William A Forsythe is an internationally sought after choreographer and   director. He has worked in theatre, concerts, film, television, special events and every other conceivable area of the Entertainment Industry both nationally and internationally. William is highly regarded when it comes to creating live performances and so it comes as no surprise that many artists and clients come back to William time and time again when they have a major world event to create.

Concert Credits include: Cliff Richard-50 Years Celebration World Tour (currently in pre-production for 2009); Cliff Richard-Here & Now World Tour 2006/07; Cliff Richard-Castles Tour (UK & Edinburgh Castle); Cliff Richard Live at The Royal Albert Hall; Cliff Richard-Wanted World Tour 2004; Kylie Minogue’s Intimate and Live World Tour; Long Way To The Top Australian Tour; Australian Idol Winners Tour 2004 & 2005 (Co-Director); Nikki Webster’s UK, Australian & European Promotional Tours; The Centenary of Federation “A Capital Celebration” in Canberra; Premiers Concert (2004-2007) & the “Tour of Duty” in Dilli, East Timor starring Kylie Minogue and John Farnham.

Over the past two decades William’s unique choreography and distinctive style have been seen on every television network in Australia and reached even further abroad with the numerous commercials, music videos, DVD’s and television special events he has put his name to.

Television Credits include: Consultant “So you Think You Can Dance” (Channel 10); Ricki Lee (Australian Idol-Ch. 10); Performance Coach Australian Idol 2006 (Ch. 10); Studio A with Simon Bourke (Fox 8); The TV Week Logie Awards 2003 (Ch. 9); Marcia Hines Live (Aust. Idol-Ch. 10); Arias (David Hasselhof-Ch. 10);    XXXX Angels National Television Campaign;

Music Videos include: Rogue Traders (Don’t You Wanna Feel; Way To Go; We’re Coming Home; In Love Again & Voodoo Child); Ricki Lee (Hell No); Nikki Webster (Strawberry Kisses, Depend On Me, 24/7, Something More Beautiful & Best Days); Dannii Minogue (Everlasting Night); DVD’s include: Cliff Richard (Here & Now, Castles Tour, Wanted); Long Way To The Top;

In addition to this William has choreographed some of the world’s biggest televised events seen by billions around the world.

Special Events (Televised) include: Closing Ceremony of the Sydney 2000 Olympics (2 major segments: Dancing Queen & On A Night Like This for Kylie Minogue as well as Surf Life Savers); Opening Ceremony Paralympics 2000 (Kylie Minogue-Spinning Around & Celebration); Goodwill Games; Opening of Fox Studios Australia (Kylie Minogue, Tina Arena, Hugh  Jackman, Shirley Jones, Human Nature & Marcia Hines); Australian Idol Grand Final Concert at The Sydney Opera House; NRL Grand Finals (Artistic Director 5 years working with Hugh Jackman, Caroline O’Connor, Meatloaf, Kelly Clarkson, Jimmy Barnes & the Hoodoo Gurus); Mushroom Concert of the Century (Kylie Minogue-MCG);

Other Special Events include: Opening Extravaganza of Cairns Reef Hotel Casino (Dame Edna Everage & Judi Connelli); CLSA Hong Kong (Elton John, Deborah Harry, Shaggy, INXS, Macy Gray, James Brown & numerous special one-off performances for Dannii Minogue, Boy George, Thelma Houston, Tina Arena, Chaka Khan, Marcia Hines, John Paul Young, Christine Anu, Jimmy Barnes and Toni Pearon.

William easily adapts to every situation and whether it be huge world wide events or more intimate moments in theatre he is highly regarded as being the top of his game.

Theatre Credits include: Playing Our Song (Ensemble Theatre starring Georgie Parker & Simon Bourke); Derrida in Love (Ensemble starring Jacki Weaver); Ladies Night (Star City); Firefly Magic 1 & 2 (Cairns Reef Casino); Madam Firefly (Cairns Reef Casino); Mysterium (Cairns Reef Casino); Theatre of the Deaf; The World Goes Around (Tina Cross); The Phantom (Theatre of the Deaf); Halloween Trick or Treat (Entertainment Centre) and the Official Tribute to the Blues Brothers.

