Andrew Warner’s portrayal of a trans woman in Priscilla Queen of The Desert earns him Best Actor at The Guide Awards
The part of the recently bereaved trans woman was one it took Andrew a bit of convincing to go for.
‘I was very lucky because my best mate Jack Edwards (the Player’s production manager) is the one who pushed me into it. I went for Tick to begin with, and my wife was adamant we were going to do it, but I’d never even seen it before.
Now I’ve been in it, I understand how amazing it is.
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Hide Ad‘When I got asked in to do Bernadette, I thought, “I’m not doing, I’m not doing it”. And I had a little bit of shove to say suck it up and get on with it, and I’m very glad I did, because it’s probably the biggest journey – that sounds trite, doesn’t it? But it was the biggest journey I’ve ever had in theatre, and it’s probably the best part I’ll ever play. The whole show was magnificent - what an experience.
And he was stunned to win.
The nomination alone was awesome, that genuinely means everything. I thought that was crazy enough.
‘The shows people put on around here are incredible, I feel we’re very lucky. But for people to vote for me out of all of those, it’s crazy, it doesn’t feel real.’
Tony Johnson was runner-up.?????? for his portrayal of The Childcatcher in Chitty, Chitty, Bang, Bang by CCADS.