About Robyn.
EXPERIENCED, INFORMED, DECISIVE
Robyn is a classically trained pianist with three music degrees and
extensive experience across musical theatre, cabaret, concert
performance, vocal coaching, accompaniment, repetiteur work,
education and musical direction.
Since diversifying into musical theatre in 1990, Robyn has
performed nationally across Australia, including major professional
productions, cabarets and the Morning Melodies circuit. Her work
spans performance, coaching, recording backing tracks, and
education, with additional experience as an Associate
Professor/Lecturer in Theatre at Binghamton University, New York
for 3 years.
Career highlights include performing for and meeting Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, playing for Andrea Bocelli and Sumi Jo, and making her conducting debut in 2000. She also has her own business recording backing tracks for performers.
Professional shows include: Middle Raged - A Musical Meltdown, The Boy From Oz, Georgy Girl, The King & I, Jersey Boys, Love Never Dies, They're Playing Our Song, Breast Wishes, Chicago, Sugar, Wicked, Miss Saigon, Singing In The Rain, Priscilla, Fiddler On The Roof, The Producers, Mamma Mia, Cabaret, The Sound Of Music, Les Misérables, West Side Story, The Phantom of the Opera, Jerry's Girls, Into the Woods, Nunsense 2 & The Threepenny Opera.
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Reviews
"Nailed It" (Cabaret)
“Strano was accompanied on opening night by Robyn Womersley, whose playing throughout was assured and expressive” (theatrepress.com.au)
“Robyn Womersley stepped in to play piano and did a sparkling job. Womersley also shared several priceless moments of unscripted hilarity with Strano when the chair he was using fell apart”. (theatrepeople.com.au)
“Robyn Womersley’s piano accompaniment is accomplished and dynamic” (syn.org.au)
“Accompanied by Robyn Womersley, the wonderfully skilled and comic pianist” (aussietheatre.com.au)
“The incredibly talented pianist Robyn Womersley accompanies Strano and playfully antagonizes him
throughout the show” (thisisradelaide.com.au)
"Rent" (Federation University)
“The five-piece band bring Larson’s music to life brilliantly” (theatrepeople.com.au)
"They're Playing Our Song" (Professional show)
“Two talented music theatre performers, supported on keyboards (piano) by their accomplished musical director” (stagewhispers.com.au)
"Pacific Overtures" (Professional show)
“Musical director Robyn Womersley’s efforts with the singing have allowed the fiendishly difficult score to sound natural and generally effortless. The four musicians sound like several more”
(simonparrismaninchair.com)
“The orchestra (well, band, really) is stripped back to four players under Robyn Womersley’s direction. Miraculously, it rarely feels like much is lost from the original orchestrations, and the cast are well-supported throughout” (dailyreview.com.au)
“Michael Ralph’s choreography is also stunning in parts. He obviously infuses himself in the score as it complements Robyn Womersley’s flawless orchestra perfectly” (performing.artshub.com.au)
The Laudanum Project "Ballad of the Plague Doctor" (Cabaret)
“Robyn is the real musical brain in The Laudanum Project. She is classically trained, she teaches and plays in many big commercial musicals around Melbourne. She’s amazing. The music in the shows is just as important as the words. Because the music functions as a ‘soundtrack’ the overall effect is oddly cinematic” (australianstage.com.au)
“Underneath the seething monologues and poetry sits a dark and unsettling soundscape that serves as a constantly shifting soundtrack which accompanies the entire story from beginning to end”
(horrornetwork.wordpress.com)
“Accompanied by the small stage’s only other occupant, a grim gothic figure, pale of brow and black of lip who sits at a keyboard and plays out a continual musical underscore to his grim tale” (stagewhispers.com.au)
"Les Femmes" (Cabaret)
Robyn Womersley does her usual amazing job bringing all the music together, not to mention her surprise turn as a performer. (olentangymusic.com)