Loaded Productions

JACQY PHILLIPS Mrs Zimmerman	Jacqy's career has spanned 37 years as an actor. She is well known for her role as the original Irene on *Home & Away* as well as playing the horrible Mrs Cribbage in the award-winning Australian movie *Red Dog. She also starred in the original workshop production of Matthew Robinson's musical Metro Street* for the 2006 Adelaide Cabaret Festival. Her most memorable theatre years were in Jim Sharman's flagship company Lighthouse. After working for Patch Theatre Company for the national and international tour of *Pigs, Bears, Billy Goats Gruff, Jacqy returned to the State Theatre Company of SA in Patrick White's and Moliere's The Imaginary Invalid* for Brink Productions. She workshopped and performed with Nicki Bloom's play *Land And Sea* and played *Macbeth* in an all-female version for Foul Play Inc. She performed *Summer of the Seventeenth Doll* for the State Theatre Company of SA which toured to Sydney. Her most recent production is *The Young King* for Slingsby which has toured Australia and internationally.
PAUL DAWBER Mr Butler	Paul Dawber is a veteran of the stage, film & TV. In the theatre he has worked with Queensland Theatre Company in *Count Dracula, Malthouse in Two* and The Los Angeles Shakespeare Company in *Hamlet, Romeo & Juliet, The Merry Wives of Windsor, Twelfth Night* and *A Midsummer Night's Dream. In music theatre his credits include the Australian national tour of The Sound of Music* (GFO) and in 2014 *Parade* at 45 Downstairs (The Collective). He has over 50 film & TV credits including Sons & Daughters (33 eps), *Blue Heelers, Neighbours* (56 eps), *Stingers, House Husbands, Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries* and most recently in the soon to be released feature film *Pretty Little Things.*
BELINDA HANNE REID Narelle Sims	Belinda has appeared in *The World Goes Round, Elegies for Angels, Punks & Raging Queens, as Golde in Fiddler on the Roof* and as Grandma in Summer of the Aliens. Before commencing her degree at Queensland Conservatorium Griffith University, she studied acting at University of Southern Queensland, where she appeared as Lady Conan-Doyle in *Houdini: The Man From Beyond, Eddie in Talking to Terrorists, Margaret in Spirits in Bare Feet* and Mrs Peachum in *Threepenny Opera*. Belinda toured QLD with the Ergon Energy Big Band in 2009 and 2010 as their vocalist, and has directed and performed with community and co-op theatre groups in Sydney and Toowoomba.
GRANT DURHAM Zayeeb Dash	Grant is a graduate of the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts and graduated from the musical theatre course. On stage he has performed in professional productions of *Leader of the Pack* (Newtheatricals), Mamma Mia (Dainty), *Hair* (Macks Entertainment), *Hello Dolly* (Production Company), Sideshow Alley and *Guys & Dolls* (Donmar Productions). On screen he has had guest roles on *Stingers, Rush, Neighbours, Thank God You're Here* and *City Homicide*.
SEAN WEATHERLY David Fisher Music & Lyrics	Sean graduated from the Flinders University Drama Centre in 2002 with a BA (Honours). He produced and performed in a sell-out 13 show season of *Tomfoolery* for the 2008 Adelaide Fringe Festival at La Boheme. In Melbourne he performed in *The Cherry Umbrella, The Evolution of Incompetence* and *Friday Night In Town* at La Mama. He composed for A Narrow Time for Angels - The Musical for the 2011 Midsumma Festival. He currently owns and operates a successful Children's Entertainment business as *Noodles The Clown* and had a guest role on *Underbelly Squizzy. Other musical productions Sean has performed in include Saturday Night* with Magnormos and McCubbin at BMW Edge Federation Square. He is currently producing the musical *Price Check!* which he co-wrote with Cerise de Gelder.
BRETT FISHER Ensemble	Brett is a graduate of the Musical Theatre Course directed by Andrew Hallsworth at Patrick Studios Australia. Brett was a dancer in the 2013 debut production for choreographer Michael Ralph, Now & Then, performed in Looney Tunes Live: Classroom Capers (Jim The Host), and The Wild Party (Burrs) directed by Andrew Hallsworth. He was associate choreographer for Godspell (Magnormos), and then went on to direct Namaste The Cabaret written and performed by Adam Porter. Last year, Brett was in the ensemble of KIN Collaborative’s GaGa V Assange, and toured Australia and New Zealand in Lifelike Touring's Peppa Pig Live: Treasure Hunt (George Pig/Pedro Pony). He has just finished a sellout season of Trifle Theatre Company's production of Avenue Q (Bad Idea Bear/Ensemble) as part of the Melbourne International Comedy Festival.
