CHRISTIAN CAVALLO
CO-DIRECTOR & CO-CREATOR

Christian is Artistic Director of Bravo Arts. Previous directing credits include H#SH’D OUT, The Eight: Reindeer Monologues, Kinky Boots, Dusty The Original Pop Diva, Heathers The Musical (GEA Award, Best Director), The Addams Family Musical, Eurobeat: Almost Eurovision.

Christian was one of the co-founders of Hope New Works, a platform that supports the development of new music theatre. For the initiative, Christian has been recognised by the Green Room Association Awards for ‘Contribution to Development/ New Work’ and ‘Community Building and Advocacy’. He is currently Resident Director for Class Act Theatre In Education. The company’s four touring shows explore themes of respectful relationships; online safety; gender, sexuality and adolescence; and mental health.

As a performer, Christian has a range of stage experiences spanning 20 years across musical theatre, plays, concerts and cabaret. He worked at Universal Studios Japan as an inaugural cast member of The Wizarding World of Harry Potter and performed in It’s Only Life with John Bucchino in both Melbourne and in New York. His last performance was in King Of Cool: The Songs Of Dean Martin.

He is a Performing Arts Teacher and Curriculum Coordinator for Stage School Australia, works with Oxygen College and Australian Institute of Music. He is currently directing Our Town by Thornton Wilder for JMC Academy, …Cocaine… by Chris Bush for Melbourne Fringe, and The Devil’s Grip by Gavin Roach adapted from the novel by Neil Drinnan, and will present The Mentor at Theatre Works in November.

Christian also works as a freelance performer, producer, facilitator, writer, and graphic designer.

MARTIN CROFT
ACTOR — BEAU

Martin Croft started professional career at the age of 17 with appearances on Melbourne TV, initially trained as a classical singer, his first major show was Jesus Christ Superstar for Harry M. Miller touring Australia and New Zealand. This led to a full career in music theatre and opera first as performer and then adding director/musical director and producer to the list.

Martin has starred in most of the major shows of the last 25 years in Australia, the UK and USA including Les Miserables, Godspell, Cats, Miss Saigon, The Phantom of the Ppera and as producer and performer, Closer Than Ever and Putting It Together. Martin produced and starred in the highly successful Joe Starts Again, a new Australian musical he co-wrote with Dean Lotherington which they performed in New York in September 2004 and won the 2004 Green Room Award for best new musical.

Martin's recent credits as director/resident director/associate director include the original Australian productions of Come From Away, Jersey Boys, The Addams Family, Kinky Boots, City of Angels, Oliver!, Les Miserables (Asia/South Africa tour),The Boy From Oz (Australian tour) and as director for Into the Woods In Concert at Melbourne’s Regent Theatre, Hats Off 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003 and 2005. He has also directed numerous workshops, musicals, cabarets, award ceremonies, conferences and plays in Australia and overseas,

Martin designed and was the original head of the Bachelor of Music Theatre at the Victorian College of the Arts. He has won 2 Green Room Awards and 1 Mo Award.

GAVIN ROACH
PRODUCTION MANAGER

Gavin Roach is a Melbourne based writer, performer, producer and director.

Gavin Roach has a Bachelor of Arts (Acting for the Screen and Stage), Bachelor of Arts (Acting for the Screen and Stage, Honours) CSU, Masters in Arts Management UTS & Masters in Writing for Performance VCA.

Gavin is the writer, performer & producer of Confessions of a Grindr Addict (Sydney, Melbourne, Newcastle, Edinburgh, Perth Adelaide, Launceston, Hobart & New Zealand), Any Womb Will Do (Sydney, Melbourne & New Zealand), I Can’t Say The F Word (Melbourne, Perth & New Zealand), The Measure of a Man (Melbourne, Sydney, Perth, Hobart, Brisbane & Prague), All The Songs I Can’t Sing (Melbourne) & Your Silence Will Not Protect You (Melbourne)

Gavin adapted and produced Beyond Priscilla: The Play & was the co-devisor & co-creative developer of We Were There, showcasing the stories of women during the HIV/AIDS crisis in Australia.

Gavin's producing credits include Manwatching, All I See Is You, The Loneliness Project, Adam, The Campaign, Sink, Transgression, and Meet Me at Dawn. Gavin has produced and directed Lake Disappointment, Awkward Conversations With Animals I've Fucked, The Shy Manifesto, Run, Bottom, and A Hundred Words For Snow.