Geelong Academy of Performing Arts - GAPA

Some people see a leap… We see years of dedication 🙏🙏🙏

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We are so excited to be back for our week of Musical Theatre 🙌
Back in full swing and ready to go.

Auditions start next week and we are READY 🔥

The kids spent Term 1 learning from industry professionals, with us there the whole way… building, growing, finding their confidence.

Now Term 2 hits and our crew is locked in.
This is where it all starts.

Xav – Director
Kate – Vocal Director
Jodie – Choreographer
Ryan – Stage Production Manager
Maggie – Assistant Choreographer
Jordan & Julie – Owners / Producers

Such a solid crew… let’s go 👊

Happiest birthday to our beautiful Julie! ✨
Wishing you a truly amazing day filled with love, laughter, and all the joy you bring to everyone around you. Today is all about celebrating YOU! 💖🎉

GAPA MT FAMILIES… ARE YOU READY?! 🔥🎭

Tomorrow (Saturday 28th March) is our FINAL DAY of Term 1… and what a term it has been!! 🙌

We announced our HUGE 2026 production…
✨ BEAUTY & THE BEAST JR ✨
…and the excitement is only just beginning!!

This term has been NEXT LEVEL 💥
Our students have trained with some seriously incredible guest artists:

⭐️ Kate Hanley
(Professional Singer/Songwriter, Musician, Actress & Dancer)

⭐️ Shandelle Cooke
(Powerhouse and versatile vocalist across jazz, soul, classical, musical theatre & contemporary styles; professional performer & teacher)

⭐️ Christian Cavallo
(Assistant Director of Footloose Professional Production; performer, teacher & director)

⭐️ Sophia Katos
(Professional Actress/Singer/Dancer; Strictly Ballroom professional production & Australian TV series)

Not only are they outstanding performers, but true industry professionals — and best of all, proud Geelong locals. We carefully selected them to show our GAPA MT students that incredible talent comes right from our own community to show our students exactly what is possible!

And now… we LEVEL UP ⬆️

🎭 TERM 2 =
Commences SATURDAY 18th APRIL

AUDITION SEASON & SHOW REHEARSALS BEGIN 🎭

We are SO excited to introduce our Show Director & Vocal Director as we officially begin the journey to casting Beauty & the Beast Jr 👑🌹

Students have already been:
🔥 Learning choreography
🔥 Exploring characters
🔥 Working on audition scripts
🔥 Singing the iconic songs

…and we’ve been LOVING the energy, commitment & growth!!

💥 Our message to every student:
AUDITION. GO FOR IT. BACK YOURSELF.
Remember the GAPA TEAM are your biggest fans 🤩
Try for as many roles as you can — this is YOUR moment 🌟

📣 Over the holidays:
We’ll be dropping audition info, scripts & songs so everyone can come back READY!

Let’s keep the momentum going!! 🚀

And remember — we are always here:
📧 Email | 📞 Phone | 💬 BAND APP

Let’s finish Term 1 STRONG and get READY for something truly magical… ✨🌹