Nate Gilkes | Artistic Director
Nate trained at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music and NIDA (Singer, Actor, Dancer) and his versatility in many areas of music and theatre have led to engagements across New South Wales and interstate. As a director, Nate has worked for Opera Boot Camp Australia, for productions of Les Miserables and Grease (SYMT), The Crucible (Shore Drama), and most recently directed Vintage Duck's premier show, "Stories from the Stage Door". As a musical director/conductor, Nate's theatre credits include West Side Story, 42nd Street and Beauty and the Beast (amateur), The Taming of the Shrew (Marian St), Masque (DRILL Performance Company) and, most recently, Chess (BLOC) at the Theatre Royal. Musical director roles outside the theatre include resident conductor of the Taverner Consort of Voices, guest conductor with Willoughby Symphony Choir and Sydneian Bach Choir, musical director for the highly successful a cappella group, Back in Black (of which he is also a founding member). As a vocal soloist and chorister, Nate has performed in Handel's Messiah, Mozart's C Minor Mass, Bach's B Minor Mass and St Matthew Passion, Monteverdi's Vespers (1610), Orff's Carmina Burana, and Tippett's A Child of our Time (broadcast on SBS Television), and is a resident soloist for the Sydneian Bach Choir's Bach 2010 Cantata project. Nate's stage roles include Alfred/Sam for Vix N' Co and Wayne Manger and the Christmas Lumberjack in Santa's Kingdom (ICA), and he has recently taken up a position as an Education Consultant for Opera Australia.
Sarah Cameron | Executive Producer
Sarah initially trained as a concert pianist, performing extensively across Australia, the USA and China. She is in high demand as a musical director and repetiteur, with her latest productions including Chess (Theatre Royal), Pirates of Penzance (Seymour Centre), Into the Woods (New Theatre), West Side Story (The Edge), Cabaret (Hornsby RSL) and The Venetian Twins (UNSW). Sarah has also been involved in numerous cabaret shows as a performer, musical director, writer and producer, appearing most recently in I put out on the second date (Bar Me), Cupid is stupid and I wish he was dead (Bar Me), and Vintage Duck’s inaugural production, Stories from the stage door (Sound Lounge). Sarah maintains a profile as a performer across a range of musical genres, playing and recording regularly as the pianist for the classical chamber ensemble Clock Trio and the Australian tango band Tiempo de Tango. Sarah is also an experienced educator, having taught music for many years both privately and for the International School of Music. She holds Arts and Law degrees from the University of New South Wales after graduating in 2007 with first class honours, and when not performing, works as a lawyer.
Bron Millar | General Manager
Bron is our General Manager at the Vintage Duck Inc Team. She has a history in voice performance however; a calling to the scientific side of 'voice' led her to take a hiatus from the stage and graduate in 2004 with a Bachelors in Applied Science (Speech Pathology) from The University of Sydney. So, now in her spare time when she isn't organising the cast, production crew and the artistic directors of Vintage Duck Inc. she is a PhD student and research assistant at the University of Sydney. However, her passion still lies in performance and theatre management as well as assisting up and coming talent in developing their craft.
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