Many agree that directing in small theatres, with a small and supportive company of young actors and crew, preferably away from the glaring lights of publicity, is a good way to get started. Like many other directors, Andrews trained, explored and experimented in a smaller city than Melbourne or Sydney. He then made a move when the time was right, and also once he had a wealth of experience under his belt. Without passion for theatre, for acting, for exploring new ways of seeing and presenting worlds on stage, directing becomes a catch cry. And the role of the director obsolete.
Directors watch people.
They see things in society many of us miss, and they reflect these subtleties to us, through actors, text and music. Whether it is the simplicity of a body moving across the stage, or the emotional pitch hit by a Hamlet in seeing his father's ghost, the director must know his score.