Reg Livermore
Alfred P Doolittle
Reg Livermore is one of Australia’s most distinctive and influential performers, renowned for his flamboyant stage presence, sharp wit and groundbreaking one-man shows.
Born in Sydney, Livermore showed theatrical ambition early. At just 13 years old, he was already hiring local halls to stage his own pantomimes, casting children from his neighbourhood in his productions.
He began his professional career in 1957 at the Phillip Street Theatre, working as an understudy to Gordon Chater and Barry Humphries in the revue Around The Loop. Soon after, he appeared in Cross Section alongside Ruth Cracknell, June Salter and John Meillon followed by an array of productions with the Union Theatre Repertory Company, and as a founding member, the Ensemble Theatre.
During the 1960s, Livermore became a familiar television face, hosting the ABC children’s program Crackerjack and the variety show I’m Alright Now. His stage career expanded significantly in 1969 when he appeared in the Australian production of the musical Hair, followed by Jesus Christ Superstar. In 1974, he achieved major acclaim playing Dr Frank’n’Furter in the original Rocky Horror Show.
In 1975, Livermore created his first one-man show, Betty Blokk Buster Follies, whose success led to a celebrated series of shows including Wonder Woman; Sacred Cow; Son of Betty and Firing Squad. His 1980 London debut caused a sensation when audiences initially reacted with shock to his provocative style.
Returning to Australia, he starred in the musical Barnum and continued performing acclaimed solo productions throughout the 1990s. He received an Australian Artists Creative Fellowship in 1995 and was appointed an Officer of the Order of Australia in 1996.
Livermore later became a popular television personality, appearing for a decade on Burke’s Backyard and Our House. He published his autobiography, Chapters and Chances, in 2003, and in 2004 starred as Max Bialystock in the musical The Producers, earning a Mo Award for the role.
He has also performed with Opera Australia in various Gilbert and Sullivan operas and played Professor Higgins in its 2008 production of My Fair Lady. A major retrospective of his career was staged at Arts Centre Melbourne in 2011. He received the inaugural Adelaide Cabaret Festival Icon Award in 2013, and his performance as The Wizard in Wicked earned him a Helpmann Award along with the 2014 Sydney Theatre Award for Lifetime Achievement.
In 2016, Livermore won the coveted role of Alfred P. Doolittle in the Dame Julie Andrews 60th Anniversary production of My Fair Lady, that same year he was also honoured with Live Performance Australia’s Centenary Lifetime Achievement Award.
Today, Reg is widely regarded as a pioneering force in Australian theatre, celebrated for pushing boundaries and redefining solo performance.
Robyn Nevin
Mrs Higgins
Robyn Nevin AO has become one of the most prominent and prolific artistic figures Australia has ever produced.
Nevin has played leading roles at all of Australia’s major theatre companies, in London’s West End and in the US, including Carnegie Hall in New York. Her many memorable roles include Blanche in A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE, Miss Docker in Patrick White’s A CHEERY SOUL, Maria Callas in MASTERCLASS, Hecuba in WOMEN OF TROY, Mary Tyrone in LONG DAYS JOURNEY INTO NIGHT, Joan Didion’s one woman play THE YEAR OF MAGICAL THINKING, Lally Katz ’s NEIGHBOURHOOD WATCH, Emma in Neil Armfield’s celebrated production of SUMMER OF THE SEVENTEENTH DOLL, Queen Lear in QUEEN LEAR at Melbourne Theatre Company, Mrs Venables in SUDDENLY LAST SUMMER for Sydney Theatre Company at the Sydney Opera House, The Fool in LEAR with Geoffrey Rush, and Kate in All MY SONS. Throughout 2016 and 2017 Robyn toured with MY FAIR LADY, directed by Julie Andrews, playing Mrs. Higgins . She premiered the Australian tour of Christopher Hampton’s one woman play A GERMAN LIFE, directed by Neil Armfield, at the Adelaide Festival in 2021. Robyn appeared as Madame Morrible in WICKED for Crossroads Live in 2023 and 2024.
She has appeared in iconic Australian films such as, THE EYE OF THE STORM with Geoffrey Rush, Judy Davis and Charlotte Rampling, THE CASTLE, EMERALD CITY, CAREFUL HE MIGHT HEAR YOU, THE CHANT OF JIMMY BLACKSMITH and CADDIE. Her credits also include the highly successful MATRIX films, the horror film RELIC opposite Emily Mortimer and Bella Heathcote, THE APPLETON LADIES’ POTATO RACE for Paramount Plus, STING alongside Ryan Coor and Noni Hazlehurst, and most recently as Chief Librarian in Jeffrey Walker’s FING!, based on bestselling author David Walliams’ acclaimed children’s book.
