About
Us
We are KW PRODUCTIONS, a Leicester based musical theatre company who present at least one fully staged musical or revue each year.
Set up as a privately owned amateur musical theatre company, KW Productions does not run a 'traditional' membership driven society and does not have a committee. Instead, KW Productions is run and funded entirely by Producer Keiran Whelan-Newby and prides itself on its original ethos;
"to hold free open auditions to all, providing fair opportunities to take part in shows rarely produced on the amateur theatre circuit"
Established in 2014, Producer and Owner Keiran Whelan-Newby (then just Whelan) took the 'plunge' and staged a small chamber version of A SLICE OF SATURDAY NIGHT at a new and upcoming pub theatre venue, UPSTAIRS AT THE WESTERN to huge acclaim.
An unexpected opportunity to bring this production to THE LITTLE THEATRE main stage presented itself in 2015 which then led to further co-productions in support of The Little Theatre's Building Fund.
To date, KW Productions has raised over £43k towards The Little Theatre Building Fund and remains the main collaborater and leader of fundraising productions for The Leicester Drama Society (owners of The Little Theatre)
KW Productions is a proud member of NODA, The National Operatic and Dramatic Association and charity for amateur theatre societies www.noda.org.uk
Our website keeps you up to date with any news, auditions and information on all our past and present productions.
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Keiran Whelan-Newby - Owner/Producer KW Productions
Theatre credits include: Tony in The Boyfriend, Jeff in Straight and Narrow, Algernon Moncrieff in The Importance of Being Earnest, Kit Kat Boy in Cabaret, Archibald Craven in The Secret Garden: The Musical (Leicester Drama Society); Mr Sowerberry in Oliver!, Billy Crocker in Anything Goes, The Man in Whistle Down The Wind, Oscar Lindquist in Sweet Charity, Wild Bill Hickok in Calamity Jane, Sam Wheat in Ghost: The Musical (Nomination for Best Leading Performance in a Musical, Sooty Awards 2023), Dr Jekyll/Mr Hyde in Jekyll and Hyde: The Musical (WAOS); Arthur Kipps in Half a Sixpence, Harry Beaton in Brigadoon (KRR); Bobby Child in Crazy For You, Andy in Mack and Mabel (IDOLS); Gary in A Slice of Saturday Night (Hinckley Concordia Theatre); Curly in Oklahoma! (The Melton Musical Theatre Company); Tony in Abigail's Party (Kirby Players); Rick in A Slice of Saturday Night, Robert in Company, Cinderella's Prince/ Florinda/ Wolf in Into The Woods, Captain von Trapp in The Sound of Music, Jamie Wellerstein in The Last Five Years, Beast in Disney's Beauty and the Beast (Nomination for Outstanding Individual Performance by a Male Actor, NODA Awards 2024) and Professor Bhaer in Little Women: The Broadway Musical (KW Productions).
Pantomimes for The Leicester Drama Society: Sammy in Mother Goose, Idle Jack in Dick Whittington, Buttons in Cinderella, Wishee Washee in Aladdin, Colin in Mother Goose, Dick Whittington in Dick Whittington, Prince Charming in Cinderella (twice), Robin Hood in Robin Hood and The Babes in the Wood, Puss in Boots in Puss in Boots, The Spirit of the Bells in Dick Whittington and as Co-Director for Robin Hood (2019), Cinderella (2021) and Aladdin (2022).
As Producer/ Director for KW Productions: A Slice of Saturday Night (2014 & 2015), Company (2015), Into The Woods (2018), The Sound of Music (2019), The Last Five Years (Winner of a 2022 Lockdown Hero Award), Calendar Girls: The Musical (Winner of the 2022 District 6 NODA Award for Best Musical), Gypsy (Winner of the 2023 District 6 NODA Award for Best Musical), Disney's Beauty and the Beast and Little Women: The Broadway Musical (Winner of the 2025 District 6 NODA Award for Best Musical).
Other Directing Credits: The Rise and Fall of Little Voice (Kirby Players) and The Secret Garden: The Musical (Leicester Drama Society).
Upcoming: Sweeney Todd in Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (KW Productions).