Cast

Tim Draxl is an actor and singer with a career spanning more than two decades.

Most recently he was seen in the SBS anthology television series Erotic Stories, for which he has received an AACTA Nomination for Best Supporting Actor in a Drama series, and the lead role in ABC’s four-part musical drama In Our Blood, for which he has received both an AACTA Nomination for Best Lead Actor in a Drama Series and TV WEEK Logie Award Nomination for Most Outstanding Actor in a Drama Series.

On stage, Tim was most recently seen in The Glass Menagerie at Melbourne Theatre Company,  The Normal Heart at Sydney Theatre Company and Belvoir’s Into The Woods as ‘Cinderella’s Prince/ Wolf’. Tim also performed the role of ‘Steve Healy’ for the first overseas tour of Alanis Morissette’s Jagged Little Pill produced by GWB. Other theatre credits include critically acclaimed Only Heaven Knows, Catch Me If You Can and Evie May (all for Hayes Theatre), Torch Song Trilogy(Darlinghurst Theatre Company), Lip Service, Mothers and Sons (Ensemble Theatre), Freeway – The Chet Baker Journey(Sydney Opera House, Melbourne Festival, Brisbane Festival), Nailed (Griffin Theatre Company), A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Belvoir), The Sound Of Music (GFO) and She Loves Me (The Production Company).

Other television credits include anthology series Summer Love and critically acclaimed The Newsreader both for the ABC, hit series A Place to Call Home as series regular Henry Fox (FOXTEL), the Molly Meldrum telemovie Molly, the critically acclaimed series Serangoon Road, Reef Break, Mrs Biggs, Home & Away, Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries, Crownies, Day One, Tangle, Headland, Supernova, Dynasty: The Making of a Guilty Pleasure and The Shark Net.

Tim’s film work includes action film Blacklight alongside Liam Neeson, Guardians of the Tomb, directed by Kimble Rendall, A Few Best Men, Undocumented, Ivory, In My Sleep, Red Canyon, Right Here Right Now, Travelling Light, Swimming Upstream, and Dirty Deeds.

He received his first TV WEEK Logie Award Nomination for Most Outstanding Actor in a Drama Series in 2005 for The Shark Net and an ASTRA Award Nomination (later renamed The AACTA Awards) for Most Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Comedy for Supernova (2006). His one man show Tim Draxl in Concert was nominated for a Helpmann Award for Best Live Music Presentation in 2002 and has received several Sydney Theatre Award nominations for his cabaret and theatre shows winning the award for best cabaret production with Back For Seconds in 2006.

He has released four solo albums. ‘Ordinary Miracles’ and ‘Insongniac’ for Sony Music Australia under the Columbia label, the independently released ‘Tim Draxl Live at the Supper Club’ and ‘My Funny Valentine’ released through Ambition Entertainment/EMI which reached number 1 on the iTunes jazz charts.

Michael Cormick is an internationally renowned singer and actor who has worked extensively in Australia, the United Kingdom and Europe.

Michael’s career in Australia includes: Beauty and the Beast (The Beast) – for which he won an Australian MO Award, Cats (Munkustrap), Joseph and the Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat (Pharoah), Grease (Kenickie), Sunset Boulevard (Joe Gillis), End of The Rainbow (Mickey Deans), The Rocky Horror Show (Eddie/Dr. Scott), Mamma Mia! (Sam), Annie (Daddy Warbucks), Next to Normal (Dr Madden), Blood Brothers (The Narrator), Falsettos (Whizzer), Eureka (Commissioner Grey), Into the Woods (Rapunzel’s Prince), Nine (Guido Contini), Cabaret (Ernst Ludwig), The Phantom of The Opera (Phantom), Jesus Christ Superstar (Pontius Pilate), The Pirates of Penzance (The Pirate King), Handa Opera’s The Phantom of the Opera on Sydney Harbour (Monsieur Firmin), La Cage Aux Folles (Georges), Blackbox (David Warren) and more recently starred in Stephen Sondheim’s Putting it Together.