Other Credits include: DVD Launch of Baz Lurhman’s Moulin Rouge; 13 years as resident choreographer/director for   Grayboy Entertainment creating and setting up shows for numerous cruise lines around the world; Dance productions for Nightclub 1936 (Cairns Reef Casino); 5 years as resident choreographer for Millennium Entertainment creating shows for Asia and the Middle East; Resident choreographer for Warner Bros Movieworld, Sea World & Australia’s Wonderland; Corporate Events for McDonalds, Toyota, CSLA & Macquarie Bank; Advisor for The Musical Theatre Project Australia & trade and hair shows too numerous to mention.

William became one of the Directors at ED5International in 2006 and finds immense pleasure in teaching and imparting his years of knowledge and experience of the Entertainment Industry to a new generation of performers in the hope that their careers will be as long and enjoyable as his own.

Jane Beckett was born in London and began her dance training at the age of five. She was accepted into the Royal Ballet School at the age of eight. In 1964 her parents immigrated to Melbourne, Australia and Jane continued her balletic studies at the National Ballet School / Kathleen Gorham and then the Australian Ballet School. After completing the two year Diploma Course at the ABS she joined Ballet Victoria. Jane then went to Europe and was accepted into the Ulmer Theatre Ballet Company in West Germany dancing in a variety of roles from ballet to musical comedy.

She returned back to Australia in 1978, and danced on many TV Shows, Commercials, Club Engagements and performed in the musicals The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas, Evita and West Side Story.

Jane began teaching in 1980, and started choreographing in 1982. Her dance group State of the Art won the TV Show Star Search in 1986. She has choreographed for Barry Humphries, John Farnham and the Fabulous Singlettes.

In 1995 Jane was asked by David Atkins to take on the position of Performing Arts Principal for Dynamite Dance Studios. When Brent Street Studios took over in 1997, they asked her to stay on as Principal. Jane was affiliated with Brent Street Studios until 2005. She is now Head of Dance at The McDonald College.

Over the years she has developed a unique choreographic style, mixing ballet/contemporary and jazz in an eclectic mix.

Chris Horsey is the winner of the Fred Astaire International Tap & Jazz Championship, Waldorf Astoria, New York City. Since then he has performed in the Frank Sinatra Concert (Sanctuary Cove) and Quincy Jones - 'The First Fifty Years' alongside Stevie Wonder (Pasadena, Los Angeles). Original cast 42nd St (Helen Montague Productions), Hot Shoe Shuffle (Queens Theatre, West End, London & Japan), Chicago - The Musical (IMG), Singin In The Rain (DAE/IMG), Chris co-founded Tap Dogs (performing in Nth America & Union Square Theatre New York, for which he won a Village Voice 'OBIE Award') and played Big Deal in West Side Story (VSO) and Lank Hawkins in Crazy For You (TPC). On film Chris starred as Angus in Bootmen (Fox Searchlight Pictures).

Chris choreographed Changi (ABC/TV), Mosh (starring Paul McDermott), Jive Junky's for the Edinburgh Fringe Festival (starring Wayne Scott-Kermond), High Society for The Production Company, Karaoke - The Musical (guest starring John-Paul Young), various film clips and TVC's and will later this year choreograph Sugar (based on the film Some Like It Hot) for TPC in Melbourne.

Earlier this year, Chris was flown to London to perform with Adam Garcia on Got To Dance (Sky1/UK) and in April, won the Peoples Choice Award for his act 3 Hits & A Miss at the Short Sweet And Dance Festival in Sydney.

