Drew McCreadie
Drew McCreadie, born 1967, is a Vancouver, British Columbia-based actor, playwright and improvisor. He was the winner of Best Male Improvisor in Canada at the 2007 Canadian Comedy Awards.[1] His play The Cat Who Ate Her Husband was first performed in Vancouver by Ruby Slipper Theatre Company,[2] and won two Jessie Richardson Theatre Awards for best new script and best play.[3] Ruby Slippers Theatre Company also produced his Christmas farce The Hotel Bethlehem in December 2011, 2012 & 2013.[4]
He has also directed and appeared in several films and television programs.[5] McCreadie wrote and directed a short film The Valet, that won him The Most Promising Director of a Canadian Short Film at the Vancouver International Film Festival.[6] He co-wrote an episode of Casper Scare School (credited as Andrew McCreadie) with co-writer Ian Boothby.[7]
He is a member of Urban Improv improvisation troupe and Canadian Content sketch troupe, whose members have/do include The Simpsons comic book writer Ian Boothby, Comedy Inc. star Roman Danylo and Air Farce actress Penelope Corrin.[8] McCreadie is an alumnus of The Vancouver Theatresports League.[9] He has performed with improv and sketch comedy company The Second City onboard NCL Cruiseline cruise-ships.[10] As a member of the sketch group "Canadian Content", McCreadie can be heard on the group's three albums "Official Bootleg", "Sorry" and "Canuxploitation".[11]
He is the author of several books including an instructional book titled "You Will Never Be Funny: An Introduction to Improvised Comedy", a satirical self-help book "GO GET HELP!", and a comedic novel "A Test Case of Life".[12]
McCreadie also plays electric guitar, and has performed as a studio musician on hiphop artist UNDA's album "Tomorrow Never Comes",[13] and on The Sailing Conductor's Album AAA (Thousand Miles Away).[14] He is one half of the 'wank jazz' duo Knoodle (with John Murphy) who have released an album, the digital download of which is $7,000 (although all tracks are free individually).[15] He has also released several albums of original music including "What You Get", "Living Like a Hobo, But With Money", and "The Out Zone".[16]
In 2011 he moved to Thailand, and started a Bangkok-based improv comedy company Bangkok Improv[17] In September 2014 he opened Bangkok Thailand's only English language comedy venue, The Comedy Club Bangkok [18] with actor Chris Wegoda, as Creative Co-Directors.
Before moving to Vancouver, McCreadie ran for provincial government in Ontario in the 1987 general election as the Progressive Conservative candidate in the electoral district of Downsview. He also ran a controversial campaign to head the student union in his second year of studies at Toronto's York University and won a term as President of the York Student Federation (YSF) in 1987-88. McCreadie served as President of his highschool, Cawthra Park Secondary School, in 1985-86.