Performed in Sunset Boulevard (Australian Tour), Me & My Girl Australian Tour), The Boy from Oz (Australian Tour),
and more whilst establishing a successful performing arts school operating for over 20 years.

Performed in Mamma Mia (Australasian Tour), Hot Shoe Shuffle (World Tour), The Boy from Oz (Australian Tour), Carrie (Broadway, NY), Chess (West End London), Chicago, Crazy for You, Anything Goes, Tap Dogs,
- a career spanning nearly 30 years.

Andrew's theatrical career started at seventeen as a dancer in the Australasian tour of 42nd Street followed by Me and My Girl (dance captain) Red Hot and Rhonda, West Side Story and Jolson (dance captain). He was associate director/ choreographer on the 1998 and 2006 productions of Fiddler on the Roof starring Topol, working alongside Sammy Dallas Bayes.

Andrew's long standing involvement with Shout! The Legend of the Wild One, took him from dance captain to resident director and assistant choreographer to Ross Coleman. He Was resident director on Oh! What a Night, starring Marcia Hines and Gary Sweet.

Andrew's involvement with The Production Company, started as a performer in Funny Girl, Call Me Madam, Gypsy and Guys and Dolls, and for the 2002 and 2003 seasons, teamed up with Ross Coleman as co-choreographer on The Music Man and Bye Bye Birdie, for which they received Green Room Award nominations for both shows.

In 2004 he choreographed Carousel starring David Campbell for the Production Company. Andrew choreographed the first Pratt Prize winning play Sideshow Alley, written by GaryYoung and Paul Keelan. This workshopped production was directed by Gail Edwards. Andrew won the Betty Pounder Award at the 2005 Green Room Awards for his work on Leader Of The Pack The Ellie Greenwich Musical. He is one of three choreographers that worked on EuroBeat, The Musical, and he choreographed Menopause the Musical currently touring Australia/New Zealand.

Dein Perry won the Olivier Award two years in succession for Best Choreography, in 1995 for HOT SHOE SHUFFLE and in 1996 for TAP DOGS and is the youngest ever recipient of the award. HOT SHOE SHUFFLE was the first all Australian musical to play London’s West End. As well as creating the choreography with David Atkins, Dein starred in the production, which toured extensively in Australia and the UK.

In 1991 Dein was awarded an Australia Council Development Grant. The result of this work was shown on ABC and became the inspiration for the TAP BROTHERS, the stars of HOT SHOE SHUFFLE. In 1994 Dein conceived and choreographed TAP DOGS, which was the hit of the 1995 Sydney Festival and has since toured four continents and 250 cities world wide.

TAP DOGS has received over 11 international awards, including a 1997 NY Obie Award, the Pegasus Award from the Spoleto festival, the Australian Variety Award for Entertainer of the Year, and the Mo Award for Showbusiness Ambassador of 1998.

Dein’s awards include the 1996, 1997 and 1998 Mo Award for Dance Performer of the Year and the Australian Green Room nomination for Best Supporting Role in HOT SHOE SHUFFLE. Dein received two Australian Green Room Awards for Best Original Choreography, for HOT SHOE SHUFFLE (1995) and TAP DOGS (1996). He was also nominated for a NY Drama Desk Award for Best Choreography for TAP DOGS (1997). In 1998 Dein received an Australian Dance Award for best Choreography and in 2005 was awarded Outstanding Performance by a Male Dancer.

January 1998 saw the world premiere of DEIN PERRY’S STEEL CITY, at Star City, Sydney Casino. STEEL CITY was directed, choreographed and performed by Dein, with music by Tim Finn, a cast of thirteen and four musicians. The show toured Australia during 1998 before playing a special season at Radio City Music Hall in New York.

Dein directed and choreographed his first feature film, BOOTMEN, financed by the Australian Film Finance Corporation and Fox Searchlight and distributed by Twentieth Century Fox. BOOTMEN was released in October 2000 and received 5 AFI awards.

Dein choreographed the final segment of the celebrated SYDNEY 2000 OLYMPICS OPENING CEREMONY, which was screened worldwide.

