Manuel Stark Santos is humbled and honoured to be leading the Sharks Down Under! His immense love for West Side Story began at an early age by watching the classic 1961 film on repeat and helped inspire his passion for dance, music, acting, and theatre. After moving from Houston, Texas to New York City as a teen, … Continued
Patrick has been professionally touring Australia and New Zealand for almost a decade. These tours include understudy for Bert in Mary Poppins for Michael Cassel Group, Elder Smith (u/s Joseph Smith) in The Book of Mormon for GFO, Ensemble (u/s Farrah, Young Bernadette) in Priscilla: Queen of the Desert for Michael Cassel Group, Ensemble (u/s … Continued
Praised as a ‘superb singer-actor’ with a ‘coloured and thrilling’ voice, Australian mezzo-soprano Emily Edmonds is sought after internationally for her interpretations of both traditional and contemporary work. Recent season highlights include Varvara in Katya Kabanova (ROH Covent Garden), Cherubino in Le nozze di Figaro (State Opera South Australia) and L’enfant in L’enfant et les … Continued
Recently deemed “one of the more consistently inventive, surprising composers now working in New York” (NY Times), “Brooklyn’s post-millennial Mozart” (Time Out NY), and praised for her “apocalyptic imagination” (Alex Ross, The New Yorker), Missy Mazzoli has had her music performed by the Kronos Quartet, LA Opera, eighth blackbird, the BBC Symphony, the Minnesota Orchestra, … Continued
Ashleys film credits include The Greatest Showman, JIngle Jangle a Christmas journey, Argylle, Disney’s Descendants 4, Friends with Benefits , Cinderella for Amazon prime and the Robbie Williams biopic soon to be released Better Man. Ashley has also worked extensively in the music industry choreographing world tours for Kylie Minogue and Robbie Williams and Hugh … Continued
George is an award winning UK based video and projection designer whose work can been seen across the UK and internationally. Video design credits include: Hercules, Tarzan (Disney Theatrical); Sondheim Old Friends (West End); My Son’s A Queer (But What Can You Do?) (Broadway, West End, Edinburgh Fringe, Turbine Theatre); In Dreams (Leeds Playhouse/Toronto); The … Continued
Kristen is pleased to return to Australia for this production of Sunset Boulevard; her first time back since The Phantom of the Opera debuted here in 1990. As a long time New York based Music Supervisor, conductor and musician she considers herself blessed to have been associated with over 50 productions in the US, Broadway and Internationally. Kristen … Continued
West End and London include Sister Act (Eventim Apollo/UK Tour. Nominated for WhatsOnStage Award for Best Set Design and Olivier Award for Best Musical Revival); Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (London Palladium/UK Tour/Australian Tour/Princess of Wales Theatre, Toronto. Nominated for Olivier Award for Best Musical Revival); Disney’s Newsies (Troubadour Theatre. Nominated for WhatsOnStage Award for Best Set Design and Best New … Continued
Paul lives in London. Directing credits include: Tell Me On a Sunday; Sunset Boulevard, The Curious Incident Of The Dog In The Night time, Evita, Hair, Chess; Jesus Christ Superstar, Xanadu; Little Women; The Mystery of Edwin Drood. Paul has been Associate Director to Matthew Warchus for Groundhog Day The Musical (The Old Vic / Broadway / Australia) and Ghost The Musical (West End/Australia / International tour/North American Tour/South Korea). Other credits as … Continued
Since graduating from NIDA in 1978, Robert feels blessed to have worked so extensively in Australian theatre, film and television. Robert was most recently seen as Admiral Boom and the Chairman of the Bank in the Australian tour of Mary Poppins. Before that he appeared in Charlie And The Chocolate Factory as Grandpa Joe. He … Continued