Bekki Adams

2010

1st Year Bachelor Music Theatre BAPA

2009
The Mikado, Adelaide season – female swing/ensemble (Essgee Productions)

Sweeney Todd – Johanna (Centrestage Productions ; C0- Writer of “Red, The Musical” – Underground Production.

2008
The Mikado – female swing/ensemble (Essgee Productions)
Songs for a New World – Understudy Woman One, dance captain (Starlight Theatre Co-op)
Scissors, Paper, Rock – several cameo roles (Underground Productions)
Storm the Stage – national finalist (Rotary/Burswood)

2007
Witches of Eastwick – cameo, dancer (Turkish Delight Theatre Box)
Bugfarce – sketch comedy (Underground Productions)
Bugsports – Theatre Sports (Underground Productions)
Under Milkwood – Voice One (Fame Theatre Company)

 Ben Adams

2nd year Bachelor of Arts, Music Theatre, WAAPA

Diploma Commercial Dance and Musical Theatre.

Australia Zoo performer

Ensemble Essgee Production of The Mikado, Brisbane 2008 and Adelaide 2009.

Songs for a New World, Starlight Productions. Rent, Starlight Productions.

 George Blackley

 2nd Year Conservatorium – B. Music Technology

 Francine Cain

Graduate  B Arts, Music Theatre at The Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts

Advanced Diploma of Music Theatre at The Australian Dance Performance Institute, (ADPI); CDPA, AMEB

 Leon Cain

Leon Cain recently returned from Spain where he studied clowning at Escola de Clown de Barcelona, after being awarded the Lord Mayors Fellowship Grant. He has performed for La Boite in The Wishing Well (Matrix Theatre Company/ La Boite Theatre Company), and Summer Wonderland (La Boite Theatre Company).  His other theatre credits include: for Queensland Theatre Company, That Face, School of Arts, Oedipus the King, The Winter’s Tale and Away, for which he won a Sydney Theatre Award. Others are: The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee (Oscar Theatre Company), Thieves like us (Merrigong Theatre Company). Only Ten Minutes to Buffalo (National Institute of Dramatic Art), Macbeth (Bell Shakespeare Company), Omon Ra (Restaged Histories Project), The Boy and the Goat (Metro Arts) and He Died with a Felafel in his Hand (Someone Productions). Leon completed a Bachelor of Theatre Arts in Acting at University of Southern Queensland and has appeared in the H2O television series, as well as in various commercials and corporate films and voice over’s. Leon was a Queensland Theatre Company Emerging Artist in 2006.

 Emmaline Carroll

TRAINING:

• 2003-2005 Victorian College of the Arts (BA Dramatic Art)
• 2001-2002 University of Southern Queensland (BA Theatre Arts)
  

THEATRE: Starred as Madame Bovary in Madame Bovary,  a Stork Theatre Production; Five Kinds of Silence - OpticNerve/ 45 Downstairs; Antidote - Melbourne Fringe; Woyzeck - Director’s Season; Missing Link (re-mount) - Arena Theatre Company; Off The Canvas; Complete Works Theatre Company; Missing Link - Arena Theatre Company; Five Kinds of Silence – VCA; The Three Sisters – VCA; A Midsummer Nights Dream –VCA; Translations – VCA; Vinegar Tom - VCA
                           
TELEVISION: City Homicide - Channel 7; The Wayne Manifesto - ABC

FILM: Lu Lu at the Cinematheque (short); Little Life (Short)

VOICE OVER WORK

 Brian Emerson

Brian was the musical director of Fame from 1999 to 2003. Brian has many performing credits to his name both with Fame and for corporate band LUSH from 2000 to 2009, performing for many large events and organisations throughout Australia. In 2007, 2008 and 2009 Brian was the vocal coach and choreographer on The Veronicas Australian tours.

Currently touring with The Wiggles

Bachelor of Art (Music Theatre) WAAPA

Certificate IV in Musical Theatre Performance and Commercial Dance
– DLDC. Brisbane 2004.

