ANDREW HALLSWORTH

Andrew is the Head of Musical Theatre at TRANSIT DANCE

 

Andrew won the 2018 Helpmann Award for ‘Best Choreography in a Musical’ for the World Premiere season of Muriel's Wedding The Musical (STC/Global Creatures). He also won the 2015 Helpmann Award for Opera Australia’s Anything Goes and the 2014 Helpmann Award for the Hayes Theatre’s inaugural production of Sweet Charity. Sydney Theatre Critics Awards include Muriel's Wedding in 2017 and Little Shop of Horrors (Luckiest Productions & Tinderbox Productions) in 2016.

 

Most recently Andrew choreographed the UK production of Muriel's Wedding The Musical,  Bloom and Fun Home for Melbourne Theatre Company & Sydney Theatre Company and Merrily We Roll Along for Luckiest Productions/Hayes Theatre Co.

 

Previous theatre credits include: 
Kiss of the Spider Woman (Melbourne Theatre Company); Assassins (Hayes Theatre Co); Dream Lover (John Frost & Gilbert Theatrical); Sydney Opera House - The Opera and Two Weddings One Bride (Opera Australia); Ladies in Black (QTC/MTC); Rupert (Daniel Sparrow Productions); Dream Song, Shane Warne the Musical (concert); A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum; the World Premiere musical An Officer and a Gentleman (GFO); For Melbourne Theatre Company he has choreographed Shakespeare in Love, Twelfth Night, Rupert (which toured to the Kennedy Center in Washington), Private Lives, Egg, Hamlet, Next to Normal, and The Drowsy Chaperone. Andrew co-choreographed the international production of Priscilla Queen of the Desert(for Broadway and its other worldwide seasons including the recent 2018 10th anniversary Australian celebration tour.)

 

Andrew co-directed The Producers and Anything Goes for The Production Company and was the Resident Director for Shout! The Legend of the Wild One and Fiddler on the Roof.

 

Also for The Production Company, Andrew has choreographed Jerry's Girls, La Cage Aux Folles, The Pirates of Penzance, Gypsy, The Boy From Oz, Carousel, Mame And The Boy Friend. He co-choreographed The Music Man and Bye Bye Birdie.

Other credits include: the original Australian production of Eurobeat - Almost Eurovision(which was revived for the Edinburgh Festival, West End and UK tour); Menopause – The Musical, Leader of the Packl – The Ellie Greenwich Musical (Betty Pounder Green Room Award winner for Best Choreography); Sideshow Alley, The Merry Widow (for Melbourne City Opera); Wombat Stew and Prodigal.

 

Live and cabaret shows include Doris Day - So Much More Than The Girl Next Door; Britney Spears The Cabaret; Newley Discovered; Todd McKenney-Songs and Stories of Peter Allen; Cry Me A RIver-The World of Julie London.

 

Previous TV and film credits include: 
The 2023 LOGIE AWARDS; Australian series of So You Think You Can Dance; "INDIGERIDOO" and "JA'IME'S ASSEMBLY ROUTINE" on the cult TV show We Can Be Heroes, Dead Georgeous (for ABC/BBC TV); The Librarians (for the ABC); Mr and Mrs Murder (for Fremantle Media (TEN)).