CREATIVE TEAM

  • DIRECTOR

    Luke is a graduate of The University of Western Sydney and The Actors College of Theatre and Television.

    In 2009 he won the Helpmann and Greenroom Awards for Best Supporting Actor in a Musical for his portrayal of Nicky/Trekky in Avenue Q. 

    Directorial credits include Annie (Riverside), Educating Rita ,Thank You For Being a Friend, Songs for a New World, In the Heights (Helpmann Award and Sydney Theatre Award nominations), Peter Pan Goes Wrong (Lunchbox), Shrek (Crossroads), Les Misérables (Riverside), Revival Director – Otello (Opera Australia), Cinderella The Musical (Crossroads and OA). Luke is also show director for Jimmy Rees’s Not that Kinda Viral Tour. Most recently, Luke directed Grease the Musical (Crossroads) and The Grandparents Club. Both shows are currently touring nationally. 

  • CHOREOGRAPHER

    Amy Campbell is one of Australia’s most accomplished creative talents with a career spanning all areas of the entertainment industry. 

    Amy made her directorial debut with A Chorus Line (Darlinghurst Theatre Co). Other directorial credits: The Wizard of Oz (Prospero Arts) and Smashed the Nightcap (Sydney Festival). She created, choreographed and directed the original show LEAP.

    Amy’s choreographic credits include Once and An Act Of God (Darlinghurst Theatre Co), In The Heights (Blue Saint Productions Hayes Theatre), Violet (Broadway World Australia Award), HAIR (Sydney Opera House and Peace Productions), Spring Awakening(ATYP), Side Show (The Hayes Theatre), Guilty Pleasures (Blue Saint Productions),Oklahoma (The Production Company), Velvet Rewired (Peter Rix Management), Velvet Hamburg (Collien Konzert & Theatre GmbH), Funny Girl, Porgy and Bess and Candide for The Sydney Symphony Orchestra.

  • MUSIC DIRECTOR

    Zara (she/her) is a Sydney-based Music Director, Composer, Arranger and Performer. Most recently, Zara was Music Director for the Australian Premiere of Dear Evan Hansen, and Music Supervisor/ Arranger/ Orchestrator for the UK Premiere of the Australian musical FANGIRLS. Other credits as Music Director include BLOOM(Melbourne Theatre Company), Bonnie & Clyde (JRP) and The Boomkak Panto (Belvoir).

    Zara’s previous work on FANGIRLS in Australia has yielded an ARIA award nomination for Best Musical Theatre Album, and a Green Room Award nomination for Best Music Direction.

    Zara is the Composer, Orchestrator and Music Director for Metropolis, which premiered at the Hayes Theatre in 2023. For Metropolis, Zara received the Sydney Theatre Awards for Best Composition for an Independent Production and Best Music Direction. 

    Zara is incredibly passionate about promoting representation in musical theatre, particularly for artists of Asian heritage and for female and non-binary musicians and creatives.

  • ASSOCIATE CHOREGRAPHER

    Sela Vai is an award-winning Tongan-Australian creative director and choreographer, celebrated worldwide for her distinctive choreography and empowering presence. She is currently the Creative Director of the TONES AND I AUS/NZ Headlining Tour.

    With an impressive portfolio of clients and credits, including Pepsi, Apple, Tones and I, Samsung, Hydralyte, The Iconic, MECCA, CADA, Paspaley, Suncorp, the A-League, Thelma Plum, Ngaiire, No Mono, Milan Ring, BloodMoon, and more, Sela Vai has left an indelible mark in the industry. 

    Sela is an award-winning director, having won an ARIA for Tones and I’s music video "Dance With Me”; “Choreographer of the Year” at the Pacific Gala; and two FBI Smac Award’s for “Best On Stage” for her directorial debut with RECLAIM and “Best Arts Program” for her work co-choreographing Club Chrome’s debut show. 

    In 2022, her choreography, casting and performance was again recognised for “Best Video” by the FBI Radio Smac Awards for the music video Closer by Ngaiire.

    Sela's works have graced some of the most prestigious platforms, including the Art Gallery of NSW, the Museum of Contemporary Art in Sydney, the 22nd Biennale of Sydney, and was commissioned for a dance film by the Powerhouse Museum featured on NOWNESS.

    Sela recently presented at TEDx Sydney, demonstrating her expertise and leadership in the creative industry. As the founder of HUMXN, her passion for creativity and innovation continues to inspire and empower others.

    Amongst her renowned clientele, Sela’s passion for diversifying the commercial spotlight is championed through her a role as Associate Artist for Black Birds Theatre company, and feature in the JD Sports Campaign for International Women’s Day.

  • MUSIC SUPERVISOR

    Victoria is a Filipinx-Australian multi-disciplinary artist working across musicals, theatre and cabaret.  

    Recent work includes RIDE THE CYCLONE (Hayes Theatre Co), SMASHED: THE NIGHTCAP (Sydney Festival), THE SIGHT (Dark Mofo 2023), THE VALI MYERS PROJECT (Adelaide Cabaret Festival), GENTLEMEN PREFER BLONDES (Sydney WorldPride), OKLAHOMA! (Black Swan State Theatre), ONCE (Darlinghurst Theatre Company) and COURTNEY ACT (London/Sydney). 

    She has received two Green Room nominations for music direction, and won Best Cabaret at Adelaide Fringe (2018 & 2011).

    Victoria is co-Artistic Director of Hayes Theatre Co alongside Richard Carroll, and is a founding member of advocacy organisation The People Of Cabaret.

  • RESIDENT DIRECTOR / COMPANY MANAGER

    Will Centurion is a mental health counsellor and diversity consultant.

