MAMMA MIA! AUSTRALIAN TOUR MEDIA KIT SEPTEMBER 2017

MAMMA MIA! THE SMASH HIT MUSICAL AUSTRALIAN TOUR 2017-2018

The global musical phenomenon, MAMMA MIA!, will commence its new national tour at the Theatre Centre on November 24th 2017 followed by a season from December 26th 2017 QPAC’s Lyric Theatre in . The tour will continue onto ’s Capitol Theatre from February 11th 2018, Crown Theatre from May 15th 2018, ’s Princess Theatre from July 10th 2018 and the Festival Theatre at Adelaide Festival Centre from October 9th 2018. This exciting new production of MAMMA MIA! is produced in Australia by Michael Coppel, Louise Withers & Linda Bewick. “MAMMA MIA! is exactly what we all need - an uplifting, fun-filled, heartfelt night at the theatre which puts a smile on your face and a spring in your step. The timeless tracks of ABBA never fail to bring joy to audiences across the world and we are delighted to be producing MAMMA MIA! once again across Australia. We are also thrilled with the incredibly talented creative team and cast we have assembled to bring this story and these songs to life on stage night after night.” Withers says. Starring in this brand new Australian production as mother-of-the-bride Donna Sheridan is Natalie O’Donnell. Natalie began her acting career in 1998 with her professional debut in the Australian production of Les Misérables. Since then she has sustained a remarkable career in theatre, television and film across the world. She has starred in many musicals including most recently in Australia in Jerry’s Girls, Songs for a New World and Next to Normal. Most poignantly Natalie starred in the original Australian production of MAMMA MIA! as Sophie in 2001. It will be very special to see her come full circle now leading this new production in the role of Donna. In the role of Donna’s daughter and bride-to-be Sophie, is emerging young Australian actor Sarah Morrison. Sarah has just completed a sell-out national tour in the Australian musical Ladies in Black starring in the lead role of Lisa. This was Sarah’s breakthrough role gaining critical acclaim and adoration by audiences alike proving her star is certainly on the rise. Sarah began her career as a member of the Children’s Chorus with before graduating from Ballarat Arts Academy. Starring as Donna’s vivacious and loyal friend Rosie is Alicia Gardiner who has extensive career highlights in theatre, television and film and is best known to Australian audiences for her role as nurse Kim Akerholt in the award-winning series Offspring. In another nostalgic twist, Alicia also played alongside Natalie O’Donnell in the original Australian season of MAMMA MIA!

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Jayde Westaby joins the Dynamo trio in the role of much-married friend Tanya. Jayde, originally from the UK, has enjoyed a career on London’s West End appearing in The Rocky Horror Show, Chicago, Sweet Charity, Jersey Boys and Grease amongst others. Most recently in Australia she was part of the world premiere season of Dream Lover – The Bobby Darin Musical. Award winning actor Ian Stenlake stars as Sam Carmichael, one of Sophie’s unsuspecting fathers. Ian has sustained an extensive television career over the years, including starring roles in the ’s for 5 seasons as Lieutenant Commander Mike Flynn, furthermore in Stingers, Murder Call and Dance Academy. He has also continued a vast theatre career appearing in shows such as , , Oklahoma and most recently Around the World in 80 Days. Stage and screen actor Phillip Lowe plays Harry Bright another man from Donna’s past who could be Sophie’s father. Phillip has appeared in many theatre productions including Crazy for You, Cabaret, Mary Poppins, High Society and recently starred in - Musical portraying Seeker . Josef Ber, acclaimed theatre and screen actor plays Bill Austin the third potential father in the light-hearted story. Josef has appeared in many and varied theatre, television and film productions including Ned, Rush and . Sophie’s adoring fiancé Sky is played by Stephen Mahy who’s career spans roles in productions such as Miss Saigon, Jersey Boys, Grease, and the most recent Australian production of The Rocky Horror Show playing Brad. In addition, Monique Sallé plays the role of Ali, Jessica Di Costa as Lisa, Sam Hooper as Pepper and Alex Gibson-Giorgio plays Eddie alongside an incredible supporting cast Stephen Anderson, Jadie Bastow, Dion Bilios, Du Toit Bredenkamp, Chiswell, Matt Edwards, Josh Gates, Catty Hamilton, Matthew Hamilton, Emma Hawthorne, Zoe Komazec, Sarah Kate Landy, Courtney Monsma, Clay Roberts, Leigh Sleightholme, Thalia Smith, Lisa Sontag and Zachary Webster. Set on a Greek island paradise and inspired by the story-telling magic of ABBA’s timeless songs, writer Catherine Johnson’s heart-warming tale centres around a young bride-to-be. On the eve of her wedding, a daughter's quest to discover the identity of her father brings three men from her mother's past back to the island they last visited 20 years ago. Over 60 million people all around the world have fallen in love with the story and the music that makes MAMMA MIA! the ultimate feel-good musical. And now, in what will be a stunning new production, we want you to come join the party of a lifetime. A celebration of love, laughter and friendship, MAMMA MIA! is a fabulous night out for audiences of all ages. The Australian production will be Directed by Helpmann Award winner Gary Young, with the creative team also including Choreographer Tom Hodgson, Musical Supervisor Stephen Amos, Set Design by Linda Bewick, Costume Design by Suzy Strout and Lighting Design by Gavan Swift and Sound design by Michael Waters. A beautiful bride, a proud mother and three possible fathers. It's a trip down the aisle you'll remember forever!

