits include Waitress.
The other founders and partners are general manager Amanda Murray with extensive experience both in the UK and in the USA, Chris Ryan whose background in sales and marketing includes a stint as commercial director at Encore Tickets, Claudia Brunning who rose to senior account manager at Kenwright's company AKA and Luke Johnson who also worked at AKA and who is co-owner and director of Assembly Festival Ltd, the largest operator of venues at the Edinburgh fringe.
Prior to joining ATG, Kenwright had been associate producer at Bill Kenwright Limited which he left in 1993 to set up AKA; it rapidly became an international group of entertainment marketing professionals adding film and digital marketing through acquisition. The AKA Group was subsequently sold to a private equity firm.
Kindred Partners' ambition is to provide positive experiences through "transparency, generosity and collaboration", in a business that will cover production, creative development, key stage finance and international business consultation.
The Hope Kenwright Foundation has transitioned to form the Kindred Foundation which will provide a bursary training scheme offering two-year paid apprenticeship positions with mentoring and support for those with protected characteristic demographics and from social economic groups normally blocked from careers in the arts. The Foundation will be funded by a percentage of gross revenue from the business of Kindred Partners.