Andy Thompson (born 1970) is a Canadian actor, theatre artist, filmmaker and teacher.
Andy Thompson | |
|---|---|
| Born | |
| Nationality | Canadian |
| Education | Studio 58 |
| Occupation(s) | The Virtual Stage Artistic Director, Actor, Playwright, Filmmaker |
Thompson was born and raised in Chilliwack, British Columbia. He received his theatre arts diploma in acting from Studio 58 in Vancouver, Canada in 1993. He is the founder of the multi-media theatre company The Virtual Stage.[1]
As a theatre and film producer, director and writer, Thompson has won several awards. The Virtual Stage and Electric Company Theatre's 2008 production of No Exit, which Thompson co-produced and performed in, garnered rave reviews and won Jessie Richardson Theatre Awards for Outstanding Production as well as the Critics' Choice Innovation Award before touring across North America.[2][3] He co-produced, co-wrote and performed in the short film The Provider, which won the 2010 Bloodshots 48-Hour Horror Filmmaking Competition before going to the 2011 Cannes Film Festival, where it was given a "Coup de Coeur" distinction as one of the best short films from Canada.[4] Also in 2011, his entry into the international Film Racing Grand Prix short film competition, the super-hero spoof Repair Man, won 3rd place overall, and was the top-ranking Canadian film of the contest.[5][6]
In 2013, Thompson's sci-fi musical comedy Broken Sex Doll was hailed in the press [7][8][9] and described as the biggest hit of the Vancouver theatre season "and maybe the Next Big Thing in Canadian theatre."[10]
Recognition
- Jessie Award Nominations
- Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role: Small Theatre (1998/9) - Reading Hebron[11]
- Outstanding Performance by an Actor In a Supporting Role: Small Theatre (2002/3) - The Fall[12]
- Outstanding Original Play or Musical: Small Theatre (2002/3) - The Birth of Freedom[12]
- Sydney Risk Award for Outstanding original Script by an Emerging Playwright (2002/3) - The Birth of Freedom[12]
- Significant Artistic Achievements, Small Theatre, Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble (2006/7, with 12 other cast members) - The Shoes That Were Danced to Pieces[13]
- Significant Artistic Achievements, Small Theatre, Outstanding Technical Design (2006/7, with 6 other people) - Spank![13]
- Significant Achievement Award, Small Theatre, Video Design & Editing (2008/9, with Bojan Bodruzic) - No Exit[14]
Film Awards
- Bloodshots 48-Hour Horror Filmmaking Contest (2010) Best Film, Best Costume Design & Cannes Short Film Corner (2011) Coup de Coeur distinction (co-producer, co-writer, actor) - The Provider [15][16]
- Vancouver Film Race (2010) Best Writing, Best Costume Design, Best Set Design, 4th Runner Up (co-writer, co-producer, director, editor) - Mayor Mulligan[17][18]
- International Film Racing Grand Prix (2011), 3rd Place Overall & top-ranking Canadian film (co-writer, director, producer) - Repair Man[19][20]
Plays
- The Birth of Freedom, 2002[21]
- SPANK!, 2006[22]
- 1984, 2011 (multi-media stage adaptation of Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell)[23]
- The Zombie Syndrome, 2012[24]
- Broken Sex Doll, 2013[25]
References
- ^ 'A balanced brain; Chilliwack's Andy Thompson merging tradition with technology inside the world of theatre'(subscription required), Chilliwack Times, March 18, 2011.
- ^ http://www.ffwdweekly.com/article/arts/theatre/organizing-and-improvising-5016/
- ^ http://www.nowtoronto.com/stage/story.cfm?content=172355
- ^ http://www.vancourier.com/entertainment/movie-guide/Blood+filled+weekend/5585523/story.html
- ^ http://blogs.theprovince.com/2011/11/22/vancouver-superhero-spoof-takes-podium-at-nyc-short-film-contest/
- ^ http://www.thevirtualstage.org/repairman/
- ^ http://www.vancourier.com/entertainment/Broken+Doll+full+rude/8124769/story.html
- ^ http://www.straight.com/arts/362761/theres-not-weak-link-cast-broken-sex-doll
- ^ http://www.sadmag.ca/news/2013/03/review-virtual-stages-broken-sex-doll/
- ^ http://www.theprovince.com/Broken+Doll+breakout+season/8106809/story.html
- ^ The 17th Annual Jessie Richardson Theatre Awards Sunday, June 13, 1999 The Vogue Theatre, The Jessies. Retrieved 2013-03-25.
- ^ a b c The 21st Annual Jessie Richardson Theatre Awards Monday, June 16, 2003 The Commodore Ballroom , The Jessies. Retrieved 2013-03-25.
- ^ a b The 25th Annual Jessie Richardson Theatre Awards Monday June 18, 2007 The Commodore Ballroom, The Jessies. Retrieved 2013-03-25.
- ^ The 27th Annual Jessie Richardson Theatre Awards Monday June 15, 2009 The Commodore Ballroom, The Jessies. Retrieved 2013-03-25.
- ^ https://vimeo.com/23868862
- ^ http://www.nsnews.com/entertainment/movie-guide/Blood+filled+weekend/5585523/story.html
- ^ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1937239/
- ^ http://www.filmracing.com/films/competitions/vancouver2010.htm
- ^ http://www.filmracing.com/Films/2011/100/RepairMan.htm
- ^ http://jewishindependent.ca/Archives/Dec11/archives11Dec09-01.html
- ^ http://www.thevirtualstage.org/the-birth-of-freedom/
- ^ http://www.straight.com/arts/spank
- ^ http://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/theatre-and-performance/1984-still-resonates-in-this-haunting-production/article628381/
- ^ http://www.straight.com/arts/zombie-syndrome-surprising-trek
- ^ http://www.straight.com/arts/356516/broken-sex-doll-toys-robots-music-and-moral-decay