Artists

Deon Powter Band

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Evalyn Legried

Evalyn Legried is an award-winning cellist and educator, who enjoys spending her time performing and teaching across a diverse collection of genres. Evalyn is best known for her work surrounding early music and historically informed Baroque performance, as well as contemporary genres such as pop, pub-rock, hip-hop, and immersive soundscapes.

Most recently, Evalyn has performed with Disney, National Geographic, the Queensland Ballet, Eminem, Vera Blue, The Smith Street Band, Genesis Owusu, and Australian Hip-Hop trio Bliss n Eso.

Evalyn performs regularly as principal and tutti cello with the Queensland Pops Orchestra, Queensland Festival Philharmonic Orchestra, and the Queensland Baroque Orchestra, as well as in popular venues across Brisbane with her Bridgerton-Style string shows, electric string acts, and in her role as orchestral contractor for corporate and private events.

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Record Parlour Productions

Anje West and Kym Ambrose are musical and life partners, 32 years and counting! Their main project, The View From Madeleine’s Couch, has been bringing gorgeous music to the world since 1997.

Since 2015, their involvement with the Anywhere Festival has seen them creating and performing shows in other people’s houses, producing shows for other artists in their backyard Tiki shed, and in recent years, inviting people into their lounge room for The Ladysinger’s Record Parlour concert series. Every single show they’ve mounted for the festival has sold out; their reputation for providing exceptional entertainment along with heartwarming hospitality is well-earned.
You’re in very good hands.

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Isabella’s Aerial and Circus

Isabella Brook is 42 and lives in Logan. She has been involved in circus and the performing arts since a young teenager, graduating from the National Institute of Circus Arts in Melbourne just over 20 years ago. Isabella is married with 2 children and teaches aerial arts in a local dance studio. It’s her kids, she says, who are responsible for pushing her to begin creating circus again. So, after a decade of hard labor in the kitchen, she is debuting a new creative venture and is wondering how on earth she is still able to hang upside after all these years.
Especially excited to be debuting in her own home town, Isabella loves performing locally and is grateful to Anywhere Festival for their wonderful support to the local creative community.

Big shout out to:
Carlie Kendal (CK Academy), for the rig.
Sally Johnson Chiropractic, for keeping me in line.
AND
Benjamin Brook (My Tradie Man Husband) who as let a decade of our life be put on stage. Love you babe!!

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K Mak

K MAK is the originals project of cellist Kathryn McKee – a distillation of classical, alternative and electro-pop music.

She draws on her experience playing with Kanye West, Eminem, Archie Roach, Guy Sebastian, Vera Blue and Opera Queensland to weave strings, beats, synths and vocals into vivid, emotive artpop.

K Mak has featured at the Woodford Folk Festival, the World Science Festival, HOTA, the Brisbane Powerhouse and a Tedx Youth Forum, and is not long back from a record-breaking 92 shows at the Edinburgh Fringe. She’s been nominated for a Q Song Award, the International Songwriting Competition and an Independent Music Award, and had airplay on community radio stations worldwide, ABC Classic and on KEXP.

Her visually-curated Planetarium performances repeatedly sell out Melbourne, Adelaide, Brisbane and Perth.

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Aaron Ducker

Aaron Ducker is a comedian, magician and screenwriter from Queensland, Australia. With the quick wit and improvisation skills of a comedian, the strong narrative focus of a writer and the deep understanding of psychology needed by all magicians, he combines his skills to excel in all three endeavours. Sometimes comedic, sometimes horrific, sometimes magical, but always the fool. Having three vocations means he gets to procrastinate three times as much. In his spare time he likes to play the guitar and discuss the finer points of existentialist philosophy with his cat.

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Solstice Dance Collective

Solstice Dance Collective (SDC) is an independent contemporary dance group based in Meanjin/Brisbane, Australia. We are dedicated to exploring unique and innovative ideas and translating them into a compelling visual language. Solstice Dance Collective is committed to pushing the boundaries of contemporary dance and offering a platform for creatives to express and showcase their artistic visions. Throughout performances, we aim to educate and engage audiences, using dance as a medium to explore complex themes that provoke thought and emotions.

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Ruth Apelt & The Marvellous

RUTH APELT grew up in Brisbane and released a cassette of original songs in 1991. 4ZZZ liked her feminist tunes and TIME OFF compared her to JANIS IAN. She recorded an album in Nashville and supported JANIS IAN in 94 at favourite Brisbane venue, Van Gogh’s Earlobe. Ruth played the folk festivals from WOODFORD to PORT FAIRY through the 90s, and supported acts like ANI DiFRANCO, LUKA BLOOM and LADYSMITH BLACK MAMBAZO.
Now back in Brisbane, Ruth Apelt honours Janis Ian, a trailblazing female singer/songwriter and a major influence on her own life and music.
Homage to Janis Ian is a new show developed to celebrate the 50 Anniversary of Janis Ian’s no.1 Album, Between The Lines, with its timeless anthem, At Seventeen.

