Michael Ralph

Cats Credits
Aus/Asia Tour - 05/2008 - Pouncival (cover Mungo, Skimble, Misto)

Aus/Asia Tour - 09/2010 - Skimbleshanks

Biography (2010)
From a young age Michael studied dance, singing and acting at the Dance Education Centre and performing in local college, ballet, and amateur musical shows in his home town of Tauranga, New Zealand.

Moving to Australia in 2007 to study full time performing arts at Dance World Studios Melbourne, Michael graduated with Cert IV in Dance Performance. Recently he furthered his acting studies at Victorian College of The Arts Drama and currently studies singing with Sally Bourne and Anthony Costanzo.

Making his professional musical theatre debut with the international touring company of CATS, for the China and Korea seasons in 2007/2008, Michael played the role of Pouncival and understudied Mungojerry, Skimbleshanks and Mr Mistofillees. Other professional credits include: Alphabet Soup children's entertainment group (Zenith Productions New Zealand) and The Singing Office (Fox8 TV network Australia).

In 2009 Michael joined the faculty of Dance World Studios for Tap, Theatre, Jazz, and Music Theatre classes as teacher and choreographer.

Michael feels very excited and fortunate to be a part of this brand new production of FAME the Musical.