Drew Varley

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Drew Varley born April 9, 1972 in Tolworth, Surrey.

He trained for 3 years at Bridget Espinosa's London Studio Centre. Productions included Edward Bond's War Plays and Drew played Action in West Side Story. He is currently a teacher and has been part of several dance school's faculties and is now teaching jazz at the Stella Mann College in England.

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[edit] Theatre

Following the completion of his training, Drew immediately joined the cast of Cats at London's New London Theatre as Bill Bailey. His West End theatre debut, however, was as Nibs and John Darling in Peter Pan (Aldwych and Cambridge Theatres and UK tour). He has also appeared in Mack and Mabel (Piccadilly Theatre), Crazy For You (Prince Edward Theatre), She Loves Me (Savoy Theatre) - playing Arpad Lazslo on many occasions, Gypsy (West Yorkshire Playhouse), Seven Brides For Seven Brothers (Theatre Royal Plymouth), Hans Christian Anderson (Churchill Theatre, Bromley), Joseph And The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (Ashcroft Theatre, Croydon), Cats (New London Theatre) - as Mungojerrie, Doctor Doolittle (Hammersmith Apollo), West Side Story (UK tour) - as A-rab and LeFou in Beauty and the Beast (UK tour).

[edit] Television and Video

Forty Years of Television for Channel 7 and an episode of Utterly Brilliant for children's ITV.
CATS (film) - as Mungojerrie,
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat video - as a Go Go dancer.

[edit] Recordings

She Loves Me and Dr. Dolittle.

[edit] Other

The Mikado, The Queen of Spades (London Coliseum), The Cunning Little Vixen (Royal Opera House) and numerous trade shows for Puma Sportswear. He is also Vice Principal of Songtime Theatre Arts.