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Michael Jones

Michael Jones is a Brisbane Singer Songwriter,

He has had several releases and received wide airplay on community radio. He has just released a new album with a wide range of genres and styles.

Michael considers himself to be primarily a songwriter who happens to sing his own songs. He is not locked into any particular type of music. As he says ” I write what comes onto my mind”. Certainly there is a big Americana/Country that reverberates in his repertoire. He also has a great love of Traditional Irish music and his new album contains a number of Irish style songs.

He places great emphasis on story, melody and chorus that reflects his influences of John Prine, Guy Clark, Jimmy Buffett and Richard Thompson.

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Ludus Performance

Ludus Performance presents the playful work of Robbie O’Brien, a theatre maker, educator, clinical clown and play evangelist. We’re working towards a more playful world through participatory performance, training and research.

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Sing Sing Sing

Sing Sing Sing is Queensland’s first choir for people living with dementia and for their carers, family members and loved ones.

Since first raising their voices in 2021, Sing Sing Sing has become a bright and inspiring presence in Brisbane’s choral scene. Featured on ABC Radio and performing for sold out audiences, the Governor-General, the Lord Mayor, and state and federal members of parliament, the choir continues to share its story through uplifting, inspiring, and toe-tapping songs that move audiences to connect, reflect, and reimagine what’s possible.

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The Drawer Productions

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Thundering Productions

Thundering Productions is a Gold Coast-based independent theatre & film company run by Mikayla Maree Melo and Jack Lovett. We specialise in comedy, and have a particular passion for new writing.
We run an annual Scratch Night in the Gold Coast, in which local writers submit excerpts of their plays to be showcased as live readings, and at the end of the night, the writers compete for the audience vote on which play they’d most like to see produced in full. “The Heartbreak Club” – by Kate Paraskevos – was the winner of our 2025 Scratch Night, and we’re so excited to debut this show as part of this year’s Anywhere Festival!
Our previous productions include newsroom comedy “Live in Five”, wedding farce “What the Rabbi Saw”, a collection of comedy one-act plays, and locally written comedy murder mystery “The Soup From Nobody”.

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Indy Clark & Ben Marshall

Indy Clark

For more than thirty-five years, Indy Clark has been a songwriter, singer, and musician. His first band, 2a° (To a Degree—they thought this to be extremely witty), caught the attention of a number of labels, including Island Records. In the mid-nineties, Indy formed The Expressions and played regularly throughout London, including at such legendary venues as The Hope and Anchor, Islington and The Monarch, Camden. The band signed to Big Shot Music publishing and released a handful of singles. Not even rubbing shoulders with famous musicians, BBC Radio 1 DJs, and New Musical Express writers could prevent them from splitting up in 2000. The next decade brought many gigs, radio sessions, the release of four albums, and a move to Australia. In 2025, Indy performed Good Songs; Bad Luck! as part of the Brisbane Anywhere Festival. He continues to write and perform.

Ben Marshall

Queensland Music Awards finalist Ben Marshall is a Meanjin-based composer and musician specialising in writing for specific performers and spaces. He received the Silver Harris & Jeff Peck Composition Prize in 2024. In 2025 he was appointed as co-artistic director of Brisbane-based organisation Nexus New Music. Recent premieres include performances in the USA, Vienna and Queensland with new music ensembles such as Ensemble Platypus and the winner of the Australian Lieder Competition. Ben is also a member of Meanjin-based jazz trio 2Nil and experimental three-piece slump. When not playing or composing, he conducts the St Andrew’s Community Orchestra. In 2025 Ben was awarded his Bachelor of Music (Honours) with first class and a university medal under the supervision of Dr Gerardo Dirie from Queensland Conservatorium Griffith University.

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Tin Star & Clare Cowley

Brisbane trio Tin Star have been doing their musical mash up together for quite a few years now – part folk, part rock, part Americana, but always very much originals in the song department. They have soaring vocals and 3-part harmonies to rival the Von Trapps, a one man rhythm section, one of the best fiddle players you’ll ever hear, and a passable egg shaker. Most of all they have plenty of original songs that weave stories with heart and humour.

You’ve probably heard them around town and beyond at the folk clubs and festivals, or on their 2019 album A Better Way To Do Things. A new live recording Granville Street Sessions is due for release soon

Dan Grant: Vocals, Acoustic Guitar
Penny Boys: Vocals, Banjo, Trumpet, Percussion
Cathy Bell: Harmony Vocals, Fiddle, Accordian

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Artful Dodgers Theatre

We are the Artful Dodgers, a Meanjin-based theatre company founded by Tallulah M.E. Grey and John Grey, a father/daughter team.

Our mission: to adapt classic and preloved stories with a new twist, bringing tales to a new audience, while holding deep respect to the original material.
To support local artists and local writers.
To bring joy to the heart.

