Making his directorial debut with Coolum Theatre Players, David brings his experience to the production honed from directing productions for the Samford Valley Theatre Group, including Unoriginal Sin, and BATS award winning production of Once Bitten.

This experience is some of the secret to David’s directorial success. However, he is quite the Renaissance man having also racked up years of steady acting credits both here on the Coast, including his lead role as King Edward VIII in BATS March 2013 production of Crown Matrimonial and as Lord Arthur Saville in the comedy West Moon Street at The Lind in September 2013 and in Brisbane in roles in the Front Row Theatre’s productions.  By having been both an actor and director David is able to draw the best out of the many zany characters in Coolum Theatre Players not to be missed heart-warming production of Four Weddings and an Elvis. 

Jennifer Rousset moved to the Sunshine Coast from the UK nearly 10 years ago.  Leaving her Pro – Am musical theatre society in England, she immediately embraced the local theatre scene.   Since then Jennifer has acted, choreographed and/or directed numerous productions from Noosa to Caloundra and sees no reason to stop any time soon.  

Wendy McDermott  has been with Coolum Theatre Players for over 10 years;  her first play being the gripping whodunit “Witness for the Prosecution” directed by Patricia Waterson.  Since then her involvement has been extensive on and off stage as Director, committee member and actor; but her first love is to be on the stage and after a 4 year break is back.

Richard is a relative newcomer to the stage. After completing a Sunshine Coast Acting Masterclass in 2010 in the hope of becoming a film extra, Richard was dragged along to an audition for a local play and ended up involved in community theatre. He has performed with Coolum Theatre Players and BATS playing diverse roles ever since.

Newcomer Wayne Staniland, spends most of his working life tapping calculators and glued to riveting tomes of tax legislation.  Previously earning a Bachelor of Theatre Arts from USQ, soon after he decided on a career change.   After a rusty 15 years, he’s dusted off the cobwebs and let the creative juices flow again: who could resist being King for a day (or a short run at any rate)?

Marilyn’s interest in theatre started when she was a child and she has many fond theatrical memories. Moving to the Sunshine Coast in 1995, Marilyn joined Airmar Productions, then went on to perform some fabulous plays for Caloundra Chorale, Lind Lane, The Indee, BATS, and Coolum Theatre.  She has won many awards in drama festivals.

Hamish arrived on the Sunshine Coast with his family back in 2011, from Christchurch. He is no stranger to the stage having done a number of plays with the Repertory Theatre in Christchurch as well as spending a decade performing annual cabarets with the Sumner Theatre Group there. This is Hamish's first appearance with Coolum Theatre Players.

Dennis's passion for the theatre began at the age of seven and he has continued his life-long affair with the stage and performing.  Since moving to the Sunshine Coast in 1996, Dennis has been lucky enough to be able to perform and direct with many Theatre Alliance groups.

Jessi Schmidt began her theatrical career aged 7 as a member of Coolum Little Theatre.  Enjoying lead roles in various highschool productions, Jessi continued her love of the theatre outside of school.  Following a large break Jessi was excited to be cast as Belinda Mathieson  in SRT/BATS production of ‘Daisy Pulls it off’ in late 2013.

In addition to completing his Diploma of Music performance at the Sunshine Coast Institute of TAFE in 2009, Will has also recently completed his Bachelor of Theatre (music theatre) at the Central Queensland University Conservatorium of Music in Mackay and is looking forward to getting back into the theatre scene on the Sunshine Coast following successful roles in "Annie" and "Fiddler on the Roof" with Noosa Arts Theatre.

Peter’s performed in many productions in various roles since 1992.  After moving to Marcoola Peter joined Coolum Theatre Players, performing in Ma Bakers Tonic, Cinderella and Puss in Boots. Peter has always felt more at ease doing comedy productions but as long as he is on stage he is happy!