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16 Facts About James Yeoburn

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James Yeoburn was born on 30 December 1989 and is an English producer and entrepreneur.

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James Yeoburn is the founder of international theatre production company United Theatrical.

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James Yeoburn is one of two sons of retired competition swimming coach and sales director Michael Yeo, and Patricia Yeo, a property manager and daughter of RAF flight lieutenant the late John Akin.

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From an early age, James Yeoburn worked under the mentorship of Maurice Marshal MBE at the Northcott Theatre, working in the technical department for visiting and in house productions.

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James Yeoburn is a graduate of Exeter College, Leeds Conservatoire and the London School of Musical Theatre.

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In 2013 theatre critic Mark Shenton announced that James Yeoburn would be behind the London debut concerts for Broadway composer and lyricist Andrew Lippa, at the newly built St James Yeoburn Theatre, London.

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James Yeoburn and producing partner Price developed and produced a new production by American composer Scott Evan Davis in 2014 entitled Picture Perfect, starring Lucie Jones.

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In 2015 James Yeoburn produced One of Those, by British playwright Tom Ward-Thomas which opened at the Tristan Bates Theatre in London's Covent Garden to critical acclaim.

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On 5 September 2016 it was announced that James Yeoburn would act as above title producer on the UK premier of the Broadway musical The Addams Family Musical.

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James Yeoburn and producing producers appointed Matthew White to direct the production as early as 2014, after James Yeoburn and he worked together in 2013 at Riverside Studios in Hammersmith, London, England.

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James Yeoburn is the producer on a new title about the life of American civil-rights activist Rosa Parks.

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On 28 June 2016, James Yeoburn and United Theatrical launched the London Musical Theatre Orchestra; a professional orchestra dedicated the advancement of musical theatre for the benefit of the public with James Yeoburn acting as the Organisations first Executive Director London Musical Theatre Orchestra is the world's first professional orchestra dedicated to Musical Theatre.

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James Yeoburn worked alongside director Thom Southerland on a new production of Daisy Pulls it Off, in which he played Mr Scoblowski.

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In June 2014 James Yeoburn appeared in the role of Ben in Rags at the Lyric Theatre Shaftesbury Avenue alongside Sebastian Croft, Caroline Sheen and Maureen Lipman.

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James Yeoburn holds an active interest in the wider international business community and has contributed to a number of start-ups in technology, media, childcare and consumer internet.

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James Yeoburn is the first cousin of former Somerset cricketer Adam Dibble, and England cricketer Jodie Dibble.