MAMMA MIA! - GLOBAL ACCOLADES ‘A SENSATION! Just sit back and let the joy sweep over you.’ NEW YORK POST ‘THIS HIGH-ENERGY MUSICAL BRINGS HAPPINESS WHEREVER IT GOES!’ TIME MAGAZINE ‘What makes MAMMA MIA! work is the ingenuity with which the songs leap from the story – they come like brilliant bolts out of the blue and the audience roars its approval.’ THE AUSTRALIAN

MEDIA ENQUIRIES - LUCKY STAR MEDIA Vicky Iliopoulos – [email protected] +61 410 551 388 Sonja McGill – [email protected] +61 407 351 651 MAMMA MIA! AUSTRALIAN TOUR MEDIA KIT SEPTEMBER 2017 MAMMA MIA! NATIONAL TOUR DATES TICKETS ON SALE NOW www.mammamiathemusical.com.au CANBERRA Canberra Theatre, Canberra Theatre Centre From November 24th 2017

BRISBANE Lyric Theatre, QPAC From December 26th 2017

SYDNEY Capitol Theatre From February 11th 2018

PERTH Crown Theatre From May 15th 2018

MELBOURNE Princess Theatre From July 10th 2018 WAITLIST NOW ADELAIDE Festival Theatre, Adelaide Festival Centre From October 9th 2018 WAITLIST NOW

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CAST DONNA SHERIDAN – NATALIE O’DONNELL WAAPA alumni, Natalie O’Donnell is delighted to join the MAMMA MIA! Australia cast as ‘Donna’, coming full circle from her original appearance as ‘Sophie’ in the 2001 Australian Tour for Littlestar/Universal/Dainty Consolidated Entertainment. Natalie has appeared in many musical & theatre productions both locally and internationally throughout her career. Some of her highlights include Songs For a New World (‘Co-Lead’) Blue Saint Productions; Next to Normal (‘Diana’) /Doorstep Arts; Murderous Instincts (‘Lauren’) Savoy Theatre, West End; The Sunshine Club (‘Rose’) Sydney Theatre Co; Les Miserables Cameron Mackintosh; The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee (‘Olive’) Melbourne Theatre Co, for which she was nominated ‘Best Female Artist in a Featured Role in Musical Theatre’ at the 2006 ; Jerry’s Girls (Co-Lead, as Herself) and Crazy For You (‘Polly’) for The Production Company. Natalie’s television credits include: The Doctor Blake Mysteries; Mako: Island of Secrets; Mr & Mrs Murder; Rush; Satisfaction; and the made for television movie of ; starring Glenn Close. She has also appeared alongside Nia Vardalos and Richard Dreyfuss in the romantic comedy, My Life in Ruins and in the independent Australian film Taj.

