“There is masculinity within femininity, there is strength within vulnerability, stop pushing it away.”
Show Notes
Triple-threat Andy Cook is one of Australia’s greatest showmen with a string of major musical credits to his name including Beautiful: The Carole King Musical, Strictly Ballroom, Oklahoma and Chicago.
But when COVID hit moments after he’d achieved a new career high – announced as the villainous Duke in the Australian premiere production of Moulin Rouge! The Musical – Andy’s personal and professional life was thrown into turmoil.
“I felt like I constantly spent time inside for two years and was an artist sometimes… I remember going to the airport and having severe anxiety about being outside of my house.”
In this podcast, Andy talks honestly about COVID’s mental health toll, the personal sacrifices of life on the road and taking back control of his artistic voice.
“Often you feel like you can’t say no when you really need to… If you just jump from gig to gig, you’ve blinked and you’ve missed everything… You start to become resentful of the job, and you never want that as an artist.”
GUEST: Andy Cook, Australian music theatre star
HOST: Adam Brunes
Produced By The Podcast Boss
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