Drew McOnie

Cats Credits
Düsseldorf - 03/2004 - Pouncival

German Tent Tour - 01/2011 - Mistoffelees (stand-in)

Biography (2020)
Drew is fast becoming one of Britain’s most sought-after emerging directors and choreographers. He won the Olivier Award for Best Theatre Choreography for In the Heights in 2016 and he was nominated for the same award in 2017 for the ground-breaking production of Jesus Christ Superstar at Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre.

Theatre credits as director/choreographer include: King Kong (The Broadway theatre, Broadway); Strictly Ballroom (Piccadilly Theatre, London’s West End/Toronto/West Yorkshire Playhouse); On the Town (Olivier Award Nomination for Best Musical Revival 2018 - Regent’s Park); and The Wild Party (The Other Palace).

Theatre credits as a choreographer include: Jesus Christ Superstar (Olivier Award Nomination for Best Theatre Choreography 2017 - Regents Park); In the Heights (Olivier Award Winner for Best Theatre Choreography, Winner of the Off West End Theatre Award for Best Choreography-Southwark Playhouse and Kings Cross Theatre); The Lorax (Old Vic), Hairspray (BroadwayWorld Award Winner for Best Choreography-UK Tour); Bugsy Malone (Lyric Hammersmith); Oklahoma! (National Tour); Kinky Boots (Malmo Opera); The Sound of Music (Curve Theatre Leicester); Chicago (Curve Theatre Leicester); West Side Story (NYMT); British Style (Collaboration with Matthew Bourne at Buckingham Palace- BBC); Laurel and Hardy (The Watermill); James and the Giant Peach (National Tour); 13 (West End); Tommy (European Tour); Spring Awakening (German Premier- Frankfurt); The Full Monty (German Premier,Frankfurt); and Kes (Liverpool Playhouse & UK Tour). Jesus Christ Superstar (50th Anniversary Tour).

For the McOnie Company: Jekyll and Hyde (BroadwayWorld Award Winner for Outstanding Achievement in Dance – Old Vic Theatre); DRUNK! (Curve Theatre Leicester/ The Bridewell Theatre London) which lead to him being nominated for the ‘Emerging Artist Award’ at the National Dance Awards; Making Midnight (Jermyn Street Theatre/ Latitude Festival); Slaughter (Audience Choice Award Winner- The Place Prize); and Be Mine! (Robin Howard Theatre).

Additional ballets include: Monochrome Suite (Sadlers Wells); The Old Man Of Lochnagar (Sadlers Wells and Hackney Empire); Little Red Riding Hood (Wimbledon Theatre); and To You (Sadlers Wells).

Film credits include: Me Before You (Directed by Thea Sharrock) and Recordare: Days of Remembrance (pre-selected for the Cannes & Berlin

Trivia

 * Part of the Cats alumni cast in the Cats in Quarantine video.