About Me
I began my career onstage before extending to producing, directing, choreography, casting and writing for theatre, TV, concerts, events, festivals and ceremonies. Since relocating to Perth I have served as Artistic Director of Kaleidoscope - Perth's light and illumination festival - directed and choreographed The Boy From Oz at Crown Theatre and have produced and directed Grease, Chicago - A Musical Vaudeville, Strictly Ballroom, A Chorus Line, Saturday Night Fever, The Wedding Singer and Footloose all at Planet Royale in Northbridge. My recent production of The Diary of Anne Frank at the State Theatre Centre of WA was a critical and commercial success. I held senior creative positions for the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games, Winter Olympics Vancouver 2010, Asian Games Doha 2006, Arab Games Doha 2011, Rugby World Cup NZ 2011, NRL State of Origin, the World Handball Championship in Doha, Qatar and the Flag Handover Ceremony at the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games. I directed Olivia Newton-John & Friends in Concert at Sydney’s State Theatre, choreographed on and performed in the animated feature film Happy Feet, directed Carlotta’s Kings Cross at the Big Top, Luna Park and choreographed the Australian premiere of the musical Jolson, the world premiere of the West End musical Jailhouse Rock and Opera Australia’s acclaimed production of Orpheus in the Underworld. In 2002 I toured the country (33 cities!) as Associate Director/Choreographer/Producer and star of Hot Shoe Shuffle. I was either Resident/Associate Director or Choreographer on the Australian national tours of Singin’ in the Rain, Buddy – The Musical, Hairspray, Pirates of Penzance, Me and My Girl, Jolson (Mo Award Nomination), 42nd Street, Red Hot and Rhonda (Burchmore), Rachael Beck’s Young Judy, and the USA and UK tours of Hot Shoe Shuffle. When I was MUCH younger I performed with the QLD Ballet Company, and in the Australian and International productions of Cats, 42nd Street, Rasputin, Hot Shoe Shuffle, Me and My Girl and Sondheim’s Puttin’ in Together. I appeared regularly on the Midday Show, Good Morning Australia and was a band member of Australia’s notorious swing bands Pardon Me Boys and The Fabulous Rhythm Boys. In 1984 I won the Fred Astaire International Tap and Jazz Championship in New York City. See you in the theatre foyer... Drew Subscribe at the bottom of this page to receive regular emails with Audition, Production, Ticketing, Workshops and other cool info. |  |
