CDP Theatre Producers, Room On The Broom

KATIE BURSON – Witch

Katie Burson graduated from Unitec School of Performing and Screen Arts in 2009 (Bachelor of Performing Arts - Acting). Her recent performance credits include; Storyworlds (Auckland Theatre Company), Drama Gone Viral (Co Theatre Physical), Acts of Love (Auckland Arts Festival), award-winning Monarch (Co Theatre Physical/Auckland Live), Pool(no water) (Basement Theatre), and Room on the Broom (CDP Theatre Producers).

Katie is delighted to be returning to Room on the Broom as Witch, having previously toured throughout Australia and New Zealand in 2019 and 2020 in the role of Cat.

Katie has co-devised a number of original theatre works, including; Royal Jelly and Get Out Of My Letterbox for Co Theatre Physical, One by One and Alfonsina for LAB Theatre, and Afakasi (Antonia Kamu/Red Leap). In 2019, she completed a 10-month arts residency at Studio One Toi Tū and continues to develop her practice as a theatre-maker in Aotearoa, New Zealand.

Having trained in classical and modern dance (BAL, JDNZ), Katie is particularly passionate about physical theatre and clowning and regularly tours educational works throughout New Zealand schools and theatres.

Katie is a proud Equity NZ member and is represented by Auckland Actors.

SOPHIE LOUGHRAN – Cat

Sophie is a Melbourne-based actor, singer, dancer and voice over artist. She is a NIDA Musical Theatre graduate and has also trained privately with Gary May, Lisa-Marie Parker and Queenie van de Zandt.

Sophie's stage credits include Room on the Broom (CDP Theatre Producers), Just Macbeth (In the Park Productions), 50 Shades of Grey the Musical Parody (David Venn Productions), The Beautiful Game (Manilla St Productions), Scooby Doo Musical Mysteries & Scooby Doo Live Level Up (Life Like Touring). Sophie has also worked as a character and parade performer at Disneyland Paris as well as aboard P&O, Cunard and Princess Cruise Lines.

In addition to performing, Sophie is an experienced violinist and choreographer. Recent choreography credits include Urinetown the Musical (Soundworks Productions) and MetroSexual (Channel 9).

Sophie has written, produced and starred in her own children's show Sophie's Kids Cave and as a voice over artist and audiobook narrator, Sophie has worked with brands including Starbucks, Zoos Victoria, Victoria University and City of Melbourne.

Sophie is thrilled to be back working with the CDP team.

ALEC STEEDMAN – Dog/Frog

A graduate of the Victorian College of the Arts Musical Theatre program, Alec is a multidisciplinary artist who works as an actor, singer, multi-instrumentalist, musical director and composer.

As a composer, Alec has most recently penned the original score and musically directed for Queensland Theatre's critically acclaimed season of As You Like It at the Bille Brown Theatre. Other composition credits include Much Ado About Nothing for Artefact Theatre Co, One Hour No Oil for KXT, As You Like It for Sport for Jove and the new original musical Silver Tongue which is currently being developed with support from the Hayes Theatre Company, Antipodes Theatre Company and was a proud top 5 finalist in the APRA Music Theatre Professional Development Awards in 2023.

Alec is also an up and coming musical director in the Sydney theatre scene with credits on exciting shows such as Once (Darlinghurst Theatre Company & Black Swan State Theatre) and A Little Night Music (Hayes Theatre Co). In their downtime, Alec can also be found in the band room, playing Violin for shows such as Young Frankenstein and A Little Night Music (Hayes Theatre).

NICHOLAS STARTE – Bird/Dragon

Nicholas Starte has toured in The Midnight Gang, Billionaire Boy and several other productions with CDP, including Guess How Much I Love You, The 13-Storey Treehouse and The Very Hungry Caterpillar Show.

Previously he performed in Legally Blonde the Musical and A Midsummer Night's Dream as well as appearing in short films A Room That Fits and Lonesome Town. He made his feature film debut in 2017 as the lead in the independent film Broken and in 2015 he made his television debut on The Ex-PM with Shaun Micallef.

His first stage role was with Black Swan Theatre Company in Dust after graduating from WAAPA, where he played David in Love and Money, Horatio in Hamlet, Kenneth Lay in Enron, and the title role in Julius Caesar, winning the Sally Burton Award for performance in Shakespeare. Nicholas performed and directed theatre, musical theatre and circus performance while part of the Sydney University Musical Theatre Ensemble and Dramatic Society, including directing Sweeney Todd and assistant directing The Mystery of Edwin Drood.

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