Monday, June 24, 2019
My advice to the next generation of men and women applying for colleges is perhaps avoid the college that excels in your strength.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 01:00PMThursday, February 28, 2019
A recent article questioning Richard E Grant’s near apocalyptic public display of happiness at his Oscar nomination got me thinking about the great Mark Bramble who the world sadly lost th…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 12:00PMMonday, December 31, 2018
I will remember 2018 for many things, primarily as the year of courage. No, not shown by me but by all the brilliant children I have worked with over the past year on Joseph and Nativity! Th…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 11:00AMThursday, September 13, 2018
It struck me a few weeks ago, when teaching a group of students, just how overly aware young people are now compared to the distant years of my youth.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 01:00PMSaturday, August 4, 2018
If it really is true that only one in 10 gets a job then why not make it your goal and mission to be that special one? If your heart, mind and manner is set on a successful career there is n…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 01:00PMTuesday, July 10, 2018
I haven’t felt the calling to scribble my thoughts down of late. However, the recent passing of one of the world’s greatest dance makers Gillian Lynne has moved to do just that.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 12:00PMMonday, September 4, 2017
When a show comes to an end - as Half A Sixpence did this weekend in the West End - it is often a challenging time.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 11:00AMMonday, August 21, 2017
Recently many of us mourned the passing of an inspiring dance teacher in Somerset by the name of Joy Tinney. Her christian named pretty much summed her and her teaching methods up perfectly.…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 08:00AMMonday, July 31, 2017
In the same rehearsal venue as us are the kids of School Of Rock – a show that is high on my list to see. Every morning at 10 and every evening at 6 you see the real heroes, no not the kid…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 05:15AMWednesday, July 12, 2017
I recently had a delightfully reminiscent few hours with an old hoofer chum about our dancing years. Ah, those glory days long before the bones started to creak, hair recedes and magazines l…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 05:00AMMonday, June 26, 2017
Whilst sipping my free coffee (thank you Waitrose), I got to thinking about my idols and how they inspired and motivated me and just what it feels like to actually meet one of them – thoug…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 11:00AMWednesday, May 31, 2017
A – A is for the need of an honest Assistant who speaks the truth and that you can trust! When you find the right one never let them go!
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 06:00AMSunday, May 21, 2017
So many times when I am choreographing a show someone will challenge an idea, a dance step, a creative vision. Oh how I long for someone to just say “Yes I will happily give that a go”.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 06:00AMThursday, March 23, 2017
According to Jullian Marsh in 42nd Street “The most glorious words in the english language are Musical Comedy”. How head spinning, toe tapping, leg kicking right he is! London is practic…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 12:00PMTuesday, March 7, 2017
There is a song in our new production of Half A Sixpence entitled “Joy Of The Theatre”. In most instances this is indeed true.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 11:30AMMonday, October 3, 2016
The Off-West End market is an over-saturated one. Years ago it was an exception to see a full-scale musicalmounted on the fringe; today they are virtually on every London street corner!
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 04:15AMMonday, September 26, 2016
The Brangelina break-up got me to thinking of a theatrical bust-up that I once witnessed. Where no love was lost and divorce was inevitable! I was part of a show where the leading lady fired…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 06:05AMSunday, September 18, 2016
Last weekend I had the absolute joy of returning to where it all began. The alarmingly lanky, awkward yet determined young Andrew first got the taste for this beautiful business at the Strod…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 07:46AMMonday, September 5, 2016
Even at this ripe old age theatre, still excites me like nothing else does. The child within is still very much alive and kicking.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 05:25AMMonday, August 29, 2016
once when my own father came to the press night of a rather challenging production I choreographed, his very first and only comment was that he liked the scenery! Ouch..
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 07:22AMSunday, August 21, 2016
The wonderful (fellow Mate) Libby Purves herself had a Sixpence related question, and I quote: “I just want to know IN DETAIL how Andrew Wright gets those actors to do such astonishing per…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 10:45AMMonday, August 15, 2016
The pattern of tweets that actors cycle through, from casting through to closing, deserves its own Hashtag … perhaps #TheCycleOfLife would be quite fitting.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 05:20AMMonday, August 8, 2016
"The Greatest Festival On Earth": A claim often made with regards to the Edinburgh Festival but I fear they are sadly mistaken. Yes, Edinburgh is a wild and sleep-deprived hedonistic month o…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 07:30AMSunday, May 22, 2016
I was thinking what to write for my final blog this season [editor: before Andrew heads off to immerse himself in Half a Sixpence at Chichester Festival Theatre]. I’ve had a few suggestion…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 03:30PMSaturday, May 14, 2016
This got me to thinking to how it was when I graduated. There was still the strict rule of not being allowed to audition yet alone take a West End show until you had your hours on your Equit…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 09:06AMMonday, May 9, 2016
Many moons ago I worked for a tyrant of a choreographer. Old school in their approach, demanding and brutal. They would have made Hitler look mild and compassionate by comparison.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 06:30AMMonday, May 2, 2016
I always took pride in the fact that no matter what was thrown at me when I was a swing, I could cope with it. I adored the challenge of no two shows the same and being thrown on halfway thr…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 07:37AMMonday, April 25, 2016
I am sure 2016 will be remembered as an annus horribilis. The sheer amount of talented people we have sadly lost and the year's not halfway through. The deaths of Victoria Wood and Ronnie C…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 05:49AMTuesday, April 19, 2016
Maybe in the future all shows could have their press nights a year in after all the lessons have been learnt... Sometimes, life gives you a second chance because just maybe first time you we…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 05:20AMWednesday, April 13, 2016
Recently I attended a beautiful life affirming memorial service for Louise Plowright. She was not only a shining talent but also a dear, kind and downright hilarious women. During the servic…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 07:00AMTuesday, April 5, 2016
For weeks now I have been practicing my ‘loser’ face ready for the Olivier Awards.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 04:03PM 