KARLA HILLAM Ensemble	Karla has appeared on hit TV shows *Offspring* and *Wentworth* as well as spending plenty of time on the stage. She has toured the east coast of Australia with Brainstorm Productions, toured Australia and NZ with the debauchery of *The Divine Miss Bette* - the smash hit cabaret and appeared as Missy in the Monster Media production of *The Marvellous Wonderette's* at 45 downstairs. She is a member of Latino cabaret sensation Los Nachos Trios! who recently played the Speigeltent for the *Ballarat Cabaret Festival* and appeared as Arachna the insidious Spider of the Speewah in the premiere of The Lizard of Oz for Crow Crow productions. Karla most recently appeared as Sunny Jacobs in the critically acclaimed Sol III production of The Exonerated at Chapel off Chapel.
JANE KINGSFORD Ensemble	Jane completed her full time training in the Music Theatre stream at Jason Coleman’s Ministry of Dance. She has worked alongside some of Australia's finest choreographers including Jason Coleman, Yvette Lee, Paul Malek, Stephen Tannos, Morgan Choice, Dana Jolly, Adrian Ricks and many more. She has appeared in Disney's *Beauty and the Beast* – presented by ANZ/Adam Lowe for the Rob Guest Endowment, the World Ballroom Championships Opening Ceremony choreographed by Jason Gilkison, The Australian Open with Tenacity DC as well as countless television and corporate events. Most recently, Jane has finished a course at The Howard Fine Acting Studio under the tutelage of Marilyn McIntyre, has voice lessons with Deb Mitchelmore and is a member of Boss Dance Company - who won the UDO Australian Hip Hop Championships earlier this year, and will have the chance to represent Australia at the World Championships in Glasgow in 2016.
SAMANTHA MERCKEL Ensemble	Samantha started training at a young age at Peter Wallace Dance Industry and was awarded the school's first full scholarship in her final year. In 2011, after completing a Bachelor of Communication at RMIT University, Samantha expanded her musical theatre performance skills at Jason Coleman's Ministry of Dance, where she was awarded a full scholarship for her second year of study. Throughout her career, Samantha has had the privilege of working with Australia's finest choreographers including Jason Coleman, Jason Gilkison, Dana Jolly, Paul Malek and Yvette Lee. Samantha has performed as a dancer and singer for many corporate, promotional and television productions including the *World DanceSport Championship Opening, Hannah Montana Tribute Show, KPMG Annual Ball, Commonwealth Games Closing Ceremony, Select Band* and *Copacabana. She has also featured in Neighbours, The Good Guys* television commercials as well as several *Groove Pill* film clips.
DANAE STEWART Ensemble	Danae graduated from the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts in 2010 and is currently living in Melbourne while she pursues her career. Since completing her studies, Danae has performed in Harvest Rain's productions of Guys & Dolls and *Oklahoma* and was then cast in a workshop production of Women In Black, directed by Simon Phillips. Danae also performed in a Rocky Horror Tribute, *Time Warp* as Janet and was cast in a workshop production of The New Black, directed by Stephen Helper at the Melbourne Arts Centre. During her time at WAAPA she was cast in the role of Hope in *Anything Goes* and as Jenny in Company. She also performed in WAAPA's productions of Ragtime, *Cabaret* and *42nd Street*. This is Danae's first performance at Theatre Works!
CAMILLE WAI Ensemble	Camille is a Music Theatre graduate from APO Arts Academy. Camille made her stage debut in *Anyone Can Whistle, presented by Magnormos. She has also played the role of Molly Jolly in Victoria Opera's Sleeping Beauty* and Madeline in the new Australian musical Blessed. While studying she performed in a series the academy’s shows including *My Favorite Year* , *The World Goes Round, Rich and Happy* and more.
NOEL ANDERSON Director	Noel completed NIDA's Playwright Studio in 1996 and trained at Stella Adler Studio (New York), The Gate Theatre (London), Independent Theatre (Sydney) and Brisbane Academy of Music. He has worked as an actor, director and writer. His written work includes: *Germ Warfare, Circles and The Carer* which played at Sydney's Belvoir Street theatre. Noel's strictly adult play, *Sammy & Dave* played to packed houses at the Stables Theatre (Sydney) and his children's play *Kylie Kastle Throws a Party* was performed in hundreds of schools across the country by Troubadour Theatre Co. As director & dramaturg, Noel worked on *Kingdom* - an Australian musical based on the King Arthur Legend and also *The Other Half, a TV pilot for Beyond Films. Noel assistant directed the first Aboriginal sitcom produced on SBS TV called The Masters, and counts Sylvia Plath’s play Letter's Home* at Belvoir Street Theatre among his best directing work. In 2008, Noel's short play *Pulling Out* won Midsumma's Pink Shorts Festival and *The Water Sellers* at Dante's was awarded Best Director by the Monash Theatre Festival. In 2013, Noel's written work Love Letters was performed at The Arts Centre and his play *Andy Warhol's Fifteen Minutes of Fame* played to full houses at La Mama, Courthouse and The Jewish Museum. Other directing work includes: *Friday Night in Town, Australia Dot Com* and A Fitzroy Romance (La Mama), Blowing Whistles (Cromwell Rd Theatre) and *Especes Menacees* for the Melbourne French Theatre Company.
