Dean of Academy at the Brisbane Academy of Musical Theatre and is delighted to be teaching the acting component of the Certificate IV and Diploma courses. Grant has been involved in the entertainment and theatre industry for over 30 years and has appeared in over 30 full scale musical productions and plays, various television commercials and Australian feature films.  Grant is a graduate of QUT and holds a Bachelor of Creative Industries and Bachelor of Education.

Laine is an award-winning performer, singer and theatre maker who has enjoyed national and international success. She holds a Master of Music Studies and is currently completing her Doctor of Musical Arts. She has had the pleasure of working at tertiary level as a singing teacher for the Queensland Conservatorium of Music, Griffith University. Laine is on the judging panel for the Matilda Awards and is excited to be the Head of Voice and Head of Operations and Curriculum at BAMT.

Tim is the CEO of Harvest Rain Theatre Company, Australia's largest not-for-profit youth arts organisation. As a producer and director, Tim has worked with some of Australia's most respected performers, having directed Daryl Somers in GUYS & DOLLS, Rhonda Burchmore, Rachael Beck and Eddie Perfect in INTO THE WOODS and Frank Woodley, Simon Gallaher, Jon English and Julie Anthony in SPAMALOT (which won a Matilda Award for Best Musical in 2014).

Award-winning, highly sought after Music Director and mentor, Dennett completed his Bachelor of Arts and Diploma of Education. Credits include FOREVER PLAID, RENT, THE PRODUCERS, THE LAST FIVE YEARS and Harvest Rain productions, working on the 30th anniversary production of THE PIRATES OF PENZANCE, INTO THE WOODS and Arena productions of HAIRSPRAY, GREASE and currently THE WIZARD OF OZ – THE ARENA SPECTACULAR.

After studying Classical and Contemporary dance with Gold Coast Dance Theatre, Claire was fortunate enough to enter the professional world performing and creating as soon as she could. Credits include: Dance Captain for Palazzo in Germany, 2018 TV Week Logies, A Very Naughty Christmas, Bonnie Lythgoe’s The Adventures of Peter Pan and Tinkerbell, Princess Cruises, Dance Captain on MSC cruises, Aerial Angels Lumiair in China, Harvest Rains Joseph & the Technicolor Dreamcoat and JCS.

Skilled Choreographer and Director, Callum has worked on national productions of THE KING AND I, DIRTY DANCING, MARY POPPINS and THE MIKADO. For the last seven years Callum has worked as Harvest Rain's resident choreographer on all four arena shows including CATS, HAIRSPRAY, GREASE and THE WIZARD OF OZ along with mainstage shows including INTO THE WOODS, THE PIRATES OF PENZANCE, CHICAGO, CURTAINS, LEGALLY BLONDE and so many more!

Shaun is a teacher, producer and director and has been actively involved with Harvest Rain Theatre Company since 2012, having worked on Harvest Rain’s main house productions of CATS, SPAMALOT and GUYS AND DOLLS at QPAC. Shaun’s involvement in the arts has taken him all around the world, touring Singapore, Dubai, India and The Phlippines, working for Nickelodeon and Pen2Stage. Other credits include the feature films UNBROKEN and PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN- DEAD MEN TELL NO TALES.