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Emma Powell
Emma’s first performance was at the age of three when she appeared on US television with Ronald McDonald. School musicals were the natural progression from an Oompa Loompa at age 12 in The Wizard of Oz to Rosie in Bye Bye Birdie at sweet sixteen. As a grown up, the stage continued to beckon and she gave up a career in Public Relations to travel around Australia in The Pirates of Penzance. Emma then landed a spot in the Cameron Mackintosh world-wide sensation Les Miserables, touring to Singapore, Hong Kong, Korea and Cape Town. On her return, Emma participated in a workshop of an exciting original Australian musical, Crusade. She was then fortunate and thrilled, to be cast in the title role of Anthony Crowley’s original production, The Journey Girl, as Samantha. A one woman show, The Journey Girl used all of Emma’s talents including, comedy, drama and singing of a whooping 22 songs. What Emma didn’t know at the time was that her next starring role would be motherhood. Wanting to share her experiences of parenthood, she wrote and performed the cabarets – Two’s Company – Three’s On The Way, and Two’s Company – Three’s a Crowd. Emma is no stranger to the intimate style of cabaret, having also performed her one-woman show Let Yourself Go and Anthony Crowley’s An After Dinner Treat at Mietta’s in Melbourne. |
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After a few years of full time parenting Emma
re-entered the theatre world with the hit musical
Mamma Mia! Starting off in the ensemble and
understudy to Rosie she was then promoted to the
role of Rosie for the Australasian Tour. For two
years she had an absolute ball making people
laugh as one of the title comedy roles in the show.
On her return to Australia she landed the cameo role of Hattie in The Production Company’s Kiss Me Kate. Next on the cards was working with Topol in Fiddler on The Roof as the 8 foot, ranting and raving Fruma Sarah. Emma’s most recent work was a self devised, one- woman piece called Dumped! which she performed at The Butterfly Club in South Melbourne to great reviews. Her other creation, Busting Out! was a hit at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival and has since played to sell out crowds all over Australia. Emma looks forward to Busting Out! becoming even bigger and better!!! |
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Bev Killick A highly accomplished performer, comedian and actor, Bev Killick brings her exceptional comic (and EE) talents to Busting Out! After 10 years in the biz, Bev is hitting her stride playing at major theatres around Australia to capacity crowds. She's likeable.. bawdy and real. She has been the Support Act for Wierd Al Yankovic at the Palais and more recently at Hamer Hall. The Support Act for Puppetry of the Penis, Featured Act - Show us your Roots, Featured Act - Best of Green Faces, Regular at Sydney's Original Comedy Store - The Comedy Club - The Comic's Lounge - ICBM Canberra - Sit Down Comedy Brisbane-Dockside Comedy Brisbane The Laugh Garage, - Gold Coast Arts Centre - Comedy Knockout - A-List comedy rooms - Star 100 Comedy rooms - Comedy All Stars - Funny Girls QLD tour, The Comedy Muster W.A, The Concorde Hotel Kuala Lumpur, The St Kilda Laughs Festival, Toured West Australia with Life After Dick, Broome Comedy Festival, Melbourne International Comedy Festival, The Cracker Comedy Festival, The Big Laugh Festival, Adelaide Fringe Festival. Her television credits include Pizza, Kath and Kim, Beauty and the Beast, Channel V In the Joint, Joker Poker, MDA, Many Ads, including major Coopers Ad, Yellow Pages, Berri Juice, Berlei Bra Uplifting Tour TVC, Headliners, The Comedy Channel, Joker Poker, Spin TV, Stand Up Australia (two stints), Hosted Melbourne Comedy Highlights with Leah Macleod and Maynard for Channel V, Featured Comic for Pubs of the World for Japan TV, Show us your Roots - Hosted by Jonathan Coleman, Channel 9 Comedy Gala Live at the Asylum, Surprise Wedding as a bride....yes really.
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Katie Houghton
Katie grew up in a musical family, and made her first official recording of ‘Puff The Magic Dragon’ at age 2, so it was inevitable that she was destined for the stage. However, at age 12, when Katie discovered none of the boys would kiss her in Spin the Bottle because she was ‘A Foghorn’ she decided to choose music! Luckily she grew breasts! AND a sense of humour! After being rejected by several creditable theatrical institutions, Katie drowned her sorrows in France, Italy, Germany, England, Belgium, Spain, Holland, Switzerland, Greece, Austria, Portugal, and of course Albania. When she could no longer fall back on her Diploma in Photography she finally settled at the W.A. Academy of Performing Arts. (WAAPA). Whilst at drama school, Katie’s abilities blossomed and she embraced her love of comedy whilst fine-tuning her exceptional vocal skills, mastering Opera, Jazz and Broadway. Katie graduated in 1997 having earned the Leslie Anderson Award For Most Outstanding Student, (this only means something to other WAAPA students and recipients, like Hugh Jackman - I’m sure his mum was proud at the time!) Katie has toured nationally with The Merry Widow, Plainsong, Bear In The Big Blue House and at home in Fiddler On The Roof, Bat Boy and her all time favourite, Forbidden Broadway, where she relished impersonating Ethel Merman and Liza Minnelli. |
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Katie has also greatly enjoyed appearing in The Production Company’s Hello Dolly, Carousel, and Mame. Katie has recently taken a break from performing to raise her two children and would like to thank her incredibly supportive husband and friends for all of the childcare. Katie is thrilled to be back on stage in this empowering production!
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