Author:
Department of Education
Date:
1 Sept 2022

Wominjeka – Welcome

The 2022 Victorian State Schools Spectacular Souvenir Program is a memento to recognise the work students, teachers and school communities put into the showcase.

Welcome to Country

Wominjeka Wurundjeri

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norrar wan
wani koondee Wangan/wani wy koondee kara
gunga yarrabing
Wominjeka
Wominjeka wurundjeri balluk yeamenn koondee bik

Hello
How are you?
From me to you
From our family to yours
Take/accept this leaf
Welcome
Welcome to Wurundjeri Country
Welcome

Minister's Message

I am so delighted to welcome you to the Victorian State Schools Spectacular.

For young performers, I know that the past couple of years have been especially hard

But in great admiration, you have not given up on your creative ambitions.

From auditions late last year to rehearsals since February, you’ve all worked very hard to get here.

Thank you to your teachers, schools, tutors, mentors and – the most important support crew of all – your families, friends and carers.

I know there are many proud people who care a lot about you cheering you on.

The theme of this year’s show is Time to Shine.

The production brings together about 3,000 students from more than 200 government schools.

The arts are such an important part of education in Victoria. The scale of the show, the diversity and expertise of the performers and acts, is evidence of this. This show is full of pride and culture with incredible First Nations vocalists and dancers, a Koorie choir and a powerful haka. The Spectacular shows the breadth of talent in Victorian government schools – from musicians, singers and dancers to circus artists, acrobats, skaters, and hip hop dancers as well as those behind the scenes in audio, lighting and stage management.

Congratulations to everyone for a wonderful performance!

The Hon. Natalie Hutchins MP

Minister for Education

Minister for Women

Creative Director and Team

Neill Gladwin, Creative Director

Award winning performer and director (Green Room Award and International Perrier Awards), Neill’s career encompasses Olympic and Paralympic Games ceremonies, comedy, physical theatre, opera, Shakespeare, films and television. Formerly half of internationally renowned comedy duo Los Trios Ringbarkus, Neill has directed productions for many of Australia’s major subsidised theatre companies, independent theatres and commercial presenters, as well as produced and executive produced for film and television.

Message from the Creative Director

Welcome to the Victorian State Schools Spectacular 2022. To say the past years have been challenging is an understatement.

While COVID has brought adversity, it has also brought clear realisation - realisation of the uniqueness of live performance, of music, of dance and dynamic group expression. Maybe Joni Mitchell was right…

Each year we ask students to tell us what they want to sing, play or dance to in the following year. The songs that we saw coming in last year were clearly a product of a time of pandemic. We saw songs of sadness, loneliness and social cataclysm, but we also saw songs of friendship, of beauty, of caring for each other and ultimately songs of great energy and explosive expression with aspiration for new beginnings. This is the time to celebrate in this moment, recognising our ability to collaborate to make a unique event that is the VSSS.

This show is the celebration of togetherness, uniting in an energy that can only be found in sharing harmonies, the impulse of the dancers’ movement or the acrobats’ backflip

Enjoy! It is time to celebrate that uniqueness, that shine.

Creative Team

Simon K Patterson, Creative Producer

This year is Simon’s 14th Spectacular and it continues to be one of his favourite annual events to work on. He takes great pride in working with the young artists on VSSS and mentoring the up-and-coming production students. Simon is an in-demand event producer having worked on events such as White Night, the Australian Open and Formula One Australian Grand Prix. Simon originally studied Stage Management, then Event Management, and still works on a diverse range of events as a producer, production manager, tour manager, stage manager and operations director. He is excited to be back in the Arena for 2022!!

Chong Lim AM, Musical Director

Chong Lim AM is a musical director, composer, and musician. His work as a musical director includes ‘Dancing with the Stars’, Logie Awards, John Farnham and Kylie Minogue Tours and multiple Commonwealth Games. He also worked as a composer and producer for the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games, 2021 AFL Grand Final, 2022 Australian Open Women’s Final and the 2021 Moama Lights Show. He has produced multi-platinum albums with artists such as John Farnham and Olivia Newton John, and was nominated for the ARIA Producer of the Year in 2012 and Best Musical Director for the Helpmann Awards 2017. Chong has just completed a concert tour with Robbie Williams in Melbourne as the Assistant Musical Director.

Deon Nuku, Dance Director

Deon is a dancer, actor and choreographer. Deon’s theatre credits include West Side Story, Footloose, Fame and Saturday Night Fever to name a few, while some television credits include ‘Neighbours’, ‘X Factor’ (UKTV) and ‘Hey Hey it’s Saturday’. He has performed with such artists as Macy Gray, Kylie Minogue and Ricki-Lee and featured in films such as Moulin Rouge and Scooby Doo 2. More recently Deon has choreographed for Baker Boys ‘Cool as Hell’ video and for RUEL as a movement coach on his ‘Real Thing’ video and for the NBL Melbourne Phoenix cheerleaders on their 2021 season.

Isaac Lummis, Costume Designer

Isaac’s costume design credits include The Who's Tommy, Ragtime, Thoroughly Modern Millie, Alice Through the Opera Glass, Oklahoma!, Brigadoon, Hello Dolly!, Dusty, Georgy Girl, Nice Work If You Can Get It, Promises Promises, Oliver! and Waltzing the Wilarra. His work as a maker and art finisher has featured in many productions, such as 100% Kylie, Flower Children, Barry Humphries’ Weimar Cabaret, Singing in the Rain, The King & I and The Boy From Oz.

Nathan J.D. Scerri, Associate Musical Director

Nathan J.D. Scerri is a professional violinist and conductor. He completed a Bachelor of Music at Monash University School of Music - Conservatorium (Honours in Violin Performance). Nathan has played with many outstanding artists and conducted various ensembles throughout Australia. Nathan has participated in every Victorian State Schools Spectacular since its 1995 inception, when he was a student violinist. Nathan is passionate about music and education and enjoys working with the talented and hardworking young musicians who take part in the truly unique event that is the VSSS.

Yvette Lee, Associate Dance Director

With a career spanning two decades, Yvette is recognised for her work across multiple platforms as a choreographer, creative director and creative producer and for her contribution to television, theatre and live touring events.
Her television credits include ‘The Masked Singer, ‘Dancing with the Stars’, ‘So You Think You Can Dance’ and the ARIA Awards. Her theatre credits include In The Heights, Rock of Ages, The History Boys, and Dusty.

Yvette has also produced choreography and creative design for recording artists such as Tim Minchin, Guy Sebastian, Hugh Sheridan and Josh Groban.

Daniel Puckey, Music Associate - Principal Vocal

In a career spanning 15 years, Daniel has worked as a Music Director, Vocal Director, pianist, and educator across Australia and abroad. His musical theatre credits include The Wedding Singer, Muriel’s Wedding, The Book of Mormon, Wizard of Oz, The Bodyguard, We Will Rock You, The Lion King and King Kong. He has also been a creative for various workshops and concerts globally including Michael Bublé’s Call Me Irresponsible Tour. Daniel is extremely excited to be returning to Spec; the home of where his music career launched as resident accompanist back in 2008!

Jacinta Caruana, Music Associate - Vocal Ensemble

Jacinta has established a strong professional career in the music industry over the last 15 years. With a solid career performing on local and international stages, highlights include Melbourne's prestigious Hamer Hall and Rod Laver Arena. Along with being a singer/songwriter, Jacinta also works as a session vocalist for radio and TV. Having performed backing vocals for popular artists – from Havana Brown, Russell Morris and John Farnham – Jacinta is passionate about sharing her experience with the up-and-coming performers of the VSSS. Jacinta has completed a degree in education and holds an advanced diploma in Music Performance.

Susannah Gidley, Music Associate - Choir

Susannah is a professional performer, experienced vocal coach, and performing arts educator. She has worked in the music, theatre and education industries for over 15 years.

Susannah graduated from the University of Melbourne with a Bachelor of Music (Honours in Classical Voice) and a Bachelor of Arts. She has trained in musical theatre at conservatoriums in New York and London and has enjoyed an extensive performance career both locally and internationally.

Susannah has a passion for educating and inspiring the next generation of singers and performers. She is General Manager and Vocal Coach at Associated Studios Australia. Susannah was the VSSS Choral Director in 2016 and has recently returned from living and working in London.

Hara Papoulias, Assistant Dance Director

Hara is a dance artist and choreographer who, for the last decade, has been heavily involved in the Victorian entertainment industry. She has worked alongside music artists such as Tones and I, Havana Brown, Samsonite, and 2XU.

Her television credits include ‘Dancing with the Stars’ and ‘Australia’s Got Talent’ for The Cosentino.

Hara has also performed at events including Melbourne Fashion Week, Falls Festival, All-Star Mile and the AFL Footy Show.

She has choreographed the Victorian Training Awards and Em Rusciano’s Rage & Rainbows Tour.

Hara is enthusiastic and grateful to continue getting amongst all areas of this thrilling industry.

Paul Jackson, Lighting Designer

Paul has designed for most of Australia's leading performing arts companies and has lectured in design at the University of Melbourne, RMIT University and the Victorian College of the Arts. His work has featured in festivals and programmes in the United States, Asia, Europe and the United Kingdom. Paul was listed in The Bulletin’s Smart 100 for 2004, was the Gilbert Spottiswood Churchill Fellow for 2007 and was an Artistic Associate at Malthouse Theatre from 2007-2013. He has received a Helpmann Award, seven Green Room Awards, two Sydney Theatre Awards, four APDG awards, a Critics Award for Theatre in Scotland and an Australia Council Fellowship (Theatre).

Robert Cuddon, Lighting and Media Content Designer

Robert is one of Australia’s leading Theatre practitioners working primarily for large scale commercial productions. Robert has made a name for himself in the field of lighting and projection. He has worked extensively on major musicals, concerts, television shows, events and productions for most of the world's leading designers and companies. Robert has extensive experience as an associate designer and is an award-nominated designer in his own right.

Deb Hallam, Costume Department Manager

Deb Hallam is a VCA Graduate with years of professional experience in costume management, sourcing, design and construction across many areas of the entertainment industry. Deb has been a member of the Victorian State Schools Spectacular family since 2011 and continues to find incredible satisfaction in helping to bring the Creative Director and Costume Designer’s vision for each show to reality. Deb can’t wait to once again look out across an Arena performance of the Victorian State Schools Spectacular and see all the beaming smiles of each and every student involved…bring on VSSS22!