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Kate Schirmer and Jen Teh

Kate Schirmer is a highly experienced singing teacher and music educator, currently working at Griffith University as Lecturer in Music and Singing at the Queensland Academy of Excellence in Musical Theatre (QAEMT). She serves as Artistic Director of the Queensland Show Choir and conducts their award winning young adult ensemble, Voiceworks. Kate presents nationally and internationally to singers, teachers, choristers, and actors and is in demand as an adjudicator. She is an experienced crossover performer with a career spanning Opera, Big Band, Musical Theatre, Cabaret, Contemporary Commercial Music, and even a gig with the Rolling Stones!

Jen Teh is a Meanjin-based singer, music educator and conductor with more than twenty years’ experience across classrooms, choirs, studios and stages. Jen holds honours degrees in Music and Education, and has directed large-scale music and choral programs, delivered lectures and workshops at national and international conferences and symposia, and performed extensively as a live and studio singer. She firmly believes that music should belong to everyone. 

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Merilee Ettia

Merilee Ettia (“Wizard of Oz”, “Beauty and the Beast”, “Cinderella”) brings her critically acclaimed “standout” showmanship back to the Queen Street Mall that kickstarted her career with “Busking in Glory”.

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Joanne Tindale

Joanne is an emerging writer, creative producer and director. Call Me Grandma (and I will run for the hills) is Joanne’s first one woman stand-up comedy show, following hot on heels of her short cowmedy Buttercup and Venus: Cowkeepers Extraordinaire. Joanne’s writing is informed by social justice issues, gender inequity related to ageing, and the representation of older women on screen. She is currently undertaking a PhD in Screenwriting at Griffith Film School.
Joanne co-produced the inaugural Women in Film and Television online film festival (funded by Screen Queensland in 2021) and directed the short documentary Mei-Mei, Speak More Chinese (2023). Her chat show Chop Chat Cook (Episodes 1–34) is available on her YouTube channel. As an Arts Reviewer, Joanne reviewed performances for Brisbane Festival and Culture Box.
Joanne holds a Bachelor of Film and Screen Media Production (First Class Honours) and a Bachelor of Asian and International Studies with Mandarin language. Prior to following her love of the arts, Joanne’s professional background was in project management with the Australian Agency for International Development, as a manager in the community services sector and as a registered nurse.

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Scrapped Collective

If not having a boogie or belting 2000’s classics on a random weekday, Scrapped Collective are creating exhilarating theatre that defies and electrifies to give audiences a good ol’ case of the giggles. Scrapped Collective is comprised of two local creative menaces from the Meanjin/Brisbane theatre scene, Tianna Major and Brianna Wilkie, who are ready to rock audiences with their new production of Twentee for this year’s Anywhere Festival.

Bursting her way into the performing arts scene, dowsed in glitter and an obscene amount of pink, Tianna Major is an emerging writer, actor, costume designer and all-round theatre-maker who has just graduated from QUT with a Bachelor of Fine Arts (Drama). Vibrant and imaginative, Tianna strives to harbour a sense of playfulness, and silliness in all her work, forever magnifying the unique and unusual ways we interact as humans. Her most recent credits include costume designing Timothy Wynn’s Blood Wedding and assistant costume designing Wesley Enoch and David Burton’s premiere of Space Cowboy.

Frothing over female-focused theatre and driven by the messy rollercoaster of authentic youth experiences, Brianna Wilkie is an emerging director and transdisciplinary creative who has recently graduated from her Bachelor of Fine Arts (Drama) at QUT. Eternally bubbling with passion and enthusiasm, Brianna’s most recent work spans assistant directing alongside Wesley Enoch on David Burton’s Space Cowboy and assistant stage-managing Lil’ Elvis Jones & the Truckstoppers at the Brisbane Powerhouse.

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The Drama Merchant

What happens when theatre leaves the theatre? That’s the question Nathan Schulz has spent his career answering.

As The Drama Merchant, Nathan creates performances that live outside the conventional stage — in forgotten spaces, unexpected venues, and the imagination of his audiences. His work doesn’t ask people to come to the drama. It brings the drama to them.

After cutting his teeth in the Gold Coast community theatre scene, a Best Director win at the 2015 Gold Coast Theatre Palm Awards marked the moment Nathan stopped following the theatrical rulebook altogether. He took his work to Brisbane’s Anywhere Festival, staging original immersive productions in spaces never intended for performance — and never looked back.

Today, his two flagship offerings define The Drama Merchant experience. The Radioplay Hour is a live, retro audio performance combining storytelling, live music, and sound effects — a warmly nostalgic experience that feels entirely new. Co-Stars invites young audiences and their families into interactive storytelling where their voices become part of the show.

From immersive ghost stories in oddities shops to directing classics on community stages, Nathan’s body of work is as varied as the spaces he performs in — united by a single belief that great storytelling can happen anywhere.
The Drama Merchant. Theatre, just not as you know it.

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Kieran McLeod

I’m a stand-up comic who believes if they’ve only given you a half full glass, might be best to ask for more. I have been a performer and writer for 5 years, with appearances on ABC radio, the Today Show, and Totally Wild (pretty sure I wasn’t why it got axed). My background has been as a comedian, writer, STEM major, and kids’ party clown, the usual career!
I was also named Ipswich Young Citizen of the year 2019, but careful googling it, you’ll spoil the ending to the show.