His highly regarded international credits include lead roles in: The Phantom of the Opera (Raoul), Calamity Jane (Wild Bill Hickok), Romeo & Juliet (The Prince), Chess (The Arbitor), Evita (Che), End of the Rainbow (Mickey Deans), TIME (The Rockstar), Andrew Lloyd Webber’s The Woman in White opposite Simon Callow & Anthony Andrews.

For television, Michael has appeared in: Last King of the Cross, The Doctor Blake Mysteries, Reef Doctors, Sea Patrol, City Homicide, Prisoner, Superwog and Bluebird AR.

Michael has featured at many special events such as The Melbourne Cup, the Australian Football League Grand Final, the Australian Rugby League Grand Final, the official opening of Stadium Australia and the opening of the Christmas Festival at Royal Albert Hall in London. He also had the honour of performing for Her Majesty the Queen Elizabeth II at Royal Command performances of The Phantom of the Opera and Les Misérables.

In 2025, Michael played the role of Max Von Mayerling in Sunset Boulevard in China and Taiwan.

Mary is a passionate performer hailing from Sydney. She trained at the Victorian College of the Arts (BFA Music Theatre) as a recipient of the Nancye Hayes Scholarship, and holds a Diploma of Musical Theatre (Honours) from Brent Street. Her recent credits include: Linda Mason in Holiday Inn (Hayes Theatre Co, Riverside Parramatta), and Linda Twist in Round the Twist (RGM Productions).

In 2024, Mary made her professional debut in Sunset Boulevard (Opera Australia, GWB Entertainment & The Really Useful Group Ltd) as Betty Schaefer U/S. She is honoured to be visiting Japan and returning to the production in the role of Betty Schaefer.

In 2021, Mary was the proud recipient of the Ron and Margaret Dobell Foundation Music Theatre Award, supporting her career in music theatre. Later this year, Mary will join Opera Australia’s 70th anniversary production of My Fair Lady as U/S Eliza.

She sends her heartfelt thanks to all who have supported her journey, especially her agents at AMM.

Nigel Huckle is an award-winning Australian-American performer based in New York. He is best known for his acclaimed run as Chris in the Australia and Asia tour of Cameron Mackintosh’s production of Miss Saigon.

Notable credits across five continents include Tony in Opera Australia’s tour of West Side Story, the international tour of Les Misérables, and multiple tours across the globe including the United States, Brazil, and Germany as a member of the Australian Platinum-selling group The TEN Tenors.

Other credits include Stephen Sondheim’s Putting it Together at the Foundry Theatre in Sydney, and as Fabrizio Naccarelli (San Diego Theatre Critics’ Circle Award) in The Light in the Piazza at the California Center for the Arts.

He holds a BFA in Musical Theatre from Shenandoah Conservatory and is a proud member of Actors’ Equity Association in the United States and MEAA Actors Equity in Australia. In Australia, Nigel is proudly represented by Ian White Management.

Phillip’s impressive career began in 1995 after completing his studies in musical theatre at W.A.A.P.A.

Credits include: Calamity Jane (Henry Miller), Come From Away (Nick and Others), Georgy Girl (Keith), Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Mary Poppins (Northbrook), Eurobeat (UK and Sweden), The Producers (Mr Marks/Kevin), The Sunshine Club (Peter), Showboat (Frank u/s), Cabaret and Crazy For You.

In 2017, Phillip was nominated for a Sydney Theatre Award for his portrayal of Edward Bloom in Big Fish and in 2018 was nominated for a Green Room Award for role of Harry Bright in Mamma Mia. During the Covid lockdown, Phillip played the role of Tyler Nelson in the world first live streamed musical season of Who’s Your Baghdaddy.

On Television, Phillip has been seen in Crownies, All Saints, Anzac Girls, Australia; The Story Of Us, Blonde, Home and Away and the big screen has seen him play roles in Black and White, The Honourable Wally Norman and Thank God He Met Lizzie.

Phillip’s first love, however, is theatre and he is thrilled to be playing Cecil B. DeMille in this extraordinary production. He is also a proud member of Actors Equity and would like to dedicate his performance to his wife Zoe. 

 Michael is a seasoned performer with over three decades of experience across theatre, musical theatre, and cabaret. He returns to Sunset Boulevard as Sheldrake and ensemble roles having recently toured in international productions across Taiwan and China. Recent highlights include featured roles in the original Australian cast of Groundhog Day – The Musical, Guys & Dolls, and two seasons of the new Australian work Bearded. He also appeared in Billy Elliot, covering and performing the role of Dad. 

