Lorry D'Ercole

Lorry D’Ercole

Over a lengthy professional career Lorry has been involved in many facets of the performing arts. Having started as an in-demand theatre performer and television actor, in recent years he has continued into film roles as well as building an impressive list of credits in creative direction, choreography and producing roles.

Lorry has produced shows and events across Asia and Australia, including the large scale production of ‘Mighty Morph’n Power Rangers Live: Rock Against Evil‘, which toured over 40 Australian cast and crew across Asia, in a sold out stadium tour.

Theatre and television directing credits include as co-director on the English National Theatre production of Cat In A Hat at Sydney Opera House for Andrew Kay & Assoc, Associate Director on the hit show Lazytown for Andrew Kay & Assoc, and director of Zirkos Kids television series for Wave Licensing International.

Amongst his list of producing and creative credits, highlights include several concert productions to coincide with movie launches in Singapore including ‘Prince Of Egypt’ for Dreamworks USA with an all Australian A-list music theatre cast, and ‘Anastasia’ for FOX USA, also featuring a sensational array of Australian music theatre performers.

Acting

Lorry is widely known for his three year regular television role as Joey Valentine on E-Street

Other acting credits include Gino in The Shifting Heart for Phillip St Theatre Sydney, Tony in Summer Rain for Sydney Theatre Company, and various short and feature film credits (see Performance section below).

Lorry spent several years undertaking acting training in Los Angeles, refining his work in the Meisner and Chekhov techniques, and taking on roles in small independent films.

Lorry’s performing career started at the age of sixteen in his first touring show La Cage Aux Folles directed by Authur Laurents. Since then he has appeared in many musicals, television and films, including the original cast and tours of Cats in Sydney, Melbourne, Asia and Greece, Irene, Chicago, Me & My Girl, My Fair Lady, Summer Rain for Sydney Theatre Company, Dancin’ Man, Miss Saigon, and Lazytown. Lorry featured as Embo Man in the Australian Sci Fi film Subterrano, as well as performing in Baz Lurhmann’s hit film Moulin Rouge.

Agent

Performance Credits

Television

  • E STREET Regular 3 yrs: Joey Valentine Westside Television Prod
  • HOME AND AWAY: Guest, Actor Channel 7 Drama Unit
  • E STREET: Guest, Westside Television Prod
  • STRINGER Guest, ABC TV Drama

Theatre

  • THE SHIFTING HEART: Gino,  Phillip St Theatre, Sydney
  • SUMMER RAIN : Tony,  Sydney Theatre Company

Music Theatre

  • CAT IN THE HAT: Assistant Dir, National Theatre Co UK/Andrew Kay Associates
  • LAZY TOWN: Sporticus/Ass Dir,  Andrew Kay Associates
  • MISS SAIGON: GI Walker, Cameron MacIntosh/Louise Withers
  • CATS: Tumblebrutus, Greece Tour. Really Useful Co.
  • CATS: Mungojerrie, Asian Tour. Really Useful Company
  • DANCIN’ MAN:  Ensemble, Adelaide & Perth. David Atkins
  • CATS: Mungojerrie, Sydney, Cameron Mackintosh
  • MY FAIR LADY: Ensemble/Chauffeur. Victorian State Opera
  • CATS: Tumblebrutus, Cameron Mackintosh
  • ME & MY GIRL: Ensemble, National Tour JC Williamson
  • LA CAGE AUX FOLLES: Nicole, National Tour. JC Williamson
  • CHICAGO: Ensemble/Judge, Playhouse Theatre Perth
  • IRENE: Ensemble, His Majesty’s Theatre Perth
  • ONCE UPON A CHRISTMAS: Wolf, Wave Licensing Int, Singapore

Film

  • GREED: Leo, JCL Productions
  • SUBTERANNO: Emboman, Becker Films
  • MOULIN ROUGE: Ensemble, Dir. Baz Luhrmann

Short Films

  • SINE QUA NON: Malcolm,  Dir. Rasmus Callmer
  • I LOVE YOU SARA: Sam Irwin
  • DEATH MANOR: Lead
  • REDOLENCE: Lead
  • GETTING EVEN: Larry, Dir.  Corey Sorenson (Los Angeles)
  • MEN: Steve, Dir.  Corey Sorenson (Los Angeles)
  • THE LAYMAN: Reece, Dir. Jonathon Reed (Sydney)
  • ENEMY WITHIN: Robert, Dir. Mario Di Flore (Sydney)

