andrew smith - performance

pit/session work | amateur dramatics
the little dog laughed | halcyon days / 100 pipers
phoenix | the random notes

pit/session work
(2001 - )

May 2008Henley Amateur Operatic Society (HAODS)West Side StoryTenor sax, Clarinet & Flute
January 2008CAST AcademyHonk!Guitar
January 2008Quince PlayersThe Slipper & the RoseClarinet
August 2007West Wing student productionHigh School MusicalGuitar
June 2007Slough Musical Theatre CompanyTommy: The MusicalGuitar
May 2007Amersham & Wycombe CollegeBat Boy: The MusicalGuitar
October 2006Maidenhead Musical Comedy Society (MMCS)42nd StreetTenor Sax & Clarinet
July 2006Colnbrook Amateur Stage Theatre (CAST)A Funny Thing Happened on the way to the ForumClarinet & Alto Sax
July 2006Redroofs (performing arts school)GreaseGuitar
June 2006Woodley Light Operatic SocietyOklahomaClarinet & Tenor Sax
February 2006Grimm PlayersSweeney ToddElectric (Ashbory) bass
May 2005 (ongoing)Andrew Drysch bandSmooth vocal jazzGuitar & tenor sax
July 2004GrimmbourneThe GondoliersClarinets (Bb & A)
February 2004Grimm PlayersThe King and IClarinet
June 2002Masquerade Musical TheatreWest Side StoryGuitar
November 2001Henley Amateur Operatic & Dramatic Society (HAODS)Kiss Me KateBass guitar
February 2001Maidenhead PlayersCompanyBass guitar

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amateur dramatic highlights
(1997 - )

February 2008Grimm PlayersSalad DaysNigel
February 2007Grimm PlayersThe Boy FriendMarcel
October 2005Grimm PlayersCowardy CustardEnsemble cast
June 2003Maidenhead Operatic SocietyBitter SweetCarl Linden (male lead)
February 2003Grimm PlayersHonk!Ugly (male lead)
October 2002Grimm PlayersA Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the ForumHysterium (supporting lead)
July 2002GrimmbourneWest Side Story (Concert Highlights)Riff
September 2001Grimm PlayersSide by Side by SondheimEnsemble cast
July 2000GrimmbournePirates of PenzancePirate King
November 1999Maidenhead Operatic SocietyOrpheus in the UnderworldMercury
July 1998Maidenhead Drama GuildA Midsummer Nights DreamLysander
February 1998Grimm PlayersCarouselJigger
October 1997Maidenhead Musical Comedy SocietyThe King & IPhra-Alack

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the little dog laughed
(1992 - 1998)

Local heroes around Harlow for a time in the mid-90s, we gigged infrequently around Essex and North London. We started off sounding a bit like Marillion, took a bit of a detour into widdly guitar solos, and wound up perhaps more like XTC or Crowded House. When we had difficulty finding a decent drummer, and our keyboard player moved to Canada, we gigged for the last year or so as a acoustic 3-piece.

A few MP3s

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100 pipers / halcyon days
(1990 - 1991, plus reunions in 1992 & 2001)

I learned bass in a week to join this band at Uni!! Seriously, their drummer quit, and the bass player switched to drums, selling my his bass and teaching me the parts. We played a wonderfully idiosyncratic of proggy, jazzy, poppy rock (from It Bites to Queen to Oscar Peterson... all in the same song!!). We gigged at UEA and around Norwich, and studio tracks appeared on volumes 1 and 2 of 'Shoot the Canary', snapshots of the Norwich music scene. Reunion recordings have had some airplay on BFBS (British Forces Broadcasting Service), thanks to Damian Watson, mad drummer and producer/presenter.

A few MP3s

An offshoot was 'The Hassle Faction', whose jazz gigs around Norwich in 1991 are probably responsible for my crappy degree!!!

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phoenix
(1984-1990, 2003-)

A 3-piece 'jam band' who never gigged, but could at one time cover pretty much any song by Rush. We also did a mean version of 'With or Without You', but the tapes will never see the light of day... We got together again in 2003, and have continued every few months since - after 15 years, we still have a great time!

A few MP3s

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The Random Notes
(1984 - 1987)

A young 7-piece jazz band, playing school fetes all over Essex, and had the dubious privelege of playing at the 1986 Liberal Party Conference!

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