When she was young, Alana (she/her) would watch the 1982 film version of Annie on repeat, imagining she was playing one of the orphans. To nobody’s surprise, she grew up to be musical-obsessed. She has appeared in amateur shows in Tasmania, Victoria and New South Wales, with personal highlights including Zombie Prom, Merrily We Roll Along and Phantom of the Opera. She has also appeared on Sydney stages as her drag and burlesque and alter-egos, and produced variety shows.
Aside from being a self-confessed musical theatre tragic, Alana is a near-constant university student (or, as she calls it, “indecisive”). She has been a speech pathologist, primary school music and drama teacher, and currently works as a health librarian. Although her day job has very little to do with the arts, she enjoys employing her high-level research skills when seeing a show, often going on a deep dive afterwards to learn everything she can about the production history and forcing her new knowledge on unsuspecting friends.
Alana previously maintained a successful blog reviewing escape rooms across NSW and beyond, but eventually ran out of local rooms to visit and review. She’s always happy to give escape room recommendations (even when nobody’s asked her).