Chris Horsey is on the Artistic Advisory Committee for this years' inaugural The Sydney Fringe festival and can be heard every week from 9.30am - 11.30am when he presents Arts Friday for Eastside Radio 89.7FM. His website is tapworks.com.au

ARAD Solo Seal Kim Traynor trained in Scully – Boravansky, attaining her R.A.D Solo Seal. After completing her studies at the Royal Ballet School in London she joined the Deutsche Opera Am Rhein, Düsseldorf. Upon her return to the Australian Ballet she toured extensively to China, the Middle East and Europe.

Together with MR Kevin Coe OBE and Miss Donna Traynor, Kim the founded the New South Wales College of Dance servicing the Professional dance community with their Junior School in Sydney. She has been with the Victorian College of the Arts and Lecturer in Classical Ballet and Currently freelances throughout Sydney, Newcastle, Victoria and New Zealand and well as adjudicating Senior Eisteddfods.

Dale Pope is a highly sought after dancer, choreographer and teacher based in Sydney. Trained in all styles of dance from Commercial Jazz and Hip Hop to Classical, Dale majored in Contemporary at New Zealand Performing Arts School and continued her professional dance career in Australia when she moved across the Tasman 10 years ago, after completing 4 years on the international competitive aerobics circuit representing NZ twice in the Pairs Division during the World Cup Aerobic Championships in Tokyo and San Diego.

Career highlights include performances with Kylie Minogue, Marcia Hines, kd lang, Caroline O'Connor, Katie Underwood and Tina Cousins. She has also performed for Queen Elizabeth, Prince Edward, Prince Phillip and the King and Queen of Sweden. 

Since January 2006 Dale has been working with Bindi Irwin as her choreographer for Bindi and the Crocmen, and Bindi Kid Fitness DVD.  Dale regularly choreographs musicals and stage shows for primary and high schools, is the NSW State Choreographer for the Australian Girls Choir (of the Qantas Ad fame) and was European Tour Choreographer for 2006. Dale is also Tour Choreographer for the inaugrual “The Qantas Girls from OZ” providing performance and educational opportunities to regional Queensland in 2007. Dale adjudicates many of Sydney’s yearly Eisteddfods, most notably The Performing Arts Challenge hosted by the City of Sydney.

Dale is a senior teacher with Sydney Dance Company community classes specialising in Lyrical Jazz, and spends time traveling Australia and New Zealand teaching and choreographing on workshop and masterclass tours. Dale is the Director of - RED (Raw Energy Dance) – an aerobic dance fitness program especially designed for children of all ages in educational schools’ PE/Arts curriculum which she has been running for 10 years.

Dolce loves many styles of dance and her training has included Ballet, Jazz – Lyrical & Theatre, Contemporary, and Hip Hop. She has been teaching for the last 10 years in Sydney, becoming a registered teacher with the RAD in 2006. Her dancing career has allowed her to work with the NSW Ballet Company, Tanja Liedtke, BazMark Live, Dirty Feet, Sega World, & Fox Studios as well as working with several independent local artists across Sydney.

She is also one of the head writer’s online magazine - Dance Informa. Working with Dance Informa has given her some great opportunties such as interviewing Cynthia Harvey, Rafael Bonachela, and Gary Chryst. Her involvement in the dance industry has allowed her travel to LA, Singapore and New York City.

Shannon attended Queensland’s Dance School of Excellence and to further her training she completed a fulltime performing arts course at ED5 International. Shannon’s professional credit list includes; The Royal Princess working with choreographer William A Forsythe, The Australian Idol grand finale choreographed by Kelley Abbey and as Dance Captain at The Venetian Hotel Macau, shows choreographed by Keith Hawley.

Shannon has just finished performing in FAME the Musical, produced by The Gordon Frost Organisation and Directed by Kelley Abbey. 

Originally from the USA, Leslie moved to Sydney from New York City in 2000, leaving behind an extensive performing career spanning nine Broadway musicals, and five National touring Broadway productions. She was last seen on Broadway in the Tony award winning musical Chicago where she played 'Mona' featured in the show-stopping Cell Block Tango.

