Holiday Program Co-ordinator | Class Teacher (Acting Extension and Musical Theatre)

Email: Madi@little-seed.com.au

A true creative in every sense of the word, Madi is in love with the world of theatre and has been part of the Little Seed Staff Team for 5 years now. Having started acting over 10 years ago, and started teaching with Little Seed nearly five years ago, Madi has transitioned from student to teacher and now teaches our musical theatre and acting. Now a full time artist, Madi hopes her love of theatre and community shines through in her work with young and older students. Most notable were her directing roles in ‘Picnic at Hanging Rock (2021)’, ‘The Shakespeare Tour Experience’, and ‘Tracks’. Her most notable acting roles were of Aslan in 'The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe' (2018), Rhonda in 'Trash' (2017), and Titania in a 'Midsummer Night's Dream' (2018). She was the recipient of the Adjudicators Award Buderim Drama Festival, has her Trinity College Grade 6-8 level of Distinction, and 2016 Best Supporting Actress for a Drama at the Brisbane Festival of Arts.

Holiday Program Leader | Class Teacher (Acting Extension)

Email: Tania@little-seed.com.au

Multi award winning playwright, director and actor, Tania Nash, has created two sell out and award winning seasons of her plays The Rogue Toad and Pooch Park. Tania's directorial credits include Nick Enright's Daylight Savings, Joe Orton's What The Butler Saw and a number of award winning One Act plays for the National One Act Playwriting Competition As an actress her performances include Williamson's Up for Grabs, Minefields and Miniskirts, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, The Fall and Rise of Mr Scrooge, plenty of pantomimes and several One Act Plays for Noosa Arts Theatre and Coolum Theatre Players. Tania also teaches drama for Little Seed Theatre Company and in schools. As a professional food presenter, she has emceed some of Australia’s largest food events. She works as a food educator throughout Australia in Agricultural Shows incorporating her alter ego, Ms Honey

Class Teacher (Musical Theatre)

Susie French has over forty years experience in the professional world of Musical Theatre, having appeared in major Australian tours of "The Secret Garden", "The Sound of Music", "Mamma Mia" and more. She will be appearing early next year in another season of "A Girl's Guide to World War" which won the Matilda Award for Best New Australian Work in 2020, (for which Susie won Best Supporting Actor).  She is based in Maleny, teaches acting and singing for musical theatre and is very happy to be joining the Little Seed Team in 2023.

Class Teacher (Acting for Stage + Screen, Acting)

A life long devotee to creating story on screen, Amanda has a Bachelor of Media Majoring in Screen Production from Macquarie University in Sydney. She is a true “jack of all trades” working as a Producer, Actor and Photographer. She has worked and studied in Australia and most notably in New York at The Atlantic Theatre Company where she became well versed in the technique of Practical Aesthetics. With a wealth of experience in front of and behind the camera, Amanda is looking forward to helping the next generation build an in depth understanding of what is involved in acting for the screen.

Class Teacher (Acting, Acting for Stage + Screen)

n experienced drama teacher with a passion for building children’s self-esteem and developing their 21stcentury skills in critical thinking, creative thinking communicating, collaborating. As a director of large-scale productions and small roving performances, Alice loves to incorporate the students’ ideas and bring their ideas into the planning of a show where possible. A lover of Shakespeare and Comedy and a deep knowledge of Improvisation games.

Class Teacher (Musical Theatre Choreography)

Georgia has had a love of song and dance from a young age. She has many performances under her belt, some of which include Legally Blonde, Wicked and The Addams family. Her choreography first debuted in Little seed Theatre Company’s production of Fame the musical, as an assistant choreographer. Last year she continued to choreograph in Spamalot. She completed a Cert 4 in Musical Theatre and Pre-professional Full Time training on the Gold Coast in 2021, training in all styles of dance and musical theatre.

Junior Teacher (Mini Musical Theatre, Mini Acting)

Sally started as a Musical Theatre Little Seed student in May of 2022 where she performed as Ms Myers in the Senior Musical, Fame! She quickly volunteered to help out with Junior Acting Extension where she sparked her love for working with our younger students. Sally went on to perform in our productions of The Crucible, Radium Girls, and Spamalot in 2023. Her passion for the arts sparked at a young age starting with the role of Molly in Annie as a Year 4 student, performing as the Baroness in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Pilar in Legally Blonde, and Shrek in Shrek the Musical, all at St Andrews Anglican College. Her love for running an Acting Academy as a Drama Leader during her final year in school brought her to teaching our Mini Musical Theatre class and Mini Acting on Tuesdays and Wednesdays, as well as many holiday programs and backstage positions in our productions. As a graduating student of 2023, Sally looks forward to her continued involvement with Little Seed in 2024.

HEAD OF COSTUMING

Leona started at Little Seed Theatre Company after many years as a dance mum, surrounded by tutus. After her child graduated Little Seed, Leona stayed to supervise, co-ordinate, create and maintain the costumes and props. Costumes are one aspect of theatre that has many dimensions – from selecting costumes to suit the level of performance to developing a theme that reinforces the directorial vision. Leona has the privilege of working on many different projects from holiday programs to major musical productions. She embraces the creative challenge of working closely with the cast and creative team to create characters with depth and visual representation that enhances the story. Some of her highlights have been costuming the 2023 production of The Crucible as well as are when actors have love an item of costume or prop so much that they want to take it home. Leona is excited for the 2024 season where embraces the idea that every production brings new ideas and allows for the development of new skills.

MARKETING AND ADMIN ASSISTANT

Email: Jack@little-seed.com.au

Jack Ryan is an experienced Musical Theatre performer, having trained for over 9 years. Jack has pursued his studies, undertaking a Bachelor of Musical Theatre at the Queensland Academy of Excellence in Musical Theatre, Griffith University in 2021. Under the direction of Mountview founder, Professor Paul Sabey, Jack has had the privilege of working alongside industry professionals Alister Smith (Cruel Intentions, David Venn Productions), Heidi Loveland (9 to 5 The Musical, Crossroads Live) and Dan Venz (Woodward Productions). He recently appeared in QAEMT’s 2023 production of ‘Urinetown: the Musical’ as Old Man Strong/Hot Blades Harry/Bobby Strong Cover. In 2023, Jack will be seen in QAEMT’s productions of ‘Legally Blonde’ and ‘A Girl’s Guide to World War’.

Jack’s knowledge of the industry continues to grow as he continues to gain experience in commercial dance, extensive singing training and a wide range of acting techniques. Jack is extremely passionate about the arts, being highly involved on and off the stage. Jack has experience in marketing, admin, content creation, website design, photography and stage managing.

BUSINESS MANAGER | PRODUCTION MANAGER | MARKETING ADVISOR

Email: Richard@little-seed.com.au