Madison Thew-Keyworth
Madison Thew-Keyworth has worked professionally as a Director and Choreographer between Australia and New Zealand for more than 15 years. Prior to stepping on to the production side, Madison trained as an Actor with NIDA through their YAS program, trained in classical ballet from a young age and is a proud graduate of the school of hard knocks. Madison was part of the Australian National Tour of Calendar Girls, as well as having appeared in Gigi, Hello Dolly!, Cabaret, Grease, A Dream Play and The Gingerbread Lady.
On the production side, Madison’s show credits include Disenchanted!, Legally Blonde, Priscilla: Queen of the Desert and Chicago (MAT Australia), The Wizard of Oz and Mamma Mia! (VTA New Zealand). She is excited to be working as Creative Producer on the new Australian Musical “Li’l Elvis Jones and the Truckstoppers: The Musical”.
Madison is thrilled to spend her time instilling a love for the performing arts with up and coming talent at Sunshine Coast Youth Theatre where she has Directed / Choreographed The Addams Family, Oliver!, Singin’ in the Rain, The SpongeBob Musical, Beauty and the Beast, Seussical and Shrek to name a few.
Courtney Johnston
Courtney considers herself very lucky to perform and teach the arts as her fulltime career.
Courtney began her dance training at 3, she then went on to study a Bachelor of Fine Arts Dance at QUT then subsequently began her studies at the Brisbane Academy of Musical Theatre, graduating in 2015. In 2016 Courtney was lucky enough to tour Australia with Hairspray: The Arena Spectacular playing the role of Shelley and understudying Tracy Turnblad.
In 2017 Courtney played the role of Roxie Hart in Mad About Theatre’s production of Chicago, Valerie Clark in A Chorus Line (2018) and starred as Cinderella in the Australian Premiere of Disenchanted (2018).
On the Production side, Courtney has worked as Musical Director recently on Legally Blonde and Priscilla: Queen of the Desert (Mad About Theatre).
Lyndon Steele
Lyndon is a professional performer, director / choreographer and coach hailing from Dance Force full time dance and Brent Street musical theatre.
With expansive arts training, Lyndon is equipped with a distinguished multidisciplinary skillset. This allows him to teach multifaceted technique and storytelling foundations drawing from specialised expertise in music theatre voice, acting, theatre jazz, commercial jazz, hip hop, lyrical, contemporary and fusion dance styles.
Professional credits include: Mr Q in the world premiere of Li’l Elvis Jones and the Truckstoppers (Mad About Theatre 2025), Joey Pesci in Jersey Boys (Legend House International 2022), and Mark Anthony in A Chorus Line (Coastal Theatre Collective 2024).
