Norah was born on Thursday Island, Torres Strait. She is from St Paul Village, Moa. Norah has been in the music industry for 24 years. She is an accomplished stage & screen actor,
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SIMONE TESORIERI
From Bologna (Italy), Simone moved to Cairns in 2012. He has designed for the major local theatre companies and entities. He has consolidated his career, providing exceptional
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Shanna Niehsner is a Mamu woman from Innisfail who has attained her Bachelor of Creative Arts degree. She has performed in multiple performance and has been working hard to make
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Will Kepa is a Torres Strait Islander multi-instrumentalist, audio engineer and producer based in Cairns, Queensland. After learning to play the guitar in 1998, he enrolled in the Indigenous
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Kathryn Ash is a playwright, dramaturg, actor and Co-founder of JUTE Theatre Company and as Jute’s resident dramaturge helps culturally diverse playwrights, develop their work
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A passionate designer and artist, Simona was born in Naples (Italy). Since her arrival in Cairns in 2012, she has designed for the major theatre companies and entities in the region, and gained
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Faye is of Samoan and Tongan descent. She has participated in a few concerts with AustraNesia. “It has been an honour to work with all the creatives and our beautiful cast and choir
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Rubina Kimiia was born and raised in New Zealand, with Polynesian heritage from Samoa and the Cook Islands. She is an educator, songwriter and arranger, director, studio vocalist,
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