Miss Saigon

Originating from Sydney, rising star Abigail Adriano began her performance training at the age of six. Her passion for singing led her to study both classical and contemporary under the guidance of Peter Bodnar. 

Abigail’s first theatrical experience was in Tim Minchin’s Matilda the Musical in the role of Alice.

On the small screen, Abigail played the co-leading role of Rose in the Netflix/ABC television series The Unlisted. She also appeared on The Voice Kids Australia and has worked on numerous advertising campaigns.

Abigail is excited to be making her professional lead role debut as Kim in the 2023 Miss Saigon Australian Tour. She would like to thank her family, mentors and T&E Management for their ongoing support and guidance. 

An embodiment of queer Asian excellence, SMM has performed at Gay prides all over the world, including the UK, Amsterdam, New York and most recently headlining at Sydney World Pride 2023. He/she/they is well known for pushing boundaries outside the heteronormative and is beauty and fashion ambassador to international brands Lulu Lemon, Camilla with love, Fenty Beauty & Jean Paul Gaultier and featured in Vogue Australia for their pride campaign, Get Used To It.

They won over our hearts on shows such as Eurovision 2022 and X Factor UK 2015 with their standing ovation rendition of Freddy Mercury’s The Show Must go On, and performed in O2 arena London. Even Simon Cowell said “This Kids..A STAR!! Theatre credits in Australia include Angel Dumott Schunard in RENT the Rock Opera 2022 directed by Shaun Rennie and part of the original cast of Helpmann Award winning show Sweet Charity 2013, directed Dean Bryant at Hayes Theatre. They also recently released their disco pop anthem with St Croix My Lovers hitting a #5 peak on the Aria Charts advocating LGBTQ+ love & equality. (Stream on Spotify) SMM is purring with excitement for their return to Opera Australia having last been with the company in The King & I 2014, their first tour/show after graduating WAAPA (Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts) in 2013.

Nigel Huckle is an award-winning Australian-American performer based in New York. He has performed in iconic venues across the world from the Dubai Opera in Cameron Mackintosh's production of Les Misérables, to the Theatro Municipal do Rio de Janeiro with The TEN Tenors, and here at home in the Opera House in West Side Story with Opera Australia.

He recently won a San Diego Theatre Critics’ Circle Award for his run as Fabrizio in The Light in the Piazza at the California Center for the Arts, Escondido.

Other credits include Lt. Cable in South Pacific (Theatre Under the Stars, Houston), Jimmy in Thoroughly Modern Millie (The Production Company), and Nick in the Australian premiere of The Handmaid’s Tale (Australian Contemporary Opera Company).

​​Nigel holds a BFA in Musical Theatre from Shenandoah Conservatory, is proudly represented by IWM and is a member of MEAA Equity.

Nick Afoa is a New Zealand-Samoan baritone excited to return to the theatrical stage here in Opera Australia’s Miss Saigon. In his early years, he represented NZ in rugby, winning a Junior Rugby World cup title in South Africa. After an injury, he ventured into the performing world. His theatre debut was exactly 10 years ago in Sydney’s Capitol Theatre playing the role of Simba in The Lion King in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane and Perth. He was then cast in the role in London’s West End for five years. Since returning to NZ, he has cast and co-directed the original production of Pacifica the Musical, which premiered in Auckland 2022. He made his film/TV debut in a feature film Mysterious Ways, which will be released later this year. 

Helpmann Award winner Kerrie Anne Greenland holds a Bachelor of Arts Music Theatre from WAAPA and a Masters of Music Opera Performance from the Melbourne Conservatorium of Music. A versatile performer across music theatre, cabaret and opera, Kerrie Anne is one of Australia’s leading ladies of the stage.

Kerrie Anne’s opera roles include Elle in La Voix Humaine, Drusilla in L’incoronazione di Poppea, Euridice in Orpheus in the Underworld and Miss Wordsworth in Albert Herring.

Music theatre roles include Eponine in Les Misérables (Helpmann Award), Violet in Side Show, Cassandra in Paris: A Rock Odyssey, Dom in The Things Between Us, Esther Smith in Meet Me in St Louis and Patsy Cline in Always Patsy Cline.

Concert and cabaret credits include Everything’s Coming Up Sondheim for Spears Entertainment, Rain or Shine, Pictures: Songs from Movie Musicals and Carols at the House for Sydney Philharmonia Choirs and Orchestra.

As well as her career in theatre, Kerrie Anne is a proud mum and wife, and an Early Childhood Teacher.

Laurence Mossman is making his Australian debut in Miss Saigon. A proud Filipino-Kiwi born in Auckland, he earned an honours degree in Music at the University of Otago. After graduating, Laurence moved to Manila, Philippines to establish an international career in the performing arts. After being a resident performer at Resorts World Manila for two years in the vocal trio Primo, he made his professional theatre debut alongside Broadway legend Lea Salonga in Atlantis Theatrical’s Fun Home in 2016. Recent highlights include Charlie Price in the Manila run of Kinky Boots and Young Ebenezer in A Christmas Carol.

Kimberley most recently was seen on stage in Mary Poppins, covering both roles of Mary Poppins and Mrs Corry for Michael Cassel Group (MCG). For Disney International, Kimberley also played Anna (cover) in Frozen: the Musical and Princess Jasmine (cover) in Aladdin. Kimberley starred as Brianna in the original cast of hit Australian musical Fangirls for Queensland Theatre/Belvoir Theatre. Kimberley’s most recent credit with Opera Australia was playing Francisca (and Anita cover) in six-time Helpmann nominated West Side Story, on Sydney Harbour. Kimberley played the role of Kimberley in Triple X for the Sydney Theatre Company. Kimberley’s screen credits include feature film Don’t Tell (dir. Tori Garret) and ABC series Harrow. Kimberley trained at the Queensland Conservatorium of Music.