SOPHIE SHERIDAN – SARAH MORRISON Sarah started her career as a member of the Children’s Chorus with Opera Queensland, before gaining her Bachelor of Arts in Music Theatre at the Ballarat Arts Academy. Sarah went on to play ‘Tracy’ in Dust for Queens Theatre/Brisbane’s Powerhouse and toured internationally with a number of children's musicals for Nickelodeon and Pen2Stage before being cast in the breakthrough lead role of ‘Lisa’, in Ladies in Black which enjoyed sellout seasons at both the Queensland and Melbourne Theatre Companies. Sarah has recently finished a return national tour of Ladies in Black. Other theatre credits include the role of Charlie’s delightful sister ‘Sally’ in You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown (Vass Productions/Alex Theatre)’ Dust (Hubcap Productions), Meet the Nicktoons (Pen 2 Stage), Hansel and Gretel and La Bohème (Opera Queensland), and Third World Blues (Company Eleven). In addition to her stage work, Sarah has appeared in television shows such as The Doctor Blake Mysteries and Making Dust for ABC Artscape.

ROSIE – ALICIA GARDINER Alicia Gardiner is an Australian actress who has performed in numerous television, film and theatre productions. Her television credits include Redfern Now, Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries, Jack Irish: Bad Debts, Last Man Standing, Kath & Kim, Dogwoman, , and as the lead role ‘Carmel McCaffery’ in the ABC miniseries Queen, Kat, Carmel & St Jude. She is probably best known to Australian audiences as nurse ‘Kim Akerholt’, after being part of all seasons of the award-winning show Offspring. Alicia’s theatre credits include “Moliere’s” Love Is The Best Doctor, , and the original Australian production of MAMMA MIA! in the role of ‘Ali’. She featured in the web series Four Quarters, and has been involved in many children’s TV series including Fergus McPhail, Noah & Saskia, and Short Cuts. Her feature film credits include Downriver. Most recently Alicia can be seen in the miniseries Wolf Creek, based on the popular movie franchise, and one of the first Australian drama series to be made for streaming service Stan, and will soon appear in Offspring’s latest season to air later in 2017.

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TANYA – JAYDE WESTABY Jayde trained at Bird College of Performing Arts in London where she received a 1st BA Hons Theatre and Performance Degree. Jayde's credits include playing the role of 'Judy Haynes' in White Christmas, 'Magenta' in The Rocky Horror Show (UK Tour), 'Mona' & covering 'Velma Kelly' in Chicago (London West End), 'Mary Delgado' in Jersey Boys (London West End), 'Rosie' in Sweet Charity (Menier Chocolate Factory), 'Anita' on the 50th Anniversary tour of West Side Story, 'Rizzo' in Grease (West End), 'Stephanie Mangano' on the UK and Asian tour of Saturday Night Fever, 'Ali' in Mamma Mia!(International Tour), the original London cast of Thoroughly Modern Millie (London West End) and Disney's Beauty & the Beast (UK Tour). Jayde worked in the Opening & Closing ceremonies of 2012 Olympics in London. Since coming to Australia, she has been seen once again as ‘Magenta’ in the most recent Rocky Horror Show (2015). Jayde was also seen in the same role in the Anniversary Gala performance which went live into UK cinemas and then released on global television. In 2016 Jayde played the role of ‘Melpomene’ in Xanadu at The Hayes Theatre, Sydney and was part of the original cast in the critically acclaimed Dream Lover, directed by Simon Phillips. Early 2017 saw Jayde taking on the role of ‘Lucille Ball’ in Everybody Loves Lucy touring Australia.

SAM CARMICHAEL – IAN STENLAKE Ian Stenlake, a NIDA graduate, is one of the most sought after performers in Australian film, television and theatre. Known for his lead role as ‘Mike Flynn’ in the Nine Network’s Sea Patrol and five seasons of the hit series, Stingers also for Nine. Ian’s Theatre career is extensive, having starred in the national tour of Guys & Dolls as ‘Skye Masterson’, Truth, Beauty & A Picture of You, The Pajama Game, Songs For A New World to name a few. Most recently Ian has performed in the national tour of Georgy Girl, as ‘John Ashby’, and the role of ‘Phileaus Fogg’ in Ellis Productions tour of Around the World in 80 Days. Some of his other Theatre credits include Caress/Ache for Griffin Theatre Company, Daylight Saving for Darlinghurst Theatre Company, The School of the Arts for QTC, and Sleeping Beauty for Malthouse Theatre. Ian’s additional screen credits include Dance Academy, Murder Call and Children’s Hospital. His film credits include Dingles Down Under, Diana & Me, Trapped in Space and The Godfather III directed by Francis Ford Coppola. Ian is a two time Green Room Award Winner for his performances in They’re Playing our Song in 2004, and Oklahoma! in 2006. Ian also received two Green Room nominations for his performances in Sam Mendes’ production of Cabaret and the new Australian musical, Eureka.

