Hi, I am Andy – a creator of visual and performance-driven large-scale shows and theatrical entertainments. Great to meet you.
Are you looking for support in show conception, production, and realisation through empathy, clarity, and cutting edge creativity? Have a look below and get in touch.
I SPECIALISE IN large-scale stage spectacles and performances with a tendency towards pop cultural and theatrical production show aesthetics of high visual value.
I HAVE DIVERSIFIED into the commercial sector and stage-to-television formats to initiate and manage the creative for industry clients, cultural enterprises, and music performing artists.
AS A NICHE INTEREST, I endorse queer and diversity-embracing practices from concept, to casting, designing, and staging.
… AND I AM READY FOR MORE.
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Riot Games LEC 2022
For the opening ceremony of the League of Legends European Championship @lecofficial 2022 in Malmö,...
Der Palast (Season 1)
Berlin, capital of the GDR, 1988/89. A German-German Friedrichstadt-Palast. The solo dancer Chris suddenly family...
Esch 2022 Remix Opening
The Esch2022 REMIX Opening was a one-of-a-kind participatory event. Taking place across multiple sites around...
Neues Jahr, Neues Glück!
A 90-minute best-off show by the Friedrichstadt-Palast’s Young Show ensemble, „NEUES YEAR – NEUES GLÜCK“...
Esch2022 REMIX Festival
This show started the precursory line up of a number of events celebrating the European...
David Garrett’s UNLIMITED World Tour
Musically, David Garrett doesn’t knows any limits. Virtuoso mastery of a classical instrument coupled with...
BEAT IT! Live
The two-hour tribute BEAT IT! Live showed Michael Jackson’s creative life in spectacular scenes, from...
I create with cross-disciplinary competence and seek meaningful collaborations to shape new shows, visual spectacles, and musicals. Together, let’s employ the means of storytelling through stage craft, process design, and cutting-edge creativity.
Do you have a future-facing format in mind or want to tell a story that hasn’t been told yet?
Always in the pursuit to create holistic and meaningful encounters, I bank on my
experience, trust my intuition, and follow my curiosity.
Trans-Media Storytelling
Show Consulting
Worlding
Creative Clarity
Drawing inspiration from artistic principles of dance- and music-based genres, of circus and revue, I tell stories on the grand stage elegantly and breathtakingly. I lead the evolution of performances that inspire the show’s technical designs. I have a ‘superpower’ for crafting visually progressive moments that don’t shy away from daring themes or technologies, but are liminal and pure.
Always orbiting inclusive and modern (sometimes also queer) approaches to show creation, I worked with single star performers and casts of several dozen. I am well-versed at shaping the unfolding of performative narratives with all the means available in modern show productions. I lead the show creation from concept to storyboard development, and in the theatre space.
Steering a multiverse of hand-crafted, generated, and automated aesthetic dimensions is what CP‘ing involves for me. Navigating the creative landscapes between large-scale shows and tiny one-off gigs, I cultivated a coolheaded approach to large-scale projects, productions, and activations. I can easily manage large amounts of work, using a high level of organisation and a big-picture approach to creation and conception.
Having realised experiences of many formats, I seek to be the facilitator and passionate driver behind the best and most daring creative outputs. I am keen to put together teams that engage and challenge the show brief from the outset to define and shape bespoke creativity.
Devising cutting-edge creative concepts for complex issues across many genres has always been a vital part of my work and being. I challenge thought patterns because I understand how staging, performance, design, and histories of perception condition one another. My passion for creative expression through a variety of artistic practices has always already been entwined with the urge to get to the bottom of things.
I am curious. This is founded in my practice-based degrees (M.A. in directing and a PhD in show theatrical production & direction) from the University of Bristol‘s esteemed theatre department, one of the UK‘s most important creative hubs.
Some clients request my bespoke services and consultations as white label and ask me to help grow their ideas, places, and communities through cultural activations and works of theatre and performance. Collaboratively, we develop engaging and innovative content while exercising complete discretion. Need discreet creative or creative producing services for your project? Reach out.
AGAINST ROUTINES. Consciously navigating creative processes within the paradigms of conceptual frameworks, stage labour, and continuous curiosity means being open to the critical evaluation of old patterns and regimen to allow for productions that are relevant, multilayered, reflective, and future-oriented.
Always in the pursuit to create holistic and breath-taking encounters, I bank on my experience, trust my intuition, and follow my curiosity.
I primarily work bilingually in English and German, but have also worked on shows in Arabic, French, Danish, Luxemburgish, and other languages.
/2022-09
Arena-size Opening Ceremony for Battle Royal Studios
RIOT Games Germany | LEC Summer Split 2022
Putting the fandom and the players centre-stage, we created a pop-style show with an orchestra and singer Cassyette that celebrated the League of Legends mystical “land of the midnight sun”.
/03-2019
World tour creative producer and consultant for RTK Roland Temme and PIO Entertainment
David Garrett’s UNLIMITED World Tour
Visual creative storytelling in a Notch-supported video show with live orchestra. Creation of visual worlds that supported the star violinist and his performance on the large-scale stage setup.
/2008-2023
Several stage productions with the
Friedrichstadt-Palast Berlin
The world’s largest theatre stage. This is where I learned staging within a highly technologised theatre space, large dancer casts, and a long backlog of amazing visuals. Creative storytelling on the back of more than 100 years of theatre institutional history.
