Off the Leash productions is the creative pairing of Damon Andrews and Stephen Papps. They specialize in producing comedy/drama theatre shows such as "Wheeler's luck" and "Blowing it". "Social Animal" is their first production as a team. Stephen starred in the film "End of the Golden Weather" for which he earned "best actor" at the NZ film awards. He has since go on to feature in many New Zealand feature films, T.V shows such as "Fresh Eggs" and countless theatre productions: King Lear (Circa); 39 Steps (ATC); and Ying Tong (as Spike Milligan for The Court). Damon has written Shortland Street for many years and has written and produced theatre shows: "Timberrrr!!!" (Circa) and Wheeler's luck (Circa and world tour).