    With 20 years experience as a performer in the theatre industry, Will has chosen to focus his career on supporting the needs of emerging and established artists. His services have included wellbeing consultancy on productions such as Come From Away, Hairspray, Moulin Rouge, Miss Saigon, West Side Story and Sunset Boulevard. He has also been engaged as Cultural consultant on West Side Story and In The Heights.

    Will is proud to be involved with In The Heights, a show he has previously performed in and one that links closely to his Hispanic heritage.

  • LIGHTING DESIGNER

    Jasmine is an accomplished theatrical lighting designer and programmer, working with both the professional and independent theatre community.

    Lighting Designer: Ratburger - CDP; SK Entertainment - Menopause The Musical Tour 2023; ATYP - Mrock; Concertworks - Jekyll & Hyde 25th Anniversary Concerts; Belvoir St Theatre - The Boomkak Panto; Hayes Theatre Co. - Well Behaved Women, Catch Me If You Can; Darlinghurst Theatre Co. - Small Mouth Sounds; Kings of the Keys Tour; NAISDA - ATI; NTofP - Fade, Zombie Thoughts; Merrigong Theatre Co. - A Midsummer Nights Dream, Lost Boys, Letters to Lindy National Tour, Something That happened

    Associate LD: Rent - LPD; STC & Black Swan State Theatre Co. - City of Gold; Belvoir St Theatre - Into The Woods

  • COSTUME DESIGNER

    Keerthi is a Sydney based set and costume designer for live performance and film. Keerthi has designed set and costumes for Belvoir’s Nayika A Dancing Girl and Lose to Win, Darlinghurst Theatre Company’s Seven Methods of Killing Kylie Jenner, Murder for Two at Hayes Theatre Chewing Gum Dreams at the Old Fitz,Chop Chef at Riverside Theatres, and designed the costumes on Belvoir’s At What Cost and Never Closer.

    Keerthi has been an associate designer on a wide range of theatre shows including Sydney Theatre Company’s Grand Horizons, Belvoir’s Jungle and the Sea, Wayside Bride, Light Shining in Buckinghamshire, Boomkak Panto, Cursed!, and Hayes Theatre Co’s Young Frankenstein.
    Keerthi is one of Belvoir’s Artistic Associates and has also worked as their props supervisor since 2023.

  • PRODUCTION MANAGER

    Alex Duffy is a seasoned entertainment management professional with over 15 years of experience in production development and creation, touring, process implementation, and show-running best practices across Australia and international markets. Alex holds a Bachelor of Dramatic Art (Technical Production) from the National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA), graduating in 2011.

    From 2010, Alex worked as a Stage Manager on Wicked, Hot Shoe Shuffle, and Dirty Rotten Scoundrels throughout Australia, Singapore, and Korea. In 2014, Alex joined Michael Cassel Group, stage managing the international tour of Les Misérables and the Australian productions of Kinky Boots and Beautiful: The Carole King Musical, while also serving as Production Manager for special projects, including Hon. Julia Gillard AC’s Not Now, Not Ever, the Helpmann Awards, and Darren Criss’s Australian tour. In November 2024, Alex was the Production Stage Manager for the first A (Very) Musical Christmas with Michael Cassel Group.

    Since 2018, Alex has been the Production Stage Manager for both the Two Part and One Part iterations of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child in Melbourne, Tokyo, and Hamburg, following time with the productions in London and New York.

    After a two-year sabbatical as Executive Project Manager and General Manager for two manufacturing and product-based businesses in Melbourne, Alex returned to the University of Melbourne, initially joining as a Project Coordinator to develop programming and planning processes. Alex then moved into a Producer role and has since been promoted to Senior Producer.

    Currently, Alex is the Line Producer at House of Dancing Water in Macau and collaborates closely with Anna Robb and the Our Legacy Creations (OLC) team to oversee production operations and planning.

  • CASTING DIRECOR

    Rhys Velasquez (they/them/she) is an artist, advocate and award-winning casting director, known for their passion and expertise in creating a more inclusive and equitable performing arts industry. Rhys began their professional journey studying musical theatre at the Arts Academy in Ballarat, graduating in 2013.

    Starting their career as a performer and choreographer, Rhys has worked around the globe, performing in major commercial productions through to independent theatre, cabaret and live music. Career highlights include Swing/Dance Captain in Shrek the Musical (GFO), Agwe in Once on This Island (Altitude Theatre); Swing/Dance Captain & Associate Choreographer for Paw Patrol Live (Nickelodeon/Life Like Touring) as well as credits with The Production Company, StageArt and many more.

    Their enthusiasm for casting began at a young age when they spent countless hours scrapbooking images of their favourite musicals and television shows and casting their friends in roles that best suited their talents. It was during their studies they discovered casting was a real profession. They knew then that casting was where they would eventually end up.

    Rhys founded Evolution Casting in 2021 to become a positive force of change in the performing arts industry and beyond. Since its launch, Evolution Casting has fast become a celebrated industry-shaker, known for creating exciting and contemporary casting designs.  In 2023, Rhys won the CGA Award for Best Casting in a Theatre Production for their work on Choir Boy (NTofP). Rhys’ other casting credits include work with Belvoir, Hayes Theatre Co, Griffin Theatre Company, Darlinghurst Theatre Company, Antipodes Theatre Company, Joshua Robson Productions and many more.

    Rhys is also the Casting Manager for Malthouse Theatre and is a proud member of the Casting Guild of Australia (CGA). They are a founding board member of Stage A Change and passionate about mentoring and fostering the next generation of performers and creatives. 

    Rhys is passionate about creating an industry that is a source of pride for all and hopes to one day expand their expertise into education, programming and artistic direction.