Drew Anthony

In June 2008, Anthony wrote and directed A Musical Send Off, an all-star concert to benefit the Australian Paralympic Team, which raised over $100,000. A critic wrote:

Anthony has worked on countless corporate and large-scale events, both in Australia and overseas. He was Associate Director of the Closing Ceremony for the Sydney 2000 Summer Olympics and in 2006 relocated to Doha, Qatar, as the Associate Artistic Director of the largest entertainment event staged in the world, the 2006 Asian Games. He was the Associate Artistic Director for the Opening and Closing Ceremonies of the Winter Olympics, Vancouver 2010.

Anthony appeared as the Australian Olympic team mascot at the Seoul 1988 Summer Olympics – recreated the famous 'Dancin Man' character to lead the VP Day Parade through the streets of Sydney – received a Mo Award nomination for 'Achievement in Musical Theatre' – taught 5,000 people, in Melbourne's Federation Square, the famous Gene Kelly routine from Singin' in the Rain to open the 2003 'Dancin in the Streets' arts festival.

Anthony was born in Mackay, Queensland, and raised on the Gold Coast with his four brothers and sisters. His mother Kay ran a successful performing arts school and his father Bryan the manager of the Queensland Tourist Bureau in Coolangatta. At the age of 4, he had his first dance lesson. During his childhood years, and while a student at Currumbin SPS and later Palm Beach Currumbin State High, he performed in many musicals for the local Spotlight Theatre Company and won numerous trophies and awards in local dance competitions. Anthony gained notoriety when, in 1984, he won the Fred Astaire International Jazz and Tap Championship in New York City in both the tap and jazz finals for his age group. This experience was the beginning of his love affair with New York City and cemented his passion for musical theatre.

Drew Anthony (born 14 January 1969) is an Australian performer, director, choreographer and producer. He is currently the Creative Director for Flash Entertainment in Abu Dhabi. In 2017 and 2018 he was the Creative Director for Kaleidoscope, Perth's light and illumination festival, before which he spent 6 years as Associate Artistic Director/Producer for David Atkins Enterprises (DAE),. He was the Associate Artistic Director/Producer for the 2017 edition of White Night Melbourne and White Night Ballarat and was the Associate Artistic Director for the Closing Ceremony of the Sydney Olympic Games, the Ceremonies of the 12th Arab Games, Doha 2011, Rugby World Cup 2011, and the 2010 Winter Olympics opening ceremony, in Vancouver. Anthony directed the Sony IFA event in Berlin, Germany and the Olivia Newton-John and Friends charity gala event at the State Theatre in Sydney.

After finishing his contract with Me and My Girl, Drew was cast in a succession of Australian musical theatre productions including Cats (musical), Rasputin, 42nd Street (musical) and Hot Shoe Shuffle. He was a member of the notorious Pardon Me Boys with Ignatius Jones and made regular appearances on variety television programs Midday, Good Morning Australia and Mornings with Kerri-Anne. He has appeared in Home and Away, Dirtwater Dynasty, Logie Awards, Royal Command Performances and worked on the Kennedy Miller hit feature film Happy Feet. He continues to perform and recently played The Narrator in Stephen Sondheim's Putting it Together.

Anthony served as associate director on the Australian national tours of Pirates of Penzance, Me and My Girl, Jolson (Mo Award Nomination), 42nd Street, Singin' in the Rain and the US and UK tours of Hot Shoe Shuffle.'