His theatre work extends beyond performance to movement direction and assistant direction, notably on Mother Courage at La Mama, alongside leading roles in national tours of Around the World in 80 Days and The 39 Steps, and a principal role in 1975 with Melbourne Workers Theatre. 

Michael’s extensive musical theatre credits include [title of show] (Australian premiere), South Pacific, Avenue Q, Mary Poppins, Priscilla Queen of the Desert, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, Grease, Miss Saigon, Hair, and Scrooge, as well as multiple productions with The Production Company. He has also performed in over a dozen musicals specifically for children touring Australia and Asia. 

A prolific creator, his original cabaret works have featured at Midsumma and Adelaide Fringe. Alongside his performance career, Michael is a dedicated educator in primary and special needs settings. 

Samantha has most recently performed the role of Ghost of Christmas Present in the Australian production of A Christmas Carol for GWB Entertainment. Other theatre credits include Girl From The North Country (GWB), Billy Elliot (Working Title), The Boy From Oz (Gannon/Fox), Cats (International Touring Company), South Pacific (Seabiscut), Fiddler on the Roof (TML) and Sound of Music (Gordon/Frost).

Television credits include Wentworth, Offspring, Dr. Blake Murder Mysteries, Hopelessly Devoted To You: The Olivia Newton John Story, House Husbands and for film: Now Add Honey, The Three Ages of Sasha, The Decommissioning (short), Stanley (short) and Pinion (short).

A versatile vocalist, Samantha sings regularly with jazz and soul bands throughout Australia with many of the country’s finest musicians. She has worked with Grand Wazoo, B Sharp Big Band as well as The Funky Diva’s, who supported Barry White in his Australian Concert Tour.

Samantha is a reservist in the Royal Australian Air Force band and has sung all over the world for ceremonial events such as Gallipoli and events in France, Belgium and the Middle East.

 A WAAPA graduate, Lisa is an accomplished performer, choreographer and dance teacher who has worked continuously since graduating. Most recently, Lisa has appeared as Mrs. Pugh in Annie (Skyline Theatricals) and in the Australian production of Sunset Boulevard (Opera Australia/GWB).

Other notable credits include Miss Lark in Mary Poppins (Mary Poppins Production Pty Ltd), Mrs Wilkinson in Billy Elliot (Michael Coppel/Louise Withers), Mamma Mia! (Mamma Mia Australia), Les Misérables (Cameron Mackintosh), Dirty Rotten Scoundrels and The Addams Family. For The Production Company, she appeared as Helene in Sweet Charity, The Boy From Oz, Guys and Dolls, Call Me Madam and as Zelda Zanders in Singin’ In The Rain.

Other musical theatre credits include The Producers, Respect –The Musical and Grease: The Arena Spectacular for which she won a Green Room Award for the role Frenchy, opposite John Farnham! Lisa’s acting credits include Love (for Hothouse and Malthouse Theatre) and the feature film Will. 

Most recently Amy was Resident Director/Choreographer for the 40th Australian Anniversary tour of Cats.

She was seen as Dance Captain/swing in Sunset Boulevard. She was ensemble in Moulin rouge! The Musical (covering Nini), We Will Rock You, Guys and Dolls, played Rosie in Sweet Charity, toured Australasia in Chicago (swing) and later went on to co-dance captain the show, covering the role of Velma Kelly. Her other theatre credits include Promises, Promises, World Premiere cast of King Kong Live on Stage,Kathy in Company. Funny Girl and Curtains. She played Demeter in the 2014/15 South Korea, Singapore and Macau national tours of Cats, returning to South Korea to play Bombalurina and was later thrilled to revive the role of Demeter for the Aus/NZ tour, for which she received a 2016 Green Room nomination. In 2017/18 she returned to Cats as Resident Choreographer. That same year she appeared in Oklahoma and The Boy From Oz.

