Introducing the wonderful team keeping Stage Door running! Our team is made up of emerging and
established industry professionals in their field, dedicated to cultivating our community of theatre lovers!
Tori Bullard
They/Them
Co-Founder
Tori Bullard (they/them) is a queer, non-binary and neurodiverse performer, writer and theatre-maker based on Gadigal and Wangal land. A graduate of the Australian Institute of Music, they are passionate about bold, heartfelt storytelling and championing new Australian work.
Most recently, Tori appeared as Anne Bonny in the new Australian musical Bonny & Read and as Judas in Christ Almighty: A Comedy of Biblical Proportions. Previous stage credits include Abigail Williams in The Crucible, Celeste II in Sunday in the Park with George, and the March Hare in Andy Freeborn’s Alice.
As a writer and creator, Tori is drawn to stories that centre queerness, complexity and connection. Their cabaret Train of Thought premiered at the 2025 Sydney Fringe, where it received the LGBTQIA+ Storytelling Award, and returned for a successful 2026 season at Qtopia Sydney. They are currently in development on a new musical and are excited to be exploring this next chapter of their work.
Tori and Eliza co-founded Stage Door in 2020, building a platform that celebrates, critiques and uplifts the Australian theatre community.
Eliza Vine
She/Her
Co-Founder
Hailing from the coast of Queensland, Eliza Vine is currently in her final year completing a Bachelor of Musical Theatre at The Queensland Conservatorium Griffith University. Eliza recently finished performing the electrifying role of Veronica Sawyer in QCGU’s Heathers the musical and her first third year show Working: Localised in the Cremorne Theatre QPAC. She is also set to play Mrs Vernon Williams in her third year major musical Cry Baby directed by Alister Smith. Her other credits include: Glady’s in The Pajama Game, Ensemble/Cover in 42nd Street alongside making her QPAC lyric theatre debut as an ensemble member in Grease (QCGU).
Following studies with Jennifer Murphy (EVITA, Eldgley International) at the Australian Institute of Music, she appeared in two workshop performances of original Australian works including soloist in VOWS and featured ensemble in Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland.
When taking a break from podcast recordings you’ll find her furthering her creativity as an art studio assistant, belting out theatre tunes, or testing out her latest nail art.
Bridie Middleton
She/Her
Brisbane Reviewer
Bridie is a passionate arts coordinator and recent graduate in Fine Arts (Drama) and Business (Public Relations) from the Queensland University of Technology. She is drawn to live performance styles that experiment with non-traditional theatre forms. Credits include theatrePUNK.co's 2024 season of DOGHOLE by Grace Wilson, Flaming Carnations' Blow the Men Down (Anywhere Theatre Festival Award 2024) and Home in the Sun (QUT Potentia Festival). She was awarded Underground Theatre Company's Avalon Award for Best Actress in 2024. Her most recent project is assisting research into music-led creative practice through QUT's VRES program, supervised by David Megarrity.
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Michael Di Guglielmo
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Sydney Reviewer
Michael Di Guglielmo is a graduate from Sydney University currently writing across a variety of online venues. They have a love for the craft of theatre, and love watching actors on stage giving it their all (and usually also giving severe gender envy, alas). They're a D&D obsessive and a sucker for a good story, be it in books or on the stage. They've been reviewing for Stage Door for over two years, and have fallen in love with the Sydney theatre scene.
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Victoria Luxton
She/Her
Sydney Reviewer
Victoria Luxton has sprinkled around the Sydney Theatre scene since 2017 after graduating from the Queensland Conservatorium of Music (now The Academy)
Originally from Perth where she studied her cert at WAAPA, Victoria burst onto the Sydney independent theatre scene with little more than a pair of beat up tap shoes and a songbook of classics.
Since then, she has performed in many musicals in both ensemble and featured roles as well as a couple of tv series. Victoria is also the Creative Director/Producer and Host of La La Lounge: a monthly musical theatre cabaret featuring local Sydney artists. Victoria is passionate about new work, cabaret, Aussie theatre, Queer theatre and everything in between and believes everyone deserves a seat at the table. She is just ecstatic to be joining the team at Stage Door Podcast.
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Ashlyn Hunter
She/Her
Sydney Reviewer
Ashlyn is a Sydney University graduate and will soon begin her Masters in Art Curating. Her connection to theatre runs deep, from attending a Performing Arts High School and long being surrounded by friends working in the industry. She throws herself into any production she can get her hands on. Her previous role as an Agent Assistant at Shanahan Management strengthened that passion, giving her insight into the behind-the-scenes workings of the performing arts world. Outside the industry, she’s a yoga teacher who also loves a Pilates class. Ashlyn has been part of Stage Door for a year now and has relished the chance to engage with theatre and the broader arts scene on a deeper level.
