Who is Michaela Burger?

Michaela Burger is an Australian born actress, singer, creator and vocal coach. She has been nominated for two Helpmann Awards, is the recipient of a Frank Ford award, American Australian Association Scholarship and winner of Best Cabaret Adelaide Fringe and House of Oz Bursary.

Burger has performed with one of Broadway’s most sophisticated writers, Jason Robert Brown, and has shared the stage and screen with Erik Thomson, Caroline O’Connor, Tina Arena, Nancye Hayes, Meow Meow, Paul Capsis, Mitchell Butel, Tyran Park and John Thorn.

Her recent credits include Aftertaste (ABC TV & Closer Productions), Candide (State Opera South Australia & State Theatre South Australia), Twelfth Night (Adelaide Botanic Gardens/Shakespeare South Australia), Apocalypse Meow (Brooklyn Academy Of Music, New York & Malthouse Theatre), Rumpelstiltskin (Southbank Theatre London/Windmill & State Theatre of South Australia), Driftwood (Umbrella Productions/Chapel off Chapel), Simply Brill (Adelaide Cabaret Festival/Amplified Assembly), Can You Hear Colour? (Adelaide Festival & Patch Theatre), Cranky Bear (Patch Theatre), Passion (State Opera Studios).

Other performing credits include, Merry Widow (State Opera of South Australia), Brel-The Immortal Troubadour (Adelaide Cabaret Festival), Rouge (Highwire Entertainment), Otello (State Opera of South Australia), Réquiem (State Opera of South Australia), Marriage of Figaro (Co-opera of South Australia), Tosca (Co-opera of South Australia), Thunderstruck (Warner Brothers) and as the host of Humphrey B Bear (Banksia Productions, Chanel 9).

In addition to winning the 2015 International Cabaret Contest, Burger is the co-writer and star of the world-renowned stage show Exposing Edith, about the life and songs of Edith Piaf and more recently a performer and creative on the team of Simply Brill. Her award-winning show, A Migrant’s Son - which explores Greek migration to Australia - has received critical acclaim and features original music written by Burger. She recently received 5 star reviews for her brand new show, The State of Grace, at The Edinburgh Fringe Festival, produced by House of Oz.

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