Nevin’s Television credits include several seasons of HALIFAX, Jane Campion ’s TOP OF THE LAKE, the award-winning television series WATER UNDER THE BRIDGE, THE TURNING (based on the short stories of Tim Winton) alongside Cate Blanchett and Richard Roxburgh, and three award winning seasons of UPPER MIDDLE BOGAN. Nevin can most recently be seen opposite Kaitlyn Dever and Alycia Debnam-Carey in Netflix’s miniseries APPLE CIDER VINEGAR. Her awards for Best Actress include the Helpmann Award, Sydney Critic’s Award and Green Room Award. A Sydney Myer Performing Arts Award, a SAMMY, and a Logie Award for WATER UNDER THE BRIDGE. For her enormous contribution to the arts of the nation, she received a Keating Fellowship, was made an Honorary Doctor of Literature at the University of Tasmania and was awarded by the government by being made an Officer of the Order of Australia.
Tony Llewellyn-Jones
Colonel Hugh Pickering
Tony Llewellyn-Jones graduated from NIDA in 1971 and joined the Melbourne Theatre Company. In the years that followed Tony appeared in Tonight at 8.30; Much Ado About Nothing; Mother Courage; The Cherry Orchard; How Does Your Garden Grow?; The Time is Not Yet Ripe; Danton’s Death; Paying the Piper; An Ideal Husband; You Want It Don’t You Billy?; Macquarie; The Plough and The Stars; Forget-Me-Not-Lane; The Tavern; Sticks and Bones and Batman’s Beachhead. He returned to the MTC for The Visit (2003); Life x 3 (2004); Realism (2009) and, most recently, North By Northwest (2022/3).
He has appeared for the Old Tote Company, Marian Street, Nimrod, Griffin, Belvoir and Bell Shakespeare (Henry 4/5 & Much Ado About Nothing), as well as for the Sydney Theatre Company in The Crucible; Saint Joan; Life After George; Corporate Vibes; Amigos; Metamorphosis; The Tempest; King Lear and Hay Fever.
In 2012 Tony appeared in the Australian tour of Yes, Prime Minister for Guild, Woods & Bryce Productions. Tony’s numerous music theatre credits include Caroline or Change and She Loves Me (Hayes).
He has appeared in numerous television series, including Colin From Accounts; While the Men Are Away; Rake; I Spry; The Prime Minister Is Missing; Underbelly; G.P.; All Saints; Hell Has Harbour Views; BackBerner; Grass Roots; 13 Gantry Row; The Paper Boy; One Day Miller and Who Do You Think You Are?
He is delighted to return to the role of Colonel Pickering, which he previously played in the 2016 Australian production.
Anne Wood
Mrs Pearce
Anne Wood is a multi-award-winning actress, known for originating the role of Donna Sheridan in the premiere Australian production of Mamma Mia! The Musical (Dainty Consolidated Entertainment), which she also reprised in the 10th anniversary tour (Littlestar Productions).
Other Australian highlights include Follies (Victorian Opera); An American in Paris (GWB Entertainment); Crazy For You, The Sound of Music, Wicked (Gordon Frost Organisation); Beautiful: The Carole King Musical (Michael Cassel Group); The Rocky Horror Show (New Theatricals); Beauty and the Beast (ALG Management); Cats (Really Useful Productions); Dusty, Gypsy, Anything Goes, Damn Yankees, Follies, Carousel (The Production Company); Follies (StoreyBoard Entertainment); Assassins (Watch This); Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (James Anthony Productions); City of Angels (Life Like Company).
International credits include A Swell Party, Into the Woods, Crazy For You, Barnum, Aspects of Love, Closer Than Ever and Romance Romance.
Freddy Hellier
Freddy Eynsford-Hill
Freddy Hellier is a Newcastle-based actor whose theatre journey began at just seven years old, debuting in A Taste of Honey at the University of Newcastle. Since then, he has built a diverse and compelling body of work including roles in productions such as Me and My Girl, Dog Fight and Jersey Boys.
Most recently, Freddy appeared as Percy in Turpentine with Popular Playhouse, Tim in Every Second at NTC, and Adolfo Pirelli in Sweeney Todd with Opera Hunter. Freddy is excited to take on the iconic role of Freddy Eynsford Hill in Opera Australia and Crossroads Live’s My Fair Lady.
Anton Berezin
Ensemble
Anton Berezin has been a stalwart of Australian music theatre for over 30 years. He had his professional debut with the Australian Ballet at the age of 7 and has appeared in over 30 major musicals across Australasia.
Born in Leningrad in the former Soviet Union, Berezin arrived in Melbourne as a refugee along with his family. He speaks fluent Russian and learned his ancestral language, Yiddish, as an adult. In 2025 Berezin performed the iconic role of Max Bialystock in The Producers for Hayes Theatre before appearing in the blockbuster musical Back to the Future. Prior productions have included Elegies; Rootless Cosmopolitans; Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812; Phantom of the Opera; Evita; Sweeney Todd; Wicked; Ragtime; the original Australian Company of The Producers; Side Show Alley; Cabaret; Follies; Fiddler on the Roof; How To Succeed in Business; Cats; Mack and Mabel; Anything Goes; Doctor Zhivago; Promises, Promises and The Light in the Piazza.
