Andrew McWilliam
Career Highlights
Andrew trained as a
director at Bristol Old Vic Theatre School. His directing credits
include Krapp’s Last Tape and Us and Them
both at Bristol Old Vic, Much Ado About Nothing and
Macbeth (Black Cat Theatre), Teechers
(MC2 Productions), Live! In Your Living Room (Dream
Café Theatre Company), Pyramus and Thisbe (Act-Up Young
People’s Theatre), The Memory Room (Blue Box/Century
Theatre), Sunday Morning at the Centre of the World
(Four Corners Theatre Company), Can’t Pay? Won’t Pay!
(CCT), Framed! (The People’s Theatre). For Chapterhouse
Theatre Company he has directed national tours of Twelfth Night,
Much Ado About Nothing, Sleeping Beauty, A Midsummer Night’s Dream,
Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, Goldilocks & Little Red Riding Hood,
Cinderella and Jack and the Beanstalk & Hansel and
Gretel. Alongside this Andrew directs and facilitates projects
for his own company Chorus Theatre including young people’s drama
projects and community theatre.
Speakeasy Highlights
I’ve worked for Speakeasy as a freelancer since 2001 (which could possibly make me the longest serving freelancer!). I’ve worked on a number of different projects during my time with Speakeasy. The main bulk of work was with the Act Up Young People’s Drama Group creating and devising theatre. My favourite Act Up project was in October 2005 when I was given the opportunity to work with six of the older members of the group to direct them in Pyramus and Thisbe. The group really engaged with the work and were a pleasure to work with and I think this came across in the piece we created. Away from Act Up I still recall my first job with Speakeasy in March 2001 and touring those schools in The Secret Universe as the notorious park keeper Augustus ‘Parky’ Parkinson. Then there are the people I have met and worked with such as Louise Jaggard who I always enjoyed working with, There are many other moments that could probably fill a whole website (Performance Café, Sabanrab, Once in a Lifetime…)….but I’ll leave it there.
Contact info...
Speakeasy Theatre Company
Unit 16, Linwood Workshops, Linwood Lane, Leicester LE2 6QJ
