Andrew Derbyshire

Andrew Derbyshire is a British singer and actor. He trained at the Arts Educational School in London, where he appeared in "Starting Here, Starting Now", The Lion King Dance Project, as Tony in "West Side Story", and "The Hot Mikado".

Andrew was chosen to appear in The Queen's Jubilee Concert, the Party in the Park and The Children in Need Gala.

He was a contestant on ITV1's "Pop Idol" and got to the last 50 before being cast in the West End Production of "We Will Rock You". At the auditions he was spotted by Brian May of Queen, who was so impressed with Andrew that he was offered the role of understudy to the leading role of Galileo, a part he was to play for over 80 performances

He appeared in a Workshop for the movie "Cole" prior to appearing in the UK tour of Hollywood and Broadway with Melanie Stace and Tim Flavin in 2003.

Andrew went on to play the lead role in "Joseph And The Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat" in the UK National Tour, 2003, 2004. From December 2003 to February 2004 he appeared in the West End production at the New London Theatre. Andrew returned to the New London Theatre to reprise the role for six successful months in 2005.

2006 proved a very busy year for Andrew, in between performing concert engagements at various London venues; Andrew also completed recording his first studio album "Start Of The Road" that was released in September 2006.

Andrew has also recorded lead vocals for the World Premiere Recording of the Petula Clark / Dee Shipman musical "Someone Like You". The album is due for release by Sepia Records on 7 May 2007. Andrew and Carl Mullaney are staging their own show at London's Jermyn Street Theatre on 29 April 2007.

External links

* [http://www.andrewderbyshire.co.uk Andrew Derbyshire - official website]
* [http://www.myspace.com/someonelikeyou2007 Someone Like You - World Premiere Recording]