NAPA Student Professional Success
The following students worked in professional productions while training at NAPA.
MUSICAL THEATRE
James Mitchell - ‘Chip’ in Beauty and the Beast Australian Tour 2024
Cru Lee - ‘Chip’ in Beauty and the Beast Australian Tour 2024
Lucy Bowyer - ‘Anna Maye’ in TINA - The Tina Turner Musical Australian Tour 2023-24
Izellah Connelly - The King and I, ‘Gretl’ in The Sound of Music and ‘Matilda’ in Matilda the Musical at QPAC; Australasian Tour
William Todd - ‘Eric’ in Matilda the Musical at QPAC; Australasian Tour
Kieran McGinlay - ‘Gavroche’ in the Asia Tour of Les Miserables
Jayden McGinlay - ‘Jeremy’ in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, The King and I and ‘Fredrick’ in The Sound of Music at QPAC
Kael Smith - Lord Mayor’s Christmas Carols
Samantha Todd - ‘Louisa’ in The Sound of Music at QPAC
Sebastian Li - ‘Prince Chulalongkorn’ in The King and I at QPAC
Zoe Platt - ‘Duffy’ in Annie at QPAC
Xavier Xue - Queensland Ballet's The Nutcracker
Elysium Hipwood, Jamieson Schmitzer and Michael Fryer - ‘Jane and Michael Banks’ in The Gold Coast Arts Centre’s Mary Poppins
Courtney Sutherland - ‘Juvenile Dancer’ in The Adventures of Peter Pan and Tinkerbell (2017), Bonnie Lythgo Productions, Directed by Bonnie Lythgo and Christopher Wood, HOTA
Charlotte Dennis Seymour-Smith - ‘Pinocchio’ in Pinnochio (2020) Director: Nathan Schultz, The Drama Merchant, Bankfoot House, Sunshine Coast
Romi Penfold-Luff - Lord Mayors Christmas Carols
FILM + TELEVISION
Michael Bishop - ‘DJ Max’ in Spin (Disney Channel) (2020); ‘Teddy’ in Grace Beside Me (2018) - series regular; ‘School Yard Kid’ in Swinging Safari (2018); Extra in Harrow (2019); Reef Break (2019); Pirates of the Caribbean (2015); Voice Over in Mako Mermaids (2015); TVCs for Hallmark Homes, Movie World and Shell Solar.
Izellah Connelly - ‘Lila Gray’ in Rock Island Mysteries (Freemantle Australia - 10 Shake & Nickelodeon) (2022, 2023, 2024)
Spencer Hermes-Rebello - ‘Remi’ in Surfside Girls (AppleTV+, Endeavor Content, IDW Entertainment) (2022)
Tori Aston - ‘High school student’ in The Wilds, Directed by Susanna Fogel for Amazon Prime Video (2022); ‘Bethany the Waitress’, ‘VIP Wrestling Fan’, ‘School Student’ in Young Rock for NBC / Young Rock Productions (2021)
Jaeda Power - Extra in Apples Never Fall for HeyDay Television/Universal International Studios (2023), Extra inTroppo for ABC (2023), Extra in Joe Exotic for Universal Content Productions (2021); Extra in Young Rock for NBC / Young Rock Productions (2021); Extra in Sit. Stay. Love. (2021)
Lucas Brown - Extra in Troppo for ABC (2023)
Austin Guljas - Extra and stand-in for ‘Dewey’ (10 year old Young Rock) in Young Rock for NBC / Young Rock Productions (2021)
Cooper Swain - Extra in Young Rock for NBC / Young Rock Productions (2021), Extra in True Spirit for Netflix (2021)
Grace Nean - Extra in Elvis (2022)
Maeli Tapper - Extra in Elvis (2022)
Bella Janssen - Extra in Elvis (2022)
Dakota Janssen - Extra in True Spirit for Netflix (2021)
Willow Mae Cooper - Extra in True Spirit for Netflix (2021)
Kaden Forbutt - Extra in True Spirit for Netflix (2021)
Zyla Boyd - Extra in Sit. Stay. Love. (2021)
Lalita Zalinski - Extra in Sit. Stay. Love. (2021)
Maeli Tapper - Extra in Young Rock for NBC / Young Rock Productions (2021)
Jemima Merrell - Extra in Young Rock for NBC / Young Rock Productions (2021)
Harmony Yarrow - Extra in Young Rock for NBC / Young Rock Productions (2021)
Kael Smith - TVC for Digicel - BIP free chat app, Fotomedia (2021)
Aneka Mitchell - Ergon Energy TVC ( Taxi Group 2022)
James Mitchell - Ergon Energy TVC (Taxi Group 2022)
Has your child worked (paid) in a professional production in stage, theatre, film or television while training at the National Academy of Performing Arts? We love to acknowledge these wonderful achievements. Complete the form below to submit their recent work.
Please note: due to some production restrictions, there may be some achievements that are held until the public release of a particular production. We will compile a list of these students and will load them when timing is appropriate.