Spotlight on the Arts
SPOTLIGHT on the Arts is an opportunity for candid conversations with industry professionals, artists, teachers and students about all things performing arts. The Arts team chat to practitioners about their process, career highlights, future ambitions and the role the arts play in their lives.
Each season has a specific Creative and Performing Arts focus and showcases inspirational artists who aim to inspire others to develop their artistry and embed their practice.
Season 12 focuses on the Sydney Catholic Schools Portrait Prize.
Spotlight on the Arts
Season 7 Episode 7 | Musical Theatre Series | From Page to Stage featuring Anne Marie McAdams
Anne-Marie has been performing in theatre for most of her life. From school and university plays and musicals, to community musical theatre in her early twenties and beyond. She has performed for a range of Musical Societies including the Regals, Miranda, Rockdale, Hurstville, Engadine and Bankstown and for Rockdale Guild Theatre. She has played a variety of leading and supporting roles with some of her favourites being Adelaide in “Guys and Dolls”, Fastrada in “Pippin’, Annie in “Annie Get Your Gun” and Charity in “Sweet Charity’.
Anne-Marie has also been involved in other important musical theatre roles working backstage, front of house, proofreading, prompting, lighting cues and all tasks in theatrical performances as part of a community theatre team.
While living in Gibraltar Anne-Marie was awarded ‘Best Actress in a drama or musical’ in the British Forces Posted Overseas 1992 theatre awards.
As a performing arts teacher in Sydney Catholic Schools, Anne-Marie has loved being involved in directing and producing many concerts, plays, choir performances and musicals including major Archdiocesan productions.
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