 Leia Hembury

Cruise Ship Entertainment
Bachelor in Applied Theatre. Griffith University
Advanced Diploma of Performing Arts, Southbank Institute of TAFE
Current Director of Training at Fame Theatre Company

Bachelor of Fine Arts (Technical Production) QUT,
Lighting Operator/Designer on Short & Sweet Sydney 2007 Festival,
Stage Manager for Merchant of Venice, B Sharp, Belvoir St Theatre
Lighting Technician with Opera Australia at the Opera House, Sydney.

 Megan Hind 

Currently modelling internationally.
Based in Paris with IMGmodels,
Represented in Paris, Milan, London (IMG),
Germany (Modelwerk), Tokyo (Satoru),
Sydney (Chadwick) and Brisbane (Tamblyn).

 Loren Hunter

2nd year Bachelor of Arts, Music Theatre, WAAPA

 David Irvine

1 year full time training, Fame Theatre. 1st Year Bachelor Music Theatre, BAPA
Performance credits: Fame, The Musical – Mesh Productions; Les Miserables – Ignatians

www.CourtneyAct.com

 Hannah Macklin

Performer – Woodford 2010. Released EP Paper Cranes 2010. National tour – Paper Cranes. Support act for Katie Noonan.

Graduate B Music, Jazz Voice at Griffith Conservatorium.
Hannah performs regularly around Brisbane with various duos, trios, small bands and big bands, as well as writing and performing original music for 'The Hannah Macklin Band', who released their debut EP in May 2008. 

 Katie McKee

B. Arts (Music Theatre), WAAPA.

Originally hailing from Brisbane, Katie graduated from the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts (WAAPA) with a Bachelor of Arts (Music Theatre) in 2008. Her highlights included Mrs Lovett in Sweeney Todd; The Young Wife in Hello Again; West Side Story; Blood Brothers and Oklahoma! with Jill Perryman. She also created the role of the Witch in the WAAPA Screen Academy and City of Perth short film The Mystery Bride.



Since graduating Katie toured New Zealand with Opera Australia’s My Fair Lady, has taken on lead roles in a few short films and recently travelled to the USA attending classes and seeing the shows. She has just completed the rigorous National Actor’s Intensive course with TAFTA and performed as backing vocalist in Sydney’s Carols in the Domain. She was also a finalist in the 7th Annual Cabaret Showcase.

www.katiemckee.com

 Jason Miller

Bachelor Music Theatre QCU – Mackay Conservatorium
Macbeth, The Rock Opera, and Universal Studios, Singapore – animated Street Star, Frankenstein

Currently appearing as 'Galileo' in the West End production of We Will Rock You

Performer: Australian Productions: Shout! - Fame The Musical;
Rent; Les Miserables

 Peter Nielson

B.Ed Secondary
B.A. Technical Production Management
 
After spending over 18 yeas as a Student and then Tutor at Fame, Peter began to working professionally in the entertainment industry.
 
Initially working as a Sound, Lighting and Multimedia Designer, Peter has designed works for QTC, OQ, QPAT, Sydney Dance Company, Leigh Warren and Dancers, Ballet Frankfurt and Bell Shakespeare Company to name a few. His award winning work has played stages both at home and abroad.
 
Today, Peter works as a Production Manager and Technical Director focussing on large scale projects such as the Athens Olympics, Melbourne Commonwealth Games and Doha Asian Games ceremonies (Opening and Closing) and is currently engaged on the European tour of Walking with Dinosaurs (www.dinosaurlive.com) ranked by Pollstar Magazine (USA) as the worlds 4th largest selling show for 2009 (Behind U2, ACDC and Bruce Springsteen).
 
Peter looks forward to the next challenge and loves that he has no Idea what it might be... He is ever grateful to Ken Kennet and the team at Fame, all those years ago who have made it all possible today. 

Belle O'Brien

Host, Presenter, Event planner, Program co-ordinator.

