WELCOME TO OUR WORLD!
After 20 years experience in the entertainment industry, we know that high calibre entertainment has the power to transform an event from “good” to “unforgettable”.
In fact, given a performer's ability to make an emotional connection with the audience, we would go so far as to say that this element has the most power to leave a lasting positive impact on your audience.
LETS MAKE YOUR NEXT EVENT UNFORGETTABLE!
We create innovative, high quality entertainment options that are on-trend and transcend the typical.
Our corporate entertainment Acts are comprised of the most talented performers in Australia. Representing a range of differing styles and musical genres, we also have the capacity to customise an Act to the specific theme of your event and the flexibility to accommodate varying budgets.
INTRODUCING...
Darryl and Andie first collaborated in 1999 to produce the National New Zealand tour of Award-winning musical “Looking through a Glass Onion – an evening with John Lennon in words and music”. Securing the theatrical rights from creators John Waters and Stewart D’Arietta, with John Waters directing and Darryl performing the role of 'John Lennon' they staged a hugely successful national tour playing to sold-out houses in some of New Zealand's most prestigious venues.
A combined background in performance, theatre production, arts marketing and corporate entertainment led to the formation of their own business ‘Lovegrove Entertainment’.
DARRYL LOVEGROVE - Artistic Director
Initially pursuing a career in musical theatre, Darryl featured in Les Miserables and Chess before establishing a reputation as one of Australia's pre-eminent vocalists with his Award-winning portrayl of 'Jesus' in Jesus Christ Superstar. He went on to feature with Sarah Brightman and Anthony Warlow in The Music of Andrew Lloyd Webber and many other productions before starring as John Lennon in Looking Through a Glass Onion. He has toured with rock legend Glenn Shorrock and original members of NZ’s “Split Enz”.
Co-creator of world-renowned operatic corporate entertainment sensation The Three Waiters, Darryl and his former business partner started with a simple entertainment concept which went on to revolutionise corporate entertainment! After 11 years he sold his financial interest in the Act by which time it had been seen by over 3 million people in 70 countries. The Act was the recipient of several international industry awards and earned a standing ovation from the world's greatest opera singers themselves The Three Tenors.
With his wife Andie, he established his own corporate entertainment Company "Lovegrove Entertainment" which quickly earned a reputation for creating innovative corporate entertainment Acts of the highest calibre. He also joined the professional speaking circuit. (For more information, please visit the "Keynote Speaker" section of this website.)
Darryl is a Board member of the International Special Events Society, (ISES) having been actively involved with both Sydney and Los Angeles chapters for many years.
ANDIE LOVEGROVE – Marketing Manager
A Drama graduate from Auckland University NZ, Andie performed lead roles in the NZ cast of The Rocky Horror Show and Foreskin’s Lament and received a NZ Film Commission nomination for Best Supporting Actress in Illustrious Energy. She performed in NZ/Aust casts of Evita, Grease and The Rocky Horror Show and featured in TV Mini-series The Rainbow Warrior Consipracy, BBC’s Boys from the Bush, Police Rescue, Home & Away and played the title role in The Princess and the Pea at The Sydney Opera House. In 2010 she portrayed American serial killer Barbara Stager in Deadly Women for Beyond International.
Andie held arts admininstration positions at The Sydney Opera House and NIDA's Open Program and was Marketing Co-ordinator at Ninemsn. She produced the NZ National tour of Looking Through a Glass Onion, was Marketing & Promotions Manager for the Christchurch season of original NZ musical Rush and worked in the Los Angeles office of The Three Waiters. She produced a "Babies Proms" Orchestral Series in Sydney’s Northern Beaches and was an Account Director at Celebrity Speakers Bureau, Sydney.
"The 2010 AFA Conference marked the 3rd time the AFA has worked with Darryl and Andie and it is always easy, always professional and always sensational for the Delegates"
Richard Klipin CEO Association of Financial Advisers Ltd
