Kirby Burgess is an award-winning, Hard of Hearing actress, singer, and dancer working across stage and screen, most recently starring as Audrey in Little Shop of Horrors.

On screen, Kirby has held a recurring role on Network Ten’s Wonderland, appeared in Baz Luhrmann’s The Great Gatsby, and featured on Team Guy on The Voice Australia, alongside a range of commercial work.

Across 21 professional stage productions, Kirby has taken on roles including Frances “Baby” Houseman in Dirty Dancing, Rizzo in Grease, Heather Chandler in Heathers The Musical, Campbell in Bring It On The Musical, and Kathryn Merteuil in Cruel Intentions. She won the Green Room Award for Best Supporting Performer in a Musical as Linda in The Wedding Singer. Further Green Room nominations include Barnum, playing the Ringmaster and nine different men — a show that also showed off Kirby’s circus training as part of the circus cast — and originating the dual roles of Marion Keisker and Ann-Margret in the world premiere of Elvis: A Musical Revolution, where she also served as Assistant Choreographer, with her team winning Best Choreography in a Musical.

Kirby champions resilience and self-belief, reminding performers to never let anyone tell them they can’t.