Celebrity MC’s and Performers
The addition of a celebrity MC or performer can be the icing on your event’s cake! Imagine your staff or clients’ surprise when they arrive to find they really will be Dancing with the Stars or receiving singing lessons from some of Australia’s leading entertainers! A sports day can be enhanced with participation or tutelage from some of our country’s past and present sporting legends! XL events have access to Australia’s biggest stars – just ask one of our event managers how we can add to the finishing touch to your next event…
Celebrity Performers and mentors |
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Rachael Beck |
Award-winning actor Rachael Beck is one of Australia's most in-demand performers in musical theatre and television. Rachael is widely remembered as Belle in BEAUTY AND THE BEAST, which won an ARIA Award for the Best Australian Soundtrack / Cast / Show Release in 1996. Rachael has performed in EUREKA; as Sally Bowles in CABARET, Kathy Selden in SINGIN IN THE RAIN which earned her a prestigious Mo Award nomination and the role of Maria in THE SOUND OF MUSIC. Rachael's other stage credits include her Green Award nominated performance as Fantine in LES MISERABLES, Rumpleteaser in CATS, Naomi in SECRET BRIDEMAID’S BUSINESS and as Sally in ME AND MY GIRL. |
Todd MCKENNEY |
Trained from the age of three in jazz, tap, acrobatics and ballroom dancing, Todd has won numerous Mo Awards, Variety Heart Club Award, the Glugg Award, Green Room Award, Australian Dance Award and Helpmann Awards for his roles in LA CAGE AUX FOLLES, CATS, WESTSIDE STORY, SINGIN IN THE RAIN, CABARET and of course the role he is perhaps best known, that of Peter Allen in BOY FROM OZ. |
Rhonda Burchmore |
From television to the big screen, musical theatre to opera to cabaret, there are few entertainment mediums that Rhonda Burchmore has not embraced with her wide ranging talents. Rhonda’s numerous acclaimed roles include; STOP THE WORLD I WANT TO GET OFF with Anthony Newley, EASTER PARADE on Broadway opposite Tommy Tune, David Atkins’ DANCIN’ MAN and HOT SHOE SHUFFLE, Tanya in MAMMA MIA and Penelope Pennywise in the MTC production URINETOWN. |
Helen Richey |
Known for her snappy wit and stylish good looks, Dancing With The Stars judge Helen Richey has been a competitive dancer for more than two decades. Retiring to coach and adjudicate, Helen has since judged at most major world ballroom dancing events. Australian born, Helen travelled to the UK with her husband Robert for dance training and international competition experience – and ended up living there for 27 years. |
Mark Wilson |
Judge Mark Wilson lives by the philosophy that sometimes you have to be cruel to be kind. Mark is a harsh but fair judge. This attitude is perhaps what made him Australian Dancesport Champion five times – four in new vogue and once in modern. He has competed throughout the UK, Europe and Japan. On two occasions he came 15th in the world Dancesport Championship finals, once at Blackpool, England in 1989 and again in Tokyo, Japan, in 1990. |
Kate Ceberano |
Noted for her soulful and powerful vocal style, singer-songwriter Kate Ceberano has won almost every entertainment award in Australia. She has released five Platinum albums, five Gold albums, selling in excess of 1 million albums in Australia alone, performed tours, acted in feature films and hosted her own television show. A true Australian singing legend. |
XL Cricket Sporting Legends |
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Rodney Hogg |
Blonde, blue-eyed, aggressive and menacingly fast, Rodney Hogg announced himself with 41 wickets for World Series-depleted Australia against England in 1978-79. |
Steve Rixon |
A sound wicketkeeper and dependable lower-order batsman, Rixon was thrust into the spotlight when chosen for Australia against India and the West Indies in 1977-78 after Rodney Marsh and Richie Robinson were signed up for World Series Cricket. After being Marsh's understudy during the 1981 Ashes tour he received his next international opportunity when Marsh retired and Wayne Phillips was injured in 1984-85. He signed for a lucrative, but rebel, tour of South Africa in 1985-86 which ended his Test career. |
Len Pascoe |
Dark and swarthy, Len Pascoe was the son of Yugoslavian immigrants (his original surname was Durtanovich) who would have won more than 14 Test caps had he not defected to World Series Cricket just as he was making his mark in Australia. |