Principal Vocalists

  • Scarlet Christensen Barnes, Albert Park College
  • Summer Bush, Rowville Secondary College
  • Jack Carter, Viewbank College
  • Sofia Cofano, Albert Park College
  • Lewis Cook, Northcote High School
  • Olivia Dacal, Victorian College of the Arts Secondary School
  • Dimitri Gosios, Kew High School
  • Ananya Hariharan, Mount Waverley Secondary College
  • Isabella Hincksman, Victorian College of the Arts Secondary School
  • Lucia Hodgman, Elwood College
  • Nenah Jones, Balwyn High
  • Neema Kashindi, Tarneit Senior College
  • Sedriece Kickett, Maribyrnong Secondary College
  • Jamie Koulbanis, Strathmore Secondary College
  • Ashley Lucey-Jannert, Narre Warren South P-12 College
  • Excelsior MaZe Madden, Williamstown High School
  • Amelia McConnell, Williamstown High School
  • Elizabeth Pardalis, Mill Park Secondary College
  • Cameron Poole, Rowville Secondary College
  • Dylan Russo, Mount Alexander College
  • Gauri Singh, Kambrya College
  • Jess Suares, Ringwood Secondary College
  • Akeira Somphanpanya, The Mac.Robertson Girls' High School
  • Olivia Sprague, Virtual School Victoria
  • Nathan Vibal, Wantirna College
  • Breanna Wilson, The Pavilion School

Principal Dancers

  • Amelia Apostolopoulos, Edgars Creek Secondary College
  • Madeline Coxhill, Lilydale High School
  • Hannah Dimic, McClelland College
  • Olivia Gard, Mornington Secondary College
  • Regan Gay, Berwick Secondary College
  • Eloise Henry, Sunbury Primary School
  • Isobel Henry, Sunbury Primary School
  • Nazli Irgat, Roxburgh College
  • Dion Kapralos, Rowville Secondary College
  • Ashley Lucey-Jannert, Narre Warren South P-12 College
  • Isabella Margheriti, Beaumaris Secondary College
  • Alexia Moxon, St Helena Secondary College
  • Indiana Ojczyk, Wallan Secondary College
  • Rosaliana Plata, The Lakes South Morang College
  • Shae Santiglia, Coburg High School
  • Isabel Scandizzo, Vermont Secondary College
  • Lacey Shattock, Ringwood Secondary College
  • Cierra Shook, Ringwood Secondary College
  • Olivia Sprague, Virtual School Victoria

Backing Vocalists

  • Eliza Derbyshire, Melba Secondary College
  • Naima Gerald, Blackburn High School
  • Mercede Hughes, Narre Warren South P-12 College
  • Saskia Kirby, Kambrya College
  • Holly McAdie, Ararat College
  • Eva Luna Sowerby, Mount Alexander College
  • Joanna Stavrakis, Northern College of The Arts & Technology

Victorian State Schools Choir

  • Jasmyn Agavale, Narre Warren South P-12 College
  • Ria Bhagat, Glen Waverley Primary School
  • Anagi Colambage, Melbourne High School
  • Sweeney Comte-Harvey, Kew High School
  • Lachlan Deane, Viewbank College
  • Saanvi Dileep, Alamanda College
  • Aysha Dunbar, Hoppers Crossing Secondary College
  • Kyan Esler, Koo Wee Rup Secondary College
  • Kristy Gangur, Blackburn High School
  • Catherine Hess, Parkdale Secondary College
  • Phoebe Jansz, Rowville Secondary College
  • Jazzabelle Klinger, Mulgrave Primary School
  • Max Pollard, Elisabeth Murdoch College
  • Pascal Aran Franco Sageman, Camberwell Primary School
  • Aiden Saracino, Thomastown Secondary College
  • Jessique Saracino, Thomastown Secondary College
  • Lucy Smith, Canterbury Girls’ Secondary College
  • Olivia Stephenson, Old Orchard Primary School
  • Abbie Taylor, Officer Secondary College
  • Rea Lexinne Tinoy, Mount Alexander College
  • Mackenzie Townsend, Officer Secondary College
  • Sandra Vibal, Wantirna College
  • Meredith Williams, Ringwood Secondary College

Specialty Acts

  • Kiera Barrigan, In Line Skater, Yarra Hills Secondary College
  • Lachlan Barrigan, In Line Skater, Yarra Hills Secondary College
  • Lana Hughes, Tap Dancer, Kyneton High School
  • Sasha Mandler, Rhythmic Gymnast, Oakleigh Primary School
  • Dion Sanelli, Acro Dancer, St Helena Secondary College
  • Imogen Smith, Circus & Aerialist Artiste, Elwood College
  • Nina Smith, Circus & Aerialist Artiste, Elwood College
  • Liam Van Deursen, Acro Dancer, Parkdale Secondary College
  • Hailey Williamson, Rhythmic Gymnast, Officer Secondary College
  • Riley Wooster, Puppeteer, Shepparton East Primary School

Orchestra

  • Benji Woods, Bassoon, Camberwell High School
  • Brooklin Bouphasavanh, Clarinet, Melbourne Girls' College
  • Heidi Graupner, Clarinet, Lilydale High School
  • Heidi Vague, Flute, Canterbury Girls’ Secondary College
  • Hunter van der Ent, Flute, Berwick Secondary College
  • Erin Allison, Oboe, Lilydale High School
  • Aaron Western, Alto Saxophone, Viewbank College
  • Cameron Taylor, Alto Saxophone, Kambrya College
  • Thomas English, Tenor Saxophone, Kambrya College
  • Hannah Smith, Tenor Saxophone, Kambrya College
  • Reuben Strentz, Trumpet, Box Hill High School
  • Xander Naselow, French Horn, Balwyn High School
  • Archie Gladwin, French Horn, Footscray High School
  • Alex Wilson, Trombone, Nossal High School
  • Noah Cerros, Trumpet, Kambrya College
  • Hayden Lee, Trombone, Balwyn High School
  • Letitia Schutte, Violin, Warragul Regional College
  • Lisa Arkane, Violin, Brentwood Secondary College
  • Lene Huang, Violin, Glendal Primary School
  • Ashley Chan, Violin, McKinnon Secondary College
  • Amy Gao, Violin, Box Hill High School
  • Rhiannon La, Violin, The University High School
  • Sean Tseng, Violin, Birralee Primary School
  • Scarlett Schutte, Violin, Warragul Regional College
  • Felix Huang, Violin, Glendal Primary School
  • Alanis Yim, Violin, Blackburn High School
  • Jordan Knox-Hald, Violin, Kambrya College
  • Charlotte Mah, Violin, Birralee Primary School
  • Jasmine Zhang, Violin, The Mac.Robertson Girls' High School
  • Talitha Ray, Viola, Collingwood College
  • Leila Subocz, Viola, Canterbury Girls' Secondary College
  • Lucy Woods, Viola, Canterbury Girls' Secondary College
  • Mei Hurley, Viola, Blackburn High School
  • James Casale, Viola, Balwyn High school
  • Victoria Loi, Viola, Surrey Hills Primary School
  • Florence Fensham, Cello, Princes Hill Secondary College
  • Georgia Woods, Cello, Canterbury Girls' Secondary College
  • Henry Browning, Cello, Auburn High School
  • Amber Seymour-Jones, Cello, Collingwood College
  • Elizabeth O’Mara, Cello, McKinnon Secondary College
  • Dubhessa Bryant, Cello, Collingwood College
  • Arwen Holt, Double Bass, Macleod College
  • Lily Yuriko Matsumoto, Keyboard, Richmond Primary School
  • Tarkyn Silvester, Guitar, Rosebud Secondary College
  • Dominic Carpenter, Keyboard, Victorian College of the Arts Secondary School
  • Jack Brunialti-Sykes, Keyboard, Beaumaris North Primary School
  • Ethan Stephenson, Drum Kit, Victorian College of the Arts Secondary School
  • Chezz Cinquegrana, Electric Bass, Kambrya College
  • Tynan Grech, Guitar, Braybrook College
  • Daniel Harrison, Percussion, Coburg High School

Mass Choir Program

Albany Rise Primary School

Teachers and Support Personnel

  • Judith Drew
  • Jessica O'Neill

Performers

  • Patricia Atzemi
  • Stelios Atzemis
  • Miranda Bett
  • Natalie Cheung
  • Hana El-Khub
  • Lana Fifita
  • Joshua Hans
  • Uditi Jain
  • Louise Jiang
  • Dalita Kapriloglu
  • Lily-May Korp
  • Isabella Lewis
  • Alyssa Muller
  • Tamsyn Mullner
  • Avinav Nagpal
  • Angelina Nastas
  • Tam Nguyen
  • Luka Nyoak
  • Max Parker
  • Krystal Sara
  • Shravani Sathya
  • Levi Sylvio
  • Harper Towers
  • Sumea Trkic
  • Monica Wol

Amsleigh Park Primary School

Teachers and Support Personnel

  • Teresa Kennedy
  • Danielle Renwick

Performers

  • Teila Budge
  • Alexandra De Soyza
  • Chanara Ganegoda
  • Riley Gaskin
  • Bella Kostaras
  • Cooper Lyons
  • Alyssa Marsden
  • Estelle Pitt
  • Alexis Richardson
  • Rhys Scott
  • Emilia Vallejos
  • Elaine Wu

Araluen Primary School

Teachers and Support Personnel

  • Roslyn Detering
  • Michael Evers

Performers

  • Lily Binks
  • Xander Brand
  • Archie Erskine
  • Annileece Faithful
  • Erin Healy
  • Tamzin Higgins
  • Ruby Leuning
  • Juliette Lowe
  • Perri Onley
  • Azariah Russell
  • Noah Russell
  • Liana Wilson
  • Chelsea Wright

Boronia Heights Primary School

Teachers and Support Personnel

  • Rebecka Atkinson
  • Simon Fox
  • Crista Lyon

Performers

  • Gideon Atkinson
  • Ayla Barrett
  • Abigail Brunner
  • Charlie Carter
  • Chloe Crump
  • Holly Dover
  • Ava Emmett
  • Tahlia Hickey
  • Emily Hooper
  • Matilda Jones
  • Ashley Kiss
  • Yulia Kluever
  • Maya Lawrence
  • Gabriella Lyon
  • Eleanor Mak
  • Chloe Porter
  • Ruby Sammut
  • Matthew Schaap
  • Amber Schumann
  • Abigail Spafford
  • Madelyn Surace
  • Charlotte Taylor
  • Avril Thorp
  • Ella Walker
  • Harper Williams

Diamond Creek Primary School

Teachers and Support Personnel

  • Helen Micallef
  • Isabella Mignuoli
  • Taryn Place

Performers

  • Julia Angelo
  • William Armitage
  • Jude Campbell
  • Claire Coppola
  • Majai Corti
  • Lexi Doherty
  • Olivia Dunn
  • Lyla Evans
  • Hamish Harrison-Wild
  • Emel Kurtuldu
  • Isabelle McGregor
  • Emma McKechnie
  • Lottie Oslender
  • Zoe Patten
  • Elise Patti
  • Sienna Place
  • Mason Rathjen
  • Isabel Smith
  • Isabelle Staples
  • Freya Wittenberg

Donvale Primary School

Teachers and Support Personnel

  • Kerry Gerraty
  • Peter Reiter

Performers

  • Kaitlyn Bishop
  • Hannah Blyberg
  • Jasmine Brewin
  • Noah Chen
  • Alexis Edwards
  • Siena Ehlert
  • Maya Folkens
  • Zahlia Glover
  • Adeeba Hasan
  • Anran Li
  • Sofia Maimonis
  • Isabella Mouzakis
  • Aliya Narangala
  • Grace Panesar
  • Maya Patterson
  • Lauren Tan
  • Laura Theodorlis

Elisabeth Murdoch College

Teachers and Support Personnel

  • Hayley Noy
  • Renee Taggart

Performers

  • Audrey Bailey
  • Lily Buckley
  • Caitlin Burridge
  • Isabella Cauchi
  • Mia Dean
  • Lilly Drane
  • Rhilea Finlayson
  • Olivia Hill
  • Jess Hitchman
  • Mia Jones
  • Zhara Kelly
  • Hudson Kilby
  • Asha Morrow
  • Emma-Jane Morton
  • Tara Noy
  • Stella Phillips
  • Xavier Phillips
  • Molly Potter
  • Teira Smith
  • Charlotte Sword
  • Marli Travers

Emerald Primary School

Teachers and Support Personnel

  • Amanda Byers
  • Tara Porter

Performers

  • Ayla Beatson
  • Macey Devers
  • Sophie Fruend
  • Amara Gage
  • Chloe McKinsley
  • Neve Porter
  • Hunta Rosevear
  • Rosalie Thomas
  • Evelina Toneatto
  • Penny Woodyard

Essex Heights Primary School

Teachers and Support Personnel

  • Magdalene Lim
  • Jessica Wynne

Performers

  • Angela Chen
  • Eric Chen
  • Nathan Granig
  • Cooper Halyburton
  • Kavya Jaya
  • Rithika Kumbalatara
  • Justin Majidi
  • Sophia Millan
  • Isabelle Nguyen
  • Partha Patel
  • Maya Preyser
  • Nazli Sadegdi
  • Luigi Salud
  • Adesh Sanjai
  • Aaliyah Sanusi
  • Raffaello Tilli
  • Esmond Tsoi

