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Get ready to meet the team stepping into the chaos. Sydney and Melbourne: the cabin door has officially swung open. The demons are hungry. And now… we have a cast brave (or foolish) enough to face them.
Leading the charge as Ash is Harley Dasey, a Bachelor of Music Theatre graduate from the Elder Conservatorium of Music (ECMT). His recent work includes Orlando in As You Like It for Melbourne Shakespeare Company, Princeton in Avenue Q (AG Theatre), and the role of Elliot in the new musical The Killdeer (dir. Tay Broadly) at Perth Fringe.
Stepping into the dual roles of Annie and Shelley is Grace Alston, fresh from performing internationally in Prague with the Australian Shakespeare Company. A WAAPA alum, her previous roles include Bombalurina in Cats (WAAPA), Ethel in Footloose (WAAPA), Gertrude in Hamlet (WAAPA), and Sara Jane Moore in Assassins (WAAPA).
Emma Wilby joins them in the role of Cheryl, bringing with her a string of impressive credits including the Australian premiere of Tarzan the Musical (James Terry), Dusty (Prospero Arts), Jersey Boys (Prospero Arts), and leading roles in Heathers (Queensland Con) and Cry-Baby (Queensland Con). Emma is a graduate of the Queensland Conservatorium.
As Scott, meet Jake Ameduri. Jake trained at ECMT and WAAPA, and has appeared professionally in the Australian tour of Sister Act (Crossroads Live), as Timothy Price in American Psycho (See You Sunday Inc), and in the development of the new Australian musical When Henry (Be New).
Playing Linda (Ash’s loyal girlfriend) is Elaina Bianchi, a graduate of the Patrick School of the Arts. Elaina has appeared in American Psycho: The Musical (See You Sunday Inc) and performed with Opera Australia in La Bohème, Cavalleria Rusticana, I Pagliacci, and Tosca.
In the role of Ed, Oliver Clisdell brings experience across new Australian works, festive favourites, and musical theatre classics. A graduate of QAEMT, Oliver recently appeared in the Australian premiere of Santa Claus: The Musical (Teatro and On Your Feet Productions), performed in Bearded: The Musical (Theatreworks), toured Queensland in A Very Naughty Christmas (Woodward Productions), and featured in Cry-Baby, 42nd Street, and Heathers (all Queensland Conservatorium).
Joining the cast as Jake is Harrison Riley, whose previous roles include Dog Man (CDP Theatre Producers), The Gruffalo’s Child (CDP Theatre Producers), Harry Potter and the Cursed Child (Michael Cassel Group), and Mike Teavee in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (Gordon Frost Organisation).