{"id":2326,"date":"2025-01-18T18:50:34","date_gmt":"2025-01-18T18:50:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theandrewpepper.com\/?page_id=2326"},"modified":"2026-10-03T01:43:57","modified_gmt":"2026-10-03T01:43:57","slug":"pepper-who-is-he","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.theandrewpepper.com\/?page_id=2326","title":{"rendered":"THEATRE"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>\n<blockquote>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: right;\"><em><span>\u201cAndrew Pepper, a <\/span><\/em><em><span>one off, daring to go further than you ever imagined a performer would\u201d<\/span><\/em><br \/><span><strong>\u2013 Musical Theatre Review<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><em><\/em><em><\/em><\/h1>\n<h1>\n<\/h1>\n<div>\n<p>Andrew Pepper is a British actor, singer and \u201cwalking Dr Seuss character\u201d (thanks, Time Out!) who has worked predominantly on stage all over the UK, across Europe and in South Africa.<\/p>\n<p>Andrew began his career wreaking havoc on Cherry Tree Lane in the original West End production of <i>Mary Poppins<\/i> and has since played a scarecrow, a Restoration fop, an American assassin, the Grinch, a mad vegan, a mad professor and the Mad Hatter (twice). 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