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Ian Albery

b. 1936

British theatre consultant, manager and producer

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Born 1936. Ian Albery is a British theatrical producer.

Ian Bronson Albery (born 21 September 1936) is an English theatre consultant, manager, and producer. He is a former chief executive of Sadler's Wells Theatre (1994-2002), and was in charge of the Donmar Warehouse from 1961 to 1989.

He is the son of Sir Donald Albery, a prolific theatre manager. From 1958 to 1972, Ian Albery served as stage manager, production manager, or technical director for more than 100 West End theatre productions, including:

West Side Story Irma La Douce The World of Suzie Wong Oliver! The Miracle Worker Sparrers Can't Sing Beyond the Fringe La Bonne Soupe Blitz! Fiorello! A Severed Head The Poker Session Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? Instant Marriage Portrait of a Queen Jorrocks The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie The Italian Girl Hadrian VII Man of La Mancha Anne of Green Gables Conduct Unbecoming The Mandrake Poor Horace Popkiss

Albery has served as managing director at the Piccadilly Theatre, the vice-chairman of the Association of British Theatre Technicians, and as an executive member of the Society of West End Theatre.

Personal life Albery married actress Barbara Yu Ling Lee (died 1997) in 1966. They had two sons before the marriage ended in divorce. He has a daughter from a later relationship with costume designer Jenny Beavan. In 2003 he married Judy Monahan.

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Stowe School
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British theatre consultant, manager and producer

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Ian Albery was born on 21 September 1936.

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· Wikidata: Q5980747

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