On television, Anton has had roles in Newton’s Law; Jack Irish; Neighbours; The Secret Life of Us; Marshall Law; MDA and Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries. In 2015, he was in the cast of Princess Pictures’ television opera The Divorce.
Eleanor Blythman
Ensemble
Eleanor Blythman is an Elder Conservatorium, Adelaide and Royal College of Music, London graduate. For Opera Australia, roles include Rosina in The Barber of Seville (Vic Schools); The Queen of Hearts, Mary and Spider in By the Light of the Moon and Swing/Madame Giry in The Phantom of the Opera.
London West End credits include Mrs Jenks in The Tenderland and Confidante, Wardrobe Mistress and Madame Firmin in The Phantom of the Opera at Her Majesty’s Theatre and The Phantom of the Opera 25th Anniversary Gala at Royal Albert Hall. Other roles include Sister Margaretta in The Sound of Music (GFO); Clara in Passion (Swell Productions); Wife in Elena Kats-Chernin’s Undertow (Icebreaker Productions) and The Queen of the Night (CoOpera) in The Magic Flute (Australia and Europe).
For the State Opera of South Australia, Dot/Marie in Sunday in the Park with George; Lois/Bianca in Kiss Me Kate; Princess and the Nightingale in L’Enfant et les Sortilèges; Madame Herz in Mozart’s The Impressario and Amy March in Mark Adamo’s Little Women.
Devon Braithwaite
Ensemble
Born in South Africa, Devon studied with Diverse Choreography (Dubai), The Boston Conservatory (USA), and Laine Theatre Arts (London), where he received the Eileen Rose Musical Theatre Cup.
Most recently, Devon appeared as Lord of the Underworld in Melbourne Shakespeare Company’s Eurydice. Further credits include Kerchak in the premiere Australian production of Disney’s Tarzan: The Musical (James Terry Collective); Hadestown (OA/Jones Theatrical) as worker/Cover Hades and fight captain; Fred Casely in Chicago (Crossroads Live); the original Australian Cast of Moulin Rouge! The Musical (Global Creatures) as Ensemble/Cover Lautrec/Santiago; Chess: The Musical (Storeyboard Ent.); Prinz Abdullah in Aladdin (Disney Theatricals, Germany) and Ensemble/Cover Eddie in the International Tour of Mamma Mia (NGM).
Devon also appeared in the original London Palladium premiere of Eugenius! and The Hired Man at Cadogan Hall. Further theatrical credits include two Pantomimes for QDOS Entertainment (now Crossroads Live), Peter Pan (Dir. Jonathan Kiley) and Peter Pan (Dir. Tudor Davis).
Devon is an up-and-coming voiceover artist whose work includes full-length audiobooks and shortform sleep stories. He also lends his voice to digital content creation, engaging audiences across multiple social media platforms.
Television includes Sports Relief (BBC) and Saturday Night Takeaway” (ITV). He is immensely thankful to his friends, family, and teachers for their unwavering support. Devon is represented by T&E Management.
Andrew Broadbent
Onstage Swing
Performer, musician and teacher, Andrew Broadbent is a graduate of both The University of Melbourne (B.Ed. Music) and the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts (B.A. Music Theatre).
He has previously worked for OA/GFO in South Pacific and Julie Andrews’ 60th anniversary production of My Fair Lady. He notched up over 1,000 performances in the original Australian cast of The Book of Mormon and has created roles in world premiere productions of Ladies in Black (QTC/MTC), Dirty Dancing (JEL), Ned – A New Australian Musical (Capitol Events) and Rendez-vous: an opera noir (Black Swan/Tura Events).
Andrew has appeared in major Australian tours of Mary Poppins (Michael Cassel Group), Love Never Dies, (Really Useful), The Addams Family and Jersey Boys (Newtheatricals), and Priscilla Queen of the Desert (Backrow). Andrew was also part the Green Room Award-winning actor/musician ensemble cast of Once (MTC/GFO). A semi-regular for The Production Company, credits there include Show Boat; Guys & Dolls; The Pirates of Penzance; Sugar; Dirty Rotten Scoundrels; Damn Yankees; Camelot and South Pacific. Andrew has performed for Black Swan Theatre Company in The Merry-Go-Round in the Sea and The Hayloft Project/Critical Stages’ Delectable Shelter. He has also appeared on ABC TV series It’s a Date and The Doctor Blake Mysteries.
Deborah Caddy
Onstage Swing
Deborah has been a professional Music Theatre/Opera performer for over 30 years.
