C U R R I C U L U M V I T A E
GARETH JOHNSON
Plas Hafren,
Eglwyswrw,
Crymych,
Pembrokeshire
SA41 3UL
Phone: 01239 891368
Mobile: 07770 225227
gjltd@mac.com
PRESENT OCCUPATIONS
Director, Gareth Johnson Ltd
Freelance General Manager, Producer and Consultant
Board of Theatr Mwldan, Cardigan
Trustee David Garrick Scholarship
GENERAL INFORMATION
Career has and does include work as an Actor in Rep, West End, Voice over, Narration, Tours Television and Radio
All levels of General, Production and Stage Management - Small Scale Tours to major West End Musicals
General Manager Stoll Moss Theatres Production Dept - all ten Theatres.
Technical and General Management - Aldwych Vaudeville and Adelphi Theatres.
Administrative Management and Consultancy.
Producer in Commercial and Subsidised Theatre
Member SOLT
Member The League of Independent Producers
National Adviser, Arts Council of Wales (until Jan 09)
Board of Tara Arts 2007 - 2012
Chair of Tara Arts 2007 - 2009
Board of Theatr Mwldan, Cardigan 2001 -
Trustee David Garrick Scholarship 2021 -
2009 General Manager
ILW Productions Ltd
TOUCHED……FOR THE VERY FIRST TIME
Trafalgar Studios
2008 General Manager
Lee Menzies Ltd/ICW Productions Ltd
IMAGINE THIS
New London Theatre
2008 General Manager
Act Productions Ltd
CROWN MATRIMONIAL
Pre-Production /Tour
2008 Course Tutor
Royal Academy of Dramatic Art
Short course on Producing for MA students
2007 General Manager
Cine Entertainment Promoters Ltd
MISS BOLLYWOOD - THE MUSICAL
2007 General Manager
Lee Menzies Ltd/ICW Productions Ltd
IMAGINE THIS
Workshop and Theatre Royal Plymouth
2007 Course Tutor
Royal Academy of Dramatic Art
Short course on Producing for MA students
2006 General Manager
Lee Menzies Ltd/ICW Productions Ltd
IMAGINE THIS
Production Planning
2006 General Manager
Tara Arts
THE MARRIAGE OF FIGARO
Tour and London
2006 General Manager
Eternity London Ltd
Production Planning
2006 Consultancy
RADA
Student Mentoring
2006 General Manager
Tara Arts
AN ENEMY OF THE PEOPLE
Tour and London
2006 Production Support
Woolf London Ltd
WHO'S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF
Apollo Theatre London
2006 Consultancy/General Management
Tara Arts
2005 Consultancy
ILW Productions
SALSA
Production Planning
2005 General Manager
Bluemagic Touring Ltd
JUS' LIKE THAT!
National Tour
2005 Consultancy
Lee Menzies Ltd
2005 General Manager
Tara Arts
MERCHANT OF VENICE
National Tour
2005 General Manager
ACT Productions Ltd
THE FAR PAVILIONS
Shaftesbury Theatre London
2005 Consultancy
Tara Arts
2004 Consultancy
Really Useful Theatres Ltd
2004 General Manager
Tara Arts
2004 General Manager
London Songs Ltd
SONGS MY MOTHER TAUGHT ME
Savoy Theatre London
2004 Production Support
Goat UK Ltd
THE GOAT
Apollo Theatre London
2004 Consultancy
Shell Castle Film Corporation Ltd
2003 General Manager
Bluemagic Productions Ltd
JUS' LIKE THAT!
