The Studio Take Over!

Alessia loves to sing, dance and act. She has been dancing and performing on stage since she was 2 1/2 years old and has also been involved in many Adelaide Youth Theatre productions for the last 4 years, having recently played the lead role of Sharpay in High School Musical 2. Alessia is also part of the Studio & Star Factory family and a member of the Contemporary Ensemble GLO.

Alicia is 13 years old and made her stage debut with the G&S Society playing the role of Marta in The Sound of Music in 2014. It was here that Alicia discovered her love for Musical Theatre and she has been actively involved since. Alicia made her professional debut in 2016 playing the role of Brigitta von Trapp in the Adelaide season of The Sound of Music with the Gordon Frost Organisation. Alicia has performed in several musicals with Pelican Productions, Adelaide Youth Theatre, Shane Davidson Presents, TB Arts and Emma Knights Productions. Alicia has also performed with the Adelaide Rep Theatre, Promise Adelaide, Spark of Inspiration and Peter Combe.

Apart from Brigitta, her favourite roles have been Mayzie in Seussical Jr, and Little Cosette in Les Misérables, and Elle Woods (her dream role) in Pelican Productions Music Theatre Camp. Alicia is a dance student at RSDS and a voice student of Kirsty Roberts and Amelie Peters, and previously Katrina Ryan. Alicia loves performing and is grateful for all of the friendships she has made through Music Theatre.

In her spare time, Alicia enjoys spending time at home with her family and two dogs, Benji & Tilly. She enjoys watching Musical Theatre, Movies, playing Netball, Cooking and spending time with her friends.

At just 24 years old, Chelsea is already making waves in the professional music industry, working as a songwriter, specialist vocal coach and speech pathologist. Chelsea graduated from the Elder Conservatorium Jazz degree in 2019 with some the highest marks in her cohort, having been selected by James Morrison as a Vocal Jazz Scholarship finalist in 2018 & 2019. Chelsea has since completed a Master of Speech Pathology, recently travelling to Sydney to present her research on perfectionism in the professional performer at the Australian Voice Association National Conference. In 2022, she also travelled to Los Angeles to attend an Artist Development Program, meeting some of the music industry's leading songwriters and industry experts, including those that work with the likes of Beyonce, Justin Bieber, Tori Kelly and more. Chelsea is passionate about empowering performers through holistic and evidence-based voice science and hopes continue travelling around the world engaging in leading research and working with professional performers. With a strong background in Music Theatre and after a long hiatus from Broadway sessions, Chelsea is grateful to be sharing the stage with some of the best!

Chloe is 15 year old singer songwriter from the Barossa with a love for performing arts and musicals. She has performed in over 15 musicals at various theatre companies across Adelaide and studies at The Studio & Star Factory.

Her most recent and memorable shows include Les Misérables (Fantine), 13 The Musical (Cassie), Seussical the Musical (Bird Girl) with AYT; Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (Truly Scrumptious) and The Sound of Music (Liesl von Trapp) with NOW Productions; and The Little Mermaid (Sebastian) with Parks Theatre.

Deon began performing at the age of 13 when he performed in Disney’s The Little Mermaid with the Adelaide Youth Theatre (AYT). He has since played many roles for AYT including Fiyero in Wicked, Roger in Grease, and Horton the Elephant in Seussical the Musical. Deon has also performed for other companies around Adelaide including as J. Pierrepont Finch in March Production’s How To Succeed In Business Without Really Trying, Ensemble in The Gilbert and Sullivan Society of SA’s Kinky Boots, and as a Private Dempsey in Therry’s Hello Girls earlier in 2021. Deon is happy to have come full circle and be performing The Little Mermaid once again, as one of his dream roles, Prince Eric.

Ella Spiniello is 17 years old and has been performing since the age of five in singing dancing and acting. She has performed in various amateur production shows around Adelaide, playing various different roles such as Charlotte in 13 and Scuttle in The Little Mermaid. More recently Ella has been accepted into Class of Cabaret where she is learning how to create her own cabaret performance.