Other credits include Ragtime, Victor/Victoria, My Fair Lady, State Fair, Steel Pier, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, and My Favorite Year.

She has had the privilege of working for many award-winning choreographers including Susan Stroman, Rob Marshall, Randy Skinner, Ann Reinking and Jerome Robbins.

Since moving to Sydney, she has been teaching and choreographing for theatre, corporate and charitable events.

Aaron began his professional career as an Expo 88 youth dancer at Sydney's Bicentennial Fair.  His theatre credits included Sesame Street Live, Hot Shoe Shuffle (Dance Captain) Australian tour and London's west end, Cinderella, Me And My Girl, Aladdin, Crazy For You (Dance Captain and Assistant Choreographer for the Australian tour), Gala Opening for the Regent Theatre Melbourne, Showboat, Chicago (Dance Captain), Singin' In The Rain and The Witches of Eastwick.

Aaron was Assistant Choreographer on Mushroom 25 years; Kylie Minogue, Choreographer for Cairns Casino , Cold Chisel's Last of Summer tour, Cosima Devito Sleaze Ball and Mary Kaini Mardi Gras.  He performed with Kylie Minogue at closing ceremony of the Sydney Olympics and the Opening Ceremony for the Para-Olympics also Tina Cousins and Bond.   He has also appeared on The Midday Show and Dein Perry's feature film Bootmen.

Natasha began dancing as soon as she could walk at her mother’s dance school on the Central Coast “Crane Academy Of Dance”.  She attended Newtown High School of Performing Arts for years 11 and 12, and after finishing school spent two years teaching, choreographing and studying in L.A. at “The Edge” “Millenium” & “Debbie Reynolds Dance Studio”.  She then moved on to study at Danceworld 301 as part of a full-time diploma performing arts course, followed by studying at ED5 International under direction of William A. Forsythe receiving a certificate IV in performing arts.

Natasha shares her interests between choreography and performance and is actively pursuing all aspects of her career in the entertainment industry.

Natasha is currently teaching in many dance schools both in Sydney and on the Central Coast. Being trained in all styles of dance she has a flair and passion for hip hop, contemporary, jazz and musical theatre. Throughout her dancing life she has been fortunate enough to be taught and inspired by some fantastic mentors such as William Forsythe, Kelley Abbey, Andre Fuentes & Tony Czar.

Mashum began training at ED5 INTERNATIONAL full time performing arts for 2yrs 2006/07-scholarship student. Since completing 2 years of fulltime he has performed Internationally and domestically. Has performed with Australian artists – Jessica Mauboy, Marcia Hines, Nikki Webster, John Paul Young, David Campbell, Natalie Bassingwaithe, Sam Sparrow, Hoodoo Gurus, Iota. Music video clips with Cassie Davis, Nikki Webster, Tamara Jaber, Jessica Mauboy.

Television appearances on Sunrise, The Morning Show, Dance Academy, Cops L.A.C, Australian Idol, Cd Live Foxtel. Corporate, Fashion and theatrical shows with Millenium Entertainment, Mardi Gras, Sleaze Ball, What is Jazz, Nissan, Asics,  Paramount Pictures, Lions Concert, Priscilla Opening night, Jerry Springer the Opera promo, Premiers Concert, Bonds Australia, Sebastian Hair, Stefan Hair, Ed Hardy.

Mashum has worked as a Choreographer for – “Asics” Opening Launch with Director Sally Clark, P&O’s brand new cruiseline “Pacific Pearl” amongst International Choreographer William Forsythe “Please don’t stop the music” show Mashum Choreographing “sexyback”, winner of ‘peoples choice award’ for Short+Sweet Dance Festival choreographing “pass out”, Hip Hop number for China SME Fair in Guangzhou, Co-choreographed short film “life is music”, ED5 Internationals graduation 09’ Hip Hop routine, Summer Gay Day Festival with Jordan Pollard, Tasmanian Festival Launceston.

