ABOUT Queenie

Queenie van de Zandt is one of Australia’s leading ladies of musical theatre and cabaret. Career highlights include: television - Very Small Business and Da Kath & Kim Code (ABC 1); theatre - Women of Troy and Abigail’s Party; film - the Aussie film Girl Clock; and musical theatre - Into the Woods and King Kong. Queenie also develops her own original work including 2 albums, her award-winning show BLUE: The Song of Joni Mitchell and projects involving her cult alter-ego Jan van de Stool. After 19 years of teaching and earning a reputation as being Australia’s leading teacher of audition technique, Queenie co-founded The Australian Musical Theatre Academy (AMTA) in 2015. Queenie has been nominated for 18 major theatre awards for her work, winning 6 times. Last updated April 2019