/2018-2020
Several touring musical productions for COFO Entertainment.
Creative show production and direction for arena-sized show entertainment. One-shop stop for creative production and creative direction services for the creation of musical theatre tours. Guided the show’s creation, lead rehearsals, and performed as creative instal director.
/08-2019
Creative producer for Battle Royal Studios.
SOUK OKAZ – Arabs Anno 501 in Ta’if, Saudi Arabia.
Weaving together a storyline that featured camels, local dancers, and the wonders of ancient astronomy, incense, and trading. Supported the creation of a cultural ceremony in Saudi Arabia and performed as creative producer on the ground.
/2022-01
Show scenes for Constantin Television & ZDF
DER PALAST | TV-Series
Ideation and stage direction of show-stopping dance tableaus with extravagant sets and costumes: Relying on the Friedrichstadt-Palast’s show archive, we created 6 show-stopping revue scenes that covered classic and modern revue, and the theatre’s kickline.
/2023
Golden Award of Montreux (Finalist)
Hans Christian Anderson Festival for Battle Royal Studios
/2022
Der Deutsche Fernsehpreis 2022 (nominee)
Der Palast – Staffel 1 for Constantin Television
/2022
Golden Award of Montreux
Esch2022 Remix Opening for Battle Royal Studios
/2021
Eventex Awards Gold
Dubai Police Academy for Battle Royal Studios
/2020
German Design Award
Dubai Police Academy for Battle Royal Studios
/2019
PhD in Theatre | University of Bristol (UK)
on show direction & production
/2016
“Virtuosity in East German Variety Theatre Practice” for Cambridge University Press, Theatre Survey.
September 2022 | Malmö, Schweden
RIOT Games LEC Summer Split 2022
Commissioned by Riot Games, concepted and executed by Battle Royal Studios.
THE CHALLENGE: Design and devise a show that takes fans into the Land of the Midnight Sun and re-defines the player presentations and the final winning moment.
… as Show Director.
August 2022 | Odense, Denmark
„Paraplyhuset“ at the Hans Christian Andersen Festival.
Concepted and executed by Battle Royal Studios.
THE CHALLENGE: Create, design, and direct a show about Hans Christian Andersen’s legacy, co-produced by the citizens of Odense and having high visual and entertaining impact.
… as Creative Producer.
2020-2022 | Berlin, Germany
Der Palast: Season 1 (Dance Scenes)
TV-Series commissioned by ZDF.
Created by Constantin Television with support from the Friedrichstadt-Palast Berlin.
THE CHALLENGE: To devise, design, and show direct extravagant dance scenes for a TV-production that evokes historic feels but als ticks all the boxes of modern spectacular show entertainment.
… as Show Director.
Esch2022: Remix Opening
European Capital of Culture: Esch-sur-Alzette Region in Luxemburg.
Created by Battle Royal Studios.
THE CHALLENGE: To devise and execute a cultural threshold moment co-created by the region’s citizens dealing with local stories and offering a myriad of creative touch points to get involved.
… as Creative Producer.
Esch2022: REMIX Festival
Dance performance in the Church of Dudelingen, L.
Commissioned by Esch2022, concepted and executed by Battle Royal Studios.
THE CHALLENGE: To co-create enough cultural energy so as to allow the region to burst into their cultural year fully energises and full speed ahead into the future.
… as Creative Producer/Co-Show Director.
Esch2022: REMIX Opening Trailer
European Capital of Culture: Esch-sur-Alzette Region in Luxemburg.
Commissioned by Esch2022, concepted and executed by Battle Royal Studios.
THE CHALLENGE: To entice audiences of all ages, social strata, and identifications to join in the cultural threshold moment of the opening of the ECOC year in Luxemburg.
… as Creative Producer.
Der Palast: Season 1 (Trailer)
TV-Series commissioned by ZDF.
Created by Constantin Television with support from the Friedrichstadt-Palast Berlin.
THE CHALLENGE: Devise pandemic-proof, scale-busting, and history-radiating showstopper revue tableaus for a German TV-Series.
… as Show Director.
That’s Life
Ein Frank-Sinatra-Musical.
Produced by COFO Entertainment GmbH.
THE CHALLENGE: To create a musical biography that relies on Sinatra’s music and the story of his life, but told with modern means, video projection, and the anticipated musical theatre show stoppers.
… as Creative Producer/Creative Director.
Call to Prayer at Souk Okaz (Ta’if, Saudi Arabia)
A stroll through the Souk Okaz festival grounds during evening prayer times.
August, 2019.
THE CHALLENGE: To create a show that incorporates dancers and performers from across the Arabian cultural sphere to perform in a show about the history of the Souk Okaz in Saudi Arabia, one of the most important nodes of ancient trading routes.
Beat It – Die Show über den King of Pop
Touring arena show about the creative life and work of Michael Jackson.
Created by Andreana Clemenz, produced by COFO GmbH Co KG.
THE CHALLENGE: What would a stage look like nowadays if the King of Pop was still alive? Telling the story of his life from the POV of his inspirations, his creations, and his love for piece and trust in human nature.
… as Creative Producer.
Beat It (Opening Night)
Touring arena show about the creative life and work of Michael Jackson.
Created by Andreana Clemenz, produced by COFO GmbH Co KG.
… as Creative Producer.