Andy Freeborn

Andy Freeborn (they/them), is a multi-disciplinary, queer auteur-musician creating narrative song cycles for the stage. Some of Andy ’s credits include: Miracle City (Theatre Division/Sydney Opera House), the Australian tour of Eireborne, Disney ’s 100 Years of Magic, and currently, with Performing Line’s M’ap Boule.

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Andy has musically directed and arranged for: Nikki Webster, Spiegelesque (Kermond Creative) 2016-2018, The Decay of Lying (Jess Ramsey, NIDA), Judy! A Celebration of Judy Garland (Little Triangle in association with Hayes Theatre Company) and is currently musical directing Artefact by Lincoln Elliott (Adelaide Cabaret Festival ’26)

 

An award-winning artist, their original work has been highly acclaimed, receiving attention and praise for their ability as a story-teller and their inventive expression and use of piano arrangements for theatre. The Work: Alice (2022), Death to a Butterfly (supported by Antipodes Theatre Company), Everything is Shit! (2023) & Brand New Dress (2026).

 

“There is no denying the scale of the talent on display… Freeborn feels destined for platforms beyond the black-box cabaret circuit - one imagines a future berth at the Adelaide Cabaret Festival as a serious musical storyteller. More than that, one can plausibly envisage them fronting an orchestra, piano centre-stage, commanding a festival house with the assurance of a seasoned auteur. ”- Kate Gaul, Disrupting Stages.