Andrew Ashton
Environmental Manager / Green Champion / Dancer
Overview
Andrew Ashton
Joined New Adventures
2018
Andrew, originally a dancer with the 2018-20 production of Swan Lake trained as an Environmental Manager in 2020 thanks to the Spring Forward scheme from New Adventures and is now a Practitioner member of the Institute of Environmental Managers and Assessors (IEMA). Since joining the team in 2022 Andrew has forged a close connection with the Theatre Green Book to which he contributed his Green Rider model which is very quickly being adopted as the industry standard.
Andrew continues his work as a freelance dance artist alongside his work with New Adventures. He has worked as Sponsors and Partnerships Manager for Ballet Nights since 2023 and has recently been appointed as Co-Producer and head of Fundraising for the newly created Jamiel Laurence Creation.
Andrew is currently the Environmental Sustainability Manager and leader of the Green Adventures working group for New Adventures.
Training
Laine Theatre Arts
Credits
For NEW ADVENTURES
- Lord of the Flies – 2014 Young Cast (Newcastle)
- Swan Lake – 2018-20 Ensemble
FILM
- Swan Lake – 2019
Other Career Highlights
- Tom Jones – 2021 Featured Actor/ Dancer (ITV)
- Sleeping Beauty – 2021 Dance Captain (Jordan Productions)
- Sinbad the Sailor – 2022 Workshop with Matt Nicholson
- Bridgerton – 2022 Netflix
- Disenchanted Ad – 2022 Partner to Oti Mabuse
- I’m So Happy – 2022 Emily Burns Music Video
- More to This – 2022 Choreographer (Anna Demetriou Music Video)
- Queen’s Platinum Jubilee – 2022 Buckingham Palace
- Snow White – 2023 Dance Captain (Jordan Productions)
- 8 out of 10 Cats Does Countdown – 2023 Dancer (Channel 4)
- Doctor Who – 2023 Dancer (BBC)