36 stories by "Andrew Wright"
My advice to the next generation of men and women applying for colleges is perhaps avoid the college that excels in your strength.
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 this…
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…
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.
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…
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.
When a show comes to an end - as Half A Sixpence did this weekend in the West End - it is often a challenging time.
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.…
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 kids …
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…
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 " though …
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!
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".
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 practically…
There is a song in our new production of Half A Sixpence entitled "Joy Of The Theatre". In most instances this is indeed true.
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!
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…
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…
Even at this ripe old age theatre, still excites me like nothing else does. The child within is still very much alive and kicking.
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..
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 peril…
The pattern of tweets that actors cycle through, from casting through to closing, deserves its own Hashtag … perhaps #TheCycleOfLife would be quite fitting.
"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…
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 suggestions,…
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…
