Encore Committee Members

Belinda is a founding member and currently the President of Encore, along with her role as Marketing/Sponsorship Officer.

She has directed their critically acclaimed productions of Les Misérables (2018), Buddy, The Phantom of the Opera, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, the Tasmanian Premiere Season of The Boy from Oz, and co-directed Boy’s Own McBeth and Sweeney Todd with Liz Bennett.

She also treads the boards on occasion, and favourite past performances including Madame Thenardier in Les Misérables, Godspell, Reno Sweeney in Anything Goes! and Mrs Lovett in Sweeney Todd.

Away from theatre she has pursued a career in radio broadcasting and she currently enjoys waking people up (seriously!) at 5.30am weekdays on ABC Local Radio 91.7FM.

Paul enjoys a multi-faceted career as a teacher, music educator, musician and conductor.

His experience on the stage extends to performances from his school days into adult life. Some of which include Oliver!, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, The Wizard of Oz, Elijah, Barnum, Fiddler on the Roof, Guys and Dolls, Godspell, ‘Allo ‘Allo, Jesus Christ Superstar and The Phantom of the Opera.

With much experience behind the scenes, Paul has fulfilled such roles as Vocal Director, Conductor and Musical Director in Godspell, Man of Steel, Oliver!, Joseph and We Will Rock You.

Rohan is the black sheep on the Encore committee as he professes to have no acting or musical talent whatsoever! He has been a committee member since 2015.

He is a Director at Douglas & Collins Lawyers practising primarily in Litigation and  2016/17 President of the Law Society of Tasmania. In addition to practise he is a member of a number of boards or tribunals including; the Disciplinary Tribunal for the Tasmanian Legal Profession, Tasmanian Law Reform Institute, Launceston Touch Football Association and a Criminal Injuries Compensation Commissioner.

Dwayne brings an astonishing array of IT, Tech and Video skills to Encore.

He is responsible for integrating technology into our orchestras, ensuring we can recreate the authentic “Broadway sounds” that are specifically created for contemporary shows.

Along with his video and archiving skills, he keeps Encore at the forefront of new advances in Tasmanian theatre.

Di’s lifetime love of the theatre that has taken her from dance teacher to Director and Choreographer. She has directed and/or choreographed many local productions beginning with Oklahoma! for the Launceston Light Opera Society (now the Musical Society) and moving on to direct The Music Man, Guys and Dolls and 42nd Street to name but a few. Di has also taken to the boards in many roles having been part of dance choruses to lead roles in local productions.

She was thrilled to be invited to direct Encore’s inaugural production, The Sound of Music. Since then she has directed Nunsense A-Men and Disney’s Beauty and the Beast for Encore and taken on a number of key production roles in Volunteer Co-ordination, Front of House management, child cast supervisor, and within the costume teams.