Nicole McLeanActors / Female 35+

Experience & Skills

Recent Theatrical  Experience

Whirlwind Productions 10 Years Celebration - Lead 

One Man Two Guvnors, Remarkables Theatre, Deborah Lind, Lead Role

Chicago, Showbiz Queenstown, Bryan Aitken, Role: Velma Kelly

Saturday Night Fever, Showbiz Queenstown, Bryan Aitken, Role: Lead Female Club Singer

Cinderella, Remarkables Theatre, Lisa Moore, Role: Dandini

La Cage Aux Folles, Showbiz Queenstown, Bryan Aitken, Role: Marie Dindon

Jesus Christ Superstar, Showbiz Queenstown, Marty Newell, Role: Apostle and Soloist

Club 27, Whirlwind Productions, Margaret O’Hanlon, Role Choreogd Soloist

Songstars, Whirlwind Productions, Margaret O’Hanlon, Role: Original Song Performance

Currently

Perform regularly with The Golightlies (Female trio, focusing predominantly on cabaret – acting, singing, dance and comedy performances in a variety of settings and events. e.g. Napier Art Deco Festival, Winter Festival Queenstown, Gay Ski Week, and corporate events in the Otago and Southland regions.)

Work as a dance teacher at the Queenstown School of Dance, a fitness instructor at Fitness for Life and perform regularly with The Golightlies.

Other

Numerous acting, song and dance performances with Queenstown School of Dance and Main Events productions, and previously with Ashburton Variety Theatre and the Ashburton Repertory Theatre.

2019 OSTAS Awards ‘Best Leading Female Actor in a Play’ 

Formal Training

Studied Cecchetti classical ballet to Advanced Level

Sitting Solo Seal Jazz Addict syllabus in September 2016

Vocal training with Margaret O’Hanlon (Whirlwind), Angela Johnson (NASDA), Stuart Clarke Vocal StudioQualified Speech & Language Therapist (BSLT, University of Canterbury)