Metropolis with Julia Robertson and Zara Stanton

Backstage

Two directors from this new musical Metropolis - wow - join Regina Botros to talk theatre.

Julia Robertson is an actor, director, and musician. She is the current Artistic Director of the award winning devising group, the Little Eggs Collective.

Acting credits include Jess and Joe Forever (25A Belvoir, 2019 dir. Shaun Rennie), The Astral Plane (25A Belvoir, 2019 dir. Charlie Garber), The Real Thing (STC, 2019 dir. Simon Phillips), The Oyster (Critical Stages, 2021 dir. Scarlet McGlynn) and Wherever She Wanders (Griffin, 2021 dir. Tessa Leong). Julia also stars in the film Hot Mess (Emerald Productions) that is currently airing on Netflix Aus/NZ and voiced the audiobook Don’t Fall by Sophie Smith (Amazon). Julia has studied acting at the Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute (Method Acting Intensive, New York 2017) and the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (Acting Shakespeare Intensive, London 2022).

Zara Stanton is an accomplished Music Director, Composer, Performer, Arranger, Vocal Coach and Music Educator. She holds a Bachelor of Music from the Sydney Conservatorium of Music, where she studied classical voice and music education, and has her A.Mus.A. qualification in both voice and piano.

Zara's recent credits as Music Director include Bonnie & Clyde (Joshua Robson Productions) at the Hayes Theatre, Every Musical Ever (One Eyed Man Productions) at Adelaide Cabaret Festival & Wyong Art House, The Deb (Australian Theatre for Young People) and The Boomkak Panto (Belvoir St Theatre). Zara was also Associate Music Director for A Chorus Line (Darlinghurst Theatre Company), playing at the Sydney Opera House and Riverside Theatres.