Geraldine graduated from WAAPA in 2008 and has led productions for most of the major theatre companies in Australia. Her work includes Les Liaisons Dangereuses, Fury, Baal, The Real Thing, Disgraced, Chimerica and Julius Caesar for the Sydney Theatre Company, Peter Pan for Belvoir, which toured to New York, Tartuffe for Bell Shakespeare Company, The Rise and Fall of Little Voice for Darlinghurst Theatre Company, and Macbeth for Melbourne Theatre Company. Geraldine played the lead in Gaslight, which toured nationally and was most recently seen in Troy for Malthouse Theatre for which she received a Green Room Award nomination for Most Outstanding Performance.
Geraldine’s television credits include lead roles in Ms Fisher’s Modern Murder Mysteries, Wakefield
and Wanted for which she was nominated for a TV Week Logie for Most Outstanding Newcomer.
Her work in animation includes the worldwide phenomenon Bluey, with Geraldine voicing the
Grown-up Bluey in the series and Lucy in Shaun Tan’s Tales from Outer Suburbia, both for the ABC.
Geraldine’s feature film credits include the soon-to-be-released Runner with Alan Ritchson and Owen Wilson, and independent Australian films The Pretend One, Disclosure, Uninhabited, Wasted on the Young and Joe Cinque’s Consolation. Geraldine produced the feature film The Rooster, starring Hugo Weaving, which premiered in competition at the Melbourne International Film Festival in 2023. She has also recently completed her first short film as writer/director.
Geraldine enjoys recording audiobooks. Some of the titles she narrated include the novel of Suzie Miller’s smash-hit play Prima Facie, Liane Moriarty’s Here One Moment and the Stella Prize winning book of poetry The Jaguar by Sarah Holland-Batt.
Shubshri Kandiah is a celebrated Australian musical theatre performer, best known for her groundbreaking portrayals of iconic Disney princesses. Raised in Perth, she began her artistic journey learning classical Indian dance (Bharatanatyam), ballet, and violin. She followed her passion for the stage, graduating from the Queensland Conservatorium Griffith University with a Bachelor of Musical Theatre in 2017.
Kandiah made her professional debut as Princess Jasmine in the national tour of Disney’s Aladdin. She further solidified her status as a leading lady by playing Ella in the Australian production of Rodgers + Hammerstein’s Cinderella, and most recently, she has enchanted over a million audience members across Australia as Belle in Disney’s Beauty and the Beast.
Prior to this, Shubshri was cast in the central role of Maryam in Why? The Musical for Expo 2020 in Dubai, created and directed by award-winning filmmaker Shekhar Kapur, with music composed by Academy Award-winning film composer A.R. Rahman.
Expanding her career into film, Kandiah stars as Margie in the 2025 Australian film The Travellers, directed by Bruce Beresford. Her diverse credits also include Brianna in the national tour of Fangirls (Belvoir), Ismene in Antigone (Queensland Theatre), Cinderella in Into the Woods (Belvoir) and Ayah in the
Two-time Green Room Award winner, Johanna has worked within musical theatre, theatre, opera, film, television and cabaret, whilst also gaining credits as director, writer and producer.
After graduating with both a Bachelor of Music Performance (Hons) and B.A. (Drama Performance and Direction) she won a scholarship to study with Daniel Ferro at the Juilliard School where she continued her training in music and acting. Recent roles include Mrs Lovett: Sweeney Todd (Vic Opera), Mrs Teavee: Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (X Roads), Carrie Pepperidge: Carousel (S.O.S.A), Mother Abbess: The Sound of Music (GFO), Charlotte: A Little Night Music (Watch This Melbourne, Green Room Award winner), Alice Beane: Titanic (The Marollo Project, Green Room Award winner), Baker’s Wife: Into the Woods (Capitol Theatre), Marcy: Dogfight (Hayes Theatre), Carlotta: The Phantom of the Opera (Really Useful/Neil Gooding Productions), Pitti Sing: The Mikado (Opera Australia), and The Threepenny Opera (Sydney Theatre Company/Malthouse), Lady D’ Asquith: A Gentlemen’s Guide to Love and Murder (Arts Centre Melbourne), Signoria Nacarelli: The Light in the Piazza (Arts Centre Melbourne), and Handa’s The Phantom of the Opera (Opera on the Harbour).
