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Sir Cameron Mackintosh

Producer

Cameron Mackintosh decided that he wanted to be a theatre producer at the age of eight when his aunt took him to see a production of Salad Days. He began his career in his teens, becoming a stage hand at the Theatre Royal. He has now produced more musicals than anyone else in the world, with productions including Oliver! Mary Poppins, Cats!, Les Misérables and The Phantom of the Opera, the latter three now the longest-running musicals of all time. Sir Cameron is widely considered to be the most successful, influential and powerful theatrical producer in the world. Most recently, he re-launched Miss Saigon at London’s Prince Edward Theatre to celebrate 25 years since its first launch. Sir Cameron was knighted in 1996 for his services to musical theatre, and in 2014 he was the first British producer to be inducted into Broadway’s highly prestigious American Theater Hall of Fame.