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SCREECH ARTS

SCREECH ARTS is the performing arts arm of ACCESS ARTS, Queensland’s leading organisation creating opportunities in the performing and visual arts for people with disability or disadvantage. Access Arts exist to elevate artists working across both visual and performing art mediums, promoting the importance of their art through facilitation, advocacy and education. We create development opportunities for our artists to grow their skills, pursue their artistic practice, showcase and sell their work. We advocate for equality for artists with disability within the arts industry.

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Hunter Brown, Nathan Seiler, Richard Goldsworthy

Three Storytellers – One Piano is an intimate session of Solo Piano music and stories, featuring South East Queensland based pianists and composers Richard Goldsworthy, Nathan Seiler and Hunter Brown.

“Music is a common language that connects us all… through the sounds that we hear, the emotions that we feel and through the stories that we all share.” – Richard Goldsworthy

Richard Goldsworthy has released 10 albums of his original piano compositions and has a large worldwide following, his music having been streamed more than 80 million times. His 2024 album “The Blue Horizon” was awarded Album of the Year by Solopiano.com in the US. Creating music in his studio overlooking the ocean on the Sunshine Coast, as well as on writing retreats in places like Japan, Hawaii and the Simpson Desert, Richard’s calm and emotive compositions reflects his love of serenity, simplicity and our natural environment.

“For me, music is a sacred, healing space—where intention becomes vibration, feeling transcends thought, and what cannot be spoken is deeply understood by the heart and soul.” – Nathan Seiler

Nathan Seiler has been a respected producer, performer, and academic in Brisbane for more than 35 years. Throughout his career, he has supported numerous artists as a record producer, session musician, and songwriter. During the COVID-19 lockdown, Nathan shifted his focus toward releasing his own compositions, launching the Pianoscapes By Nathan Seiler project and building a substantial global audience. With an eclectic range of influences from Chopin to jazz and beyond, Nathan’s music evolves from his curiosity and drive to always find new avenues of expression.

“I have a deep belief that music is more than just a listening exercise. I write in the hope that if you take a moment, put aside the hurry of the world and listen, you may find yourself opening up to something higher.” – Hunter Brown

Hunter Brown enjoyed a successful career as pianist for the Sydney Dance Company, before moving to the Sunshine Coast where he now lives with his wife and two sons. Classically trained to a high standard, Hunter’s gentle and thoughtful solo piano compositions are both emotional and evocative. When not composing or teaching, he loves spending time with his family, looking after his chickens, and perfecting his recipe for spaghetti Bolognese.

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Taking Liberties Theatre Company

Two old-school artists, one stage, zero mercy. Oldie
Moldie Ozzie Rap Play pits Grand Yapper Baldie —
retired teacher-musician and almost-famous legend —
against Lady Battleaxe Lacefront, actress and his
practical, sharp-tongued wife and lifelong sparring
partner.
Decades of love, bickering, and creative rivalry have
trained them well: every glance, gesture, and word is a
potential rap attack. In a final, no-holds-barred
showdown, they trade fierce verses, mixing rhythm,
regret, and unexpected tenderness. Will this lifelong
duet end in defeat—or unlock a new creative freedom?
MC narrators drive the action, pulsing beats and crowd
reactions bringing the energy of a live battle straight to
the audience.
Written by the late GJ Kalic, this work-in-progress is
fiercely funny, sharply observed, and surprisingly
moving. It Is a battle of love, ego, and artistic survival.
Oldie Moldie is presented by GJ Kalic’s Taking Liberties
Theatre Company, whose irreverent spirit once brought
hip-hop theatre to Parliament House in Canberra,
“lambasting the political power brokers in their own den,”
(Canberra Times). Taking Liberties spent years
delighting audiences with classics, cabarets, and original
works—performed in theatres and wherever people
gathered for a night out. Now members of the original
company return with Kalic’s final work.

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The Queensland Shakespeare Ensemble

The Queensland Shakespeare Ensemble (QSE) is an artist-run ensemble based in Meanjin (Brisbane). Since its inception in 2001, QSE has built a reputation for energetic, accessible, and unique productions, world-class actor training, and a strong commitment to community-based projects.
Our Shakespeare’s Shorts team is an elite, if slightly chaotic, squad of classical actors ready to perform some of Shakespeare’s most well-known and beloved works at the drop of a hat! Catch them in Half Hour Hamlet and Shakespeare Pick & (Re)Mix at this festival.

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Jenni Cargill-Strong

Jenni Cargill-Strong is a nationally recognised storyteller, recently returned to Magandjin~Brisbane. She tells her stories eye-to-eye and heart-to-heart, engaging listeners with her warm, expressive style. She has five award-winning story albums.

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Shoggoth’s Old Peculiar

The genre-defying Shoggoth’s Old Peculiar march to the beat of their own suitcase drum! Embracing all that is strange and weird, they have forged their own path, chilling and thrilling audiences with their unique brand of Horror-Folk, dark cabaret and gothic storytelling. Building on the success of their sell-out shows for the Anywhere Festival Moreton Bay 2025 (which earned them the award for “Best Performance”), they are returning in 2026 with a battered pewter tankard brimming with bold ideas that are sure to terrify and titillate all who dare attend their shows.