In this time, she has frequently toured throughout Asia and Australia in The Phantom of the Opera as chorus, swing, and Madame Giry cover. She has also been a long-standing chorus member of The State Opera of SA, in addition to performing small roles including Frasquita in Carmen and Flora in La Traviata as well as covering larger roles including Musetta in La Boheme, and Leila in The Pearlfishers with them.
In 2022 she also created her own cabaret show Glamour & Song: The Songs of Pat Carroll & Olivia Newton-John.
Rachel Cole
Ensemble
Rachel Cole is a Sydney-based performer and presenter whose recent theatre credits include understudying Sarah Brightman as Norma Desmond for Opera Australia/GWB’s Asian tour of Sunset Boulevard. She previously understudied in Tina: The Tina Turner Musical and has worked with Tim Minchin on both Groundhog Day and the original Australian tour of Matilda the Musical with the Royal Shakespeare Company, where she played the Acrobat and covered Miss Honey, Mrs Wormwood and Mrs Phelps.
Her other credits include La Cage Aux Folles; Muriel’s Wedding; Billy Elliot; Evita; Wicked; Chess and Promises, Promises. For Opera Australia she has also appeared in La Bohème; The Love of the Nightingale; Die tote Stadt; The Marriage of Figaro and La forza del destino. Rachel trained at ED5 International and studied Psychology at the University of Sydney, later undertaking postgraduate study in Economics.
Outside of performing, Rachel is the Money and Finance Presenter on Channel 7’s primetime lifestyle show Healthy, Wealthy & Wise. She works full time as an investment adviser, is a Qualified Property Investment Advisor and shares practical financial education with a large online audience at @GetRichWithRach.
Natasha Dumlao
Ensemble
Natasha Dumlao (she/her) is an exciting new artist and creative. Born and raised in Sydney on Gadigal land, she is a passionate and emerging voice in the industry. After making her Australian debut in Opera Australia’s production of Miss Saigon, Natasha went on to become the Assistant Dance Captain of the Miss Saigon International Tour (GWB), performing across Australia and Asia.
Most recently, Natasha appeared in The Lord of the Rings: A Musical Tale (GWB) as Dance Captain/Swing, before joining the Asia Tour where she made her creative debut as Resident Choreographer.
Natasha trained in New York City at the Professional Conservatory of Musical Theatre (PCMT) at the New York Film Academy. Her U.S. performance credits include Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Pippin and the original workshop of Victorian Courting and Zombies.
As a proud Filipino-Malaysian-Australian artist, Natasha honours authentic storytelling and is a passionate advocate for uplifting and inclusive creative spaces. Natasha is a proud member of MEAA and extends her heartfelt thanks to Working Management for their continued support.
Blake Erickson
Ensemble
Blake has worked throughout Australia, Asia, Britain and the US as a writer, singer, and actor. He most recently appeared in the national touring production of Cluedo (Crossroads Live). Prior to this he performed the roles of John Carpenter & Martyn Ware in the national tour of Tina: The Tina Turner Musical.
Past credits include: The Producers (Joshua Robson Productions); Girl From North Country (GWB); Shrek (GFO); Cameron Mackintosh’s Les Misérables (Michael Cassel Group); Mamma Mia! (Packemin Productions) and Cry Baby (Hayes Theatre Co.). Blake received the Best Actor Award at the inaugural Sydney Fringe Festive for his performance of Orson Welles in the one-man show Pearls Before Swine. He is the co-writer of the Australian musical The Dismissal: An Extremely Serious Musical Comedy. For Jack.
Anthony Garcia
Ensemble
As a child, Anthony appeared in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang as Jeremy Potts, The Addams Family as Pugsley and Falsettos as Jason. His adult credits include the international tour of West Side Story as Chino; Altar Boyz as Juan; Nice Work If You Can Get It as Duke Mahoney and Ensemble roles in Disney’s Beauty And The Beast, The Lord Of The Rings: A Musical Tale, Sweet Charity and most recently Saturday Night Fever and Phantom Of The Opera.
Matt Heyward
Ensemble
Matt was Assistant Director for Tarzan – The Stage Musical (JTC) and Guys and Dolls on Sydney Harbour (Opera Australia/Handa Opera) as well as Resident Director on Ghost Stories (Realscape Productions).
Recent stage performances include The Phantom of the Opera on Sydney Harbour (Opera Australia/Handa Opera); Billy Elliot the Musical (Louise Withers and Associates); Sweeney Todd (TEG); A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder (TPC); My Fair Lady directed by Dame Julie Andrews (Opera Australia/GFO); Mary Poppins (Disney/Cameron Mackintosh) and Les Misérables (Michael Cassel Group).
Other credits include the original Australian production of Mamma Mia! (Dainty Consolidated); The Producers (GFO); Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (TPC); Monty Python’s Spamalot (LWA); The Addams Family (New Theatricals); The Boy From Oz (TPC) and Elvis: A Musical Revolution (DVE).