Tour and Garrick Theatre London
2003 Consultancy
Broadhouse Productions
2003 General Manager
Tara Arts Group Ltd
2003 Consultancy
Really Useful Theatres Ltd
2002 Consultancy
The Ashton Group
2002 Production Support
Feelgood Productions Ltd
FEELGOOD
Garrick Theatre London
2002 Producer
Gareth Johnson Ltd
THE ISLAND
Old Vic Theatre London and Tour
2001 Producer
Tara Arts
JOURNEY TO THE WEST
National Tour
2001 General Manager
Broadhouse Productions Ltd
ONLY YOU CAN SAVE MANKIND
Production Planning
2001 Consultancy
London Productions Ltd
FEELGOOD
Garrick Theatre London
2001 Consultancy
Theatre Royal Haymarket
2001 Consultancy
The V Group Ltd
2000 General Manager
Lee Menzies Ltd
THE ACCUSED
Theatre Royal, Haymarket London
2000 Production Support
Independent Image
THE SEVEN YEAR ITCH
Queens Theatre, London
2000 General Manager
Wit (UK) Ltd
WIT
Vaudeville Theatre, London
1997-9 General Manager
Stoll Moss Theatres
Production Department
1994-7 General Manager
Michael Codron Plays Ltd
Tours and West End Productions
Aldwych Theatre, Vaudeville Theatre,
Adelphi Theatre
1988-94 Production & Technical Manager
Michael Codron Ltd
Tours and West End Productions
Aldwych Theatre, Vaudeville Theatre,
Adelphi Theatre
1976-87 Company & Stage Manager
Michael Codron Ltd and others
West End and UK Tours
1975-6 Deputy Stage Manager
Michael Codron Ltd
Tours and West End
1973-5 Assistant Stage Manager
Michael Codron Ltd
ABSURD PERSON SINGULAR
Tour, Criterion and Vaudeville Theatres
London
1972 Actor
Frinton and Southwold Theatres
1972 Clerical Assistant
Richmond Council
1972-8 Actor
Various Radio and TV Series, Plays etc
1970 Actor
Birmingham Repertory Theatre
EXPERIENCE
2024 UK General Manager
Walking Path Entertainment
A Brief Crack of Light
Produced by Chris Spencer, Bill Semans, Jeff Hohman
In develpment for London opening.
2023 Consultant General Manager
Belka Productions Ltd
The Mongol Khan
Produced by Bayra Bela and Unurmaa Janchiv
London Coliseum Theatre
2023 General Manager
LV Mob Ltd
THE LAVENDER HILL MOB
UK Tour with Miles Jupp and Justin Edwards
Produced by Patrick Myles, Ros Povey and
David Luff
2023 General Manager
Marmax Theatricals Ltd
Production Planning forthcoming Productions
Producers: Maxwell Mitchell and Sandy Marshall
2023 Production Planning "MONGOL KHAN"
London Coliseum November 2023
Producer Oliver King for Belka Productions
and Hero Productions
2022 General Manager
LV Mob Ltd
THE LAVENDER HILL MOB
UK Tour with Miles Jupp and Justin Edwards
Produced by Patrick Myles, Ros Povey and
David Luff
2022 General Manager
Holofcener Ltd
ALLIANCE
An adaptation by Giles Cole of the book
"Churchill and Roosevelt: The Big Sleepover at the White House"
Development. Produced by Julia Holofcener
2021 Executive Producer
Ryan Hugh Mackey Productions Limited
HAY FEVER - THE MUSICAL
Development and Workshop
2021 Executive Producer and General Manager
Sherlock Holmes Tour UK Ltd
THE REVENGE OF SHERLOCK HOLMES!
Development and Planning
2020 General Manager
Fellowship for Performing Arts and
Lee Menzies Ltd
C S Lewis THE MOST RELUCTANT CONVERT
UK Tour planning
2020 General Manager
Pretpakhuis bv.
CHARLEY
UK Development and Workshop in association
with Guy Chapman
2020 Consultant Producer
Ryan Hugh Mackey Productions Limited
GORILLAS IN THE MIST
Development and Workshop
2019 General Manager
The GradeLinnit Company
MAN OF LA MANCHA
directed by Lonny Price with Kelsey Grammer,
Danielle de Niese, Nicholas Lyndhurst,
Cassidy Janson
London Coliseum.
2018 General Manager
The GradeLinnit Company
CHESS
directed by Laurence Connor with Michael Ball,
Phillip Browne,
Alexandra Burke, Tim Howar, Cassidy Janson and Cedric Neal.
London Coliseum.
