Director

“Davey applies a very resourceful imagination.”

Stephen Pedersen ~ The Chronicle Herald

"A refreshing rebirth of genuine solid theatrical talent.

He has a very unusual mind, one geared for future creations."

Michelle Cookson ~ Freelance Theatre Critique

"His decision to change some of the characters' genders brings added depth, and

Davey's inspired use of the promenade space make a unique theatrical experience."

Jeremy Austin ~ The Stage

Available to direct in the Halifax region (contact@andredavey.ca)

PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE

Teaching Assistant to Dr. David Overton

Dalhousie University, Department of Theatre

THEA 3200: The Director in the Theatre

1998-2001

Director : Always Options by Tim Vassallo

promotional video for Options Work Activity - a MetroWorks Program

Director : The Power Changers by Rebecca McQuaid

The Power of Change:

Narrated by Walt, a loveable puppet, the play is

a story about a fictitious family of colourful characters:

Mother Magenta, the race car driver with an idling habit;

Uncle orange, who always leaves the refrigerator door open;

Sister Sapphire, the inquisitive know-it-all;

and Grandma Green, the energetic matriarch.

Throughout the play, the characters learn all about the different ways that wasting energy can harm our earth and the creatures we share it with!

Director : Jesus & Buddha at Play by Kevin Connors

"Jesus and Buddha at play is an enjoyable two-man deity romp.

Just the ticket for what this chippy, contentious world really really needs:

a smart, funny, good-natured enlightening up."

Graham Pilsworth ~ The Coast

FRINGE HIT!

Director : Pulp Fiction - Live! stories by Quentin Tarantino & Roger Avery

“Davey brilliantly splits the action into

a relentless theatrical experience

that practically swallows it's audience whole.”

Ron Foley MacDonald ~ The Daily News

Performed to SOLD OUT shows

in 2001, 2004, & 2005

Halifax ~ Ryan Duffy's Speak Easy

London UK ~ The Underworld

Toronto ~ Two Venues: The Kathedral and Reilley's

click this link to go to websites for Pulp Fiction-Live!

Toronto cast

"One of the most innovative and audience satisfying shows to hit Toronto."

***** (5 stars) Liz Little ~ Sheridan Sun Online

"Camden Town nightclub The Underworld, turned into a theatre for the first time in history."

Ham & High ~ Jonathan Marciano

Arts & Entertainment - Theatre: Feature article

Director : Bikini Atoll by Niall O'Reilly

Bikini Atoll tells the story of the long reach of the Hydrogen bomb from its first test by blowing up Bikini Atoll to its impact on a small Northern Ontario community that has the uranium resources that America wants to make atomic bombs in the 1950's. Do you sell your community and its way of life? Will it be taken anyway? And who pays the human costs?

Director : Pyscho Beach Barty by Charles Busch

Saint Mary’s University Drama Society (SMUDS)

McNally Theatre Auditorium

"A fast paced comedy. Eschewing the convention of the stage, the director makes clever use of the available space, as most of the action takes place in various areas of the auditorium. Perhaps the most stricking thing about the show is a large, octagon shaped sandbox set in the middle of the theatre . The performances are tight and the sets are inventive, bringing the audience a hilarious, twisted romp in the sand."

The Journal ~ Luke Malone

Director : Code Red by Dave Roxborough

performed in:

Edmonton: 20th annual Fringe Odyssey

Halifax: Fringe 2000 - Atlantic Fringe Festival (FRINGE HIT!)

Dalhousie University - Playwright's Cabaret

"A play you can't help liking despite yourself, about the battle between a vagina and a penis as Vanessa and Paul experience a first date. A fast-pace and high-energy maintained by director André Davey, make Code Red a surprisingly amusing show"

Elissa Barnard ~ The Chronicle Herald

"A young cast, full of energy... and good physical comedy.."

Steve Tilley ~ The Edmonton Sun

Director : Multiple stories, scenes, & poems

Stories includedKorean folk tales: The Great Fortune Teller

The Looking Glass

The Tiger and the Trap

The Seat of Honour

The Officer and the Little Boy

Poems by e.e. cummings

colours come and go

O Sweet Spontaneous

The sky was

The Eagle

Dr. Seuss stories:

Oh, the places you’ll go!

Green Eggs and Ham

with excerpts from Hamlet by William Shakespeare

and the Greek myth of Echo & Narcissus

Co-director : Sex, Drugs, Rock 'n Roll by Eric Bogosian

Play puts American Dream into perspective:

"Sex, Drugs, Rock & Roll gives the American dream a reality check.

It is a comment on how Bogosian views society in America;

seeing it as a drive for money, fame, fortune.

He looks at the pros and the cons of going for that dream."

Dean Lisk ~ Halifax Metro News

Director : The Good Life by Tadas Khazanavicius

Co-director : Who’s on First by Abbott & Costello

Director : HEAVEN! by André Davey

"My congratulations goes out to all the performers and productions at the Fringe, but I would especially like to congratulate HEAVEN!"

Arts & Entertainment ~ The Dalhousie Gazette

Director : The Importance of Being Human by André Davey

Through the struggle of self-identification and a journey within one's subconscious, I AM meets I THINK, I KNOW, I FEEL, and I CHANGE as they each discover their reasons for being. This play solicits smiles as well as provides a moment to reflect on who we really are as individuals.

Director : Master ‘n’ Pupil by Al Warnock

Brain Drain by André Davey

Director : Sages of the Street, Who's my Father, and Mind Poison by Stephen Pitman

The One Act Collection - Neptune's DuMaurier Theatre

Director : U-TOPIA by André Davey

"One of the few plays attempting to explain the creation of the elements, without being undergraduate or boring. Well done! U-TOPIA has what real theatre needs - The Right Feel - it is there in the rhythm of the poetic beat and the feel of the work." Michelle Cookson ~ freelance theatre critique

Director : Fox in Socks, Oh, the place you'll go!, The Cat in the Hat, Yertle the Turtle, and My Many Coloured Days by Dr. Seuss

also directed for the Department of Theatre's Playwrights' Cabaret:

Thy Will be Done by Gillian Anderson

Sly Subplots in a Small Town by Natasha MacLellan

Tactophobia by Yzabeth MacFarlane

Breath by Tessa Logan-Wright

Makes Me Wonder by Candice Croft

Director: After Magritte by Tom Stoppard

Bell Bottom Blues by Queen Elizabeth High School students

Director : Love – A Play for Generations ‘A’ through ‘Z’ by André Davey

A play all about the truth about love. Based entirely on a young man's real life experiences (with collaborations from actual previous partners), and his own thoughts and ideas on love. Raising further questions about this intangible (fantasy?commodity?necessity) crazy little thing called love, this play is for all generations seeking an honest look on how love can be seen through all types of relationships.