Andy Younes

Andy Younes

Assistant Director

As well as his striking resemblance to a young George Clooney, Andy is a writer, actor, and theatre maker. His stage credits include: The Lost Tapes, Thom Pain, Norm and Ahmed and stage managing Against The Wall. He recently wrote and produced his first short film and has started his own script writing business, Little Wrights.

Biography

Andy grew up in Sydney and decided he wanted to become an actor after first watching Monster’s Inc.  He completed a Bachelor of Dramatic Arts at Excelsia College, Sydney (Formerly Wesley Institute) in 2016. He played Norm in Norm and Ahmed (2015), wrote and directed Kermesse: It’s Purguaranteed (2015), and played Thom Pain in Thom Pain (based on nothing) (2017).

He also travelled to Los Angeles in 2015 to study with The Acting Corps for three months and study improv with Second City.

Andy moved to Brisbane in 2019 and continued his acting training with Kristina Sexton. He then began to focus on his passion for writing. During the pandemic he wrote his first feature film. He is the co-founder of Little Wrights, a script writing business that focuses on showreel material for actors. In late 2021 he wrote and produced his first short film, a mockumentary: In Therapy. It is currently doing the rounds in the short film circuit and was an official selection at the Chicago Indie Film Awards.

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Reviews

“Why Men Run at 2am” begins with a bang, or rather banging… and sawing… and drilling … as Knoll (Tom Coyle) reinforces the doors to the pawn shop setting of the dark comedy. The barricading in response to a recent robbery is interrupted by appearance of travelling pawn shop salesman Terry Schmidt Jrn, or TJ (Lachlan Engeler). TJ hasn’t set foot in his father’s shop in months, but is back in Brisbane to help to get to the bottom of his father’s disappearance for days without a trace, with help from the shop’s colourful cast of characters. Thus, the trope of an unseen character sets up the direction of the narrative against the tapestry of its richly detailed setting.

Meredith Walker - Blue Curtains | Read full review

“It must be difficult to direct an interpretation of your own play, but Pierce has succeeded in gaining a well-rounded piece, no doubt helped by Assistant Director, Andy Younes. Without overplaying the situations, the cast draws you in to the fast-paced story. So much so that, in the cast and creatives Q&A after the show, one audience member asked if there will be a sequel – as we all agreed that we’d love to see these characters again in a new chapter of their story: a testament to the success of this production.”

Beth Keehn - Stage Whispers | Read full review

Other Theatre

2021 - The Lost Tapes (Theatre), The Baedeker, Actor - Barry

2017 - Thom Pain (based on nothing) (Theatre), Excelsia College, Actor - Thom Pain

2015 - Norm And Ahmed (Theatre), Wesley Institute, Actor - Norm

Training

2022 - Advanced Audition For Screen - Tom McSweeney

2021 - 101-104 - Kristina Sexton

2019 - Improv (Group Mind) - Taylor Edwards - Big Fork Theatre

2018 - Improv (Level 2) - Happy Feraren - LMA, Sydney

2013-2016: Bachelor of Dramatic Arts (Theatre Practice) - Excelsia College

2015: Improv (Level 1) - Kevin McGheean - Second City, Hollywood

2015: Boot Camp 1 + 2 - The Acting Corps, Los Angeles

Representation

Crème Management