Andrew Piers Marsden Hilton (born 21 October 1947) is an English actor, theatre director, and author best known for the creation of the Shakespeare at the Tobacco Factory company in Bristol 1999 - 2021.
He then joined the Bristol Old Vic company in 1978, where he played in over twenty productions, roles including Haig and the Sergeant-Major in Oh What a Lovely War!, Flavius in Timon of Athens, Kershaw in Destiny, Ernst in Cabaret and Wyke in Sleuth.
In 1989 Hilton and Favell joined a group of actors, writers and directors to start the first regular pub theatre in Bristol, dedicated largely to new writing.
[4] Hilton directed six productions for the company – the world premières of Tales of the Undead by Dominic Power, and Let's Do It and Rough Music by James Wilson; the UK premiere of Michael Gow's Away; the English professional première of Brian Friel's Living Quarters; and an in-the-round production of Measure for Measure.
(Mermaid Theatre and UK tour 1974; revived 1975, 1977, 1979, 1982) It's Not What It Seems (BBC Schools Radio 1975) Ten (BBC Schools Radio 1976) Transcontinental – Governor Stanford (BBC Schools Radio 1977) The Patent-Office Robbery (Mermaid Theatre and UK tour 1978; revived 1983, 1984, 1986, 1987) Fire Island (Mermaid Theatre and UK Tour 1984; revived 1985) Chekov's Gun (BBC Radio 3 Talk in The Essay Series, 2009) With Dominic Power, a radical new version of Molière's Tartuffe (2017) Hilton is a Patron of Warwick's Shakespeare Young Company, and of the Bridge Foundation for Psychotherapy and the Arts.