Performer

Fraser (he/him) is a Sydney-based actor with a background in clowning and movement, having recently studied at École Philippe Gaulier. His screen highlights are ‘The Last Days of the Space Age’ (Disney+), ‘The Family Law’ (SBS), and ‘Oi’ (CIMP Prod.) which recently premiered at MIFF. His theatre credits include ‘The Eisteddfod’ (Old Fitz), ‘Dumb Kids’ (KXT), ‘Cherry Smoke’ (KXT), ‘The Resistance’ (ATYP), ‘How to Defend Yourself’ (Outhouse Theatre Co.), ‘Remembering Pirates’ (Darlinghurst Theatre Co.), ‘M.Rock’ (ATYP), ‘Natives’ (KXT), ‘Bad Smoke’ (Jipprock Prod.), ‘Reagan Kelly’ (Metro Arts) and Darren Yapp’s Joseph and His Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat. Fraser is thrilled to be a part of the Fruit Box team and feels immensely proud to be bringing ‘Cruise’ to Sydney audiences.

Director

Sean (he/him) is a director and producer with a collaborative practice that prioritises and celebrates queer storytelling. As the Co-Founder and Artistic Director of Fruit Box Theatre, he has led the development of nine original productions since their launch in 2022.

Sean's recent directing credits include French Letters and Leather Cleaner (KXT, 2023), and Back to Birdy (Sydney Mardi Gras, 2024) which was a finalist in the Time Out Awards Best Play Critic’s Choice Category, and won Best Play in the People’s Choice Category. In 2021 he was recognised by Out for Australia’s “30 under 30 Awards” for his work to platform diverse LGBTQIA+ voices in theatre.

Sean also works as the Marketing Manager at Performance Space, and hold a Bachelor of Arts (Media Studies) and a Bachelor of Laws from the University of Sydney.

Producer

Hana (she/her) is a Sydney/Eora-based queer creative whose extensive experience in dance and performance has shaped her work across technical theatre and management. As a professional dancer, choreographer, and performer, she brings a deep understanding of live events and productions to her roles as a producer, stage manager, and lighting designer/technician.

With a diverse career spanning commercial, film, and theatre and live performance, Hana has working with renowned organisations such as Amazon Prime AU, Sydney World Pride, Performance Space, Vivid Sydney, L’Oréal Australia, Heaps Gay, and Absolut Vodka.

Her multidisciplinary artistry continues to evolve as she strives to be a creatively diverse and invaluable asset to every project she undertakes.

Movement Director

Jeremy (they/he) is a Queer first generation Filipino Australian Movement Director/Choreographer, Performer, EDI Liaison & Writer. Their intersection of skills & experience as a gender fluid Asian Artist. Living with HIV allows them to engage, encourage & empower many into expression & connection. Their commitment to Creative & Performing Arts spans the past 14 years with projects, works & jobs across the commercial, theatre, film, cabaret & cruise ship industries. They make their professional choreographic debut in Theatre Plays with ‘Cruise!. Notable Credits include: Converted! (Choreographer., ATYP, ‘25) Blanc de Banc: Uncorked (Line Captain & Dance Captain, Strut’n’Fret & P&O Cruises, 22/’23/’24/’25), ‘Love Lust Lost’ (Chan, Broad Encounters, ‘23), The 38th House on the Left (Script Writer, Dir. Douglas Reddan, ‘23), FBi Radio Best Music Video for ‘Lalaki’ by BVT (Choreographer & Performer, ‘23) Out Leadership Australia Summit (Speaker & Writer, Lateral Events, ‘22)

Production / Sound Designer

Chelsea (she/they) is a multi-hyphenated creative based between Australia and the US, whose artistry has seen her releasing music and touring the world under the pseudonym 'Chela', designing sets and props on Netflix’s Heartbreak High and creatively directing music videos for a multitude of artists including Goldroom, Your Smith and Children Collide.

