Queenie van de Zandt is a towering force in the world of Australian musical theatre, cabaret, and comedy. She has the unique ability in all her work to make people feel deeply, and to awaken laughter, empathy and awareness in equal measure.

Tiffany Noack worked as a Stage Manager in the theatre industry for sixteen years, collaborating with companies including La Boite Theatre, Kooemba Jdarra Indigenous Performing Arts, Queensland Theatre Company, Playbox Theatre, Ilbijerri Theatre Company, Melbourne Workers Theatre, Malthouse Theatre, Melbourne Theatre Company and Belvoir.

For over 35 years AKA has created, produced, and presented attractions across all genres of the entertainment industry. Prior to establishing AKA, Andrew worked as professional actor, a senior executive for a government arts funding authority, General Manager of Melbourne Theatre Company for six years and as CEO of one of Australia’s largest Rock and Roll Promoters.

Priscilla is a multidisciplinary director of theatre, opera and screen, whose body of work reflects an impressive track record for creating landmark productions across the Australian arts landscape.

Classically trained, Robyn diversified into Musical Theatre in 1990. She works as a vocal coach, accompanist, repetiteur & Musical Director and also plays for shows, Cabarets, & events.

Sally Dashwood is a Sydneybased creative, performer, educator and mum, currently working as an Artist in Residence for Sydney Catholic Schools. She is the creator and choreographer of Australia’s acclaimed tap company Girls On Tap, winning Best Choreographer at the Rave Theater Festival in New York City and performing to soldout audiences across Sydney and regional NSW. Her work is also featured in Light The Way: Inspiring Stories from Australian Dancers.

Isabel Hudson is an award-winning set and costume designer. Isabel holds a Bachelor of Design from NIDA and a Bachelor of Arts (Screen and Sound) from the University of New South Wales. She is a lecturer at NIDA in Design for Performance.

Trudy studied technical production at NIDA and has won numerous awards, including the Helpmann Award for White Devil, Entech Award and the John Truscott Design Award for Excellence and Best Lighting Design for Eureka, and Hairspray at the Green Room Awards and in 2024 at the Annual OperaChaserawards she won Outstanding Lighting Design for Eucalyptus.

Mark Bolotin is a multimedia artist, theatre director and inventor, as well as the artistic director of Synarcade Audio-Visuals and co-founder of New York art technology company Hyphen Hub. 

Gillian Cosgriff is a singer, writer, actor, composer, musician, and comedian who graduated from the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts (WAAPA) in 2010 with a Bachelor of Music Theatre. Her 2023 solo show, Actually, Good, garnered rave reviews at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival and won the awards for Most Outstanding Show, and the Golden Gibbo (for Best Independent Show).

Laura Murphy is the writer and composer behind new Australian musicals The Lovers, The Dismissal and Zombie! The Musical. Her work has been honoured with a number of awards including The David Williamson Prize for Excellence in Writing for Australian Theatre (The Dismissal), TimeOut Arts & Culture Award for Best Musical (Zombie! The Musical), Sydney Theatre Award for Best Production of a Musical (Zombie! The Musical) and the Matilda Award for Best Musical or Cabaret (The Lovers). 

Kaz is your friend for life, her books helping generations of girls and women with their health and life stages. She constantly updates her books which have become classics, reassuring and entertaining more than two generations of Australians.

Mark’s credits as performer/musician/musical director include; Goodbye Vaudeville Charlie Mudd (Malthouse Theatre), The Beautiful Losers (The Melbourne Comedy Festival, Malthouse Theatre, The Adelaide Cabaret Festival), Meow Meow’s The Red Shoes (Belvoir, Malthouse Theatre, Black Swan)….

Paul Charlier has composed the music and sound designed for over 200 productions across film, television, theatre, dance, physical theatre, radio and gallery installations in Australia and overseas.

Richard Dinnen’s work in technical design and production management spans 29 years for companies based in Australia and the UK. He works regularly with Andrew Kay and Associates, with recent technical direction and production credits including Bluey’s World, Bluey’s Big Play national and international tours, Monet in Paris and Van Gogh Alive. His other recent work with Andrew Kay and Associates includes technical direction and lighting designer on Choir of Man national and international tours, Noise Boys international premiere, technical direction for The Songkeepers, Trainspotting Australian Tour 2017, Operation Ouch – Live on Stage and Nigel Kennedy Australian tour 2017.

Rinko is a production professional with over a decade of experience across international touring, large-scale exhibitions, and live entertainment venues. Originally from Tokyo, she has worked globally — from Norwegian Cruise Line vessels to US, European, and Australian tours of The Choir of Man — and since 2021 has been working with Option 2 Design and Management across productions including Van Gogh Alive, Monet in Paris, Bluey's Big Play, and Bluey's World Brisbane.

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Siiri Metsar has been busily twiddling knobs on mixing consoles in recording studios and in live sound venues for over three decades, forging a strong reputation in world and acoustic music genres in particular, and building long-standingassociations with many Australian and international festivals, from Sydney and Melbourne Arts Festivals, to Woodford Folk Festival, Edinburgh Fringe and The Garden Of Unearthly Delights at Adelaide Fringe. 

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