Belynda Buck

  Background: Born, Australia. Choreographed extensively for musical theatre, mostly enjoying theatre for, and by, children. Training included all the mainstream dance styles plus acrobatic and apparatus work. Directed Dance Expressions of Canberra (a performing arts school for children) for many years and continues to choreograph for theatre companies, schools and dance … Continued

Baz Luhrmann

Background Born, Australia. Co-founder of Bazmark Inq., Baz writes, produces and directs films, opera, theatre, music, multi-media, events. Graduated from NIDA OA repertoire Lake Lost (1988; Green Room Award – Best Director), La bohème (1990; MO Award for Operatic Performance of the Year), A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Green Room Award – Best Director; Sydney Theatre … Continued

Andy Morton

Andy Morton is originally from the UK and has enjoyed a varied career in both opera and musical theatre. He has played Jean Valjean in Les Misérables in the West End, Martin in the Cameron Mackintosh national tour of Martin Guerre, and was in the original cast of both Boy George’s Taboo and Jerry Springer … Continued

Barbara Lluch

Bárbara Lluch was born in Barcelona and studied classical acting at the Estudio Corazza in Madrid. Her acting career brought her together with directors such as Robert LePage and Maurizio Scaparro and ranged from roles such as Doña Inés at the Campañia Nacional de Teatro Clásico to parts in film and television. She fell in … Continued

Andrew George

David Andrew George trained at the Laban Centre. His British opera credits include: For the Royal Opera House: Les Troyens (also La Scala) Adriana Lecouvreur (also Barcelona, Vienna, Opera de Paris) and Salome; For English National Opera: Turn of the Screw, Der Rosenkavalier (also Scottish Opera and Opera North) Agrippina (also Barcelona), The Handmaid’s Tale, … Continued

Andrew Frith

Background: Trained with Warren Gasson, McDonald College and The Australian Ballet School. OA repertoire: Revival of movement/choreography for The Pearlfishers, Madama Butterfly, Partenope, Manon Lescaut, La Travaiata. Dance Captain for My Fair Lady, The Pirates of Penzance, The Gondoliers, HMS Pinafore, Trial by Jury and The Love for Three Oranges. Has performed in over 60 productions for … Continued

Amanda Holden

Background: Studied music at Oxford and at London’s Guildhall School, where she later taught. Her early career was as a freelance pianist, teacher and music therapist. She also worked at Grove’s Dictionary and, in the late 1980s, she founded and edited the Viking/Penguin Opera Guides. Since translating the libretto of Don Giovanni for Jonathan Miller in 1985, Amanda … Continued

Alice Babidge

Alice is a costume and production designer across film, television, theatre and opera. Alice most recently served as Production Designer and Costume Designer on The Narrow Road to the Deep North starring Jacob Elordi and directed by Justin Kurzel. Alice’s feature film Costume Design credits include; Beau is Afraid starring Joaquin Phoenix and directed by Ari Aster; Foe starring Saoirse Ronan … Continued

Alfons Flores

Born in Barcelona, since making his professional debut both as a director and set designer with the GAT Company which he helped establish, his productions in both theatre and opera have been seen in major theatres around the world, including Catalunya’s National Theatre, Athen’s Megaron, La Scala in Milan, ENO in London, Teatre Liceu in … Continued

Àlex Ollé

Àlex Ollé (Barcelona 1960) is one of the 6 artistic directors of La Fura dels Baus, one of the more innovative and prestigious theatre companies of the Spanish Cultural Scene. It was founded in 1979 and distinguished from the beginning for the search of its own language in which the participation of the audience is … Continued