Gracing the stage with Shoggoth’s Old Peculiar again are Denizens of the Deep, a dance collective that embodies Dark Cabaret with a deep infection of Lovecraftian dread using techniques from Butoh, Bodyweather, Suzuki and contemporary dance with a layer of interactive theatre that will leave you wondering; are they human, are they alien or are they just insane.

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inkind

Kind folk for kind folk.

Through songs of life lived and lessons learned, inkind encourage us to look after ourselves and one another.

They’re celebrating the release of their second single ‘Let’s Make Plans’ in a fitting collaboration with the Food Connect Shed, a wonderful community hub of art, culture and sustainable food practices!

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Delilah Rose & the All Stars

Delilah Rose is a “blend of soul food wholefoods, gypsy seance, glam-rock goddess and cosmic queen vibes with art direction from Dali, the Fool and Donna Summer.

Imagine Cher, Janis, Bowie, Fleetwood Mac, Patti Smith, Grace Slick and Dolly Parton all in a psychedelic love blender!”

She’s won awards, runs an online club called the Crap Song Club (Australian Songwriting Retreats) and lives for encouraging creatives to have a go.

She’s lived in Paris, Perth, Barcelona and now resides in Meanjin/Brisbane with her two kids, husband, Duke the Dog and Frank the Cat.

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Zebramez Creative

Zebramez Creative brings together theatre, books, music and family entertainment under one imaginative banner. The company focuses on original storytelling that blends humour, heart and accessibility, often with a playful, offbeat perspective.

Zebramez Creative is currently producing The Agent, a comedic spy parody presented as part of the Anywhere Festival. The production continues the company’s commitment to original theatre that is inventive, character-driven and designed to connect directly with audiences.

Previous stage projects include The Pretzel Poem Project, a lively children’s show that celebrates rhythm, language and imagination, and Mavis & The Man, a comedic duo performance built around sharp character work and playful storytelling.

Beyond the stage, Zebramez Creative is also the home for a growing catalogue of children’s books. Titles include A Pony Named Taffy, the festive and mischievous The Fart That Saved Christmas, and The Pretzel Poem Project – Songbook, which extends the popular children’s performance into a musical reading experience.

By bringing theatre, literature and family entertainment together, Zebramez Creative aims to create stories that are joyful, memorable and accessible to audiences of all ages.

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Angel Strings

Angel Strings is a string quartet passionate about classical, pop and jazz music – and everything in between.

They have played as part of the Brisbane Festival, the World Science Festival, Woodford Folk Festival, the Melbourne Fringe, on SBS TV and to tens of thousands as part of the Candlelight Concerts series.

Angel Strings have performed locally and overseas with Opera Queensland, Queensland Theatre, Guy Sebastian, Archie Roach and iconic Persian artist, Moein.

Individual ‘Angels’ have performed with the Queensland and Melbourne Symphony Orchestras, and shared the stage with Nigel Kennedy, Pavarotti, Andrea Bocelli, Kanye West and Eminem.

They’ve somehow also featured in the latest Supercheap Auto ad and in Dubai fashion magazine, Mojeh!

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Alfredo Collective

The Alfredo Collective is a student led chamber music collective with an aim to make fun, innovative, inclusive and dynamic chamber music programs.

Next. Generation. Ideas.

This is a flexible ensemble comprised of students from the Queensland Conservatorium of Music, performing programs that are thematically curated to explore different ideas. To find out more about the nature of our projects, please visit our Instagram or Facebook page.

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The Wallums

The Wallums are a folk-rock band based in Brisbane.

Danny Weston is a songwriter and pianist. He plays keyboard for The Wallums.

Héctor Tomas plays drums for The Wallums. He previously played for Wolf Johnson And The Bad Dogs.

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/3Mq2XWO7qQPIOMnTofOKTM?si=Pw8f-CGQRkS6P9AzJrfMjg

YouTube: https://youtube.com/channel/UCBgj3bpJ_W0bywcYKYIcXmQ?si=zbMPxjkf7TcKYQCB

Nathanael Holtby is a singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. He is the lead singer of The Wallums, and previously led the band It6.

SoundCloud: https://on.soundcloud.com/1lNHARCnyIE7tWjEKI

YouTube: https://youtube.com/@nathanaelholtby900?si=oJ45yzv_5IPunY3h

Tristan Dique is a singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. He plays bass guitar for The Wallums, as well as for Smashed Arvo, and previously for Wolf Johnson And The Bad Dogs. He has also released a solo album.

Linktree: https://linktr.ee/tristan_dique?ltsid=95ff2664-dc88-4d7f-b025-784c84aa2b1c

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Nausicaä

Recalling the warmth and intimacy of Paul Simon and Nick Drake, Nausicaä sets the captivating poems of Judith Wright into musical motion. After showcases alongside the likes of Tiny Ruins and Angie Hart (Frente), their latest album, The Burning Glass, is ready to breathe new life into Wright’s timeless verse.