Footscray North Primary School

Teachers and Support Personnel

  • Charlotte Barker
  • Jo Court

Performers

  • Ebonny Calvin
  • Rose Carter
  • Willow DeLuca
  • Anabell Gorgievski
  • Gigi Hoyer
  • Samantha Hynes
  • Lily Le Jacka
  • Nia Khimasia
  • Amy Luu
  • Kaia O'Brien
  • Ethan Phan
  • Aonnesha Roy
  • Yuktha Settipalli
  • Sofia Sporton
  • Isaac Tan
  • Celine To
  • Khiro Tran
  • Tomali Williams

Glen Waverley Primary School

Teachers and Support Personnel

  • Nadia Cecconello

Performers

  • Thinuli Amarasinghe
  • Nichapa Asavamaneekul
  • Neha Bhudia
  • Evin Kanahala Gamage
  • Eman Khan
  • Krisha Lakhanpal
  • Sachi Lokuliyanage
  • Dhashari Malauigg
  • Ayaan Mangale
  • Ananda Pandey
  • Sithmi Pannipitiya
  • Aanya Patel
  • Anuki Ranatunga
  • Swara Sawant
  • Siana Sridhar
  • Ana Sultan
  • Ngo-Shun Tang
  • Ishika Varun Nair
  • Jaik Wanniarachchige
  • Suwi Wanniarachchige
  • Vinushi Wickramasinghe
  • Vinara Wijeratne
  • Sophie Zhu

Glen Waverley South Primary School

Teachers and Support Personnel

  • Ebony Gibson
  • Peter Jenkins

Performers

  • Tu An Dao
  • Marissa Do
  • Riley Forelli
  • Ariya Govender
  • Alicia Knowles
  • Armani Lafaele
  • Meizhen Li
  • Ayra Mahmud
  • Jiraiya McAlister-Meehan
  • Mia Yu

Golden Square Primary School

Teachers and Support Personnel

  • Jazmine van Agtmaal
  • Robyn Powell

Performers

  • Nikitah Costello
  • Willow Dellar
  • Savannah Fullick
  • Mason Lowe
  • Andrea Lukic
  • Ebony McFarland
  • Yakira McKenzie
  • Abygail Pethybridge
  • Ivy Roe
  • Georgia Ryan
  • Lora Soko
  • William Stedman
  • Sreenidhi Sudheeb
  • Shyleeka Wellington

Greenhills Primary School

Teachers and Support Personnel

  • Gemma Correzzola
  • Kate Stewart
  • Andrea Williams

Performers

  • Ella Dorman
  • Daniel Hussein
  • Stefan Jankulovski
  • Kai Le Grys
  • Olivia Luke
  • Hamish Macdonald
  • Charlotte Smallwood
  • Matthew Stone
  • Joshua Thom
  • Cameron Trebilco
  • Ally Turner
  • Senna van der Plas
  • Alanah van Leuven

Guthridge Primary School

Teachers and Support Personnel

  • Carolyn Campbell

Performers

  • Lance Meredith

Hawthorn West Primary School

Teachers and Support Personnel

  • Emily Bowden
  • Calla Kruger
  • Jacinta Le

Performers

  • Dilru Amaranayake
  • Phoebe Bament
  • Ruby Bayliss
  • Sophie Bruce
  • Sadie Byass
  • Minnie Carty
  • Ria Chhikara
  • Bronte Cranshaw
  • Alistair Dixon
  • Hannah Hooper
  • Mia Jovancevska
  • Rahni Kelly
  • Esther Kirsner-Reuten
  • Sethumi Liyanage
  • Phoebe Murray
  • Adele Pandoleon
  • Indie Phillips
  • Amira Pinczewski
  • Kiara Podolakin
  • Elodie Powyer
  • Chiara Rhodes
  • Jaya Towler
  • Charlotte Treloggan
  • Rani Twite
  • Clio Verner

Hughesdale Primary School

Teachers and Support Personnel

  • Gretel Holmes
  • Annie Wylie

Performers

  • Mika Ben Shitrit
  • Christina Berte
  • Lachlan Clements
  • Mackenzie Ferrers
  • Hannah Gallo
  • Samara Jethmalani
  • Emily Koutsovasilis
  • Laura Li
  • Katania Major
  • Eve McCausland
  • Audrey McWatt
  • Girija Parasnis
  • Ishara Parker
  • Arabella Robinson
  • Nellie Vincent
  • Isabelle Wallace

Jacana School for Autism

Teachers and Support Personnel

  • Imogen Brane
  • Stephanie di Salvo
  • Simone Gravina
  • Daniel Moloney
  • Virginia Porteous
  • Elise Robson
  • Catherine Schmidt
  • Vanessa Tucker

Performers

  • Jhan Bozkhurt
  • Ethan Braun
  • Noah Clayton
  • Tala Georges
  • Kelly Graham
  • Damien Haitidis
  • Summer Hughes
  • Max Kregor
  • Vincent Liang
  • Tyler Macdonald
  • Emily Minns
  • Lachlan Minns
  • Saphia Ngo
  • Liam Norgen
  • Saviour Pesamino
  • Lucas Powell
  • Aaron Rye
  • Tyler Sauzier
  • Luke Williamson
  • Nafiz Yildrim

Jells Park Primary School

Teachers and Support Personnel

  • Lauren Antoniou
  • Elise Pratt
  • Denise Toner

Performers

  • Jessie Annett
  • Tilly Annett
  • Taylor Barr
  • Hannah Bennett
  • Hanna Chong
  • Hunter Clancy
  • Zoe Evans
  • Dexter Fan
  • Lachlan Howlett
  • Adila Jujic
  • Janice Kim
  • Emilie Kolotelo
  • Athan Loupetis
  • Maris Malin
  • Frances McGrath
  • Lucas St Baker
  • Jocelyn Zhang

Kyabram P-12 College

Teachers and Support Personnel

  • Belinda Goff
  • Susan Meeking

Performers

  • Maddison Andrews
  • Chloe Berner
  • Jedda Booth
  • Ashlea Duckworth
  • Tom Duckworth
  • Rylie Harding
  • Dakota Jones
  • Axel King
  • Jorge McLean
  • Skylah McNally
  • Holly McNeil
  • Sophie Moore
  • Jorja Saunders
  • Chloe Scott (Reynolds)
  • Eliza-Anne Snell
  • Aubrey Thistlethwaite
  • Ruby Thomson
  • Dakota Thring
  • James Van Berlo
  • Ronin Walley
  • Ewan Walsh

Lalor Secondary College

Teachers and Support Personnel

  • Aakshi Aakshi
  • Heather Allan
  • Tess Bennett
  • Maria Stipcevic

Performers

  • Haydar Al Ali
  • Ruby Buckler
  • Annalise Golikidis
  • Mia Hebaiter
  • Taihlar Kampf
  • Tam Lam
  • Sienna Milne
  • Irmak Picak
  • Yousef Pishbaz
  • Caitlin Rantino
  • Violet Thodori
  • Nikki Tran
  • Hailey Tuhua-Ashby
  • Mia Van Egmond

Lyndhurst Primary School

Teachers and Support Personnel

  • Julian Flanagan
  • Mandy Vorster

Performers

  • Duleena Abeyakoon
  • Mollie-Jo Cameron
  • Nethuli De Silva
  • Parleen Dheri
  • Afrin Farzana
  • Sophie Hunter
  • Manya Kaur
  • Zainah Kazi
  • Mia Loois
  • Taylah Marshal
  • Sophie Middleton
  • Grace Nicol
  • Harseerat Pandlay
  • Cjay Perkins
  • Charlotte Preyer
  • Salina Rigo
  • Kayleigh Robinson
  • Japji Sekhon
  • Isabella Squires
  • Ojas Thotathil
  • Harper Van Vugt
  • Setayesh Zafar
  • Olivia Zhang

Malmsbury Primary School

Teachers and Support Personnel

  • Kate Kuyateh
  • Siobhan Moody

Performers

  • Lucy Bradley
  • Charlie Cairns
  • Layla Chapman
  • Hayley Davis
  • Anna Dunn
  • Eleanor Hemsley
  • Jake Jones
  • Lily Jones
  • Ami Kuyateh
  • Rosina Mancuso
  • Zoe Morrison
  • Asher Rigby
  • Elena Sultana

Mooroolbark East Primary School

Teachers and Support Personnel

  • Michael Jones
  • Ally Smith

Performers

  • Amelia Blefari-Donald
  • Aimee Burton
  • Ava Daley
  • Jordan Handley
  • Danica Isbester
  • Alannah Jarvis
  • Summer Johnston
  • Tiarna Jones
  • Frankie Joy
  • Lucy Kinchington Corkery
  • Freya Lowry
  • Brydie Magee
  • Natasha McKenzie
  • Paige McVeigh
  • Amber Pikard
  • Anya Sharma
  • Maya Shaw
  • Paige Stanton
  • Chloe Stephen
  • Milla Taylor
  • Hannah Varone
  • Charlie Vujnovic
  • Amy Wang
  • Danielle Washfold
  • Alexis Williams

Mulgrave Primary School

Teacher and Support Personnel

  • Sally Bush
  • Erica Newnham

Performers

  • Iris Anastasuadus
  • Brooke Appleyard
  • Thalia Araneda
  • Charlie Battaglia
  • Alyssa Carter
  • Milla Hattwell
  • Mylah Klinger
  • Elena Krotkas
  • Danica Marsh
  • Hiya Mehera
  • Evie Papas
  • Bronwyn Parslow
  • Ananya Ragavan
  • Sethuki Riyas Kodithuwakku
  • Nitasha Sharma
  • Emily Themis
  • Samadhi Uggal BevulaHewagamage
  • Mirabella Wu-Zhu

Northern Bay College

Teacher and Support Personnel

  • Christina Bowden
  • Kaitlyn McKenzie

Performers

  • Chrystal Arnold
  • William Bogemann
  • Jazzmine Bourne
  • Ethan Brown
  • Matilda Cartwright
  • Jessica Lee Donaldson
  • Lailah Lambert
  • Abbey Maskiell
  • Ava Miano
  • Esme Milkauskas
  • Ally Miller
  • Si Par Ha Nar
  • Kylah Nolan
  • Sam Ross McKernan
  • Grace Sharman
  • Serena Viccars-Munro
  • Lena Vinkovics

Oakleigh South Primary School

Teachers and Support Personnel

  • Jennifer Barnard
  • Michael Mietzcke
  • Elaine Wilkinson

Performers

  • Mishell Bobbin
  • Alicia Cho
  • Rafael Coleman
  • Leah Cooper
  • Rose Curtis
  • Chloe De Angelis
  • Violet Godfrey
  • Dhruv Gupta
  • Ella Haney
  • Isabelle Hogarth-Scott
  • Milla Huru
  • Vinuki Imbulana
  • Anusha Kesarwani
  • Heidi Kuang
  • Michael Li
  • Anushka Mehta
  • Millie Mitchell
  • Jayden Ng
  • Ela Ross
  • Saanvi Sethi
  • Amelia Sheppard
  • Riya Sikka
  • Charlie Speed
  • Brandon Yu
  • Olivia Zeng

Saltwater P-9 College

Teachers and Support Personnel

  • Rachel Kreymborg
  • Michael Lapina
  • Sara Martyn

Performers

  • Hannah Adametz
  • Molly Alker
  • Suhana Arora
  • Serafina Brophy
  • Isabelle Cheung
  • Tanatswa Chiura
  • Nieke De Wet
  • Josh Del Rosario
  • Tiana Fagalilo-Temese
  • Molly Gill
  • Xinyan Guo
  • Almira Hafiz
  • Tiara Hart
  • Emily Kroes
  • Harper Leon
  • Keira Madigan
  • Mahika Misra
  • Roxana Mocko
  • Blaine Scott
  • Keyshia Scott
  • Michael Scrutton
  • Jacob Smith
  • Jisha Tandon
  • Lilly Tativa
  • Allegra Whitmore

