Drew McOnie
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(He/Him) THEATRE MAKER - Artistic Director and Joint Chief Executive of Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre & the @McOnieCompany
London UK
Joined April 2010
Wild with gratitude & excitement at being announced as the new Artistic Director & Joint Chief Executive of @OpenAirTheatre! Thank you so much for your kind messages of support! Thrilled to be joining creative forces with powerhouse @jamestomp. Extraordinary adventures incoming!
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An incredible night bidding a fond farewell to @InTheHeightsLDN topped off by a surprise appearance by the man himself @Lin_Manuel!#LightsUp
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Still floating from the happiest day of my life! He’s now mine legally!! It was the most extraordinary day surrounded by the most extraordinary people! And Now The Adventure Begins @Mark__SNR!! More to come. 📸 Lisa Jane .#love #Husbands #married #gaywedding #loveislove #IDo
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Tonight’s @strictlystage performance is dedicated to the irreplaceable dame @Gillian_Lynne- so many of us in the company have been lucky enough to dance her work and tonight is for her! ❤️🧡💛
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So. a musical with book by phoebe Waller-Bridge and score by Lin-Manuel Miranda. anyone else up for that?.
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Such a thrilling day in auditions. As I get older I get more & more moved by the bravery it takes to leap into those situations. How much time and organisation goes in to making even turning up possible let alone the years of work that prepare you. It is admired and appreciated!.
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Well. I guess here we are at the first dress rehearsal of #JCS @OpenAirTheatre going to be a wild and emotional evening at the theatre.
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Happy pride everyone! I get to marry my soon to be husband two weeks today and I couldn’t be prouder of that fact! Love Is Love Is Love! ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜
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So excited to be on my way to rehearsals for #Jcs @OpenAirTheatre I popped in yesterday and not being able to hug anyone was so so hard! Today we dance and I plan to sweat so hard (at a distance) that no one will want to hug me! #SocialDisDANCING.
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Can’t wait to get into creating Carousel!! It’s going to be very special! 🎠.
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I am totally buzzing to be reunited with Tim Sheader on this up coming @OpenAirTheatre production of Carousel. It’s been a dream (ballet) show of mine for a long time. My heart bursts with excitement at the thought of the wonderful dancers that will come to join this adventure.
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This crazy creature has made me the happiest man alive by saying YES!! Absolutely over the moon and bursting with pride! 🌈❤🏝#engaged
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So proud to say that #StrictlyBallroom will be shaking its hips into the Piccadilly Theatre early 2018 #WestEnd #LoveIsInTheAir #BogoPogo
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Truly over the moon about this! THANK YOU all so much for the wonderful messages! I can't believe it! #OlivierAwards
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Well this is pretty exciting! My first leap into the world of movie musicals! #CokyGiedroyc is the most wonderfully talented and kind-hearted human and I can’t wait to live my true boyband fantasy creating this story with her! So very grateful! #FanBoy #TakeThat #MakingMovies.
Could It Be Magic . #CokyGiedroyc attached to direct #GreatestDays film . @DrewMcOnie to choreograph .Search is on for five lads to play #TheBand . “High calibre names “ for the major roles. @GaryBarlow & @takethat advising . 3/3
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Dream Big- why not!! Determined to do the brits proud! @KingKongBway We are coming for you and I can't wait!
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Today we unleash @KingKongBway! A lifetime of hard work & dreaming in equal measure have led to this moment & I can't believe tonight I officially make my Broadway debut! So proud of all the monsters who have brought this Beast to BROADWAY! Let's have a wild one! ROAR!
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I choreographed two full workshops of Sunny Afternoon only to be replaced just before it made it to the West End. The following year @InTheHeightsLDN happened. #shareyourejections #KeepGoing.
