“The reward for audiences is two hours of laughter and a gentle reminder about good ol’ honest communication.” - Mike Youds (The Kamloops Daily News)

"Riml hits all the right notes here. In addition to being hilarious, Sexy Laundry is observant, moving, risqué, and even a bit of a tear jerker.” - Joe Wiebe (The Vancouver Sun)

"Hilariously realistic… Sexy Laundry does the trick!" - Pat St. Germaine (Winnipeg Sun)

“While their sparring provides much hilarity, between the barbs are painful and touching moments of a couple scraping the dark corners of their marriage." - Mayank Keshaviah (L.A. Weekly)

Andrew is sought by producers, casting directors, and talent agents to personally coach lead characters in feature films and episodic television series. Andrew has worked with actors that can be seen in War of the Worlds, Glee, 90210, The Day the Earth Stood Still, Melrose Place, Cloverfield, Harper's Island, Flashpoint, Human Target, V, and The Vampire Diaries just to name a few.

As an actor, some of Andrew's credits include recurring & guest roles on Robin's Hood, Outer Limits, The Commish, X-Files, Dead Like Me, Fringe, Smallville, Supernatural, The Chris Isaak Show, Terminal City, Blade: The Series, The L Word and Out Of Order to name a few. He also hosted a half hour show for the Knowledge Network and recently spent a season acting on Battlestar Galactica.

Andrew has served as a juror for Theatre BC's Annual Canadian Playwrighting Competition; as Workshop Director for the 1997 winner Swollen Tongues and as a dramaturge for TBC's New Play Workshops, twice as an instructor at BACKSTAGE and, as requested by members, for numerous regional workshops throughout BC.  He has also adjudicated festivals for most of TBC's zones since 1994 and served as a Scene Development Director for Mainstage 97.  He was Mainstage 98's Director for Workshop Plays and the Master Class in Directing.  Andrew served as the Mainstage Adjudicator for Mainstage 2001 in Kamloops and also served two years as instructor/mentor for Actoberfest, Theatre BC's weekend workshop for youth and adult members on Vancouver Island. Most recently he adjudicated for the Mainstage 2009 Festival in Maple Ridge.

As a theatre director, Andrew has been nominated for a Jesse Richardson award for his work on Michele Riml's Poster Boys. He also created the original production of her international hit, Sexy Laundry and is very happy to return to its sudsy waters once again. He says it is a privilege to direct his friend Michele’s work and an honour to once again work with Janet and Gerry.

Average age for first marriage:
The average age for first marriages is rising steadily for both brides and grooms. In 2000, first-time brides were 31.7 years old, while grooms proclaimed their first marriage vows at an average age of 34.3. Only two decades earlier, women and men were 25.9 and 28.5 years old, respectively, when they got married. Statistics Canada attributes the change to greater economic opportunities for women and the growing popularity of common-law unions.

Common-law relationships:
The number of couples forgoing marriage has more than doubled since1981, the first time the statistic was tallied. At the time, there were 357,000 common-law relationships – about six per cent of all couples. By the 2001 Census, roughly 14 per cent of all couples were common law. Common law unions are most prevalent among young people and couples living in Quebec, where more than 30 per cent of all families are common law. Common law unions tend to be temporary and transitory, though they often transform into marriage. However, those marriages break up far more frequently than marriages not born out of common law relationships.

Divorce:
With the passing of the Divorce Act in 1968, grounds for divorce were extended to include "no-fault" divorce based on separation for at least three years; in 1986, the separation period was revised to one year. Within a decade of the introduction of the Divorce Act, the total divorce rate (the percentage of marriages that dissolved in the previous 30-year period) rose from 14 per cent of all marriages in 1969 to 30 per cent in 1975. The total crude divorce rate peaked at 362 divorces per 100,000 inhabitants in 1987. The divorce rate in 2000 was 231 per 100,000 inhabitants.