// About
Until very recently, André was touring internationally as Zazu in Disney’s The Lion King (Michael Cassel Group/Disney Theatrical). He is looking forward to joining Singapore’s Wild Rice in mid-2023 for their production of Hotel.
Training: Victorian College of the Arts School of Drama: Bachelor of Dramatic Art (Melbourne), École Philippe Gaulier (Paris).
Theatre includes: The History Boys (MTC), Le Vide (Steps & Holes Theatre/Sydney Fringe),The Lion King (Disney Australia), Heaven, As Told By The Boys Who Fed Me Apples (La Mama), Thérèse Raquin (Critical Stages), East (La Mama/The Seymour Centre), Arabian Night (Griffin Stablemates), Summerfolk (Bob Presents) and Alaska (Under the Wharf).
Film includes: Hugo (Thaumatrope Productions/AFC), The Silent Mangoes (Mesmer Films).
Voice Over includes: Revealing Gallipoli (December Films/ABC TV) and The Empty Cage (The Signal House Edition).
Commercials include: Bellroy.
In 2012 André was also a facilitator for the inaugural Kakiseni Arts Exchange in Malaysia. He has worked on developments and readings for Sydney Theatre Company, Queensland Theatre, Stuck Pigs Squealing and a number of independent ensembles, and has also lent his voice to television series such as Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries, Jack Irish, The Newsreader and Doctor Blake, all for ABC TV.
André’s solo performance work Mountain, created with collaborator Kit Brookman, premiered at Geelong Arts Centre in June 2022. Mountain was co-produced by Sweet Reason, Geelong Arts Centre, Performing Lines, The Art House Wyong and Goulburn Performing Arts Centre and is available for national touring through Performing Lines.
Photograph: Lachlan Woods