Peter Ho
Ensemble
Peter is a Chinese Australian performer and 2022 WAAPA graduate, completing his Bachelor of Arts in Music Theatre. He made his professional stage debut in the ensemble of Moulin Rouge! The Musical (Global Creatures), where he also covered and performed as Toulouse-Lautrec. Most recently, he appeared in the Australasian tour of Sunset Boulevard (Opera Australia/GWB Entertainment) as ensemble and understudy Artie Green.
During his training, Peter’s notable WAAPA credits included Jake in Side Show, Mr Baumann/Mack Understudy in Mack & Mabel and Max & Vocal Captain in The Pajama Game. He was awarded WAAPA’s Finley Award in 2021 and 2022 for ‘embodying a true spirit of ensemble’ and for ‘the student who staff feel has taken the most advantage of the course’.
Proud of his Peranakan & Eurasian heritage, Peter is a passionate advocate for celebrating authentic representation and championing the stories that make our stages brighter. He is endlessly grateful for the unwavering love and support of his family, friends, and creative community, as he continues to build a dynamic career across theatre and screen.
Tisha R. Kelemen
Ensemble
Tisha R. Kelemen is an Indonesian born, Sydney based actor and singer and thrilled to be making her main stage debut with Opera Australia!
Tisha’s musical credits include Lucia in Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown (Pinwheel Productions/Hayes Theatre); Aunt March in Little Women (Joshua Robson Productions/Hayes Theatre) and Queen Mary of Boralia/Ensemble in Believe: A Christmas Musical (Mark Edmonds Productions). Play credits include Narrator in Blood on The Wattle (PlayScript) and Sarah in Australia Felix (also PlayScript). She has also played lead and principal roles across several television commercials.
Tisha is dedicating her performance to her family, Andrew and Jared who have been her core supporters of this dream!
Genevieve Kingsford
Ensemble
A graduate of the London School of Musical Theatre, Genevieve debuted as Johanna in Sweeney Todd (Twickenham Theatre), which won the 2015 What’s on Stage Award for Best Off-West End Musical. Since returning to Australia, Genevieve’s theatre credits have included Mary Poppins (understudy Mary Poppins and Mrs Banks; Disney and Cameron Mackintosh); Johanna in Sweeney Todd (Life Like Company); Eliza Doolittle in Pygmalion (Australian Shakespeare Company); Phoebe D’Ysquith in A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder (Production Company); Clara in The Light in the Piazza (Life Like Company); La Traviata (Australian International Opera Company) and Fiona in Brigadoon (The Production Company) for which she received a Green Room Awards nomination for Leading Actress in a Musical.
She has also featured in the concerts Shell Proms (Canberra Symphony Orchestra 2019); From Broadway to La Scala Australian Tour 2019 and Carousel at the Princess Theatre in 2024. Recently, Genevieve toured Asia in Sunset Boulevard, performing with Sarah Brightman. In 2026, Genevieve performed as Hodes in the London season of the multi award-winning Australian play Yentl (Kadimah Yiddish Theatre).
Naomi Livingston
Ensemble
Naomi Livingston’s performance credits include Guys & Dolls (Opera Australia); Phantom of the Opera (Opera Australia); Les Miserables (Michael Cassel Group); Wicked (GFO); Sport For Jove’s The Tempest, As You Like It, Romeo and Juliet and A Midsummer Night’s Dream; The Libertine (DTC) and John and Jen (Sydney Fringe Festival).
As a writer/composer Naomi’s credits include Paradise Road (in development); Evie May A Tivoli Story (The Hayes Theatre Company); My Heart Calls For You (short film, BCPictures); Christmas Neeve (short film, BCPictures); The Tempest, As You Like It and Romeo and Juliet (Sport for Jove Theatre Company); Such Sweet Sorrow (Bell Shakespeare/The Players) and album So Long Lives This. In 2021 she was the recipient of the first ApraAcmos Development Award for Music Theatre composition.
Madeleine Mackenzie
Ensemble / Dance Captain
Madeleine’s most recent credits include the national tour of Grease for which she was the Associate Choreographer and Swing as well as Elf! at the Sydney Opera House. Other recent credits include the national tours of Hairspray as Dance Captain/ Swing understudy Velma and Margaret in 9 to 5: The Musical for Crossroads Live and Maggie in A Chorus Line (Darlinghurst Theatre) at the Sydney Opera House. Madeleine was Female Dance & Fight Captain for Disney’s international tour of Aladdin before taking up the position of Resident Choreographer. Other credits include the world premiere of Georgy Girl and the Australian premiere of Love Never Dies; Mamma Mia and Guys and Dolls.