Gemma has been singing and dancing and acting since she was three years old and at fifteen is already an accomplished performer - a true triple threat! Gemma's passion for musical theatre has allowed her to feature in a number of shows over the past few years including Wendy in Peter Pan and The Witch in Into The Woods Jr with Adelaide Youth Theatre. Gemma has just returned from performing in DisneyWorld and Universal Studios, Orlando.

Gemma is a student at TIDC Performing Arts Studio and has competed successfully in State, National and International Hip Hop, Jazz, Tap and Contemporary competitions. She attends Loreto College where she is very much involved in the performing arts, is a keen saxophone player and a member of the school band. Gemma is thrilled to be singing at Broadway Sessions this month!

Georgie Raft is a 16 year old contemporary/pop singer-songwriter from Adelaide. She currently studies jazz and classical voice as well as audio production at The Studio And Star Factory.
Georgie has performed a number of lead roles in musicals including Fantine in Scotch College's Les Misérables, Rosemary in March Productions How to Succeed in Business Without really Trying and Jenny Lind in Barnum, She was a lead vocalist with the Australian Youth Performing Arts Team travelling to the US and gained a solo role in iTheatrics Broadway workshops in 2019. A highly versatile performer, in 2019 Georgie was awarded the Joan Lyons Scholarship for State Opera SA's Winter School, and performed in State Opera SA's season of Boojum!

Georgie has been songwriting since she was young and has a number of professionally produced songs In 2016 and 2017, three of her songs made the semi-finalist category of the International Songwriting Competition and in 2018, four of her songs were selected for the finals of the Australian Songwriting Awards with her latest single Better Off featuring in a number of Spotify's international playlists.

Her debut EP of original songs Breathing To Prove That I Can has received fabulous reviews and is currently receiving airplay on a number of Australian radio stations.

Holly Abbott is 18 years old. Holly has been dancing and singing at TIDC Performing Arts Studio for the past 13 years under the direction of Kerreane Sarti, and is a voice student of Emma Riggs, and The Studio and Star Factory.

Holly has been in over 40 Musicals with various companies ... with some of her favourite roles being Patrice in 13 The Musical, Jemima Potts in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang with NLTC, Olaf in Frozen Jr, Young Fiona in Shrek Jr, Tracey Turnblad in Hairspray Jr all with Adelaide Youth Theatre. She was also cast in Matt Byrne Media’s 2019 production of Strictly Ballroom where she played Kylie Hastings. Holly has also played the title role in NLTC's 2017 production of Annie - where she was also honoured to receive the Theatre Association of South Australia award for Best Youth Female Actor for this role.

Holly has recently come back from a month overseas performing with the Australian Youth Performing Arts Team - She was lucky enough to have the opportunity to perform in Disneyworld and Universal Studios as a featured singer and dancer - She also had the opportunity to participate in the Junior Theatre Festival In Atlanta and Take Workshops and Masterclasses from Broadway professionals such as Natalie Weiss, Dan Micchice, and Derek Klena whilst in New York.

Holly is taking a gap year this year as she prepares to enter the audition circuit for Musical Theatre courses around the country and world - She is excited to go back to America in July to participate in Musical Theatre summer college courses and immerse herself in the life of a New York performer.

Isabel is 10 years old. She has a love for musical theatre and has performed in numerous productions including Seussical, Annie and The Little Mermaid. She also loves attending Musical Theatre Camp, which is a two week long camp that includes two performances at the conclusion.

Isabel was also a part of Pelican Productions inaugural USA trip. Participating in an iTheatrics week long course in New York, two performances on a Caribbean cruise and finally performing in Florida Disneyworld. Isabel loves to sing and enjoyed her first performance with live accompaniment late last year.