Shepparton East Primary School

Teachers and Support Personnel

  • Leah Sanders
  • Stacey Willaton

Performers

  • Savannah Alcaniz
  • Harrison Avramovski
  • Isobel Black-Griffin
  • Sophia Carrafa
  • Isabella Dethridge
  • Addisyn Farrant
  • Ashia Fimmel
  • Jack Fleming
  • Lilyanne Freitag
  • Alice Galt
  • Piper Lindsay
  • Charlotte Lonie
  • Willow Maher
  • Brian Marsland
  • Mason Martin
  • Saskia Matthews
  • Isabella Shields
  • Zara Stumpo
  • Ineke Walsh
  • Eeva Whitford
  • Archie Willaton
  • Riley Wooster

Tecoma Primary School

Teachers and Support Personnel

  • Tahlia Bye
  • Sally Connell
  • Chelsey Robins

Performers

  • Xanthe Blackett
  • Sophia Briggs
  • Maeve Buenen
  • Maggie Conroy
  • Alexander Dimitriadis-Castillo
  • Quilla Ferguson
  • Lorelei Howard
  • Lolly Johnson-Hayes
  • James Linden-Koska
  • Victoria Litterbach
  • Hazel Murray
  • Holly Percival
  • Yaroslava Semenova
  • Ava Trsek
  • Amelia Vanderhorst
  • Hope Williams

Tootgarook Primary School

Teachers and Support Personnel

  • Justine Beagley
  • Christine Young

Performers

  • Skye Broomfield
  • Lily Carroll
  • Trilby Carroll
  • Tara Clarke
  • Rosie Forster
  • Eloise Garlick
  • Tess Gathercole
  • Bonnie Gordon
  • Lacey Hanson
  • Sophie Leahy
  • Olivia Leydon
  • Kaylie Novotny
  • Cheye Penzo
  • Shaeli Price
  • Eva Read
  • Noah Robertson
  • Sophie Sambrook
  • Willow Steadman
  • Emily Tetlow
  • Jemma Underwood

Upwey South Primary School

Teachers and Support Personnel

  • Danielle Haines

Performers

  • Kaitlyn Batson
  • Mila Biggs
  • Imogen Brooker
  • Angus Carroll
  • Charlotte Caruana
  • Sienna Censi
  • Quinn Collins
  • Anna Czenz
  • Jack Etheridge
  • Skylar Farr
  • Alisha Gaida
  • Lainey Godbehere
  • Shakked Hadas
  • Noah Harris
  • Lily Hinrichsen
  • Mikayla Holmes
  • Taya Holmes
  • Logan Kotze
  • Pippa Mannaert
  • Fern McKinty
  • Eden Murphy
  • Isla O'Neill
  • Charlie Rainey
  • Vida Demant Roddy
  • Evie Russell
  • Alfie Sheehan
  • Justyna Taylor
  • Matilda Van Gaalen
  • Noah Van Hoorn
  • Bonnie Vorherr

Wattle Park Primary School

Teachers and Support Personnel

  • Steven Donohue
  • Sylwia Michalska

Performers

  • Archer Barros
  • Franki Beck
  • Zoe Bibile
  • Olive Brodie
  • Autumn Cadman
  • Bobby Camm
  • Lila Cahill
  • Lachlan Curlewis
  • Abby Frawley
  • Atulya Lamichhane
  • Elise Looker
  • Crystal Ma
  • Jasmine McCasey
  • Xoli McGinnes
  • Holly Povey
  • Zara Ridley
  • Nelya Nanyu Shen
  • June Walmsley
  • Zoe Wang
  • Lena Zhang

Western Heights College

Teachers and Support Personnel

  • Matthew Bolton

Performers

  • Ash Carter
  • Johanna Ivey
  • Sarah Ivey

Whittlesea Primary School

Teachers and Support Personnel

  • Raelene Gittos
  • Joshua Watts

Performers

  • Asha Abeling
  • Isabelle Carey-Szwaj
  • Toby Clark
  • Shelby Farrelly
  • Heidi Gallenti
  • Margaret Gittos
  • Melinda Gittos
  • Giovita Goci
  • Charlie Graham
  • Holly Leeson
  • Emma Lord
  • Taylor Love
  • Ivy Millar
  • Amelie Powell
  • Charlotte Susanof
  • Olivia Tomarchio
  • Amelia Trafford
  • Annie Watson
  • Charlie Watt

Wonga Park Primary School

Teachers and Support Personnel

  • Melanie Lambden
  • Mika Priest
  • Kristy Salisbury

Performers

  • Rachel Aiken
  • Zoe Brida
  • Eva Chapman
  • Lucia Chapman
  • Harper Clyde
  • Zara Couzens
  • Amelia Dinnison
  • Delilah Fritz
  • Sophie Gammon
  • Amelia Giles
  • Sofia Hewitt
  • Tiahna Hewitt
  • Ariella Hollyman
  • Jade Jansen
  • Ella Jemmeson
  • Charlotte Jones
  • Georgia Jones
  • Eden Juers
  • Christy Knoll
  • Isla Lambe
  • Maple List
  • Maddison Lowe
  • Grace Morrissey
  • Ella Phelan
  • Chloe Porter-Wise
  • Kaylee Pritchard
  • Olivia Rackley
  • Amelie Salisbury
  • Ellen Sheehan
  • Marlea Sheehan
  • Alice Youl

Production Credits

Creative Director

Neill Gladwin

Creative Producer

Simon K Patterson

Musical Director

Chong Lim AM

Dance Director

Deon Nuku

Costume Designer

Isaac Lummis

Music

Associate Musical Director

Nathan J.D. Scerri (Alumnus)

Music Associate - Principal Vocal

Daniel Puckey

Music Associate - Vocal Ensemble

Jacinta Caruana

Music Associate - Choir

Susanah Gidley, Rebecca Sabatino

Music Associate - Rhythm Section

Jarrah Whyte

Music Associate - Head of Arranging

Kai Lim

Repetiteurs

Jack Hollander

Michelle Nguyen

Cameron Thomas

Jarrah Whyte

Orchestral Staff

String Tutors

Zoltan Balazs

Cameron Jamieson

Atilla Kuti

Karoline Kuti

Tony Mazziotta

Brass Tutors

Dan Beasy

Evgeny Chebykin

Adam Grech

Patrick McMullin

Simon Scerri

Anton Schroeder

Woodwind Tutors

Greg Clarkson

Emma Morrison

Robert Simone

Cameron Smith

Kim Tan

Percussion Tutor

Kieran Rafferty

Piano/Keyboard Tutors

Jarrah Whyte

Guitar/Bass Guitar Tutors

Craig Newman

James Ryan

Additional Vocal Tutors

Kathy Hinch

Jack Hollander

Musical Arrangements

Rod Ennis

Anton Koch

Chong Lim AM

Kai Chen Lim

Daryl McKenzie

Dance

Associate Dance Director

Yvette Lee

Assistant Dance Director

Hara Papoulias

Guest Choreographer

Jarryd Byrne

Mass Dance Assistants

Rachael Allan (Alumnus)

Zoe Keltie (Alumnus)

Cameron Shook (Alumnus)

Cara Vrzovski

Design

Costume Design

Isaac Lummis

Lighting Design

Paul Jackson and Robert Cuddon

Media Content

Robert Cuddon

Assistant Lighting Programmer

Mike MacDonald

Media Programmer

Luke Hawley

Circus Segment Direction

Kate Fryer

Geoff Dunstan

Stage Management and Operations

Company Manager

Sam Pollock

Operations Manager and Deputy Company Manager

Sam Bluer (Alumnus)

Senior Stage Manager / BOH Caller

Ashleigh Walwyn

Senior SM Support

Lani Hallam

Show Call Stage Manager

Annie Halliday

Stage Management Support Staff

Will Barker

Michelle Gleeson

Rorey Mace

Anna Magrath

Emma Marks

Gemma Penglase

Perri Sharan

Carmelino Tammaro

Rose Turnbull

Ellie Williams

Operations Coordinators

Mitchell Athanassiou

Timothy Athanassiou

Jordan Fantone

Emery Sheeran

EOC Operator

Rachel Cogdon

Assistant Company Manager

Shane Howell

Production Assistants

Matthew Bergowicz

Jean Ciancio

Shane Howell

Jade Johnson

Ruby O’Brien

Gemma Penglase

Josh Trippett

Emily Van Dyk

Technical Services

Technical Director

Chris Newman

Audio Production

Andrew Marsh

NW Group

Lighting, Rigging and LED Screens

Andrew Holmes

PRG Australia

LED Screens, Vision and Television Broadcast Record

Leigh Ferguson

Creative Technology

Show Communications

Peter Cochrane

Articulate Communications

Staging

Warren Maher

Clifton Productions

Wardrobe, Hair and Makeup

Costume Designer, Wardrobe Coordinator

Isaac Lummis

Costume Department Manager

Deb Hallam

Costume Makers

David Anderson

Melinda Brodie

Janice Chalmers

Justine Coultham

Ellen Figgis

Jo Foley

Emma Ikin

Adele La Padula

Stephanie Lourantos

Rachel McWha

Liz Maisey

Bryn Meredith

Madeline Nibali

Tirion Rodwell

Tristan Seebohm

Sue Skinner

Madeleine Somers

Costume Buyer

Deb Hallam

Wigs

Trent Whitmore

Hair

Georgia Plummer

Hair Trainer and Coordinator

Claudia O’Regan

Makeup Coordinator

Nikki Domm

Makeup Assistants

Tatiana Griffiths

Erin Harding

Tertiary Student Placements

Jessie McGuigan (National Institute of Dramatic Art)

Lexie Cilia, Katherine Dalloul, Kyah Falzon, Ana Farrell, Vanessa Huynh-King, Morgan Jenkins, Poppy Livings, Zachary Mackenzie-Ross, Rebecca Morris, Teagan Petrie, Evelynn Tapuvae, Emma Templeton, Stephanie Tenace, Genevive Trollope (Diploma of Event Management, Holmesglen Institute)

Elizabeth Ainge, Charlize Estrada, Natalie Even-Bar, Isabella Halliday, Charlotte Maher, Kayla Mohr, Alex Mottershead (Diploma of Event Management, Swinburne University of Technology)

Nikkita Angelovski, Joanna Gillbee, Kate Gilworth, Angela Hannan, Vivienne McCracken, Imogen Sutton, Luca Thow, April Thurrowgood, Lin Zhao (Melbourne Polytechnic)

Khulood Basim Hanna Al-qasha, Rahaf Alruwaitie, Leah Anderson, Madhuka Ranasinghe Arachchilage, Rawia Chaarani, Bella Fontana, Rahwa Gebray, Emily Hassad, Donya Karimi, Louise Kassis, Mona Mouhtadi, Callum McKay, Domenic Perri, Gessica Renda, Lilla Takacs. (Certificate III in Hairdressing and Certificate III in Barbering, Melbourne Polytechnic)

Promotion and Design

Graphic Design

Christelle Humbert, Hummingbelle

Media and Publicity

Vicky Iliopoulos, Sonja McGill and Clea Woods, Lucky Star Media

Photography

Timothy Burgess, Image Play

Zelman Cressey-Gladwin

Mark Dadswell

Channel 7 Broadcast

Producer

Ed Hobbs

Television Director

Peter Ots

Produced by the Department of Education and Training

Deputy Secretary
Schools and Regional Services

Dr David Howes

A/Assistant Deputy Secretary
Schools and Regional Services

Lee Watts

A/Executive Director, School Operations and Statewide Services
Schools and Regional Services

Sally Carew-Reid

A/Director, Statewide Services
Schools and Regional Services

Megan Kerr

Performing Arts Unit

Manager and Spectacular Producer

Susan Ure

Administration Coordinator

Darren Roberts

Senior Communications Advisor

Sara-Jane Rice

Program Acts

Act I

Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band

J Lennon, P McCartney

Land of a Thousand Dances

C Kenner

My Own Drum

M Elliot, L Miranda

Protocol

Red Earth / Wominjeka Wurundjeri

C Lim / J Wandin Murphy

Don’t Slack

A Paak, J Timberlake, L Goransson

1-2-3

J Mater, R Samarin, J Adelberger

You Raise Me Up

B Graham, R Lovland

Running Up That Hill

K Bush

I Hear a Symphony

C Fry

Looking at Me

S Carpenter, S Carlsson, J Ghaleb

Respect

O Redding

I Like It

R Klenord, M Rodriguez, B Osorio, B Almanza, T Pabon

Being For the Benefit of Mr Kite!