For Melbourne’s The Production Company Madeleine was cast in West Side Story; Promises Promises; Guys and Dolls and Michael Ralph’s Hollywood Honky Tonk. She played Kathy in Company (Watch This) and Selina in the play Kindred for GoldFish Films. Madeleine would like to thank her darling parents and partner for their unwavering love and support.
Kassie Martin
Ensemble
Kassie began her musical theatre career at age ten in The Sound of Music (GFO) and hasn’t looked back. Her love of performing started while training with her mother, Suzanne, and continued with Jane Moore and Sharon Lawrence.
Kassie holds a Diploma of Musical Theatre from NIDA, studied voice at VCASS, and furthered her vocal training with Will Conyers. She is thankful for ongoing singing lessons and mentorship from Susan-ann Walker.
Kassie most recently appeared in the Ensemble of Rodgers + Hammerstein’s Cinderella (Opera Australia, Crossroads Live) and as Dance Captain/Swing in the Original Australian Cast of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (Crossroads Live). Other professional credits include Wicked (GFO); CATS (The Really Useful Group); The Great Moscow Circus and Giggle and Hoot and Friends.
Kassie is grateful for the ongoing support of family and friends and is delighted to be working once again with Opera Australia, adding My Fair Lady to her credits.
Mary McCorry
Ensemble
Mary McCorry is a passionate performer hailing from Sydney. She trained at the Victorian College of the Arts (BFA Music Theatre) as a recipient of the Nancye Hayes Scholarship and holds a Diploma of Musical Theatre (Honours) from Brent Street.
Her recent credits include Betty U/S in the international tour of Sunset Boulevard (Opera Australia, GWB Entertainment & The Really Useful Group Ltd), Linda Mason in Holiday Inn (Hayes Theatre Co, Riverside Parramatta) and Linda Twist in Round the Twist (RGM Productions). In 2021, Mary was the proud recipient of the Ron and Margaret Dobell Foundation Music Theatre Award, which has supported her career in music theatre. She is thrilled to be back on stage with Opera Australia, performing in a show she has long dreamed of, and sends her heartfelt thanks to all who have supported her journey, especially her wonderful agents at AMM.
Julia McRae
Ensemble
Julia McRae is a Brisbane-based operatic and musical theatre performer, having obtained a Bachelor of Music Degree and Post-Graduate Diploma in Voice from the Queensland Conservatorium of Music. Julia has studied opera and language in both Italy and Austria and has been a finalist in many of Australia’s National Operatic competitions including the Vienna State Opera Award and The German Operatic Award (both by the Opera Foundation) and was the winner of the 2004 National Operatic Aria Competition in Canberra.
Julia has been working for Opera Australia for nearly three decades, including work as a full-time chorister at the Sydney Opera House, as a performer in the OzOpera Schools Touring Programme which brings opera to the primary school children of NSW, and in various other productions including La Boheme (HOSH); A Little Night Music; Sweeney Todd and The Gondoliers.
More recently, Julia joined the cast of The Phantom of the Opera World Tour both in 2015 and then again in 2019, both as ensemble member and Madame Giry understudy. Julia also had the unforgettable and extraordinary privilege of working with Dame Julie Andrews in the 60th Anniversary Production of My Fair Lady, on the 2016/2017 Australian tour and is thrilled to be able to join this stellar production once again for the 2026 season. Julia performs regularly on the corporate scene, and currently tours the world with her husband, Douglas McRae, performing on cruise ships as the operatic duo, Innamorati.
Oscar Mulcahy
Ensemble
Oscar Mulcahy attended Patrick School of the Arts Academy where he thrived in furthering his performing arts talents. Most recently, Oscar performed in Disney Theatricals’ Beauty and The Beast as Ensemble/Cover Le Fou.
Oscar has also appeared in many Australian tours including Young Charlie in Kinky Boots (Michael Cassel Group); Young Bobby/Dodd Darin in Dream Lover (Gilbert Theatrical and GFO); Mason in School of Rock (GWB) and Michael/Understudy Billy in Billy Elliot (Louise Withers).
Oscar would like to thank his family and friends for their unwavering support and is proudly represented by Ian White Management.
Tom New
Ensemble
Tom New began working in theatre at a young age as Young Patrick in Mame and later, Louis Leonowens in The King & I with The Production Company. He then went on to complete the Foundation in Music Theatre course at VCA before completing his BA in Music Theatre at WAAPA in 2017.
Recent credits include the national tour of Annie as Drake & Rooster U/S, the 2023-24 & 2019-20 productions of Chicago (Crossroads Live) as Ensemble & Amos U/S as well as playing Double Bass whilst being the male Swing in the Australian premiere of Natasha, Pierre & the Great Comet of 1812 (Darlinghurst Theatre Company).
