21st Century Australasian Tribute Shows - Present
The Blues Brothers Show
Biography
Michael Hatton as Elwood Blues
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Michael Hatton aka Elwood Blues is not just a talented vocalist , he is also a magnificent harmonica player. His harmonies and showmanship are a great addition to the already great line up, that will have you bopping along on the dance floor. His has a background as an allrounder in many different singing styles ranging from a wedding singer to rock, jazz and some classy blues scene, spanning over thirty years.
Victoria Mantynen as Elliewood Blues
The feisty long-lost daughter of Jake Blues
With a B. Musical Theatre Victoria has been privileged to be involved in:
Melbourne Shakespeare Company’s ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’ and 'Tempest', Multiple characters in ‘The Living Museum of Erotic Women’ (Directed by Willow J Conway)
Glengarry Glen Ross (Directed by Rob Forza)
Princess Aurora in ‘Sleeping Beauty, the musical’ (produced by Make Believe Theatre)
Muriel Eubanks in ‘Dirty Rotten Scoundrels’ (Directed by Dale Pengelly)
Florence Vassey in ‘Chess’ (Directed by John Wregg).
Victoria has also performed in ‘Cabaret’ (Directed by Dale Pengelly)
Anything Goes (Directed by Thern Reynolds)
Sweet Charity (Directed by Chloe Dallimore).
Stephanie Micallef-Smith as Twiggy
Tall Leggy brunette on her own mission to seek vengeance...
Stephanie has been performing across Australia, China and various countries for the past 15 years. After studying music theatre at The Victorian College of the arts, Stephanie began travelling Australia performing in children’s music theatre.
She then went on to starring in The Australian Lady Gaga and Rhianna tribute show where she played the role of Lady Gaga, performing all across Australia, China and Singapore. Since then Stephanie has been performing for many other bands and shows throughout Melbourne.
Jayden Hladio on Keyboards
From an early age, Jayden gravitated towards music and the arts. His love of Jazz, Classical and mid-20th century contemporary genres is prominent in his style of playing, and has had profound influence on his musical career, and will continue to do so.
With high academic achievement in his Bachelor of Contemporary Performance from the Australian Institute of Music, Jayden has had the privilege of playing and learning from some of Australia’s prominent artists and ensembles, including the Victorian Orchestra, Lior, the AIM Big Band, Darryl Mckenzie, and Tim Davies, while gracing some of Melbourne’s best restaurants and venues, not limited to Hamer Hall and Crown’s luxurious foyers.
He is currently the Musical Director and Arranger of the One and Only Adele Tribute and is tirelessly working on a solo piano project and a contemporary fusion album.
Umberto Stringa on Drums
Umberto has been playing drums since the age of 12 and began performing from the age of 15.
He has since played in numerous cover bands; tribute shows and original bands, one of which did supports for some of Australia’s iconic artists such as: The Angels, Rose Tattoo, Noiseworks, Screaming Jets and Choirboys. In 2015 he was the house drummer for the Hume Blues Club playing alongside Lloyd Speigel, Geoff Achison, Chris Wilson, Russel Morris and many more. He has now been performing in The Blues Brothers Tribute Show since 2016, where from 2017 took over the role as the bands coordinator and putting forward many of his own creative ideas to help develop the show to it's current status.
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George Moisiadis Bass Guitarist
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George started playing bass when he was 12 years of age. He has played in a variety of bands and also backed up some big name bands throughout his career. After all the years of playing bass guitar, George still gets still a buzz every time he walks on stage.
Christos Tsantefskis on Guitar
Christos has been playing guitar on and off for almost 40 years in various cover bands and original bands. His main passion in music is mainly rock and blues.Has performed in front of Ian Meldrum and supported artists such as AC/DC, Ted Mulry Gang,Marc Hunter,Ross Wilson to name a few. After an absence of about 16 years from the music industry he has recently joined The Blues Brothers show and Done Deal with more passion and respect for music and his music family
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Chris Farrugia on Guitar
Chris was introduced to guitar at age 13 by his uncle, this began his lifelong fascination & love of guitars and music. Playing several different styles in numerous cover bands, he has also played alongside such music legends as Lloyd Speigel, Geoff Achison, Chris Wilson, Hume Blues band, Skyhooks tribute band & Bronnie Gordons Bellatrix.
Chris currently plays guitar for Sonic Road, Track7, Letitia Mueller, Blues Brothers and The One and Only Adele Tribute. With influences that include Chet Atkins to Tommy Emmanuel to Clapton, Hendrix and Stevie Ray Vaughn,
Chris has passionately developed his playing talent & guitar expression.