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Tired but beyond happy! @strictlystage is open and even if not all critics have joined the waltz, the audiences are going BONKERS- now off to Chicago to open @OpenAirTheatre’s #jcs in the states! 2 glitter filled productions opening in a week- I’ll start getting a reputation 🤩😜
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So excited to be having my west end debut with @strictlystage this evening! I am so very proud of this company and team and so incredibly grateful to @bazluhrmann for his trust and vision! An experience I will NEVER forget! #letsBogoPogo #ALifeLivedInFearIsALifeHalfLived
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Yes yes yes!! @JCSTheMusical is back @OpenAirTheatre this summer! Feeling incredibly excited and grateful! Im gonna be a wreck from start to finish! Please come and support us!
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Here we go- #Carousel first day of Rehearsals. It’s been just under 3 years since I choreographed a musical and I’m grateful, excited and terrified. Let’s Do This!!
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Just finished @SchittsCreek- it’s just so brilliant! Can @netflix PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE commission a full season of legit SUNRISE BAY starring Catherine O’Hara written by Eugene Levy and @danjlevy IT IS WHAT THE WORLD NEEDS! (One of the things the world needs) ❤️.
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Beyond excited to let you know I will be Directing TORCH SONG at the new Turbine Theatre. A brilliant play that I care deeply about! Lead by Artistic Director @PaulTaylorMills this theatre is set to be an important new voice with in the london theatre community.#TorchSongLondon
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So proud of @WillBurtonGBC! As of today David Grindrod Associates becomes Grindrod and Burton Casting!!! Such an exciting new chapter! So deserved!!! ❤️
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Tonight we have our first preview of @KingKongBway- we have worked tirelessly to get here and we are ready to meet our audiences- a long work list ahead of us but a heart full of energy and an excited spirit with which to conquer it! #HereGoes #BroadwayDebut #Grateful
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Totally gutted about this!! So sad for all that were to be involved- it will be worth the wait I promise! - Id like to take a moment to THANK @OpenAirTheatre because my god they have been truly AMAZING at the way they have handled us all. Respectful, supportive, brilliant!.
Regent's Park Open Air Theatre postpones entire summer season, including Carousel revival, until 2021
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Today I head off to Leeds because tomorrow I start rehearsing Merlin for @northernballet. I don’t know which is more nervous- my head or my out of shape body! Feeling the full range of emotions from fear to elation but mostly I’m just very very grateful. Let the adventure begin.
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Can’t believe my Luck- My 1st major ballet ‘MERLIN’ will premier @northernballet in Bradford in late 2020 and I can’t wait- so grateful for the opportunity. I’ve wanted to do this for a very long time. It feels like returning to a familiar daydream that never happened- till now!.
WORLD PREMIÈRE | In October 2020 we'll première MERLIN at @BradfordTheatre Our second new ballet of the year will be created by @DrewMcOnie (Broadway's King Kong) with music by Grant Olding. #NB50 #NBGolden.
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Today is the day I start packing for New York City! I’ll be there for nearly 6 Months. I blame this dude 👇🏼🦍 #BringinInTheKing @KingKongBway
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I was born 34 years ago today! My day has already started beautifully! Incredibly grateful for all the adventures that have come my way and excited for all that is to come. Last year will be a hard one to beat but I’ll try!
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I will be teaching an @InTheHeightsLDN master class tomorrow from 5-6pm live on my personal Instagram account. Hope to see you over there!! #BennysDispatch #WestEndWednesday launched by the brilliant @OtiMabuse
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Very excited to soon be able to let you know what’s coming up next! Tomorrow eve the next adventure will be revealed and it’s quite a magical one!!! 🤩.
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We had some very special guests at #JesusChristSuperstar @OpenAirTheatre last night. Thank you so much for being there @OfficialALW and @SirTimRice
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So grateful and excited that we get to bring this special @OpenAirTheatre production back to British audiences! JCS @BarbicanCentre next summer! Be sure to get your tickets ASAP! #heavenonmymind
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10 years ago I got kicked off SYTYCD, I got up & chased what I really wanted. It hasn’t been easy but this decade has been incredible. I’m leaping into the next with just as much hunger but a little more patience. Be kind to yourselves & let’s keep going!