J Lennon, P McCartney

Eleanor Rigby

J Lennon, P McCartney

Pumpin Blood

T Jimson, M Flygare, S Vaeppling

Cold Heart

E John, P Mayes, B Taupin, A Meecham, D Meredith

Levitating

D Lipa, S Hudson, S Kozemeniuk, C Coffee

Contact

P Wolf, S Ponce, R Hall

Act II

You Get What You Give

A Gregg, R Nowells

Move On Up

C Mayfield

Forget Me Nots

T Macfaddin, P Rushen, F Washington

Ebben? Ne andro Iontana/La Wally

R Tebaldi

Northern Lights

O Dacal

What I Said

S Jones, A Vasilenko, J Mobley, T Phillips, L Waldrip

Greatest Love of All

M Masser, L Creed

I Will Be Your Shield

S W Bragg

Pompeii

D Smith

Bigger/Hope

S Walker, A Parson, M Jade, R Lewis / C Mitchell

Nimrod

Sir E Elgar

Wikitoria

L Hiki

Together Again

T S Lewis, J Jackson, J Damita, J S Harris

I/O Gyro

C Lim

Cowboy Bebop Tank!

Y Mizoguchi

Solid Rock

S Howard

Changing

E McMahon, W Hector, B Kohn, T Barnes, P Kelleher

You Can’t Stop the Beat

W S Wittman

Everybody’s Free (To Feel Good)

T Cox, N Swanston

Everybody’s Free

T Cox, N Swanston

When Love Takes Over

M Nervo, P Guetta, O Nervo, F Riesterer, K Rowland

Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (Reprise)

J Lennon, P McCartney

Special Guests

Hip Hop Dancers - Hoppers Crossing Secondary College

Soul Ukakala Fuimaono, Ashley Groves, Raia Jose, Ku Klain Kae, Taurean Kaa Kavakura, Terence Kavakura, Francesca Nanat, Hannah Shave, Amy Tran, Pam Wealprasert

Circus Artists - Camp Hill Primary School

Dash Abbott, Pia Amsing, Blaine Anderson, Charlie Anstree, Jacob Baker, Hannah Bergman, Inca Bolton, Compton Broadbent, Maeve Broadbent, Tanae Bull, Caleb Busbridge, Charlie Cahill, Angie Chen, Millie Cross, Mira Davis, Isaac Farr, Bella Ferguson, Jupiter Fitzallen, Mietta Grills-Marsili, Anthony Han, Archer Holland, Spencer Hughs, Hannah Inglis, Sydnie Kemp, Liberty Leavesley, Maya Morales, Christina Napoleon, Sigrid Nicholson, Jayda North, Belle Oates, Lexi O’Brien, Ryan Parker, Greta Pearce, Spencer Price, Alana Ralph, Lainey Ratcliffe, Margot Righetti, Quilla Righetti, Audrey Savage, Maida Shaikh, Ella Simmons, Miller Slattery, Hugh Smith, Georgina Spaglia, Ava Synott, Paw Si Thein, Edie Thomas, Charlotte Townsend, Miles Turner, Izzy Vaughan, Laura Vu, Arthur Woodriffe, Cynthia Xing

Speciality Dancers - Victorian College of the Arts Secondary School

First cast:
Lucas McLean, Zac Purves

Cover cast:
Audrey Moutia, Ruby Willis

Puppeteers - Staughton College

Rhianna Blackmore, Ava Gilbert, Amira Haque, Azara Haque, Kristy Herridge, Khyarna Howard, Nicole Jowett, David Lord, Madison MacAllister, Tanisha Oetomo, Emily Pollock, Odessah Safiti, Jeyla Samakovski, Tanushka Shukla, Ebony Stevenson, Lady-Elva Tachie-Menson, David Te Rehu, Georgia Tietza, Blessing Vaoga

Pasifika Choir - Cranbourne West Secondary College, Hampton Park Secondary College, Monterey Secondary College, Lyndhurst Secondary College, Narre Warren South P-12 College

Cranbourne Secondary College

Tana Alaifea, Payton Evile, Daniel Moimoi, Alexia Muliaga, Venina Naikasovesi, Isha Rana, Chanelia Toloa, Anselim Tuariki, Grace White

Hampton Park Secondary College

Tamieka Gittens, Rhyanna Ianuari Mike Samasoni, Monson Siliil, Akasha Vitale

Monterey Secondary College

Silvah Dalton, Leilani Metuariki, Aiyana Nash-Ruke, Paris Wetini

Lyndhurst Secondary College

Stewart Noa, Chrysana Poko, Andrew Samu, Avalisa Saga Fia, Gillian Samu, Harmony Thompson, Alisha Tupai, Denise Uelehipa, Natalyah Ueseli

Narre Warren South P-12 College

Jacob Agavale, Eden Ausage, Cecelia Alefosio, Mercede Hughes, Miracle Leau, Isaiah Lokeni, Adrian Maihi, Tamia Manaitu, Deborah Moors, Hannah Moors, Kenan Moors, Louis Oeti, Marley Papatua, Thomas Stusky, Lennox Tuivasa, Salvatore Taufa, Sam Tavai

Haka - Alkira College, Cranbourne West Secondary College, Hallam Senior College, Narre Warren South P-12 College, Tarneit Secondary College

Alkira College

Kaylor-reyne, KJ, Zion

Cranbourne West Secondary College

Nabeel Ali, Nazir Ali, Roman Azami, Elijah Coreless, Harper Coutts, Samuel Faaniniva, Trey Horua, Sahil Omar Khail, Matehuirua (Korjez) Mahuru-Kati,
Jasmeet Singh Grewal, Abraham Paraia, Daeshaan Rungarunga, Kingston Talimatasi, June-Boy Tekopua, Hendrix Teniseli, Soseman Amaru Tou, John (Tyron) Tranquille, Christian Tsiokas, Abelchase Vaimauga, Kesohn Vaimauga, Deng Yich

Hallam Senior College

Jahwae Beckham, Manaakitia Beckham, Laylah Berhe, Alexah Faoa, Haze Heke, Leilani Heke, Aiyanna Hotunam- Pirere, Jecoliah Monise, Kalani Tahiata, DJ Tumui

Narre Warren South P-12 College

Kurapoto Amuketi, Lukah Beckham-Sionetali, Tyler Brandon, Chrome, Kaia Dixon-Kahukiwa, Tame Dixon-Kahukiwa, Junior Kautai, Jadis Williams-Fuemana, Piripi Raharuhi, Jayden Randall, Ryan Thomson, Julian Williams-Fuemana

Tarneit Secondary

Marlon Paraha, Destiny Ripi, Sadiez Tagataese, Nate Tarei, Paige Te Tura, Vili Taumoelau, Ayman Yohannes

First Nations Dancers - Yuille Park Community College

Deklyn Campbell, Jordan Crawford, Nevaeh Crawford

First Nations Choir - Albany Rise Primary School, Emerald Primary School, Golden Square Primary School, Mooroolbark East, Saltwater Primary School, Upwey South

Albany Rise Primary School

Lily-May Korp, Max Parker

Emerald Primary School

Hunta Rosevear

Golden Square Primary School

Shyleeka Wellington

Mooroolbark East Primary School

Tiarna Jones, Alexis Williams

Saltwater Primary School

Blaine Scott

Upwey South Primary School

Alfie Sheehan

Drum Line

Ariana Krebs (St Helena Secondary College), Isaac Wicklein (Blackburn High School), Dinda Widya Murti (Suzanne Cory High School)

Mass Dance Program 2022

Ararat College

Teachers and Support Personnel

  • Kev Bowles
  • Taylah Middlemiss
  • Katrina Pace

Performers

  • Eboni Charter
  • Hannah Dowsett
  • Tiffany Morrison
  • Alyssa Townsend

Bayswater Secondary College

Teachers and Support Personnel

  • Narelle Collom

Performers

  • Imogen Christie
  • Shaima Issa
  • Skye Symes
  • Penny Thomas
  • Tayha Visser
  • Jo Wedgwood

Bayswater South Primary School

Teachers and Support Personnel

  • Tim Aris
  • Megan Payne

Performers

  • Stella Adam
  • Evangeline Couper
  • Oscar Erhardt
  • Sahara Fuller
  • Charlotte Higham
  • Lily Hirschmann
  • Mikaela Howson
  • Adam Langsford
  • Jake Mason
  • Veronika Misztak
  • Lola Nguyen
  • Anna Oporowicz
  • Summer Roberts
  • Sebastian West
  • Irina (Junyi) Zhang

Bell Primary School

Teachers and Support Personnel

  • Laura Meredith

Perfomers

  • Leilani Ah Ching
  • Maddie Caputi
  • Carmen Cullen-Croke
  • Kate Fraser
  • Izzy Galea
  • Amelie Galea
  • Eloise Guilliani
  • Poppy Harris
  • Matilda Hillman
  • Pearl Martino
  • Eliza Moyle
  • Lily Noble
  • Lulu Rimes
  • Maya Rodriguez-Callejas
  • Ruby Tudor-Hall
  • Ella Wright

Belmont Primary School

Teachers and Support Personnel

  • Belinda Cook
  • Tahlia Dwyer
  • Amy Ralph
  • Kelly Wilde

Performers

  • Pippa Brown
  • Ella Corn
  • Luke Cunneen
  • Grace Garrett
  • Sarah James
  • Lila Kerr
  • Fern Knight
  • Daisy Lambert
  • Saxon Lawton
  • Holly Merrifield
  • Bonnie Mills
  • Milla Myers
  • Rosie O'halloran
  • Paige Rogulskyj
  • Alice Tonner-Joyce

Berwick College

Teachers and Support Personnel

  • Annalise Occhietti
  • Amy Pyke
  • Melissa Quenette
  • Julie Wotherspoon

Performers

  • Charli-Jo Bowden
  • Ruby Carter
  • Sian Cho
  • Tayla Elliott
  • Kayla Gagatsis
  • Alexandra Greene
  • Ava Hopkins
  • Leyla Kara
  • Su-Ah Lee
  • Isabella Lock
  • Ruby Pollock
  • Makayla Scott
  • Ebony Taylor

Berwick Lodge Primary School

Teachers and Support Personnel

  • Tanya Craig
  • Christine Fernando
  • Lorraine Montgomery

Performers

  • Esther Bedford
  • Georgina Dobric
  • Jemma Dods
  • Olivia Ellis
  • Brooke Fritzlaff
  • Emily Fullaway-Gomez
  • Zara Gay
  • Amelia Hobson
  • Amelia Irving
  • Abbie Khoury
  • Raphael Lu
  • Kyah Marquis
  • Emily Mawdsley
  • Scarlet Rotariu
  • Evelyn Taylor-Madin
  • Grace Thorn

Box Hill North Primary School

Teachers and Support Personnel

  • David Pelosi
  • Kirsty Wolters

Performers

  • Inez Adal
  • Noa Barkley
  • Grace Brereton
  • Charlotte Davies
  • Johanna Ferdinand
  • Daniel Goulding
  • Sheron Lin
  • Monty Mcgregor
  • Victoria Moar
  • Sophie Newbury
  • Mia Ranellone
  • Amelia Simpson
  • Evans Suryahardja
  • Vivian Thi
  • Hayley Warren
  • Frankie Wines