2008-2010 – Presenter, RCTV – Morning Show

2008 – 2010 Activities Manager/Assistant Cruise Director - ROYAL CARIBBEAN INTERNATIONAL

2007 – International cruise director’s staff - ROYAL CARIBBEAN INTERNATIONAL

2005-2006 – Entertainment Host - DISNEY CRUISE LINE

2000-2009 – Entertainer/character worker - DREAMWORLD

1996 – 2005 – Choreographer/co ordinator - FAME TALENT AGENCY

2002 – Dance instructor - KINDA DANCE

2001 – 2004 – Entertainer/choreographer - KEN KENNETT PRODUCTIONS

'The Veronicas'

With the release of their new album HOOK ME UP, 23-year-old twin sisters Lisa and Jessica Origliasso known as THE VERONICAS, exploded onto the airwaves in their native Australia garnering two Top 5 singles – including their first #1 hit with the title track – and rocketing their sophomore effort to multiplatinum levels. Thanks to an amazing collection of original songs, a hot new electro-rock sound, killer hooks and incredible vocals, their second album remains in the Top 5 on the album charts five months after its initial release last fall 

Over the last couple of years the girls have reached super stardom status, recording two amazing records - "Hook Me Up" and "Secret Life of" and toured the world.  On top of this they have managed to create their own clothing line...

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EDUCATION & QUALIFICATIONS:

• 

Graduate Diploma of Learning and Teaching (Secondary) -currently studying.

• Bachelor of Performing Arts majoring in Dance, Drama and Music.

• Hillbrook Anglican School (Grades 8 - 12).

• McDowall State Primary School (Grades 1-7).



SPECIAL ACHIEVEMENTS:



• 2009 Role of Coral in Bachelor of Performing Arts production of Bumpy Angels

• 2009 Lead vocals in Bachelor of Performing Arts production of Snapshots from home

• 2009 Role of Anne in Bachelor of Performing Arts production of Memories of Lizzie

• 2009 Role of The Twitting in Bachelor of Performing Arts production of The Caged Birds

• 2008 Cast of Bachelor of Performing Arts production of Sweet Charity
• 
2007 Role of Liz and Dance Captain in Bachelor of Performing Arts production of Chicago

 Kaitlyn Rogers

 Karissa Robertson

B. Film, Griffith University.

'Carmen' in Mesh Production of Fame, the Musical 2009.

Choreographer, Red, The Musical, Underground Production 2009.

Currently rehearsing for Spamalot.

 Elissa Seed

Elissa began studies at the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts in 2007 to pursue a career in Performing Arts Management and is currently involved in the industry through work at Country Arts WA. She has been dancing since the age of 5, training at the Fame Talent Agency before completing an Advanced Diploma of Performing Arts, majoring in Musical Theatre, at the Australian Dance Performance Institute. She has had the privilege of performing at the Queensland Performing Arts Centre, Sydney Opera House, Disneyland and Universal Studios America, Hong Kong and Nanning in China as well as appearing in many musical theatre productions and eisteddfods. She was also fortunate to teach at Fame since the age of 14. 

Elissa is currently employed by Queensland Theatre Company.

Currently appearing in La Cage Aux Folles – West End
Shout swing performer (Melbourne and Sydney) 2008
We Will Rock You (West End, London) 2005–2007
Performer: Bye Bye Birdie (Jacobsen Prooduction, Melbourne); Grease The Arena Spectacular (Australian Tour 2005)
Children's Festivals - Dubai and Singapore
Certificate iv Performing Arts, – Brent St. Sydney Singer Actor Dancer – Open Programme – NIDA. Sydney

Bachelor Music Theatre QCU – Mackay Conservatorium

Add Appeared in A Chorus Line, 2009, Brisbane

 Scott Walker
(Ethan Walker)

Film credits: Get Him to the Greek (Universal Studios), High School Musical 3, L'Art De Vivre (Feature Film), Vivre Films, Paris, France

Dancing with the Stars, USA, CBS Studios ABC TV, USA

Performer – Lord Of The Dance, Unicorn Entertainments, UK

Celtic Tiger, Celtic Tiger Inc, USA

Entertainer, Pacific Sun Cruise Ship, Princess Cruises, Australia