Dean Drieberg is a creative with a career spanning over two decades across Australia and internationally. He was Resident Director of the Sydney return season of Hamilton following the International, Australian and New Zealand tours. He directed Promises, Promises for Neglected Musicals at Hayes Theatre, Natasha, Pierre & the Great Comet of 1812 for Darlinghurst Theatre Company, Passing Strange, Michele Gould’s 107 and This Bitter Earth for Antipodes Theatre Company, bare and Memphis for StageArt. Dean is Co-Artistic Director of Stephen Sondheim repertory company Watch This, for whom he co-directed Sunday In The Park With George, nominated for a Green Room Award for Best Direction. He has worked on over 20 national tours playing at over 50 capital city and regional venues around Australia and New Zealand. Dean is an advocate for theatre that is inclusive of Indigenous, Bla(c)k and people of colour, artists with a disability and LGBTQIA+ artists.

Natalya is a highly sought-after collaborative pianist, orchestrator and arranger, as well as an award-nominated musical director (The Hello Girls, On a Clear Day You Can See Forever). Born in Estonia under the former Soviet regime, she began studying classical piano at the age of five and went on to complete her LMusA while still in high school.

A versatile and in-demand musician, Natalya regularly performs and records with the SSO and ACO, plays for musical theatre auditions, rehearsals, and in orchestra pits (Hamilton, In the Heights, Guys and Dolls, West Side Story), and performs Live in Concert films with symphony orchestras (The Nightmare Before Christmas, Love Actually, Batman, Top Gun: Maverick). She was also featured as a soloist in the Emmy Award-winning Netflix film Ivy + Bean: Doomed to Dance.

As a pop culture pianist, Natalya has toured Europe, Asia, and Australia performing solo concerts of music from the Final Fantasy video game franchise, as well as producing and touring her own solo piano concerts across Australia, based on video game and anime music. She has also performed as a soloist with the popular Candlelight Concert Series. As an educator and collaborative pianist, Natalya regularly works with leading performing arts institutions, including NIDA, Brent Street, TDP, and ED5 International, helping to shape the next generation of performers.

Brendan Yeates’ credits include Director and Choreographer for A (Very) Musical Christmas (Australian Broadcasting Corporation, Michael Cassel Group), Associate Dance Supervisor for MJ The Musical (Michael Cassel Group), Associate Dance Supervisor for Hamilton Sydney and International Tour (Michael Cassel Group), Assistant Director/Choreographer for Handa Opera on Sydney Harbour West Side Story (Opera Australia), Associate Choreographer for Love Never Dies (HoriPro Japan, Stage Entertainment Germany), Associate Director/Choreographer for West Side Story (Opera Australia, GWB), Resident Dance Supervisor for Hamilton Australia and New Zealand (Michael Cassel Group), Resident Choreographer for Kinky Boots (Michael Cassel Group), Resident Director/Choreographer for West Side Story International Tour (Opera Australia, GWB), Resident Choreographer for Matilda The Musical (Royal Shakespeare Company/Louise Withers and Associates), Choreographer for Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812 (Darlinghurst Theatre Company), Choreographer for Disco Wonderland: Dancing Til Dawn (Release Creative), Choreography Assistant for Katy Perry ICC-T20 Women’s World Cup Opening (KOJO, Squared Division), Choreographer for So You Think You Can Dance (Southern Star Endemol), What Not to Wear (TLC) and Choreography adaptation Hamilton x Rihanna (Michael Cassel Group) which received the Clio Grand Award for Best Viral Video.

– Dean Drieberg

This performance contains adult themes that may be triggering for some viewers.

We would also like to advise you of the use of haze and smoke effects, strobe and flashing lights.

This production is suitable for people 12 years and over.