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Phoebe Maher

Phoebe Maher is an Australian writer, actor and producer. Phoebe has trained in Writing and Acting at the National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA) and holds an Honours Degree in Psychology from The University of Melbourne, with majors in Criminology and English, alongside several postgraduate qualifications.

Phoebe’s writing has been featured by 7th Floor Theatre, including her duologue ‘You’ll Be Wonton More,’ performed at Theatreworks in Melbourne and PIP Theatre in Brisbane. She has also been selected for Camp Counterpilot’s 2026 creative development intensive.

Phoebe is committed to creating bold new works across theatre and hybrid forms, recently producing, directing and performing in ‘The Evidence of Us’ for PIP Theatre’s Toucan Club Valentine’s Day edition and the improvised comedy show ‘Whatevfur’ for the 2024 Anywhere Festival. She also performs regularly with 7^th Floor Theatre and has several film and television credits.

For the 2026 Brisbane Anywhere Festival, Phoebe appears in Zebramez Creative’s ‘The Agent’ and she is premiering her new absurdist immersive mystery comedy ‘Phoebe, She Wrote,’ which she has written, produced, directed and performs in, alongside Sebastian Dimech, Will Collits and Lisa Withers.

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Lynda McCauley

Lynda McCauley is a self-care specialist. For 20 years she’s been paying close attention to what true care actually feels like in a body, in a day, in a life. Not as a practice to perfect. As a way of living. The Self Care Café is one of her favourite places to be.
Presented in partnership with Brew Moon Coffee, Grange Library and Brisbane City Council.

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Ben Spalding and Andrew Oxford

Andrew Oxford (he/him) is an emerging interdisciplinary artist based in Meanjiin with a passion for devised theatre, focusing on sound design and composition. He is currently enrolled in his final year of a Bachelor of Fine Arts (Drama) with a minor in Scenography.

Ben Spalding (he/him) is an Meanjin-based creative with a background in improvised performance and traditional theatre. Studying a Bachelor of Drama and performance at Qut with a minor in film, his practice ranges from live theatre to film making. With an interest in exploration through improvising he is drawn to works that seek to explore the way people interact.

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Yoel Hurikan

Yoel Hurikán is an Hungarian-American animator turned showman from Annapolis, Maryland, USA. He recently received his PhD from the Griffith Film school in Brisbane, where his research strove to reinvigorate the practice of oral tradition through animation. This culminated in Anishaman Presents Gilgamesh. His work seeks to take storytelling back to its roots and open a dialogue between storyteller and audience as in the days of oral tradition.

The Anishaman is short for Animation Shaman. Within many oral cultures, the shaman was viewed as the mediator between the human realm and the animistic one. Meanwhile, the Anishaman is the mediator between the audience and the animated realm. Additionally, notice how within Anishaman, the word sham is highlighted, this is to embrace how animation is nothing more than a trick of the eye.

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AppreSheAte

Karis is the producer behind AppreSheAte: a concept over a year in the making, conceived with Sellma from a shared passion for celebrating femininity and sisterhood through dance, joy, and connection. On a mission to bring audiences into bold, taboo spaces and fill them with feminine energy, we are thrilled to make that vision a reality with AppreSheAte: Night of Tarot at Anywhere Theatre Festival 2026, with the collective creative power of our amazing performers and mentors.

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Marcel Cole

Marcel Cole spent ten years training to be a ballet dancer then realised he had more fun making people laugh than being beautiful and so now after studying theatre, mime and clown in London and Paris, he is touring the world with his award-winning shows.

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LaunchPad

A for creatives, by creatives company dedicated to empowering artists, creators, and innovators, this business is built to help talent thrive in a competitive creative industry. Focused on being a launchpad for artists to develop and showcase their skills, the company provides professional support, opportunities, and resources designed to turn creativity into real-world success.

As a creative company that supports artists at every stage, it works closely with individuals to help them grow their skills, refine their craft, and access new opportunities. From emerging talent to experienced professionals, the company is committed to nurturing creativity and unlocking potential.

Whether your focus is in writing, directing, acting, filming, gaining exposure, or connecting with industry opportunities, this creative company is the Launchpad to get your art to the stars.

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Euphoric Flow

Euphoric Flow creates immersive performance experiences that blend circus, aerial arts, fire, flow arts, and storytelling into moments of wonder.

Euphoric Flow is led by creator and creative director Rachel Riggall, an Australian–British Caribbean multidisciplinary artist whose work pushes beyond the expected. Bringing meditation to the stage, merging fashion with circus, and transforming live performance into something truly unforgettable.

With an extensive background in modelling, acting, aerial arts, circus flow, and fire performance, Rachel brings a rare fusion of artistic vision and hands-on production experience to every project. Her work is driven by a deep passion for creating immersive experiences that bring joy and a sense of wonder to audiences through movement and storytelling.

