Andres Velasquez
Assistant Director
Andres is a Colombian performer who has been living and working in the UK for over 15 years. In Colombia he worked and trained with Physical Theatre company Casa del Silencio - Maison du Silence, which inspired him to specialise in movement, leading him to train at the International School of Corporeal Mime (London) where he graduated. Since then he has been very active on stage and back stage.
“I like to make highly physical work. I enjoy devising specially with other people, I love people. Some of my experience is as a deviser/perfomer and some as a facilitator (this is just a word to describe a really broad range of things: movement direction, production technician, or even directing). I’ve been really lucky to work with companies and incredible humans like Gecko, Theatre Re, 1927, Ephemeral Ensemble, NMT Automatics, amongst others. “
Andres joined Gecko in 2015 as Technical Stage Manager for Missing, Institute, and Time of Your Life (where he had a small cameo at the end playing Tony!).
Since 2020 he has been supporting Amit and the rest of the team in the making of Gecko’s new show as Assistant Director.
Shows
Kin | The Wedding | The Dreamer | The Time of Your Life| Institute | Missing