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Biography
Silvana Lorenzo de Shute is a hard woman to pin down: her Uruguayan heritage, that is. While she proudly bills herself as an Australian citizen by birth, she attributes her artistic and literary influences as well as a soothing, inspiring love of people and music to her ancestors who are also from Spain, Italy, France, England and Nigeria – phew, what an eclectic, potent melting pot!
This all has given Silvana a leg up in showbiz; while she has made a self-assured and bold name for herself in ‘black box’ theatre from “In the Company of Ants” (2010 and 2011), “Mikey” (2010), “A Mouthful of Birds” (2009), “Songs in the Speed of Love” (2007) and “Rocket to the Moon” (2007), she is no stranger to the screen as well and is always ‘audition ready’. Her spirited assistance on student short films and documentaries alongside filmmaking stalwart Katherine Davis and ACTT mentor John O’Hare in “7 Days of Sydney – Eastern Beaches” (2010) and “Barry White Saved My Life” respectively has pushed her to commit her studies by correspondence for BA Stage & Screen Performance at UNE.
When Silvana isn’t too busy devising, producing, acting and singing, she is a doting mother to two beautiful, infectiously positive children.
Biography
Charlotte Lawson is an exciting emerging artist on the Melbourne scene. As a talented vocalist, she has recently returned from China, with the Australian International Opera Company on “The Sounds of Hollywood” tour.
Charlotte graduated from Federation University’s Arts Academy in Ballarat with a degree in Music Theatre in 2015.
Her credits at The Arts Academy include “Thoroughly Modern Millie”, “Urinetown” and “The Mystery of Edwin Drood”, in which she played The Princess Puffer. She was also selected to work with leading figure in Australian Musical Theatre Nancye Hayes in “Riches, Romance and Rebellion” showcased at the 2015 MEAA Conference at WAAPA. Her self-written cabaret “The F_____ Word” saw two successful seasons, both in Ballarat and in Melbourne.
In 2016 saw Charlotte hit the Music Theatre scene by featuring on the Original Cast Album of “The White Mouse”, also a New Australian Musical, and appeared in Matthew Robinson’s 2016 New Voices Workshop.
Website: www.charlottelawson.com
Biography
Benjamin Hambley’s passion for performing began in his preschool Christmas play where he played ‘Baby Jesus’ in the nativity scene. Since then, he has gone on to perform throughout Australia and overseas.
Benjamin studied at the Queensland Conservatorium of Music where he graduated in 2015 with a Bachelor of Music (Musical Theatre), receiving Academic honours. Whilst there, he played roles in “Godspell” (Judas); Joe “Working” (Zutty) and “A Chorus Line” (Paul San Marco).
Straight from his final year of study, Benjamin has gone on to work with international creative teams and companies such as Disney, Nickelodeon, Pen2Stage and The BBC where he’s been fortunate enough to perform a variety of roles in productions throughout various countries.
Between contracts Benjamin works at Warner Bros. Movie World here on the Gold Coast as part of Show and Entertainment. He feels very fortunate to continually be able to hone his craft and be surrounded by passionate and determined like-minded artists whom inspire him to grow as a performer.
Other credits include “Dirtgirlworld” (ABC Kids TV); “Wicked” (Ensemble/U/S Boq), “Scrap” (Jonathan Scrap); “Fiddler on The Roof” (Motel Kamzoil); “Little Shop of Horrors” (Seymour Krelborn); “Aladdin” (Aladdin); “FLOOD” (Steve) and “Doctor Who Arena Spectacular” (Monster/Dancer).
In 2021, Benjamin has been touring Australia in ABC Kids’ current number one TV show, “Bluey Live.”