Rachel is the creator of signature productions including ‘A Journey to Euphoria’, ‘A Grand Christmas’, and ‘Harmony – A Fashion Fusion Odyssey’, and continues to develop original works that challenge traditional performance formats and explore new ways of engaging audiences.

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Myfanwy (Miffy) King

I am a PhD candidate with an interest in designing video games that explore topics within the field of mental health and mental health literacy. During my PhD I created a serious game that was designed to improve mental health literacy. I now want to use those skills to explore other areas of mental health. With a specific look at how story and gameplay can communicate the experiences of those with mental illness and those who support them.

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Glen Rhodes

My name is Glen and I am a bubble-ologist or sometimes called a ‘bubble artist’. I have developed the most awesome bubble show that kids of all ages will absolutely love. Fun, Interactive, entertaining and totally unique.

I use my unique bubble shows to bring happiness, mystery, amazement and fun to people just like you and your children.

I have a secret bubble show mixture that is used to create some of the most amazing bubbles that you have ever seen

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Trichotomy

Australian contemporary jazz Trichotomy really need no introduction. Formed while music students in 1999, their 20+ year career of adventurous improvising showcases their ability to blend dense rhythmic grooves with evocative melodies, engaging a seamless mix of electronic & acoustic soundscapes, captivating ensemble dynamics and engaging trio interplay.

With compelling albums for UK’s NAIM Jazz label – “Variations” (2010), “The Gentle War” (2011), and “Fact Finding Mission” (2013), 2017’s “KNOWN/UNKNOWN” for Dutch label “Challenge” and collaborative releases – “Live With String Quartet” (2018) plus “Between the Lines” (2019) & “Iridescence” (2025) with folk-jazz-blues troubadour Danny Widdicombe, they have crafted a reputation as one of the most exciting trios in contemporary jazz.

They have toured extensively throughout Japan, China, UK, Europe, Canada, South America & Australia, with performances at the Vossa Jazz Festival Norway, Toyko International Jazz Festival and were showcase artists at Jazzahead Bremen.

Their 2023 album “TO VANISH” has been called ‘an outstanding achievement’ (Rhythms Magazine), with the trio as ‘restlessly creative as ever, still developing and redefining their sound, finding new musical ground to explore’ (Jazzmann).

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Bardot Rules

Bardot Rules

Born out of necessity. You write your first play, started in a craft bar in Toronto – Canada, and you just build everything afterwards and so Bardot Rules arose.Then you have to do the important stuff to do like actors etc so you cast yourself in the lead (of course) and surround yourself with talent.

 

Director – Janelle Kerr

With a wealth of experience in acting and directing, lately with King Street Players (Burpengary East), Janelle is the voice fine-tuning a rough stone into a finished gem – hopefully!

 

Playwright / Actor – Dean Moulds

Volunteer for Queensland Shakespeare Ensemble for over a decade and recently helping out The Curators – Act React – 7th Floor has left me ill-prepared for the big stage but supported by members of the theatre scene an idea is becoming the farce that we call Shakespeare – Dying on the Stage

 

Narrator – Jordana Widt

Jordana grew up in Central Queensland, where her love of theatre began through theatre sports and school musicals. A regional scholarship gave her the opportunity move to Toowoomba to complete a Bachelor of Creative Arts majoring in theatre. After graduating, she worked as a producer in Brisbane. Following a break from the industry she returned last year to stage manage a local production and is now excited to be performing once again.

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Grace Spinks

Grace Spinks (she/her) creator/ director

Grace Spinks is a Brisbane based singer-songwriter who blends folk, musical theatre, and contemporary music. Grace recently graduated from the QLD Conservatorium of Music, and in the past year for Grace has performed at Woodford Folk Festival, begun staging her own events, and put on a run of preview shows for her original musical, ‘The Middle Room.’ With a fresh set of original music, inspired by her travels and the stories that she grew up with, Grace is an exciting young creative to watch. 

 

 

 

 

AJ Betts (they/them) playing Louise

AJ is in their third and final year at the Queensland Academy of Excellence in Musical Theatre (QAEMT). They have been performing for over 15 years, starting off in youth choirs and theatre groups in Indonesia and Singapore, before immigrating to Brisbane in 2014.

Their university credits include Alternate Richie Walters in ‘A Chorus Line’ and featured performer in ‘Songs for a New World’. Before QAEMT, AJ was heavily involved in community theatre, with roles including Moritz Stiefel in ‘Spring Awakening’ and Rusty in ‘Footloose’. In 2021, they recieved the JMC Academy Martini Award for Best Actress for their short film debut in ‘Lola Cooper Needs a Boyfriend’. They’re so stoked to bring this beautiful show to life.

 

 

 

Kate Hudson-James (she/her) playing Rae

 

Kate Hudson-James hails from Toowoomba and is a recent graduate of the Griffith Conservatorium’s Bachelor of Musical Theatre. Performance highlights from university include Carrie in Carrie the Musical and Bebe Benzenheimer in A Chorus Line.

Kate has recently performed at Woodford Folk Festival and is starring as Juliet in the Empire Theatre’s 2026 production of &Juliet. Kate’s passion for performance is rooted in writing and storytelling, and she is so excited to share the gorgeous music and lyricism of The Middle Room. You can follow her work on instagram at @katehudsonjames.