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Today something incredibly exciting happened. the @McOnieCompany moved into its office in central london- this might seem like a small event but to me it is huge. The how’s and where’s will soon be revealed but for now all I can say is. we are on our way! 📸 @Mark__SNR
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#PressNight for STRICTLY BALLROOM! My debut as a Director of musicals and I couldn't be prouder of my whole team! #RehPic by @SoutraG
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Moments away from the first dress rehearsal of @KingKongBway. IM EXCITED! #BringingTheKing #QueenOfNYC Here we Go!
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Oooooooof the #Carousel auditions were amazing today!!! So so excited for this production!!! That fairground is going to BURN!!.
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Right then- let’s try this again. two sparkling @strictlystage shows today! Let’s see if we can make it to the end without having to call the fire brigade! ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜
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I want to one day work on a new musical with a score that becomes so famous it is used for ballet classes all over the world years after I am gone. niche I know. 😜 sitting here listening to ‘All that jazz’ being played next door as I prep for reh. Inspiring to think of Fosse!.
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Really excited to share that superstars @willyoung @jonnylabey and @ZiziStrallen will joining our @strictlystage adventure for the @TeamPiccadilly run- more casting to come soon! ❤️💃🏻💥
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Something is cooking! So excited to be bringing this amazing piece of new writing to stages around the U.K. with this amazing team! @mogster @ttj1 @jackmcmanus @PaulTaylorMills @WillBurtonGBC
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Bye for now london! Off on a kong sized adventure. NYC-LA-SYDNEY-MELBOURNE. #AllTheSeasons #Traveler #AroundTheWorld @KingKongBway
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A massive glitter filled shout out of thanks to ALL the amazingly talented- kind hearted- stomach achingly funny- fake tanned- silly buggers who have worked passionately on bringing @strictlystage to the stage in all its very many versions (. and I mean many).
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So. let’s just say it’s been a wild 24 hours including me having to give the performance of a life time outside the American Embassy at 7am this morning BUT I now have my visa and passport and am happily on my flight with minuets to go! JCS AMERICA here I come! #StillGotIt
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Last night @KingKongBway performed for 950 homeless children from all across NYC! I am so sad to have not been there to sit amongst them! That’s what it’s all about! Bravo team! #Proud.
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Totally buzzing to share this news! So grateful for all the amazing things this special production has bought my way! @OpenAirTheatre #Grateful #ThrowThatGlitter ✨✨✨✨✨✨
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Well. tonight didn’t quite go to plan 💦💦💦I adore this @strictlystage company & show so much & our spirit can not & will not be broken! I’m itching to share the rest of our show! Our crew handled the situation (in full costume) incredibly & all with a sense of humour- #Heros
Oh NO! Water pipe burst at Piccadilly Theatre, show cancelled but audience was amazing for first night!!!!!!!
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I’m so freaking excited about the year ahead- some thrilling theatrical worlds to jump into- some personal adventures and some dream projects soon to be announced. Haven’t been this pumped in quite some time!! Let’s do this new year THANG!!! The 20’s are here!
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So good to be back @OpenAirTheatre teching JCS! This show is rocking the leaves out of the trees!! #TheGreatOutdoors
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Very exciting morning as the first glimpses of our @McOnieCompany plans are starting to be revealed. Extremely grateful to @SeanFoleyJ @BirminghamRep for his belief in our mission. So exciting to be taking my company to my hometown. #BrummiesDance #MoreNewsSoon.
