Dr Ian Nisbet
Owner (he/him) $47.50/half-hour (inc GST) WWCC 1009054A |
Dr Ian Nisbet is one of Australia's leading Broadway musical theatre vocal coaches, the director of Ian Nisbet Talent Management, and a qualified Vocal Health First Aider. His award-winning students can be heard in professional and amateur productions across the country and around the world and have gained entry into many of the country's top training institutions. He holds a PhD in musical theatre, a bachelor's degree in drama, an AMusA in flute performance, and a Graduate Certificate in Higher Education. In his spare time Ian sponsors the Australian Stephen Sondheim Award and is a relief judge for the Music Theatre Guild of Victoria. Ian has been an active member of the Melbourne theatre community for over twenty years in a variety of roles both on and off the stage including Jesus Christ Superstar (Flute), Chicago (Mary Sunshine) , Oklahoma! (Chorus Master), Finian's Rainbow (Flute/Piccolo), The Sound of Music (Flute/Piccolo), Barnum (Ringmaster), Hook: The Pantomime (Flute), RENT (Musical Director), Into the Woods (MD), the Victorian amateur premiere of Parade (2007 Revised Version - MD), Sweeney Todd (MD), The Witches of Eastwick (Michael Spofford), The Producers (MD), Grease (Vocal Coach), Little Shop of Horrors (Flute), Sticks and Stones: A New Musical in Workshop (Vocal Coach), Ragtime (Flute/Piccolo), SPAMALOT (MD) , Urinetown (MD), and Jesus Christ Superstar (Annas). Ian teaches in Dandenong North, Brunswick, and online and can be contacted at ian@iannisbet.com |
Shelley Dunlop
Associate Coach (she/her) $42.50/half-hour (inc GST) WWCC 0284202A |
Shelley studied Music Performance (Voice) at the Victorian College of the Arts. An experienced singer, actor, and multi-instrumentalist, she has taught singing and piano for many years and performed all over Australia. She holds a bachelor’s degree in music and studied acting as part of the NIDA Actors Studio in 2019. Shelley’s recent theatrical credits include Irene in Anna Bella Eema (Melbourne Fringe), Olivia in Shoot/Get Treasure/Repeat (NIDA Actors Studio), Deb in Ordinary Days (Life Story Theatre), Sarah in Decoration Day (T2 Productions) and The Witch in Into The Woods (Aspect). She will be playing Anne Shirley in upcoming Australian premiere of Anne and Gilbert (Beaumaris Theatre Co). She also recently musically directed two new original Australian works: Post (Something Blue Productions) and The Girl Green As Elderflower (La Mama). Shelley has played keys and woodwinds in many a pit orchestra, and her voice can be heard in several ads and indie animations. Shelley is currently studying her masters degree in music therapy at the University of Melbourne. Shelley teaches in Brunswick and online and can be contacted at shelley@iannisbet.com |
Omar Moustafa
Associate Coach (he/him) $42.50/half-hour (inc GST) WWCC 0882585A |
Omar is an experienced singer, having studied and performed across many genres, and is a qualified Vocal Health First Aider. His involvement in musical theatre began in the Victorian Youth Theatre’s musical theatre ensemble program. He has sung as a member of the Melbourne vocal ensemble Choristry, appearing on their albums, ‘Folksong’ and ‘Aurora’, and has worked under several of Australia’s most prominent choral directors, including Trevor Jones and Dan Walker. Omar also teaches voice at Gladstone Park Secondary College and his musical direction won consecutive Outstanding Vocal Performance awards at the Junior Theatre Celebration in 2018 and 2019. Omar has been involved in musical theatre for over twenty years, working both on and off the stage in shows including Oliver!, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (Reuben), Bugsy Malone (Knuckles), Return to the Forbidden Planet (Cookie), Finian’s Rainbow, Les Misérables, The Scarlet Pimpernel (Percy), Spamalot (Not Dead Fred), Jesus Christ Superstar (Judas), Into the Woods (Baker), Ordinary Days (Jason), The Wizard of Oz (Cowardly Lion), Seussical Jr. (Vocal Director), Mulan Jr. (VD), Seussical (co-MD), The Addams Family (VD) and Guys and Dolls (VD). Omar teaches in Dandenong North, Brunswick, and online and can be contacted at omar@iannisbet.com |
Jess Ridler
Associate Coach (she/her) $42.50/half-hour (inc GST) WWCC 1671570A |
Jess has been training in the performing arts for over 20 years. She has performed with various choirs including the Australian Youth Choir throughout primary and high school, and has competed in the Croydon Busking Festival and Eastern Arts Festival, placing in her category each time. During high school, Jess explored her passion for music and musical theatre while completing her studies in VCE Drama and Music, performing in several musicals, and being hired as a singer for many private and public events. Jess has had the privilege to perform leading and supporting roles in Disenchanted, Heathers The Musical, We Will Rock You, Shrek The Musical, Curtains, The Toxic Avenger, Once On This Island, Children of Eden, and variety shows with SLAMS Music Theatre and Windmill Theatre company. In 2018, Jess received two Lyrebird Awards for her performances as Scaramouche in We Will Rock You, and as a featured soloist in The Next Big Thing (Windmill Theatre Company) Jess began working as a vocal coach in 2016 for BuStCO's cabaret, and was later brought on as musical theatre teacher at Croydon School of Dance, coaching young dancers in voice and acting. Jess teaches in Dandenong North, Brunswick, and online and can be contacted at jess@iannisbet.com |
Benjamin Colley
Industry Coach (he/him) $42.50/half-hour (inc GST) WWCC 1329018A |
*** Please note that Ben's availability may be limited while touring in CATS Korea *** Benjamin is an alumnus of the Victorian College of the Arts Secondary School and the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts. He made his professional debut with the Australian Shakespeare Company as Otter in The Wind in the Willows. Other professional credits include Treasure Hunt with Echelon Productions and Romeo and Juliet with Melbourne Shakespeare Company; as well as music directing MSC’s Romeo and Juliet, Love’s Labour’s Lost and The Taming of the Shrew. Most recently he appeared in the 40th anniversary production of Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street and the Australian national tour of Shrek the Musical. Ben is currently appearing as a Swing in the Asia Tour of CATS. Ben teaches online and can be contacted at benjamin.a.colley@gmail.com |