2017 General Manager
The GradeLinnit Company/ENO
CAROUSEL
with Katherine Jenkins and Alfie Boe directed by
Lonny Price
London Coliseum
2017 General Manager
The GradeLinnit Company
42ND ST
with Sheena Easton and directed by
Mark Bramble
Theatre Royal Drury Lane
2016 General Manager (for Guy Chapman Target-Live
Ltd)
UP & DOWN The Eifman Ballet of St Petersburg
at the London Coliseum
2016 General Manager
Fellowship for Performing Arts New York
and Lee Menzies Ltd
C.S. Lewis THE SCREWTAPE LETTERS
With, directed by and co-adapted (with Jeffrey
Fiske) Max McLean
2016 General Manager
The GradeLinnit Company/ENO
SUNSET BOULEVARD
Andrew Lloyd-Webber/Don Black/Christopher
Hampton
with Glenn Close directed by Lonny Price
London Coliseum
2015 General Management services
The GradeLinnit Company
Various Musical and Concert Musical projects
2015 General Manager (for BungaBunga Productions
Ltd)
WHEN BLAIR HAD BUSH AND BUNGA
Written and Directed by
Patrick Ryecart
Pleasance One Edinburgh Festival
2015 General Manager (for Guy Chapman Target-Live
Ltd)
Paradigm Studios Ltd
BEYOND BOLLYWOOD
London Palladium May - June 2015
Director/Choreographer Rajeev Goswami
2015 Joint General Manager (with Giles Rowland Mark
Goucher Ltd)
TKS Onstage Ltd
THE KING'S SPEECH
UK Tour Director Roxanna Silbert
2015 Joint General Manager (with Giles Rowland Mark
Goucher Ltd)
Oh What A Lovely War Ltd
OH WHAT A LOVELY WAR
UK Tour Director Terry Johnson
2014 General Manager
Mossovet State Academic Theatre
UNCLE VANYA
THREE SISTERS
Director Andrei Konchalovsky
Wyndham's Theatre
2014 Course Tutor
Royal Academy of Dramatic Art
Short course on Producing for MA students
2013 General Manager
FROM HERE TO ETERNITY
Eternity Productions Ltd
Shaftesbury Theatre
2013 General Manager
I WILL SURVIVE
A Musical in Development
Jamie Wilson Productions
2013 Course Tutor
Royal Academy of Dramatic Art
Short course on Producing for MA students
2012 Production Consultant
OUR BOYS
Seabright Productions
Duchess Theatre
2012 General Manager
WONDERFUL TOWN
UK Tour. Directed by Braham Murray
Royal Exchange Theatre, The Hallé Orchestra
and The Lowry, Lee Menzies and Kenneth Wax
2012 Course Tutor
Royal Academy of Dramatic Art
Short course on Producing for MA students
2012 General Manager
THE NIGHT OF 1000 VOICES
Royal Albert Hall
JGPC for Leukaemia & Lymphoma Research
2011 General Manager
COWARDY CUSTARD
UK Tour directed by Paul Foster
Dillie Keane, Kit & The Widow
Evergreen Theatrical Productions Ltd & Lee
Menzies Ltd
2011 Course Tutor
Royal Academy of Dramatic Art
Short course on Producing for MA students
2011 General Manager
JOURNEY'S END
UK Tour and West End. Directed by David
Grindley
Lee Menzies Ltd & Act Productions Ltd
2010 General Management
Lee Menzies Ltd
2010 General Manager
EMPIRE
Empire BA LLC
Production Planning
2010 Course Tutor
Royal Academy of Dramatic Art
Short course on Producing for MA students
2009 Guest Lecturer
Bristol Old Vic Theatre School
2009 General Manager
Eternity Productions Ltd
FROM HERE TO ETERNITY
Production Planning
2009 Production Consultant
Josephine Buchan Productions Ltd
DUSTY – THE MUSICAL
Production Planning
2009 General Management
Lee Menzies Ltd
2009 Guest Lecturer
LAMDA
2009 Course Tutor
Royal Academy of Dramatic Art
Short course on Producing for MA students