Isabella loves to sing, dance and act! She has been dancing since she was 2 years old and loves to perform on Stage as well as being actively involved with Adelaide Youth Theatre for the last 3 years in ensemble and minor lead roles. Isabella has also a member of the Studio & Star Factory family for the last 2 years.

Jack has studied piano, guitar, dance and voice for many years and has been performing in musicals and operas since the age of 9, enjoying such roles as Colin in G&S Society’s The Secret Garden, Oliver Twist in both seasons of the G&S Society’s Oliver!, JoJo in Shane Davidson’s Suessical, Kurt in G&S' The Sound of Music, LeFou in AYT’s Beauty and the Beast, Flounder in Swell Productions' The Little Mermaid, Young Josh in Northern Light Society’s Big and Aladdin in AYT’s Aladdin Jr. Jack also played Prince Eric in Pelican Productions The Little Mermaid Jnr for which they won two ATG Awards including best ensemble, and Cinderella’s Prince in the ATG nominated Fringe production of Into The Woods. More recently Jack has performed as Prince Chululongkorn with the Metropolitan Theatre Company's The King and I, Eddie in 13 The Musical for AYT's Adelaide Fringe Festival season, and Lucas in Scotch College's The Addams Family.

Professional credits include the opera Amahl and the Night Visitors, State Opera SA's La Boheme; the Singular/State Opera workshop of Innocence and State Opera SA's Tosca (Shepherd Boy solosit) (2016). This year Jack played the role of Gilbert Blythe in Emma Knights Productions' Anne of Green Gables and was also lucky enough to be selected to perform as part of the 'Class of Cabaret' at the 2019 Adelaide Cabaret Festival, mentored by Michael Griffiths and Amelia Ryan.

Jack performs with his sister Georgie as duo 'Ignite' and has featured in several music videos including Parra for Cuva's world-wide hit 'Wicked Games'. A highlight for Ignite! was winning the People's Choice award for 'Talent On Show' at the Royal Adelaide Show. Jack is currently rehearsing for Ignite's upcoming Cabaret at the Star Theatre and the role of Enjolras in Scotch College's Les Misérables while trying to hold down a career as a school boy.

Jacqueline-Marie (Jaqi) has been singing her little heart out since she was 3 years old and hasn't looked back since with her vocal range growing exponentially after Amelie Peters became her vocal teacher and mentor. Converting passion and hard work into performances Jaqi was awarded trophies and special commendations at her first ever Balaklava Eisteddfod in 2018.

The other passion in Jaqi's life is acting which she began at 7 years of age and first appeared in AYT's Elf Jnr in 2017. From there and having secured an agent in Sydney and training in Los Angeles Jaqi has gone onto to appear in National TVC's, short films and earlier in 2019 Atlanta Junior Musical Festival.

Kate Neville is 16 years old and has been singing, dancing and acting for 8 years. Kate studies songwriting, voice and audio production at The Studio and Star Factory and takes vocal lessons with Kirsty Roberts and Emma Riggs. Kate also currently dances at TIDC Performing Arts Studio. Kate fell in love with Musical Theatre at the age of 10 when she performed in the professional production of Adelaide’s season of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang with TML Enterprises. Since then, Kate has performed with various companies including Adelaide Youth Theatre, Heaps Good Productions, Spark of Inspiration, Promise Adelaide, Australian Classical Youth Ballet, Pelican Productions, Broadway 4 Kids and Loreto College.

Musicals Kate has performed in include; Alice in Wonderland (Small Alice), Charlotte's Web the Musical (Fern), Annie (Annie), Peter Pan (Tinkerbell), Mary Poppins (Michael and Mary Poppins) and Behind The Front- A tribute to the Battle of Fromelles. Kate travelled and performed in the United States with the Australian Youth Performing Arts Team including the Candlelight Processional Choir at Epcot Park and The Junior Theatre iTheatrics Celebration in Atlanta. Kate also had the privilege to be Performing Arts Vice Captain for her school’s Annual Performing Arts Festival in June.

