AUSTRALIAN MUSICAL THEATRE ACADEMY

During this time, her unparalleled talent for guiding students with her distinct audition technique, leading to their successful casting in musicals, earned her the moniker of "star-maker" in the media. Her insights on musical theatre arts education began being featured in articles in The Sydney Morning Herald, The Herald Sun, and The Age and she began to lecture at NIDA, VCA, Federation University Australia (formerly BAAPA) and the Queensland Conservatory as well as writing musical theatre courses for several leading institutions.

After 15 years of excellence in delivering performing arts education, in 2015, theatre producer Tiffany Noack joined together with Queenie to formalise her arts training programs by creating the Australian Musical Theatre Academy. In 2023 AMTA expanded further bringing on distinguished veteran of musical theatre and one of Sydney’s most esteemed singing teachers, Margi de Ferranti, to run the Sydney branch of AMTA. Because of their combined 65+ years in the ‘business of show’, they are able to connect students with Australia's leading performers and creatives across the genres of musical theatre, cabaret, comedy, TV and film.

AMTA has become synonymous with delivering world-class, live performance arts training and is considered a pathway to success for talented performers of all ages. 

AMTA's alumni are consistently featured in popular Australian commercial musicals, showcasing their talent in lead roles in acclaimed productions such as Chicago, Wicked, TINA: The Tina Turner Musical, & Juliet, Grease, ELVIS: The Musical Revolution, The Rocky Horror Picture Show, Mamma Mia, Mary Poppins, Come from Away, and Matilda to name just a few.

Alongside AMTA’s legendary reputation as trainers in musical theatre, many of AMTA’s graduates from the cabaret stream are now shimmering across the cabaret and comedy festival scenes in Australia and AMTA’s creative career development courses and coaching services has seen creatives across many arts industries, now living out successful and fulfilling careers in their chosen fields.

AMTA also provides tailor-made workshops, courses and masterclasses to primary schools, secondary schools, tertiary institutions, performing arts schools, and tour groups as well as open programs to the general public throughout Australia.

AMTA’s superpower is its ability to connect outstanding talent with the best creative mentors and instructors from Australia’s creative industries and help them work together in innovative learning models. AMTA’s bespoke workshop and course creation for festivals and arts centres, incursions and excursions for schools and their trailblazing mentorship program, all speak to AMTA’s connectivity, leadership and succession planning for the next generation of artists.

AMTA is committed to diversity and equality and actively seeks out disadvantaged artists from marginalised and minority communities to attend each workshop and course as part of their scholarship programs. Queenie and her team believe in the curiosity, possibility and imagination in every soul and are dedicated to being an artistic lighthouse - a beacon shining light for others to find their path toward living creative, passionate and fulfilling lives.