Big news this morning! The McOnie Company is thrilled to be joining Birmingham REP as an Associate Company. This new partnership will include major Main House work and new theatre-dance pieces across all 3 of its auditoria, and artist development for Birmingham-based dancers
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Just Look at these gorgeous creatures. 👀 The @strictlystage Company ramping up to opening night! #pureJoy ❤️💛💚💙💜
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I am totally stunned!!! Waaaah No Words! @OlivierAwards in a category surrounded by idols!! #DanceDanceDance #TheatreChoreography #JCS
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Spent a fantastic Saturday in the studio building new choreographic ideas for @strictlystage- #WeekendsAreForWimps (dancers: @DaleGerrard #chrissieBrooke)
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My taxi driver just asked me what my sport of choice was and I said proudly. THEATRE- it’s in these long preview days full of tireless hard work that your stamina of the spirit is tested and us theatre creatures truly get to prove our athleticism. #KeepGoing #proud #teamwork.
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There are so many things I want to say about this but with Twitter being what it is, I will simply say - Theatre Dancers are some of the best in the world & I promise any aspiring dancer that the feeling of flight IS worth the YEARS of hard work it takes to get there. Join us. ❤️.
Happy 2022. Thoughts for those returning to Musical Theatre training this year…
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So proud of the cast and crew keeping #jesuschristsuperstar @OpenAirTheatre so full of passion and energy! Loved being back at the show this eve! @TinoSibanda is going a cracking job keeping that ship TIGHT! grab a ticket if you can :) ✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨.
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I sometimes wonder if I am going to spend my entire career trying to create even an ounce of the choreographic magic ‘grandma’s song’ has in Billy Elliot the musical. I think about it so often!! That brilliant man Peter Darling!!.
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The @OpenAirTheatre cast of #OATSuperstar heading into their final dress reh in STYLE! #musicals @TyroneHuntley @DaleGerrard
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Today these glorious people breath in&out together one last time-@KingKongBway has been an incredible adventure! So sad to not be there to see the final curtain fall on this production-Incredibly proud of not only what we made but the heart & athleticism with which we made it❤️🦍
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So exciting to see all these show announcements- so many people about to get back to their passions. A much needed return to a sense of identity. A slow but strong recovery is about to happen!! A new era of theatre making. Let’s take our time and get it right.
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I’m an idiot- Took twitter off my phone for a week. I guess I was plain scared of what I might read-just downloaded it to find nothing but the most wonderful messages! Thank you! Sorry I haven’t replied for a while! Now home! Judy told me personally there is no place like it!❤️.
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So excited and proud to be heading to the @OlivierAwards this eve to represent my #OnTheTown family #BestRevivalNominee it was an amazing company to work with! I’m Ready to celebrate their amazing achievement! ❤️🗽⚓️🎢🚖
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En route to meet @ebony_molina (assoc choreographer) to begin working out our @OpenAirTheatre CAROUSEL audition material for next week. I always love this moment. Our first leap into what the show might be. It all starts here. 🎠.
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ON THE TOWN sailing into the @OpenAirTheatre port in 2017- honoured to be captaining the ship! #NewYorkNewYork ⚓️
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Very exciting start to the year! Well done team @KingKongBway it hasn’t been an easy task for anyone but let’s keep putting love in and get our show to as many people as possible! 👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼
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Today we completed the opening sequence to @KingKongBway. I full out didn’t breath the entire time! This company are here to slay! So in awe of them All! #BroadwayDontPlay.
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It’s past 1am. I’ve had a vodka. I’ve come onto Twitter as all I want to say is I’m so so pleased im Gay. End tweet.
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Covid has taken many things but it has also given! For example the opportunity for me to wear a full Madonna mic in rehearsals as I zoom the many casts rehearsing simultaneously in different studios! I’ve never felt more attractive. I’m totally in awe of the dancers resilience!❤️
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#choreoPrep @KingKongBway dancing with the brilliant @ashleyjandrews from @McOnieCompany as Dance Captain. ❤️❤️❤️
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Hey U.K.! So excited that @JCSTheMusical will be coming to a city near you. Incredibly grateful for all the amazing things this special show has given us. Hope you get to come rock with us.✨✨✨✨✨✨
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In bed, tired but proud. I am so lucky to be working with such talented and kind natured people. Today was a good one filming the #NeverForget sequence created for the #GreatestDaysMovie. I’m in total awe of my extraordinary dance team @ebony_molina and @gempayne1. #Happy
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So gutted to not be @strictlystage for the final week of performances! I miss the cast terribly! Please go support them and tag me in all the pics so I can feel like im there! #bogoPogo #TopDancers
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This is just a bit exciting! 💥❤️.