Buninyong Primary School

Teachers and Support Personnel

  • Bernie Conlan
  • Karly Cooper
  • Elizabeth Morgan

Performers

  • Liam Aumann
  • Bethany Coleman
  • Evie Cooper
  • Mariah Critchley
  • Grace Davis
  • Millicent Eldridge
  • Imogen Ellis
  • Amalia Gardiner
  • Kahlan Gietz
  • Ella Gordon
  • Rosie Keating
  • Neve Pilmore
  • Isla Pither
  • Aylah Stanford
  • Macey Winzar
  • Pippa Winzar

Colac Primary School

Teachers and Support Personnel

  • Jill Newcombe
  • Shelby Papadopoulos

Performers

  • Natalia Cook
  • Shilah Davis
  • Chloe Dowie
  • Hannah Farrell-Betts
  • Holly Hartley
  • Emily Heinze
  • Taniesha Hodge
  • Millah Loricco
  • Dakota Mckenzie
  • Ashlyn Murnane
  • Kaden Quarrell
  • Ava Schram
  • Crystal Tull
  • Maya Warton
  • Carter Williamson
  • Ingrid Williamson

Colac Secondary College

Teachers and Support Personnel

  • Hayley Dewar
  • Courtney Barrow

Performers

  • Esther Bol
  • Sally Cox
  • Indigo Dewar
  • Summer Ellis
  • Tianna Flett
  • Hannah Fruin
  • Ruby Hall
  • Stella Ivermee
  • Kiera Mason
  • Takira Mason
  • Adora O'brien
  • Meah Pentz
  • Lara Rodger
  • Lila Walsh
  • Hannah Warton
  • Zara Williamson

Concord School

Teachers and Support Personnel

  • Mark Connors
  • Taylah Dalvean

Performers

  • Athas Apostolopoulos
  • Matthew Buccella
  • Eileen Flores-Bohorquez
  • Lachlan Hancock
  • Carlos Infantino
  • Tamsyn Leonard
  • Alannah Logiudice
  • Krystal Lyons
  • Alannah Mendoza
  • Sricharan Sriram
  • Jake Taylor
  • Shakae Taylor
  • Sascha Uhlmann

Craigieburn Primary School

Teachers and Support Personnel

  • Meagan Barnard
  • Ferhan Dogan
  • Briony Smith

Performers

  • Bazil Adeel
  • Hamish Cahir
  • Tarnee Dancer
  • Alex Dhillon
  • Isabella Doherty
  • Macee Gilbert
  • Simarjot Kaur
  • Murat Ozen
  • Siddiqa Parhar
  • Kishar Pataq
  • Salma Shekheldeen
  • Harnoor Singh
  • Phillip Soakai
  • Nevaeh Tour
  • Chiara Tsakmakis

Derrinallum P-12 College

Teachers and Support Personnel

  • Sarah Campbell
  • Jon Dally
  • Daniel Missen
  • Kristy Riley

Performers

  • Lucy Bilston
  • Charlotte Henderson
  • Caitlyn Mulraney
  • Amy Prout
  • Sharni Rieniets
  • Raukura Samson-Johnson
  • Wednesday Smith
  • Kirra Srdoc

Doncaster Primary School

Teachers and Support Personnel

  • Sarah Quinn
  • Kelly Soccio

Performers

  • Aneeqa Azeez
  • Adam Eltobgy
  • Fayrouz Eltobgy
  • Dinuo Han
  • Zoey Kong
  • Lavina Liu
  • Naherica Makooya
  • Atrina Mirzamohammadnia
  • Benita Pourfarokh
  • Roxana Ranjbar
  • Elena Shafipour Noorafshan
  • Victoria (Kiki) Sisco
  • Nathan Wan
  • Dash Zhou
  • Stephanie Zingiris

Eagle Point Primary School

Teachers and Support Personnel

  • Natalie Clarke
  • Anna Duncan
  • Jane Langley

Performers

  • Quinn Bateson
  • Lexi Boyle
  • Emily Crouch
  • Reece Jones
  • Tahlia Kennedy
  • Charlee Neven
  • Abbie Riley
  • Cooper Sampson
  • Maison Shieffelbein
  • Kody Taylor
  • Ruby Teklic
  • Stella Tew
  • Abbey Vernon
  • Jem Vernon
  • Skylah Whelan
  • Ivy Wright

Emerald Primary School

Teachers and Support Personnel

  • Kath Barrot
  • Jacquie Forsythe
  • Lisa Ward

Performers

  • Lani Bach
  • Charlie Barber
  • Sierra Barber
  • Sasha Brigham
  • Neta Cameron
  • Safiye Drummond
  • Matilda Forsythe
  • Zara Griffin
  • Heidi Griffiths
  • Tia Mackenzie
  • Lani Mckenzie
  • Mia Phillips
  • Isla Poynter
  • Jasmine Reining
  • Poppy Rumoller
  • Ava Weiss

Essex Heights Primary School

Teachers and Support Personnel

  • Kirsten Lightfoot
  • Shona Misso

Performers

  • Taite Baddeley
  • Cassie Cheng
  • Alana Cho
  • India Condon
  • Zoe Corben
  • Jailan Faalavaau
  • Alejandra Gallardo
  • Alysha Hooley
  • Heidi Huggins
  • Krisha Kadve
  • Evelyn Kelley
  • Alethia Lam
  • Isabelle Leng
  • Olivia Slater
  • Celina Wang
  • Myia Yip

Fairhills High School

Teachers and Support Personnel

  • Suzi Pedler
  • Sarah Power

Performers

  • Havanna Hastings
  • Lehansa J.A. Abraham
  • Mia Fleming
  • Payton Misilele
  • Taylor Anne Misilele
  • Zaydah Niiranen
  • Mia Ousley
  • Pepper Warrington

Footscray North Primary School

Teachers and Support Personnel

  • Maria James
  • Josh Leviston

Performers

  • Eva Chatelard
  • Anika Chatterjee
  • Alice Courtel
  • Isla Crnalic
  • Jacynta Dinh
  • Evie Dollman
  • Carissa Hui
  • Anh Lu
  • Adam Manoria
  • Robina Nguyen
  • Yasmin Raft
  • Harper Ruzicka
  • Jennifer Smith
  • Leonard Soukseun
  • Joe Wolfgramm
  • Jerrie Yue

Glen Waverley Primary School

Teachers and Support Personnel

  • Ben Clark

Performers

  • Lehara Amarasinghe Arachchige
  • Kalel Castillo
  • Aanya Gite
  • Jiya Khandarkar
  • Meera Kulkarni
  • Imansa Perera
  • Dilain Pulihingage
  • Meher Saini
  • Shavini Senthil
  • Julie Shin
  • Jag Singh
  • Sahiba Singh
  • Dilu Tennakoon
  • Nimmer Virk
  • Ranveer Virk
  • Seyara Wijesekara

Glen Waverley South Primary School

Teachers and Support Personnel

  • Filiz Cakar
  • Danielle Reining

Performers

  • Aarake Baheerathan
  • Ben Berger
  • Gabriela Castillo
  • Sylvie Lawrence
  • Montana Morello
  • Mannat Nagpal
  • Amelia Notman
  • Sofie Nursalam
  • Anaya Somaya
  • Lolita-Rose Wandasan
  • Lucinda Wynne

Glendal Primary School

Teachers and Support Personnel

  • Jordan Dance
  • Naomi Fornaro

Performers

  • Sahasra Chava
  • Simarjeet Gill
  • Varshna Jananthan
  • Tanya Jayawardena
  • Thenara Kiriella
  • Rishika Munigala
  • Saanvi Pandit
  • Hesara Rajapakse
  • Deekshithaa Ramkumar Padmapriya
  • Aanya Rao
  • Mahi Shah
  • Baveshka Surendran
  • Anvi Tadsare
  • Kathryn Tran
  • Karis Tsai
  • Sehr Virk

Grey St Primary School

Teachers and Support Personnel

  • Ashleah Monaghan
  • Melinda Monaghan
  • Laura Robertson

Performers

  • Lily-Jane Batchelor
  • Joel Boucher
  • Logan Burney
  • Lara Evans
  • Lacie Finlay
  • Mia Griffiths
  • Tayla Hamilton
  • Milly Hancock
  • Isabella Heath
  • Kelsey Hodgskiss
  • Ava Jaensch
  • Alannah Lanigan
  • Makinley Monaghan
  • Bianca Scott
  • Georgie Thomson
  • Abigail Wilson

Hamlyn Banks Primary School

Teachers and Support Personnel

  • Felicity O'Halloran

Performers

  • Yazmine Ahmed
  • Heath Brian
  • Ruby Britten
  • Tobie Deller
  • Tahli-Peppa Diprose
  • Maddison Farrington
  • Eva Gamero
  • Amelia Huybens
  • Geetjahan Singh Khinda
  • Ella Ludlow
  • Korbyn Ludlow
  • Sheridan Mels
  • Henry Monkivitch
  • Myree Smith

Herne Hill Primary School

Teachers and Support Personnel

  • Rodney Durran
  • Michelle Ghin
  • Karla Gilbert
  • Belinda Hynes

Performers

  • Ruby Andrew
  • Latalia-Star Bartalotta
  • Elizabeth Borgelt
  • Georgia De Groot
  • Eden Deller
  • Charlie Durham
  • Amelia Field
  • Harvey Fitton
  • Mia Hall
  • Giaan Mason
  • Ella Pitcher
  • Masha Polovnikova
  • Oliver Reed
  • Constance Shrimpton
  • Catherine Westcott

Hillsmeade Primary School

Teachers and Support Personnel

  • Carmen Collins
  • Billie Karac
  • Sabrina Keller
  • Lisa Scott

Performers

  • Natalie Bartuccio
  • Gemma Bray
  • Abby Burton
  • Sienna Da Fonseca
  • Erin Guyett
  • Milly Jackson
  • Lina Jovchevska
  • Amelia Kemp
  • Kemala Masson
  • Brenna Mcgloin
  • April Mouette
  • Maya Nitsiopoulos
  • Sumaya Ramic
  • Kira Storer
  • Caitlin Suhr
  • Ella Tate

Hughesdale Primary School

Teachers and Support Personnel

  • Sharon Amiet
  • Amy Mulcahy
  • Elisha Park
  • Rachael Strauch

Performers

  • Evelyn Bancroft
  • Maggie Cullen
  • Zoe Emerson
  • Georgia Fernandez
  • Iha Guruprasad
  • Shenaya Hettiarachchi
  • Sofia Karagounis
  • Jui Mehta
  • Sarah O'Neil
  • Cheyanne Tan
  • Alyssa Torrisi
  • Cassandra Yeo

Ivanhoe East Primary School

Teacher and Support Personnel

  • Lauren Fairbairn
  • Lucy Foster
  • Ashley Hamilton

Performers

  • Amalie Beard
  • Amy Bland
  • Matilda Cunningham
  • Jiana Doshi
  • Francesca Feely
  • Isabel Humphreys
  • Audrey Lawlor
  • Daphne Loveridge
  • Phoebe Melling
  • Eliza Pfisterer
  • Amelia Sargeant
  • Ela Secgin
  • Zara Traviato
  • Olivia Tsiavas
  • Chiara Vescovi Kalivoda

Kambrya College

Teachers and Support Personnel

  • Tahlia Leederkerken
  • Leya Mackus
  • Tiffaney Nish
  • Adrian Violi

Performers

  • Olivia Adams
  • Grace Allen
  • Samantha Conn
  • Kiara Crute
  • Riley Drury
  • Abby Evans
  • Olivia Hanstein
  • Sophie Hemus
  • Vedha Kannappan
  • Lena Lorincz
  • Bella Marshall
  • Kiara Matthews
  • Ixchel Sass-Nieto
  • Allana Speight