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HARRY BRIGHT – PHILLIP LOWE Phillip is one of Australia’s most versatile actors, having a career on stage and screen for the last 25 years. He studied music from an early age and at 19 accepted a place to study musical theatre at the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts. In 1996 he moved to Sydney to join the original Australian cast of the tap musical Crazy For You and went on to appear in Cabaret and the Australian tour of Showboat. In 2000, Phillip joined to play ‘Peter Walsh’ in Wesley Enoch’s The Sunshine Club then returned to commercial theatre to play thirteen roles in the hit production of The Producers. Phillip then represented Sweden and the UK in the Eurovision spoof Eurobeat and joined the Australian tour of Dusty before eventually returning to Sydney to play ‘Morris Brummell’ in No Way To Treat A Lady for Darlinghurst Theatre Company. In 2012 Phillip joined the Australasian tour of Mary Poppins to play ‘Mr Northbrook’ but his greatest career move was in 2013 when he joined the Australian premiere of Dirty Rotten Scoundrels and met his wife Zoe. Phillip then toured with Legends before appearing in several independent productions:- Sondheim on Sondheim, Beyond Desire, Blood Brother’ and High Society. For most of 2016, Phillip played the legendary ‘Keith Potger’ in Georgy Girl - The Seekers Musical and most recently has won critical acclaim as ‘Edward Bloom’ in Big Fish at Hayes Theatre Company. In addition to appearing in numerous TV commercials, Phillip’s television credits include guest roles on McLeod’s Daughter’s, All Saints, , the CBS mini-series Blonde, Crownies, Anzac Girls and the documentary Australia: The Story of Us. On the big screen Phillip’s film credits include Thank God He Met Lizzie, Black and White and The Honorable Wally Norman. Phillip is a proud member of the Media Entertainment and Arts Alliance.

BILL AUSTIN – JOSEF BER Josef Ber is a NIDA graduate; known for his series regular role of ‘Sgt Dominic Wales’ in the critically acclaimed television show, Rush for Network TEN/Southern Star, he also has a stage career which is equally expansive. Josef starred in productions such as Grease for The Gordon Frost Organization, which saw him tour Australia and New Zealand; The Tempest for The Bell Shakespeare Company; Lobby Hero for The ; The Laramie Project and Run Rabbit Run for Company B, Belvoir; My First Time, ; Tiger Country, and Porn Cake for Griffin Theatre Company. Most recently he performed the role of Rabbit in the critically acclaimed Darlinghurst Theatre Company production of Savages, directed by Tim Roseman in 2016. Josef’s television credits include: Janet King, Brock, Redfern Now, ANZAC Girls, Devils Dust, Tricky Business, Wild Boys, Rescue Special Ops, McLeod’s Daughters, East West 101, , Wildside, Water Rats, Murder Call, Home & Away, Young Lions and The Alice. Josef’s film credits include Ned, directed by Abe Forsythe, The Junction Boys and most recently Down Under.

SKY – STEPHEN MAHY Stephen Mahy is a fine young actor who trained at the prestigious Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts (WAAPA). Upon graduation, Stephen was cast in the Australasian tour of Miss Saigon, which toured around the country to great reviews as did his on-screen guest appearance in Southern Star’s Out of the Blue. 2008 saw Stephen take the key role of ‘Laurie Laurence’ in Kookaburra Theatre Company’s production of Little Women, followed by a great role in a new production called Karaoke - The Musical. The demand for Stephen intensified leading to him being cast as one of the Four Season’s crooners, ‘Bob Gaudio’, in Jersey Boys for the Australian sell out Tour. You may also recognise Stephen as finalist on Channel Ten’s I Will Survive TV show or from his guest staring role on Mr and Mrs Murder as ‘Dave Foote’. In 2013 Stephen delighted packed houses in his role as ‘Mr Hugh Hanson’ in SPANK! The 50 Shades Parody. Later in 2013, Stephen was cast in the Gordon Frost Organisation production of Grease the Musical as the one and only, ‘Kenickie’. In 2014 Stephen was cast as ‘Danny’ in the Singapore tour of Grease the Musical and in 2015 Stephen played the role of ‘Brad’ in The Rocky Horror Show by the Gordon Frost Organisation.

