Catherine Alcorn
Professional Woman
Catherine Alcorn is a multi award-winning Australian performer, producer and presenter, widely regarded as one of the country’s leading live entertainers. Renowned for her powerhouse vocals, razor-sharp wit and magnetic stage presence, she has built an international career spanning theatre, cabaret, concerts, television and major live events.
Hailed as “a must see!” (L.A. Times), “absolutely hilarious” (Time Out) and possessing “a voice to die for” (Stage Noise), Catherine is best known for her acclaimed portrayal of Bette Midler in The Divine Miss Bette, which has toured Australia, New Zealand and the United States. Her recent credits include the national Australian tour of Menopause The Musical® (2023–2024), headlining the 2025 Lifeline Sapphire Gala Ball and the 2026 Starlight Children’s Foundation Star Ball, hosting Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras Fair Day 2026, and starring in a national campaign for BIG W.
In 2025, Catherine made history as the first Australian singer to perform on the Antarctic continent while headlining the inaugural Pride voyage to Antarctica. She is also the creator and producer of original productions including Midler & Me and QUEENS, and currently headlines her acclaimed sold-out residency at Ginger’s on Oxford Street in Sydney, helping lead the revival of the city’s contemporary cabaret scene.
Sally Bourne
Housewife
Sally has been working in theatre, TV, film and cabaret for over 45 years having made her debut in the title role of the original Australian cast of the musical Annie.
She was then cast in the Australian productions of Nine and Les Miserables before moving to London in 1991.
Sally’s London credits include My Fair Lady, A Christmas Carol, Les Miserables, My Name is Alice, Jesus Christ Superstar, Hey, Mr. Producer!, Les Miserables 10th Anniversary Concert at The Royal Albert Hall, The John Wayne Principal and the world premiere productions of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s The Beautiful Game and The Royal National Theatre’s production of Jerry Springer: The Opera.
She was also a regular on the cabaret and stand-up circuit, appeared in numerous plays and was cast as Eva’s maid in the film Evita whilst in the U.K.
Since returning to Australia in 2004, she has performed in Damn Yankees, The Boy From Oz and Brigadoon (State Theatre), as Joanne in Company and the world premier productions of Shane Warne the Musical as Brigitte Warne, Once We Lived Here (Green Room Award nomination) and the Cat Stevens musical Moonshadow. Trish in Kinky Boots, Sister May Martin of Tours in the recent touring production of Sister Act, and just prior to Menopause The Musical®, Sally played Mrs. Jones in Reg Livermore’s Ned Kelly: The Musical for Victorian Opera.
There’s also TV, comedy writing, songwriting, cabarets, gigs, adjudicating, teaching singing, mentoring… and kids and a day off now and then!
Lena Cruz
Earth Mother
Lena is an accomplished actor and singer with an impressive range of experience across theatre and screen.
Her musical theatre highlights include In the Heights, Flat Earthers, Into the Woods, Fame, Hair, An Officer and a Gentleman,The Threepenny Opera, Singin’ in the Rain and Chess. Lena also originated the role of Cynthia in Priscilla Queen of the Desert the Musical.
On screen, Lena most recently played Gloria in the short series Ina, which premiered at CANNESERIES in 2026. She also portrayed Dr Sofia Martinez in New Zealand’s long-running television soap opera Shortland Street, and appears in Netflix’s Heartbreak High and the SBS anthology series Erotic Stories. Her other screen credits include In Limbo, Love Me (Season 2), Wellmania, Bump and The Unusual Suspects.
Chelsea Gibb
Soap Star
Chelsea Gibb is one of Australia’s leading ladies of musical theatre, with a career spanning stage, television, film and cabaret for more than two decades. A graduate of the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts (WAAPA), Chelsea began her professional career after being cast as Roxie Hart in Chicago immediately following graduation. She performed the role throughout Australia and South-East Asia over four years, establishing a career that has seen her work with many of Australia’s leading production companies.
Her theatre credits include Chicago, Anything Goes, The King and I, Cabaret, Into the Woods, The Wild Party, Carrie, Nine, Jerry’s Girls, Famous, Connected, Dream Song, Pink, Villainy and You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown. She is delighted to be appearing in We Will Rock You later this year. Her cabaret work includes Woman Is, That’s Life, Lucy and Jessie and Cyrens: The Swinging Songbook of Cy Coleman, for which she received a Green Room Award nomination.
Chelsea’s screen credits include Neighbours, All Saints, The Lost World, Beauty and the Beast, Sale of the Century, George of the Jungle 2 and Josh Jarman. She also performs regularly as a featured artist at corporate events and special performances throughout Australia and internationally.
Away from the stage, Chelsea channels her creativity into natural living and regenerative farming as the Founder and CEO of Chelsea Jane Organic Skincare and Farm Balm Organic Petcare, creating handcrafted organic skincare and pet care inspired by nature, family and life on her regenerative farm in regional Victoria.
Hester van der Vyver
Understudy
Hester van der Vyver trained at 16th Actor’s Studio, the Lecoq theatre school in Paris and various acting studios in Los Angeles.
She recently reprised the role of Beth in Daniel Cottier Productions’ Occasional Combustible Disaster at the Civic Theatre in Newcastle. Her previous stage credits include Tilly in The Dressmaker, Sweet Charity, High Society, Anything Goes, Little Me, Funny Girl, Crazy For You and Promises Promises (The Production Company). National tours include Cabaret (IMG), Shout! The Legend of the Wild One (TML), and My Fair Lady (Opera Australia). Hester was also in the Melbourne Theatre Company production of The Drowsy Chaperon directed by Simon Phillips.
For Playdead Theatre, Hester performed the role of Amy in Tape, and Mette in Festen. She also played Beth Loffreda in Red Stitch’s production of The Laramie Project and toured China in the role of Juliet in Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet.
On screen, Hester can be seen in NCIS Sydney (Disney Plus), Critical Incident (Stan), Pieces of Her (Netflix), Rostered On (Netflix) and Strife (Binge). Hester was a 2024 finalist for the prestigious Atlantic Theatre Scholarship and a recipient of the Ian Potter Cultural Trust Emerging Artist Grant.