Training |
Little Angel Theatre, London - John Wright |
Ronnie Le DrewPuppeteer |
Training |
Little Angel Theatre, London - John Wright |
Theatre | ||
Various | THE ANIMO PROJECT | Improbable |
Shadow | PUPPET WORKSHOP | Greenwich and Lewisham Young People's Theatre |
Various | MANIPULATION COURSE | Little Angel Theatre |
Glove | SNITCHITY TITCH | Little Angel Theatre |
Various | FAMILY ADVENTURE CONCERT | Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra |
Table Top | THE SECRET GARDEN | Little Angel Theatre |
Various | THE LITTLE MAGIC FLUTE | Opera North |
Polynesia | DOCTOR DOLITTLE | UK Tour |
Various | FAMILY ADVENTURE CONCERT | Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra |
Various | REPERTORY SEASON | Midlands Arts Centre, Birmingham |
Soldier | SOLDIERS TALE | Queen Elizabeth Hall, London |
Mother | AMAL AND THE NIGHT VISITORS | Queen Elizabeth Hall, London |
Prince | GENEVIEVE DE BRABANT | Queen Elizabeth Hall, London |
Raynard | RAYNARD THE FOX | Queen Elizabeth Hall, London |
Philemon | PHILEMON AND BAUCIS | Barbican Centre, London |
Angelo | ANGELO | Purcell Room, London |
Hans | HANS THE BELL RINGER | Oxford Playhouse |
Various | THROUGH WOODEN EYES | Hogarth Puppets UK Tour |
Ala-Al-Din | ALA-AL-DIN | Clifford Heap Miniature Theatre UK Tour |
Various | 30 PRODUCTIONS | Little Angel Theatre |
Film | ||
Marionette | ALECTO | Artemis Films |
Lipsync/Eye Blink | MIMI THE LIVING FASION DOLL | AT Productions Ltd. |
Glove/Rod | THE SEXIEST MAN IN JAMAICA | Mint Royal |
Marionette | SHE'S SUFFERING | Bad Dog Films |
Various | LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS | Frank Oz |
Various | MUPPET TREASURE ISLAND | Jim Henson |
Various | MUPPET CHRISTMAS CARROLL | Jim Henson |
Various | LABYRINTH | Jim Henson |
Marionette | A DANDY IN ASPIC | Anthony Mann |
Various | THE NAKED RUNNER | Sidney J. Furie |
Shadow | THE PRODIGAL SON | Lotte Reiniger |
Clubs/Universities | ||
Zippy | RAINBOW DISCO ROAD SHOW | UK Tour |
Zippy | RAINBOW PLAY YOUR CARDS RIGHT | UK Tour |
Television | ||
Zippy | DAN AND DUSTY | ITV1 |
Marionette | EXTREME PUPPETS | Diverse TV |
Zippy | TOP OF THE POPS | BBC |
Zippy | NIGHT FEVER | Channel 5 |
Zippy | THE GREATEST 100 KIDS TV SHOWS | Channel 4 |
Zippy | THE GENERATION GAME | BBC |
Computer | WRITE AWAY | Channel 4 |
Various | THE PUPPET MAN | Channel 4 |
Frock | BILL'S NEW FROCK | Channel 4 |
Various | ROGER AND THE ROTTEN TROLLS | ITV |
Various | JAYS WORLD | Meridian |
Various | UTTERLY BRILLIANT | YTV |
Mayor | MORTIMER AND ARABEL | BBC |
Lizzie | PLAYDAYS | BBC |
Sweep | THE SOOTY SHOW | Thames |
Zippy | RAINBOW AND RAINBOW DAYS | Thames/Pearson/Tetra Films |
Black Theatre | ALL FAITH AND FOXES | Channel 4 |
Magic Ball | THE TOMMY COOPER SHOW | Thames |
Various | POTTY TIME | Thames |
Shadow | ZIG ZAG | BBC |
Various | MAK THE SHEEP STEALER | ATV |
Soldier | LATE NIGHT LINE UP | BBC |
Mermaid | THE LITTLE MERMAID | Associated Re-Diffusion |
Statue | A TOUCH OF DON JUAN | BBC |
Advertising and Promotion | ||
Marionette/Actor | INTELLIGENT FINANCE | Academy Productions |
Glove/Rod | HYENAS IDENT - POP STARS | The Orchard |
Glove/Rod | HYENAS IDENT - DIGIT | The Orchard |
Glove | ZIPPY HATES MARMITE | Marmite |
Glove/Rod | PROMOTIONAL VIDEO/TRAILER | British Leyland |
Cable/Lip Sync | TRAINING VIDEO | Spitting Image Productions |
Rod/Glove | CHRISTMAS COMMERCIAL | Boots |