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CREATIVE TEAM DIRECTOR – GARY YOUNG Gary wrote and directed the new Australian musical Sideshow Alley. It won the National search for new work by Australian writers and composers, winning the inaugural Pratt Prize for Music Theatre. Gary and composer Paul Keelan also won the prestigious 2007 Helpmann Award for Best Original Score. Gary won the Aussie Theatre Award for Best Direction of a Musical. Recently, he directed the new Australian musical Georgy Girl, the Kelly Story Musical, Ned, and the Jubilee Anniversary production of The Mousetrap. Shows directed include Cry Me A River, City Of Angels, Forty-Second Street, Fully Committed, Guys And Dolls, Menopause The Musical, Crusade, and . For The Production Company he has directed Singing In The Rain, Carousel, Funny Girl, Call Me Madam, Mame and The Boyfriend. This year he will direct Hello Dolly starring . He was Associate Director for Miss Saigon and Les Misérables and for the original Australian production and the 2010 Anniversary production of MAMMA MIA!. Other shows include The Rocky Horror Picture Show, Aspects Of Love, Tales Of Hoffmann, The Student Prince, The Merry Widow and Scrooge starring Keith Michell. His original written work includes Tilly, Jekyll and The Man Inside. Current works with composer Paul Keelan include Ship Of Fools, A Woman's Eyes, Black Widow, the Helpmann nominated Wombat Stew, and Tea With Oscar, nominated for the Green Room Award for Best Original Music and Lyrics, Artemisia, Bim Bom and their latest work, Monster, a Gothic comedy. Gary is also the author and illustrator of the More Than Two Books. Awards include The Arts Council Award for Direction, The Helpmann Award, Helpmann nominations, Green Room nominations, The Mo Award, and The Aussie Theatre Award for Best Direction of a Musical.

CHOREOGRAPHER – TOM HODGSON Tom has had an extensive international performance career with companies including: DV8 Physical Theatre, Scapino Ballet Rotterdam, Lucerne Ballet, Conny Janssen Danst, Dansity Amsterdam, State Ballet Braunschweig, Kiel Ballet, Force Majeure, Sue Healey Company. Creative credits include: Matilda The Musical – Australian Associate Choreographer (RSC/LWAA); Billy Elliot The Musical - Associate Choreographer Japan, Korea, Broadway; Billy Elliot The Musical - Resident Choreographer Australia (Working Title/LWAA); Once - Resident Movement Director (MTC/GFO); Low Level Panic – Choreographer (The Old Fitz); Skin Tight (fortyfivedownstairs); Far Away – Choreographer (fortyfivedownstairs); 42nd Street, Sweet Charity, When Midnight Strikes – Choreographer (Arts Academy, Federation University Australia); 1st Prize - International Competition for Choreographers (Hanover, Germany).

MUSICAL SUPERVISOR - STEPHEN AMOS Stephen graduated from the Melbourne Conservatorium of Music with a Bachelor of Music, majoring in Piano and Composition. He worked as a repetiteur on The Phantom of the Opera, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat and Sondheim’s . He has been Assistant Musical Director for Into the Woods, South Pacific, CATS, The Secret Garden, , Sunset Boulevard, Sweeney Todd, The Music of with and Anthony Warlow, and with Lisa McCune. As Musical Director Stephen’s credits include Grease, West Side Story, Les Misérables, MAMMA MIA!, Kiss Me Kate, with Topol, War Horse, and Billy Elliot the Musical for which he won a Helpmann award. Stephen wrote the arrangements and orchestrations for the world premiere of the Cat Stevens’ musical Moonshadow and Georgy Girl - The Seekers Musical. He won the 2016 Helpmann Award for his work on Matilda The Musical and in 2017 will be Musical Supervisor for Billy Elliot the Musical in Japan and the new Australian production of MAMMA MIA!