Karoo Primary School

Teachers and Support Personnel

  • Kim Davidson
  • Claire Moyle

Performers

  • Chelsea Allan
  • Alyssa Belakhov
  • Matthew Bice
  • Ethan Box
  • Ellie Brodie
  • Jack De Bolfo
  • Kaitlyn Gilbert
  • Amaya Hulleman
  • Gracie Lawler
  • Mia Mastroianni
  • Madeline Mcmullen
  • Hope Pollock
  • Mitchell Rayat
  • Sophie Taylor
  • Josie Thomason
  • David Wen

Keysborough Gardens Primary School

Teachers and Support Personnel

  • Deanne Barrie
  • Adele Crawford
  • Molly Nugent

Performers

  • Chenulya De Silva
  • Zhara Di Menna
  • Mia Feretzanis
  • Eve Kovacevic
  • Izabel Krazey
  • Michalis Markotsis
  • Madison Oates
  • Erika Pok
  • Tasneem Ramzan
  • Wrian Ray
  • Ruby Sikora
  • Saanvi Vijay

Lyndale Greens Primary School

Teachers and Support Personnel

  • Jon Boonstra
  • Sharon Brocklehurst
  • Ashlin Saggers
  • Ashlee Tonkin

Performers

  • Aulla Adam
  • Hunter Alomes
  • Himani Anil
  • Liya Biju
  • Savannah Darbon
  • Senuli Jayasinghe Kankanamalage
  • Sana Joseph
  • Martha Lakuji
  • Kate Mcintosh
  • Sanaya Mohottige
  • Hagir Mougadam
  • Noyan Rahimi
  • Jewel Saju
  • Angel Rose Shyju
  • Tane Simons
  • Sehaj Virk

Mandama Primary School

Teachers and Support Personnel

  • Sarah Harper
  • Karyn Queen

Perfomers

  • Ava Barnett
  • Harvey Darken
  • Molly Eggleton
  • Tahlia Feldman
  • Ava Findlay
  • Senaree Gunawardena
  • Isabelle Knowles
  • Evie Lee
  • Shyla Logan
  • Jaz Mcinnes
  • Iona Miller
  • Eliza Mills
  • Lakeisha Mitchell
  • Summer Proud
  • Joshua Rau
  • Lucy Szabo

Manifold Heights Primary School

Teachers and Support Personnel

  • Meegan Baker
  • Jeannette Orford
  • Madeline Stapleton

Performers

  • Hiraani Anderson
  • Laila Costin
  • Abbey Graham
  • Tilda Graham
  • Madison Muir
  • Kate Nix
  • Matilda Norman
  • Eloise Palmer
  • Piper Rickard
  • Tully Swanson
  • Ivy Taylor Mozsa
  • Ruby Thompson
  • Esther Walker
  • Isla Warren
  • Asher Webber
  • Mobina Zare

Melrose Primary School

Teachers and Support Personnel

  • Amy Giddy
  • Andrew Patton
  • Ben Slocombe

Performers

  • Cooper Brown
  • Ebony Collins
  • Nayte Danhiez-Bellairs
  • Sequoyah Eagle Eyes
  • Tyler Easy
  • Billie Harris
  • Jessica Hawker
  • Marlie Keath
  • Piper Litchfield
  • Summer-Rose Pilcher-Hetherton
  • Aimee Westman
  • Tyler Winsor

Mont Albert Primary School

Teachers and Support Personnel

  • Lisa Janes
  • Perri Randall

Performers

  • Isabelle Ager
  • Madeleine Barlow
  • Zara Bennett
  • Lauren Bertus
  • Lianna Bray
  • Rebecca Chan
  • Madeleine Ghantous
  • Chiara Herrington
  • Madison Martyn
  • Dana Park
  • Jessie Planck
  • Mia Read
  • Emily Rowe
  • Luca Techera
  • Erin Veale
  • Elena Wijayadharmadasa

Morang South Primary School

Teachers and Support Personnel

  • Natasha Johnson
  • Melanie Tollit

Performers

  • Ciara Angelevski
  • Chandraayai Chikkala
  • Riddhi Chopra
  • Alisha Gear
  • Lizzie Hamilton
  • Jahkyla Harehuru
  • Ihsan Jaffer
  • Shelby Jenkin
  • Olivia Johnson
  • Zoe Karamalis
  • Cleo Little
  • Lilybelle Lockwood
  • Holly Muscat
  • Stella Plaister
  • Sian Spence
  • Tiana Stojanovski

Mount Clear College

Teachers and Support Personnel

  • Claire Dellaca
  • Scott Mangos
  • Justine Morris

Performers

  • Imogen Beck
  • Layla Carroll
  • Alexis Curnow
  • James Doquile
  • Jasmine Geddes
  • Elise Howard
  • Abby Hughes
  • Maia Joyner
  • Ruby Kapetanovski
  • Megan Kemp
  • Mahli Kraus
  • Jayde Loriente
  • Rebecca Osborne
  • Amelia Rudd
  • Despina Socratous
  • Georgia Sparkes

Mulgrave Primary School

Teachers and Support Personnel

  • Lauri Brogden
  • Timothy O'neill
  • Rebecca Wright

Performers

  • Maddy Bowden
  • Shyla Buggy
  • Lucinda Collard
  • Stella Czosnek
  • Valerie Diakomanolis
  • Onella Fernando
  • Devmi Hewagamage
  • Kishali Hewagamage
  • Jaidah Kasap
  • Zoe Lotkin
  • Natalia Lymbridopoulis
  • Ruby Moolenaar
  • Clarissa Rogatski
  • Mira Sayegh
  • Tiana Tsolakis
  • Annabella Wu-Zhu

Murchison Primary School

Teachers and Support Personnel

  • Sharne Bravo
  • Karen Goodwin
  • Narelle Warwick

Performers

  • Lily Balfour
  • Frankie Ewart
  • Max Ewart
  • Conor Finnigan
  • Samuel Finnigan
  • Hailey Gell
  • Sadie Harrap
  • Bree Mclarty
  • Grace Morgan
  • Leavii Penwright
  • Charlotte Robinson
  • Isabella Robinson
  • Micah Syrett
  • Phoebe Wheeler
  • Jet Williams
  • Angus Young

Newington Primary School

Teachers and Support Personnel

  • Lucy Nolan
  • Chanelle Pelchen

Performers

  • Ruby Atkins
  • Jakobi Bunn-Minchinton
  • Harper Gillett
  • Lucy Green
  • William Lewis
  • Jaxon Maggi
  • Sloan Moore
  • Claire Rawlins
  • Gabriela Romeo
  • Annabel Ryan
  • Tobias Sachs
  • Bethany Sandwith
  • Annabella Spalding
  • Dyson Stanton
  • Tully Tardrew
  • Theodore Young

Newlands Primary School

Teachers and Support Personnel

  • Laura Gil
  • Carol Ray
  • Karren Vizcarra Joubert

Performers

  • Indie Austin-Rose
  • Lara Barnett
  • Daisy Burns
  • Isabel Cooper
  • Siena Elbasha
  • Isabella Fitzpatrick
  • Bodeen Gardner
  • Addison Hundt
  • Adele Jordan
  • Stella Maling Smith
  • Elanor Murillo-Rendell
  • Bella Nicholls
  • Ashlee Richards
  • Scarlett Roche
  • Veronica Smith
  • Maya Wiji
  • Rita Williams

Northern Bay College

Teachers and Support Personnel

  • Amanda Baulch
  • Colette Brennan
  • Sarah Cole

Performers

  • Mikaela Apps
  • Miah Blake
  • Breanna Boston
  • Zanda Day
  • Caitlin Feeley
  • Emma Feeley
  • Amilya Hicks
  • Elizabeth Hicks
  • Grace Lee
  • Naomi Mckernan
  • Shayla Murray
  • Shantel Singleton
  • Rachel Smith
  • Jess Trait
  • Jackson Viccars

Oakleigh South Primary School

Teachers and Support Personnel

  • Meghan Corbett
  • Claire Stevenson

Performers

  • Alisha Angi
  • Nikola Argiriou
  • Aditya Arora
  • Anika Balasubramaniam
  • Aiden Eliav
  • Jorja Gigis
  • Amelia Nguyen
  • Akshaj Rajesh Kumar
  • Sarah Ratnaweera
  • Meghna Shankar
  • Zarah Sidhu
  • Liyah Soju
  • Ruby Stanley
  • Siana Suntah
  • Alessia Virtuoso
  • Devasenadi (Devi) Yatheeskumar

Officer Primary School

Teachers and Support Personnel

  • Yolande Kerin

Performers

  • Patricia Bangura
  • Isobel Bailey
  • Sienna Djokic
  • Jasper Foord
  • Isabelle Garbutt-Plews
  • Sienna Greenway
  • Lillian Hopgood
  • Mitchell Jensen
  • Olivia Mcnamara
  • Ava Morrison
  • Jordan O'Connell
  • Sarah Paulino
  • Paige Pearson
  • Indiana Richards Duell
  • Hannah Sharp
  • Mackenzie Tucker

Officer Secondary College

Teachers and Support Personnel

  • Candice Atkinson
  • Andrew Ratten
  • Jade Whitworth

Performers

  • Melinda Berry
  • Hiranmayi Boddu
  • Arwen Boyd
  • Aaliyah Carver
  • Hayden Clarke
  • Ava-Rose Edwards
  • Ella Hall
  • Courtney Harris
  • Ava Rose Houben-Carter
  • Ella Kettyle
  • Emily Mccluskie
  • Spencer Miall
  • Stephanie Rozakis
  • Olivia Tomic
  • Madison Williams
  • Emily Williamson

Pakenham Consolidated School

Teachers and Support Personnel

  • Sarah Connelly
  • Carolyn Mai
  • Katrina Stewart
  • Marie Wigzell

Performers

  • Alexis Adams
  • Lexie Bryan
  • Aaliyah Drager
  • Kasia Frans
  • Amaliah O'neill
  • Madeline Savage
  • Ava Teusner
  • Mia Teusner
  • Lily Thomson
  • Rebecca Watson
  • Scarlett Wicks
  • Justin Wilksch
  • Raine Williams
  • Millie Winn
  • Samantha Woodbridge

Pakenham Hills Primary School

Teachers and Support Personnel

  • Kim Hancock
  • Kara Hermann
  • Shauna Watkinson

Performers

  • Shelbi Barr
  • Eve Byrne
  • Indiana Chapman
  • Nylah Christodoulou
  • Makayla Kovac
  • Alexandra Lloyd
  • Sairah Mand
  • Ashlyn Mckenzie
  • Bella Murphy
  • Ella Murray-Houston
  • Shaylee Philippe
  • Bianca Rao
  • Kyra Selek

Pakenham Secondary College

Teachers and Support Personnel

  • Jamie Gourlay
  • Adhil Mubarak Thaha
  • Sophie Wood

Performers

  • Sarah Collins
  • Owen Hampton
  • Matilda Hawkins
  • Jasmyn Ivins
  • Kaneisha Lynn
  • Abbie Mccrimmon
  • Lucy Moir
  • Leah Money
  • Hayley Murphy
  • James Nimaya

Pyalong Primary School

Teachers and Support Personnel

  • Jessica Bowen-Duarte
  • Stephen Cadusch
  • Pam Thrift-Mulholland

Performers

  • Zara Briggs
  • Mackenzie Fereday
  • Matilda Gaffney
  • Faith Halliday
  • Lilly Hayes
  • Hannah Henson
  • Archer Kimel
  • Jackson Macheras
  • Chayse McGregor
  • Kealey McGregor
  • Will O'Donohue-Cox
  • Milla Robertson
  • Matthew Skewes
  • Amelia Walsh
  • Ava Walsh
  • Daphne Warburton

Ringwood Secondary College

Teachers and Support Personnel

  • Natalie Blenheim
  • Gaynor Borlase
  • Jess Duffy
  • Karl McNamara
  • Lauren Rowe
  • Annmaire Stelfox