Mashum has taught and teaches at fine dance schools around Sydney and Domestically teaching workshops around Australia.

Scott started as a professional from an early age when he became lead vocalist at Australia's Wonderland at 18, continuing in this role for 4 years. He then became Lead Vocalist Entertainer for P&O Cruises, Costa Cruises & Princess Cruises, and has sailed the world several times appearing on many ships including Pacific Sky, Pacific Princess, Costa Romantica & Tahitian Princess, Fair Princess & even the Fairstar.

He starred in Firefly the Musical at Cairns Reef Casino for 18 months.

His Musical theatre credits include Evita, the national tour of Joseph & The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, & the Sydney season of Sweet Charity at the Capitol Theatre.

Scott is currently Musical Director for Grayboy Entertainment & now trains all of the lead vocalists for 5 ships around the world.

Sheena is a highly acclaimed, versatile, trained and experienced singer. From her humble beginning at the age of 5 on the stage of the Minlaton Town Hall - (they always put her up the front because she sang the loudest) to touring Australia and Asia. In High School she started a rock band and her mum fearing the worst with all the screaming put her into singing lessons, the rest as they say is history! Her first professional show was for the South Australian Youth Opera at 14, then completing a Bachelor of Music - Voice.

A young dramatic soprano in the making but her love for music theatre and popular music sent her in another direction. Shows from that time include - Frankie, The Rhyme of the Ancient Marnier, The Snow Queen, The Boys from Syracuse, Barossa, The Beggars Opera, Side By Side By Sondheim.

Her dream of performing with John Farnham came true when she was cast in Harry M Miller’s Jesus Christ Superstar - the arena spectacular, touring Australia. Then followed South Pacific -Australia and Asia for the Gordon Frost organisation. Then like deja vu came return tours with both Jesus Christ Super Star and South Pacific.

In ‘02 Sheena returned to the music theatre stage after a period of concentrating her talents on Cabaret, Corporate Entertainment and Teaching to understudy the lead role in Jacobsen’s - The Witches of Eastwick.
The bands Sheena has been lead singer for are far too many to mention (starting at 16! - yes she had a chaperone!) But most recently you will have seen her in such corporate bands as Horn Stars, The Big Big Band, Baby Loves to Cha Cha, Big Radio Dynamite.

Sheena has self devised two one woman cabarets. Performed, co-directed and musically directed Lemon Delicious for Mardi Gras 02 - 05 for the Newtown Theatre and also performed in Stephen Sondheim’s Assassins.
TV and film credit include Flat Chat, All Saints and the feature film Dags to name a few.

Sheena is a well respected music and voice teacher currently teaching at AIM (Australian Institute of Music). Most recently Sheena has been a part of the corporate entertainment company ‘Bodacious Production’ and their flag ship show ‘The Super Supremes’. Currently Sheena is also performing as Dusty Springfield in her own tribute show to the ‘White Lady of Soul’ to rave reviews and sold out houses.

Danielle’s career has spanned over 19 years and now includes 5 home grown Musical Theatre productions, an achievement of which she is particularly proud.    Most recently Danielle was cast in the world premiere production of ‘Priscilla, Queen of the Desert-The Musical’ where she helped create the Green Room Award winning trio of ‘Divas’. She then went on to take over the female lead role of Marion for the Auckland leg of the tour and return season in Sydney.

Danielle played the lead role of Julie Jordan in ‘Carousel’ opposite David Campbell and the dramatic lead role of Pam Lukowski in David Atkins’ and IMG’s musical production of ‘The Full Monty’. In 2003 she starred in the lead role of Nikki Burns in the 70’s hit musical ’Oh! What a Night!’ alongside the fabulous Marcia Hines.  Prior to this, she played the role of Maria-Elena Holly in ‘Buddy! The Musical’ and the role of Shena in the Melbourne season of the smash hit Australian musical ‘The Boy from Oz’.