Lighting Designer

Tom (he/him) is an emerging lighting designer and technician who works across a variety of art forms including dance, theatre and performance art. He was worked with organisations such as Ensemble Theatre, Performance Space, The Seymour Centre, Old Fitz Theatre and KXT. He has a long affiliation with Fruit Box Theatre and is passionate about bringing queer stories out of the shadows and into the light. He also works as an Associate Lecturer in Clinical Education at the University of Sydney and a Clinical Nurse Educator at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital.

Accent / Dialect Coach

Linda (she/her) is a well-respected Sydney based accent and dialect coach, sought after both nationally and internationally. Theatre coaching includes The Heartbreak Choir, The Inheritance, Yoga Play, Colder Than Here, The Cherry Orchard, Master Class, King James, The Odd Couple, Ride The Cyclone, Ulster American, Switzerland, Isolde and Tristan, A Case for the Existence of God, Zombie, Gaslight, Alone it Stands, Grain in The Blood, The Lonesome West, Dream Circus, Murder for Two/ Murder for Two Christmas, Memory of Water, Fade, Miss Saigon, Tina – The Musical, Benefactors, Consent, Clyde’s, Suddenly Last Summer, The Rocky Horror Show, Beautiful - The Musical, Breaking the Castle, Cinderella, 9 to 5, Let The Right One In, The Caretaker, Slow Boat, Photograph 51, Jekyll and Hyde, An American in Paris, Jagged Little Pill, Girl from the North Country, A Chorus Line, Heroes of the Fourth Turning, Black Cockatoo, Counting and Cracking, How to Train Your Dragon, Shrek, Saturday Night Fever, The Bodyguard, and Dirty Dancing. Film and Television includes Sleeping Dogs, We Will Never Die, Shantaram, Wellmania, Year Of, Gorgo, Mary: The Making of a Princess, The Chase Australia, Jungle, The Hollow, and Vincent. Linda discusses accents on her podcast Say You Say Me. Her play Ladybird Ladybird was shortlisted for the prestigious Rodney Seaborn Playwriting Award.

Stage Manager

Caity (she/her) is a Technician and Stage Manager that has bounced around the Independent theatre scene of Sydney for the past few years. Currently a Venue Technician of Bondi Pavilion and QTOPIA, she has been a Technical Supervisor of Sydney Fringes Queer Hub at QTOPIA, a Backstage Manager for Carnival Cruise Entertainment, and has stage managed shows such as “The Female of the Species” with Rogue Projects, “The Turn of the Screw” and “UBU: A Cautionary Tale of Catastrophe” with Tooth and Sinew, "Breathing Corpses" with Eye Contact Theatre, "Destroy She Said" with FERVOUR, "3 Winters Green" and "The Shape of Things" for Lambert House Enterprises, and more.

Assistant Producer

Louis (they/he) is a lover of all things queer and creative. Their practice spans across theatre, drag, video production, printmaking, fiber art, puppetry and more! Some highlights include: writer/director of short film 'Be Gay, Solve Crime' (2022), performing as drag king Woody at Broken Heel Festival (2024), and designer of the Kermit Collar knitting and crochet pattern (2024.)

Assistant Stage Manager

Alice (she/they) is an emerging artist based on Gadigal land. They are currently studying a dual degree of Science/Arts. Their previous credits include stage manager for The Collector (The Actor's Pulse) and Blithe Spirit (SUDS), and they recently served as a 2024 Liveworks Festival Intern at Performance Space. They are passionate about the power of theatre to transform lives, and very excited to work with the Fruit Box Theatre team!

Assistant Production Designer

Lucy (she/her) is a versatile artist with a background in dance and choreography, recently expanding into costume design. Drawing on over a decade of experience in the performing arts, Lucy brings a unique understanding of movement and storytelling to her design work. She has crafted costumes for the queer production company Otherworld, contributing to performances including Quiet Revolutions at The Ace Hotel, VOLT at Machine Hall and for DKO at the Sydney Opera House. Passionate about creating visually striking and functional designs, Lucy is excited to continue exploring the intersection of performance and design within this production of Cruise.