Her TV/Film credits include; Assistant Choreographer on the Australian film Boytown. Channel 7’s TV Turns 50 performing alongside Dancing With The Star’s judges. AFL Grand final. Formula 1 and Foxtel’s The Singing Office (Lead Singer). Amy is delighted to be returning to Sunset Boulevard and would like to thank her husband Tod and her family for their ongoing love and support. 

A graduate of Queensland Conservatorium of Music, Billy was cast as Tony in Opera Australia’s 2024 production of West Side Story on Sydney Harbour. Prior to that he was in Opera Australia / GWB’s tour of Miss Saigon. Other credits include Candide, The Pirates of Penzance, Les Misérables (Australia and International), The Last Five Years and The Book of Mormons. Billy has performed alongside the likes of Jemma Rix, John Foreman and The Queensland Symphony Orchestra. In 2020 he developed and performed in his own cabaret show The Corner of Brisbane & Broadway.

A proud member of Actors Equity, Billy is thrilled to be a part of the Sunset company.

Since graduating in 2020 from WAAPA with a Bachelor of Arts (Music Theatre), Campbell’s professional credits include the role of Swing in Mamma Mia! (Louise Withers & Associates), The Rocky Horror Show, (John X Presents), Come Play Cabaret (John X Presents), Story Quest (Echelon Productions), Festival of Christmas (Venus Creative), Dirty Dancing (Carmelo Entertainment) and Phantom of the Opera (Carmelo Entertainment). 

Most recently starring as Bombalurina in Cats The Musical, (Xroads Live Entertainment), Mia has proven herself as one of Australia’s most sought after, leading triple threat artists. Over the last decade Mia has performed as part of the original Australian cast of Disney’s Aladdin, (Disney Theatrical Productions), Ruth in Thoroughly Modern Millie (The Production Company), Dance Captain in Ragtime (The Production Company), Kathy and Violet U/S in 9 to 5 (Crossroads Live), Marcie in Cruel Intentions (David Venn Enterprises), Rhonda U/S in The Tina Turner the Musical, (TEG Dainty) and Kat in One Day In September (Perryman Theatre Company).

Most notably to date, Mia played the supporting role of Lorraine in the hit musical Jersey Boys (New Theatricals) to outstanding reviews. Splitting her time between stage and screen, Mia choreographed and starred in the fashion label Ergonaut’s campaign launch and choreographed Australian band Cosmos Midnight’s music video – ‘Mind Off’. 

Rachel Cole is a Sydney-based performer and presenter whose recent theatre credits include understudying Sarah Brightman as Norma Desmond for Opera Australia/GWB’s Asian tour of Sunset Boulevard. Shortly she will appear in My Fair Lady for Opera Australia. She previously understudied in Tina: The Tina Turner Musical and has worked with Tim Minchin on both Groundhog Day and the original Australian tour of Matilda the Musical with the Royal Shakespeare Company, where she played the Acrobat and covered Miss Honey, Mrs Wormwood and Mrs Phelps.

Her other credits include La Cage Aux Folles, Muriel’s Wedding, Billy Elliot, Evita, Wicked, Chess and Promises, Promises. For Opera Australia she has also appeared in La Bohème, The Love of the Nightingale, Die tote Stadt, The Marriage of Figaro and La forza del destino. Rachel trained at ED5 International and studied Psychology at the University of Sydney, later undertaking postgraduate study in Economics.

Outside of performing, Rachel is the Money and Finance Presenter on Channel 7’s lifestyle show Healthy, Wealthy & Wise and guest Money Presenter on Sunrise. She has worked for a decade as an investment advisor in Sydney and runs @GetRichWithRach on Instagram and TikTok.

 Madison has most recently been performing with the Australian cast of Wicked as part of the 2025/2026 Asia tour in Singapore and South Korea, and as a swing in the Australian premiere of Groundhog Day. 

Her other Australian credits include Cherry in Charlie And The Chocolate Factory, Judith Durham understudy in the world premiere of Georgy Girl – The Seekers Musical, Alysha in American Idiot, Angie in The Wedding Singer, Kate McGowan in Titanic The Musical: In Concert and Franca in The Light In The Piazza, the latter earning her a 2017 Green Room Award Nomination for Best Featured Actress in a Musical. She also performed as Jennyanydots, and understudy for Grizabella, for the 2017 and 2023 South Korean productions of Cats. 