Danielle’s other professional theatre credits include ‘Sweet Charity’, Beauty & the Beast’, The Sign of The Seahorse, The Voyage of Mary Bryant, The Music of Andrew Lloyd Webber, Hello Dolly, Me and My Girl, How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, and Chair in the Landscape.

Danielle has performed at countless concerts and corporate events, both as a soloist and in ‘Girls On Film’ , a corporate act that she created with her friends Rachael Beck and Mandie Carnie.

As a triple threat with 25 years of professional experience under his belt, Phillip has enjoyed an exciting and rewarding career both on and off the stage. Phillip's credits include numerous appearances on the Australian hit television show "Young Talent Time"; local and international commercials including Colgate, Arnotts, Mattel and Coca-Cola; playing ‘Doody’ in the national tours of "Grease - The Arena Spectacular" and "Grease - The Mega Musical"; performing as a singer in Norwegian Star’s Starcast and touring Australia with Sir Tim Rice, INXS, David Essex and Anthony Warlow as a singer as well as choreographer in "Tim Rice's Musical Spectacular".

In 2005 Phillip decided to step completely behind the scenes and quickly became one of the main show directors for Universal Studios Japan. Phillip's USJ credits include "Sesame Street", Director/Choreographer/Musical Director; "Hello Kitty", Director/Choreographer/Musical Director; "2008 Halloween Parade", Director, Choreographer; "2008 Santa's Toy Party", Director/Choreographer and "2009 Magical Starlight Parade", Head Choreographer.

In mid 2009 Phillip returned to Australia to setup Outstanding Entertainment. Since then, Phillip and his team have produced a wide range of creative material for a variety of clients which include McDonalds, Commonwealth Bank, Ice Age, Lazy Town, P & O Cruises and The XXXX Angels.

Most recently, Phillip wrote and musically directed Carnival Cruises brand new show "Please Don't Stop The Music".

John Rowe has used his vast range of talents throughout 20 years experience to entertain hundreds of thousands of people worldwide. Starting as a performer, then channelling his creative energies into musical direction, composition, writing, stage directing and performance coaching, John has developed a truly well rounded and unique perspective into the creative process.

The result is a wealth of experience working on an eclectic mix of successful productions. He devised, created, wrote and directed 4 years worth of live entertainment and events as Show and Entertainment Director for Sydney theme park, Australia’s Wonderland. He has written and directed the opening ceremony for Dubai Summer Surprises 2 years running, televised live throughout the Arab region. For several years he has filled the role of Creative Director for Millennium Entertainment International, writing and directing family and corporate entertainment, arena shows and major festivals throughout Asia and the Middle East . He has written and directed live shows for the biggest entertainment companies in the world, including Walt Disney and Warner Brothers. He has worked as both musical director and performance coach for on board productions for P&O, Princess Cruises, Awani Dream and NCL cruise liners. He recently wrote, composed and directed Cartoonival, a large scale touring musical for Cartoon Network in Asia.

John holds a Bachelor of Music Education degree, which has not only exposed him to reaching young people through music, but has lead him into a career in music producing and composition. As a composer, John has written music for a television pilot and short films, as well as for numerous live stage shows. LG Electronics commissioned him to write a promotional theme song for worldwide release. He has composed original music for live stunt shows Action Man Live and Spiderman Live and written an entire mini pop musical based on the story of The Nutcracker. His English compositions for children have been featured throughout Asia and the Middle East in several languages.

Throughout all this creative work, John has had to maintain a close working relationship with all kinds of performers. From choreographing singers, directing actors and staging musical numbers, he is continually working to bring out the best in performances. His own performance background as a singer and singer/dancer is invaluable in achieving this. John has performed in cabaret, musical theatre, pop shows and bands. He has appeared as a soloist on television shows like Good Morning Australia (Ch 10) and The Midday Show (Ch 9), in live events like Channel 7’s Sydney Carols in the Domain, the opening of Fox Studios Australia and as one of the lead roles in the hugely successful Australian tour of Grease: The Arena Spectacular.  

