Directing
Adey has directed 40 shows, for professional and community theatres around Auckland; a mixture of classic plays, musicals, pantomimes and comedies. Adey is available as a freelance theatre director - please contact him on [email protected]
* = Produced & Directed
** = Also Set Design
2018
* Cinderella - (pantomime) Adey Ramsel **
*Wizard of Oz (musical) **
*Talking Heads - (play) Alan Bennett **
2017
*Oliver - (musical) Lionel Bart**
2014
*Tuesdays With Morrie - (play) Jeffrey Hatcher & Mitch Albom **
Absent Friends - (play) Alan Ayckbourn
2013
An Inspector Calls - (play) JB Priestley** (Nominee - Best Play, Best Director)
Privates on Parade - (musical) Peter Nicols**
Blackadder Goes Forth - (play) Richard Curtis/Ben Elton** (Winner - Best Play & Best Director; Nominee - Best Set Design)
Calendar Girls - (play) Tim Firth** (Nominee - Best Play, Best Director)
2012
Urinetown, the musical (musical) -
* Educating Rita - (play) Willy Russell**
Passions of War (play) - Marc Shaw
The Priory (play) - Michael Wynne**
The Mousetrap (play) - Agatha Christie**
2011
Noises Off (play) - Michael Frayn (Nominee - Best Play, Best Director, Best Set Design)
* Cinderella (pantomime) - Roger Hall **
2010
Stags and Hens (play) - Willy Russell ** (Winner - Best Play Award; Nomiee - Best Set Design)
SPAMalot (musical) - Eric Idle (Nominee - Best Director/Best Musical)
Mums Choir (play) - Alison Quigan ** (Winner - Best Set Design Award)
2009
* The Graduate (play) - Terry Johnson **
Thoroughly Modern Millie (musical) **
2008
* Cinderella (pantomime) - Roger Hall **
Not Now Darling (play) - Ray Cooney/John Chapman (Nominee - Best Play)
Educating Rita (play) - Willy Russell ** (Winner - Best Play Award)
Kiss Me Kate (musical) - Cole Porter
2007
* No Sex Please, We're British! (play) - A Marriot/A Foot **
It Runs in the Family (play) Ray Cooney ** (Winner - Best Play Award)
By Jeeves (musical) - Lloyd Webber/Ayckbourn (Winner - Best Musical, Best Director Awards)
* The Opposite Sex (play) - David Tristram **
2006
Fur Coat and No Knickers (play) - Mike Harding **
* Thrill of the Chaste (play) - Adey Ramsel **
2005
Office Hours (play) - Norm Foster
Me and My Girl (musical) - Noel Gay (Winner - Best Director)
2004
Out of Order (play) - Ray Cooney ** (Nominee - Best Play)
Copacabana (musical) - Barry Manilow (Nominee - Best Director)
Little Shop of Horrors (musical) - Alan Menken **
* It's Not You... it's Me! (play) - Adey Ramsel **
2003
Bugsy Malone (musical) - Alan Parker
Bugsy Malone (musical) - Alan Parker **
Anything Goes (musical) - Cole Porter
2002
Allo, Allo (play) - Jeremy Lloyd/David Croft ** (Nominee - Best Play)
Mack and Mabel (musical) - Jerry Herman (Nominee - Best Musical)
Bedroom Farce (play) - Alan Ayckbourn ** (Nominee - Best Play)
2001
* Don't Go There! (play) - Adey Ramsel **
When Did You Last See Your Trousers? (play) - Galton/Antrobus **
2000
Nunsense (musical) - Dan Grogin **
* = Produced & Directed
** = Also Set Design
2018
* Cinderella - (pantomime) Adey Ramsel **
*Wizard of Oz (musical) **
*Talking Heads - (play) Alan Bennett **
2017
*Oliver - (musical) Lionel Bart**
2014
*Tuesdays With Morrie - (play) Jeffrey Hatcher & Mitch Albom **
Absent Friends - (play) Alan Ayckbourn
2013
An Inspector Calls - (play) JB Priestley** (Nominee - Best Play, Best Director)
Privates on Parade - (musical) Peter Nicols**
Blackadder Goes Forth - (play) Richard Curtis/Ben Elton** (Winner - Best Play & Best Director; Nominee - Best Set Design)
Calendar Girls - (play) Tim Firth** (Nominee - Best Play, Best Director)
2012
Urinetown, the musical (musical) -
* Educating Rita - (play) Willy Russell**
Passions of War (play) - Marc Shaw
The Priory (play) - Michael Wynne**
The Mousetrap (play) - Agatha Christie**
2011
Noises Off (play) - Michael Frayn (Nominee - Best Play, Best Director, Best Set Design)
* Cinderella (pantomime) - Roger Hall **
2010
Stags and Hens (play) - Willy Russell ** (Winner - Best Play Award; Nomiee - Best Set Design)
SPAMalot (musical) - Eric Idle (Nominee - Best Director/Best Musical)
Mums Choir (play) - Alison Quigan ** (Winner - Best Set Design Award)
2009
* The Graduate (play) - Terry Johnson **
Thoroughly Modern Millie (musical) **
2008
* Cinderella (pantomime) - Roger Hall **
Not Now Darling (play) - Ray Cooney/John Chapman (Nominee - Best Play)
Educating Rita (play) - Willy Russell ** (Winner - Best Play Award)
Kiss Me Kate (musical) - Cole Porter
2007
* No Sex Please, We're British! (play) - A Marriot/A Foot **
It Runs in the Family (play) Ray Cooney ** (Winner - Best Play Award)
By Jeeves (musical) - Lloyd Webber/Ayckbourn (Winner - Best Musical, Best Director Awards)
* The Opposite Sex (play) - David Tristram **
2006
Fur Coat and No Knickers (play) - Mike Harding **
* Thrill of the Chaste (play) - Adey Ramsel **
2005
Office Hours (play) - Norm Foster
Me and My Girl (musical) - Noel Gay (Winner - Best Director)
2004
Out of Order (play) - Ray Cooney ** (Nominee - Best Play)
Copacabana (musical) - Barry Manilow (Nominee - Best Director)
Little Shop of Horrors (musical) - Alan Menken **
* It's Not You... it's Me! (play) - Adey Ramsel **
2003
Bugsy Malone (musical) - Alan Parker
Bugsy Malone (musical) - Alan Parker **
Anything Goes (musical) - Cole Porter
2002
Allo, Allo (play) - Jeremy Lloyd/David Croft ** (Nominee - Best Play)
Mack and Mabel (musical) - Jerry Herman (Nominee - Best Musical)
Bedroom Farce (play) - Alan Ayckbourn ** (Nominee - Best Play)
2001
* Don't Go There! (play) - Adey Ramsel **
When Did You Last See Your Trousers? (play) - Galton/Antrobus **
2000
Nunsense (musical) - Dan Grogin **