As writer/director credits include Songs My Mother Taught Me, starring Tina Arena, director/choreographer: Beautiful-The Carole King Musical (MWE), creative director for the 50th Birthday celebrations of the Festival Centre, and most recently director/choreographer Cendrillon (VCA). Her self-written play, The Songs that Got Away, based on the life and music of Harold Arlen, has played sell out seasons around the country. She has worked for ABC radio as presenter/producer, was a headline performer for the 2025 Australian Musical Theatre Festival and has collaborated with the Australian String Quartet in their web series ASQ Live at Ukaria. Recent soloist performances include Showstoppers at the for Sydney Philharmonia, and she is a Walk of Fame recipient for the Adelaide Festival Centre.
Johanna recently performed in Colour and Light: The Art of Sondheim (Watch This). Later this year she will play the Baker’s Wife in Into the Woods for State Opera of South Australia.
In 2010, Joe graduated with a Bachelor of Arts (Music Theatre) from the University of Ballarat Arts Academy. The following year, he founded the internationally acclaimed comedy group: Aunty Donna (Netflix, ABC).
Joeʼs recent stage credits include Robert in The Play That Goes Wrong, Dr Jim Cairns in The Dismissal (Sydney), Oz & Others in Come From Away (Australian Tour), Shrek in Shrek The Musical (Australian Tour), Dewey Finn in School of Rock the Musical (Australia, New Zealand, China), Errol in the 10th Anniversary Australian tour of Priscilla Queen of the Desert, Barry in High Fidelity (The Hayes) – for which he was nominated for a Sydney Theatre Award for Best Performance in a Supporting Role in a Musical, and lovable antagonist Don in the
Australian tour of Kinky Boots. Previously, Joe played Sergeant Kennedy in NED – A New Australian Musical, and toured nationally in California Dreaming and with The
Songs of Ahrens and Flaherty. He also portrayed the role of ‘Barrelʼ in the new Australian musical CrossXroads – and performed in the Melbourne premiere of Matthew
Lee Robinsonʼs Sing on Through Tomorrow. Joeʼs professional Music Theatre debut was as Hank Majewski in the original Australasian tour of Jersey Boys.
Joe has enjoyed the success of iTunes, MTV and ARIA charting singles under the moniker GodWolf, and managed to – between musicals – tour Australia extensively over the last decade. Aunty Donna has amassed a cult following, regularly touring Australia and internationally. On screen, Joe features in both their Netflix and ABC series’ Big ol’ House of Fun, and Coffee Cafe (2020 & 2023 respectively), as well as Dear Life on Stan (2026).
Kaya (he/him) is a graduate of The Victorian College of the Arts. He recently appeared as Jimmy Ray in Bright Star (Sport for Jove) at Hayes Theatre and followed this production with A Comedy of Errors, also with Sport for Jove. Previous theatre credits include Calamity Jane (One Eyed Man Productions), A Christmas Carol (GWB), A Streetcar Named Desire (MTC), Groundhog Day: The Musical (GWB), Come From Away (Newtheatricals); Chess (Storyboard Entertainment); HOSH: West Side Story (Opera Australia); Lazarus and Ragtime (The Production Company); Ring! Ring! and The House on Fire at the Edge of the World (Fringe Replanted); The Wind in the Willows (ASC) and Gilligan’s Island: The Musical (Left Bauer Productions). Screen credits include short films The Tide and My Straight Mate. Kaya released his debut EP Belladonna/Supernova in early 2025 alongside music videos for his singles Stasis and Flying Into The Sun.