 

 

Chloe Flannagan (she/her), playing Elizabeth

Chloe Flanagan is a bubbly, creative performer who people have been laughing at – ‘with’ is neither here nor there – since her birth. Originally from the Gold Coast, Chloe began singing, songwriting, playing guitar, and playing piano from eight years old.

She is a 2025 graduate of the Queensland Academy of Excellence in Musical Theatre’s Bachelor of Musical Theatre program, where she played Judy Turner in ‘A Chorus Line’, Helen/Sue Snell understudy in ‘Carrie: The Musical’, and Rosemary in scenes from ‘How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying’.

 

 

 

 

Charlie Green (he/him) – musician, electric and upright bass

Charlie Green is a Brisbane-based electric and upright bass player; he specialises in jazz, and has a strong background in rock, funk, fusion and Latin music. Starting out playing in blues trios while he was in high school, he slowly got hooked on jazz after seeing several shows by local Brisbane artists.

He has spent the past few years honing his musical talent and working his way into Brisbane’s local music scene. In the past year Charlie has graced the stages of the Brisbane Festival (in modern jazz and Latin quartets led by Max Irvin and Milly Sargeant), the Brisbane International Jazz Festival (playing with the Afro-Cuban jazz collective Orquesta Con Alma, led by internationally renowned Dr. Chris Stover), and Brisbane City Hall (as part of Martes en Marte, a 14-piece salsa group led Ethan Coleman). Additionally, he has played a miriad of smaller shows with his jazz fusion quartet Squibs, many jazz standards gigs, and two musicals (QAEMT’s and QCGU’s award winning production of A Chorus Line and Grace Spinks’ independent production of The Middle Room).

Charlie is currently completing a Bachelor of Music (Performance) at the Queensland Conservatorium.

 

Jack Flannagan (He/him) 

Jack through the years has pursued every chance he got, receiving roles like Jack Kelly (Newsies), Emmett Forrest (Legally Blonde), Christopher Boone (The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime) and more! Taking training at places like Pineapple Studios and the Sondheim Theatre in London, with vocal lessons and acting coaching in Australia for numerous years. Jack has followed his passion for musical theatre wherever it’s taken him, and here he is now, he hopes you love our show!

 

 

 

Olivia French (she/her) playing Mary

Olivia French is a Gold Coast performer who has spent more than ten years bringing stories to life on stages across Tasmania, Victoria and Queensland. Some of her previous stage credits with companies such as Encore Theatre, Ballarat National Theatre and Ballarat Lyric Theatre included Les Misérables, Phantom of the Opera, and the title role of Elizabeth Bennet in Pride and Prejudice. She later revisited this role in the Webby Award Honouree podcast adaptation, which she co-created, assistant directed and narrated. Her audio work also includes co-directing the Peter Pan podcast and serving as creative director for Raven Mad.

Since settling in Queensland, Olivia has portrayed Elizabeth Proctor in The Crucible, Shelby in Steel Magnolias and Irene Adler in Moriarty. A teacher by day and storyteller at heart, she is delighted to bring Mary to life and to help share the world of The Middle Room with audiences.

 

Maggie Barret-Beck (she/her) Swing

Margaret (Maggie) Barrett-Beck is a Brisbane-based creative who is ready and raring to make her name in the performing arts industry. From the age of 4, Maggie has made her deep passion for musical theatre her reality. Throughout 2025 and 2026 Maggie has been a part of the QAEMT Pre-Tertiary Program at QPAC, School of Rock through Passion Productions, and is thrilled to join the cast of The Middle Room for the Brisbane Anywhere Festival. Having graduated from High School in just 2025, she is continually building on her performance experience and skills and is seeking every opportunity to do so.

Maggie puts her own heart, soul, and personal stamp on the stories that she gets to tell in this beautiful art form that we call musical theatre.

 

Ethan Coleman (he/him) playing jaime

Sid ‘SJ’ Bromley Jazz Award recipient Ethan Coleman is a performer, composer and educator, and a Bachelor in Music graduate from the Queensland Conservatorium Griffith University. Ethan is an active member of the Brisbane music scene, performing with a multitude of bands across many genres, including pop, rock, jazz and Cuban. Recently, Ethan has performed as a pianist in the Ipswich Musical Theatre Company’s 2025 production of A Little Night Music, where his contribution was hailed as ‘beautifully performed’ by reviewers (Stage Buzz Brisbane). Ethan has performed in many of the city’s premier venues and is frequently called on as a session musician for studio recordings, most recently as pianist for Brisbane artist Pygmalion’s EP, ‘Instrumental VGM, Vol. 3’. Currently nurturing the talents of multiple students at his growing private teaching studio in Pullenvale, Ethan is looking forward to travelling overseas to further expand his skills, and eventually pursuing a Masters of Music. He is an avid reader and cinema-goer, and can often be found lost in a bookstore. For more information visit @ethan_coleman_music on Instagram.

 

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