Trevor Ashley: A Million Years of Minnelli

Trevor Ashley is one of Australia’s most sought-after and successful performers. He has built a career and following as an actor, writer, director and international queen of cabaret – but not necessarily in that order. He recently was the fan favourite and runner up in Queen Of The Universe, the global drag singing competition hosted by Graham Norton, streaming worldwide. He’s currently starring as Roger de Bris in The Producers – the Mel Brooks musical at the Garrick Theatre in the West End. 

An Australian musical theatre icon, Trevor starred as Thenardier in Cameron Mackintosh’s Les Miserables for which he was nominated for his third Helpmann Award (the Australian equivalent of an OIivier). He has also appeared as Herod in Jesus Christ Superstar, he was the original Australian Edna Turnblad in Hairspray, created the role of Miss Understanding in Priscilla Queen Of the Desert: The Musical, and has just completed a sell out run of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat as Pharaoh.  

In cabaret, Ashley has previously starred in Liza (on and E), and Liza’s Back! (is broken), both of which toured the world.  Other shows include his own pantos Fat Swan, The White Mermaid or the Little Lotus, Moulin Scrooge!, plus his one man shows Diva Degustation and I’m Every Woman for which he won the Sydney Theatre Award. He also completed a national symphony tour of Diamonds Are For Trevor, a tribute to Shirley Bassey which was also recorded as a TV special.

He has played solo in some of the world’s great venues from the Sydney Opera House, to New York’s Sony Hall, with an extended run of Liza in the West End. In film and television he can be seen as a series regular on Royal Flying Doctors (ITV), plus in the acclaimed films Seriously Red (NowTV) and Holding the Man (Amazon Prime). Trevor was last seen in London in Priscilla The Party!