DANA JOLLY Choreographer	Dana's first professional show was at age 10 in the musical Gypsy. She then trained at VCA for 8 years and worked professionally in Australia after graduating in Classical Ballet and Contemporary companies. She travelled to London & worked there extensively for 10 years performing and choreographing in TV, Film, and Theatre. Sent back to Australia by Broadway choreographer Susan Stroman she was Resident Choreographer on her production of *Showboat. Since then she has choreographed 12 musicals to date including 8 for the Production Company as well as the national tour of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang* (Tim Lawson), The Producers, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels and *Sexercise - The Musical*.
RAINER POLLARD Musical Director/Pianist	Rainer is a freelance musician who recently moved to Melbourne from Queensland. His work as an accompanist has been wide and varied, working with the *Birralee Voices* from Brisbane, a number of Toowoomba's top school choirs and some of the top musicians in the country. He has also worked as the accompanist for the *Hal Leonard Reading Day* with George Torbay for the last two years. Recently he has been coaching students at the Ballarat Arts Academy, as well as musically directing the 3rd year cabarets and the premier Australian performance of *When Midnight Strikes. He has also been involved with cabarets at both the Ballarat Cabaret Festival* and the *Short + Sweet Cabaret Festival*.
DAVID HAMMOND Assistant Choreographer	David began dancing at the Miranda Kalgovas Ballet School, before going on to train at The Victorian College of the Arts Secondary School (VCASS). After graduating from VCASS he moved to London to further his dance training, studying at both Central School of Ballet and London Studio Centre. Since finishing studying in 2007, David's career has taken him all over the world working with Royal Caribbean International Productions as a dancer, Universal Studios Singapore as a featured singer in *Monster Rock Musical Revue* show, and Universal Studios Japan as both a singer and dancer in *Sesame Street's Magical Music Box* and various shows and special events. David was a big part of the creative team (Assistant Director, Choreographer) for the World Premier of the new musical *The Last Torch* at The Melbourne Fringe Festival '15 and also played the supporting lead role of Murough McSweney. Currently, David performs and choreographs regularly with commercial and latin dance group Dance City Productions at corporate and commercial events around Melbourne. He will make his Australian musical theatre debut later this year in *Nice Work If You Can Get It* for the Production Company.
BOB WEATHERLY Set Design/ Construction	Bob Weatherly worked for 33 years in schools, the last 12 as an Arts Coordinator, Dance Teacher and Dance Moderator. He coordinated 17 Rock Eisteddfod items with 4 first places and then became a judge. He continues to regularly work with schools on arts projects. From 2003, he worked for Patch Theatre Company as a Production and Stage Manager for *The Boy and the Bamboo Flute, Aesop's Fables, Mr McGee and the Biting Flea, Emily Loves To Bounce, Pigs, Bears and Billy Goats Gruff, Sharon Keep Ya Hair On!, Special Delivery, Who Sank The Boat, The Fastest Boy In The World, The Happiest Show On Earth, Me And My Shadow* and The Little Green Tractor. His career highlight was stage managing for Patch at the New Victory Theatre on 42nd Street in New York.
CALLUM ROBERTSON Stage Manager	Callum jumped into theatre at only 12 years old with a small amateur theatre company doing lighting and some acting on stage. Since then he has been around the traps and over the years he has worked with numerous companies whether it is onstage or off, he dabbles in everything from Lighting, Sound, Stage Manager and even Ticket Secretary. Some of the shows Callum has been involved in are *Godspell, Fiddler on the Roof, Andy Warhol’s 15 Minutes of Fame, Funny Girl, Kismet, just to name a few. He has also assisted with lighting for larger scale events like Grand Final Footy Show, Carols by Candlelight* at Sidney Myer Music Bowl, *Big Day Out, Future Music Festival, Sound Wave Festival* and *30 Seconds to Mars*.
CERISE DEGELDER Book & Lyrics	Cerise has had plays performed all around Australia, in the USA, New Zealand, Canada, India, Malaysia, Dubai and the UK, on stage, film, radio and TV. Since 2004 she has been a regular participant in Melbourne Writers' Theatre seasons, Williamstown Little Theatre Play Six, Walking Into Bars Productions, Baggage Productions *Madwomen Monologues, the Adelaide Fringe Festival, Flinders University Drama Centre, and Broken Mirror Productions. Full-length productions have included A Narrow Time For Angels* (The Storeroom), *Searching For Comets* and *A Narrow Time For Angels - The Musical* (Midsumma Festival), The Umbrella Plays (Adelaide Fringe) and *Just Douglas* (Accidental Productions, Adelaide Fringe), a Melbourne Writers' Theatre season at La Mama *First George and Then Sally* and *The Cherry Umbrella* and *Beyond Sky There Be Dragons* in the Melbourne Fringe at Revolt.