#GreatestDays film has cast #RosamundPike @CushJumbo & #RuthWilson in movie based on #TheBand stage musical by #TimFirth ,featuring @take that songs. #CokyGiedroyc directs. @DrewMcOnie choreographs , Elysian Film Group produces .Set to shoot Spring 2021.
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Well here I go! Sent off in style by this monster who I will miss hugely! What an adventure ahead! The climax of A LOT of hard work! Hoping to do the brits proud! I guess it’s really happening now @KingKongBway #NewYorkBound #HeadingToTheLights #BroadwayBaby 🇬🇧🇺🇸
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Amazing week spent with the dance dept on #GreatestDaysMovie auditions. So thrilling to see people flying again in a studio! Extremely grateful for that! @ebony_molina @alexsarmie #MylesBrown @WillBurtonCast #DGCasting
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It’s TODAY!!!! #JekyllAndHyde by the @McOnieCompany is being streamed from 7pm this evening on the @oldvictheatre YouTube channel!! @DCollinsWright will be doing a Twitter take over on their account and I’ll be tweeting/sobbing along on my own! CANT WAIT!
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Day two of the @strictlystage workshops and I can safely say these dancers are killing it! So quick, full of energy and the technique to deliver! ✨✨✨ #techniqueEqualsFreedom.
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Just a bit excited about this one coming back! #YouCantStopTheBeat @HairsprayUKTour can’t wait to be reunited with the brilliant @paulkerryson! ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜.
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On my way to @Urdang_Academy to give workshops to their graduating year! Always love the dancers from this place- excited to see what new stars are about leap out into the wonderful biz we all call show. ⚡️.
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A company that means a great deal to me! I’m Committed to carrying on @mikahmoo & Jill’s vision and passion for creativity until a new full time AD is appointed. Very excited to be working along side co-interim AD @ruthbrill and Associate AD @CarrieTaylorJ! Let’s do this! 💥💥💥.
.@DrewMcOnie is to lead National Youth Ballet (@NYBofGB) as part of an interim artistic team following the announcement that Mikah Smillie will step down this month
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Incredibly sad to confirm that @KingKongBway will be closing on Broadway on the 18th August. Be sure to catch this incredible company while you can! This show remains one of the most extraordinary adventures of my life and one that I am whole heartedly proud of. #RoarBack ❤️🦍
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Beyond excited to getting cracking on this in summer! Anyone NYC based be sure to grab a ticket! 🗽🚖🇺🇸❤️🦍This incredible company will take your breath away!
Director @DrewMcOnie is merging many styles of movement and dance to bring KING KONG's story to life on stage! Previews begin October 5.
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Just left @McOnieCompany class feeling on top of the world- I don’t care how cheesy this sounds, I want to put it out there into the world just how much I adore and value DANCERS! They work so hard on their craft with such rigour and heart- all such magic creatures! Keep going!❤️
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Heart goes out to everyone in our glorious resilient industry!.
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Totally enchanted by @JamieMusical- an awesome empowering, heart warming, barrier breaking show. To have a powerful gay man at the centre of a story that has NOTHING to do with homosexuality is awesome! Bravo to all involved! ❤️.
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Another night of less than 5 hrs sleep. Brain is buzzing. Being back in rehearsals is a total sensory overload. Exhilarating, inspiring & terrifying. But one thing I can tell you is that this Carousel company are breath taking. Brave, vulnerable & not only viable but essential!.
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