After touring with this production for the Australian and Singapore seasons, Madison is thrilled to be back with this exquisite production of Sunset Boulevard. She is represented by Ian White Management. 

Ross Hannaford is a performer, choreographer, director and educator working across Australia and internationally. His professional musical theatre career began in the role of Tiny Tim in Scrooge at Melbourne’s Princess Theatre and has since spanned more than three decades.

Career highlights include Tobias Ragg in Sweeney Todd (Victorian Opera), for which he received a Green Room Award nomination, Skimbleshanks in the Australian tour of Cats before becoming Resident Director of the production in Seoul, South Korea, Paul in A Chorus Line, Princeton and Rod in Avenue Q, James in Beyond Desire, and performances in King Kong, the original Australian company of Wicked, We Will Rock You, Pippin, The Secret Garden and SHOUT! The Musical.

His Production Company credits include Camelot, Little Me, Thoroughly Modern Millie and Sweet Charity. Ross was invited by Cirque du Soleil to create and workshop the Trickster character for Kooza and appeared as lead vocalist on Foxtel’s The Singing Office. A recipient of the Royal Academy of Dance Solo Seal Award, he is a graduate of both the Victorian College of the Arts Secondary School and the Victorian College of the Arts inaugural music theatre program.

Alongside his performing career, Ross is Lecturer in Music Theatre, Curriculum Lead for Dance and Third Year Coordinator at the Victorian College of the Arts (VCA), where he continues to train and mentor the next generation of music theatre artists. 

A graduate of the London School of Musical Theatre, Genevieve debuted as Johanna in Sweeney Todd (Twickenham Theatre), which won the 2015 What’s on Stage Award for Best Off-West End Musical.

Since returning to Australia, Genevieve’s theatre credits have included Mary Poppins (understudy Mary Poppins and Mrs Banks; Disney and Cameron Mackintosh), Johanna in Sweeney Todd (Life Like Company), Eliza Doolittle in Pygmalion (Australian Shakespeare Company), Phoebe D’Ysquith in A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder (Production Company), Clara in The Light in the Piazza (Life Like Company), La Traviata (Australian International Opera Company) and Fiona in Brigadoon (Production Company) for which she received a Greenroom Awards nomination for Leading Actress in a Musical.

She has also featured in the concerts Shell Proms (Canberra Symphony Orchestra 2019), From Broadway to La Scala (Australian Tour 2019) and Carousel (Princess Theatre 2024). Most recently, Genevieve has performed as Hodes in the award-winning play Yentl (Kadimah Yiddish Theatre) at the Marylebone Theatre in London. 

 Leah’s professional career spans over 20 years. Credits include, Aladdin (Disney Theatrical Productions), RSC’s Matilda the Musical (Louise Withers&Assoc.), King Kong Live Onstage (Global Creatures) and Kismet (The Production Company). 

Career highlights include playing Connie Wong, directed by Baayork Lee, creator of the role and Michael Bennett’s assistant, in A Chorus Line with the Australian tour (TML Enterprises) and with a British Company, for a Tel Aviv season. Other highlights involve performing original Jerome Robbins’ choreography in West Side Story (David Atkins Enterprises) and The King & I (GFO/ OA). It was Cameron Mackintosh’s Miss Saigon (Louise Withers&Associates) that launched Leah’s fortunate career. 

Since giving birth in 2020, Leah has had the pleasure of touring Australia with her family in productions including Roger’s+Hammerstein’s Cinderella (OA/Crossroads), Hayes Theatre Co’s Gentlemen Prefer Blondes and Sweet Charity (Prospero Arts). She’s delighted to be continuing the Australian and Asian tour of Sunset Boulevard (OA/GWB). 

Leah thanks her loving parents, husband and daughter for their unwavering support and credits her agent IWM Management. 

Born and raised in Tasmania, Charlotte is a proud 2023 graduate of the Queensland Academy of Excellence in Musical Theatre (QAEMT).