Other theatre credits include Swing in Cruel Intentions: The 90’s Musical (DVE), Swing in 9 to 5: The Musical (Crossroads Live); Big Deal in West Side Story (Handa Opera on Sydney Harbour); The Pajama Game (Neglected Musicals); Lucas in Bare: The Musical (StageArt); Evan in Tinder Tales (Something Blue Productions) and Songs For Swingin’ Lovers (Phoenix Productions & StageArt).
Ellie Nunan
Onstage Swing
Ellie Nunan is a 2016 graduate of the Queensland Conservatorium of Music, Griffith University (now QAEMT). Her musical theatre credits include Christine/Others in American Psycho (See You Sunday); Swing in Mary Poppins (Michael Cassel Group/Cameron Mackintosh); Jennyanydots, Swing and U/S Grizabella in CATS (GWB Entertainment/RUG); Lucy Grant in the Australian premiere of Bright Star (Pursued By Bear) and Christine Warner in The Beautiful Game (Manilla Street Productions). Other theatre credits include #00 in The Wolves by Sarah Delappe (Theatreworks); Beatrice in Much Ado About Nothing (In The Park Productions) and Rosaline in Love’s Labour’s Lost (Melbourne Shakespeare Company).
Ellie is also the co-creator of the political cabaret Julie & Julia: An Evening with the Great Women of Australian Politics in which she played Julie Bishop. She is currently the assistant director/staging director for the Australian Contemporary Opera Company and is the midst of finishing her graduate studies in Gender Studies at the University of Melbourne. Ellie is represented by Helen Pandos and has been a proud member of MEAA since 2016.
Lachlan O’Brien
Ensemble
Lachlan is an actor and musician based in Sydney. He studies voice under the direction of Peter Bodnar. His most recent credit is the Auctioneer and Monsieur Reyer in The Phantom of the Opera on Sydney Harbour (Opera Australia) after touring as a swing in the 2022/23 Sydney – Melbourne seasons, (Opera Australia, Michael Cassel Group, Cameron Mackintosh Ltd, The Really Useful Group). He originated the role of Aziraphale in Good Omens – The Musical (Squabbalogic/Merrigong Theatre Co) as well as Colonel Monash in 3 Weeks in Spring (Endymion Productions).
Other credits include El Kid (Opera Australia Schools Tour); Little Big Top Cabaret; Channel Nine’s Mornings and many new workshop productions including Goblin; Let Me Eat Cake; and Haunted. Lachlan can also be heard as the voice of Joaquin Toronto’s Ghost in the audio musical Star Station written by Vicki Larnach. Lachlan is proud to have lent his voice to concerts in support of Beyond Blue and The Black Dog Institute. Lachlan is delighted to be touring again, this time with the company of My Fair Lady.
Morgan Palmer
Ensemble
Morgan graduated from the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts (WAAPA) with a Bachelor of Arts (Music Theatre). His theatre credits include Michael Spofford in The Witches of Eastwick (Neglected Musicals); Sunset Boulevard (Opera Australia/GWB Entertainment); Pierre/Babydoll Cover in Moulin Rouge! The Musical (Global Creatures); Elder Harris/Pop Tarts in The Book of Mormon (GFO) IQ in Hairspray (Crossroads Live) and We Will Rock You (GFO).
In 2025, Morgan received critical acclaim for his solo cabaret My Precious! The Cabaret, presented at the Perth, Sydney and Adelaide Fringe Festivals, where it received the Tour Ready Award at Sydney Fringe. He was a finalist for the Rob Guest Endowment in 2017 and is a proud member of MEAA.
Matthew Predny
Ensemble
Shortly after graduating from NIDA, Matthew won the lead role of Princeton & Rod in Avenue Q. Other musical credits include Titanique; Murder for Two – Adelaide Cabaret Festival; Gentlemen Prefer Blondes; Jekyll & Hyde; High Fidelity; Gypsy; Fiddler on the Roof; Kinky Boots; Into the Woods; Meet Me in St Louis; A Gentleman’s Guide to Love & Murder and Who’s Your Bagdaddy.
Most recently Matthew starred to critical acclaim in the play Afterglow. Other stage credits include Praise Kink and This Bitter Earth. For the screen he appeared in the series Blue Water Empire and the short Problem Play. Audiobooks credits include Killing for Sport; Learned Behaviours; In Spite Of You; Fire in The Head; Eat Your Heart Out; Salt River Road and Bound To Happen.
David Sirianni
Onstage Swing / Dance Captain
David (He/Him) began his training at The Bev Palmer Dancers and graduated from the University of Ballarat’s Arts Academy in 2015 with a Bachelor of Arts (Music Theatre). In his graduating year, David made his professional debut in West Side Story (The Production Company). David then toured as Dance Captain on the 60th anniversary production of My Fair Lady (Opera Australia/ Gordon Frost Organisation), directed by Dame Julie Andrews.
Other credits include Billy Elliot (Louise Withers and Associates); Dance Captain in Bring It On (David Venn Enterprises); Dance Captain in Evita (Opera Australia/Gordon Frost Organisation) and choreography for Urinetown (Lasalle College of the Arts, Singapore).