Marionette | SQUIRRELS | Harvest Crunch |
Marionette | CROWS | London Dockland |
Original Marionettes | BILL & BEN | Ideal Home |
Glove | LOO ROLLS | Swedish TV |
Hand | IT COULD BE YOU | National Lottery Ad |
Large Glove | CHEWING GUM | French TV |
Consultant | ||
Rod | BARTHOLOMEW FAIR | Guildford School of Acting |
Various | GULLIVER'S TRAVELS | National Theatre |
Rod | MORE GRIMM TALES | Young Vic |
Glove/Rod | ARABIAN NIGHTS | Young Vic |
Various | WHISTLE DOWN THE WIND | National Youth Music Theatre |
Ronnie was born in Toronto, Canada and trained at the Little Angel Theatre, London under John Wright. His association With the Little Angel spans over thirty years as performer, and later as director. Other theatre credits have included Ala-al-din (Clifford Heap Miniature Theatre UK Tour) Through Wooden Eyes (Hogarth Puppets UK Tour) Han's the Bell Ringer (Oxford Play House and Civic Theatre Darlington.) Angelo (Purcell Room, London) Soldiers Tale, The Box of Toys, Amal and the Night Visitors, Genevieve De Brabant, Raynard the Fox. (Queen Elizabeth Hall, London and Norwich Puppet Theatre.) Cinderella, Frog Prince, Peter and the Wolf, Pinocchio, (Midlands Arts Centre, Birmingham.) and Polynesia in Doctor Dolittle UK Tour Scottish Arts Council Funded Tours, and visits to America, Israel, Denmark, France, Belgium and Czechoslovakia followed.
Ronnie's numerous television credits began in 1964 with A Touch of Don Juan ( BBC - narrated by Douglas Fairbanks JR.) The Little Mermaid (Associated Re-diffusion) Late Night line up (BBC) Mak the Sheep stealer (ATV) Michael Bentine's Potty Time, The Tommy Cooper Show both for (Thames TV.) Play Days (BBC) Mortimer and Arabel (BBC), Utterly Brilliant with Timmy Mallet (YTV), Good Morning with Anne and Nick (BBC), Jays World (Meridian), Roger and the Rotten Trolls. (ITV). Bills New Frock (channel 4) Ronnie was fortunate to appear with Harry Corbett, Matthew Corbett and also with Richard Cadell On the Sooty Show (Thames), and also Sooty Heights (Granada), mainly as sweep, occasionally as Sooty and once as Scampy!
However he is probably best known as "Zippy "from ITV's Rainbow and later Rainbow Days. As Zippy, Ronnie has appeared On The Jim Davidson Show (Thames), The Generation Game (BBC), Channel 5's Night Fever, The Jonathan Ross Show (Channel 4), The World of Puppets (BBC), The Greatest 100 Kids TV Shows (Channel 4), as well as appearances at the Fridge, The Hammersmith Pallais, as well numerous Universities, Night Clubs, and Discos, all over Great Briton with the Rainbow Disco Road Show and Rainbow's Play Your Cards Right.
Film appearances include, The Naked Runner which starred the late Frank Sinatra, A Dandy in Aspic, Labyrinth, Muppet Christmas Carol, Muppet Treasure Island, and The Little Shop of Horrors. Commercials include Round tree's Jelly Tots, Harvest Crunch, American Yellow Page's, London Docklands Crows and even one for a Swedish Toilet Roll. The most enjoyable would be for the Ideal Home Exhibition in the seventies, where he operated the original Bill and Ben ...The flower pot men!
He has taught at Little Angel Theatre, Central School of Speech and Drama, and founded The London School of Puppetry with his partner Caroline Astell-Burt. When time permits, Ronnie performs his one man puppet shows for young children.
To Book Ronnie Le Drew Tel: 01603 426009