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SET DESIGN - LINDA BEWICK Under her maiden name of Collis, Linda established her own theatre company in South Australia, Nimbus Productions in 1973. After a long acting career Linda turned to writing, direction and set design, directing over 20 productions and designing for productions including, Two Plus Company, Don’t Start Without Me, I do I do, Guys and Dolls, Pajama Game, Cabaret, How to Succeed in Business, Without Really Trying, Brigadoon, Godspell, Camelot, Joseph and His Technicolour Dreamcoat, Grease and most recently Mousetrap and A Murder is Announced. Linda then moved into administration and relocated to Sydney to work with Showbiz Bookings, before becoming a founding director of Louise Withers and Associates who have produced and managed many productions over the 15 years including MAMMA MIA! We Will Rock You, Billy Elliot the Musical, Spamalot, Miss Saigon, The Mousetrap, A Murder is Announced, Matilda The Musical and Fawlty Towers. Linda would like to thank, Kerryanne Jensen, Kent Lindstrom and the guys at the Adelaide Festival Workshop for the amazing job they do.

COSTUME DESIGN - SUZY STROUT In a production career spanning 35 years, Suzy Strout has been Design Associate & Supervisor for costumes, wigs, shoes and make-up for the Australian and International productions of major musicals including: Song and Dance, Oliver!, CATS, Guys and Dolls, Les Misérables, Joseph And The Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat, The Phantom Of The Opera, Miss Saigon, Sunset Boulevard, Rent, MAMMA MIA!, The Lion King, Billy Elliot The Musical, Mary Poppins, War Horse, the new Les Misérables and Matilda The Musical. Internationally, Suzy has also been Costume Design Associate for Les Misérables in Buenos Aires, Sao Paulo and Mexico City, The Phantom Of The Opera in Korea and South Africa, Miss Saigon in Manila and Seoul, The Lion King in South Africa, and Billy Elliot the Musical in Korea. Suzy designed costumes for dance & stage productions in Adelaide, and the successful 60th Anniversary production of Agatha Christie’s The Mousetrap and Agatha Christie’s A Murder Is Announced. MAMMA MIA! is a joyous chance to play with real and fanciful designs in a Greek island setting.

LIGHTING DESIGN - GAVAN SWIFT Gavan graduated from the National Institute of Dramatic Art in 1994. He has been in constant demand as a lighting designer for plays, musicals, dance and corporate events. His musical lighting designs include Heathers the Musical, Mack & Mabel, Liza’s Back! (Is Broken), , , Hot Shoe Shuffle, Little Shop of Horrors, Sweet Charity, Fiddler on the Roof, Jolson, Buddy, Oh What A Night, Footloose, Hair, Xanadu and Saturday Night Fever both in Australia and on London’s West End. Gavan was the lighting designer for Moby Dick for the San Francisco Opera, Washington National Opera, LA Opera and Dallas Opera. He has also designed the lighting for the Production Company’s concert versions of Anything Goes, Sugar (Some Like It Hot), The Music Man, Hair, Mack & Mabel and their inaugural production of Mame. For the Company of South Australia he has designed The Ham Funeral, Three Sisters (co-set designer), Entertaining Mr. Sloane, King Lear and Hamlet. For Bell Shakespeare Gavan has designed the lighting for The Winter’s Tale, Pericles and A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Gavan has also designed lighting for productions at the Sydney Theatre Company, the Melbourne Theatre Company, The Ensemble Theatre, Australian Theatre for Young People, Marian St, and the Q Theatre. Gavan was the Associate Lighting Designer for the Australian productions of The Book of Mormon, Aladdin, Cabaret, The Full Monty, Chicago, High School Musical, A Chorus Line, South Pacific, Wicked and The Lion King, as well as the London production of A Chorus Line and the Mexican production of Wicked.

