Andrew Chadney

SLT Member 1992(?) - Present.

Andrew Chadney (2nd from left) in A Christmas Carol (2006). Photograph by Phil Gammon

I became Treasurer to the Members' Club bar committee in 1996 and have been demonstrating that you can fool all of the people all of the time ever since.

Acting / Performing Roles

• Politic in Lock Up Your Daughters (1994) (Bell Theatre)
• Fingers McGraw in Bad Day at Black Frog Creek (1996) (Bell Theatre)
• Starveling in A Midsummer Night's Dream (1997) (Bell Theatre)
• Keyboard / Bassoonist in A Christmas Carol (2006) (Bell Theatre)
• Piano in Kiss of the Spider Woman (2012) (Prompt Corner)
• Keyboards in Oh What a Lovely War (2012) (Bell Theatre)
• Accompanist in The Boy Friend (2013) (Bell Theatre)
• Synthesizer Bass on Little Shop of Horrors (2013) (Bell Theatre) (One night only)
• Village Person in The Piper (2013) (Bell Theatre)
• Father Andrew / Piano & Keyboard in Nunsense (2015) (Bell Theatre)
• Piano in Oliver! (2015) (Main Hall, Stanley Halls)
• Keyboard in Jesus Christ Superstar (2016) (Main Hall, Stanley Halls)
• Company member in The Great Christmas Vaudeville Extravaganza! (2017) (Main Hall, Stanley Halls)
• Keyboard (2) for Postcards From God - The Sister Wendy Musical (2018) (Old Fire Station)
• Keyboards for Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2019) (Old Fire Station)
• Piano for A Super Happy Story (About Feeling Super Sad) (2021) (Old Fire Station)
• Music for The Habit Of Art (2022) (Old Fire Station)

Productions as Musical Director

• Pantomime Tonight (1992) (Bell Theatre) and Pianist
• Music Hall (1992) (Prompt Corner)
• The Boy Friend (1993) (Bell Theatre)
• Nunsense (1993) (Prompt Corner)
• Old Time Music Hall (1993)
• Bad Day at Black Frog Creek (1996) (Bell Theatre)
• Dick Whittington & His Cat (2005) (Bell Theatre)
• The Dracula Spectacula (2005) (Bell Theatre) Pianist & Keyboards
• A Christmas Carol (2006) (Bell Theatre)
• By Jeeves (2014) (Prompt Corner) and Pianist
• Nunsense (2015) (Bell Theatre)
• The Great Christmas Vaudeville Extravaganza! (2017) (Main Hall, Stanley Halls)
• A Super Happy Story (About Feeling Super Sad) (2021) (Old Fire Station)

plus ad hoc auditions pianist for numerous other productions.

Productions as Assistant Director

• By Jeeves (2014) (Prompt Corner)

Productions as Rehearsal Pianist

• A Slice of Saturday Night (1998) (Bell Theatre)
• Kiss of the Spider Woman (2012) (Prompt Corner)

Set Construction on:

• Nunsense (2015) (Bell Theatre) & Painting

Interests

Music (esp organ), cricket.