Kate has a passion for songwriting and has been writing songs since 2017 with mentor Tori Marshall. Kate wrote her first song Somewhere Like Home which was a tribute to the Manchester Bombings at Ariana Grande’s concert and reached number #4 on the Singer-Songwriter Australian iTunes Charts. Kate has also co-written with Alexandra Hosking where she recorded and released her second song Counting Stars after receiving the Jemma Rix scholarship. Kate's passion for songwriting and musical theatre is continually developing and she can’t wait for many more exciting opportunities in the future.

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Kiara has been singing, dancing and acting for as long as she can remember. She enrolled in her first dance class at the age of 2 and studies all genres of dance at TIDC Performing Arts Studio. At the age of 10, she developed a love for Musical Theatre and got her first role in Adelaide Youth Theatre's Bugsy Malone (2015). She has gone on to perform in numerous AYT shows, with highlights being Belle in Beauty and the Beast, Patrice in 13: The Musical, Anna in Frozen Jnr and Katherine Plumber in Newsies Jnr.

Kiara is a passionate, captivating and talented young performer with a bright future ahead of her.

Madeleine is an 11 year old who loves to sing... (loudly)! In late 2017 she started singing lessons with Tori Marshall at the Studio & Star Factory. She is in grade 5 at St Peters Lutheran School in Blackwood and spends a lot of her time Dancing at Accent on Dance. Madeleine has spent her last 3 summers performing in Pelican Productions Music Theatre Camp.

In 2018 she had the privilege of being the understudy for Jemima Potts in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (NLTC) and playing Cecile in Annie Jr (Pelican Productions). One day she would like to play Elphaba in the show Wicked.

Maya’s love of musical theatre began at an early age, with her journey in performance beginning with Pelican Productions. Since then, Maya’s theatre credits include The Gilbert & Sullivan Society’s Thoroughly Modern Millie (2016) and Les Misérables (2017), Lydian Productions and Irregular Productions’ Godspell (2018) as the ‘By My Side’ soloist, Marie Clark Musical Theatre’s Anything Goes (2019) as Hope Harcourt, Segue Productions’ Heathers (2019) as Heather McNamara, and most recently Davine Productions' Beautiful: The Carole King Musical as Cynthia Weil (2020). Maya is a primary school Dance/Drama teacher, and she finds so much joy in being able to share her love of musical theatre with her students.

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Adelaide born and bred, Nicole Herreen pursued a childhood passion for performance and trained to be highly accomplished in singing, acting and dance. She holds a Certificate IV in Musical Theatre from the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts (WAAPA) and a Bachelor of Musical Theatre with the Queensland Conservatorium of Music. Recently, Nicole has completed screen acting training through The Australian Film & Television Academy (TAFTA) and has completed her Certificate of Singing Teaching with BAST UK.

Nicole previously starred as Jo March in Little Women (The Broadway Musical) at the Brisbane Powerhouse, performed in the touring production of Godspell and played Serena Katz in FAME! Nicole has sung as a soloist in the Adelaide Cabaret Festival three years in a row, and on QPAC’s stage with the Queensland Pops Orchestra and the QPAC Choir.

Now Melbourne based, Nicole is focusing on creating her own work and furthering her skills as a performing artist. In October this year, Nicole is launching not one, but two original cabarets at The Butterfly Club in the heart of Melbourne's CBD.

Oliver Lawes is 13 years old and has been studying singing since the age of 8. He has performed with the Adelaide Youth Theatre for the past 4 years in shows such as Bugsy Malone, Peter Pan, Shrek and Madagascar. He has performed as a member of the Australian Youth Performing Arts Team in the USA in 2017 and 2019. This year he has sung in Musical Moments with Promise Adelaide at the 2019 Adelaide Fringe Festival, he has played the role of General Tom Thumb in March Productions' Barnum and Simple Simon in Porridge with Theatrebugs. He is soon to perform as Gavroche in Les Misérables, Richie in 13 and the Park Keeper in Mary Poppins. He will be taking part in Pelican Productions Music Theatre Camp early in 2020.