Significantly David was the Co-Dance Captain on the full Australian tour of Moulin Rouge The Musical! (Global Creatures) and went onto be Resident Choreographer on the show in The Netherlands.
Suzanne Steele
Ensemble
Originally from Brisbane, Suzanne has enjoyed an extensive career in the Australian music theatre industry. She most recently appeared in the Australian tour of Annie as Bonnie Boylan & others, U/S Grace, Lily & Mrs Pugh & others.
Previous credits include Ensemble U/S Babette in Beauty & The Beast (Disney Theatricals); Wizard Of Oz (Prospero Arts QLD); U/S Madame & Gabrielle in the Australian tour of Cinderella (OA/Crossroads Live); Kristine & U/S Cassie in A Chorus Line (DTC); Ensemble / U/S Fastrada & Catherine in Pippin (GFO); The Witch & U/S to Princess Fiona in Shrek (GFO); Lucille in Thoroughly Modern Millie (TPC); Nice Work if You Can Get It and She Loves Me (Hayes Theatre); the world premiere of Dream Lover (GFO); Nessarose U/S in the original Australian cast of Wicked (GFO); Janet, Magenta & Columbia U/S in The Rocky Horror Show (GFO); Hugh Jackman’s Broadway To Oz Arena Australian Tour (Dainty); Jesus Christ Superstar, Hello Dolly and Funny Girl (all The Production Company); Scarlet in Good Omens (Squabbalogic) and Barry Humphries’ Back With A Vengeance Australian tour (Dainty).
Troy Sussman
Ensemble
Troy has worked for over 40 years as a professional performer and has been one of the most prolific artists in the industry, working throughout Australasia and the West End. Most recently he was seen alternating the role of Doc Brown in the Sydney season of Back to the Future and appeared as Sheldrake in Sunset Boulevard.
Additional Theatre credits include; Candide, Bloom, Driftwood, Original Australian and recent Opera Australia production of The Phantom of the Opera, Disney’s Aladdin, Who’s Your Baghdaddy, 25th Anniversary Concert of Jekyll & Hyde, Les Misérables (Original and 10th Anniversary Australian productions and West End), City of Angels, La Cage Aux Folles, Passion, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, The Pirates of Penzance, Mary Poppins, Donmar Warehouse’s Guys and Dolls, Mame, Sweet Charity, Mack and Mabel, The Drowsy Chaperone, We Will Rock You, The Witches of Eastwick, Noises Off, Jolson , Miss Saigon, Honk, Chang & Eng, Masterpiece: The Music of Andrew Lloyd, The Secret Garden, Hair, Peter Pan and Oliver.
Film and Television; Fires, Love Me, South Pacific, Les Misérables at Windsor Castle, Forensic Investigation, Denise, Good Morning Australia and Saturdee. Troy can be heard on the Australian Cast Recordings and Soundtracks of Mary Poppins, Hair, the South Pacific TV Movie and Rob Guest’s Standing Ovation.
Natasha Veselinovic
Ensemble
Natasha Veselinovic is a performer, visual artist, and writer. She studied at the Queensland Conservatorium of Music (Griffith University), where she gained a Bachelor of Musical Theatre in 2014, and also holds a Bachelor of Arts in Applied Theatre (Griffith University, 2011).
Her previous theatre credits include Cover Madame Thenardier in Cameron Mackintosh’s Les Miserables for the Asia and Dubai tours; The Owl in The Owl And The Pussycat NSW’s tour; The Swallow’s Friend in The Happy Prince (Metro Arts) and Swing in the original Australian tour of Peter and the Starcatcher.
Natasha is the writer of award-nominated Lesbian Love Stories, Co Artistic Director of The Local Lesbians and currently serves as a vocalist and Resident Director of The Seven Sopranos.
Sam Ward
Ensemble
A VCA graduate, Sam Ward played Henri Baurel in the original Australian production of An American in Paris, earning a Sydney Theatre Award nomination. He made his professional debut in 2017 in Jesus Christ Superstar and received the Playbill Future Prospect Award at the Rob Guest Endowment. In 2023/2024 Sam was a member of the international company of Miss Saigon, understudying and performing the role of Chris across Australia, Taiwan, Singapore and The Philippines. Most recently he played the roles of Paul Owen/Detective Kimball in the Melbourne premiere of American Psycho and appeared in the ABC series Dog Park, in the role of Walter.
Other credits include Priscilla, Queen of the Desert; Titanic; Falsettos; The Beautiful Game; Les Misèrables; 42nd Street; They’re Playing our Song and A Very Naughty Christmas. Sam has been a member of platinum-selling group The Ten Tenors since 2019, touring to every continent except Antarctica. Sam is proudly represented by Ian White Management.