Our people are everything.
All of our people are essential to making our shows everything they can be. Meet them all here.
Management and Creative Team
The core team at Alpha. 
Ben Jackson - Managing Director & Tour Manager
An experienced performer, Ben's mission in life is to bring experiences to people to make a difference. As managing director, he oversees most areas of the business, including Tour Managing most tours, marketing, script writing, and most other areas of production; as well as performing on stage as well! He is particularly passionate about the direction Alpha has taken, under his leadership, towards creating events that are more than just 'kids shows'; rather, integrated events that create life changing experiences, new understandings and feelings of joy and love. Ben is committed to making your theatre experience a truly magical one, and looks forward to coming back year after year to once again exceed your expectations!
Katja Glieson - Artistic Director, Resident Director, Choreographer & Tour Manager
Katja has been passionate about performing, acting and singing for as long as she can remember. As well as numerous musical theatre leading performances, Katja is also dedicated to her singing and recording pursuits, as well as her acting and screenwriting. She joined Alpha for their 2007 production of Cinderella, playing the title character, and has since tackled more challenging roles such as the villain, Maleficent, in Sleeping Beauty and other comedy characters - being one of our few female performers capable of varying her style and actually being funny! She has been in every Alpha Show except Aladdin, sometimes as different characters. She loves Alpha, as it gives the audience an amazingly fun and exciting experience, as well as learning and awareness through fun and entertainment!
Jodie Welch - Costume Designer
Jodie has designed and made by hand all of Alpha's costumes, and if you have seen one of our shows you would know of the brilliance that is created from her imagination! Jodie studied costumes at university and has since created many wonderful costumes. She enjoys the freedom she has with Alpha shows to come up with new designs and methods, especially with such fun and crazy scripts and characters to work with! She also has worked for many years in community theatre companies for absolutely nothing, so her passion and dedication is unquestioned! When Jodie isn't designing for Alpha, she also accepts contracts from other companies so if you are interested, email her.
Phil Jackson - Production Executive & Set Designer/Painter
Phil has been intricately involved with all aspects of production for all of Alpha's shows. The amazing sets and the backdrops, the style of which has become well known to all who see one of our productions, have all taken weeks and weeks of incredibly detailed and painstaking work. Phil also oversees, maintains and invents all aspects of a technical nature in Alpha's shows, including ingenius props and special effects.
Kyle Rowling - Fight Choreographer & Armoury
Kyle has assisted Alpha since 2008, teaching us proper stage combat skills, choreographing many of our on stage hand to hand and sword fights, as well as making really beautiful armoury and speciality costumes for certain characters.
Mark Kenny - Tour Manager & Ensemble Member
Mark has been performing since his last year at high school and after completing an Honours degree in Performing Arts at Monash University he has been working with Alpha since 2008. Starting as Quasimodo in The Hunchback of Notre Dame he has gone on to play other varying roles from the Genie in Aladdin to Philoctetes in Hercules. Alpha Shows gives Mark a chance to come out on stage and be himself, and this comes from the love he has of seeing an audience playing full out and having a great time. Because that is what it's all about! He thoroughly enjoys the chance to give children around Australia a high quality theatrical experience within their own school and is committed to teaching them the particular values that each Alpha Show displays. Mark is gaining a lot of life experience as well as performing experience whilst working with Alpha Shows. After taking on the challenging role of Tour Managing this experience can only grow further!
Administration Staff
Julie Jackson - Administration
A caring mother and wife, Julie is an experienced and former Primary School teacher, with many other friends and colleagues in education. After running the very successful Alpha Computers in Mornington for fourteen years, she now owns and operates WhiteChapel Receptions (where Alpha Shows is based) in Langwarrin, as well as the Administration and other essential roles within Alpha Media and Alpha Shows.. julie@alphamedia.com.au
Nicole Jackson - Administration & Support
Nicole provides essential support to Alpha Shows, managing the office and Alpha Auditorium, and the accommodation, as well as owning the outcomes of various marketing via mailouts and support documentation. nicole@alphamedia.com.au
Outsourced assets
Alpha thrives because of the dedication and support of a number of external resources.
Nexus Arts
Sue Russell is the owner and operator of Nexus Arts, a well-established and respected authority of theatre-in-education in Australia. Since approaching Alpha in 2004, Nexus Arts have worked alongside Alpha to help bring our high energy and high impact shows to as many schools as possible.
Uptempo
An agency in Melbourne, they represent us into many venues nationwide for open to the public shows.