Staff profile
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Job title: Senior Lecturer
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Dept: Music and Performing Arts
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Campus: Folkestone
BA(Hons), MA, PGCE (Post Compulsory), Programme Director BA Performing Arts
After graduating in 1992 Andy went on to work within the sound and lighting department at Canterbury's Marlowe Theatre, gaining experience as a front of house live sound engineer and lighting technician in a variety of contexts from orchestral performances through to large scale rock shows and musicals.
From 1997, Andy worked as a freelance writer for radio and television, quickly resulting in his first comedy series broadcast on BBC Radio Four, Grievous Bodily Radio, which he created with his writing partner, Jon Holmes. In 1999 he accepted the position of department Script Editor with BBC Light Entertainment. During this time, Andy made up part of the writing team of four that devised the successful impressionist comedy show Dead Ringers, working on the original radio version with Alistair McGowan, Kate Robbins and John Culshaw.
As a radio presenter and producer, Andy has recorded and edited spoken word and music based packages for a wide range of commercial radio groups (Capital Radio Group, Virgin Radio, LBC and Radio One) and won a Sony Radio Academy Gold Award for Best Entertainment Show in 2000.
Andy has also worked as a freelance composer producing music for both radio and television (Channel Four – Harry Hill's Fruit Corner, Channel Five - Jim Tavare in Cabaret, BBC2, and BBC Radio Four).
Andy joined the department in 2004 initially contributing sessionally to programmes offered at the Broadstairs Campus, delivering modules relating to live sound, computer based music recording and production and web design. Andy was awarded his MA in Creative Media Practice by Middlesex University and SAE London in 2008, a large part of which saw him explore concepts of media communications theories relating to distance learning web design.
Andy is currently Programme Director for the Performing Arts BA programme, delivering the Technical Theatre modules. His interests focus on the use of emerging innovative control systems for live performance technologies, together with the transference of live and improvised performance control for visuals, from the technician to the performer.