Shortly after graduating, Charlotte made her professional debut as Onstage Swing in Opera Australia’s 2024/25 production of Sunset Boulevard, continuing the Asian tour as Assistant Dance Captain in Singapore and China. In late 2025, she joined the Australian original cast of Back To The Future as Offstage Swing/Lorraine/Linda McFly cover and Assistant Dance Captain. Charlotte’s other credits include two-time Australian representative at the WDSF World Latin and Ballroom Dance Championships and is an inductee in the Tasmanian DanceSport Hall of Fame.

Tom won the prestigious Australian Cabaret Showcase before coming to wider national attention as a finalist on Channel Ten’s I Will Survive.

He subsequently toured his one-man shows Que Sera Sharah, It’s Raining Me and That 90’s Show to sell-out seasons around Australia and earned a Sydney Theatre Award nomination for Best Cabaret Performer.

Tom’s musical theatre credits include The Phantom of the Opera (Handa Opera on Sydney Harbour), Sunset Boulevard (Opera Australia/GWB), 9 to 5 (Crossroads Live), The Wedding Singer (David Venn Enterprises), American Psycho (BB Arts), Shrek (GFO), Muriel’s Wedding (Global Creatures/STC), Priscilla Queen of the Desert (Michael Cassel Group), Only Heaven Knows (Luckiest Productions) and The Drowsy Chaperone (Squabbalogic) for which he received a Glugs Award for his performance as Aldolpho. Tom has appeared for Neglected Musicals in The Pajama Game, Promises Promises, If/Then, Anyone Can Whistle, Nick & Nora and Seesaw.

He also starred opposite Marcia Hines in the Australian tour of Velvet Rewired and has travelled internationally performing in concert with Boys in the Band. 

David trained at The University Of Ballarat completing a Bachelor of Arts (Music Theatre).

In his final year of study David made his professional debut in West Side Story (The Production Company). David then toured as Dance Captain on the 60th anniversary production of My Fair Lady (Opera Australia/ Gordon Frost Organisation), directed by Dame Julie Andrews and will return as Dance Captain to the 70th anniversary production later this year. Other theatre credits include Billy Elliot The Musical(Louise Withers and Associates), Dance Captain in Bring It On The Musical (David Venn Enterprises), Dance Captain in Evita (Opera Australia/Gordon Frost Organisation) and Swing in Elvis: A Musical Revolution.

Most recently David has wrapped 4 years of work on Moulin Rouge! The Musical (Global Creatures) as Dance Captain for the full Australian tour and Resident Choreographer for The Netherlands production. He will return as Resident Choreographer for the Sydney return season in 2027.

Tod has performed on some of the world’s biggest stages including the Emmy’s, the Eurovision Song Competition, the Melbourne Cup and the AFL Grand Final.

A former member of The Ten Tenors, Tod features on the ARIA-nominated platinum album Tenology. His credits include South Pacific, Magaldi understudy in Evita, Cascada in The Merry Widow, Gremio in Kiss Me Kate, They’re Playing Our Song, A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum. Turandot, Otello, Madame Butterfly, Footloose, Jekyll and Hyde and Sonny and understudy Kenickie in Grease. He has toured with CATS, played Dorsey-Parade, Zangara Assassins, Lt. Torasso in Passion, Raoul and Phantom understudy in Love Never Dies.

He understudied Tony in West Side Story and played Pirelli in Sweeney Todd and Passarino, The Jeweller and was Monsieur Reyer, Piangi understudy in The Phantom of the Opera, Larry Standby in Dear Evan Hansen and most recently understudied Gus/Bustopher Jones and Old Deuteronomy in the 40th Anniversary Australian tour of CATS.

Tod thanks his loving family, friends and management and especially his wife, Amy.

 Born and raised in Adelaide and a graduate of Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts, Riley has most recently performed in the Australian and Asian tours of Sunset Boulevard (Opera Australia/GWB Entertainment). He has also toured Australia and internationally with Mamma Mia! (Louise Withers and Associates), Catch Me If You Can (Lauren Peters Designs), Madiba the Musical (Prestige Presents), Dream Lover (GFO), Into The Woods (Harvest Rain), Avenue Q (Enmore Theatre), and Between Worlds (ATYP). He has also toured Australia, the US, Thailand, and Brazil with The Ten Tenors. 

Riley is proudly represented by Ian White Management.