In August 2003 Dein reworked the TAP DOGS concept adding 2 female dancers opening TAP DOGS RE-BOOTED at Sadler’s Wells in London followed by a successful tour through the United States of America. In 2005 TAP DOGS celebrated their 10th anniversary with Dein Perry returning to the show resulting in a sell out national tour of Australia and an Australian Dance Award for most Outstanding Performance by a Male Dancer. The show continues to tour worldwide.

Most recently Dein directed DAVID CAMPELL - WILD WITH STYLE. Produced by Newtheatricals WILD WITH STYLE is now showing at the Drama Theatre of the Sydney Opera House.

Writer- Stage:
THE BEAUTY SPOT, Songs for the Theatre, The Happy Prince, Immaculate Deception, Dear Katherine, Selfish Dreamers, Ming Lee.

Musical Director - Stage:
Mamma Mia! (Assistant)

Musician - Stage:
Dusty - the Original Pop Diva (Repetituer / Standby Conductor), The Sound of Music, Les Miserables, Singing in the Rain (and Standby Conductor), Sunset Boulevard, Kiss Me Kate, Mack and Mabel, How To Succeed..., Into the Woods, The Music of Andrew Lloyd Webber, Grease, The Lion King, Annie, Cabaret, My Fair Lady.

Cabaret:
Silvie Paladino Sings Streisand, Chelsea Plumley in Concert.

Gary directed the hugely successful Menopause the Musical with two companies currently touring. He was Associate Director for the Australian/Asian production of Mamma Mia. He directed Carousel starring David Campbell for The Production Company at the State Theatre. He has also directed Funny Girl and Call Me Madam for them. He directed the new musical Crusade for the Edinburgh Festival and Guys and Dolls at the Adelaide Festival Theatre. For the Canterbury Opera, NZ, he directed A Little Night Music.

He has had a varied career as performer, writer and director and has worked all over the world in theatre, cabaret and television with the Mo award winning Ritz Company. Theatre productions include Side by Side by Sondheim, Starting Here, Starting Now, Showboat, Annie Get Your Gun, Jesus Christ Superstar, and Les Miserables.

He was Resident Director for the Australian productions of Miss Saigon and Les Miserobles for the Cameron Mackintosh Organisation, Aspects of Love for the Really Useful Company, Scrooge with Keith Michell at the Princess Theatre, Tales of Hoffmann and The Student Prince for the Victoria State Opera He was Associate Director for the 10th Anniversary Production of Les Miserables and directed the Australian premier of Crusade.

Original written work includes lyrics and book with co-writer and composer Tony Rees for Tilly, presented at the Buxton Musical Quest in Britain and their project Jekyll, season staged at the Churchill Theatre, Britain, starring Dave Willets. He has also written several theatre in education pieces.

Current works with composer Paul Keelan include Ship Of Fools, showcased at Chapel Off Chapel Theatre, A Woman's Eyes, Black Widow and Tea With Oscar which was nominated for the Greenl Room Award for music and lyrics and ran for two successful seasons at the Chapel Off Chapel Theatre. Their musical Sideshow Alley won the National search for new work by Australian writers and composers, winning the prestigious Pratt Music Theatre Prize. It is the first work to be developed through the Pratt Foundation and was workshopped in August, 2003 and headed to production in 2006. Their latest work is an opera based on the life of the Italian painter Artemisia Gentileschi.

Adam graduated from the University of Ballarat with a Bachelor of Arts in Performing Arts in 1993. Shortly after, Adam secured guest roles in A Country Practice, Janus and Frontline. He then spent the next six years in many aspects of the entertainment industry, including directing and producing a number of shows for The Melbourne International Comedy Festival and Melbourne Fringe Festival.

Adam spent several years working for children’s theatre companies Storybook Theatre and TUSK Productions. His time with these companies included regional and coastal tours of numerous classics such as Hansel and Gretel, Little Red Riding Hood and Goldilocks & the 3 Bears. In 1996, Adam headed to the tropics of Far North Queensland, performing in A Midsummer Night’s Dream for Theatre Up North.

Adam then traveled to the United States, teaching various methods of Acting to children of all ages. Returning to Australia, Adam continued to appear on TV with roles in Comedy Inc and Sensing Murder. A highlight for Adam was securing the main role for the AFL 2003 National Advertising Campaign playing the role of Warren in the turnstile commercials. He filmed the commercials in both Sydney and Melbourne, whilst doing voice over work on MMM and 3AW for the entire season.