Susan has been active in Canberra musical theatre since 1992. She has appeared on stage in over 25 productions in many roles and choruses, and an intriguing variety of costumes.

As Musical Director, Susan has worked with Ickle Pickle Productions and Phoenix Players on many productions including Disney's Beauty and the Beast, Rodgers and Hammerstein's Cinderella, Seussical the Musical, Oliver!, Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves, Charlotte's Web, and Scrooge (Assistant MD).

Susan specialises in digitally sequencing orchestral music, customised to suit the production. Using Sibelius software, it takes many long hours to individually enter and check each note, rest, and dynamic change for all instruments in each musical item so as to produce the full orchestral sound she wants to emulate.

She also specialises in arranging music, and often reworks or writes lyrics to fit new productions. She has received CAT Award nominations for Best Musical Director and Best Original Work for her musical arrangements and lyrics in Ickle Pickle's The Emperor's New Clothes and Hansel and Gretel.

As a teacher, Susan has worked on many school productions covering The Mikado, Anything Goes, The Pirates of Penzance, Back to the 80's, and How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, and she enjoys the experience of working with younger casts.

Susan loves musical theatre and tries to make rehearsals fun to share her passion and pass on the theatrical bug to the next generation, in homage to those who inspired her.

Richard arrived on the Canberra theatre scene late in life, somewhere between his 31st and 32nd birthdays. His first show was in Phoenix Players production of Kiss Me Kate in 2006, where he "Fell in love with theatre" and since then he has appeared in dozens of shows ranging from plays to musicals to pantomimes.

In 2010 Richard began his foray into producing shows as the Production Manager for Phoenix Players Disney's double bill - Cinderella and The Aristocats. He found managing two casts of about 50 children set him up to handle adult casts like "no other text book training could ever have". In 2012 he got his first chance direct with How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying as part of the Phoenix Players - Phoenix Rising Program.

In 2013 he performed leading roles in Ickle Pickle's production of Oliver! playing the "suitably sinister" Bill Sikes, as Frank Butler in Queanbeyan Player's Annie Get Your Gun and as understudy for the role of Javert in Canberra Philharmonic Society's Les Miserable.

In 2013 Richard launched the StageCenta website as a resource and information hub for the theatre scene.

In 2014 Richard established Dramatic Productions to co-produce The Rokitelly Man with Ickle Pickle Productions. And then in 2015 directed and produced The Last Five Years and teaming up with the ANU School of Music Into the Woods which won 3 Canberra Area Theatre awards. In 2016 Richard directed Dramatic Productions 4th show Catch Me If You Can.

2017 saw the last production directed by Richard, Sweeney Todd. Afterwards he would exclusively produce theatre, staging Heathers the Musical in 2018 and then The Producers in 2019, starring Daryl Somers (Hey Hey Its Saturday) and directed by Rachael Beck.

Michael has over 45 years experience as an actor, writer, director, producer and teacher across theatre, film, television, and corporate role playing. He also has quite a number of professional credits in commercials, TV drama and feature films.

Prior to arriving in Canberra in 2005 most of his performance background is primarily Sydney based having started in musical theatre at age 12. However, since moving to Canberra he has been involved in numerous stage productions with a variety of local theatre companies and several films.

Canberra theatre work includes: 'Couples Don't Talk' (Smiths Alternate Bookshop); the King in 'Cinderella' and Mr Bumble in 'Oliver!' (Ickle Pickle); Lazar Wolf in 'Fiddler on the Roof' (Canberra Philo); 'Wyrd Sisters' (Canberra Womens Theatre Forum - WTF); and 'No Island is a Man', 'Clowns in Winter', 'Fugue Bay', 'Take Their Life', and ex-NSW Premier, Sir Robert Askin in 'Manly Mates' (Canberra Dramatics).

Films include: 'Disorder' (Little White Lies Productions); 'Green Girl' (AIM Forward); 'The Glue That Holds Us Together' (Judith Peterson Films); 'Mr Bear & Mister Rabbit' (Missing Bits Productions); 'Birthday Girl' (Jez Butterworth); 'Midas' (Nikki Bern - AFTRS); 'Diana & Me' (Matt Carroll Films)

Debra has enjoyed a long and exciting amateur theatre career in both Canberra and Melbourne. She is currently living and working in Canberra.

Her Theatre credits include: Madame Edith (Allo Allo), Karen Holt (Something to Hide), Anne Protheroe (Murder at the Vicarage), Elizabeth Proctor (The Crucible), Karen (Mixed Emotions), Prince Charming (Cinderella), Azurial (Cinderella) and Rita (Educating Rita).

Her Musical Theatre credits include: Hold Me Touch Me (The Producers), Maggie Jones (42nd Street), U/S Madame Thenadier/Ensemble (Les Miserables), Jacks Mum/Granny (Into the Woods), Mrs Pembleton (Rokitelly Man), Madame Firman (Phantom of the Opera), Maizy La Bird (Suessical), Widow Corney (Oliver), Mrs Koala (Snugglepot and Cuddlepie), Stepmother (Into the Woods), Mother Abbess (Sound of Music), Ensemble (Les Miserables), Ensemble (Follies), Sister Amnesia (Nunsense), Gilmer (Godspell), Maisie (The Boyfriend), Domina (A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum), Rizzo (Grease), and a variety of small roles in Gilbert and Sullivan productions and school productions.

She has also appeared in several local TV commercials, Short Films and promotional training DVDs.

A current second year student at The National Institute of Circus Arts (NICA) in Melbourne, Jeff has been involved in theatre since Child Players ACT's 2010 production of Peter Pan, where he performed as the show's Narrator. Following this, he took on the role of Assistant Director for the 2012 and 2013 programs, also managing the DVD production of the shows. Over the years, Jeff has had the opportunity to take on several character roles, including Major General Stanley in The Pirates of Penzance, Bagheera in The Jungle Book, Charley Bates in Oliver! and a Wickersham Brother in Seussical the Musical. Jeff was also a founding member of Poncho Circus, a performance troupe founded out of emerging artists from Canberra's Warehouse Circus.