Commercials

  • TAB – Footy Final (Best Sledge)
  • COKE (100% – Series x 4)
  • MICHELOB BEER (Visual Lead)
  • SMITHS LIGHTS – TAI CHI (Visual Lead)
  • C.C’S (Creature)
  • TELECOM YELLOW PAGES – RUN AROUND SUECOKE – CAFE QUEEN
  • BONDS UNDERWEAR – LAMBADAPIZZA HUT – TROPICANA
  • CAR FIX IT – MOTOR MANUAL – MARSHALL CAVENDISH
  • KFC – ROCK & ROLL AND GREAT TASTE
  • STARLIGHT EXPRESS – ROLLER SKATER (100%)
  • LOTTO
  • CHANNEL 9 – STILL THE ONE
  • CHANNEL 7 – NETWORK PROMO

Training

  • The Acting Corps, Los Angeles. Artistic Dir. Eugene Buica – Scene Study/Cold reading, Camera technique, Meisner, Chekhov Techniques
  • Rowena Balos Studio Accent, Rowena Balos Studios Los Angeles

Directing

Lorry’s directing and staging credits include:

Co-director: English National Theatre production of Cat In A Hat at Sydney Opera House for Andrew Kay & Associates

Associate Director:  Lazytown for Andrew Kay & Associates

Director:  Zirkos Kids television series for Wave Licensing International

Creator and Director:  stadium production of ‘Mighty Morph’n Power Rangers Live‘,

Director and staging: ‘Anastasia’ staged concert production, Singapore. Fox USA and Wave Licensing

Director and staging: ‘Prince of Egypt’ staged concert event, Singapore. Dreamworks and Wave Licensing

Creator and Director:  ‘Jamdance’, a new parkour-dance work featuring original street percussion score, presented at Australia Hall, Gary Penny and 44G Pty Ltd

Director and Choreographer: ‘Jersey to Motown’ corporate show for Lovegrove Entertainment

Director and Choreographer for Mardar Group, including corporate productions of  Rat Pack’s Back and String Angels

Director of online education programs for Reach Universal Pty Ltd and Smart Arts Group.

Choreography

Lorry’s broad choreography credits extend from film to stage, TV, catwalk, corporate and cinema. These include the film The Delinquents with Kylie Minogue and Charlie Schlatter, the international award-nominated television and cinema commercial Clockwork for Halifax Banking Corporation (London), the Sydney Coca Cola Rollerblade Spectacular at the Sydney Entertainment Centre, The Currency Lass for Q Theatre, Always Greener for Channel Seven, and as acrobatic consultant on ABC’s Dance Academy.

Lorry has choreographed and staged the international corporate acts The Rat Pack’s Back, the Vegas Opera Dudes and The String Angels for the Mardar Group, and The Leading Men and Jersey to Mowtown for Lovegrove Entertainment.

Continued staging and choreography for Lorry D’Ercole Enterprises productions throughout Asia.

Producing

Lorry fell into producing in the 1990’s when his acrobatic dance skills and production abilities inspired the licensor of Power Rangers in Asia to engage him to develop Power Rangers live shows. Since then Lorry has produced extensively in Asia, including creating and producing events for international production houses SKG DreamWorks (US), Fox (US), Levi’s, Greater Union Cinemas, BBC TV and Wave Licensing International.

Lorry developed the script, directed and choreographed ‘The Mighty Morph’n Power Rangers Live Rock Against Evil’ tour throughout Asia, in both English and translation to Mandarin, and directed and staged the 21st anniversary Star Wars Exhibition Show throughout Asia for FOX USA.

He had the pleasure of mounting a spectacularly received concert production of The Prince of Egypt under Jeffrey Katzenberg (DreamWorks) with Wave Licensing and to create and direct a full cast family entertainment concert of Anastasia for Fox USA, a stadium theatrical action show of Gransazer based on a Japanese Tokusatsu TV superhero, and eleven years of annual Stars on Ice shows in Singapore, featuring world class ice skating casts from Australia, USA and Canada.

Lorry created and developed a new theatrical production Jamdance, featuring an original street percussion score by Rob Di Marzo, with a dynamic parkour based dance work, all performed on a customised graffiti parkour set that Lorry designed and led construction on.

Corporate

Lorry has directed and co-ordinated national event entertainment including the Toyota Fleet Gala awards at Luna Park, several years large-scale events for the Australian Construction Awards in Canberra, Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane, and the National Gallery Awards at Melbourne Art Gallery, Victoria.

These events featured Lorry’s unique combination of themed entertainment, utilising dancers, acrobatics, actors, musical theatre singers, graffiti artists, opera singers, high-flying trapeze, and percussive drumming.

Lorry has choreographed and staged the international corporate acts The Rat Pack’s Back, the Vegas Opera Dudes, The String Angels, The Leading Men and Jersey to Motown.