Perfomers

  • Lily Aberton
  • Chloe Atherton
  • Ella Baum
  • Bridgitte Bowman
  • Livian Derham
  • Livinia Dobson
  • Isaac Downie
  • Emily Doyle
  • Caitlyn Gordon
  • Jessica Harmsworth
  • Ella Hulbert
  • Cassandra Karabelas
  • Mia Kuribayashi
  • Kartia Walls

Rutherglen High School

Teachers and Support Personnel

  • Jenna McFarlane

Performers

  • Cheyenne Faulkner
  • Lavinia Fisher
  • Aaliyah Glenn
  • Alexis Heath
  • Tahlia Morley
  • Anden Ross
  • Makenzi Welsh
  • Faith Yeomans

Saltwater P-9 College

Teachers and Support Personnel

  • Phill Haddad
  • Amberly Morison
  • Daniel O'Riordan
  • Denae Vines

Performers

  • Chrisma Adjetey
  • Nora Aziadou
  • Charlize Draper
  • Tahlia Elliot
  • Michaela Goh
  • Yu Lin Han
  • Faith Holmes
  • Yoshimi Koizumu
  • Nevaeh Leniu
  • Harri Leon
  • William Lopez
  • Maya Niven
  • Bryanna Tesoro
  • Hangale Tulimaiau
  • Fainlov West

Selby Primary School

Teachers and Support Personnel

  • Marie Grujic
  • Kristy Lewis
  • India Thomas

Performers

  • Stella Brandys
  • Paige Dryden
  • Maia Dupanloup
  • Wren Freeman
  • Michaela Hudson
  • Amelia Jamieson
  • Ruby Jones
  • Lily Macnaughton
  • Amaya Malwatta
  • Scarlet Mulcahy
  • Amelia Passamani
  • Lucy Pollard
  • Hope Powell
  • Molly Sheahan
  • Evie Smith
  • Sage Smith

Silverton Primary School

Teachers and Support Personnel

  • Amanda Prosser

Performers

  • Tarek Captan
  • Theodora Chalkidou
  • Zoe Chalkidou
  • Amelie Flack
  • Isabelle Huynh
  • Marcella Ieropoli
  • Michelle Lam
  • Saya Mandic
  • Zara Masri
  • Kaviya Naidu
  • Jenaya Ngoma
  • Marley Rajapaksha
  • Harriet Smyth
  • Medina Souleiman
  • Lucy Thwaites
  • Niki Vergaki

St Albans Meadows Primary School

Teachers and Support Personnel

  • Kirriley Bonett
  • Emilia Rio-Scaddan
  • Judy Wood

Performers

  • Siena Che
  • Elisha Chua
  • Jasmine Dang
  • Ashanti Deng
  • Mia Dinh
  • Sita Finau
  • Davina Francis
  • Kaely Koh
  • Amber Lai
  • Chantelle Ngo
  • Jessica Nguyen
  • Chloe Phung
  • Sofia Sarandis
  • Despina Seko
  • Olivia Takada
  • Ana Wakawaka

St Albans Primary School

Teachers and Support Personnel

  • Melita Calleja
  • Jennifer Sikorski
  • Lis Surace

Performers

  • Arsema Asafa
  • Hadil Ataallah
  • Skarlotte Aviu
  • Jessica Dhunna
  • Jessica Dinh
  • Belinda Ho
  • Novel Mulugeta
  • Jenny Nguyen
  • Angelo Serdaris
  • Yenesu Tiruneh
  • Helen Vuu

St Arnaud Secondary College

Teachers and Support Personnel

  • Debra Feeny
  • Linda Grigg
  • Tony Hand

Perfomers

  • Maya Feeny
  • Amelia Kirkpatrick
  • Mara Reynolds

St Helena Secondary College

Teachers and Support Personnel

  • Amanda Egglestone
  • Laura Zinghini

Performers

  • Laura Akdeniz
  • Maia Anguilarbeceral
  • Nina Anguilarbeceral
  • Freya Boulton
  • Sienna Campbell
  • Nicolas Demarinos
  • Mia Elischer
  • Peggy Marco
  • Charlotte McFarlane
  • Mia Moody
  • Evie Shaw
  • Eliza Shelton
  • Amy Stone
  • Lithumi Wickram

Tecoma Primary School

Teachers and Support Personnel

  • Deb Langford

Perfomers

  • Hannah Abson
  • Tahlia Amoroso
  • Arianne Ballarta
  • Sienna Buenen
  • Alexandra (Lexi) Burfurd
  • Hayley Coe
  • Bessie Cooper-Davies
  • Janelle Domantay
  • Eva Hale
  • Eden Hobbs
  • Tom Hutchings
  • Zoe Johnston
  • Isabel Lohman
  • Emma Mckinnon
  • Mikayla Sussman
  • Loren Tobin

The Basin Primary School

Teachers and Support Personnel

  • Colin Hartley

Performers

  • Zoe Biggelaar
  • Jacinta Chambers
  • Arlia Eaton
  • Abigail Goschnick
  • Dylan Goschnick
  • Thomas Goschnick
  • Skye Harris
  • Lauren Holley
  • Tahnee Miller
  • Shayla Page
  • Mataya Pickett
  • Lucy Pollock
  • Liam Schulz
  • Asha Sipthorpe
  • Allison Smyth
  • Oliver Tettamanti

Upwey South Primary School

Teachers and Support Personnel

  • Penelope Lang

Performers

  • Brigitte Atherton
  • Emily Burrage
  • Lucy Carr
  • Jack Cartwright
  • Evan Davis
  • Lilly Griffiths
  • Harley Griginis
  • Sarah Humphreys
  • Lucy Hutchings
  • Franklin Lankosz
  • Matilda Millar
  • Lola O'bregon
  • Amelia Orr
  • Tess Ramsey
  • Sophia Stewart
  • Amelia Trofimiuk

Wallarano Primary School

Teachers and Support Personnel

  • William Fragiadakis
  • Rebekah Hill
  • Ulricka Pepper

Performers

  • Hargunpreet Birring
  • Frances Cao
  • Harleen Kaur
  • Ozkar La
  • Aleena Mol
  • Brayden Pepper
  • Mikayla Rohan
  • Victoria Rojas
  • Isabel Thomas
  • Aye Myint Thu
  • Esma Toklu
  • Eric Tran
  • Jane Tuon
  • Teresa Ung
  • Chi Vo

Warrandyte Primary School

Teachers and Support Personnel

  • Katie Penhalluriack
  • Hayley Wolters

Performers

  • Charlie Clarke
  • Samuel Curnow
  • Sophie Dibb
  • Lani Greenhill
  • Matilda Hill
  • Izayah Khazour
  • Asher Larratt
  • Sadie Lee
  • Violette Legoussouart
  • Harry Marshall
  • Bronte May
  • Saskia Pearce
  • Hunter Veal
  • Luella Wells
  • Sophie Whitmore
  • Chelsea Woolfe

Western Heights College

Teachers and Support Personnel

  • Gary Beasley
  • Amanda Dickson

Performers

  • Lexi Black
  • Eliza Connelly
  • Layla Foley
  • Cassandra Gorniakowski Smith
  • Emmalee Gray
  • Vanessa Hovey
  • Aaliyah Posterino
  • Emily Posterino
  • Tahlia Quayle-Ryan
  • Emelia Ritchie
  • Matilda Ritchie
  • Mikaylah Shanks
  • Teannon Smith
  • Tatum Williams
  • Georgie Willson
  • Ruby Wright

Westernport Secondary College

Teachers and Support Personnel

  • Lenita Engelke
  • Rae Mccracken

Performers

  • Lara Bassingthwaighte
  • Kiarnah Cox
  • Taylah Hamilton
  • Kassidie Jacob
  • Jessie Lee Johnstone
  • Zara Liiv
  • Ashton Lyddy
  • Natalie Newman
  • Madison Pannell
  • Ruby Racz-Findlay
  • Briony Robinson
  • Alysha Saetiaw
  • Mae Sams
  • Maddison Sharp
  • Kaitlyn Stow
  • Addison Wakeman
  • Ella Ware
  • Maddison Witt

Whittlesea Primary School

Teachers and Support Personnel

  • Amy Walsh
  • Kelly Wooster

Performers

  • Xavier Dundas
  • Tamsin Edwards
  • Nate Jennings
  • Roubi Jones
  • Dahlia Khano
  • Jarrah Lorimer
  • Ceianna Matthews
  • Sarah Mavric
  • Lily Mcdonald
  • Kaven Mckechnie
  • Audrey Millar
  • Annabella Parore
  • Ruby Susanof
  • Indiana Ward
  • Indigo Wright

Woodmans Hill Secondary College

Teachers and Support Personnel

  • Patricia Fox
  • Danni Lamb

Performers

  • Abby Allen
  • Ellaura Allen
  • Ciara Bambridge- Wandin
  • Takiyah Bambridge- Wandin
  • Amelia Bennetts
  • Takunda Butete
  • Lillymae Crawford
  • Kenzie Dart
  • Tia Gunston
  • Delilah Howell-Sinclair
  • Tasha Marriot
  • Sharni Walsh
  • Charlee Whitehouse

Yuille Park Community College

Teachers and Support Personnel

  • Beck Ashmore
  • Bri Dredge

Performers

  • Miami Blight
  • Deklyn Campbell
  • Jorden Crawford
  • Nevaeh Crawford
  • Scarlett Dixon
  • Aaleciah Garner
  • Aaliyah Garner
  • Abbey Geddes
  • Priscilla Grills
  • Savannah Grills
  • Lexie Hunter
  • Ruby Mcbain
  • Mia Stoney
  • Rylee Thewma
  • Marlee Vince
  • Mason Vince

Behind the Scenes

Through the Victorian State Schools Spectacular, students from government schools are provided with invaluable experience and unique opportunities to work with some of the industry’s leading award-winning professionals behind the scenes on audio, lighting and video production, stage management, costuming, hair and make-up.

Students interested in technical disciplines participate in a structured program of factory workshops with our suppliers as part of their preparation for production week at John Cain Arena. Stage Management students also spend many months attending rehearsals under the guidance of our team of industry professionals.

Stage Management

  • Lindsay Gerhardt, Templestowe College
  • Darby Harrison, Kyneton High School
  • Tess McBurney, Swinburne Secondary College
  • Chezahn Pomare, Homestead Senior Secondary College
  • Sophie Skinner, Mulluana College
  • Lilly Vasilic, St Helena Secondary College
  • Jack Willis-Hall, Templestowe College
  • Chloe Woollard, Virtual School Victoria

Audio

  • Daniel Gray, Templestowe College
  • Joshua Nelson, Williamstown High School
  • James Priday, Williamstown High School
  • Ruby Riches, Northcote High School
  • Ambrose Strentz, Box Hill High School

Lighting

  • Daniel Broomhead, Highvale Secondary College
  • Hadyn Collier, Mckinnon Secondary College
  • Mason Fewster, Northern College of the Arts and Technology
  • Andrew Gifford, Ringwood Secondary College
  • Callum Gigliotti, Viewbank College
  • Ryan Kalisperis, Wantirna College
  • Deng Kuot, Wantirna College
  • Max Muller, Kew High School
  • Tristan Rashleigh, Wantirna College
  • Cooper Rockstro, Wantirna College
  • Taiyo Singh, Ringwood Secondary College
  • Finn Van Deursen, Parkdale Secondary College
  • Wesley Yap, Melbourne High School
  • Francesco Zappia, Taylors Lakes Secondary College

Vision

  • Dexter Dovey Cribbes, Templestowe College
  • Stefan Jarosz-Setiawan, Berwick Secondary College
  • Levi Johnson, Vermont Secondary College
  • Finley Judges, Upwey High School
  • Nathan McKeogh, Collingwood College
  • Liam Scandizzo, Vermont Secondary College