Cinematographer

Anna (she/they) is a cinematographer and artist currently based in Gadigal. She completed a Bachelor of Fine Arts (Hons) at the Victorian College of the Arts in 2021 and a Masters in Cinematography at the Australian Film Television and Radio School in 2023. She has worked on multiple documentary feature films, short films, and live theatre projects and finds her passion in projects that explore truth and embody authenticity. She is interested in the female gaze and how subjectivity can be created through the camera as an extension of the human body. Her moving image work and installations have been exhibited in multiple group shows in Naarm including at the George Paton Gallery, BLINDSIDE, Buxton Contemporary and Craft Victoria. Her most recent film Rehabilitating premiered at Sydney Film Festival and St Kilda Film Festival in 2024.

Photographer

Abraham (he/him) is a photographer with an extraordinary passion for capturing bold dance and striking human movement. With over twenty years of experience, Abraham has brought his creative sensibilities to bear on all types of photography.

Community Consultant

Wilfred (he/him) is a Sydney-based storyteller, writer, poet and performer originally from the UK. Wilfred loves writing and the deliciousness of the spoken word in all its varied and beautiful forms. He delights in music and loves to sing the lyrics of songs he’s never heard before!

He’s a published author, with the first volume of his memoirs, Black Gay & Underage published in 2019. He has appeared in several anthologies including the Australian LGBTIQ Multicultural Council’s Living and Loving in Diversity, Sydney School of Arts’ Short Stories, and most recently in Live Poets@ Don Bank, Presence.

As the group facilitator of the WestWords, LGBTIQ+ writers’ group (covering the whole of western Sydney) since 2019 and during that time membership has grown four-fold and the group has with support from WestWords, published three anthologies, each with contributions from current group members. At the moment Wilfred is also an activist and advocate for queer refugees in east Africa.

Community Consultant

Jonny (they/them) is a music producer, curator, broadcaster, sound stylist, animal liberationist, vegan, queer activist, deep agathist and major collaborator.

They produce music under various aliases including stereogamous (with Paul Mac) and has worked with artists such as George Michael, Kylie, Grace Jones, RÜFÜS, Sia, The Presets, Brendan Maclean, Jamaica and Shaun J Wright.

They are resident & curator at Queerbourhood, a weekly LGBTIQA performance night at The Bearded Tit, voted Sydney's best neighbourhood bar. They are one part of club kooky (with dj gemma and Georgia Pea) Sydney's longest running club night dedicated to queer performance and music & also part of the Voguey Bear & Trough collectives.

They are music director for several fashion houses, labels & events including Sydney Fashion Week, VAMFF, Jenny Kee, Mary Katrantzou, Romance Was Born, Philip Treacy, Akira Isogawa, Carla Zampatti, Camilla and many more. They have collaborated on works exhibited in Parsons School of Design (NYC) , Galleries Lafayette (Paris) The Museum of Contemporary Art, and the Art Gallery of New South Wales. They bring over a quarter of a century of lived experience of night-time culture, the AIDS epidemic, the generational and gentrification shifts in community spaces, and the intrinsic importance of music plates in all these intersections. For queer community music is one of our ephemeral but essential safe spaces.

Community Consultant

Helen (she/her) completed her nursing training in Brisbane in 1989, she cared for her first patient infected with HIV in 1988. Since that first experience, Helen spent the next 15 + years caring for people with HIV/AIDS. Helen moved to Sydney in 1994 and became the Nurse Unit Manager of the HIV/AIDS day therapy unit at St Vincent's Hospital. After moving to Japan in 1998 and coordinating a clinical trials network for HIV drug trials, Helen returning to Sydney in 2002 & was appointed Clinical Nurse Consultant for the HIV & Viral Hepatitis Research Unit at St Vincent's Hospital. Helen is now the Head of Clinical Trials at the Faculty of Medicine & Health, The University of Sydney.

Access Coordinator

Courtney (she/they) is a driven performer, researcher, and access co-ordinator with a passion for performance, not-for-profit work, and disability advocacy. They recently graduated from the University of Sydney with a Bachelor of Arts/Bachelor of Advanced Studies (Hons. 1st Class) after completing their thesis on Social Performance and Disability.

They have extensive experience working with artists and not-for-profits and have a desire to address the inaccessibility of the Australian theatre and performance sector through their research and accessibility coordination work.