In 2006 John began working as the performance coach for the top rating TV show Australian Idol for Network 10, workshopping contestants, choreographing the weekly group numbers and staging the Opera House Grand Finals.

In 2008 he appeared on TV, DVD and CD as a special guest for Dorothy the Dinosaur’s Memory Book. He also directed the 2008 Victorian State Schools Spectacular, held at Melbourne’s Vodafone Arena, featuring 2500 singers, dancer, actors and musicians.

John is currently starring as James the Butler in the Wiggles produced musical children’s TV show, The Kingdom of Paramithi airing on Channel 9 and Nick Jr.

Saskia graduated from the NIDA in 2001 with a Bachelor of Dramatic Art (Acting). Her theatre credits include The Tempest (Sydney Theatre Award Nomination) and As You Like It for the Bell Shakespeare Company, In Our Name for Company B Belvoir, and the musicals Hedwig and the Angry Inch, Cabaret – the Musical directed by Sam Mendes (Green Room Award), and Dirty Dancing – the Classic Story on Stage.

On screen, Saskia has appeared in Home and Away, All Saints, Small Claims and the film The Rage in Placid Lake. In 2004 she received both the Mike Walsh Foundation Fellowship, and the Gloria Dawn and Gloria Payten Foundation Fellowship, enabling her to study in Paris, London and New York.  Saskia also teaches yoga.

Ed Wightman is an actor, director and teacher, who has worked for most of the major theatre companies in Australia, including Bell Shakespeare, Sydney Theatre Company, Melbourne Theatre Company, Queensland Theatre Company, State Theatre Company of South Australia, Company B Belvoir and Griffin Theatre Company. He has also worked extensively in film and television, most notably as a series regular in the ABC series “Corridors of Power” and in the feature film “Superman Returns”.

Ed is a graduate of the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (LAMDA) where he was awarded the David Suchet Scholarship, and also of the Australian National University, where he was a university medallist.  He has worked internationally with Bell Shakespeare, travelling to the UK with their production of “The Comedy of Errors” and to Hong Kong where he conducted masterclasses for the 2006 Chinese Universities Shakespeare Festival.

He was also an original cast member of the Australian premiere production of “The Lion King”. As a tutor, Ed has taught for many years at the Australian Theatre for Young People (ATYP), as well for The Actors Centre, Redlands College, NIDA and the Australian Academy of Dramatic Art.

Stephen is a graduate of VCA, The Australian Ballet School and NIDA. He has worked as resident director on Dirty Dancing, The Full Monty The Musical, The Rocky Horror Show and Cabaret. He directed Cabaret in Madrid, Seoul and Paris on behalf of Sam Mendes the original director. For Darlinghurst Theatre Company Stephen directed Fit To Be Tied, Boston Marriage, Dying City and Hello Again, which he also choreographed. For The New Theater he directed and choreographed Little Shop of Horrors.

Stephen assisted Richard Roxburgh on Twelfth Night at Belvoir Street, Richard Wherrett, Adam Cook, and Helmut Bakaitis.

He appears in the films Moulin Rouge and Scooby Doo and performed in Beauty and the Beast, My Fair Lady, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat and The Wizard of Oz. He has danced with the Australian Ballet Company, The Royal Ballet of Flanders, Feld Ballet NY and numerous seasons with Opera Australia, including Neil Armfeld’s The Eighth Wonder and Barry Kosky’s Nabucco.

Craig began dancing at twenty years of age and holds a Bachelor of Arts in Dance from the University of Western Sydney where his majors were Ballet, Contemporary and Yoga. Since graduating he has worked in over fifteen countries worldwide in a range of work covering Film, Television, Commercial Dance, Musical Theatre, Special Events, Conventions, Theatre and Club Gigs.