Paige is 19 years old. She has performed in many musical theatre productions with Adelaide Youth Theatre over many years, most recently performing in the role of Audrey with Adelaide Theatre Academy's production of Little Shop of Horrors. Paige has also travelled overseas with the Australian Youth Performing Arts team, performing in Hong Kong, USA, London and Paris. She has been undertaking vocal tuition with Kirsty Roberts and Amelie Peters over the past 6 years. Recently graduating Year 12 in 2017 Paige travelled to the USA in 2018 to work at Summer Camp and is now back returning to pursue her love of singing and performing.

At 15 years old, Sammi is a Year 9 Student who attends Cedar College. Her love of the stage started at age 3. Since then she has been involved in numerous singing showcases and musical theatre performances. Between 2013 and 2017 Sammi has appeared in many Adelaide Youth Theatre productions including Mrs Darling in Peter Pan Jr, The Narrator in Aladdin Jr, Tallulah’s Girl in Bugsy Malone, Homer Zuckerman in Charlotte’s Web and ensemble in both Annie and The Wizard Of Oz.

In 2017 Sammi attended the Junior Theatre Celebration in Newcastle as part of the Adelaide Youth Theatre Team. In 2016/17 Sammi was part of the Australian Youth Performing Arts Team. They travelled to the USA to perform at Disneyworld in Florida and Universal Studios as part of the Macy’s Day Parade. She also attended various music theatre workshops with leading Broadway stars in New York.

Earlier this year as part of the 2018 Adelaide Fringe Festival, Sammi performed in Promise Adelaide's The Diva Series and Musical Moments, as well as Adelaide Voice Crew's Michael Jackson: The Mirror, which all received great reviews. In 2018 Sammi debuted in Shane Davidson Presents' Beauty And The Beast as Mrs Potts.

During 2017 and 2018 Sammi has been a student at The Studio And Star Factory. During this time she has been involved in the Balaklava Eisteddfod placing in the top 3 in all of her entries. She has also finished writing 7 original songs and has recorded 2 of them. She is currently working on producing her own music. In July 2018 Sammi was selected by Jemma Rix herself, and was awarded the Studio And Star Factory, Jemma Rix Scholarship. Sammi is looking forward to being a part of Broadway Sessions.

Sebastian began dancing at age 4 and studies ballet, tap, jazz, hip hop and musical theatre with ACPA. He has been singing for one year under the guidance of Stephanie Grigg and most recently Michael Griffiths.

His performance experience includes Newspaper Man/Ensemble for Adelaide Youth Theatre's Madagascar Jnr, Ensemble in AYT's Wicked, Prince Charming in AYT's Cinderella Kids and most notably made his professional stage debut as Benji in Priscilla Queen of the Desert the Musical (Michael Cassel Group).

Sophie is an 11 year old who loves to sing. Some of her recent credits include the role of Jetsam in The Little Mermaid (Pelican Productions), Orphan/Annie u/s in Annie (NLTC) , Sneetch in Seussical The Musical (Pelican Productions) and Royal Princess in The King & I (The Met). Sophie is vocally coached by Kirsty Roberts at The Studio & Star Factory.

Sophie graduated from WAAPA in 2014 where she had the great opportunity and honour to work with such names as Tayna Mitford, Jason Langley, Lisa O'Dea and the head of Performing Arts at WAAPA Andrew Lewis. Throughout her time there she was featured in roles such as Sheila in Hair, Mae Colman in Reefer Madness and Consuela in West Side Story and had the privilege to perform with Hugh Jackman. After moving to Melbourne she took a contract as the lead vocalist on one of Royal Caribbeans newest ships – The Quantum of the Seas. She returns to Australia excited to continue pursuing her dreams of working in musical theatre.

