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.

Junior Teacher (Mini Musical Theatre, Mini Acting)

Email: Sally@little-seed.com.au

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.

ADMINISTRATION / MARKETING

Email: Jack@little-seed.com.au

Jack Ryan is an experienced Musical Theatre performer, graduating with a Bachelor of Musical Theatre from the Queensland Academy of Excellence in Musical Theatre, Griffith University in 2024.

Under the direction of Mountview founder, Professor Paul Sabey, Jack has had the privilege of working alongside industry professionals Alister Smith (Elvis: A Musical Revolution, Cruel Intentions), Heidi Loveland (Wicked, Beauty and the Beast, Tina: The Tina Turner Musical) and Dan Venz (Woodward Productions).

He recently appeared in QAEMT’S production of‘Legally Blonde’ as Aaron Schultz/Dewey Newcombe/Carlos/Kiki the Colourist/Emmett Cover/Warner Cover/Voice Captain. Other credits include ‘Urinetown: the Musical’ as Old Man Strong/Hot Blades Harry/Bobby Strong Cover and ‘I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change’ as Featured Ensemble.

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, administration, content creation and website design.

BUSINESS MANAGER / PRODUCTION MANAGER

Email: Richard@little-seed.com.au