Lola Bond
She/Her
Sydney Reviewer
Lola Bond is a Sydney based actor/writer/choreographer who studied a BFA of Acting at the Queensland University of Technology. As an actor Bond has lead and supporting roles across Television and Theatre. Her Television credits include NCIS Sydney, Foxtel's Disney+ Original THE LAST DAYS OF THE SPACE AGE alongside Iain Glen, Deborah Mailman and Thomas Weatherall and UPRIGHT season 2, in which she was featured alongside Tim Minchin and Milly Alcock. In 2024 she appeared in KXT’s Your Name by Kate Bubalo and in 2022 she starred in Tight in the Bud by Lewis Treston, Directed by Wesley Enoch. As a writer Bond has written many short films featured in various film festivals across the country such as, Flickerfest, Heart of Gold, Femme Film Festival and Short + Sweet. EVE her self produced short won her best editing at Flickerfest in 2019.
Natasha Dyson
They/She
Melbourne Reviewer
Natasha Dyson or Tash (they/she) is a Melbourne-based theatre performer and composer. Tash holds a Bachelor of Musical Theatre from the Queensland Academy of Excellence in Musical Theatre (QAEMT), formerly known as the Queensland Conservatorium Griffith University. They are a compelling multi-genre vocalist, having trained classically since the age of 5, privately and under institutions such as the Australian Girls' Choir (2005-2017). At QAEMT, Tash warmed audiences in roles such as Babe Williams (The Pajama Game), Mrs Vernon-Williams (Cry-Baby) and Rose Hoffmann (Working: Localised). She is passionate about inclusion in the arts, and currently facilitates the YourDNA Choir, as well as classes in Creative Writing and Song & Dance, for adults with intellectual and/or physical disabilities. Tash is also studying advanced Auslan (Australian Sign Language). When they're not at work, Tash loves all things thrifting, D&D, tea collecting and art history.
Tash is currently writing a new Australian musical, and is thrilled to begin sharing what she's been working on soon.
Catherine Gunther
She/Her
Sydney Reviewer
Jacqui Dwyer
She/Her
Melbourne Reviewer
Jacqui Dwyer (she/her) is a warm, versatile performer from the Blue Mountains. A 2017 TDP graduate, she completed her Diploma of Musical Theatre at Brent Street and her Bachelor of Musical Theatre at Queensland Conservatorium Griffith University. Recent credits include Falcon in Imagine LIVE (NCM), George/Swing in Peppa Pig’s Fun Day Out LIVE (TEG Life Like Touring) Ensemble in Bearded (Theatre Works) and Swing in Disney’s Winnie The Pooh: The New Musical Stage Adaptation (TEG Life Like/Rockefeller Prods.) She also features on the released EP of new Australian musical The White Rose (Isabella Dymalovski and Oliver Thompson, 2024) and is thrilled to have joined the theatre reviewing team at Stage Door Podcast!
Babette Shaw
She/Her
Sydney Reviewer
Babette Shaw is an english actress, writer, producer and director who has been based in Sydney for nearly three years. Recent acting credits include Thomas/Pontia Pilates in Christ Almighty (Popular Playhouse 2025), Leata/Claude's Mother in Hair (ZAP Productions 2024), Mother-In-Law/Musical Director in Blood Wedding (La Fabrica De Microobios/Gente Perdida 2024) and Mrs Menzies in C*ckhead (Bearfoot Theatre 2023).
Producing credits include the regular cabaret night Weird West-End and Wyrd Sisters - Babettes original play that debuted at The Courtyard Theatre in London in 2021. Babette recently workshopped The Forked Tongue with the Bakehouse's residency programme - an original one woman play about Medusa's transformation from girl to monster, and is thrilled to be producing its debut at QTopia in December.
Gareth Isaac
He/Him
Special Guest Host
As a theatre dork of some experience, Gareth Isaac is thrilled to join Stage Door Podcast as a semi-irregular co-host for our Deep Dives! Gareth is a professional musical theatre performer with a Bachelor of Music (AIM, 2016) and a Masters of Voice (NIDA, 2021) who’s face you may recognise from Puffs (2018) or Mary Poppins (2022).
Gareth also runs his own voice coaching business, Tune-Up Voice Coaching. As our Deep Dive specialist, Gareth brings wit, humour, and more fun facts about your favourite musicals than you could ever imagine!
Belle Steinhardt
She/Her
Brisbane Reviewer
Belle is a graduate of Queensland University of Technology, holding a dual degree in Fine Arts (Drama) and Business (Marketing). With credits across acting, producing, and dramaturgy, Belle is deeply passionate about storytelling and embraces every opportunity to immerse herself in theatre. Currently finding her groove, this is Belle’s first gig as a reviewer, and she’s super keen to start conversations, share her thoughts, and bring your stories to life through her writing!