Zali is sixteen years old and has been performing in musicals since she was ten. She has been involved in many musicals with Adelaide Youth Theatre, and in 2018 she has played Dragon in Shrek the Musical and Melman from Madagascar Jnr. Zali has also performed with Impact Entertainment (Gen Z for Adelaide's Royal Show), Heaps Good Productions, Broadway 4Kidz and the Australian Classical Youth Ballet Company.

Zara recently performed with Windmill Theatre Company in Hans + Gret for the 2023 Adelaide Festival after making her professional stage debut aged seven in Girl Asleep (2014). She has appeared in lead and supporting lead roles in many local theatre productions, most recently as Young Elizabeth in The Audience (Therry Theatre), Mrs Bucket in Charlie and The Chocolate Factory with Adelaide Youth Theatre, and Rachel in One Man, Two Guvnors for Princes Players. Onscreen Zara can be seen in the music videos for Stronger by German DJ producer duo, Claptone, Scars To Your Beautiful x This Girl is on Fire with girl group, Glo and as lead vocalist in I Can Only Imagine, with her award winning senior school jazz choir, Enchante. She was also a featured extra on ABC TVs First Day (Season 2).

Peter is a music director, accompanist, repertoire coach, and the founder of Irregular Productions - one half of the brains behind Broadway Sessions.

He has been a theatre music director since 2005, with a number of his shows winning local awards. Theatre Credits include: (as Music Director) Beautiful, Mamma Mia, Les Misérables, Next to Normal, Violet, The Story Of My Life, Songs For A New World, The Light In The Piazza, You're A Good Man Charlie Brown, Into the Woods, Disney's Beauty and the Beast, [title of show], Edges, Avenue Q, Bring It On, Singing In The Rain, Fiddler on the Roof, Oliver!, Monty Python’s Spamalot, Chicago, Sweeney Todd, The Sound of Music, Urinetown the Musical, Scrooge, The Witches of Eastwick, Little Shop of Horrors, Seussical the Musical, Grease, Once Upon a Mattress; (as Associate Music Director) Kinky Boots; (as Conductor) City of Angels, The Addams Family; (as Associate Conductor) Rent; (as Assistant Music Director) Jesus Christ Superstar, Godspell, South Pacific, Copacabana; as well as playing keyboard in over 25 other productions.

Besides co-producing Broadway Sessions, Irregular Productions has also staged the South Australian premieres of Songs for a New World, [title of show] and Edges, as well as a new production of Godspell (with Lydian Productions).

Peter is also the music director for Civic Park Carols, Australia's second-largest candlelight carols event, working with some of Adelaide’s finest musician’s and performers, as well as artists such as Justine Clarke, Guy Sebastian, Rachel Beck, and Jimmy Giggle.

Louis has been playing both double bass and bass guitar as long as he can remember. Beginning with lessons at the age of 7, he quickly developed his skills and decided that music was the career for him. Louis began playing for Musical Theatre shows in 2011, with the Northern Lights Theatre Company’s production of Beauty and the Beast, which coincidentally, was the beginning of a long-standing working relationship with Musical Director, Peter Johns! Since, Louis has played for many theatre companies around Adelaide, including Adelaide Youth Theatre, Lydian Productions, Pelican Productions, Davine Productions, Irregular Productions, Marie Clarke Musical Theatre, The Gilbert & Sullivan Society of South Australia, and Hills Musical Company. Some of his favourite shows to play for have been In the Heights, for Pelican Productions in 2019, and Beautiful: The Carol King Musical, for Davine Productions in 2020. In 2018, Louis had the privilege of playing in the pit for the Gordon Frost Organisation’s touring production of The Wizard of Oz. Louis graduated from the Elder Conservatorium of Music in 2016, with a Bachelor of Music (Classical Performance.) That same year, he began performing as a casual member of the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra - some of his favourite performances include Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire in Concert at the Adelaide Entertainment Centre, and Last Night of the Proms at the Adelaide Festival Centre.