Since its founding in 1992, Lunchbox Theatrical Productions has established an unrivalled reputation for producing top quality international entertainment in Australia, New Zealand, Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaysia, Europe, South Africa and the United Kingdom.

Originally formed by James Cundall and a group of Hong Kong businessmen who met during their lunch hour, Lunchbox Theatrical Productions soon made a name for itself by presenting West End musicals in Hong Kong.   From 1998 Lunchbox Theatrical Productions expanded its reach to include Singapore, bringing concert tours and boutique shows to a new audience.

Concurrent with his theatrical pursuits, James Cundall worked in the finance industry for 12 years as Director and Acting Managing Director of the Private Client Business of Global Asset Management (GAM) in London and Hong Kong, and later as Chief Executive of the Asian/Japanese business of Rothschild Asset Management, running offices in Hong Kong, Singapore and Tokyo. 

In 1999, James temporarily put Lunchbox Theatrical Productions on the shelf and moved to Sydney to work with leading live entertainment producers IMG and, more recently, ICA, and was responsible for a vast array of theatrical productions including major musicals, concert tours, solo artists, plays and spectacular shows in Australia, New Zealand, Hong Kong, Singapore and Malaysia.

Since 1992 James Cundall has produced over 70 live entertainment productions, including major musicals such as Les Miserables, Chicago, Singin’ In The Rain, Cabaret, Oliver, Phantom of the Opera, Miss Saigon, Fame, Cats, South Pacific, Barnum, The New Rocky Horror Show, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat, Saturday Night Fever, The Full Monty and Buddy The Musical.

James has also worked with a number of international artists from the worlds of opera, light entertainment, musical theatre and rock.  These include Andrea Bocelli, Dame Shirley Bassey, Bryn Terfel, Dame Kiri te Kanawa, Jose Carreras, Renee Fleming, Ricky Martin, Lulu, Michael Crawford, Michael Ball, Elaine Paige, Lesley Garrett, Anthony Warlow, David Campbell, David Helfgott, Clive James, Pam Ayres, Ennio Marchetto, The Hollies, The Beach Boys, The Doobie Brothers, Jamie Oliver, Englebert Humperdinck, The Seekers, The Grimethorpe Colliery Band, Hale and Pace, Roy Chubby Brown and The Soweto Gospel Choir.

In addition James has produced a wide range of spectacular shows - Alegria from Cirque du Soleil, Riverdance, Stomp, Tap Dogs, Slava’s Snowshow, Umoja, The Tokyo Shock Boys, Santa’s Kingdom, Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo, The Shaolin Kung Fu Monks, Raise the Red Lantern, The Imperial Ice Stars’ productions of The Nutcracker on Ice and The Sleeping Beauty on Ice, children’s show Hi-5, the Melbourne and Sydney Affordable Art Shows, and The Last Night of the Proms for the Hong Kong Handover; as well as critically acclaimed plays - The Hollow Crown starring Sir Derek Jacobi  and Sir  Donald  Sinden,  Scaramouche  Jones  starring   Pete  Postlethwaite, Talking Heads starring Dame Maggie Smith, Stuff Happens by David Hare, The Blue Room, and The Complete Works of Shakespeare. 

In 2004 James Cundall returned to the UK to re-establish Lunchbox Theatrical Productions, which now has subsidiaries in Australia, New Zealand, Hong Kong and Singapore.  The company continues to bring top quality live entertainment to audiences in five continents.

Productions in 2007/2008 include the spine-chilling drama The Woman in Black, The Imperial Ice Stars’ world tour of Swan Lake On Ice, the award-winning Phantom of the Opera, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, We Will Rock You, Circus Oz, Grumpy Old Women, Clive James, Hale and Pace and The Ice Factor - an open-air ice rink in York (UK).

Tony Mercer - Artistic Director

Tony Mercer is recognised as one of the World’s leading directors of theatre-on-ice shows. His productions over the past ten years have toured extensively throughout the United Kingdom, Europe, Australia, New Zealand and Asia.

In 1983, Tony began travelling the world, lighting shows and working as a tour manager and production manager for such international artists as The Three Degrees, Dionne Warwick, The Supremes, Elkie Brooks, Kool & The Gang, The Commodores, The Four Tops, The Temptations, Jack Jones , Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes to name just a few, before going on to manage The Dooleys.

In 1993 Tony was invited to join Wild Rose Ice Theatre as Production Executive for the company’s first tour of The Sleeping Beauty on Ice and was eventually appointed Artistic Director. In 1994 Tony directed his first ice show, Summer Ice Spectacular, and went on to direct Phantom Of The Opera on Ice, Barnum on Ice, Carmen on Ice, Cinderella on Ice, a second tour of Sleeping Beauty on Ice, Peter Pan on Ice, and most recently the 2003 Australasian touring production of The Nutcracker On Ice. In 2004 he created The Imperial Ice Stars and is the Artistic Director of The Sleeping Beauty on Ice.

Simon Cooke - Producer

Simon Cooke is a promoter of outdoor music concerts at English Heritage and other venues across the UK.

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