John Wood is a consummate actor of stage, screen and television. He's been an integral part of our Australian industry for over forty years performing a multitude of characters along the way. His role of "Tom Croydon" in Blue Heelers ran for twelve years and culminated in John finally being awarded the Gold Logie in 2006 – after ten years of previous nominations for this prestigious award.
Previous long running television roles include the characters of "Michael Rafferty" in Rafferty's Rules and "Sugar Renfrey" in Power Without Glory both for ABC TV. More recent guest television roles saw him portraying the part of "Alan Bond" in TV1's programme Killing Time and a guest role in the Network Ten series Offspring. He's hosted his own television show Wine Me, Dine Me and appeared as a guest on a wide variety of shows – he's even Danced With The Stars!
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He recently featured in the role of "Ron" in David Williamson's play Let The Sunshine with seasons in Brisbane for the Queensland Theatre Company and in Melbourne with Melbourne Theatre Company. 2009 saw John touring around Australia for Hit Productions in the one-man show Stretch Of The Imagination as "Monk O'Neill". He's performed as "Jock Riley" in The Club several times – initially in 1998 for the M.T.C., in 2003 with the Sydney Theatre Company and most recently in 2008. That year he also performed the role of "Alfred P. Doolittle" in the Brisbane and Sydney seasons of My Fair Lady for Opera Australia.
Peter has spent thirty years working as an actor and singer. He has a degree in Dramatic Art from the National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA). In 2006 he founded Kookaburra, The National Musical Theatre Company and produced seven musicals – Pippin, Company, Tell Me on a Sunday, I Love You You're Perfect Now Change, Songs for a New World and Little Women, two major concerts and fourteen cabaret events.
As an actor his credits include: The Sydney Theatre Company productions of Macbeth, Measure for Measure, Nicholas Nickleby, Chicago, Chinchilla and Convict's Opera; For John Bell as Griffin in The Falls; For Philip Street Theatre in Whose Life is it anyway? ; For the Queensland Theatre Company in Camille, Breaker Morant, You Never Can Tell and The Sentimental Bloke; For Marian Street in Fanny and London Assurance; for Melbourne Theatre Company in Company and for Sydney Dance Company in Tivoli.
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Peter is best known for his musical theatre performances including- Tony in West Side Story; Eddie in Blood Brothers with Russel Crowe; Mordred in Camelot with Richard Harris; Chris in Miss Saigon; Nanki Poo in The Mikado; Motel in Fiddler on the Roof; Bill in The Sentimental Bloke; Raoul in the Australian Production of The Phantom Of The Opera; The Phantom in London's West End production of The Phantom of the Opera; Alex in Aspects of Love, Marius in Les Miserables; Ravenal in Hal Prince's Show Boat; The Celebrant in Bernstein's Mass; Anthony and Tobias in Sweeney Todd; Bobby in Company; Makin in The Hatpin; and Lockit in The Convicts Opera.
He has recorded five solo albums: Corner Of The Sky, From A Distance, A Life on Earth and A Musical Christmas. He has also recorded a children's album, Are We Nearly There Yet? Peter sings the role of Chris on the International Symphonic Recording of Miss Saigon.
Melissa's versatility as an entertainer is highlighted by her unique performances in cabaret, music theatre and on the concert platform. Her theatre credits include: Jesus Christ Superstar, The Pirates Of Penzance, The Mikado, Les Miserables, Marry Me A Little, Sideshow Alley, Brigadoon, Eurobeat and We Will Rock You.
For The Production Company, she has played Nettie Fowler in Carousel, Maggie Jones in 42nd Street, Stella Deems in Follies, Gloria Thorpe in Damn Yankees, Patricia Fodor in Crazy for You and Sweet Sue in Sugar.
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Melissa has been performing cabaret since 2001 when she won The Sydney Cabaret Convention. She has performed her shows throughout Australia and in New Zealand, New York, Dublin and Berlin and has won two prestigious Green Room Awards for Best Cabaret Artist and Best Cabaret Ensemble in 2002 (with Mark Jones). She is also a member of the popular girl group The Fabulous Singlettes performing regularly throughout Australia, Asia and Europe. Melissa most recently appeared in The Threepenny Opera. Melissa has recorded her debut album When the Rain Falls Up.
Lucy has fast become one of Australia's rising young leading ladies with a list of major roles to her credit including Peggy Sawyer in 42nd Street, Miss Dorothy in the Australian Premiere of Thoroughly Modern Millie, Lois Lane/Bianca in Kiss Me Kate, Cinderella in Into The Woods, Rikki Rose in Respect and Laurey in Oklahoma!.
Lucy's screen credits include the lead role of Cassie Bennett on Channel 7's Headland, All Saints, Rush II, Spicks and Specks, Ready Steady Cook, Pyramid, Parlami D'Amore, the Australian feature films Finding Nigel and Goddess (due for release either late 2011 or 2012) as well as the worldwide broadcast of the BBC2 Voice of Musical Theatre Competition in Cardiff in which she was a finalist.
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Lucy has a firm commitment to workshopping and performing new Australian work, having created roles for Mel Morrow and David Mitchell's The Palace Whore, Nick Enright and David King's The Good Fight, John Shand's Rainbow's End (including the subsequent SBS recording), Guy Noble's Karaoke The Musical and both Matthew Robinson's Happy People and his Pratt Prize-winning musical Metro Street.
Lucy is currently playing Glinda in Wicked the musical at the Burswood Theatre, Perth.