SOUND DESIGN – MICHAEL WATERS With over 30 years experience in theatre, opera, corporate events, spectaculars and global concert touring, Michael is a multi-award winning sound designer from Sydney. His original sound designs include: My Fair Lady; Dream Lover; Singin’ In The Rain; The Rabbits; Fiddler On The Roof; Anything Goes; Priscilla - Queen of the Desert (worldwide); (Australia and China/Asia); Hot Shoe Shuffle; Dirty Dancing – The Classic Story On Stage; An Officer and a Gentleman; (Australia / Korea); Dead Man Walking; Orpheus in The Underworld; Dusty – The Original Pop Diva; ATOMIC – The Musical (Sydney / New York); Grease – The

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Arena Spectacular; David Campbell’s Wild With Style; Saturday Night Fever, and the upcoming Mamma Mia! and Muriel’s Wedding. As sound designer and mix engineer: Hugh Jackman’s Broadway To Oz; Anthony Warlow with Faith Prince; Placido Domingo; The Boy From Oz (2015 with Hugh Jackman, and in 1999 with Todd McKenney); The Magic of the Music with Anthony Warlow and Lesley Garrett. As associate sound designer: Disney’s Aladdin and The Lion King. Prior to life in darkened theatres Michael toured both bland and exotic parts of the world with artists such as Phil Collins; Keith Richards & the X-Pensive Winos; Genesis; Pink Floyd; Mick Jagger, and Paul McCartney.

PRODUCERS MICHAEL COPPEL Michael Coppel has been one of the most prominent and active concert promoters in Australia and New Zealand for more than 35 years. Each year his companies have presented several hundred performances throughout both countries, in indoor and outdoor venues, headlining a variety of artists from all genres of contemporary music. Amongst the major concert events presented are Adele Live 2017, U2, P!nk, Fleetwood Mac, Metallica, Beyonce, RHCP, Rihanna, Katy Perry, Taylor Swift and Roger Waters. Michael is the Chairman of Live Nation Australasia, the largest Australian concert promoter. He was a Producer of the Australian touring productions of We Will Rock You, Miss Saigon, Spamalot, Waiting for Godot, The Graduate, Agatha Christie’s The Mousetrap, Agatha Christie’s A Murder is Announced and Fawlty Towers, and of the London West End and New York seasons of Ghost - the Musical and the Broadway season of The Country Girl. Michael is currently a Producer of the Broadway production Groundhog Day as well as of MAMMA MIA!, and has had a major involvement in the hugely successful Australian and New Zealand production of Matilda The Musical.

LOUISE WITHERS Since the establishment of Louise Withers & Associates in 2002, Louise has been a Producer/Executive Producer on the Australian productions of MAMMA MIA! (Original Australian Tour), We Will Rock You, Miss Saigon (10th Anniversary Tour), Spamalot, Billy Elliot the Musical, MAMMA MIA! (10th Anniversary Tour), Agatha Christie’s The Mousetrap, Agatha Christie’s A Murder Is Announced and was a co-producer of the World Premiere Tour of Fawlty Towers Live. Seasons for these tours have involved touring in/to Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, Hong Kong and Japan. She was also an Associate Producer of Ghost the Musical in London and New York, Louise has provided producing/consultancy services including to Billy Elliot The Musical (Korea), Disney’s The Lion King (Singapore), We Will Rock You (Japan) and Ghost the Musical (Korea). Prior to 2002, Louise held various Directorships including Koan (Entertainment Advertising and Marketing Agency); the Adelaide Festival Centre Trust (Director of Programming, Sponsorship & Marketing), was the General Manager of Dainty Consolidated Entertainment Theatrical Division and worked festivals and other productions including CATS, The Phantom of the Opera, Miss Saigon and Les Misérables. Currently, in addition to MAMMA MIA!, Louise is the Australian Producer of the current Australasian tour of Matilda The Musical and the International Executive Producer for the first Japanese language production of Billy Elliot the Musical and the second Korean language production of Billy both in 2017. Louise serves on the Executive Council of Live Performance Australia.

LINDA BEWICK In a career spanning over 60 years, Linda has acted, directed, designed and produced over 60 shows and written 8 revues. She owned two theatre companies in South Australia and was the Administrator of the New Cottage Theatre. Linda joined Showbiz Bookings in Sydney in 1994 as Corporate Development Manager for the original Australian production of Miss Saigon. Linda became the General Manager of Showbiz developing corporate marketing strategies for The Phantom of the Opera, Les Miserables, Crazy for You, Rent and The Boy From Oz. Since 2002 Linda has been a founding Director of Louise Withers and Associates and Co-Producer of Miss Saigon, MAMMA MIA! 10TH Anniversary Tour, The Mousetrap, A Murder is Announced and the current production of MAMMA MIA! Linda was Associate Producer of Ghost the Musical UK and USA productions.

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